Houndstooth windowpane check suit, £405, hackett.com; Bloomsbury silk pocket square, £70, turnbullandasser.co.uk; Warner leather Chelsea boots, £189, grenson.comLikewise, in his off duty time, the prince could venture into territory that’s more befitting of his age; a bomber jacket, for example, instead of his ubiquitous Barbour or black coat, and some boots that are a tad smarter than the dusty Clark’s pair he’s eternally fond of.
Because taking a pleasure in how you dress, or developing a curiosity about clothes and how they go together, wouldn’t make him any less serious or regal.
If anything, it could help act as armour in the ongoing glare of public life. His brother’s scruffy polos and bushy beard, we shall tackle another time.
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