At almost the exact moment Boris Johnson told a weary nation that more Covid restrictions were coming our way, the royals proved that Christmas 2021 was very far from being cancelled.
Resplendent in head-turning dresses, long jewel-tone coats and – in the case of James Middleton’s wife – a very festive suit, the Windsors and the Middletons turned the dial up on glamour at the exact moment we needed cheering up. At the carol concert hosted by the Duchesss of Cambridge and held in Westminster Abbey, revivals from the 1980s were out in force, including Sloane Ranger favourites such as velvet headbands and pie-crust collars, while the Countess of Wessex proved she has become a serious contender for most stylish royal of the year. Here, seven style lessons we can all learn from what might be the most fashionable carol concert of the year.
