Camilla Parker Bowles Is Defying Queen Elizabeth’s Biggest Fashion Rule

Besides the men’s iconic military dress, a few members of the British royal family have very iconic looks. For the late Queen Elizabeth, that was actually very deliberate. But Camilla Parker Bowles, Queen Consort, is forming a style that’s the opposite of Elizabeth II’s.

After Queen Elizabeth died on September 8 at the age of 96, her son immediately became King Charles, making his wife Camilla the queen consort. The late monarch had routines for everything, including her wardrobe, and her iconic style was actually motivated by powerful reasoning. So, what does it mean for the people that Camilla is choosing an opposite approach?

Camilla, queen consort, has her own style

Lately, Camilla has been favoring muted colors and local British designers Bruce Oldfield and Fiona Clare. Vogue editor and personal stylist Ginnie Chadwyck-Healy anticipates that “she will undoubtedly continue to support British design in her careful, considered manner.”

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A lot of her wardrobe features beige articles of clothing. DailyMail, consulting Vogue data, actually lists that as Queen Elizabeth’s least-favorite color she wore only 1% of the time. This is not the only way their styles are differing so far, but it is at the heart of their differing fashion rules. What motivated Queen Elizabeth’s outfit choices that contrasts with Camilla’s?

A deliberate bright spot from Queen Elizabeth and a carefully subdued wardrobe from Queen Consort Camilla

Looking through a timeline of Queen Elizabeth’s outfits, while they’ve always proper, formal, and befitting a woman of her station, they also boasted brighter colors than what Camilla has been seen wearing. That is very deliberate and almost equally a part of her station. “She needs to stand out for people to be able to say ‘I saw the queen,'” explained Sophie, Countess of Wessex.

“Don’t forget that when she turns up somewhere, the crowds are two, three, four, 10, 15 deep, and someone wants to be able to say they saw a bit of the queen’s hat as she went past.” One thing Camilla will definitely have in common with the queen’s wardrobe choices, though: factoring in comfort. The late queen wore outfits that allowed her to continue attending events in person into her nineties. Similarly, 75-year-old Camilla is making sure whatever her footwear, they’re functional.

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