{"id":413594,"date":"2025-09-10T16:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413594\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:44:10","slug":"kate-middletons-latest-outfit-paid-a-sweet-hidden-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413594\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton\u2019s Latest Outfit Paid a Sweet Hidden Tribute to Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Kate Middleton made a surprise appearance alongside her husband Prince William on September 8 at a royal engagement honoring the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s death at 96 years old in 2022.<\/li>\n<li>An eagle-eyed royal blogger spotted the sweet hidden tribute the Princess of Wales made to the late Queen through her Alessandra Rich dress worn on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>The future queen is masterful at symbolic dressing and sending messages through her wardrobe without uttering a single word.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The world was so focused on <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/kate-middleton-qatar-state-visit-8754169\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a>\u2019s hair transformation\u2014back to brunette after a brief stint as a blonde\u2014at her most recent royal appearance that we all missed a hidden tribute to <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/how-king-charles-camilla-celebrated-queen-elizabeth-98th-birthday-8636727\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a> on the third anniversary of Her late Majesty\u2019s death in 2022.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On September 8, the Princess of Wales made a surprise appearance alongside her husband <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-wont-be-pushed-around-11759097\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> at a local chapter of the Women\u2019s Institute, an organization the late Queen had been involved in for 80 years prior to her death at 96 years old. She was named its president in 2003 and served until her death, and Monday marked the third anniversary of her passing after a historic 70 years on the throne.\n<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton on September 8, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Paying homage to her grandmother-in-law\u2014but in a subtle way\u2014Kate wore a look from Alessandra Rich\u2019s 2021 collection that features a large check print in gray, black, white, and a touch of hot pink, according to fashion site <a href=\"https:\/\/whatkatewore.com\/2025\/09\/08\/the-prince-princess-of-wales-mark-third-anniversary-of-queens-death\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Kate Wore<\/a>. It also has an oversized collar with ruffle detailing and puffed short sleeves. She paired the dress with Hugo Boss heels, the site reported.\n<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p> Prince William and Kate Middleton on September 8, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Kate\u2019s dress seems to be intentionally chosen to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth\u2019s last photograph, taken on September 6\u2014just two days before her death\u2014at Balmoral Castle. Kate\u2019s dress bears very close resemblance to the plaid skirt worn by the monarch in her final photograph as she waited to welcome then-U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss, a fact spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOXxm10DG-1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=75ff2aca-e04b-42e2-bbb6-d7c0a0453f63\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">royal blogger @katemiddletonprincessofwalesuk<\/a>. The blogger noted that Kate\u2019s dress \u201cpaid a lovely tribute to the last pic of the queen\u201d (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/fashion\/royal-style\/854975\/princess-kate-respectful-tribute-late-queen-elizabeth-ii\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello!<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Referring to the passing of the Duchess of Kent at 92 years old on September 4, they added, \u201cOf course, Catherine was respecting protocol considerations for the mourning period (because of the death of the Duchess of Kent) but, in addition, she chose a fabric which remembers one of the skirts that Queen Elizabeth wore for her last public appearance ever. A lovely way to remember Her Majesty.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Queen Elizabeth on September 6, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> As Hello! aptly put it, when it comes to the Princess of Wales, \u201cfashion isn\u2019t just about appearance,\u201d the outlet wrote. \u201cEvery look is meaningful, and every outfit is symbolic.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton made a surprise appearance alongside her husband Prince William on September 8 at a royal engagement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-413594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115181011846121372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413594","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=413594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}