A gallery covers 17 royal mini-dress appearances, from Princess Anne in 1969 to Lady Amelia Windsor in 2025, including Princess Diana, Princess Kate, Meghan Markle, Princess Beatrice and Spain's Queen Letizia. They were worn at public visits, galas and other events.
Reports have suggested that the late Queen Elizabeth II expected skirts to fall below the knee. The article says royal women wore shorter styles for decades, while expectations around traditional dress rules became more relaxed over time.
Princess Diana wore her Stambolian off-the-shoulder mini dress, later known as the “Revenge Dress,” to a Vanity Fair party at London's Serpentine Gallery on the day a television interview with then-Prince Charles, in which he addressed infidelity during their marriage, was due to air. She had owned the dress for three years but had considered it too daring for a public appearance.
