Prince William not in black at Pope's funeral

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I think William made a big mistake in not wearing a black suit to the Pope's funeral.
I think it was a sign of disrespect, particularly as he's going to head of the Church of England.

I know the invite said dark suits for men, but everyone else - except Trump of course! - knew that black was expected, and it's not as if he doesn't have a black suit.

Well it was for world leaders, not pen pushing management mediocrity ;)

William was totally appropriately dressed. You'll have to go and scrabble around desperately for something else to have a pop at him about.

I disagree, Williams navy suit with a black tie was respectful (and smart.)

The C of E was formed in the 16th century when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic church and it doesn't recognise the Pope as the supreme leader. On that basis it was respectful of William to attend (on behalf of the King.)

William followed the dress code that was formally communicated by the Vatican: dark suit, black tie. If you want to get technical, Trump did violate it (dark suit, dark blue tie) and so did Zelensky (black suit, no tie).

As a side note (probably irrelevant to William's intentions) - in Argentina, where the Pope was from, black is the formal colour of mourning and is directly associated with the bereaved. Traditionally, it was worn for a set time after the death of the family member (or permanently, for widows). Someone who attended a funeral but was not a family member (or to modernise the tradition, a close friend or associate) might be more proper to wear dark navy or another dark neutral so as to highlight rather than appropriate the grief of the bereaved. Thus, there's logic to a non-Catholic wearing navy to this Vatican funeral (although of course black would also be acceptable).

I really don't think the pope would care!

Makes a change from a the numerous multiple threads having a pop stand the other pair. Kind of balances it out a bit

All the cardinals were in bright red, disrespectful idiots!

Not really though, as everything William's been criticised for, he hasn't actually done. He's behaved appropriately in every scenario mentioned above. Unlike some.

Wow even his poll bearers and the cardinals didn’t wear black 😮 I am shooketh 😦🤣🤭

Upper clas Englishmen usually don’t own a black lounge suit. They wear a dark grey or very dark blue suit to funerals. Plus the black tie. They likely will only have a black morning coat and a dinner suit as the black formalwear in their entire wardrobe. It is a class marker and it is also entirely correct and appropriate.

The Vatican did not specify a black suit, they specified a dark one.

You can see King Abdullah of Jordan diagonally in front of William in the picture posted upthread, also wearing a dark navy suit. And others, in line with the dress code. Manufactured outrage.

Did he because it looks black.

YABU. Navy looks better with Prince William's colouring.

Dark blue is completely appropriate. Why would you think otherwise?
He looked very smart.

Anyway, the vast majority of this country wouldn’t have cared whether he even attended the funeral
of the pope or not, let alone the colour of his very respectable suit.

Given the pummeling they received, he may have been mightily relieved!

What a totally ridiculous thing to get het up over.

There were plenty of people there in dark blue suits. Perfectly respectful and fine. Don't talk bollocks.

DH wore a blue suit to my Dad's funeral. Should I have flung him out of the crematorium?

I wore navy to my parents' Catholic funerals. I don't own black or suit it. I remember one of my cousins wearing a beautiful red coat to my aunt's funeral and my Mum was admiring it so I've no doubt she wouldn't have cared a bit that I wasn't in black.

He's probably glad he missed it.

I know. Utterly ridiculous. It's just picking at him and is a bit pathetic.

This. A world of difference. Why make stuff up to have a go at someone?

I assume that William has followed the King in choosing suits from Saville Row.
Mostly they think that black suits are a very poor choice for a gentleman so he may not even own one.

Disgraceful! Kate should LTB immediately.

Well Trump is, quite literally, a car salesman

I host funerals, black is no longer the norm in the U.K., even suits are no longer that common beyond next of kin. Before anyone says it’s a Catholic funeral, we sometimes host Catholic funerals too, certainly not all in black either, navy is common

No issue with Zelensky as he wore black, and he wears military style clothes as his country is at war. If he was wearing khaki, as he usually does, that would have been disrespectful.