Seeing double! Kate the Princess of Wales and Princess Mary of Denmark are style sisters
As “common people” marrying an heir to the throne, parallels between the Princess of Wales and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark were inevitable.
Both have transitioned into their roles as royals and mothers with grace and ease and have garnered a huge following of fans in their respective countries.
The brunette beauties have also mirrored each other’s style and were dubbed the unofficial “royal sisters” by the late Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.
Even on Monday, in the heat of the South Pacific, the Crown Princess chose an outfit reminiscent of one previously worn by the Kate, in this case a dress with a long belt that accentuates the waist with a wide floral design in rich shades of blue .
Princesses Kate and Mary were style sisters again on Monday when Mary (right) wore a rich floral design when she visited the South Pacific island of Vanuata. Kate was spotted wearing the same wide-pattern style dress in a similar vibrant blue during a visit to Sweden in January 2018.
Mary was pictured visiting Vanuata, which, like other Pacific islands, is being affected by climate change, with rising sea levels and an increase in severe weather.
Kate had worn the Erdem dress pictured while visiting Sweden in January 2018.
They were ‘sisters’ again earlier this year, when Kate visited Liverpool with Prince William in January. For the couple’s first official engagement following the release of Harry’s explosive memoir, Spare, she wore an elegant long Holland Cooper tartan-patterned coat.
The Princess of Wales, 41, and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, 51, have a shared sense of style – clearly exemplified by these tartan coats
The look was very reminiscent of a black plaid Baum und Pferdgarten coat worn by Princess Mary in 2019 while touring Texas, which was known at the time for its resemblance to tartan outfits previously worn by the Princess of Wales and Meghan Markle.
The princesses have even worn the same dress on their royal engagements, with Kate opting for the same blue-collared Beulah dress to meet NHS staff in 2020 that Mary wore to Indonesia in 2019.
The couple has even been spotted in the same dress, both wearing a Beaulah dress in a different color
Kate wore a black polka dot Alessandra Rich dress and matching hat to Prince Philip’s memorial service in 2022. Princess Mary also opted for a polka dot dress by Carolina Herrera to visit Milan. Kate met William at the University of St Andrews, while Princess Mary met Crown Prince Frederik at a Sydney pub
The stylish couple opted for the same blue collared dress, again by Beulah, worn by Mary in 2019 and Kate in 2020
Kate (pictured in Manchester) and Mary (pictured at Copenhagen Zoo) have enjoyed each other’s company during royal visits since their first meeting in 2011. Their coats here are remarkably similar to Kate in Erdem and Mary in Hobbs
Australian-born Mary is seen here on a trip to Vietnam in a Temperley London dress. Meanwhile, in 2017, Kate wore a similar lace Alexander McQueen dress to Royal Ascot
The princesses both opted for similar winter ensembles when Kate visited Scarborough last year and Mary visited Frederick IX’s tomb at Roskilde Cathedral
The ‘royal sisters’ both wore similar burgundy sweaters, showing off their matching sense of style, with Kate’s version from Warehouse
Kate wore a red blazer with a black turtleneck to meet RAF air cadets in 2017 and Mary wore a similar blazer last year from one of Kate’s favorite brands, Alexander McQueen
The pair both stunned in another Beulah number, with Kate wearing the pink flowing sundress for Wimbledon in 2021, while Mary wore the cream version for an exhibition opening at Frederiksborg Castle in 2020.
Kate, 41, and Mary, 51, have enjoyed each other’s company during royal visits since their first meeting in 2011, when they met for a private lunch at Copenhagen’s Amelienborg Castle.
While Kate met William when the couple was studying art history at the University of St Andrews, Australian-born Princess Mary met her husband Crown Prince Frederik at a Sydney pub while he was visiting for the 2000 Olympics.
They married in 2004 and Mary became fluent in Danish, while Kate married Prince William in 2011.
Both women are now mothers, with Kate a mother of three – George, 9, Charlotte, 7, and Louis, 4 – and Mary a mother of four – Christian, 17, Isabella, 15, and twins Vincent and Josephine, 12.