I regret to inform you that the full-length photos of the Princess of Wales’s tweedy mismatched ensemble on Tuesday reveal that it was much worse than I originally imagined. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think every woman has to colorblock or be perfectly coordinated, but Kate’s combination of browns with the tweed blazer just does not work at all. It’s a consistent problem with Kate too – she doesn’t really know how to coordinate colors/tones. Maybe it’s time to beg Natasha Archer to come back? Or hire an actual stylist?
Included in this post are photos from Kate’s second and third events on Tuesday. After she visited a children’s center in Bradford, she stopped by the Wakefield Trinity Rugby League club, where we got to see her full ensemble, including the Holland Cooper tweed jacket. Again, the separates would have been fine on their own as part of a different ensemble – the tweed needs a pair of dark-wash jeans, the turtleneck would have looked better with a similarly dark skirt, etc. Then, at the rugby club, Kate changed into a new outfit, like a Barbie doll. She tamed her extensions into a flat braid, threw on some skinny jeans and a Dubarry utility jacket. After the club, she visited Minds Over Mountains, a charity which offers mental health support through outdoor experiences. Kate went on a hike and the in-house royal photographer documented everything. It was fine – she’s very big on “going for a hike can improve your mental health.” She’s right.
I’m a little bit surprised that Kate packed in three separate events across most of a day. And she did it solo too – it’s been a while since she’s had a “busy day” like this. I bet she needed a big nap afterwards. She’s not used to working this much in an eight-hour period.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- BRADFORD, ENGLAND – JANUARY 27: Catherine, Princess of Wales during her visit to Family Action’s Children’s Trauma Therapy Service on January 27, 2026 in Bradford, England. The Princess of Wales visited the north of England to highlight how community, nature and creativity can help those struggling with trauma, isolation and mental health challenges.,Image: 1069759427, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- 27/01/2026. Wakefield, UK. The Princess of Wales during a visit to Wakefield Trinity Rugby League club. Her Royal Highness met Marc Lovering, the RFL’s Director of Performance and Development. The Princess then joined a session with the In Touch programme, which provides an open space for elderly people within the local community to help tackle social isolation by hosting quizzes, workshops and stadium tours. The Princess also met with young people from Wakefield’s Inspiring Futures programme, which supports those who are at risk of anti-social behaviour and youth crime through goal setting, stress management, and teamwork. Finally, Her Royal Highness headed out to the rugby pitch and joined a skills session with girls from Wakefield’s Champion Schools competition.,Image: 1069781582, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: © Kensington Palace. This image is free for use but may only be used for news or editorial reporting purposes. This image must NOT be used for any commercial or other use, save for news or editorial reporting and cannot be altered or amended in any manner or form whatsoever. All rights reserved., Model Release: no, Credit line: Pete Maclaine/Avalon
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- 27/01/2026. Wakefield, UK. The Princess of Wales during a visit to Wakefield Trinity Rugby League club. Her Royal Highness met Marc Lovering, the RFL’s Director of Performance and Development. The Princess then joined a session with the In Touch programme, which provides an open space for elderly people within the local community to help tackle social isolation by hosting quizzes, workshops and stadium tours. The Princess also met with young people from Wakefield’s Inspiring Futures programme, which supports those who are at risk of anti-social behaviour and youth crime through goal setting, stress management, and teamwork. Finally, Her Royal Highness headed out to the rugby pitch and joined a skills session with girls from Wakefield’s Champion Schools competition.,Image: 1069787606, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: © Kensington Palace. This image is free for use but may only be used for news or editorial reporting purposes. This image must NOT be used for any commercial or other use, save for news or editorial reporting and cannot be altered or amended in any manner or form whatsoever. All rights reserved., Model Release: no, Credit line: Pete Maclaine/Avalon
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- 27/01/2026. Wakefield, UK. The Princess of Wales during a visit to Wakefield Trinity Rugby League club. Her Royal Highness met Marc Lovering, the RFL’s Director of Performance and Development. The Princess then joined a session with the In Touch programme, which provides an open space for elderly people within the local community to help tackle social isolation by hosting quizzes, workshops and stadium tours. The Princess also met with young people from Wakefield’s Inspiring Futures programme, which supports those who are at risk of anti-social behaviour and youth crime through goal setting, stress management, and teamwork. Finally, Her Royal Highness headed out to the rugby pitch and joined a skills session with girls from Wakefield’s Champion Schools competition.,Image: 1069787609, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: © Kensington Palace. This image is free for use but may only be used for news or editorial reporting purposes. This image must NOT be used for any commercial or other use, save for news or editorial reporting and cannot be altered or amended in any manner or form whatsoever. All rights reserved., Model Release: no, Credit line: Pete Maclaine/Avalon
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- Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales during a visit to Wakefield Trinity Rugby League club in Wakefield, England, Tuesday, 27 January 2026.,Image: 1069804144, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Ian Hodgson/Avalon
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- Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales during a visit to Wakefield Trinity Rugby League club in Wakefield, England, Tuesday, 27 January 2026.,Image: 1069804164, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Ian Hodgson/Avalon
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- The Princess of Wales visits organisations including Mind Over Mountains in the North of England on 27 January 2026, to shine a light on the healing power of creativity, community and nature for individuals who have experienced trauma, isolation and poor mental heal. Mind Over Mountains, a charity offering professional mental health support through therapeutic outdoor experiences, for a supported wellbeing walk in the Peak District.,Image: 1069804287, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Ian Vogler/Avalon
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- The Princess of Wales visits organisations including Mind Over Mountains in the North of England on 27 January 2026, to shine a light on the healing power of creativity, community and nature for individuals who have experienced trauma, isolation and poor mental heal. Mind Over Mountains, a charity offering professional mental health support through therapeutic outdoor experiences, for a supported wellbeing walk in the Peak District.,Image: 1069804326, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Ian Vogler/Avalon
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- 27/01/2026. Hope Valley, UK. The Princess of Wales during a visit to Minds Over Mountains, a charity offering professional mental health support through therapeutic outdoor experiences, for a supported wellbeing walk in the Peak District.,Image: 1069815602, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: © Kensington Palace. This image is free for use but may only be used for news or editorial reporting purposes. This image must NOT be used for any commercial or other use, save for news or editorial reporting and cannot be altered or amended in any manner or form whatsoever. All rights reserved., Model Release: no, Credit line: Pete Maclaine/Avalon
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- 27/01/2026. Hope Valley, UK. The Princess of Wales during a visit to Minds Over Mountains, a charity offering professional mental health support through therapeutic outdoor experiences, for a supported wellbeing walk in the Peak District.,Image: 1069831058, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: © Kensington Palace. This image is free for use but may only be used for news or editorial reporting purposes. This image must NOT be used for any commercial or other use, save for news or editorial reporting and cannot be altered or amended in any manner or form whatsoever. All rights reserved., Model Release: no, Credit line: Pete Maclaine/Avalon
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- 27/01/2026. Hope Valley, UK. The Princess of Wales during a visit to Minds Over Mountains, a charity offering professional mental health support through therapeutic outdoor experiences, for a supported wellbeing walk in the Peak District.,Image: 1069831105, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: © Kensington Palace. This image is free for use but may only be used for news or editorial reporting purposes. This image must NOT be used for any commercial or other use, save for news or editorial reporting and cannot be altered or amended in any manner or form whatsoever. All rights reserved., Model Release: no, Credit line: Pete Maclaine/Avalon
1, Natasha Archer is not any better in putting outfits together.
2, OMG her legs. She has been wearing jeggings since day one, but she was always more athletic-skinny. Her muscles are gone. I’m kind of shocked she is not trying to cover it up here, like she did with the long skirt and boots.
Exactly, Natasha was her so called stylists for years so she would be responsible for Kate not wearing the right tones. Kate now probably continues with the blueprint Natasha left,she needs to call someone like Melania Trumps stylist.
🤨 I like a wool baker boy hat in the winter. Keeps your head warm (most important point) and shades your eyes & protects your face, either from the sun or the rain or snow. Your basic stocking cap doesn’t do that, you end up squinting or your face will get all wet, depending on weather conditions.
The weight loss is shocking. No idea what is going on with her health, but the bad wigs and dramatic weight loss make me think she isn’t cured from whatever was ailing her.
I noticed the same thing re: point 2.
She’s dissappearing before our eyes. Does no one care about her? Whatever her role in the Monarchy is, however pointless it can be argued it is, she is not well, she is not healthy and no, this is not “cancer”.
Not only are her legs super skinny but so is that braid. It is way to skinny and short compared to when she wears it lose. I guess the clip ins came out when the baggy pants came off. Skinny jeans = skinny braid.
She’s such a dud it’s sad to see. Such a do nothing that when she braids her doll hair and walks outside it’s praised by the press. Like the great André Talley once said “It’s a famine of beauty. Honey! my eyes are STARVING for beauty!”
But that’s what the racist British press deserves for the way they tried and continue to try and destroy Meghan. Boring, lazy jazz hands with a manic smile and doll hair.
The braid hanging over her shoulder is a bad look. And the outfit is dowdy. Barbie goes hiking outfit
Barbie would do it better.
The plait was mentioned on several front pages: are KC,, Camz and devoted husband going to be happy about her fake plait stealing their thunder? Should Wilbur one up her by sporting 2 or 3 plaits in future?
I honestly don’t think they would care because it makes her look vapid and uninteresting that she is being praised for a plait. It makes her seem profoundly unserious.
Well, Harry is back home . Sundance is over, she doesn’t have to pretend to work anymore.
Their strategy of busy work anytime Harry was in town was getting too transparent, even though Harry left its obvious they are continuing for a few more events to conceal their silly tactics.
Also there’s a school holiday coming up, and WanK always do a flurry of work before that.
That cursed blue ring looks so dirty and it has no sparkle anymore, maybe I’m remembering it wrong but I recall it always sparkling in photos decades ago.
As for her three events in one day, she should be doing this at least 4 days a week but I’m sure she has another holiday planned so that’s why she is cramming it all into a day with complete wardrobe changes. Don’t the kids have a school holiday in February?
I saw a close up pic of her hands not too long ago- Big Blue needed the rhodium replenished/a good polishing since ages ago. I can only imagine how gross them crevices are. You can see where the rhodium usually coated over white gold has faded away on the main prongs holding the sapphire in place, leaving that awful rust color.
This is real DIY fashion Kate. Kate is weekend country colors and weekend casual. She probably thinks she’s edgy by dressing herself and not having to go by Nathasha’s copy-meg-style. The boy cap is her statement: the boy cap is her melania repeat moment of: I really don’t care, do you?
I don’t mind the 2nd outfit too much, except the jeggings. This is something I would wear to work, but it would be proper outdoor / workwear brands that are made for wet, cold outdoor weather, not fashion brands. I will always chortle at her jeggings. Baker boy cap looks naff. Just wear a cute beanie 🤷🏻♀️ and throw in a bit of colour
Agreed! Kate looks best — and most like herself — when she leans into the athletic, nature-lover vibe. She does the Barbour look well, and she actually looks happy (as opposed to the jazz-hands, Little-House-on-the-Prairie Diana cosplay happy). But for the love of all that is practical, if you’re going to dress functional, actually BE functional. Fashion jeggings are not it.
As someone who lives in the Wisconsin woods, functionality is not optional—it’s a lifestyle. Which is why long, blown-out curls at outdoor events and pointy heels on anything resembling dirt immediately cost you 10 points on my respect barometer.
She saw Meghan’s ponytail and this is her attempt at copying it.
This is a braid, lol. In this case, I don’t think there’s any copy-keening. The hiking outfit feels v Kate.
Yeah but how often is her hair slicked back like this? Never. It’s the timing for me.
I actually prefer the braid over the long hair so imo she should keep it either way.
Whew. Those brown pants. I didn’t like them yesterday and I like them even less today. That is not an eye-pleasing style. The tweed is fine but paired with those ugly pants? The hiking outfit and jeggings seems closest to her actual style. I like the hat but prob bc it’s costumey.
I agree there were too many shades of brown in her first outfit. She should have just stuck to one shade for the top, pants and shoes.
The wiglets/extensions only did 1/2 a days work – in the earlier photos her har is almost waist length, then later on it’s barely over her boob. I know plaiting shrinks your hair, but not by 6 inches!
I’m surprised by this look. It just emphasizes how thin her natural hair is.
That’s what I thought as well. and all that hair we have seen lately, where has that gone, the plait is not nearly fat enough to have all that hair in it.
Yea she definitely removed one of the hair pieces in order for the braid to be this small.
It’s actually shocking how little hair there is in that braid. It looks like one of those cheap clip-on braids they used to sell at Claire’s.
Wow three events in one day!! Must be she will be going away on vacation real soon and will disappear for a long period of time unless the Sussexes do something then something for her will quickly be put in place!
Well, her second outfit is one she used to wear even before her wedding, so, it’s not anything new…I bet she wore tights underneath her jeggings because her legs in the pants earlier in the day are skeletal and it showed…she did 3 events in one day so don’t expect to see her more this week..perhaps that explains the article yesterday about this year being her busiest year after her diagnosis!! Anyway, nobody mentions the fact that she travel by jet … William must be proud!
She’s really trying to make fetch happen with this style of hat, huh? All I can see is Feivel from An American Tale peering out from under the enormous brim.
As for the braid, it looks… like something a millennial woman like Kate ( and me) might do in a pinch. Notably it’s not styled ( i.e. pinching the braud to fatten it) and I could be wrong, but I don’t think she has the extensions in as it actually looks quite sparse. I am always rolling my eyes at the sausage curls, so I will at least give her credit for getting the hair off of her face for once.
Feivel! I watched that too many times when I was little. No wonder I’m feeling the hat.
This Fievel reference almost made me choke on my salad. Well done!
I like the hat well enough but it does not look good on her. Major street urchin vibes since she’s so gaunt.
And the “impact” the wales tell us they are so concerned about and the reason they want to do less engagements was what, exactly?
Great question. I think it’s still the usual bread and butter stuff, just less of them.
I have to say, in the photo with the flowers she looks like she’s either been crying, or is about to cry.
I see what you are saying. But to me in all the other photos she looks happier than I’ve seen her in a while. Wonder if it is because someone isn’t with her….
She needs a stylist. Whoever dresses her cannot coordinate colors to layer outfits and do not know how to dress her for her skin tone. Her current brassy hair color also looks horrid with her skin tone and clashes with the outfit(s). Wonder why the rota are not conjuring the late QE to relate what she thinks of jeggings, mismatched country grandpa cosplay and “sunbleached” hair in late January? 😆 If she did 3 events in one day once a week, she would be doing 156 events a year….
Stylist, my eye. The woman needs a pork chop or an intervention. I wonder what the heck Michael Middleton is doing about his obviously struggling daughter.
her constant outfit changes annoy me so much. they’re just so….juvenile? Unprofessional? I dont know. the other royals rarely change outfits multiple times in a day. i know its so she looks busier than she is, and I didnt expect her to go hiking in heels and dress pants so maybe there would have been a change necessary at some point anyway. But why the three different looks? why not just wear her hair pulled back to begin with?
This way gets her more attention which is the answer obviously and probably why it irks me so much.
also their social media is so focused on them, its also annoying. I’ve been comparing it to the royal family’s main account and they do not super focus on Charles or Camilla etc the way KP’s social media focuses on W&K. I mean obviously they’re featured prominently but sometimes KP will just start the post with a picture of William standing by himself and its like….what is going on here? the other accounts dont do that.
There’s a wonderful picture of Lady Bird Johnson at the LBJ Library in Austin of her on a hike in heels and a dress. It was some kind of work event…maybe promoting the Clean Water Act or the EPA? Everyone at the museum was chuckling looking at it.
Those jeggings were a choice, my oh my. I guess British hiking brands like Craghoppers weren’t an option?
I’ll start with something good. Her smile looks much more natural when she’s hiking. Both of those jackets would look so much better with blue jeans. Maybe blue denim isn’t in style in the UK? The hat and braid just look weird like something an adolescent girl would wear. This clothes critique is my honest opinion but I have to admit I despise Kate because of her lack of support for Meghan when Meghan was obviously suffering. Kate pretends to support mental health. I think Kate is a big fake.
Why doesn’t she try Pippi Longstocking braids next?
Her hair situation is….odd. The hair at the end of the braid is the tell that she does not have the thick luxuriant mane we’ve been told she has. So few strands at the ends and look how many times she has to loop the elastic. The braid itself looks weird too; is it just two plaits versus the traditional three plait braid? Whatever it is, one doesn’t go from the hair she’s wearing earlier in the day (Exhibit A: the football pic) to the wimpy braid she’s sporting during the hike. I get it, it sucks to lose hair as you age but the extensions she wears can’t be helping her keep the hair she has left intact.
I said it before and I’ll say it again, I think Kate got the aristocratic fixed menu minimum: five years, two kids, or whatever comes first. After that, everything is à la carte & optional, subject to negotiation. She got a third kid, which probably convinced her she’d broken the curse, but in retrospect, they looked *really* happy till about 2016 / 2017, and it’s been downhill ever since. In the grand arc of Kate’s fate, a decade is a long time to whinge about Meghan. It’s been almost 10 years since Harry & Meghan met, and that decade has overlapped succinctly with the phase in which WanK seemed to implode. Fixating on the other couple is just a red herring. Something is clearly wrong, very wrong, at home.
The ski trip in Bernier happened in early 2017. That’s what changed the two kids only that William was pretty open about saying after Charlotte was born. Even the way her christening was done so much more extra than for George, with the family walking with the pram on the way to church and nanny Maria in full Norland uniform. (Louis has a christening much lower key and closer to what George got).
William skipped charlottes first Easter to go overseas to Jecca’s wedding alone and things were doing down hill by then.
I actually like both of these looks and don’t mind the different browns — they’re all complimentary shades.
These photos to me are just a reminder that those who say they are her fans or loved ones don’t really care about her wellbeing or health. It’s reminiscent of how those who genuinely don’t like or or care for her were more interested and concerned about where she was than her so called fans. There is no way that anyone can look at these photos and not see that she is wasting away. Her legs in the ugly brown pants look even more disturbing with her walking than she did in the photos from yesterday. Then to see her in those jeggings and see that she looks even smaller than she did during a time when she claimed to have cancer and going through chemotherapy. She’s wearing two turtlenecks and a jacket and she still looks skeletal in photos. She needs help and no one saying anything about it to help her just means that she is going to continue to waste away.
She’s actually wearing two jackets. I double-checked on What Kate Wore, because I saw a different sleeve type poking out at the end of her outer jacket sleeves. Look closely at those 2nd & 3rd photos. That inner jacket is a puffer jacket, too! And I thought she was wearing two sweaters as well, but that outer one is just a neck warmer thingie.
Oddly no gloves – it has been very cold, I can understand the layers, but then .. no gloves.
Y’all, she is wearing TWO jackets–there’s a puffer jacket under that outer jacket. So wool sweater + neck warmer +puffer + jacket. That’s…alarming that the resulting look is still so skinny. And her legs… Get this woman some help!
Her appearance and clothing are in keeping with medieval monarchism and the wife of a future church leader. She signed contracts to that effect, didn’t she? She is not a celebrity, but simply someone who, in my opinion, represents an outdated way of life. That is exactly how she presents herself. That is acceptable if that is what the country wants.