Kate Middleton Wears Ivory Coat Dress to 2022 Trooping the Colour

To kick off Queen Elizabeth's four-day Platinum Jubilee, the traditional Trooping the Colour parade has at last returned to Buckingham Palace.

The annual ceremony typically honors the queen's birthday, but has been modified for the past two years due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and social distancing guidelines. Today marks the first time that Prince William and Duchess Kate—as well as their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis—have attended the annual Trooping the Colour parade since 2019. (The Cambridges were notably absent from the scaled-down affairs that took place in 2021 and 2020.)

For the occasion, Kate wore an ivory Alexander McQueen coat dress, which she paired with a navy blue hat with white trim by Philip Treacy. For accessories, she color-coordinated with sapphire-and-diamond earrings and a necklace, which matched her iconic 12-carat oval Ceylon sapphire engagement ring.

london, england june 02 catherine, duchess of cambridge in the carriage procession at trooping the colour during queen elizabeth ii platinum jubilee on june 02, 2022 in london, england the platinum jubilee of elizabeth ii is being celebrated from june 2 to june 5, 2022, in the uk and commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of queen elizabeth ii on 6 february 1952 trooping the colour, also known as the queens birthday parade, is a military ceremony performed by regiments of the british army that has taken place since the mid 17th century it marks the official birthday of the british sovereign this year, from june 2 to june 5, 2022, there is the added celebration of the platinum jubilee of elizabeth ii in the uk and commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne on 6 february 1952 photo by karwai tangwireimage

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london, england june 02 camilla, duchess of cornwall, catherine and duchess of cambridge during the trooping the colour parade on june 02, 2022 in london, england the platinum jubilee of elizabeth ii is being celebrated from june 2 to june 5, 2022, in the uk and commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of queen elizabeth ii on 6 february 1952 photo by chris j ratcliffegetty images

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the duchess of cambridge rides in a carriage as the royal procession travels down the mall to attend the trooping the colour ceremony at horse guards parade, central london, as the queen celebrates her official birthday, on day one of the platinum jubilee celebrations picture date thursday june 2, 2022 photo by andrew matthewspa images via getty images

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Kate rode in via carriage along with George, Charlotte, Louis, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Camilla wore a striped light blue dress with a matching minty blue hat.

Meanwhile, William arrived at the festivities as part of the Irish Guards.

To attend the parade in previous years, the Duchess of Cambridge typically opted for monochrome pastel looks. She last wore a sunny yellow dress also by Alexander McQueen and a matching hat by Philip Treacy at the 2019 celebration. And, in 2018, Kate color-coordinated with Camilla in a pale blue spring dress.

london, june 9, 2018 catherine, duchess of cambridge r and camilla, duchess of cornwall return in a horse drawn carriage to buckingham palace during the trooping of the colour ceremony to mark queen elizabeth iis 92nd birthday in london, britain on june 9, 2018 xinhuatim ireland via getty images

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Duchess Camilla and Duchess Kate ride a carriage during the 2018 Trooping the Colour parade.

As an associate editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com, Chelsey keeps a finger on the pulse on all things celeb news. She also writes on social movements, connecting with activists leading the fight on workers' rights, climate justice, and more. Offline, she’s probably spending too much time on TikTok, rewatching Emma (the 2020 version, of course), or buying yet another corset.

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