Queen Elizabethnever shies away from bold color.
The monarch, 96, is known for her wardrobe of outfits in every shade, so it’s no surprise that her recent ensembles have been bright and distinct.
Queen Elizabethalsomade an appearance on Monday in Scotland, where she sported a summery blue coat and matching hat over a floral pattern dress.
While she has countless colorful ensembles, there’s a good chance that the Queen will wear her outfits on several occasions, even if the public doesn’t know it.
In her2019 memoirThe Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, The Dresser and the Wardrobe, Kelly wrote, “Her Majesty is always thrifty. After two or three outings, a piece will have become familiar to the media and the public, so we will either look for ways to modify it or it will become something that is worn on private holidays at Balmoral or Sandringham.”
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Not only does the Queen carefully choose her outfit colors — sometimes based on the occasion or if she’s honoring another country’sflag colors— but there’s a reason why shepicks such distinguished hues.
In the documentary,The Queen at 90, the Queen’s daughter-in-law, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, said: “She needs to stand out for people to be able to say ‘I saw the Queen.’ Don’t forget that when she turns up somewhere, the crowds are two, three, four, 10, 15 deep, and someone wants to be able to say they saw a bit of the Queen’s hat as she went past.”
Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles on the Buckingham Palace balcony on June 5.Samir Hussein/WireImage
Earlier this month, the Queen made two appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, once in a bold green shade that could be spotted from miles away and the otherwearing St. Patrick’s blue, a nod to the original symbolic color of Ireland which can also be representative of sovereignty.
“The Queen is conscious that she must be easily visible to as many people as possible when she is out and about, so I choose mainly striking colors that will be easily seen,” Kelly said in her book.
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Princess Beatrice and Queen Elizabeth.Benjamin Wheeler/PA Wire; PA Images via Getty Images
“The Queen has very little time to herself, and no time to wear in her own shoes, and as we share the same shoe size it makes the most sense,” she explained in the book.
source: people.com
