It is a truth universally acknowledged that no matter how many bobby pins, hair elastics or tampons a woman purchases throughout her lifetime, you can never actually find one when you need it.
Meghan Markle might be a royal now, but at her wedding on Saturday the Duchess of Sussex faced a very ordinary problem: An annoying stray hair came loose from her trademark messy bun and she was without a bobby pin.
![The strand of hair came loose from her messy bun. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VEWVUIZRQ6S6KRZU7RAMXI6R4E.jpg?auth=2281a8b6c9f030e4a9f3ee86e4d3058a307b994abb6848c6902a89dba8990e0e&width=16&height=24&quality=70&smart=true)
![By the time they had left the chapel, the strands hand gone rogue. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VM7AJMRQ56GOVUZSJECR4EX45M.jpg?auth=f0d2417f1abd4a8728fd2b10cd61f0e5d6c1b09786d6976a60b6585cd829ff10&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
With no bridesmaids on hand to help her and poor Prince Harry too busy sweating nervous bullets to be of any assistance, Meghan and her out-of-place strand were left to their own devices for the hour-long ceremony.