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This Is The Reason The Queen Is Almost Always Dressed In Colour

How sweet - by marie claire
  • 17 Nov 2017
This Is The Reason The Queen Is Almost Always Dressed In Colour

There's a reason you always see Queen Elizabeth II in bright hues, and it actually makes a lot of sense.

It turns out, HRH picks outfits to ensure maximum visibility in crowds so that members of the public have a better chance of seeing her.

"She needs to stand out for people to be able to say 'I saw the queen'," the Queen's daughter-in-law Sophie, Countess of Wessex, explained in the new documentary The Queen at 90.

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"Don't forget that when she turns up somewhere, the crowds are two, three, four, 10, 15 deep, and someone wants to be able to say they saw a bit of the queen's hat as she went past."

Thankfully, the Queen's favourite nail polish - the only one she has worn for the past 28 years - is a classic light pink shade, which suits any and all bright colours.  

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