Blue may be a royal favorite, but behind palace walls, it has reportedly sparked quiet battles over who gets to wear it.
Royal commentator Amanda Matta told Fox News Digital that Queen Camillas go-to shade isnt just a fashion statement â it may be her way of signaling authority behind palace doors.
“Protecting Camillas use of blue would have enforced a visual hierarchy for royal events,” Matta explained.
“Lets not forget that Camilla entered palace life amid significant public skepticism, and she has spent the last two decades meticulously rewriting her story,” Matta shared. “Her preference for a saturated, commanding royal blue has been central to that project in recent years. Her preferred shade is literally royal blue.”
Matta also said in a recent TikTok video that the color is beloved among royal wives and allegedly caused tension over who gets to wear it.
“Never forget Camilla claiming blue and telling other royals, namely Kate [Middleton], they could not wear it,” she claimed on the platform.
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A source previously told the U.K.s Express that the color blue was “problematic” for royal dressers because it was said to be a favorite of both Camilla and the Princess of Wales. But because Camilla is the most senior woman in the royal family, she had first dibs on wearing the beloved hue.
“The queen is now able to choose her outfits before all the other women in the royal family,” a source told the outlet. “It’s part of the royal pecking order, and that includes the clothes and color. Her Majesty’s favorite color is blue, and so is Kate’s. Sophie [Duchess of Edinburgh] is also quite fond of it.”
“There was a time when [royal dresser] Jacqui [Meakin] was a bit apprehensive to allow at the same time as the queen, but she’s relaxed that now, as long as the blues are very different shades,” said the insider.
Fox News Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.
“The fact that Meakin eventually relaxed the rule, allowing different shades to be used simultaneously, could suggest that the initial enforcement created enough friction that a diplomatic solution became necessary,” said Matta. “The royals love their blue. It could also signal that Camilla feels secure enough in her role as queen to cede some territory, sartorially speaking.”
“There’s likely no written rule about blue, but what there is involves a web of informal understandings maintained by the people closest to each principal royal,” Matta shared. “The only thing unusual about Meakin acting as a color gatekeeper is that it became public knowledge. Past dressers like Angela Kelly also ruled over visuals with an iron fist.”
It was Meghan Markle who publicly spoke about royal dressing protocol in her 2022 Netflix docuseries, “Harry & Meghan.” The American actress became the Duchess of Sussex when she married Britains in 2018.
“Most of the time I was in the U.K., I rarely wore color,” she said. “To my understanding, you cant ever wear the same color as Her Majesty (Queen Elizabeth) if theres a group event, but then you shouldnt be wearing the same color as one of the other more senior members of the family.”
The Express previously reported that, according to sources, Meakin “ruffled a few feathers” at Buckingham Palace by being “too strict over outfit color choices, most notably the color blue.”
“Those reports of Jacqui Meakin ruffling feathers over blue arent surprising if you know how royal dressers operate,” said Matta. “Whoever controls the queens wardrobe can also come to feel that they hold r
