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Queen Elizabeth , Princess Diana , Kate Middleton , and Meghan Markle have all worn different maternity styles during their pregnancies.
The Queen wore maternity coats and matching jacket and skirt sets. Diana opted for loose, billowing dresses with the occasional tuxedo thrown in. Middleton had a penchant for patterned dresses during her pregnancies, and Markle has been playing around with retro-inspired looks.
Here's a look at how royal maternity fashion has changed over the years.
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The then-princess had announced the day before that she would not accept more public engagements after the end of June the royal way of saying that she was expecting.
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Queen Elizabeth made an exception to the statement that she wouldn't make more public appearances to attend the wedding of Lord Derby and Lady Isabel Milles-Lade in July 1948.
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She celebrated her 24th birthday in Malta and posed in the drawing room of the Villa Guardamangia.
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Then-Princess Elizabeth visited the maternity wing of the British Military Hospital in Malta in 1950 in her last appearance before giving birth to her second child.
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This was the first photo of the Queen since palace sources announced her pregnancy.
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She was pregnant with her youngest, Prince Edward.
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She paired the coat with a John Boyd hat.
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Princess Diana wore a red Bellville Sassoon maternity gown to the Barbican Centre in London in 1982.
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Princess Diana chatted with Elizabeth Taylor at the Victoria Palace Theatre in 1982 at the premiere of "The Little Foxes" starring Taylor.
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Princess Diana unveiled a plaque at the Sony TV factory with Sony chairman Akio Morita in South Wales on April 8, 1982, while six months pregnant.
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She wore the outfit in Windsor in 1984.
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Trooping the Colour is the Queen's official birthday celebration .
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Princess Diana attended a charity pop concert at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in 1984.
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Princess Diana watched Prince Charles compete in a polo tournament in Windsor in 1984.
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Princess Diana attended the premiere of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" shortly before having Prince Harry.
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She attended a charity reception at The National Portrait Gallery in London.
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Kate Middleton visited Hope House addiction treatment center in London in 2013.
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Middleton visited the school to launch a new school counseling program.
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Middleton and Prince William visited the Swedish royals in 2018.
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Kate Middleton visited Cape Hill Children's Centre in Smethwick in 2015, where she wore the Seraphine dress for the first time , according to PEOPLE.
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Kate Middleton visited Roe Green Junior School in London as part of her Heads Together campaign in 2018.
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Middleton visited Ormond Street Hospital in London in 2018.
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She's worn Jenny Packham dresses for all three of her new baby photo-ops.
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She visited Naomi House Children's Hospice in Winchester.
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Her choice of dress was controversial due to the event's unofficial all-black dress code in honor of Time's Up.
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Middleton was escorted to dinner by King Harald V of Norway.
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She wore a sequined top by Safiyaa with a black floor-length skirt to her first Royal Variety Performance.
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They visited the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.
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The $1,480 midi-length dress is from the Brock Collection , which she paired with a $550 grey wool coat by Soia and Kyo .
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She and Harry attended a reception hosted by the British Ambassador to Morocco at the British Residence in Rabat, Morocco.
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The light-blue silk chiffon dress is currently available to pre-order for $2,990.
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She wore a green jacket by J Crew over a striped sweater and black jeans. She completed the look with black booties by Stuart Weitzman.
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Markle also wore the coatat the Commonwealth Day service in March 2018.
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The $345 shift dress by Reiss featured a black and white pattern and high neckline.
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The dress featured a '70-inspired black and white chain-link print.
