Kate Middleton's Best Wedding Guest Looks So Far

When you're the future queen of England, unfortunately you can't choose one designated wedding-guest outfit that you wear on repeat. No, Kate Middleton needs to be ready for a million flash bulbs and cell phones capturing her every outfit. Even with all the rules surrounding appropriate wedding-guest attire, she manages to find suitable, fashionable, and variable looks for each event.

In the U.K., many weddings, especially those of the upper crust, happen during the day and men are expected to wear morning suits while women don smart daywear, including tea-length dresses, jackets, and a hat. This is not the occasion for thin straps, short lengths, and plunging necklines. And who captures this aesthetic more perfectly than the Princess of Wales, who makes potentially dowdy looking outfits feel youthful?

When the wedding is black-tie, like the Jordanian royal wedding between Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein which took place in 2023, Kate has proven she can also go all out. For the Jordanian nuptials, she wore a dusty-rose Elie Saab gown for the ceremony, and later dazzled in a sparkling Jenny Packham number for the reception. Of the myriad wedding-guest looks she's worn so far, here are Kate Middleton's best.

Though many famous names have landed on the list of worst-dressed royal wedding guests ever, Kate Middleton never could. Take this head-to-toe pink outfit as proof. It ranks as one of her best guest outfits ever because of the vibrancy of the color, as well as for the study in textures. The look, worn to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's 2018 wedding, featured a traditional Alexander McQueen dress and Philip Treacy hat that coordinated beautifully with a rich velvet clutch and pumps (both Prada).

In a British society wedding, it isn't custom for a married woman to serve in the bridal party, so it wasn't a big surprise that Kate Middleton didn't have an official role in her sister Pippa Middleton's 2017 wedding to James Matthews. For the event, the princess called upon designer Sarah Burton, who also made her wedding dress, to create the perfect wedding-guest look, which she accomplished with a softly draped tea-length dress. Kate finished the look with coordinating accessories that even extended to Princess Charlotte's sash.

In March 2014, the Prince and Princess of Wales, joined by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, attended the wedding of Lucy Meade and Charlie Budgett. For the springtime affair, the princess chose a blue Missoni coat, which she paired with navy accessories, creating cohesion by using the same colorwave. The only problem with this look was that another guest arrived in the exact same coat. Clearly it was a popular choice.

There's so much to like about this wedding-guest look of Kate Middleton's, worn in 2013. For starters, the polka-dot dress is from Topshop — designer labels aren't always necessary for this princess. Then there's the fact that she wore it for an outing the previous month; she's not above recycling looks. And who wouldn't love that she's carrying Prince George in her belly and still managed to look pulled together?

In October 2010, just three days after William, Prince of Wales, proposed to Catherine, the two attended the wedding of their friends Harry Meade and Rosie Bradford. The engagement wasn't announced until later in November, whether as a sign of respect for their friends or to give the couple a few weeks of peace, is unknown. For the daytime wedding, Kate wore a cheerful shade of cobalt blue topped with a black jacket and coordinating accessories.

Yes, there's an ultimate guide of what not to wear to a wedding, and an elegant geometric print is not one of them. Kate Middleton proved how a simple-yet-sophisticated black-and-white print dress can look. Add some black accessories and you have an easy formula for a put-together wedding-guest look. This wedding, held in 2011, was the first she attended after her own global spectacle, where she proved she's as exquisite being the bride as she is a guest.