A special hand-me down! For his Trooping of the Colour carriage debut Prince LouisHis dad wore the same outfit. Prince William37 years ago, he wore the same outfit as he wore to the event.
On Thursday, June 2, the 4-year old wore the exact same sailor suit William, 39 wore in 1985 for the parade. The outfit featured a navy and white middy blouse and shorts. This wouldn’t be the first time Louis has sported an archival look. The 12-month-old was wearing a blue and white shirt with blue shorts for his Buckingham Palace balcony debut in 2019. Prince HarryWhen he was just a baby.
Little Louis, along with his big sister, made his parade debut. Princess Charlotte, 7, brother Prince George, 8. The royal siblings rode together in procession, waving at onlookers to celebrate their great grandmother. Queen Elizabeth II. George wore a navy suit, while Charlotte wore a delicate periwinkle gown.
After their carriage ride the young royals joined Queen Elizabeth, 96, as well as their mom, Duchess Kate on the Buckingham Palace balcony. As the children observed the flypast — which features dozens of aircraft’s soaring above the palace — the siblings displayed animated reactions. Louis can be seen covering his ears and screaming as Charlotte and George stare excitedly at the sky in photos. Louis didn’t stop there, he was later seen putting his hands in his mouth and making silly faces, prompting smiles from both the queen and Kate.
Kate, 40 years old, looked stunning in a white Alexander McQueen coat gown and dangling sapphire earrings. The diamond jewels come from her husband’s late mother Princess Diana’s collection. The matching layered necklace and earrings were worn by Diana during a 1991 visit to Canada and again at the 1996 Met Gala.
The queen coordinated with her great grandchildren by wearing a soft-blue outfit by Angela Kelly, and matching hat. Pink lipstick was added to the mix, and the monarch accessorized with a pearl necklace as well as a brooch.
The parade will be joined by a host of other events and activities. On February 6, the monarch will celebrate 70 years of her reign on the throne. This will make her the first British ruler ever to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. (She is already the commonwealth’s longest-reigning monarch, surpassing her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria in 2015.)
Buckingham Palace announced the first plans for the celebration in January. It began with a nationwide baking contest to create a Jubilee Pudding. The celebration will culminate with a four-day weekend of festivities in the U.K. that runs from June 2 to June 5. “The bank holiday will provide an opportunity for communities and people throughout the United Kingdom to come together to celebrate the historic milestone,” the palace said in a statement on January 10.
