Kate Middleton paid a sartorial tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Dianafor the second consecutive day.

After honoring the late Princess of Wales – who died aged 36 on 31 August 1997 – on 9 November at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, Princess Kate did so again on 10 November at Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph War. memorial in London.

On November 9, the Princess of Wales, 42, wore a pair of Collingwood pearl earrings that once belonged to Princess Diana. Kate also brought back her sapphire and diamond engagement ring that once belonged to Diana, which Kate wore on and off throughout 2024, sometimes preferring to wear a stack of rings that did not contain the iconic piece that first attracted attention in 1981. at the engagement of the then Mrs. Diana Spencer to Prince Charles.

On November 10, Kate gave a nod to Diana wearing a black look Catherine Walker & Co.one of Diana’s favorite designers throughout her life in the public eye. Arguably Diana’s favorite designer, Walker was also a friend of the princess, and Diana has worn his creations since the beginning of her royal life – including during a tour of Australia with Prince Charles and Prince William in 1983 – until the far too early end in 1997. Famous examples of Walker’s designs worn by Princess Diana include the so-called ‘Elvis dress’ in November 1989, worn to present the British Fashion Designer of the Year award. Awards in London – which Walker did not win. The next day, Diana sent Walker a note that read simply “To my Designer of the Year.”

“Like all of our clients who are in the public eye and attend high-profile events, we worked very closely with Diana to ensure that what she wore was right and she – not the clothes – was the star,” said Cyrus , widow of Walker, PEOPLE. (Walked died of breast cancer in 2010 at the age of 65.) “My wife and I spent a lot of time researching what she wore for official visits abroad, even visiting countries in advance to make sure we -I did it right. We tried to ensure that our projects secured an ambassadorial role for its own country and also brought respect to each destination.”

Until the end of her life, Princess Diana wore Walker’s designs, including in June 1997 when she wore an ice blue cocktail dress to a party for the auction of her clothes at Christie’s in New York and in July. 1997 to her last official daytime appearance before her death the following month – a red belted dress during a visit to Northwick Park & ​​St. Mark’s Hospital in Harrow, Middlesex, England to celebrate the creation of their new Children’s Outpatient Care Centre.

“The relationship between Casa and Diana was positive and professional,” Cyrus said. “We saw that our work is giving her the tools of her trade. She was always very polite, very polite and very appreciative. She was never late for a meeting, and whenever she wore a dress that was admired, she pleased us.”

Diana and Walker’s relationship became so close that “it reached a point of shorthand,” Walker. she wrote in her 1998 autobiography. She added: “Designing for the princess… was about beauty and dreams” and wrote that she was struck by “the ease and modesty of the princess and how, despite the guidance she was given, nothing could be with true enough for the wonderful situation in which she was confronted with.”

Walker was tasked with the devastating final act of giving Diana a dress to be buried in after her death in a car accident in Paris. Walker called this creation “the saddest and most difficult task of my life.”

Since marrying into the royal family in 2011, Kate – who frequently channels her mother-in-law with her sartorial choices – has turned to Catherine Walker on numerous occasions, as has Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton, who has worn a Catherine Walker creation with excitement ice blue at her eldest daughter’s wedding to Prince William on April 29, 2011.

“We are delighted and honored to have been asked to create a day outfit for Mrs Carole Middleton on the happy occasion of her daughter’s wedding.” said the design house in a statement at the time.

On Kate often paying homage to Diana through fashion, “I think we’ve seen a lot of examples where the reference is very intentional and I think Kate uses fashion to pay homage to Diana in a very positive way,” Bethan Holt , Fashion News and Features Director at The Daily Telegraph, told PEOPLE.

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“I think William and Kate between them would have decided that on some occasions it’s a very nice thing for Kate to reference the fact that Diana is still a fashion muse today and do that through her own clothes,” she continued. . adding of Kate that she “does everything on her own without looking like she’s playing Diana dress up.” ”

As well as honoring Princess Diana with her November 10 look, Princess Kate also appeared to be wearing a pair of diamond and pearl earrings that previously belonged to the late Diana. Queen Elizabeth and, in a nod to her role as colonel-in-chief of the regiment, Kate also wore the silver brooch of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, according to Hello!.