{"id":68142,"date":"2023-11-15T05:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T05:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/?p=68142"},"modified":"2023-11-15T05:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T05:47:08","slug":"kates-nod-to-wills-princess-rewears-philip-treacy-hat-from-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/kates-nod-to-wills-princess-rewears-philip-treacy-hat-from-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate's nod to Wills: Princess rewears Philip Treacy hat from 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Princess of Wales paid sweet tribute to Prince William at the Remembrance Sunday Service in London today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The royal mother-of-three, 41, looked effortlessly elegant in a black military-inspired Alexander McQueen coat\u00a0as she appeared on the balcony in front of the Cenotaph with Queen Camilla.<\/p>\n
Kate teamed her coat, which she first wore in 2019, with a\u00a0pair of pearl and diamond earrings – thought to have once belonged to the late Queen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Along with her trio of red poppies, the Princess of Wales finished off her ensemble with a black Philip Treacy hat – complete with a black velvet bow.<\/p>\n
The royal has owned the timelessly elegant accessory since 2006 – when she wore it watch her future husband’s passing out parade at Sandhurst.<\/p>\n
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Pictured: Princess of Wales, 41, watched her husband with pride during the Remembrance Sunday service this morning<\/p>\n
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Pictured: Kate Middleton first wore the black Philip Treacy hat to watch Prince William in his Passing Out Parade at Sandhurst in 2006<\/p>\n
At the time, the mother-of-three had only just graduated from St Andrews University and was working as an accessory buyer for the high street store Jigsaw.<\/p>\n
This event marked one of her first public appearances as Prince William’s girlfriend – indicating the seriousness of their relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prince William was among dozens of trainees officers at Sandhurst who took part in the military ceremony, which was also attended by the late Queen.<\/p>\n
For the occasion, Kate paired her velvet hat with a red coat, black lace-trimmed dress, leather gloves and knee-high boots.<\/p>\n
In a sweet nod to Prince William’s military service, the Princess chose today to rewear her vintage hat – as she watched her husband laying a wreath at the war memorial with pride.<\/p>\n
The mother-of-three also wore a silver brooch, which she was awarded when she became\u00a0Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The royals maintained a period of two minutes’ silence to mark the fallen soldiers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the\u00a0royal family\u00a0attended the Cenotaph to take part in the service, they joined army officers and prominent UK politicians.<\/p>\n
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In 2006,\u00a0Kate paired her velvet hat with a red coat, black lace-trimmed dress, leather gloves and knee-high boots<\/p>\n
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The key event in Prince William’s military career was also attended by his late grandmother The Queen<\/p>\n
Among them were prime minister Rishi Sunak and leader of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n
Former UK prime ministers including Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Sir John Major were also present.<\/p>\n
Following Prince William’s passing out parade in 2006, the future king was described as a ‘normal guy’ by his peers of trainee officers.<\/p>\n
Junior Under Officer Angela Laycock, who was in William’s Blenheim Platoon, described how the young royal fitted in with the other cadets.<\/p>\n
She said: ‘I’ve not really noticed anything different to be honest. The first loaded march we had a bit of a detour to avoid some photographers.He’s just a normal guy that gets stuck in like everybody else.<\/p>\n
‘The only difference is that sometimes we’ll see his name in the paper and you didn’t notice he\u2019d been off that evening doing a charity do. I don’t know how he manages to fit that in.’<\/p>\n