There was some strong fashion from the rest of the Royal family too, out in force to celebrate His Majesty who has also been undergoing cancer treatment. The Queen wore a pale green silk crepe dress and coat by Anna Valentine, a designer she’s worked with for decades, and who created her wedding gown for her marriage to the King in 2005. The look was completed with a hat by Philip Treacy.
The Duchess of Edinburgh was dressed in a sunny shade of yellow – probably the closest thing we’ll get to sun on such an overcast and rainy day. She wore a new Beulah dress, with a matching Jane Taylor hat and gold drop earrings by Giulia Barela.
Her daughter, Lady Louise, 20, wore a Suzannah dress featuring an iris motif by French artist Rachel Levy, teamed with a Jane Taylor hat that had been borrowed from her mother.
The best accessories though? The smiles all round, which, after a difficult first half of the year, was gratifying to see. Particularly that of the Princess, telling the world: “I’m happy to be back.”