Before Thursday’s harmony in white came a similarly matchy-matchy coincidence on Wednesday. At the UK’s national commemorative event in Portsmouth on the eve of the anniversary, the Queen and Mrs Murty sat a seat apart both wearing delicate blush pink, a similarly serene and hopeful shade. This was also entirely unplanned, according to sources.
The Prime Minister’s wife wore a nipped-waist jacket and dress by relatively affordable London label Aligne – her jacket is available to buy for £165. The Queen, meanwhile, chose a pink look by Fiona Clare, one of her most trusted couturiers – which was already in her wardrobe. Notably, the outfit was first seen during the King and Queen’s state visit to France last September so it could be seen to underline the links between the two nations as both marked the D-Day anniversary.