When the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton packs her bags she absolutely has to travel with an entirely black outfit in her luggage. And that’s true for everyone in her family, too.
It’s all because someone could die and the royal family needs to be prepared. Say the Queen dies while they’re out of town, they would all need to show respect by wearing the color of mourning.
It happened to Princess Diana and Prince Charles when they were skiing in the Alps and her father passed away.
However, when Queen Elizabeth’s father died, she was in Kenya on safari with her husband Philip and wasn’t as prepared. No one was allowed to photograph them until they were dressed appropriately in black. So as morbid as it might seem to plan ahead like this, it’s all part of being in the public eye as part of the monarchy.