Princess Charlotte Wasn't the Only Royal to Influence Princess Lilibet's Christmas Card Outfit

Two unexpected family members seemingly contributed to the young royal's holiday look.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, for their 2025 Christmas card while Prince William and Princess Kate leave church with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis
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On December 19, Meghan Markle shared the Sussex family's holiday photo for 2025. Royal fans were quick to notice that Princess Charlotte's style appeared to have influenced Princess Lilibet's shoe choice. But Charlotte wasn't the only Royal Family member to inspire Lilibet's Christmas card photo outfit.

In the adorable holiday picture, Princess Lilibet could be seen wearing a blue J.Crew dress, which featured a waist bow trim and a tulle ruffle hem. Her cap-toed silver-and-black Mary Janes from London-based brand La Coqueta evoked her cousin Princess Charlotte's sweet style. But it was the white knee socks that seemed to reference two unexpected family members.

As reported by Hello! magazine, "Both Prince George and Prince Louis have been seen wearing socks like this in the past."

While Prince William and Princess Kate's two sons have graduated to wearing pants at official events, young male members of the Royal Family typically wear shorts. As a result, both Louis and George have been photographed rocking knee-high socks at a multitude of events over the years.

For instance, Prince Louis was photographed on Easter Sunday on April 9, 2023—then 4 years old—wearing a pair of navy knee socks with his light blue shorts. His older brother George, who was 9 years old at the time, wore full-length pants for the same occasion.

Prince George, Prince William, and Prince Louis attend the traditional Easter Sunday Mattins Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 9, 2023, with Louis wearing light blue shorts and knee socks

Prince George, Prince William, and Prince Louis attending an Easter Sunday service at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on April 9, 2023.

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Prince George has been spotted wearing knee socks on many occasions, including when he visited his sister Princess Charlotte following her birth in May 2015.

Prince William carries Prince George at the Lindo Wing after Kate Middleton gave birth to Princess Charlotte on May 2, 2015

Prince George wears knee socks following Princess Charlotte's birth on May 2, 2015.

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Princess Lilibet lives an ocean away from her British cousins, but it seems that all of the young royals share a similar sense of style.

Amy Mackelden
Weekend Editor

Amy Mackelden is the weekend editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley. In 2015, she delivered an academic paper at Kimposium, the world's first Kardashian conference.