While the Queen always wears nude tights, Kate takes a more modern approach with black tights occasionally. However, the Duchess is rarely seen with no tights whatsoever.
According to Dina, Kate wears non-slip tights and socks with gel strips on the bottom to help her feet grip more firmly on the soles of her shoes.
But it seems as though there's a genuine reason for the Duchess's style choice. It turns out Kate Middleton has a large scar on her hair line, on the left side of her head. This scar has only ever been photographed once in the media, in 2011 when her hair was pulled back from her face.
Royal expert Victoria Arbiter previously told Insider that you “never see a royal without their nude stockings" and added that the tights are “really the only hard, steadfast rule in terms of what the Queen requires”.
Hosiery is considered part of the unofficial royal uniform for women. While these days women generally go barelegged if the sun allows us, royal women still follow more old fashioned etiquette rules when it comes to their pins.
Said royal expert Victoria Arbiter in an interview with Insider, “You never see a royal without their nude stockings. I would say that's really the only hard, steadfast rule in terms of what the Queen requires.” Other than, you know, a complete dismissal of garlic, of course.
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."
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Therefore, the sovereign prefers to either change her outfits and if she gets bored of them, she sends them to her dressers, who are then allowed to either wear them themselves or sell them.
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Catherine suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe vomiting, during her pregnancies.
While Middleton has donned red toe polish on several occasions, she's never worn dark colors on her hands, choosing to go with a clear or nude manicure, or in many cases, no polish at all. Most fans seemed to love the change.
Not only is Kate Middleton known for her exquisite taste, from her Alexander McQueen dresses to her festive Catherine Walker coats, but the Princess of Wales is also known for keeping those outfits in a steady rotation. It turns out, rewearing outfits is a do for the royals.
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The monarch isn't a fan of a deep bath either, she is said to bathe in “no more than seven inches of water”, according to royal author Brian Hoey for the Daily Mail. Seven inches is equivalent to 17.8 centimetres.
This confirms that male members of the British royal family were circumcised for at least two generations, there is no evidence as to whether Princes William and Harry chose to carry on the practice with their own sons, Princes George, Louis, and Archie Harrison respectively.
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.
No washing machines
Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla's clothes are not allowed to be cleaned in washing machines—everything is hand washed. When they sent their clothing away to be cleaned, they found that some items of clothing were kept as souvenirs.
The Queen has a bath every morning, drawn by her maid while she sips a cup of tea. It's believed that the royals prefer to avoid taking showers, due to their belief that they're for members of the working class.
Royal women like Meghan and Kate often keep things casual at official events, wearing affordable brands and easy-to-wear styles, and that includes blue jeans. Here, 20 times royals have worn denim, from Prince Philip and Princess Alexandra in the 1950s to Meghan and Kate today. The Queen isn't one to wear denim.
And, as the head of the Commonwealth found out in 1968, a reigning monarch can sometimes have so many pairs she can lose track of them: a pair of knickers left behind on a private plane by Elizabeth II in the swinging sixties and given to a playboy millionaire were eventually sold on eBay for a whopping $18,000.
"It is customary for senior royals to dress modestly during public appearances, in order to preserve the sanctity of the Royal Family." One way this is ensured is that "royal women are discouraged from showing off their cleavage".
According to Elizabeth Holmes' book, "HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style," the Queen's outfits are recorded, and repeats are purposely spaced out. After she's worn it a second or third time, the outfit is either reworked into a new design or reserved to only wear in private.