"If I wore beige,” the Queen once said, “nobody would know who I am.” Dress head to toe in cerise or turquoise, on the other hand, and there was no question who One might be, no difficulty picking One out in a crowd. ⁠ ⁠ At heart Her Majesty’s choices were the regal equivalent of the hi-vis jacket, and often almost as bright.⁠ ⁠ The Queen made up her own rule book when it came to getting dressed. She had to: it was not as if there had been a recent precedent for a female British head of state when she inherited the throne in 1952. (Nor will there be a subsequent one; the next three generations in line to the throne are male.)⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Click the link in bio to read the full story