Princess of Wales glam week

I think by now you all know how much I adore fashion and royalty, they are my greatest passions; could I ever not comment on this week's actual events that provided us with some super glam looks? 

Answer: OBVIOUSLY NOT. 

So let's proceed.

Fans of royal families, especially the British royal family, know very well that this week we had 2 very important events: Commonwealth Day and the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Just like every year, on the second Monday of March at Westminster Abbey, a religious service is held in the presence of the royal family. Never like this year, the working royals were all lined up: from the princess royal, passing through the new Dukes of Edinburgh up to the top of the throne, the Princes of Wales and the royal couple.

Obviously, attention is always focused on the women of the royal family: 

• Princess Anna has accustomed us to her minimal and no-frills style; 
• The new duchess of Edinburgh also has a classic and timeless style; 
• The Queen consort Camilla who has been comfortable in her style for years and therefore relies entirely on her trusted stylists / friends to increase her wardrobe.

You may have noticed that I finally left her: the Princess of Wales. You'll wonder why, now I'll explain it to you. For almost 12 years now, Princess Catherine has been attracting everyone's attention with her looks, so more space should be dedicated to her, in my opinion.

The princess's style has always been classic, sometimes even too much, so much so that in some cases it could be boring. Here, a slow and gradual modernization of the style of the future queen was being carried out in the palace, and I must say I am happy with this. A look that seems to have come out of the top hat of the magician Natasha Archer (her personal stylist) is a beautiful 2-piece from the Erdem brand, already used in the past. I've read that many didn't like this style, well I'll tell you, I LOVED it. It was perfect for her silhouette, with this retro 50s cut (for those who missed my articles on Paris fashion weeks, I invite you to read them, because the designers have resurrected 50s cuts from the past, one of them Balmain). The look, total blue of course, was completed by a wide-brimmed fascinator, but in a different blue than the suit and this is the only detail that bothered me.

Another very noteworthy event: the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

This year marks a very important step: with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III has made some changes in the ranks of royal colonels. Thus, Prince William, the new Prince of Wales, has become the new colonel of the Welsh Guards, leaving him as colonel of the Irish Guards. And who could ever be assigned this role if not to her, the woman who has been part of her life and that of her family for twenty years and always supports them, even through silence?

Obviously the Princess of Wales. King Charles III wanted to give this immense gift to his daughter-in-law as a reward for all that she does for her monarchy, effectively making her colonel of the Irish Guards. The princess, already last week, had participated in some exercises of this corps, and on Friday 17 March she took on the role of colonel for the first time during the parade. People who expected to see her in her uniform might have been disappointed (I didn't believe it for a second) but she showed up with a new Catherine Walker coatdress, in a color that amazed everyone. Not the usual forest green, which by now let's be clear she had tired of it, she has more dresses or coats of this color in her closet than the Irish nationalists, but a beautiful green at half age between aquamarine and turquoise. A perfect color, bright, luminous, which worn by "spring" (harmony) looks divine.

A detail that perhaps not everyone has noticed is the arrangement of the buttons on the coatdress: four space four, just like those of the Irish Guards uniforms. A message of closeness done in a delicate and unostentatious way that I greatly appreciated. Needless to say, I also appreciated having left her hair loose on her shoulders, without necessarily having to resort to elaborate chignons that sometimes make her appear older than her years. On the other hand the saying goes: less is more. And, again, Catherine won.