--- title: This Woman Wore the Same Coat as Kate Middleton and Things Got Awkward description: Pity the woman who is compared to Kate canonical: https://time.com/43650/this-woman-wore-the-same-coat-as-kate-middleton-and-things-got-awkward/ author: Kelly Conniff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-31T15:08:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:04.726Z og:title: This Woman Wore the Same Coat as Kate Middleton and Things Got Awkward og:description: Pity the woman who is compared to Kate og:url: https://time.com/43650/this-woman-wore-the-same-coat-as-kate-middleton-and-things-got-awkward/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b25a2917e44eba2/69868828adae44543154241e/cate-middleton-missoni-coat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: From left: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and a fellow guest wearing the same Missoni coat attend the wedding of Lucy Meade and Charlie Budgett at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield on March 29, 2014 in Chippenham, England. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Woman Wore the Same Coat as Kate Middleton and Things Got Awkward twitter:description: Pity the woman who is compared to Kate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b25a2917e44eba2/69868828adae44543154241e/cate-middleton-missoni-coat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Woman Wore the Same Coat as Kate Middleton and Things Got Awkward  by [Kelly Conniff](https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 31, 2014 3:08 PM UTC  From left: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and a fellow guest wearing the same Missoni coat attend the wedding of Lucy Meade and Charlie Budgett at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield on March 29, 2014 in Chippenham, England. From left: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and a fellow guest wearing the same Missoni coat attend the wedding of Lucy Meade and Charlie Budgett at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield on March 29, 2014 in Chippenham, England.Max Mumby—Indigo/Getty Images  by [Kelly Conniff](https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 31, 2014 3:08 PM UTC Please, no one ask “who wore it best.” Because that’s just not fair. In what just might be the ultimate awkward party faux pas, someone wore the same elegant Missoni coat as Kate Middleton to a society wedding. The princess, who is well known for her annoyingly pitch-perfect sartorial choices, was at the wedding of Lucy Meade and Charlie Budgett with husband William and brother-in-law Harry. No word on the identity of the unnamed guest who unknowingly copied the Duchess of Cambridge’s style. At least she looks pretty flawless as well. In other royal news, William and Kate [released a new photo](http://time.com/43011/royal-family-photograph-william-kate-george/) of their family over the weekend. Cue the squeals. \[h/t [The Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/31/ultimate-outfit-embarrassment-as-wedding-guest-wears-same-outfit-as-kate.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/43650/this-woman-wore-the-same-coat-as-kate-middleton-and-things-got-awkward/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/43650/this-woman-wore-the-same-coat-as-kate-middleton-and-things-got-awkward/"},"headline":"This Woman Wore the Same Coat as Kate Middleton and Things Got Awkward","datePublished":"2014-03-31T15:08:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:04.726Z","description":"Pity the woman who is compared to Kate","url":"https://time.com/43650/this-woman-wore-the-same-coat-as-kate-middleton-and-things-got-awkward/","keywords":["Living","fashion","kate middleton","wedding","Style"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b25a2917e44eba2/69868828adae44543154241e/cate-middleton-missoni-coat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelly Conniff","jobTitle":"Conniff is deputy editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b25a2917e44eba2/69868828adae44543154241e/cate-middleton-missoni-coat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"From left: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and a fellow guest wearing the same Missoni coat attend the wedding of Lucy Meade and Charlie Budgett at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield on March 29, 2014 in Chippenham, England.","caption":"From left: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and a fellow guest wearing the same Missoni coat attend the wedding of Lucy Meade and Charlie Budgett at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield on March 29, 2014 in Chippenham, England.","creditText":"Max Mumby—Indigo/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/43650/this-woman-wore-the-same-coat-as-kate-middleton-and-things-got-awkward/","name":"This Woman Wore the Same Coat as Kate Middleton and Things Got Awkward"}}]}] ```