The Princess of Wales’ 43 most fabulous looks on her 43rd birthday
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Celebrations are in order as Catherine, Princess of Wales marks her 43rd birthday on Thursday, 9th January. After a tumultuous year for the royal known warmly by many as Kate Middleton, the princess is set to enjoy the day at Adelaide Cottage, in Windsor with husband the Prince of Wales and their children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and six-year-old Prince Louis — a change, due to school term starting, from her usual day spent in the family’s Norfolk home, Anmer Hall.
While the past twelve months saw the princess take a step back from the public eye as she undertook chemotherapy treatment, on the occasions she did step out, she did so dressed gracefully as ever. The Princess of Wales, of course, is no stranger to dressing up. Over the past two decades she has worn countless glamorous ball gowns, well proving that when faced with a formal occasion, she will rise to it with sophistication and not a little sparkle.
Such events range have ranged from London premieres — there was the black lace Temperley London gown she wore to the 2012 War Horse premiere, as well as the unforgettable gold glitter bomb dress by Jenny Packham which ricocheted across the internet after the No Time To Die James Bond world premiere in 2021 — to Royal Variety Performances, State Banquets and galas at the National Portrait Gallery, where she has been a patron since 2012.
Over time, Catherine has developed a formula for such occasions which, predominantly relying on Packham as well as Alexander McQueen, designed by its former creative director Sarah Burton, who also made her wedding dress in 2011. Middleton’s most memorable looks have come thanks to shocks of colour, which in turn have dominated front pages — the shimmering, fuschia The Vampire’s Wife gown worn to a special reception hosted by the Governor General of Belize in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 was a highlight; so too was the neon green Solace London she wore to the Earthshot prize in Boston that same year.
