Kate Middleton is many things: a duchess, future queen, mother, wife, photographer, and an advocate for early childhood development. She’s also a Royal Hair Goddess, whose shiny locks rarely have a single strand out of place and has become an inspiration to brunettes worldwide.
Though it feels like Middleton’s long, straight hair has been through very few changes over the years, the Duchess is actually a big fan of playing with shape, highlights, and tone. Let’s take a look at her hair evolution so far…
Childhood Styles
Long before she became a duchess, Kate Middleton was the firstborn of her two siblings to parents Carole and Michael Middleton. Born in the UK, her childhood hairstyle is of little girls at the time. Wearing adorable pigtails with barrettes and rubber bands that pull her hair out of her face, the future royal is all smiles in family photos shared by the Middleton family.
Circa 1987, a five-year-old Kate Middleton has her signature chestnut brown hair pulled up with the makings of framing bangs.
College Styles (2001-2005)
In college at St. Andrews University–where she met Prince William–Middleton wore her hair to the side, with side-swept bangs (it was, after all, the early aughts). She usually wore her long hair in easy, breezy waves reminiscent of beach hair. During this period, her signature brown hair is a little darker than her current shade.
