
When the Duchess of Sussex stepped onto the red carpet at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 24, all eyes were supposed to be on her latest creative venture. Yet within hours of her appearance promoting the documentary Cookie Queens, the internet had redirected its focus entirely — and not on what she was saying. Instead, thousands of social media users scrutinised her makeup application with unrelenting scrutiny, with critics highlighting what many described as a glaring mismatch between her face and neck tone.