Kate Middleton ditches the Chelsea blow-dry for chic new ‘Hollywood wave’ hairstyle for 2025
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PRINCESS Kate turned 43 last week and a beautiful new photo was shared on Instagram by doting husband Prince William. In the stylish, black-and-white snap, the Princess of Wales debuted a new hairstyle for the new year. According to a hairstylist Kate has ditched her signature Chelsea blow-dry in favour of a chic “Hollywood wave”.
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Hair whizz Tim Pike, who has done Lily James’ hair, told Hello!: “Essentially, Kate has upgraded the style known as the 'Hollywood wave'. “To achieve this, you would use either a smoothing cream or a nice blow dry spray. “Blow dry your hair smooth, then using a large barrel wand, twist the hair round the tool, taking slightly thicker sections as you work. Once this is done, gently brush it out.
![[Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, sitting together at Kensington Palace.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2021-britains-prince-william-kate-673602071.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
"The way that Kate's done it slightly different; she's parted her hair at the back and then pushed it forward, so it looks like you've got that real, I call it a 'royal wave', but it just looks like you've got that real deep wave in the hair. It's beautiful.".
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Kate appeared glowing in the new photo, and looked relaxed in jeans and a gingham scarf. The glorious snap was taken by photographer Matt Porteous who took the portrait in Windsor last summer. Alongside the photo, Prince William shared a personal message praising Kate’s unwavering "strength" on Thursday.
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