One of my biggest worries in the coming months is that the Duchess of Sussex is going to start styling herself more and more like the Duchess of Cambridge. Kate’s button-covered, wedge-happy, doily-realness style is her own: love it or hate it, she owns her fussy WTFery style. We had high hopes that Meghan would usher in a new era of duchess-dressing, that she would introduce trousers and smart, clean, minimalist style into royalwear. So far we’ve been disappointed. But one thing that Meghan has in her favor: she has yet to wear fug wedges while doing any kind of event or appearance as a royal. Which brings me to this funny article:
If you want to be part of the Royal family, you’ve got to dress the part. According to Vanity Fair, that means following a strict no wedges policy, dictated entirely by the Queen’s preferences. While this fashion bylaw isn’t official, sources say that neither Meghan Markle nor Kate Middleton will wear wedges around the 92-year-old British monarch.
‘The Queen isn’t a fan of wedged shoes,’ one source told the outlet. ‘She really doesn’t like them and it’s well known among the women in the family.’
Although neither the Duchess of Sussex, nor the Duchess of Cambridge, will face the Queen in wedges, Kate, 36, has been known to wear them on official engagements without her present. Meghan, on the other hand, hasn’t been photographed in wedges since joining the Royal family in May 2018.
I still remember when Kate first became engaged, and I had the sudden realization that she was not a shoe person. I maintain that she still isn’t very interested in shoes. I’m not either, so I’m not criticizing, I’m just acknowledging that there are “shoe women” and “women who really don’t care about shoes.” Kate is quite happy with a shoe closet full of interchangeable nude heels and a dozen pairs of wedges. Meghan is different in that respect: she’s made some interesting shoe choices already, and I get the feeling that Meghan is WAY more into shoes and purses than Kate. And I’m waiting to see if Meg tries to make off-duty wedges happen. She’s already tried to adopt Kate’s buttons. We’ll see.
Another dumb “not really a rule, but a preference” thing from the Queen: apparently, the Queen hates garlic. There was a story a few weeks ago about how Meghan has to “give up garlic” because the Queen doesn’t like the smell of garlic on anyone’s breath, so garlic is never used in any of the royal meals. But… Meghan cooks and runs her own household now, so I’m assuming Meghan is still allowed to cook with garlic.
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