The Queen is ditching real fur from her wardrobe
She's Britain's longest reigning monarch and one of our most beloved street-style connoisseurs, and now Queen Elizabeth has added a new pledge into her extensive fashion rulebook.
If you weren't aware, there are a lot of rules that come with being a royal, particularly for the Queen. For example, at formal appearances royal women will always wear a hat until 6pm, at which time they will switch to a tiara. The queen always wears bright colours, instead of muted, neutral tones, because brights make her easier to spot in a crowd. And my personal favourite: because the queen cannot stand a wedge you'll never see Kate or Meghan wearing a wedged heel at appearances with her.
Sure, it's strict but effective: every time the Queen steps out for the day she looks pure fire. You won't see her in trackies with bolognese down her front at the corner-shop...
But now, Queen Elizabeth has added another rule to the book, with a pledge to give up wearing fur - something that she has famously worn numerous times over the years. She's the first royal to publicly ban fur from her wardrobe. In her new book, The Other Side of The Coin, the Queen's personal assistant and dresser since 2002, Angela Kelly writes, "if Her Majesty is due to attend an engagement in particularly cold weather, from 2019 onwards fake fur will be used to make sure she stays warm".
Buckingham Palace has since confirmed this change, but also clarified that the rule will not extend to pre-existing outfits: "We are not suggesting that all fur on existing outfits will be replaced or that the Queen will never wear fur again... The Queen will continue to re-wear existing outfits in her wardrobe."
She goes onto say that a mink trimmed dress she wore on a visit to Slovenia in 2008 has had the mink replaced with faux fur. Animal rights group, Peta, who has said it is "thrilled" by the decision, has also mentioned it holds hope that the real fur on ceremonial garments might also be replaced with faux fur.
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