How the Princess of Wales shifted focus back onto King with her dress

There was some strong fashion from the rest of the Royal family too, out in force to celebrate His Majesty who has also been undergoing cancer treatment. The Queen wore a pale green silk crepe dress and coat by Anna Valentine, a designer she’s worked with for decades, and who created her wedding gown for her marriage to the King in 2005. The look was completed with a hat by Philip Treacy.

The Duchess of Edinburgh was dressed in a sunny shade of yellow – probably the closest thing we’ll get to sun on such an overcast and rainy day. She wore a new Beulah dress, with a matching Jane Taylor hat and gold drop earrings by Giulia Barela. 

Her daughter, Lady Louise, 20, wore a Suzannah dress featuring an iris motif by French artist Rachel Levy, teamed with a Jane Taylor hat that had been borrowed from her mother.

The best accessories though? The smiles all round, which, after a difficult first half of the year, was gratifying to see. Particularly that of the Princess, telling the world: “I’m happy to be back.”