Royal Style: Never knowingly under-jewelled, let's be like Daisy and shine!

[Maireas]

New thread, thanks for the brilliant title suggestion, as ever!

Kate looks like a mix of an inspector, Handmaids Tale and Carmen Sandiego today

😂

Got it in one!!!! 🤣

I'm on the fence.... I want to love it but I can't! She needs a cape intervention from Max I think 😆

That is GORGEOUS! Would be fabulous on Sophie.

Think the cape is too long

@Gooseysgirl that's exactly it! There's too much cape (material?) it almost needs to be a gilet? Style cape.

Hopefully you know what I mean 🤣

But full marks for mixing it up. Tbh I did not see a cape coming.

It's also the shoulder pads that make it look a little odd. I think as a cape looks quite dramatic, it's best to keep it simpler like Máxima here. No need for frills and furbelows!

Maxima looks great there.

Yeah I actually detest the severe shoulder line having seen it front on, and it meant she had to wear a wide brim to balance it. Combined with the bow (would have liked that more if it wasn't a repeat tbh), the cape and the hat it's just a bit wrong. IMO it's well into Panto territory.

Shame, as the profile shot was lovely! I'm obviously quite keen on a flash of leg...

The dress is a coat dress, it looks gorgeous, has a beautiful cut to it, although I think the oversized bow kind of ruins it.

Sophie looks lovely, I like her hair in that casual style.

I do like the cape though. Had it been styled differently I could have embraced that wholeheartedly (love a cape). But she gets many points for mixing it up again.

I just came on to say "what the hell....?" That bow! That hat!!

Huge miss for me ☹️

It does look really nice in this photo though !

Clever how the bow and hat are both at the same angle. I wonder if that's chance or by design?

Still think it's awful. She's in her 40s (just) not her 70s.

Love the colour but the proportions aren't quite right somehow, and that giant bow is not ideal.

I agree with Killingmedeftly, Max has shown us that a cape is impactful enough without big embellishments. Top marks for mixing it up but the bow was just a step too far. I bet she's added a few to her wardrobe - brown with a touch of "county" for Sandringham, green for St Patrick's Day......
Fingers x'd for some stinking jewels later.

Given Kate's love of literal dressing, maybe there is hope that she'll wear one of the ruby tiaras this evening, to keep up the red theme.

I think like @AllTangledUpInTitlesAndTiaras I prefer the Oriental Circlet. It's more delicate than the Burmese Ruby Tiara, which is a bit too 'dense' in design for my liking.

Women in their 70s are often chic and stylish.

Kate looks lovely in that photo @themessygarden. Very elegant.
I thought her brows were a bit darker than normal- I wasn't keen on them.

I get the "Handmaids Tale" vibe too though.

Love the fact we can see her in later shots without the hat and cape and with her hair down

And a shorter dress hallelujah I thought she was stuck with midis for life

Women in their 70s are often chic and stylish.

Of course they are - almost that age myself. I wasn't implying they weren't and sorry you inferred that from my comment.
But there are clothes I wear now that I wouldn't have worn at 40, and vice versa.

Lots of leg on show!

I’d have mine on show all the time if I had a pair like that!