Vogue Chronicles British Royal Family's Summer Style Through the Decades

Vogue's photo essay surveys the British royal family's summer fashion from the 1940s to 2026, featuring Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Diana, Princess of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The collection includes Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in summer dresses at Windsor Castle, Princess Margaret in East Africa and Jamaica, Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Charles at a polo match and on tours in Sierra Leone and Fiji, Katharine, Duchess of Kent at the King's Lynn Festival of the Arts, Princess Margaret with the Earl of Snowdon in the Bahamas, Princess Margaret and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones at Whipsnade Zoo, the Duke and Duchess of Kent with Lady Helen Windsor at a wedding, Princess Anne at a clay pigeon shoot near Chester, Lady Diana Spencer with Prince Charles at Cowdray Park Polo Club, Princess Michael of Kent at the Horse Rangers Association and Ascot, Princess Diana at Guards Polo Club, the Queen Mother at Clarence House, Catherine visiting the 1851 Trust and Great Britain SailGP Team in Plymouth, Queen Elizabeth II at the Coronation Festival, Meghan at Wimbledon in 2018, Lady Louise Windsor at Trooping the Colour, Prince Harry and Meghan in Cartagena, Catherine at Wimbledon in 2025, Lady Sarah Chatto at Wimbledon 2026, and King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the RHS Sandringham Flower Show on July 22, 2026. The feature highlights the family's polished yet high-fashion summer wardrobe, contrasting with casual norms.