Two days after Kate Middleton debuted new hair, with an obviously dyed caramel-blonde color and excessive volume and tumbling curls, she dialed things back for outings on Saturday and Monday, returning to display the “smart” classic style that royal fans appreciate.

Yes, commenting on a woman’s personal appearance and hair-style choices can be a delicate matter. But the job of being the Princess of Wales and a global style icon tends to rest on her personal appearance. And, as the Daily Beast’s royal reporter Tom Sykes said, the future queen incited “the most polarizing royal story of the week” when she turned up at an event in London last Thursday, showing that she had transformed her signature “complex chestnut” hair into a lighter caramel blonde.

While the mainstream British media “du

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