Kate Middleton : Future Princess

 

How will the new royal bride handle her iconic legacy? With Diana's example before her, Middleton's road to style royalty is actually paved quite nicely.

Last October, Prince William took a sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring out of his rucksack in Kenya and slipped it onto girlfriend Kate Middleton's finger. In doing so, he linked her to not just the pomp and circumstance of royal history but one figure in particular: his late mother. Diana was the ring's previous keeper.
A month later, Middleton finally faced the world at her prince's side for the first official photo call. After seven years of dating and will-they, won't-they speculation, it was a headlong step into the glare of the spotlight. But that will be nothing compared with the scrutiny she'll undergo in the run-up to the wedding and the comparisons to the photogenic legend who would have been her mother-in-law--especially when it comes to style.
nd so, with Diana's example before her, Middleton's road to style royalty is actually paved quite nicely. All we can wish for the princess-to-be is that she finds a designer who will make the most of her natural English style in a way that resonates joyfully on April 29, at what will easily be the wedding of the year, and right across the wide, wired world. And beyond that: a young royal who develops a curiosity for and a love of an industry that's waiting and willing to open its collective arms to welcome a new princess of fashion.