How Kate Middleton flies the flag for every country she visits… by cleverly matching her OUTFITS to their national colours
Arriving for her tour of Ireland with William this week, the Duchess of Cambridge showed she was in the Irish spirit in a green £1,567 Alessandra Rich dress and emerald Catherine Walker coat.
Keeping the theme going, she wowed in a sparkly £1,595 dark green dress from The Vampire’s Wife for an evening do in Dublin later that day.
And yesterday she opted for another green ensemble for a trip to Galway, wearing a £1,250 green dress by British designer Suzannah, matched with a shamrock necklace.
Kate is wrapped up in Norwegian red in a £650 Kjus jacket on a visit to a ski jump in Norway 2018, left, while the Duchess looks every inch the green goddess in a £1,567 Alessandra Rich dress on a trip to the Emerald Isle this week
Honouring the country she’s visited with her sartorial choices is a trick Kate learned from the Queen, who has always given a nod to the national culture with her clothes, be it a brooch or the colour of her hat.
It’s a tactic that has served Kate well over all manner of royal tours.
From a red maple leaf hat in Canada, to her chic black evening dress that mirrored the flag of New Zealand, we look at how the Duchess proves she is a real fashion citizen of the world.
The Norwegian flag of red, blue and white is pictured above, with Kate appearing to match the flag’s colours with her Kjus jacket
The Duchess wore the country’s traditional colour of green, also used on the Irish tricolour. Honouring the country she’s visited with her sartorial choices is a trick Kate learned from the Queen
The Duchess looks a Swedie in a £990 blue and yellow Erdem dress that mirrors the country’s flag on a 2018 visit, left, while she sports an All Black bespoke Jenny Packham gown featuring the nation’s famous silver fern emblem for a royal visit in 2014
Kate appears to copy the Silver Fern flag of New Zealand on her 2014 visit. It’s a tactic that has served Kate well over all manner of royal tours
Kate’s blue and yellow Erdem dress that mirrors the country’s flag, pictured above on a blue background complete with a yellow cross
Kate wears a maple leaf hat by Sylvia Fletcher on her and William’s first royal tour as a married couple in 2011, left. Glittering in a £1,100 Tory Burch dress and shawl, Kate (right) pays tribute to the colours of the flag of the South Asian kingdom in 2016
Kate wears a maple leaf hat on her and William’s first royal tour in 2011, which copies the red and white design of the Canadian flag with a maple leaf in the middle
Kate pays tribute to the colours of the flag of the South Asian kingdom Bhutan on her 2016 visit by appearing to copy the flag’s colour orange for her outfit
She’s the queen of green again in a Catherine Walker tunic top and Maheen Khan white trousers in Islamabad last year, left, while her two-piece Alexander McQueen outfit and purse mimic the Polish flag on a 2017 trip to Warsaw
Kate’s outfit on her visit to the Polish capital of Warsaw in July 2017 appeared to mimic the nation’s flag colours of red and white
Kate wore a Catherine Walker tunic top and Maheen Khan white trousers in Islamabad, appearing to copy the Pakistan national flag of green and white
Kate makes a great Dane in this vibrant £345 red Ami coat by LK Bennett on a 2011 trip to Copenhagen
Kate’s vibrant coat on her Denmark trip in 2011 appeared to copy the Danish national flag by wearing a striking red Ami coat
Picture research: Claire Cisotti