Princess Kate impressed fans with a nifty hair hack during her visit to a leading textile manufacturer in Kent. The Princess of Wales was given a tour of family-run textiles business Marina Mill in Cuxton this afternoon and put on an apron to help understand and listen to the creativity and craftsmanship of British textile manufacturers.
While the future queen was listening to instructions from the family business that specialises in hand designing and screen-printing furnishing fabrics, cameras caught Kate twisting her hair and effortlessly, creating a neat bun at the back of her head without any clips or pins. Fans on X were amazed at the quiet hair hack shown by the Princess of Wales. One wrote: “Just when I thought my hair envy couldn’t reach further she goes pulls this stunt, like it’s no more than brushing your hair off of your shoulders!!”
Another admirer wrote: “The Princess clearly has done this numerous times, which means she isn’t afraid of stepping in and helping whenever she can. That’s how she probably wears it at home.”
One praised the Princess: “Someone needs to do a slow-mo tutorial featuring her so I can learn it. Mine just keeps falling.”
Another commented on the style: “Looks like this is something she does all the time. And it doesn’t look messy.”
One user described the video: “Just the Princess of Wales effortlessly putting her hair into a bun with no hair ties or clips at all today.”
Kate, who is famed for her style, has long been passionate about the importance of the British textiles industry and its role as part of the UK’s cultural and creative voice.
The Princess tried her hand at silk screen printing at Marina Mill in Kent and joked she had not attempted the craft since her school days.
Marina Mill in Cuxton, Kent, is a small family business specialising in hand-designed and screen-printed fabrics. The family-run firm was founded in 1967 by husband and wife Keith and Steph Rawkins, who first designed fashion textiles during the heady days of swinging London, but today produce exclusive hand-printed furnishing fabrics which have graced royal homes.
The princess seemed impressed by the skill and dedication of the staff working in a basement room of the business, based in a former Victorian match factory, and said: “The time it takes it’s really a labour of love.”
Earlier, Kate visited Sudbury Silk Mills in Suffolk a family-run weaving mill, to highlight the heritage of the British textile industry and jobs in the creative industries.