Perhaps no one best displays the power of a compelling sartorial symbol than Princess Kate. In the months since she announced the end of her chemotherapy treatment for her cancer diagnosis, the Princess of Wales’s public appearances have been few and far between.

The British royals laid out the proverbial red carpet for the Emir of Qatar’s arrival to the UK on Tuesday. Prince William and Kate Middleton greeted Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, 44, and his first of his three wives,