The stylist who helped dress Princess Delphine responded by saying the dress was inspired by vintage Chanel. “For Princess Delphine’s dress we were inspired by the Chanel style of the sixties. Both the designer of Kate’s dress and Atelier ExC copied from the best. Therefore, it is purely coincidental that the dresses are similar. And, in fact, there are differences, like the ruffles on Princess Delphine’s dress,” Jody Van Geert said, according to Vanity Fair Spain. The debate has also been picked up by Instagram accounts specializing in documenting royal fashion.
It is not unusual for royals to wear similar silhouettes—or even the same outfits, as this gallery shows.
Throughout her childhood, Princess Delphine of Belgium believed that her mother’s husband, Jonkheer Jacques Boël, a wealthy industrialist, was her father. It was only when she was 17 that she learned the truth: that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Albert II of Belgium, with whom her mother had an 18-year affair.
She now joins her half-brother at official engagements, like the National Day celebrations that took place on Friday. King Philippe’s daughter and heir, Princess Elisabeth, looked every inch the poised queen-in-waiting as she joined her siblings and parents at the high profile occasion.
This article first appeared on Tatler.
