In Queen Elizabeth II’s Meticulous Wardrobe, Even The Pockets Had a “Hierarchy”

Queen Elizabeth II famously left nothing to chance. Her meticulous attention to every detail remains customary in the British royal family, but it reached its zenith with her care with her wardrobe.

Indeed, one cannot count the tricks and stratagems implemented by the royal to ensure a public presence and image that was always distinctive, fitting, and never out of place. Weights were inserted in her skirts to prevent them from fluttering; her shoes, always the same model, were broken in with…