Kate Middleton appeared to send more than one secret message about her return to public life during her much anticipated Trooping the Colour appearance in London on Saturday.
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00:00Kate Middleton appeared to send more than one secret message about her return to public
00:04life during her much-anticipated Trooping the Color appearance in London on Saturday.
00:09And there she is, the princess of the world. White shoes, white outfit.
00:13Stepping out for a big event for the first time since breaking the news of her cancer
00:17diagnosis, one of her most obvious subliminal messages came via the color of her dress,
00:22an elegant white Jenny Packham ensemble with black accents. White represents the likes
00:26of hope, honesty, and purity, and after the difficult few months Kate has endured, it
00:30made the perfect shade for her first big step back into public life to tell the world how
00:35she was feeling.
00:36The dress also had a nautical feel, not too dissimilar to the navy dress Princess Charlotte
00:40wore for the occasion. Charlotte's dress featured a white bow and trim, tying the twosomes'
00:44outfits together to represent a united family.
00:47White has also been a favorite of other royals at past Trooping the Color parades because
00:51of its appearance on the Union Jack flag. Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, wore white
00:55in 2023. At the time, Susie Nelson, Modes & More founder, told Express,
01:00"...white is one of the three patriotic colors, others being red and blue, and would therefore
01:04be a suitable choice for a working royal at this event."
01:07Kate was likely showing her continued dedication to the British public by choosing the color
01:12this year after not being seen for a while.
01:15Another way Kate may have been sending a hidden message to her fans via her Trooping the Color
01:18outfit? By wearing pieces we've seen her in before.
01:22Kate's look harkened back to the days before she made her cancer treatment public, as she
01:26previously wore the dress, or at least a very similar one, also by Jenny Packham, for an
01:30event at Buckingham Palace in 2023, just without the large bow across her collar.
01:35We know Kate is a pro at re-wearing her royal looks, but her decision to wear something
01:39she already owned, especially knowing how much she'd be photographed, is likely a nod
01:43to the past and the fact that she's still the eco-conscious woman royal watchers know
01:47and love, who isn't planning on breaking tradition anytime soon.
01:51By giving the public something familiar, Kate was likely looking to give the world and maybe
01:55even herself a little comfort, too.
01:57However, it wasn't only her dress we've seen before. Kate opted to wear a pair of gorgeous
02:01pearl earrings she's sported multiple times before. The royal wowed in them for the first
02:06time all the way back in 2018 during Prince Louis' christening, and we love that Kate
02:10was clearly keeping her children, who also attended the event, close to her in such a
02:14sentimental way.
02:15The other accessory with a sweet, sentimental meaning was her Irish Guards regimental brooch,
02:20which represented her holding the title of Colonel of the Irish Guards, which used to
02:24belong to Prince William.