Monday, May 23, 2011

Easter 1987

Actually, the royals didn't look too bad considering it was 1987!  Decide for yourself.

Date:  19 April 1987
Place:  St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire
Event:  Royal Family Easter Service

First up, Princess Diana wearing a pastel blue Catherine Walker spring coat.  Prince William, seen here holding hands with his first cousin Peter Phillips, is wearing a matching coat that Diana had specially made.  In fact, Harry had one too (not pictured).


There the trio go, joined by Prince Charles on the right.  Not sure who made Diana's hat, but it looks like it could be a Frederick Fox creation (based on the brim-style).


Next up, we have Princess Anne wearing a baggy navy blue and yellow plaid suit and yellow pillbox hat with veil (worn at a jaunty angle), designers unknown.


Anne, seen here walking with her son Peter, is the famously thrifty royal and wore this outfit to at least two other Easter services at Windsor in later years.  Even us regular folks don't wear the same thing for Easter year after year.


Finally, we have one more glimpse of Anne (on the right) as well as her youngest brother, Prince Edward (on the left) and her first cousin Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (now Chatto, in the middle).  Sarah is an attractive woman, daughter of the stylish Princess Margaret, but those baggy, boxy clothes did her no favors!


Well now, aren't you glad the 1980s are behind us?  I know I am.  Stay tuned to Fashionably Royal for more flashbacks and current news on what the royals wear!  Thanks for reading.

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