Three blonde heads, all tinted a perfect sunny platinum, with three Philip Treacy fascinators perched on top. Three beautiful faces, disconcertingly similar — with wide blue eyes and a delicately feminine jawline.
Has there ever been a more photogenic triple-dose of society dynamite than Lady Kitty, Amelia and Eliza Spencer? The girls, daughters of Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer, were lined up in a row in Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding.
While their father, with his florid complexion and burgeoning jowls, looks ever more like his own father, Johnny Spencer, his three daughters are blooming with youthful perfection.
Some commentators felt that, with their shrimp-pink lipstick, obvious cleavage and heavy black kohl, the ‘look’ was more Baywatch than Burke’s Peerage.
In particular, Lady Kitty’s nude-toned Victoria Beckham dress — which was tight and low cut — was dubbed the ‘convention buster’ of the day. Tatler magazine didn’t hail the 20-year-old as the most eligible girl in the country for nothing.
Kitty’s twin younger sisters, who are 18, were dressed by Errol Arendz, a designer based in Cape Town who is a long-standing friend of their mother, Victoria Lockwood. He chose a nude shift for Eliza and a navy dress for Amelia.
Naturally, the Spencer girls’ many supporters in South Africa, where they have been raised, are enraptured after this triumphant and high-profile society debut.
Eliza and Amelia are just embarking on college life — Eliza at Varsity College and Amelia at the University of Cape Town.
Kitty is finishing her degree and is determined to shine.
She has also been busy designing her own range of casual wear and wants to include evening dresses, jewellery and possibly her own perfume, too.
After all, a brand associated with the fragrant Spencer girls is bound to be a best-seller.