With a beauty budget of $37,728 a year, according to Yahoo, Kate Middleton‘s cosmetics arsenal is likely filled with the highest-end products to keep her photograph-ready at all times. But did you ever notice that despite her ever-flouncy hair and perpetually glowing skin, the 35-year-old Duchess consistently avoids wearing colored nail polish"
According to sources for OK! magazine, royal family members are prohibited from wearing non-natural-looking nail polish, per the official royal family dress code?which might be the reason Middleton and her grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth, are always photographed sporting the same $9 Essie nude nail polishes. (According to Refinery29, The Queen’s go-to shade is Ballet Slippers, while Middleton sticks with the slightly lighter, Allure.) MORE: Meghan Markle Shamed for Wearing Ripped Jeans on Date with Prince Harry
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As you might expect, nude nails isn’t the only grooming rule the royal family has to abide to. According to a report by The Sun, there’s a royal reason behind many of the family’s outfit choices?from Prince George‘s preference for shorts (per tradition, shorts are supposedly viewed in a higher class than “suburban” trousers, which we can’t help but giggle a little at) to The Queen’s fondness for long gloves. (She shakes a lot of hands, so it protects her from germs?fair enough.)
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