Princess Kate Middleton appeared to debut a lighter hair coloration for the upcoming seasonal change.
The Princess of Wales, 43, sat beside husband Prince William as they drove to a service on Sunday, August 24, at Scotland's Crathie Kirk, which is situated close to the royal residence of Balmoral.
Kate and William's three kids — Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7 — had been additionally current within the automotive whereas King Charles III and spouse Queen Camilla arrived in a separate car.
Within the picture, Kate donned a darkish coat and matching hat as her lengthy locks glimmered within the daylight. William, in the meantime, sported a navy swimsuit with a light-weight blue tie.
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Kate has appeared so as to add extra highlights since displaying off a lighter hair after celebrating her and William's 14th wedding ceremony anniversary in April and attending Wimbledon in July.
Hairstylist Jennifer Korab weighed in on Kate's lighter appears, telling Marie Claire earlier this 12 months, “This mix of brunette and blonde tones is among the greatest developments proper now as a result of it provides gentle dimension, a sunlit glow, and pure brightness, excellent for the hotter months.”
Korab famous that Kate's hair coloration is a “a classy, low-maintenance solution to go lighter whereas nonetheless trying polished, refined, and effortlessly trendy.” Korab added that Kate's shade was “a surprising and well timed transformation.”
Since Kate stepped into the general public eye, she has rocked a number of completely different hairstyles by way of the years. At her 2011 wedding ceremony to William, Kate shocked in a half-up, half-down hair do and accomplished the look with a lace-trimmed veil, diamond tiara and Alexander McQueen gown. Years later, Kate beamed in an off-the-shoulder black floral-printed Alexander McQueen robe and a beehive updo with quantity for the 2017 British Academy Movie Awards.
In 2020, a supply advised The Solar that Kate — who's now in remission from an undisclosed kind of most cancers — started dyeing her hair through the COVID-19 pandemic and giving her kids haircuts. (Kate shared in 2024 that she had been identified with most cancers and instantly stepped again from her public-facing royal duties as she underwent chemotherapy. Later that 12 months, Kate introduced that she accomplished her remedies.)
“Kate does use a house coloration on it from Richard,” the insider stated on the time, referencing royal hairstylist Richard Ward. “She would usually be given merchandise from his salon between her appointments with him. However for this lockdown the package deal was quite bigger than normal.”
