Queen, Kate, Camilla, Meghan and younger Cambridges wear harmonious shades of blue
Most of the jubilee audience tuned in not for, but to watch the royal family observe the proceedings. While the bunting and high-stepping horses trumpeted an official message of unity, the optics of the royal family were closely scrutinised for what they tell us of fraught Windsor family dynamics, of the health of the 96-year-old Queen, and of the messaging “the firm” plans to broadcast during its weekend in the spotlight.
An ice-blue coat dress designed by her longtime righthand woman, Angela Kelly, was finished with a Wedgwood icing of crystal and pearl embroidery, and worn with a matching hat and formal white gloves. A walking stick was the one visible concession to mobility issues. Even with the addition of a tiny Prince Louis in a miniature sailor get-up, the formal lineup of straight-backed senior royals on the balcony could not compete, for intrigue, with the first sighting of the Sussexes in Britain since their dramatic departure for California. The Duchess of Sussex was seen laughing and joking with children in the royal party, dressed in an off-the-shoulder navy dress and a wide-brimmed white hat with a navy bow.
The message of Meghan’s outfit seemed to be that the Duchess is still very much a royal. The wide neckline echoed the shape of her Givenchy wedding dress, while the sleek Audrey Hepburn-esque tailoring was a deliberate return to how she dressed during her time as a working royal in Britain, in contrast to the more relaxed look she has adopted in California.
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