Aug 14, 2026 · 46 min · 9 segments
Daily Mirror deputy royal editor Jennifer Newton is joined by fashion expert Simon Glazelle to discuss the fashion of the Royal Family. He looks into the clothing choices of Catherine, the Princess…
Simon GlazelleGuestJennifer NewtonHost
Well, I think my, uh, my love for the royal family started long before I started talking about fashion on social media.
And it was more like the intrigue of the royal family rather than, like, my hard dying love for them.
Like, I was more, like, intrigued by the pomp and the ceremony and the historic, like, references that still happen, and the fact that, like, there's still ladies in waiting.
I actually have been in the fashion industry for nearly 20 years, so I started a blog nearly 20 years ago, and I trained as a journalist, and so fashion's always been, like, part of what I've done and who I am.
Um, and then when I, when I started having an interest in the royal family, um, I just wanted to s- talk about their fashion, 'cause it was so, it's so, it, it, it's both of the moment and also, like, amazingly historical at the same time.
So if you look back at, like, people like Princess Margaret or Princess Anne, like, there's so many moments, um, that are just, like, phenomenal, and I just get really excited by it.
Like, the social media stuff, I never expected to have this many followers at all ever.
Um, it was just something that I really loved talking about, so that's kind of how it happened.
Firstly, they are representing n- uh, whether it, whether in, in the UK or, you know, with monarchies around the world, they are representing a country, a people, a collective, a-
So if you're outwardly facing, like, you know, like a famous person, you want, they need to be dressed a certain way, they need to look a certain way.
They can't just turn up in, you know, like, baggy jeans or, as much as I'd love to see-
Well, I think my, uh, my love for the royal family started long before I started talking about fashion on social media.
And it was more like the intrigue of the royal family rather than, like, my hard dying love for them.
Like, I was more, like, intrigued by the pomp and the ceremony and the historic, like, references that still happen, and the fact that, like, there's still ladies in waiting.
I actually have been in the fashion industry for nearly 20 years, so I started a blog nearly 20 years ago, and I trained as a journalist, and so fashion's always been, like, part of what I've done and who I am.
Um, and then when I, when I started having an interest in the royal family, um, I just wanted to s- talk about their fashion, 'cause it was so, it's so, it, it, it's both of the moment and also, like, amazingly historical at the same time.
So if you look back at, like, people like Princess Margaret or Princess Anne, like, there's so many moments, um, that are just, like, phenomenal, and I just get really excited by it.
Like, the social media stuff, I never expected to have this many followers at all ever.
Um, it was just something that I really loved talking about, so that's kind of how it happened.
Firstly, they are representing n- uh, whether it, whether in, in the UK or, you know, with monarchies around the world, they are representing a country, a people, a collective, a-
So if you're outwardly facing, like, you know, like a famous person, you want, they need to be dressed a certain way, they need to look a certain way.
They can't just turn up in, you know, like, baggy jeans or, as much as I'd love to see-
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