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THANKS, CHRIS.
ALL RIGHT.
FIRST UP THIS MORNING, ARE YOU
A ROYAL WATCHER?
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE GLOBE
FOLLOW THE ROYALS ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR
FASHIONS.
>> IN FACT, AS SOON AS PRINCESS
KATE OR MEGAN, THE DUCHESS
OF SUSSEX STEP OUTSIDE, IT'S
PRACTICALLY GUARANTEED THAT
THEIR OUTFIT AND ACCESSORIES
WILL BE SOLD OUT IN STORES.
STYLE JOURNALIST ELIZABETH
HOLMES.
AND SHE'S ALSO THE AUTHOR
OF THE POPULAR INSTAGRAM SITE
SO MANY THOUGHTS.
SHE'S PUT TOGETHER A NEW BOOK
H.R.H. SO MANY THOUGHTS ON
ROYAL STYLE.
SHE SAYS OUR OBSESSION WITH
ROYAL FASHION STARTED WITH
DIANA.
OH GOSH.
I MEAN DIANA MADE ROYAL FASHION
EXCITING.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE QUEEN,
SHE'S ALWAYS SORT OF APPROACHED
ROYAL FASHION AS A UNIFORM AS
PART OF HER DUTIES.
AND ALONG CAME DIANA AND SHE
EMBRACED THE TRENDS OF THE 80S
AND THAT WAS SO EXCITING
BECAUSE SHE WOULD STEP OUT OF A
CAR AND NOBODY KNEW WHAT SHE
WAS GOING TO WEAR.
SHE WAS ALWAYS OUT TO WOW, YOU
KNOW, AND THOSE BIG SHOULDERS,
YOU KNOW, THOSE REALLY BOLD
COLORS.
SHE REALLY WENT FOR IT.
AND I THINK SHE UNDERSTOOD NOT
JUST THE POWER OF FASHION TO
SEND A MESSAGE BUT ALSO TO
INVOKE A FEELING.
RIGHT.
IT WAS SO EXCITING TO WATCH IT.
IT MADE IT A REASON TO TUNE IN.
THAT'S WHAT REAL FASHION IS ALL
ABOUT.
IT'S A WAY TO GRAB OUR
ATTENTION SO THEY CAN TELL US
ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE
DOING.
AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT
DIANA WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE
ATTENTION OF AMERICAN IN A WAY
THAT MEDIA ROYALS PERHAPS WERE
NOT EQUAL TO.
I MEAN BUT AS A LITTLE GIRL
JUST BEING COMPLETELY
FASCINATED WITH HER AND
ENTHRALLED BY ALL THE WONDERFUL
THINGS SHE DID.
AND YOUR BOOK TAKES A LOOK AT
EACH WOMAN NOT JUST THEIR
FASHION BUT HOW THAT FASHION
FITS THEIR NARRATIVE.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DIVIDE IT
UP LIKE THIS?
YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK EACH
OF THESE WOMEN IS HER OWN
PERSON WITH HER OWN FUTURE THE
MONARCHY AND USED CLOTHES IN
HER OWN WAY.
SO THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO
FOUR DISTINCT SECTIONS.
AND YOU KIND OF SEE HOW THEY
HAVE GROWN AND EVOLVED IN THEIR
WARDROBES AND THEIR DUTIES AND
WHAT I LOVE IS THE LITTLE WAYS
IN WHICH THEY'RE INTERTWINED
BECAUSE I DO SEE A LOT OF THE
QUEEN IN EIGHT.
AND THEN DIANA AND MEGHAN.
AND SO FUN TO SEE THE
INTERPLAY.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND
HOW EACH OF THEM HAVE USED
FASHION BECAUSE THE QUEEN LIKE
I SAID, IT'S VERY MUCH A
UNIFORM.
IT'S PART OF HER DUTIES.
DIANA MADE ROYAL FASHION
EXCITING.
KATE MADE ROYAL FASHION
ACCESSIBLE AS A COMMONER
MARRYING PRINCE.
AND THEN ALONG CAME MEGAHED AND
SHE MADE ROYAL FASHION MODEL IN
ADDITION A GROWN WOMAN, AN
ACCOMPLISHED ACTRESS AND SHE
BROUGHT HER SORT OF VERY
SOPHISTICATED BUT RELAXED
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE TO
THE CONVERSATION TRULY.
I COULDN'T HAVE DESCRIBED IT
BETTER.
I MEAN IT'S A RELAXED, ELEGANT
STYLE.
AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY UPFRONT
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN
COVERING KATE'S AND MEGAN AND
THE NEED FOR ALL OF US JUST TO
TAKE A PAUSE TO TAKE A PAUSE
AND EXAMINE THIS ESPECIALLY AS
IT RELATES TO RACE.
HOW DOES THAT LOOK GOING
FORWARD WITH YOUR WORK?
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT THESE WOMEN TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE VERY
DIFFERENT, THAT THEY HAVE
DIFFERENT SORT
OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
WITHIN THE MONARCHY AND
CERTAINLY A LOT OF US CAME TO
THE ROYAL FASHION DISCUSSION
THROUGH KATE YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE
MARRIED WILLIAM IN 2011 AND
EVERYONE HAD BEEN FOLLOWING
KATE.
AND THEN ALONG CAME MEGHAN AND
THE ROYAL FASHION.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THE ROYAL
DISCUSSION ONLINE GOT QUITE
CHARGED AND IT WAS REALLY
UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE WERE PAINTING HER
AS AN AUTHOR.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TRYING TO
SORT OF HYPE UP HER OUTSIDER
STATUS AND THAT INCLUDED HER
CLOTHES.
AND I THINK COMPARING THOSE TWO
IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE AND NOT
FAIR TO EITHER ONE OF THEM.
AND CERTAINLY FROM MEGHAN I
ADMIRE WHAT SHE HAS DONE WHICH
IS CARVE OUT A REALLY IMPORTANT
ROLE FOR HERSELF AND FOR HARRY
IN THE MONARCHY AND THE WAYS IN
WHICH SHE HAS THE FREEDOM
CERTAINLY NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE
LIVING IN THE US TO TALK A LOT
MORE.
IT SORT OF MAKES THE DISCUSSION
AROUND FOR FASHION TAKE A
BACKSEAT.
RIGHT.
BACKSEAT. RIGHT. BECAUSE SHE IS OUT THERE, SHE'S
EXPRESSING HER BELIEFS AND
SHE'S ADVOCATING AND I REALLY
ADMIRE THAT.
>> STAY STRONG.
SO LEVEL I YOU MENTIONED WE NOW
HAVE A PRINCESS LIVING IN THE
UNITED STATES.
AMERICANS WERE OBSESSED WITH
ALL THINGS ROYAL.
HAS THAT CHANGED HAVING A
PRINCESS LIVING IN AMERICA?
DOES IT MAKE IT MORE EXOTIC?
LESS SO.
HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE
RESPONDING?
I DIDN'T REALIZE BEFORE
REPORTING US FORGOT HOW MUCH
AMERICA LOVED DIANA.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE
WORLD OF DIANA.
BUT DIANA LOVED AMERICA AND
AMERICA LOVED HER RIGHT BACK.
AND THEN CERTAINLY WHEN MEGHAN
ENTERED THE FAMILY I THINK IT
WAS STILL EXCITING TO SEE ONE
OF OUR OWN YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE
CONFINES OF THIS STORIED
INSTITUTION AND CERTAINLY NOW
THAT THEY'RE BACK ON THE WEST
COAST, IT'S REALLY EXCITING
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE SOME FIRST LADY WHICH
ARE CERTAINLY EXCITING.
BUT I THINK HAVING HARRY HERE
AND CERTAINLY AFTER THE
PANDEMIC WHEN THEY CAN STEP OUT
WE CAN SEE SOME REAL HEAD TO
TOE LOOKS AND INVEST IN THEM.
GREAT FUN.
I WAS JUST THE OTHER DAY AT
NORDSTROM I BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE
LIKE ELIZABETHAN HEADBANDS WITH
THE WEARING.
I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I WANT TO
FEEL LIKE A PRINCESS TOO.
WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH ABOUT
WHAT THEY WEAR?
YOU KNOW, I WAS I'M ON THE
GENERATION THAT WAS RAISED THE
SAME PRINCESSES.
RIGHT.
AND THESE ARE THE REAL LIFE
EMBODIMENT.
THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE'RE GOING
TO GET.
AND I THINK WHAT'S KIND
OF AMAZING ABOUT THEIR FASHION
IS IN SO MANY WAYS TODAY'S
ROYALS ARE RELATABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE AND THERE'S REAL
POWER.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN BUY
SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
LIKE KATE OR LIKE MEGHAN LIKE
HOW SPECIAL IS THAT?
AND I THINK THEY KNOW THAT.
AND SO WHEN THEY TAKE PIECES
FROM SAY J.CREW OR NORDSTROM
SUDDENLY YOU'RE LIKE, OH GOSH,
YOU KNOW, I CAN OWN A LITTLE
BIT OF THIS WORLD AND FOR THE
FOR THE MONARCHY AT LARGE.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
FEEL THAT AFFECTION FOR THEM.
>> WELL, FROM THAT BOOK TO MORE
BOOKS BECAUSE ONE BIG NEW
RESOLUTION IS TO READ MORE.
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