Don't upstage the bride! The 再生利用するing trick thrifty Kate uses to 避ける stealing the limelight at weddings - and how she used it on Meghan's big day

  • Kate 再生利用するd a McQueen coat she's worn three times for Harry's wedding
  • Duchess often wears an old outfit to weddings so as not to steal attention
  • She re-wore old Day?Birger et Mikkelsen coat for Zara and マイク's wedding?
  • 再生利用するd £36 Topshop dress William 先頭 Cutsem wedding to Rosie Ruck Keene

By Siofra Brennan For Mailonline

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The Duchess of Cambridge seemed to be showing her thrifty 味方する yesterday by wearing a McQueen coat she 以前 wore on three high profile occasions.?

However, it seems that the Duchess makes a point of re-wearing her old outfits to weddings for a very important 推論する／理由 - so as not to upstage the bride.?

Mother-of-three Kate, 36, has the ability to 得る，とらえる headlines with her outfits, and the 着せる／賦与するs she wears can easily 誘発する a shopping frenzy and sell out in hours.?

So it seems that the 王室の is careful not to draw too much attention to herself by turning up in an ensemble that fans have already seen at least once before.?

The savvy 王室の used the same trick when she …に出席するd the wedding of Zara Phillips to rugby player マイク Tindall in July 2011 three months after she married Prince William.?

Newlywed Kate was still very much the centre of attention に引き続いて her own nuptials, but she deflected the limelight by wearing a?Day Birger et Mikkelsen coat she had sported for Laura Parker Bowles' wedding five years earlier.??

The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday recycled a pale yellow Alexander McQueen coat for Harry and Meghan's wedding - so as not to take any attention from the bride?

The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday 再生利用するd a pale yellow Alexander McQueen coat for Harry and Meghan's wedding - so as not to take any attention from the bride?

The thrifty royal in a much-worn?Day Birger et Mikkelsen coat for Laura Parker Bowles' wedding in 2006
It came out of the closet again for Zara and Mike Tindall's marriage in 2011

The thrifty 王室の in a much-worn?Day Birger et Mikkelsen coat for Laura Parker Bowles' wedding in 2006, which she got out of the closet again for Zara and マイク Tindall's marriage in 2011

Kate in a £36 Topshop dress during a visit to the opening of the Warner Bros Studios in April 2013
She recycled the same frock a month later to attend the wedding of?William van Cutsem and Rosie Ruck Keene

Kate in a £36 Topshop dress during a visit to the 開始 of the Warner Bros Studios in April 2013. She 再生利用するd the same frock a month later to …に出席する the wedding of?William 先頭 Cutsem and Rosie Ruck Keene

During her pregnancy with Prince George the Duchess …に出席するd the wedding of William 先頭 Cutsem and Rosie Ruck Keene, again knowing that all 注目する，もくろむs would be on her bump in 予期 of the birth of her first child.?

She chose a very low 重要な outfit in the form of a £38 polka dot dress from Topshop she had worn a month earlier to visit the 開始 of the Warner Bros Studios in Hertfordshire.

Yesterday, Kate wore a primrose yellow silk tailored coat by Alexander McQueen - the label behind her own wedding gown - that she's 以前 worn on no いっそう少なく than three high profile occasions.

She was first seen in the designer piece for the christening of Princess Charlotte 支援する in July 2015, and then wore it again a year later for the 軍隊／機動隊ing of the Colour in June 2016.

At the Order of the Garter ceremony in 2011, the Duchess wore a pale grey coat by Katherine Hooker
She got the same coat out of the wardrobe a year later in June 2012 for the wedding of William's cousin Emily McCorquodale to James Hutt

At the Order of the Garter 儀式 in 2011, the Duchess wore a pale grey coat by Katherine Hooker, which she got out of the wardrobe a year later in June 2012 for the wedding of William's cousin Emily McCorquodale to James Hutt

She was first seen in the designer piece for the christening of Princess Charlotte back in July 2015
wore it again a year later for the Trooping of the Colour in June 2016
She was seen most recently wearing it at the Passchendaele commemoration service during a visit to Belgium back in July last year

Kate's outfit choice may seem familiar to some 王室の 選挙立会人s as she has worn the Alexander McQueen no いっそう少なく than three times before. Pictured, left to 権利: At Charlotte's christening in July 205, at 軍隊／機動隊ing of the colour in June 2016 and duri ng her visit to belgium in July 2017?

The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday showed off a new accessory in the form of a dazzling citrine ring on her right hand?

The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday showed off a new 従犯者 in the form of a dazzling citrine （犯罪の）一味 on her 権利 手渡す?

She was seen most recently wearing it at the Passchendaele 記念 service during a visit to Belgium 支援する in July last year.

And Kate, who gave birth to her third child, Prince Louis, いっそう少なく than a month ago, wore her 投資 piece once again today at the wedding of the year, teaming it with an oversized Philip Treacy hat and Jimmy Choo heels.

However the Duchess was wearing something new in the form of a dazzling citrine （犯罪の）一味 on her 権利 手渡す.?

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