Queen Elizbeth II has been part of almost every era in fashion and has been commended by many designers and editors for her colourful collection of clothes. During her 70-year reign, Her Majesty never shied away from bright colours and would often be seen wearing eye-catching hot pink, royal blue and emerald green.
There was one colour the Queen rarely ever wore, and she once joked about the reason why - which is enough to make you laugh or cry, or both. Given her small stature, Elizabeth shunned from wearing beige as it stopped her from being spotted in a crowd. In his biography of the Queen, Robert Hardman wrote: "My favourite remark she ever said was, 'I can ever wear beige because nobody will know who I am."
