They may have access to (what seems like) all the designers in the world, but occasionally there is one dress, coat or ensemble that winds up in the wardrobes of more than one royal.
Whether it’s Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, having a twin-moment in Oscar de la Renta with Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, or Princess Mary of Denmark taking a style cue from Pippa Middleton, there have been some memorable sartorial crossovers over the years.
Here, 15 times royals picked the exact same thing off the rack.
Princess Victoria and Queen Silvia of Sweden didn’t just wear the same dress… they wore the exact same dress. Princess Victoria dipped into her mother’s archives and wore a Nina Ricci gown that had been previously worn at the 1995 Nobel Prize Ceremony.
The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary of Denmark were both taken with this Malene Birger maternity coat during their pregnancies.
Both Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and Princess Madeleine of Sweden have donned this dramatic Giambattista Valli gown.
This H&M Conscious dress is a royal favourite—it’s been worn by Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Mary.
The Duchess of Cambridge had a very mini-royal snap with little Princess Leonor of Spain, who wore the same Carolina Herrera coat as her.