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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T17:00:01.000Z",
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    "Inside the largest Queen fashion exhibition in history at Buckingham Palace",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nQueen Elizabeth II was \"intimately involved\" in her fashion, an exhibition curator has exclusively told GB News while debunking a commonly-believed myth.\n\nFor decades, the public perception of Queen Elizabeth II’s wardrobe was that it was a product of her dressers and designers, with the late monarch herself serving as a passive participant.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHowever, new research for the centenary exhibition, Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style, has debunked this myth.\n\nCurator Caroline de Guitaut has revealed to GB News that archival evidence, including handwritten notes and fabric samples, proves the Queen was an \"intimately involved\" client.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAccording to the curator, Elizabeth II oversaw the details of her clothing throughout her entire 70-year reign.\n\nIn an exclusive interview at the press viewing for the exhibition, Ms De Guitaut explained that this hands-on approach was not a later development in the Queen's life, but a lifelong commitment.\n\nReferring to the era of Angela Kelly, which took place in the last three decades of Elizabeth II's life, Ms De Guitaut said: \"A lot of people, obviously younger people, remember the last few decades, probably.\n\n\"But hopefully you'll get a sense as you go around the exhibition that, even in the earlier multiple decades of the Queen's life, she was absolutely intimately involved in that.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe curator emphasised that the Queen worked closely with designers and embroiderers, acting as a decisive client in the \"selecting of the different materials\" and the \"cutting of the fabric\".\n\nThis level of involvement was driven by the Queen's understanding of how her appearance impacted her work.\n\nMs De Guitaut noted: \"I think for Queen Elizabeth II, she spent a lot of time really carefully considering how her clothing could help her fulfil her role.\"\n\n### LATEST ROYAL DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Inside the largest Queen fashion exhibition in history at Buckingham Palace\n  * Royal exhibition curator explains why Queen Elizabeth II's 'extreme' umbrellas\n  * Late Queen only trusted Princess Beatrice and Princess Anne with special tiara\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe described the process of uncovering this history as a revelation, adding: \"I think that's one of the big things that I've learned from the great privilege of working on this material.\"\n\nHaving opened at Buckingham Palace on Friday, April 10, the exhibition features 300 items, ranging from childhood pieces to sophisticated later-year ensembles.\n\nBy displaying never-before-seen design sketches and correspondence, the gallery provides a \"behind-the-scenes\" look at the Queen’s collaboration with icons like Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nGB News' Deputy Royal Editor, Dorothy Reddin, gained an exclusive sneak peek into the exhibition on Thursday.\n\nQueen Elizabeth II was a huge champion of British fashion; in her nearly-100 years on this earth, she saw the demise of the court dressmaker, the rise of British couture, and the establishment of iconic British fashion houses.\n\nThis legacy carried through to the 21st-century generation of royals, when Catherine Middleton, later the Princess of Wales, chose to wear an Alexander McQueen dress to marry Prince William.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Queen Elizabeth II was 'intimately involved' in her fashion as myth gets debunked"
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