As a woman who is unafraid to rewear the same outfit on high-profile occasions, the Princess of Wales is well-known and much-admired for her thriftiness.
But at the Trooping of the Colour on Saturday, she eschewed rewearing one of her previous looks in favour of rewearing someone else’s.
Not literally, of course, but while her pale blue Catherine Walker ‘Lafayette’ coat dress hadn’t been worn before by Catherine, eagle-eyed royal watchers may nonetheless have noticed that it looked rather familiar.
In colour and style, it bore a striking resemblance to an outfit worn by her late mother-in-law, Diana, Princess of Wales.
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