Kate Middleton debuted the new look alongside Prince William at a royal engagement in London
The Princess of Wales was sporting much blonder locks (Image: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)
The Princess of Wales has officially debuted her new look alongside the Prince of Wales for their first joint official engagement since the summer break. Kate appeared to be sporting lighter hair when she was spotted in a car travelling to a church service near the Balmoral estate at the end of last month.
Even through the tinted windscreen, it looked like her hair was several shades lighter than usual but this was confirmed when the Princess arrived at the Natural History Museum in London for a royal visit, with her hair definitely a shade of warm blonde.
In her last official public engagement in July at Wimbledon, Kate, 43, was still sporting her usual dark hazel shade but it appears she has gone several shades lighter over the summer.
Although the colour may have been new, she did not deviate from her go-to bouncy blowout. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter
The Princess of Wales at the Natural History Museum(Image: GC Images)
Kate is the Natural History Museum’s patron and was greeted alongside her husband William by the museum’s director Doug Gurr, as they began a visit to learn about the attraction’s gardens, used as a teaching, research and recreational resource.
The royal visit to one of London’s most popular museums comes the day after the new term began for the couple’s children, who all attend the private Lambrook School near Ascot in Berkshire.
William and Kate and their family were last seen in public driving to church close to Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire towards the end of August.
During their visit on Thursday, the Prince and Princess will meet children taking part in learning programmes in the attraction’s gardens, aimed at helping them connect with nature and boost biodiversity in central London.
Kate has spoken in the past about the importance of children spending time in the natural world, and she helped create the family-friendly Back To Nature play garden that was exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
The royal couple visited the Natural History Museum on Thursday(Image: Getty Images)
She also urged society to “reconnect to nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts” in a voiceover for Spring, the first of her series of social media videos celebrating the seasons released earlier this year.
The museum gardens opened in 2024 featuring grassland, wetland and woodland habitats, and are said to serve as a living laboratory where visitors and scientists can identify and monitor wildlife in an urban environment.
During their visit, William and Kate will also be shown how cutting-edge technology is being used in the garden to inform the museum’s conservation and research biodiversity projects.