When the royals travel abroad they pack an important extra outfit to avoid an issue faced by Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.
When the royals travel abroad they rarely travel light. From ballgowns and tiaras to multiple outfit changes for a single day, Kate, the Princess of Wales, and other working royal women have a varying list of items they pack when traveling for official tours and vacations—though one particular fashion staple is always close at hand.
The Princess of Wales wearing a black outfit at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London, September 19, 2022. The royals travel with black outfits in the event of a period of mourning.Over the years, the royals have stuck to the motto"be prepared," though in 1952 the need for those traveling to pack a black outfit was pulled into sharp focus when the monarch died while his heir was out of the country.
The queen's lady-in-waiting and cousin, Lady Pamela Hicks, later revealed that a black dress and coat were"quickly smuggled aboard" the royal plane after it landed in Britain, where the monarch made a quick change before she was photographed by the press meeting Prime Minister Winston Churchill. "It's worth also noting that when a member of the royal family dies, it is very much a public loss—as demonstrated withThe Kenya episode was not a mistake that Elizabeth is expected to have repeated after that, and a number of the late monarch's family appear to have taken it as an example.
The royal party quickly returned to London, carrying with them Lindsay's body in the royal plane. As they were photographed disembarking—like Queen Elizabeth in 1952—the group had changed into black outfits.
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