{"id":2004015,"date":"2025-09-07T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2004015"},"modified":"2025-09-07T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:11:08","slug":"kate-middleton-returns-to-brunette-look-after-blond-hair-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kate-middleton-returns-to-brunette-look-after-blond-hair-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton returns to brunette look after blond hair backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F09%2Fnewspress-collage-g04tbfsg7-1757248007052.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261757233624\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kate Middleton\u00a0may have already ditched her new look in favor of something more traditional.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales, 43, turned heads last month when she was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/04\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-shows-off-new-blonde-hair-in-joint-public-outing-with-prince-william\/\">seen with blonde locks<\/a>. Kate was seen with the lighter hair again Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But, in new photos of the royal at the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup Saturday, her hair was notably darker.<\/p>\n<p>In multiple photos taken from different angles as she watched the match and spoke with others in the audience, she seemed to have returned to her old darker look.<\/p>\n<p>The change will likely be good news for many. While several royal fans praised Kate for going blonde, others were more critical.<\/p>\n<p>Enough onlookers slammed the blonde hair that Sam McKnight, Princess Diana\u2019s hairstylist, took to social media to make a\u00a0strong statement\u00a0about the \u201cnasty comments\u201d directed at Kate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kate Middleton\u00a0may have returned to her brunette look. <span class=\"credit\">Action Images via Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>New photos of the Princess of Wales at the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup Saturday show her hair looking darker. <span class=\"credit\">Andrew Fosker\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/ae07a3726bec0fc91a840dddea9d294c\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am shocked, horrified, dismayed and disgusted by all the nasty comments about the\u00a0Princess of Wales\u00a0today. A woman\u2019s hair is very personal to her, it\u2019s armour, defence, confidence and so much more,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot believe how evil and lacking in any kind of empathy are the comments, the majority made apparently by other women, attacking a vulnerable other young woman, who has no choice, by dint of who she married, and the role she took on, to bravely face the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Social media users criticized Kate\u2019s blonde hair last month. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong><em>Every morning, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/ny-postcast\/\">NY POSTcast <\/a>offers a deep dive into the headlines with the Post\u2019s signature mix of politics, business, pop culture, true crime and everything in between. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/NYPOSTcastNYP?sid=Native\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Subscribe here!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>McKnight mentioned Middleton\u2019s\u00a0cancer diagnosis\u00a0and said he believes she would \u201crather be away from the public arena.\u201d In March 2024, Middleton revealed she had been diagnosed with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/14\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-is-in-remission-after-cancer-battle-a-relief\/\">a form of cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has brilliantly and quietly, unselfishly represented our country, the soft power we still have as a nation. Cancer affects individuals differently, but is life-changing for everyone. So FFS LEAVE HER ALONE. SHAME ON YOU,\u201d McKnight concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cA woman\u2019s hair is very personal to her, it\u2019s armour, defence, confidence and so much more,\u201d Sam McKnight, Princess Diana\u2019s hairstylist, wrote online. \u201cI cannot believe how evil and lacking in any kind of empathy are the comments.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Eddie Mulholland\/WPA Pool\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In March 2024, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/22\/world-news\/kate-middleton-shows-tension-concern-worry-in-cancer-announcement-video-body-language-expert\/\">princess revealed in a video statement <\/a>that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/09\/world-news\/kate-middleton-announces-she-is-cancer-free\/\">By September 2024<\/a>, she announced she was\u00a0cancer-free, describing the nine-month ordeal as \u201cincredibly tough\u201d for her family but said that it left her with \u201ca renewed sense of hope and appreciation of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>McKnight\u2019s support comes after the royal has spoken about her cancer journey. \u201cLEAVE HER ALONE. SHAME ON YOU,\u201d McKnight wrote. <span class=\"credit\">Eddie Mulholland\/WPA Pool\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also in 2024, Kate appeared to shift her hair to warmer honey-colored tones, and by April of this year \u2013 timed with her and\u00a0Prince\u00a0William\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/29\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-debuts-blonde-hair-on-wedding-anniversary-with-prince-william\/\">14th wedding anniversary<\/a> \u2013 she debuted an even lighter shade during a royal trip to the Isle of Mull.<\/p>\n<p>At Wimbledon in July, her golden highlights seemed brighter still.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 24, she was<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/24\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-shows-off-blonde-hair-for-balmoral-church-service\/\"> photographed in the passenger seat<\/a> of a vehicle as she attended a Sunday church service at Crathie Kirk in Balmoral, Scotland. There, she\u2019d had her lightest hair color yet. But on Sept. 4, during a London engagement with William, she showed off the blonde look more clearly.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Middleton\u00a0may have already ditched her new look in favor of something more traditional. The Princess of Wales, 43, turned heads last month when she was seen with blonde locks. Kate was seen with the lighter hair again Thursday. 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