American royalty meets British royalty.
Ashley Biden closed out her final international trip as first daughter by taking style cues from another global political figure. To end her multi-country itinerary, Biden attended the December 7 Notre Dame Cathedral re-opening alongside guests like Prince William, Salma Hayek, and her mom, Jill Biden. While Kate Middleton wasn’t in attendance at Saturday’s event, Biden channeled her inner British royal as she copied one of the princess’s most iconic red carpet looks.
In a December 8 Instagram post, the activist shared a photo dump of her mother-daughter multi-country trip, starting with a stop in Sicily, Italy, before ending in Paris’s capital city. Biden donned an ornately embroidered gold-and-black brocade coat from Alice & Olivia for the highly-anticipated Notre Dame ceremony, which comes after the cathedral’s 2019 closure for fire damage.
However, she also shared a behind-the-scenes look at an unexpected style moment she shared with Princess Kate–and it’s the British-American crossover that royal watchers didn't know they needed.
In a photo taken from an unknown event and destination, Biden posed alongside her mom wearing the exact same Greek goddess-coded gold Jenny Packham dress that Kate Middleton memorably wore to the No Time To Die premiere in 2021. The British designer is one of Middleton’s favorites, and the Princess of Wales looked like a Bond girl in the floor-length number as she posed on the Royal Albert Hall red carpet alongside Prince William.
Kate generally favors gem tones and structured, demure silhouettes nowadays, but she switched things up in the plunging gown, which featured a floor-length cape design, a sheer skirt, and glistening fabric, thanks to sequin and crystal embellishments sewn in.
However, while the princess paired the golden gown with a side-parted updo and golden statement earrings, Biden went a less formal route. In contrast to Middleton's elegant bun and full beat, she wore her brunette hair in a long, sleek style and subtly enhanced her features with natural glam.
