Dramatic royal hair transformations
A natural look

But the Princess' hair was looking loose and natural on a visit to the Solomon Isles the same year. Check out those enviable curls!
Meghan's flower power

The style-conscious Meghan Markle isn't afraid to let her hair down occasionally. She looked fragrant and floral with loose locks on a 2019 visit to Cape Town.
Short and dramatic

Princess Margaret was known for her chic style and her penchant for living life to the fullest. She must have raised a few eyebrows in the royal household with this short crop back in 1958.
Cropped and curled

The glamorous princess had previously worn her hair cropped and curled, in a look that was more traditional among female members of the royal family at the time. Here she is in 1956, on a visit to what is now the Republic of Tanzania.
Princess Anne's long locks

Princess Anne hasn't been afraid to experiment with her hair over the years. She was snapped with these long, flowing locks in 1970.
Award-worthy style

The hair was swept up and chic in 1971, when the Princess Royal attended the SFTA Awards (now the BAFTAs).
Long curls for the young Queen Mother

Back in 1907, the young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon had a mane of long curls.
Stylishly simple

There wasn't a stray hair to be seen when this picture was taken in 1946. The Queen Mother kept her hair stylishly simple for many years, with just a hint of her youthful curls.
An '80s icon

The Duchess of York had gone for a shorter fringe in 1989, which some might say veered dangerously close to mullet. She was very much a fashion icon in the 1980s, though!
A family trait

Princess Beatrice has clearly inherited her mother's flame-red locks. The young princess was all-natural at a golf event in 1998.
Sisterly style

Beatrice's hair looked closer to younger sister Eugenie's brunette shade when the princesses paid a visit to Germany in 2013.
Unafraid of the rain

The princess' perfectly-coiffured hair got a soaking in 1991, when she braved a torrential downpour to step on stage with opera singer Luciano Pavarotti at London's Hyde Park. She made the wet look aspirational!
A look (and a marriage) to last a lifetime

The late Queen is one of the few royals to have stuck to her trademark short, stylish curls for most of her adult life. She looked royally chic at the time of her engagement in 1947.