Kate Middleton continued her royal power suiting streak in her Bella Freud Prince of Wales check suit during her visit to the Royal Air Force Coningsby in England on Thursday.

For the special royal engagement, the Princess of Wales, who serves as the Royal Honorary Air Commodore, went mostly monochrome, rewearing her Bella Freud suit with the historic Prince of Wales check motif — a sartorial nod to her royal title.

Popularized by King Edward VIII, crowned Prince of Wales during the reign of his father, George V, in the early 20th century, the pattern holds a significant history. At the time of King Edward’s young adult life and subsequent, if short-lived, reign, the royal was among the first to be continuously photographed and the subject of early video camera footage.

As such,

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