From greeting world leaders to commanding the room with her elegant presence, the Princess of Wales reigns as the star of state visits, outshining even the glittering jewels she wears. Catherine made a radiant return at her first state banquet in two years this summer, and this week, closed out the year’s final state banquet with a look that epitomized princess perfection.

"She has perfected what eluded many before her: combining majesty with approachability, tradition with modernity, duty with humanity. It’s a delicate balance that has defeated countless royals throughout history - too formal and you're remote, too casual and you diminish the Crown. Kate inhabits that impossible middle ground as if born to it. She wasn't. That makes it even more remarkable," royal author Robert Jobs

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