Why Princess Diana refused to wear hats on official visits with children
telegraph.co.uka new exhibition at Kensington Palace exploring the relationships between designers and royals. It became known as her “caring dress” because she knew children loved the bright, floral pattern.Despite the hand drawn pencil and ink sketch featuring a large matching hat, Diana never wore it because, she said, “you can’t cuddle a child in a hat”, Claudia Acott Williams, Kensington Palace curator, explained.She also often wore “big costume jewellery because she would pick children up and they would play with it”, she added.Matthew Storey, curator at the Historic Royal Palaces, said this “really illustrates just how carefully she considered the people she would meet when selecting outfits for her many public engagements”.Ms Acott Williams added:.
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