Kate Middleton had some help in achieving her royal wedding look, dispelling a longstanding rumor that she did her own makeup for her walk down the aisle.
Makeup mogul Bobbi Brown appeared on the Breaking Beauty podcast to promote her new book, Still Bobbi. During the episode, the conversation turned to Kate’s April 2011 wedding to Prince William — and while she used Bobbi Brown products, the makeup artist said she wasn’t the one to apply them.
“I didn’t do her makeup. I wish I did,” Brown, 68, said in the interview. “It was one of my artists, Hannah Martin, who’s become quite a sensation in the U.K.”
It was previously believed that the Princess of Wales, now 43, did her own makeup for the big day after taking lessons.
However, Brown confirmed to the hosts, “Hannah did her makeup.”
Kate Middleton on her wedding day on April 29, 2011.
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“Hannah did give me some information that I should set my alarm and watch,” the makeup guru added. “We were texting back and forth, and she’s like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.’ ”
When asked if they were allowed to claim credit for the look, Brown said, “We didn’t as a company use it — no one did that back then. It wasn’t the right thing to do.”
She added that she has a note hanging in her office from someone who wrote letters on behalf of the royal, saying “how much she appreciated the makeup.”
Kate Middleton and Prince William after their wedding on April 29, 2011.
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The future Princess of Wales’ wedding day glam squad also included hair stylists James Pryce and Richard Ward of London’s Richard Ward salon, who created her cascading curls with a half-updo
“Catherine was very involved in her chosen style, and the bridal look was based on her own personal preference,” Ward previously told PEOPLE. “It was really a matter of getting a fine balance of feeling natural but also reflected the occasion.”
Prince William and Kate Middleton after their wedding on April 29, 2011.
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He created three “mood boards” for the then-bride-to-be, narrowing down the options over time and keeping the look completely confidential.
On her wedding eve, Kate sat through two hours of intensive hair prep, including a wash, blow-dry and curl-setting. At 6:30 a.m. on the big day, she had two more hours of styling.