It’s Princess Diana’s birthday, and on what would have been the celebration of 59th year of life, we’re looking back at how her lasting influence has gone on to affect her two daughters-in-law. While Meghan Markle has taken a step back from royal life, Kate Middleton has been at it a long time, and has mastered the art of recreating Princess Diana‘s iconic styles. Meghan has also given her own twist to the late princess’s gorgeous fashions, but Kate has paid homage to Di at every birth and christening of her children and beyond. When Kate Middleton gave birth to Prince George in 2013, she wore a polka-dotted light blue dress upon introducing the future King of England to the public.
Her dress closely mimicked Diana’s polka-dot frock she wore after Prince William’s birth in 1982. Then, for the most recent birth of Kate’s second son, Prince Louis, the Duchess of Cambridge greeted the public wearing a red dress with a white collar, just as Princess Diana did for Prince Harry‘s baby reveal in 1984.
Kate donned a hot pink power suit with a matching hat at the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in 2017, as Diana did to a garden party in Buckingham Palace in 1983. Then, again, Kate wore a white coat with a blush hat and large flower to the Queen’s 90th birthday parade, similar to Diana’s white jacket and printed skirt that she matched with a large white sun hat at the Royal Ascot in 1987.
Then, of course, for the reception following Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding, Meghan wore a stunning aquamarine ring that once belonged to Princess Di. Finally, Meghan’s black and white outfit for her first Royal Ascot was very reminiscent of Diana’s black and white suit she donned to the Melbourne Cup in 1985.
We always love seeing the wives of Prince William and Prince Harry pay tribute to their late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, and they do it with such class! Be sure to go through the gallery above to see all of the times Meghan and Kate have dressed like Diana!