As a young princess who came of age during World War II, the queen often dressed in ways that reflected what was happening in the U.K., and her sartorial choices were full of meaning.
Queen Elizabeth II wears a slim-fitting white lace dress to a garden party in Sydney, Australia, before leaving for Tasmania on the liner ‘SS Gothic’, February 1954.Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during a visit to the Mediterranean island of Malta, 1951.As the monarch became well-settled into her royal role she paired the extravagant with the everyday.
These outfits became an unofficial “uniform” for the queen and it wasn’t unheard of for British bookmakers to take bets on what colour the queen would don for high-profile events.Queen Elizabeth II, flanked by many members of the British Royal Family, attend Christmas Day Church service at Church of St Mary Magdalene on December 25, 2017.Duchess of Cambridge with Princess Charlotte, Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Edinburgh on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in 2016.
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