Duchess of Cambridge’s Royal Wedding Dress: Recycled or Not?

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, is known for her impeccable style and fashion sense.

However, she has recently been in the news for allegedly recycling an old dress to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May.

Kate wore a primrose yellow coat dress made by one of her favourite designers, Alexander McQueen, as she made her appearance on the steps of St George's Chapel in Windsor.

Fashion enthusiasts noted that thrifty Kate had worn the dress before, once at Princess Charlotte's christening in 2015, again at Trooping the Colour in 2016, and most recently during a visit to Belgium in July 2017.

The dress was a perfect style on the Duchess, who had given birth to Prince Louis just three weeks before, and she looked nothing short of sensational at the royal wedding.

Kate wore a coordinating head by Philip Treacy and accessorised with a box clutch.

However, eagle-eyed fan Royal Addicted 2 has since spotted that Kate wasn't actually recycling her outfit at the royal wedding.

The dress she chose for Harry and Meghan's big day looks strikingly similar to her old dress, but it has some subtle differences.

For one, Kate's wedding outfit was yellow and featured a row of four buttons on the cuffs.

It looked white or cream in some of the photos, but compared to Princess Charlotte's ivory bridesmaid dress, and the white dress Kate wore underneath her coat, it was clearly yellow.

Meanwhile, the dress she wore to Charlotte's christening and to Trooping the Colour, which was also designed by Alexander McQueen, was cream and didn't have buttons.

It wasn't the first time Kate, 36, has worn noticeably similar outfits.

She appears to own the same items of clothing but in different colours.

The Duchess has the same Preen red and black dress, which features an asymmetrical neckline, as well as the same Amelia Wickstead pleated dress in blue and pink.