A critical blog about Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the rest of the British royal family
This is our final poll on Kate Middleton‘s 2016 fashion, and our final 2016 in Review. Quick stats: Kate wore 35 dresses in 2016 – 29 of them were new while only 6 of them were repeats from previous years. Since this post is going to get long, let’s jump right in.
Kate Middleton attended her first women’s match at Wimbledon yesterday, July 7. Sophie, Countess of Wessex was also there, and the two royals got to meet tennis champion Serena Williams (who won her match and will compete in the finals).
Let’s catch up with some young British royals who aren’t named Kate who have been out and about the last week. This royal round up features: Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, Zara Phillips (and her adorable daughter Mia), Prince Harry, and Prince William.
I’m a bit behind on posts now since I went out of town on Sunday (to Orlando – I’m fine; my friends are fine; what happened at Pulse is a terrible tragedy and my thoughts are with victims, and the families and friends affected by this hate-filled crime), so I’m playing catch up. This post is for The Patron’s Lunch which the British royals attended on Sunday, June 12; I’ll have a post on the Order of the Garter service later.
In feel-good news, Prince Harry kept his promise to an Invictus Games competitor who asked him to give her gold medal to Papworth Hospital in London. He delivered the medal to the hospital team yesterday, June 1. The rest of this royal round up includes a sprinkling of people we haven’t talked about in a while: Duchess Camilla, Queen Letizia, Princess Eugenie, and Queen Rania.
In part two (or part three if you count the open post) of the coverage of Prince Oscar‘s Christening, which took place at the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace yesterday, May 27, let’s look at the fashion from the royals in attendance: Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Estelle, Princess Madeleine, Princess Leonore, Princess Sofia, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and Crown Princess Mary.
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge did some stuff today, May the 4th Be With You, and didn’t bother to wear even one Star Wars related item. How dare she. Instead, she repeated a bunch of previously worn items to visit the new Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace, to attend a reception at the Anna Freud Centre (her first visit as Patron), and to view the Vogue 100 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, attended the Festival of Remembrance today, October 7th, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Cambridges joined many other members of the British Royal Family for the first time at this annual occasion. Prince Harry attended the Field of Remembrance event at Westminster Abbey on November 5th with Prince Philip which I did not cover in my most recent royal round up (as that event had not happened when I posted that article) so I will cover that here, too.
While we wait for Kate Middleton to actually do something (on Jan 15 and 16, update below), here are a few year-end polls of Kate’s clothes from 2014 (I’ll have a look at other royal ladies’ 2014 fashion later). I separated Kate’s outfits into four categories: Dresses, Gowns, Coats, and Separates. I left out the pants outfits because they all look the same and there is no point picking a favorite out of those. In each category I separated the outfits by color, R-O-Y-G-B-V style (more like R-P-O-Y-G-T-B-V-W-Gr-Br-Bl actually). I’m splitting the polls into two installments. The first installment has polls for Kate’s dresses and gowns. The second installment will have polls for Kate’s coats and separates, as well as a poll for Kate’s hats.