Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales arrived in matching blue coats to welcome the President and First Lady of Germany to Windsor. For the official welcome to kick off the State Visit, Queen Camilla and Princess Kate skipped the obvious German flag colors of black, red, and gold in favor of an unexpected hue: Prussian blue.
According to Tyler Ellis, designer and royal style expert, their choice to wear Prussian blue “is a visually deliberate and diplomatically intelligent gesture.” Ellis, designer of her own eponymous handbag brand, widely known as "Hollywood's Favorite Bags,” tells Marie Claire that “Prussian blue carries deep historical resonance within Europe, its origins tied to 18th-century Prussia, making it an especially meaningful nod to Germany’s cultural and military heritage.”
