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Kate's chic braids -

Kate Middleton is known for her glossy locks and sleek styles, as demonstrated here at an Olympics event in 2012.

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A natural look -

But the Princess' hair was looking loose and natural on a visit to the Solomon Isles the same year. Check out those enviable curls!

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Honey hues -

Fast forward to 2019, and Kate's hair was several shades lighter, with honey tones. The trademark shine is still there, though.

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Meghan's flower power -

The style-conscious Meghan Markle isn't afraid to let her hair down occasionally. She looked fragrant and floral with loose locks on a 2019 visit to Cape Town.

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Sleek locks -

But the long locks were sleek, chic, and slicked back during a trip to Tonga a year earlier.

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Short and dramatic -

Princess Margaret was known for her chic style and her penchant for living life to the fullest. She must have raised a few eyebrows in the royal household with this short crop back in 1958.

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Long locks -

It was a very different story in 1968, when Princess Margaret's hair was long, sleek, and shiny.

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Cropped and curled -

The glamorous princess had previously worn her hair cropped and curled, in a look that was more traditional among female members of the royal family at the time. Here she is in 1956, on a visit to what is now the Republic of Tanzania.

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A royal up-do -

By the 1980s, Princess Margaret had adopted the plumped, powerful up-do that was to become her trademark hairstyle during the later years of her life.

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Princess Anne's long locks -

Princess Anne hasn't been afraid to experiment with her hair over the years. She was snapped with these long, flowing locks in 1970.

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Big and bold hair -

In 1971, the Princess Royal embraced the natural look with this big and bold windswept look.

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Award-worthy style -

The hair was swept up and chic in 1971, when the Princess Royal attended the SFTA Awards (now the BAFTAs).

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Stylish in shades -

In 1984, she was making a style statement once again, with a swept-back chignon and a dramatic pair of aviators.

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Long curls for the young Queen Mother -

Back in 1907, the young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon had a mane of long curls.

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Loose bun -

By 1920, a few years before her marriage to Prince Albert, Duke of York, her long locks were swept into a loose bun.

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Stylishly simple -

There wasn't a stray hair to be seen when this picture was taken in 1946. The Queen Mother kept her hair stylishly simple for many years, with just a hint of her youthful curls.

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Fergie's full head of hair -

Known for her bouncy flame-red hair, Sarah Ferguson has never followed the royal tradition of sweeping her hair neatly into a bun or braids. In 1986, she was rocking the untamed look.

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An '80s icon -

The Duchess of York had gone for a shorter fringe in 1989, which some might say veered dangerously close to mullet. She was very much a fashion icon in the 1980s, though!

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Tamed curls -

Fast forward to 2006, and the trademark curls were tamed and terrific for an appearance at New York Fashion Week.

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A family trait -

Princess Beatrice has clearly inherited her mother's flame-red locks. The young princess was all-natural at a golf event in 1998.

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Fashion fan -

Beatrice inherited the Duchess of York's passion for fashion, too. Her hair was super-long and super-chic front row at a fashion show in 2009.

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Sisterly style -

Beatrice's hair looked closer to younger sister Eugenie's brunette shade when the princesses paid a visit to Germany in 2013.

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Getting ahead at Ascot -

Princess Eugenie's own hair was looking very different by 2019, with elegant styling and a hat suitable for her visit to the horse racing at Ascot.

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Diana's trademark flick -

With her trademark flicked fringe, Princess Diana inspired countless women to copy her haircut in the early 1980s.

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A longer style -

By 1984, the Princess of Wales' hair was longer, and could be fashioned into elaborate styles.

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Unafraid of the rain -

The princess' perfectly-coiffured hair got a soaking in 1991, when she braved a torrential downpour to step on stage with opera singer Luciano Pavarotti at London's Hyde Park. She made the wet look aspirational!

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A fashion statement -

Princess Diana made a real style statement with this chic, slicked-back look at the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Awards in 1995.

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A look (and a marriage) to last a lifetime -

The late Queen is one of the few royals to have stuck to her trademark short, stylish curls for most of her adult life. She looked royally chic at the time of her engagement in 1947.

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Style fit for a queen -

The color may have changed over the years, but Queen Elizabeth's hair always looked as good as it did in her younger days.

Sources: (Harper's Bazaar)

See also: The British royal family at the races

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