GB News's Bev Turner has warned that Kensington Palace's decision to stop releasing details of the Princess of Wales's outfits could have the opposite effect of what was intended.
The move, aimed at shifting focus from Kate's fashion choices to her charitable work, risks sparking even more speculation about her wardrobe selections.
According to a Palace source quoted in the Sunday Times, the Princess wants attention directed towards her meaningful work and not her stylistic choices.
Speaking about this to GB News, royal commentator Charles Rae said: "It is very curious. And as you quite rightly said in your introduction, what I know about fashion, you could actually stick up in that bottom to be perfectly understand.
Princess Kate wants people to focus on her work and not her outfits
Reuters"In my time of doing royals, and even beforehand, when you had people like Norman Hartnell designing dresses and for the Queen, it was always a focus of what the royal people were wearing.
You understand that it is essential. It doesn't detract from the work that they're doing.
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"You can't fault Catherine for the work that she's done, having just battled cancer and beforehand. Now again, she's back traipsing the royal boards.
"I just think that knowing what she's wearing is of great interest to a great many readers of newspapers and viewers of of television.
"I mean, she looks one million dollars. And like Diana, this girl could turn up in sackcloth and ashes and still look one million dollars. There's no question about that.
"What Catherine wears increases the British fashion industry by £1 billion annually. That's an immediate boost, it has a global reach. It elevates all the British designers."
Charles Rae said it is "very curious"
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"It has a positive reception on British style. I have no idea why she wants to get rid of that.
"I can tell you now, there will be other ways of finding out. And we reporters will go after that because it is still important to the readers and viewers."
Bev added: "I think it's going to backfire this Charles, if what they want is for people not to talk about what she's wearing, I think it will have the polar opposite effect, because now you will get these fashion sleuths online.
"You will get citizen journalists on their own Instagram accounts quickly doing image match on Google. Trying to find out every time she steps out there's going to be a what is she wearing."
The Palace source told the outlet: "There is an absolute feeling that it is not about what the princess is wearing," the source said. "She wants the focus to be on the really important issues, the people and the causes she is spotlighting."
However the source acknowledged there would always be public interest in the Princess's style choices.
"There will always be an appreciation of what the princess is wearing from some of the public and she gets that. But do we need to be officially always saying what she is wearing? No."
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