She who loved colors so much is today surrounded by black veils. Thursday, September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96, after causing concern to her doctors, and having brought the whole family to her bedside, in Scotland, at Balmoral Castle. It is a shock for each member of the royal crown, for the whole country… and for all those who follow the adventures of British royalty around the world.
Dark colors are de rigueur as England prepares to bury Elizabeth II. But as you know, the sovereign was not only the queen of the country, she was also and above all a very sharp queen of fashion. Why did she make it a point of honor to twist the retinas at the slightest appearance, while she opted for more sober shades in her free time? It’s quite simple. At 96, and after 70 years of reign – celebrated, moreover, by the Trooping the coloror the parade of colors – she was simply afraid that we would not recognize her, or that we would not spot her in the crowd…
I can still wear beige ’cause no one will know who I am
“My favorite remark from the Queen was: ‘I can still wear beige ’cause no one will know who I am‘ “, indeed wrote Robert Hardman, a biographer who followed her travels for a long time, in his book Our Queen, published in 2012. Pink, yellow, red, blue, lilac, purple… in seven decades of reign, Elizabeth II has indeed tested the whole rainbow, and each attempt has been a winning bet. Wasn’t going to believe, however, that she chose her clothes at random, as long as they were dazzling. “She will not attend an engagement in a green place, such as a racetrack or a garden party, in camouflage greensays journalist and royal writer Sali Hughes in his 2019 book, Our Rainbow Queen. But she’ll be happy to deploy the green to stand out where needed.” It’s a pretty star, thus, which today joins the others, up there in the sky.