

Her black zip-up top ($169) and matching black tennis skirt with white insets ($122), both by the premium French sportswear brand poivre Blanc, looked elegantly monochrome.įor most people, there is nothing at all funny about descending a near-vertical slope secured only by a rope and harness - but to judge from her smile in 2015, Sporty Kate finds abseiling rather hilarious. Camera Icon Kate, Princess of Wales smiles during an abseiling training activity at the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue headquarters.

Kate also wins a gold for the tennis outfit she wore in 2021 during a friendly game with Emma raducanu. Last year, bounding on to the pitch at the City of Derry rugby Club in Northern Ireland, she looked equally ready for the scrum in a black zip-up Lululemon top, worn with discreet hoops and minimal jewellery. on Wednesday morning, she hit the pitch at Maidenhead Rugby Club in a baby blue England t-shirt paired with an $159 pair of sporty cropped navy blue trousers by Sweaty Betty and pristine white Lululemon trainers, $240.Īs she took part in practice drills, her ponytail was as bouncy as her demeanour. Impromptu rugby match? that’s no problem for Sporty Kate. Camera Icon Catherine, Princess of Wales embraces Sarah Renton Credit: BANG - Entertainment News on a training day at London’s Olympic Park in 2017, she wore a $749 red down jacket by Perfect Moment, the skiwear brand founded in Chamonix, France, and a yummy mummy favourite.Īnd in 2012, she teamed a grey hoodie with red trousers for a hockey match with the British Olympic squad.Īs befits someone who was captain of her school hockey team, she more than held her own. In fact, red is one of Kate’s favourite colours to wear for sport. We love that she wore bright red salopettes with it. She also wins a silver for her skiwear, most notably her white jacket, first worn in Courchevel in 2010, and seen again last year.īy now-defunct British ski brand E And o, it sparked a trend for white jackets on the piste. Camera Icon The Duchess of Cambridge has showed off her competitive streak as she helped a British team to an easy victory in a catamaran race. IT’S difficult - some would say impossible - to look glamorous in a wetsuit, but Kate managed it in July last year, donning a black o’Shea wetsuit, black Adidas trainers and a grey Henri-Lloyd cap for a race in Plymouth, cannily removing the hoop earrings (and priceless engagement ring) she had been wearing. here, we hand out medals for her best sport-style achievements. When she does, she more often than not looks effortlessly fashionable - a modern princess who can dress down with as much aplomb as she can dress up. She rarely looks happier than when she’s wearing it. While nobody is suggesting she should wear leggings every day like so many other 41-year-old mothers of three, we’re all for encouraging her enthusiasm for sportswear. Woe betide those pitted against her in the mother’s race. While most of us would freeze in horror if we had to perform any sporting activity in front of a camera, so confident is Kate that she barely breaks a sweat. She excels at all athletic pursuits, being as comfortable with abseiling as she is with archery, and as proficient at tennis as she is at tug-of-war. Kate is That Girl: the lean, strong and athletic one we all recognise from our school days, the annoyingly perfect one who shone with vitality like the gold cup she invariably held aloft at Sports Day after winning the 100m sprint. Credit: PerthNowįor if anyone looks good in sportswear, it is she.

Camera Icon The Prince and Princess of Wales showed off their abseiling skills and helped carry a “casualty” to safety as they joined a mountain rescue team yesterday. Which is why it’s so gladdening to see Kate embracing a sportier look. And while we may no longer all be working from home, you would never know it from our attire.Īt school gates all across the country, the ‘just off to the gym’ look is still very much the thing to be seen in - even if the wearer plans to do nothing more strenuous than raise a latte to her lips.
