The 50 best royal fashion moments of the past 100 years
Royal fashion is rich with meaning and significance
5 April 2021 • 5:00am
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When it comes to the royals, an outfit is never just an outfit. There are layers upon layers of meaning, important messages conveyed and tributes to be paid. It’s a strategy that comes from the top - the Queen is a master of communicating through her wardrobe, and every generation below her has followed in her footsteps.
They have fun with it too, just look at Diana’s ‘Black Sheep’ jumper, or the Duchess of Cambridge in The Vampire’s Wife. Even the Duchess of Sussex has been at it in LA, after she and Harry quit their roles as working royals.
The Duchess of Sussex has told Oprah Winfrey that the Duchess of Cambridge made her cry ahead of her wedding, after stories suggested that it was Meghan who had made Kate cry.
Reports circulated ahead of the Sussexes’ nuptials that Meghan left Kate in tears at Princess Charlotte’s bridesmaid dress fitting – but Meghan told Winfrey “the reverse” happened.
Meghan said she was not sharing the information to be “disparaging” – and described Kate as a “good person” – but added it was “really important for people to understand the truth”.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sussex and the Duke of Sussex arriving to attend the Christmas Day morning church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham (Joe Giddens/PA)
Meghan says Kate made her cry ahead of her wedding She owned it and she apologised and she brought me flowers and a note apologising, and she did what I would do if I knew that I’d hurt someone a
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