Last week at the Trooping the Colour, the Princess of Wales opted for a “mummy-and-me” look with her nine-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte. Kate wore a striking aquamarine Catherine Walker coat dress with a matching fascinator, while Charlotte was dressed in a similarly hued outfit, in a move that has been heralded as “a masterclass in mother-daughter style”.
It’s not a new phenomenon. Princess Diana pulled off a similar trick for the same event in 1988, sporting a smart pea-green dress on the balcony of Buckingham Palace while carrying a young Prince Harry dressed in matching shorts. But the Waleses have arguably fine-tuned the technique, frequently appearing en masse in coordinated outfits. Kate and Charlotte wore similar sailor-style dresses at Trooping the Colour in 2024 and matching black coat dresses with deep pleats and wide-brimmed hats at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in 2022. Kate paired a forest green fascinator with Charlotte’s little green coat while attending church at Sandringham on Christmas Day in 2019. And they also donned matching mother and daughter silver and crystal headpieces for King Charles III’s Coronation in 2023.
