{"id":183569,"date":"2025-06-14T10:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183569\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T10:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:56:16","slug":"why-the-princess-of-wales-bold-turquoise-trooping-the-colour-outfit-is-a-vibrant-return-to-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183569\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Princess of Wales&#8217; Bold Turquoise Trooping The Colour Outfit Is A Vibrant Return To Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2025<img  alt=\"london, england june 14: princess charlotte of wales and catherine, princess of wales arrive at trooping the colour 2025 at buckingham palace on june 14, 2025 in london, england. trooping the colour is a ceremonial parade celebrating the official birthday of the british monarch. the event features over 1,400 soldiers and officers, accompanied by 200 horses. more than 400 musicians from ten different bands and corps of drums march and while performing. (photo by john phillips\/getty images)\" data-cy=\"slide-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/princess-of-wales-trooping-2025-carriage-684d50775d43b.jpg\" title=\"Trooping The Colour 2025\" width=\"5041\" height=\"3555\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>John Phillips<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">For the 2025 occasion, the Princess of Wales wore a Catherine Walker outfit, Juliette Botterill hat, Irish Guards brooch and earrings once belonging to Queen Elizabeth. The choice of the turquoise dress coat was echoed in the pastel dress worn by her daughter, Princess Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2024<img  alt=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" data-cy=\"slide-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2024-6839d1509d168.jpg\" title=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">The Princess of Wales made a return to public life in a white dress by Jenny Packham. The shift-style dress was decorated with a navy and white bow to match her Philip Treacy hat. She wore her Irish Guards Regimental Brooch and earrings by Cassandra Goad.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2023<img  alt=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" data-cy=\"slide-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2023-6839d15393ea4.jpg\" title=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2133\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">The Princess of Wales was easily visible on the balcony in an emerald Andrew Gn outfit. She wore a hat by Philip Treacy in the same hue, the Cartier Irish Guards&#8217; Shamrock brooch and Diana&#8217;s double-drop sapphire earrings.<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2022<img  alt=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" data-cy=\"slide-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2022-6839d15323872.jpg\" title=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" width=\"2874\" height=\"2218\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\"> She chose brilliant white Alexander McQueen for the 2022 occasion. The then Duchess of Cambridge completed the look with a black and white Philip Treacy hat, earrings that originally belonged to her mother-in-law Diana and a Strathberry clutch.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2019<img  alt=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" data-cy=\"slide-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2019-6839d14bd77be.jpg\" title=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" width=\"1179\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">The Duchess of Cambridge opted for sunshine lemon in 2019. The Alexander McQueen dress was worn with a Philip Treacy hat and pearl and diamond earrings on loan from Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2018<img  alt=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" data-cy=\"slide-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2018-6839d15064b87.jpg\" title=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" width=\"1508\" height=\"1641\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">The Duchess appeared on the balcony wearing an icy blue dress by Alexander McQueen and a matching hat by Juliette Botterill, while her jewellery was comprised of diamonds and topaz by Kiki McDonough.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2017<img  alt=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" data-cy=\"slide-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-tropping-the-colour-2017-6839d15088c85.jpg\" title=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" width=\"2501\" height=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">She went all in on pink for 2017. The royal wore a pink dress with pleat detail by Alexander McQueen and a hat by Jane Taylor. She completed the outfit with diamond earrings on loan from Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2016<img  alt=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" data-cy=\"slide-image-8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2016-6839d154b64a7.jpg\" title=\"kate middleton trooping the colour\" width=\"2608\" height=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">Catherine wore a white coat dress by Alexander McQueen,  which had been initially worn for Princess Charlotte&#8217;s christening. She paired it with a Philip Treacy hat complete with large pink corsage detail, a Mappin and Webb necklace and Balenciaga earrings.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2015<img  alt=\"london, united kingdom june 13: (embargoed for publication in uk newspapers until 48 hours after create date and time) catherine, duchess of cambridge and camilla, duchess of cornwall stand on the balcony of buckingham palace during trooping the colour on june 13, 2015 in london, england. the ceremony is queen elizabeth iis annual birthday parade and dates back to the time of charles ii in the 17th century, when the colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle. (photo by max mumby\/indigo\/getty images)\" data-cy=\"slide-image-9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2015-6839cf3cd5d1a.jpg\" title=\"Trooping The Colour\" width=\"1144\" height=\"1163\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Max Mumby\/Indigo<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">Shortly after the birth of Princess Charlotte, Catherine appeared on the balcony wearing a floral Catherine Walker coat dress. She wore the collard style with a white hat by Lock &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2014<img  alt=\"london, united kingdom june 014: (embargoed for publication in uk newspapers until 48 hours after create date and time) catherine, duchess of cambridge and prince william, duke of cambridge watch the fly past from the balcony of buckingham palace during trooping the colour, queen elizabeth iis birthday parade on june 14, 2014 in london, england. (photo by max mumby\/indigo\/getty images)\" data-cy=\"slide-image-10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-450617584-6839d51456b1f.jpg\" title=\"Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Parade: Trooping The Colour\" width=\"1123\" height=\"1149\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Max Mumby\/Indigo<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">She wore a light grey skirt suit by Alexander McQueen with a Jane Taylor hat, accessorising with a pearl brooch and matching Kiki McDonough earrings.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2013<img  alt=\"london, united kingdom june 15: (embargoed for publication in uk newspapers until 48 hours after create date and time) catherine, duchess of cambridge and prince william, duke of cambridge stand on the balcony of buckingham palace during the annual trooping the colour ceremony on june 15, 2013 in london, england. todays ceremony which marks the queens official birthday will not be attended by prince philip the duke of edinburgh as he recuperates from abdominal surgery. this will also be the duchess of cambridges last public engagement before her baby is due to be born next month. (photo by max mumby\/indigo\/getty images)\" data-cy=\"slide-image-11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2013-6839ce8b4b426.jpg\" title=\"Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Parade: Trooping The Colour\" width=\"1229\" height=\"1198\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Max Mumby\/Indigo<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">While expecting Prince George, Catherine chose a baby pink coat dress by Alexander McQueen worn with a ribbon-detail hat by  Jane Corbett. <\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2012<img  alt=\"london, united kingdom june 16: (embargoed for publication in uk newspapers until 48 hours after create date and time) catherine, duchess of cambridge and prince william, duke of cambridge stand on the balcony of buckingham palace during the annual trooping the colour ceremony at buckingham palace on june 16, 2012 in london, england. (photo by indigo\/getty images)\" data-cy=\"slide-image-12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2012-6839cac9b7e47.jpg\" title=\"Trooping The Colour\" width=\"1163\" height=\"1254\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Max Mumby\/Indigo<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">The Duchess of Cambridge returned to the balcony in 2012 wearing a floral grey dress by Erdem. She paired it with a Jane Corbett hat and Links of London earrings.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2011<img  alt=\"london, united kingdom june 11: (embargoed for publication in uk newspapers until 48 hours after create date and time) catherine, duchess of cambridge and prince william, duke of cambridge stand on the balcony of buckingham palace after the trooping the colour parade on june 11, 2011 in london, england. the ceremony of trooping the colour is believed to have first been performed during the reign of king charles ii. in 1748, it was decided that the parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the sovereign. more than 600 guardsmen and cavalry make up the parade, a celebration of the sovereigns official birthday, although the queens actual birthday is on 21 april. (photo by indigo\/getty images)\" data-cy=\"slide-image-13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kate-middleton-trooping-the-colour-2011-6839ca459c0e3.jpg\" title=\"Trooping The Colour\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1096\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Max Mumby\/Indigo<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r4rift emevuu60\">The newlywed Catherine wore a bridal white Alexander McQueen coat dress with a black hat for her first Trooping, wearing her hair loose in classic waves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-dynamic-svg=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/elle\/static\/images\/logos\/lettermark.8631e88.svg?primary=%2523000\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"dynamic-svg-base\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" alt=\"Lettermark\" class=\"css-7mevzh ev8dhu50\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch Next\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-dynamic-svg=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/play.db7c035.svg?primary=%2523ffffff\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"dynamic-svg-base\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" alt=\"Play Icon\" role=\"img\" title=\"Play\" class=\"css-ovd4yx e7hrar01\"\/><img alt=\"preview for ELLE UK - Fashion\" title=\"Video player poster image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2023-elle-nakeddresses-thumb-1-649c432d18fa0.jpg\" class=\"e7hrar03 css-g939jb e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement &#8211; Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trooping The Colour Parade, Buckingham Palace, June 2025John Phillips For the 2025 occasion, the Princess of Wales wore&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,1329,75353,13046,4884,1330,75352,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-183569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-content-type-feature","10":"tag-contentid-960f7dd5-d62d-4cc9-a94e-3aae3c1d974b","11":"tag-displaytype-listicle","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-shorttitle-the-princess-of-wales-chooses-bold-turquoise","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114681360807599016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}