Members of the royal family gave a masterclass in mourning
dress over the last 10 days by re-wearing pieces and adapting old favourites to
ensure the focus remained off their outfits during the period, a stylist has
revealed.
Since the Queen’s death in Balmoral earlier this
month, senior royals including The Princess of Wales, Duchess of
Sussex and Countess of Wessex have made a number of high-profile
appearances – not least at the Queen’s funeral yesterday.
And members of the Firm have been ensuring the focus has
remained on the significant, historic occasion by recycling outfits, opting for
older pieces in different colours and tweaking old favourites to make them
appropriate for the mourning period.
Each member often only wore simple black dresses with very
little detailing and a modest cut, with a mid-length skirt and long sleeves.
Royals would often pair the outfits with sheer tights and heels or flat
shoes.
Where royals did wear newer pieces, the outfits tended to
be incredibly plain – ensuring the focus remained on the monarch and her life.
Stylist Miranda Holder told FEMAIL the royal
wives of Windsor had dressed with ‘grace and style’, adding: ‘Thanks to their
rigorous Royal upbringing, they fully understand that at this sad time,
upstaging the late Sovereign with their fashion choices is a strict etiquette
no-no.
