During her seventy years of reign, Queen Elizabeth II had to follow a strict dress code during each of her formal appearances: no trousers, the length of the skirt always cut below the knee, gloved hands and colored tights. flesh, to wear summer and winter.
The entire British royal family is no exception to the rule.
Its members must also follow a very specific clothing roadmap.
And this, until the funeral of Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, alongside her husband Prince Philip, on September 19.
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Prince Harry, stripped of his ceremonial uniform.
(London, September 14, 2022).
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Suits or uniforms?
Black is synonymous with great mourning in the West.
The United Kingdom is no exception, but the royal family bends to much more subtle hierarchical protocols.
For this fatal occasion, Her Majesty's direct descendants (her children King Charles III, Princess Anne and Princes Andrew and Edward, as well as her grandsons Princes William and Harry) are normally required to wear ceremonial military uniform. of use.
But Prince Andrew, who was stripped of all of his military titles in 2021 due to his involvement in the Epstein affair, is prohibited from donning the uniform of an admiral in the Royal Navy.
The latter had already ended all his public engagements since November 2019 because of his involvement in the case of sex trafficking of minors by Jeffrey Epstein.
An exception which he is not alone in paying the price.
Prince Harry is also no longer allowed to wear the uniform since he renounced his royal titles in 2020. He must now appear in black outfit: ordinary suit or jacket, and matching tie, despite his ten years in the Navy.
This subject had embarrassed Queen Elizabeth II during the funeral of her husband Prince Philip in 2021. To spare Prince Harry and Prince Andrew embarrassment, the sovereign had decided that no one would wear military uniform.
The men were then in suits - or a jacket - with a black tie.
For women, black attire is expected.
If they wear a skirt or a dress, the length will not go above the knee, and they will always be matched with
flesh-colored or black tights.
Finally, inherited from a long monarchical tradition, the veil will also be part of the essentials of their funeral attire.
Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton and Princess Eugenie already wore a veil on September 14 when the Queen's coffin arrived at the Palace of Westminster.