This is the strict shoe rule all royal women follow… and even Meghan Markle never breaks it

We notice lots of things about Meghan Markle, like her amazing outfits and her glossy hair, but we’ve never really thought about her shoe choice – until now, that is.

So, it turns out quite a lot has changed for the actress now she’s a royal - and we don’t mean just the obvious of being married to an actual real life Prince.

Meghan has had to put her once favourite open-toe shoes to one side in favour of closed-toe pairs.

Yep, that’s right – for official engagements or outings when representing the royal family it’s considered bad etiquette to wear open shoes as they’re seen to be too informal.

And this is a rule all of the women in the royal family have to abide by.

Taking a look back at Kate Middleton’s outfits, she’s always one to wear a court style and it turns out it’s not by choice (even though they do always look great).

Female guests at the royal wedding were also told to avoid flashing their toes. That wasn’t the only dress-code instruction either, they were advised to wear dresses that covered their shoulders and that were midi length or longer.

That didn’t stop some guests being rule breakers in the shoe department though.

Many guests including Harry's ex Chelsy Davy decided to ignore the request and wore sandal styles instead.

Etiquette specialist William Hanson said: "It is a shame many decided they were above the dress code: if you do not like the dress code at an event, don’t go."

We’re pretty sure if we had got an invite to the royal wedding, we would have followed any outfit rules they wanted to get a foot in the door.

There's also a reason why Prince George and Princess Charlotte can't eat with their parents at royal dinners. 

There's a £32 copy of the sell-out Reformation skirt at Topshop.

And, here's all of Meghan Markle's hair secrets revealed.