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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
A plaid skirt, jacket and head scarf is Queen Elizabeth II's go-to casual outfit. Here she is in 1973 with her husband Prince Philip at the Badminton Horse Trials.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Queen Elizabeth typically matches the plaid on her skirt to the collar on her jacket, because why not?
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
While she's all for coordinating jacket-skirt combos, the Queen isn't afraid to do a little bit of power clashing with her head-scarf choices.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
She also isn't afraid to go plaid-to-plaid with her husband at official events.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
The royal family even has their own Balmoral tartan, which was designed by Queen Victoria's husband in 1853. The gray, red, and black plaid can only be worn by the Queen and her personal piper, plus a few other members of the royal family (if the Queen gives her permission first!).
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Princes Charles has been wearing Balmoral tartan since he was a little boy.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Looks like Camilla gets to wear the special tartan, too.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Will and Kate also have their own tartan. Since their Scottish titles are the Earl and Countess of Strathearn, Kate has accessorised several outfits with this yellow and red Strathearn tartan scarf.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
But nobody wore plaid better than Princess Diana.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
While most royals stuck to the traditional tartans, Diana rocked plaid in every colour imaginable in true 80s style.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Including purple…
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
and red…
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
…and this fabulous bright yellow Escada number.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Even when Princess Diana wore more subdued colors, she still went big. Case in point: This matching Catherine Walker hat-and-dress combo she wore to the Braemar Games in Scotland in 1989.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Here's another tartan gem by Catherine Walker from 1990.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Di could even pull off plaid as formal wear.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
From a young age, Prince William knew that a plaid umbrella was the perfect accessory for a pair of Wellies and a Barbour jacket.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
However, Prince Harry doesn't seem to be as big of a fan of plaid as the rest of his relatives.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Though this bearded snapshot of his dad in 1976 gives us a pretty good idea of what Harry could look like in head-to-toe plaid.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Kate Middleton also loves bundling up in plaid once the weather cools off.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
The Duchess is so chic she can make plaid a neutral.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
She's worn this classic Black Watch tartan coat a number of places, including a visit to her prep school to Christmas services with her in-laws.
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23 Times The Royal Family Killed It In Plaid
Though she probably got that fashion tip from the Queen herself.
