With an upcycled designer dress, striking hat and striped tribute to Hollywood’s golden era, Princess Catherine of Wales brought glamour back to royal family front lines after nearly six months of seclusion. Catherine’s Trooping the Colour appearance on the weekend demonstrated her skill at playing the perfect princess, even while receiving preventative chemotherapy for an unspecified cancer discovered in January during abdominal surgery. Catherine Princess of Wales arrives at Trooping the Colour at Buckingham Palace.
Credit: Getty Images Few people will remember the outfits of Queen Camilla, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh or even Charles, but Catherine’s meaningful style choices demonstrate a profound understanding of her subjects’ great regal expectations. Let’s break down the outfit from top (the tilted Philip Treacy hat) to bottom (the white leather Jimmy Choo heels). Going white and green Like the late Queen Elizabeth , Catherine is keenly aware of the power of colour for sending messages, choosing a white dress for her brief return to royal duties.
Catherine, Princess of Wales in a Jenny Packham dress and Philip Treacy hat at Trooping the Colour on the weekend and meeting well-wishers during a walkabout on the Mall outside Buckingham Palace ahead of the coronation of King Charles’s coronation in May, 2023. Credit: getty White is seen as a colour of renewal, along with purity and innocence. Catherine, along with Princess Charlotte, Queen Camilla and Sophie wore.
