While Dior may have denied a rumoured brand deal with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, they are far from the first royals to have had a close connection with the French designer.
In fact, the brand has become quite the darling of the Windsor set.
Princess Margaret is to thank for the strong bond uniting the fashion house and the royals, as she was one of Christian Dior’s original muses.
Other blue-blooded beauties, including the late Princess Diana and her niece Kitty Spencer, followed in Margaret footsteps.
Montecito-based Meghan and Harry have also entrusted the designer with dressing them for significant occasions.
The Duke of Sussex wore bespoke Dior to his father’s Coronation on May 6, while his wife wore the designer as she attended the late Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on September 19.
French fashion house Christian Dior, centre, counts many royals amongst its fans. Clockwise from the top left: Princess Diana, Caroline of Hanover ; Meghan Markle; Charlene of Monaco, Lady Amelia Windsor ; Prince Harry ; Lady Kitty Spencer; Queen Camilla, Princess Margaret
Since Princess Margaret, pictured in 1951, first visited the Dior atelier in Paris in 1949 and became one of his muses, other members of the British family have fallen in love with the French designer
PRINCESS MARGARET
Princess Margaret was Christian Dior’s first and most important royal muse throughout the designer’s career.
Whilst the French fashion house has dressed everyone from models to actresses, socialites and other blue-blooded beauties, the late Queen’s sister was the only one of Dior’s clients whom he identified by name in his memoir.
The fashion writer Justine Picardie wrote for the Mail in 2021 that her patronage ‘represented the highest acclaim.’
The Princess first visited the designer’s Paris couture salon during her fist European holiday, aged 18, in 1949.
Her visit to the Frenchman’s atelier caused a commotion, with the royal attracting swarms of photographers and…
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