S.would have been right Kate Middleton to give Camilla the tip who, on a recent trip to Cornwall, in an unusual British heat, sported an elegant parasol. An accessory that, before them, the Queen and Princess Margaret also used to use.
Kate and William in Singapore in September 2012 (Getty Images)
Kate Middleton’s first parasol
The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, often uses it on vacation on Mustique Island, but her first outing with a parasol took place in 2012, in the intense heat of Singapore, during an official tour with her husband William. For the occasion, she chose a cream-colored one, in Asian style and resistant to UV rays.
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Charles’s wife and future queen consort couldn’t help but joke with her subjects during her recent visit in the sweltering but breezy Cornish heat. Her parasol with wooden sleeve and cream-colored fabric also stood out during a garden party in which she attended with her husband but had been also used by the duchess in her travels to the East, Africa and Australia.
Camilla of Cornwall with her parasol in Dubai in November 2016 (Getty Images)
Kate Middleton and Camilla as Elizabeth and Margaret
The duchesses of today take lessons from the past. During his travels in the Caribbean and the islands of the South Pacific, Queen Elizabeth often shaded herself with a parasol during his traditional greeting to his subjects. And her sister Margaret used it too, in her walks with the Queen Mother.
Queen Elizabeth in the South Pacific (Getty Images)
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