The Queen was repping stylish, yet practical eyewear since before the time of bifocals. Here, the Queen wears a pair of glasses over her sunglasses in the Royal Box at the Windsor Horse Show in 1982.
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Without a doubt, though, the most influential of all the family to wear fashionable eyewear is Queen Elizabeth II herself. Her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh, wore glasses or contact lenses throughout his life, but the Queen was not photographed in spectacles until the early 1980s.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
The Duke of Edinburgh has worn glasses most of his adult life. He just wears contacts most times. The Queen recently had cataracts surgery and appeared in public in sunglasses, just like her late Uncle, The Duke of Windsor did after his surgery in 1965.
Prince William, along with many other members of the Royal Family, relies on glasses to help his vision.
Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen has been wearing Silhouette frames since 1982 and generally opts for pairs with rounded lenses and a clean, vintage style look.
Cataract surgery is a very safe procedure, even for someone aged 90 or older as the Queen has so adeptly proven. Nearly 100 percent of patients experience improved vision and are satisfied with the results. It is not without risk, but it appears as though the Queen's surgery was an unmitigated success.
“She is very conservative with her eye makeup, she never oversteps it and relies more on her lip color to make the impact,” says Mills. Particularly in recent years, Mills notes the Queen looks like she's barely wearing any eye makeup at all.
According to The Sun, the British Royal family are under a strict protocol that dictates only two royal mothers can wear orange. However, the other more common reason is it doesn't photograph well, and for royals with pale complexion, it can wash them out. Luckily, that's a problem a healthy dose of bronzer can fix.
“Nearly one in 10 (nine percent) of respondents in Lenstore's survey found Prince William's eyes the most attractive.
Royal etiquette expert Myka Meier told Fabulous, "Underwear and bras are also considered private intimate wear, and for royals to put intimate apparel on display would simply not be done."
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was known to sport the brightest of colours when she attended public events, however there is one colour the monarch never wore. Royal biographer Robert Hardman reportedly said: “My favourite remark she ever said was: 'I can never wear beige because nobody will know who I am. '”
It was recently announced by the BBC that The Queen has successfully undergone cataract surgery. Cataract removal is the most performed surgery in the UK and one of the safest.
It is known however that she contracted smallpox in 1562 which left her face scarred. She took to wearing white lead makeup to cover the scars. In later life, she suffered the loss of her hair and her teeth, and in the last few years of her life, she refused to have a mirror in any of her rooms.
CHESTNUT HILL - People across the Delaware Valley are sharing stories of encounters with Queen Elizabeth and for one local couple, Her Majesty was a familiar face. "She was always tinier than one expected, but she did have those magical blue eyes and beautiful skin.
The queen consort, who has been part of the royal family since she married the former Prince of Wales in 2005, had got to know her mother-in-law well during the past two decades. She described the queen's “wonderful blue eyes” and how “when she smiles they light up her whole face”.
But there will be a subtle difference between Olivia and the Queen - and it's all to do with the colour of their eyes. Queen Elizabeth II has blue eyes, as does Claire Foy. Olivia Colman, however, has brown eyes and she won't be opting for contact lenses to change their hue.
Widely known for having the most striking eyes in Hollywood, Taylor had what appeared to be rare, natural purple irises.
According to contemporary sources, Elizabeth was very beautiful. One remarked that she was "the most beautiful woman in the Island of Britain", but her eyes were referred to as being "heavy-lidded like those of a dragon".
Princess Eugenie is one of the only royals with visible tattoos. She showed off her small tattoo, a delicately inked circle behind her left year, at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022. However, it is unclear when she first got the piece of body art.
"If you look closely, you can see a visible yellowish cast on Kate's skin when wearing that orange-red coat. This is essentially scattered orange light around her face because she could only partially absorb the temperature of this specific colour.
Perhaps the most oft-transgressed maxim is touching a member of the royal family in a manner that goes beyond a formal handshake—a guideline that likely dates back to the Middle Ages, when, as the British historian Kate Williams has noted, “monarchs were divinely appointed to rule by God, so they were kind of seen as ...
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth wore Guerlain L'Heure Bleue, a spicy citrus with a powdery dry down. It's been a classic for the fragrance house ever since the scent was created in 1912.
And as to putting one's clothes on, contrary to popular belief the Queen actually dressed alone. The monarch also did her own make-up for most events, with the exception of her annual Christmas speech, for which a make-up artist was employed.
Royal residences reportedly keep Yardley soaps on-hand, and per Marie Claire, private guests to Windsor Castle are given Yardley products, too. Queen Elizabeth has issued royal warrants to brands like Clarins, Elizabeth Arden, and Molton Brown.