Princess Royal was a fashion superstar the moment she saw her on Parkinson. Well, I’ve looked into this, and while it’s true that HRH is wearing a fetching eau de Nil dress with statement sleeves that wouldn’t look out of place on the catwalks now, that interview didn’t take place until 1980, when there were signs that the Princess’s interests were starting to drift away from fashion.But what of The Golden Years – circa 1968 to 1979 – when the Princess consistently wore fashion forward outfits with considerable panache and yet never seemed to be particularly lauded for her style.
True, she was on the cover of Vogue, back when it cost 25p. But a Vogue cover is more or less a rite of passage for any British princess, if she wants.
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