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Queen Elizabeth II’s Style: Diplomatic Dressing

Explore three outfits from one of the UK’s most significant fashion archives.

Outfits worn by Queen Elizabeth II during state visits and royal tours.
Outfits worn by Queen Elizabeth II during state visits and royal tours. ©

Queen Elizabeth II's fashion archive is one of the largest and most important in the Royal Collection. It reveals not only her changing style across her long reign, but also how she used her outfits to send messages during state visits and royal tours.

Join our curator to explore how Queen Elizabeth II used fashion as a powerful tool of diplomacy. Through carefully chosen colours, fabrics and designs, and close work with top British designers, she communicated respect, identity and symbolism to audiences around the world.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Style | Diplomatic Dressing Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited

Queen Elizabeth II sitting down, wearing a blue gown and matching bolero jacket, and a hat featuring three large blue silk roses.
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