{"id":23550,"date":"2026-07-31T21:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23550"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:24:43","slug":"the-tragic-incident-that-prompted-queen-elizabeth-to-revise-the-royal-dress-code-for-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23550","title":{"rendered":"The Tragic Incident That Prompted Queen Elizabeth to Revise the Royal Dress Code for Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Thus, upon her arrival in London, Queen Elizabeth II does not immediately leave the plane. A black outfit is brought to her so she can change before appearing in public. Wearing a black coat paired with a black hat, she then steps onto the tarmac at Heathrow Airport, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/photos\/2015\/11\/winston-churchill-paintings\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Prime Minister Winston Churchill<\/a> is waiting for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">This episode, as memorable as it was embarrassing, led to a lasting change in royal protocol. Since then, all members of the royal family have routinely packed a black outfit for their official trips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Furthermore, in 1992, this dress code was observed when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/princess-diana\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Princess Diana<\/a>\u2019s father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2021\/06\/a-brief-history-of-princess-dianas-fiery-family\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Lord Spencer<\/a>, passed away while she was in the Alps skiing with her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/prince-charles\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Prince Charles<\/a>. For the return trip, the royal couple was therefore, in keeping with tradition, dressed entirely in black.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>Originally published by<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.fr\/article\/elizabeth-ii-changement-protocole-vestimentaire-deplacements-royaux\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Vanity Fair France<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thus, upon her arrival in London, Queen Elizabeth II does not immediately leave the plane. A black outfit is brought to her so she can change before appearing in public. Wearing a black coat paired with a black hat, she then steps onto the tarmac at Heathrow Airport, where Prime Minister Winston Churchill is waiting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6cc45fa667e8b170912e6d\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/534250384","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}