Princess Charlotte gets exception to age-old royal tradition

Princess Charlotte, who already appears to be learning the ropes of the royal rules, is not shy of breaking some traditions.

A major exception to years-old royal tradition was made for the only daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton as she marked a historic event in May last year.

According to royal rule, ladies of the royal family typically wear tiaras for a special occasion such as the coronation. However, Charlotte followed her mother’s footsteps, wearing a stunning headpiece.

“Tiaras were worn by nearly every royal lady at the Queen's coronation in 1953, as well lots of aristocratic women but times have certainly changed in 70 years,” Lauren Kiehna, writer of The Court Jeweller, previously told People Magazine.

For the coronation of her grandfather, King Charles, Charlotte wore a striking flower headpiece, matching Princess Catherine’s, designed by milliner Jess Collett and Alexander McQueen.

Meanwhile, Vogue also pointed out that Kate opted for the floral diadem was to avoid looking “tone-deaf” given the country’s ongoing cost of living crisis, or accidently feature jewels of complicated origins.

This is not the first and the last change Charlotte will be making to the royal rule. Previously, Daily Mail’s royal correspondent Richard Eden shared that the Prince and Princess of Wales want Charlotte “to grow up with the expectation that she will get a job and not be a full-time royal.”