See Kate Middleton at Remembrance Sunday Through the Years

Kate’s 2023 Remembrance Sunday look was full of repeats: the bespoke Catherine Walker coat she wore in 2019 and the Philip Treacy hat she first wore in 2006 at Prince William’s Sandhurst event (and then again for Remembrance in 2012 and 2017). She accessorized with Queen Elizabeth’s diamond and pearl leaf earrings, and her typical three poppy brooch.

For the first Remembrance Sunday following Queen Elizabeth’s passing, the newly minted Princess of Wales wore a Catherine Walker coat, earrings that belonged to Princess Diana, and a wide-brimmed hat.

She pinned her three poppies to her jacket with an art deco diamond brooch designed by Bentley & Skinner.

2018’s Remembrance Day was a big deal, as it marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending the World War I. For the occasion, Kate wore a bespoke Alexander McQueen jacket, a Lock & Co. hat, and a brooch commemorating women of the first World War I pinned her poppies to her jacket.

Read more about Kate’s 2018 Remembrance look here

Kate’s fashion at the National Service of Remembrance in 2017 was in line with previous years, but her hair was the big change: Instead of an updo or wearing her hair down, she pinned it, to give the illusion of a bob under her hat. She wore a Dolce & Gabbana coat with gold buttons, Oscar de la Renta earrings, and a Philip Treacy hat she first wore while dating Prince William in 2006.

For the third time at the Remembrance Sunday service, Kate wore a Diane von Furstenberg coat (she wore it in 2011 and 2012, scroll down). She accessorized with her three poppies, a John Boyd hat, and diamond and pearl earrings.

Kate wore an Alexander McQueen jacket in 2014, coincidentally twinning with Sophie, then the Countess of Wessex, who wore the same coat. Unlike Sophie, however, Kate wore a ruffled dress under her jacket, so the necklines looked slightly different. She repeated the black Jane Corbett hat she wore first in 2011. The Duchess accessorized with an anemone brooch that resembles a poppy, a Mappin & Webb diamond necklace, and Princess Diana’s sapphire and diamond earrings.

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The Duchess of Cambridge switched up her Remembrance Sunday fashion for the first time in 2013, wearing a Temperley London coat instead of the Diane Von Furstenberg coat she wore in the previous two years. She wore a hat by Sylvia Fletcher for Lock & Co., and her Kiki McDonough hoops with Annoushka pearl drops. Her poppy pin is obscured in this photo, but it’s just a one poppy brooch.

Kate repeated her look from last year, wearing a Diane Von Furstenburg coat, albeit with a different hat. She once again chose to wear her Annoushka pearl earrings, and a poppy brooch.