Kate Middleton made an emotional return to public duty on Nov. 9 at the Festival of Remembrance at Royal Albert Hall and then again on Nov. 10 at Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph. These back-to-back events mark the first time that has happened in all of 2024,

LONDON — King Charles III led the nation Sunday in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on, a further sign the royal family is slowly returning to normal at the end of a year in which two of the most popular royals were sidelined by cancer.

On the surface, her looks this weekend were classic Kate, but on another level, they marked a radical departure from her usual style.