Princess Catherine is known for her long, flowing locks, but if you've followed her over the years, you know her hair is actually curly... and every once in a while, she's been known to rock those natural curls.
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00:00Princess Catherine is known for her long, flowing locks. But if you've followed her
00:04over the years, you know her hair is actually curly. And every once in a while,
00:08she's been known to rock those natural curls. While the Princess of Wales actually has naturally
00:13curly hair, the princess almost always tames her natural tresses into a bouncy blowout.
00:18But even though Catherine tends to wear her hair in carefully styled waves,
00:22it turns out achieving the look isn't easy. Her husband, Prince William, once told trainee
00:27stylists that her hair is long and thick, adding that it was a, quote,
00:30nightmare to tame. In recent years, Catherine has been styling her hair in curls that are
00:35a little closer to her natural hair quality. Celebrity hairstylist Tom Smith told Hello!
00:40Magazine,
00:40The texture of her curls have been carefully styled in, but has been designed to look almost
00:45like it could be her naturally curly hair. Her stylist will have used a smaller curling iron,
00:49taking fine sections and alternating the direction of the curl."
00:53So, has Catherine been known to let her hair do its own thing?
00:56Only on a few rare occasions, and usually on holiday, when the humidity gets the better of
01:00her. Her hair was all kinds of curly in 2011 during a royal tour in Canada,
01:05and it's pretty easy to see why it happened. The princess went for the all-natural look
01:09while she took part in dragon boat racing on Prince Edward Island on the country's east coast.
01:14Not only was she likely getting splashed by the waves, it also started to rain while she
01:18was out on the water, causing her hair to curl in its natural state. Although Catherine wore
01:23her hair in a tidy ponytail for the sporty day, at the back, her thick ringlets could easily be
01:28spotted. As curly girls know, humidity can wreck absolute havoc on even the most carefully styled
01:34hair. Sometimes, no matter how much hairspray and styling cream you pile into your tresses,
01:39or how much heat you use, your natural curls will simply burst out. And that seems to be
01:43exactly what happened to Catherine in 2012 when she visited the Solomon Islands in Oceania with
01:49her husband Prince William. Although Catherine managed to keep her hair relatively tame throughout
01:53the trip, during a couple of events, she let it do its own curly thing, revealing her natural
01:58coarse waves and volume. On one particular day during a tour of the cultural village,
02:02Catherine and William got caught in the rain. Over the course of the day, royal watchers could
02:07see Catherine's hair transform from sleek and styled to natural and curly as the humid air
02:12took its toll. And honestly, it looked pretty amazing. In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic
02:18meant staying inside and foregoing our regular beauty regiments, many people worked and socialized
02:23from home. Even Princess Catherine was forced to take her royal duties online, and like the rest
02:28of us, she ended up opting for a more natural look. Celebrity hairstylist James Johnson spoke
02:36to Hola! about how the princess managed to keep her natural curls tame for her Zoom calls, saying,
02:41"...with the half-up, half-down style she often opts for, and with hairdos like her newest one
02:46that can be turned into that easily, you get an extra day out of that look."
02:50"...Hello. Hello, very nice to meet you."
02:54Two years later, rough seawater again got the better of Catherine's hairstyle. The princess
02:59went out on a sailing expedition in Plymouth as part of a royal event, and although she wore her
03:03hair tucked up in a long ponytail under a cap, she returned from her adventure with her all-natural
03:08waves clearly visible. This look was very different from the original hairstyle Catherine sported when
03:13she had arrived at the event. The princess showed up in an ultra-nautical look, wearing a striped
03:18sweater and white shorts. Her hair was in a deep side part and professionally curled. However,
03:23when Catherine got out on the water, that quickly changed, and her hair was soon looking a little
03:27unruly thanks to the wind and waves. Naturally, the Princess of Wales team won the race,
03:32so a few frizzy curls were probably worth it.