{"id":29533,"date":"2025-09-18T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/29533\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:46:08","slug":"melania-trump-and-kate-make-bold-fashion-choices-for-their-historic-first-outing-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/29533\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump and Kate make bold fashion choices for their historic first outing together"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First lady Melania Trump<\/a> and the Princess of Wales are set to make history with their first joint outing together.<\/p>\n

Prince William<\/a> and Kate greeted US president Donald Trump and the first lady <\/a>as they disembarked Marine One after landing in the grounds of the Windsor estate on Wednesday, before they were taken to meet the King and Queen.<\/p>\n

Kate was dressed in a bold, burgundy Emilia Wickstead dress, a matching hat by Jane Taylor and a feather brooch. Kate\u2019s hat, in luxury felt with a satin bow and veiling, retails<\/a> for \u00a32,330 and is made to measure.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Melania wore a Christian Dior haute couture dark grey suit with a wide-brimmed purple hat that obscured her eyes.<\/p>\n

Later, the two women will visit Frogmore Gardens together as part of the president\u2019s second state visit<\/a>, marking their first solo outing without their respective spouses.<\/p>\n

\"Catherine,<\/p>\n

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, Queen Camilla and first lady Melania Trump (Getty)<\/p>\n

Melania and Kate will meet UK chief scout Dwayne Fields and members of the Scouts\u2019 Squirrels program. A former Scout herself, Kate has been co-president of the Scout Association since 2020.<\/p>\n

Ahead of their historic outing, Melania and Camilla joined their respective spouses for the Beating Retreat military ceremony. Camilla opted for a royal blue dress and matching hat, along with three strands of pearls. Her handbag matched her shoes, and she wore a gold brooch.<\/p>\n

\"Queen<\/p>\n

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Queen Camilla, King Charles III, US president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for the Beating Retreat military ceremony (PA)<\/p>\n

The Trumps stayed overnight Tuesday at the US ambassador\u2019s residence in London before travelling on Wednesday to Windsor Castle for a ceremonial welcome <\/a>and a lavish state banquet.<\/p>\n

Melania\u2019s itinerary for the short visit also includes an outing with Camilla. Together, the two will visit Queen Mary\u2019s Dollhouse and the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n

\"Kate<\/p>\n

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Kate wore a burgundy Emilia Wickstead dress while Melania wore a wide-brimmed purple hat (PA)<\/p>\n

The trip carries extra significance as the late Queen Elizabeth previously hosted the Trumps for a state visit during his first term. Mr Trump is now the first elected political leader in modern history to be invited to two state visits by monarchs.<\/p>\n

Crowds have turned out to support the president<\/a> in the Berkshire town, with Dianne, 52, from north London, telling The Independent she thinks Mr Trump is a \u201cspecial man\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, thousands are set to demonstrate against Mr Trump\u2019s stay on the streets of London later.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s visit is under tight security, with four arrests made near Windsor<\/a> after pictures of Mr Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> were projected onto the castle.<\/p>\n

Wednesday will see the president<\/a> and first lady<\/a> treated to a military parade \u2013 described by the MoD as the largest guard of honour ever at a state visit<\/a> \u2013 as well as gun salutes, a joint US<\/a>-UK flypast, a carriage procession, and a lavish state banquet.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> is expected to use the visit to bolster the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-29533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}