We are bowing down to these festive looks.
Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla ended a difficult year with a cherished Christmas tradition in which the royal members sported similar outfits.
On Wednesday, the Princess of Wales, 42, wore a green Alexander McQueen coat with a matching fascinator and scarf and accessorized with black gloves and boots for the traditional Christmas Day walk to St. Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham estate.
Leading the walk was the queen, 77, and her husband, King Charles, 76, who greeted members of the public lined up to see the royals on their way to the church service. Camilla donned a similar look to the princess, opting for her own green winter coat with a matching fascinator.
Both women even sported black gloves and boots while also carrying black bags.
Following the church service, Middleton greeted those waiting to catch a glimpse of the royal family, shaking hands with bystanders, accepting flowers and speaking with young children bundled up in the cold.
One well-wisher, John Loughrey, spoke to Sky News about his experience with the princess, noting, “I’m on top of the world.”
“I told Catherine she was an inspiration. She said thank you, and said she liked my badges,” he added.
Another visitor, 73-year-old Karen Maclean, spoke with both Middleton and King Charles after also experiencing cancer for over 20 years.
“We just had a little talk about cancer,” she recalled, adding that the princess hugged Maclean, who traveled from North Lincolnshire for the special occasion.
Maclean shared about her encounter with Charles: “He said to me ‘I can remember you,’ I’m thinking, ‘What!’, like many years ago?”
She explained that both Middleton and Charles appeared “very well actually, considering what they’re going through.” After hugging Kate, she commented, “What a privilege.”
During the monarch’s annual Christmas address, he reflected on 2024, which saw both him and his daughter-in-law reveal their respective cancer diagnoses.
“All of us go through some form of suffering at some stage in our life, be it mental or physical,” the king said in his pre-taped message. “The degree to which we help one another — and draw support from each other, be we people of faith or of none — is a measure of our civilization as nations.”
“I am speaking to you today from the Chapel of the former Middlesex Hospital in London,” Charles continued, “and thinking especially of the many thousands of professionals and volunteers here in the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth who, with their skills and out of the goodness of their heart, care for others, often at some cost to themselves.”
Noting the care he witnessed firsthand, he added, “From a personal point of view, I offer special, heartfelt thanks to the selfless doctors and nurses who, this year, have supported me and other members of my family through the uncertainties and anxieties of illness, and have helped provide the strength, care and comfort we have needed.”
Last February, Buckingham Palace revealed that the king had been diagnosed with cancer and had started treatment. The cancer was discovered in January after he underwent a planned procedure to treat a benign enlarged prostate.
“I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the many messages of support and good wishes I have received in recent days,” he said in a statement at the time. “As all those who have been affected by cancer will know, such kind thoughts are the greatest comfort and encouragement.”
In March, Middleton revealed that she had also been undergoing cancer treatment for about a month. In September, the Princess of Wales announced she had finished her chemotherapy treatment.
“I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment,” Middleton shared in a statement on X.
“Doing what I can to stay cancer-free is now my focus. Although I have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes.”
