Kate's Vibrant Red Coat in Wales Was a Sweet Nod to Princess Diana

A touching honor. Princess Kate paid tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, throughout a go to to Wales.

The British royal, 40, traveled to the nation on Tuesday, September 27 — alongside her husband, Prince William — sporting a vibrant purple coat from L.Okay. Bennett. Called the Spencer, Diana’s maiden title, the putting outerwear piece featured metallic buttons and is product of wool. The look retails for $1,080 on-line. Underneath, Kate wore a black shirt, tailor-made pants and glossy pointed-toe pumps. She accessorized with a black mini bag by Grace Han and gold earrings.

Diana — who was married to William’s father, King Charles, and died in 1997 — additionally wore purple for her first official go to to Wales in 1981. The late royal sported a purple go well with jacket and a black pleated skirt designed by Donald Campbell and a hat by John Boy. She accomplished her look with purple heels.

This wouldn’t be the primary time Kate has paid tribute to Diana along with her trend decisions. Through the years, the duchess has worn numerous jewels that belonged to the late princess, together with the Cambridge Lovers Knot tiara.

Kate additionally famously wore Diana’s double-drop diamond sapphire earrings with an Alexander McQueen costume coat throughout the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June.

(Before Diana’s dying, she wrote a letter stating that she wished her jewellery dispersed amongst her sons and their future wives. Prince Harry‘s wife, Meghan Markle, inherited a variety of pieces, like Diana’s aquamarine cocktail ring and her butterfly earrings.)

Tuesday’s journey to Wales marked Kate and William’s first since changing into the Prince and Princess of Wales. There, the couple visited the RNLI Holyhead Lifeboat Station to satisfy crew members and volunteers.

Kate and William, 40, assumed the titles following the queen’s dying on September 8. (Charles, 73, and Diana have been beforehand the Prince and Princess of Wales. The monarch’s spouse, Camilla Parker Bowles, whom he married in 2005, is now Queen Consort. She was beforehand the Duchess of Cornwall.)

Her Majesty was laid to relaxation at St George’s Chapel on September 19 in Windsor Castle following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey. She was buried subsequent to her husband, Prince Philip, who died in April 2021 on the age of 99.