{"id":415950,"date":"2025-09-11T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415950\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:02:10","slug":"kate-middleton-goes-back-to-brunette-hair-and-dons-a-chic-tartan-dress-in-surprise-charity-visit-to-honor-the-late-queen-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415950\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton Goes Back To Brunette Hair And Dons A Chic Tartan Dress In Surprise Charity Visit To Honor The Late Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> and <strong>Prince William<\/strong> honored the late <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shefinds.com\/collections\/prince-charles-heartbreaking-statement-queen-elizabeth-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third anniversary<\/a> of her death by making a surprise visit to the National Federation of Women\u2019s Institute branch in Sunningdale, which the late monarch joined in 1943 at the age of 17. She was an active member for 80 years, and was also President of the Sandringham WI until her death.<\/p>\n<p>Prince William was scheduled to make a solo appearance, but insiders told the Daily Mail that his wife was \u201ckeen to join her husband to commemorate and celebrate the life of the late Queen.\u201d Aww!<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales\u2019 surprise visit came on the same day that <strong>Prince Harry <\/strong>attended the 20th Anniversary WellChild Awards at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. He also made a private visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shefinds.com\/collections\/social-media-slams-prince-harry-for-leaking-his-private-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth-on-the-anniversary-of-her-death-never-misses-an-opportunity-to-exploit-for-publicity\/#slide-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to his late grandmother\u2019s gravesite<\/a> at St. George\u2019s Chapel that same day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOWT8GwjfFf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kate Middleton Wears A Chic Alessandra Rich Dress During Surprise Appearance<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales looked effortlessly chic and elegant in an Alessandra Rich\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shefinds.com\/collections\/kate-middleton-boston-burberry-tartan-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tartan dress<\/a>, featuring a Peter Pan collar, three-quarter length puff sleeves, and statement buttons. (Check out some pics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOVxsyiDe1L\/?img_index=1\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a>) She accessorized with Boss sky-high pumps and dazzling Kiki McDonough stud earrings, which she has rocked for well over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>But of course, the biggest talking point was her bouncy brunette blowout, for obvious reasons. After hitting the headlines for her controversial blonde hair color (or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shefinds.com\/collections\/kate-middleton-blonde-wig-public-appearance-cheap-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wearing a blonde wig<\/a> if we are to believe many social media users!) the mom-of-three returned to her signature chocolate brown shade, much to the delight of the internet!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOWGwwygq18\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fan Comments<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is beautiful as a brunette,\u201d gushed one fan on an Us Weekly Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOWQ_Gok_AQ\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post.<\/a> \u201cI like the dark hair better,\u201d agreed a second, as a third concurred: \u201cShe rocks brunette.\u201d \u201cLooks so much better!\u201d exclaimed a fourth, as a fifth chimed in: \u201cShe\u2019s beautiful either way! Classy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStunning,\u201d praised a sixth on a British Vogue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOWQ_Gok_AQ\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> post, followed by the heart eyes emoji. \u201cFabulous dress,\u201d complimented a seventh, followed by the red heart emoji, as an eighth observed: \u201cHer smile is so genuine and warm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGorgeous as always,\u201d commented a ninth, followed by two red heart emojis. \u201cOur Princess is so classy and elegant,\u201d raved a tenth, followed by two red heart and three hand clapping emojis.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton and Prince William honored the late Queen Elizabeth II on the third anniversary of her death&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-415950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115186037228806887","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415950","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=415950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}