Meghan Markle was interrupted by her assistant in an awkward moment as she posed for cameras on the red carpet of a Hollywood event.

The Duchess of Sussex was beaming for photographers at Variety’s Power of Women gala in Los Angeles when her aide prematurely tried to move her out of the spotlight.

Meghan Markle handled the slightly odd moment with grace as she gently brushed the assistant aside while she continued to pose for pictures.

The Duchess of Sussex was centre of attention at the glitzy gala as she revealed she and Prince Harry were working on “exciting things” with the streaming giant Netflix that would make people “feel something”.

Meghan said that she was “proud” of the content they were developing and added that the projects were: “Things that make people feel– I was going say ‘good’, but it’s more than that, things that make people feel something, right?