Kate Middleton often stands in heels for hours at a time while making public appearances. So to ensure comfort, etiquette expert Myka Meier says the Princess of Wales uses two tricks. Kate is said to wear John Lewis non-slip tights and Alice Bow insoles to "cushion" her feet.
To ensure comfort, etiquette expert Myka Meier says Kate has a few styling tricks. To prevent her feet from slipping out of her heels, Myka said the royal wears non-slip tights. The sheer stockings from John Lewis retail for £6 and feature gel strips on the bottom of each foot that grip the soles of shoes.
But I digress – according to Vanity Fair, the secret is leather sole inserts. Back in 2015, an insider claimed that Kate's preferred brand for insoles is Alice Bow, created by British shoe designer Rachel Bowditch.
One of those items is nonslip pantyhose from the UK department store John Lewis. The tights have gel strips on each foot that grip shoes, helping to keep them in place so she doesn't trip.
There's no official protocol that dictates what footwear royals should wear.
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She buys her heels in two different sizes, between a 38.5 and a 39 (or a 5.5 and a 6 in British sizing). No doubt Kate does this for comfort reasons and it seems to vary depending on the brand - her Jimmy Choo 'Georgia' navy pumps and her red carpet 'Vamp' strappy sandals are in a 38.5.
Although there's no 'royal rule' against wearing sandals (when Meghan Markle was a senior royal, she often wore them), Kate has only ever been seen wearing heeled sandals a few times, and has never been photographed in flat sandals. All that glitters.
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But in reality, they also love jeans — well, some of them do, anyway. While we doubt we'll ever catch King Charles wearing denim again, we've seen other royals use jeans in all kinds of washes and colors, as a go-to pant for official and personal outings.
It has recently been reported by My London that she wear sticky pads on the bottom so her feet so that she remains firmly in her shoes at all times. It came after The Sun reported that the 40-year-old was wearing John Lewis tights with built-in sticky pads to stop slipping and sliding.
Starlettos heel protectors are inconspicuous flower-shaped buds that slide onto a high heel. By widening the surface area of the heel as it touches the ground, they prevent high heels from sinking into grass, or, in the case of Kate Middleton, from getting caught in narrow grates.
Sit like a royal
One of the worst things a woman in the royal family can do—as far as etiquette rules go—is sit with her legs crossed at the knee. Legs and knees must be kept together, although crossing at the ankle is fine.
The royal vault lies beneath St George's Chapel in the Windsor grounds and has housed royals in their final place of rest since the 15th century. Royals are traditionally lowered into the vault through an opening in the floor of St George's Chapel.
While other royals have also worn open-toe shoes on occasion, closed-toe shoes are thought to be more proper for royal engagements. Etiquette expert William Hanson previously told Harpers Bazaar: "Open-toed shoes are considered informal footwear and inappropriate for formal occasions."
The royal men, on the other hand, wear polos, blazers, and khakis or chinos. Etiquette expert William Hanson previously explained to Harper's Bazaar that wearing shorts is a class marker, as upper class boys usually graduate to trousers from shorts at about age eight.
Sometimes, the Queen of Britain, Her Royal Majesty Elizabeth II, needs to change clothes up to five times a day – in the case of big celebrations, for example. And not simply the dress she's wearing but the shoes, gloves, jewelry, medals and other accessories and, most important, her hats.
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A big fan of the Italian shoe brand Aquazzura, most of the royal's heels are from 3½ in to 4.5½ in height. At 5ft 6, Meghan is shorter than her husband Prince Harry, who's 6ft 1.
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