The Princess of Wales was resplendent in a maroon Emilia Wickstead dress today as she joined Prince William to welcome Donald and Melania Trump to Windsor Castle for their historic state visit. 

Kate and Prince William, both 43, greeted the Trumps in the Walled Garden on the Windsor estate after they arrived by helicopter, with the President telling the Princess: ‘You’re so beautiful’. 

The Princess paired her elegant coat dress with a £2,330 hat by Jane Taylor, and a burgundy Chanel bag that she has carried multiple times before. 

Adding a touch of glitz to her ensemble, Kate wore her feather brooch, which once belonged to Princess Diana, studded with 18 Round Cut diamonds and small emeralds surrounding the Prince of Wales feathers symbol. 

Prince William and Kate escorted the President and First Lady on the short walk across the grass, onto the gravel path outside Victoria House where the King and Queen were waiting. 

Meanwhile, Camilla – who was forced to sit the Duchess of Kent’s funeral out due to ill health – picked a vibrant sapphire blue dress, a matching coat by Fiona Clare and hat by Philip Treacy and a sapphire and diamond brooch for the occasion.  

Meanwhile, the First Lady looked effortlessly chic in a Christian Dior Haute Couture dark gray skirt suit that flared out at the waist and fell just below her knees.

She wore her blonde tresses in a slick bun that was largely hidden by a wide-brimmed wool hat in a brighter purple hue.

Melania was expertly poised in her heels as she walked alongside Donald, Prince William and Princess Kate in the Walled Garden on the Windsor estate.

Kate wore her newly bronde hair in loose waves that cascaded down her back, after making the style statement of the Autumn season by switching up her signature brunette locks. 

The princess appears currently to favour Chanel purses, after she picked a black design for the Duchess of Kent’s funeral yesterday. 

In addition to the deep wine-coloured Classic Flap Bag in quilted leather that she carried today, Kate also accessorised with a pair of dainty ruby earrings. 

She finished her look with dark brown suede pumps from Gianvito Rossi, another brand that Kate favours. 

Earlier this week, a Trump spokesperson said the couple was ‘thrilled’ that Kate would be ‘front and centre’ during the state visit. 

‘The inclusion of Princess Kate in so many events during the state visit is an honour.

‘The Trumps very much hoped she would be part of their visit but nothing was confirmed until this week because of the princess’s health situation.’

Kate is currently in remission from an undisclosed form of cancer as she continues her steady return to public life after receiving treatment. 

It comes after the Prince and Princess of Wales put on a sombre display as they attended the Duchess of Kent’s funeral yesterday.

William and Kate remembered ‘Mrs Kent’ – as she liked to be called – who became the oldest living member of the Royal Family when Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022.

They were paying their respects on Tuesday alongside others including King Charles, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson and the Duchess of Edinburgh.

The Duchess’s husband the Duke of Kent was also pictured arriving along with his children. She died aged 92 while surrounded by family at Kensington Palace earlier this month.

Following the announcement, the heir and his wife made a loving tribute, saying that she would be ‘much missed’.

The future king and queen described how she had ‘worked tirelessly’ in her life to help others. In a statement signed ‘W & C’, the couple said: ‘Our thoughts today are with The Duke of Kent and his family, particularly George, Helen and Nicholas.

‘The Duchess worked tirelessly to help others and supported many causes, including through her love of music. She will be a much missed member of the family’.

Along with William and Kate, Charles yesterday led senior members of his family, including Prince William, Kate, and his brother Prince Andrew, as they paid their respects to Duchess of Kent after her death aged 92.

The royals gathered en masse for the Catholic funeral on Tuesday afternoon – with the Duchess’s frail widower, the Duke of Kent, entering Westminster Cathedral holding a walking stick, surrounded by his family including his daughter Lady Helen Taylor.

But Buckingham Palace announced just two hours before the private family service began that Queen Camilla had pulled out as she recovers from acute sinusitis.

Among the others attending were Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Prince Andrew with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.