Fashion editor Suzy Menkes recently called the Princess of Wales’ use of the royal jewellery collection a ‘disappointment’, bemoaning that she wears its pieces only ‘when she absolutely has to’.
But Kate raiding the royal vault solely for occasions such as state banquets is a considered move.
Her love of demi-fine and even costume jewellery — something previous royals would never wear — is all down to the ‘Kate effect’.
Whatever the Princess is snapped wearing flies off the shelves,
