What comes to mind when you think of Kate Middleton? It might be her cute babies, or her impeccable style, or the fact that one day she’ll be Queen Consort of England.
But, let’s get real, flashes of her shiny, bouncy, perfectly-styled hair instantly spring to mind. Here are 25 of Kate Middleton’s most enviable hair moments.

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The Flirty Flip
Kate and William's 2010 engagement announcement had women everywhere scrambling for a similar sapphire-blue dress and luscious locks with flirty, flipped ends. Wills gives this look the royal stamp of approval.
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The Elegant Chignon
No one wears a polished updo quite like the Duchess. This beautifully pulled back, low chignon with volume at the crown is such an elegant style and really shows off her beautiful smile.
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The Elaborate Half-Up
This is no ordinary half-up, half-down 'do. Kate's curled hair is pulled back into two pretty rosettes, making this an envy-worthy style.
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The True Princess ‘Do
It's only appropriate to wear a diamond tiara to events like a diplomatic dinner at Buckingham Palace. Kate fills all princess requirements here, from her glowing skin to her perfectly tucked and twisted hair.
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The Signature Style
This has become Kate's signature hair. A perfect blow-out with the ends curled. Shiny and perfect, this is her go-to.
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Tumbling Tresses
With a little extra volume and soft waves, this is a lovely variation on her signature style.
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The Rarely Seen Side Flip
We've come to expect not a hair out of place for the Duchess, but what a treat it was to see a slightly more relaxed version of her beautiful mane during a recent visit to Paris. We just loved this soft, side-flip!
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Centre-Parted Beach Waves
Itβs not often the Duchess strays from her trusty side part, but in 2013 she decided to try a straight down the centre part with easy, beachy waves and it looked fab.
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The Side Bun
Even on sombre days, like Remembrance Day, Kate finds a way to look respectfully ravishing. During a Remembrance Day service in London in 2016, the Duchess, in all black, had her hair neatly pulled into a giant side bun.
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The ’60s Low Pony
There's something kind of cute about Kate wearing her hair in a '60s-inspired low pony during a visit to a Cambridgeshire Royal Airforce Base - she looks ready to pop a helmet on for takeoff. We love the added height at the crown and way her hair is smoothed over her ears.
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The Low Half-Up Chignon
This low, half-up style rolled under into a wide chignon and manages to look polished, but not stuffy. An appropriate choice for the opening of a Ronald McDonald House in London
in February 2017.
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The Fancy Twist
If only our hair could do this! Kate is the master of fascinators and fancy hair. Here she has her locks perfectly pulled back, twisted and tucked.
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The Sleek and Straight
We're so used to Kate's signature curled ends, it was a nice surprise to see her don sleek and straight hair during a trip to Australia in 2014.
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The Fairytale Wedding ‘Do
No 'best hair' list would be complete without a photo from her wedding day. A classic, half-up with pretty curls on the ends, Catherine looked like royalty even before she officially joined the family.
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Holiday Hair
Anyone with wavy or curly hair knows that humidity isn't a friend. Somehow, even in the heat and humidity of Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Kate's hair takes on the most perfect, natural-looking curl.
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The Topsy Tail
It may just look like a simple low ponytail from the front, but Kate wore her hair in a tucked ponytail when visiting the National Football Museum in Manchester in 2016. In the '90s, women and girls everywhere donned these twisted ponytails with the help of the popular device the Topsy Tail. But, it's easy enough to just flip your ponytail through a centre opening and pull it through to create the same look.
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Cascading Locks
Most new mothers are lucky if they manage to throw their hair into a ponytail in the morning. The Duchess not only looks cool, calm and collected all the time, but her cascades of silky hair always seems to match.
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Beehive-Inspired Updo
Here, Kate looks '60s glam with her hair pulled back into a beehive-inspired updo. Definitely red-carpet worthy.
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Beautiful Bangs
Remember that time the Duchess shocked the world when she, gasp, cut bangs? It may not suit the traditional princess vibe that monarchists have come to expect, but we love that she took the risk, and thought she looked just as stunning as ever with her fun fringe.
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The Garden Party Coiffure
A pregnant Duchess looks fresh as a daisy at a garden party hosted by the Queen in 2013. Wearing a pretty yellow dress, ivory fascinator and her blown out hair pulled half-back in sections, you'd never know how horribly she suffered from pregnancy-related sickness.
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The Perfectly Messy Pony
It's rare, but once in a blue moon, we catch of glimpse of the Duchess looking like a regular gal. We love her polished looks, but it's also comforting to see her with her hair in a perfectly messy ponytail and a pair of sneakers.
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The Easy-Breezy
Again, here she just looks like a regular gal relaxing on holiday with her hubby. Her hair just happens to be awesome.
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The Side-Parted Roll
During a visit to India and Bhutan, the Duchess wore this beautifully braided chignon with a twist.
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Glossy Locks
There's no need to make wine tasting a stuffy affair with overdone hair. Kate's super glossy waves make the perfect pairing to an afternoon sipping red in the hills of Queenstown, New Zealand.
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Big, Bouncy Blowout
A big, round brush blowout never looked so good. Even after a flight, Kate manages to look radiant.
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