Fashion Friday: Princess Anne the ultimate sustainable style icon

Hear it from the Princess Royal's trusted milliner and local designer

Princess Anne wearing a hat designed by Amy Morris-Adams. Getty

Being eco-conscious with our clothing choices is something that many of the younger generation have cottoned on to in recent years, but the Princess Royal has long been ahead of her time, thanks to her love of vintage clothing.

Some of 73-year-old Princess Anne's most notable outfits date back more than five decades and her make-do and-mend approach to her wardrobe has no doubt been passed down to her from her late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and the late Queen Mother.

Amy Morris-Adams is a milliner, who has worked with the Princess Royal for over 15 years, designing hats for Anne as well as reworking pieces from her wardrobe.

"Many of The Princess Royal's hats have come to me to be repaired if they might have got a little bit squashed or the rain got on them," Amy tells me. "I had a whole lot of her hats from the 1960s, 70s, 80s in to modernise.