Charlene, Princess Of Monaco, stepped out with Prince Albert at the 2026 Monaco E-Prix gala dinner in a Jenny Packham gown that put her back in the royal style spotlight. The 48-year-old wore the label’s sequin-embellished “Wonderlust” dress, a £3.2k design with a silver bodice, boat neckline and cropped sleeves finished with thousands of delicate crystals.
The deep blue tailored skirt fell to the floor, while Charlene paired the look with a bangle and her £250k pear-cut diamond engagement ring from Albert. She wore her blonde bob in a chic updo, leaving the front section loose in glam Hollywood waves.
The appearance came after a daytime look in which she wore a bridal white suit layered over a silk champagne-coloured blouse and milky white heels. That was a cleaner, softer take on the same polished image she has made part of her public wardrobe, and it kept the focus on the fact that she knows exactly how to turn a formal royal event into a fashion statement.
The Monaco outing also underlined how often Jenny Packham is becoming a reliable name for royal women. Charlene wore the designer again at the annual Bal de Noël in December 2025, when she chose the “Fresco” gown from Packham’s 2025/2026 collection. Elsewhere in 2025, Princess Kate wore a cornflower blue Packham cape gown for a state banquet, and Queen Mary of Denmark chose a pink Packham frock for a gala dinner at Christianborg Palace.
Packham has long been open about the way royal dressing works from the inside. In 2024, she said she works directly with Kate and described that process as “always quite a collaboration.” She has also said she learned early in her career not to get too comfortable with success, stressing the need to keep reinventing, stay curious and not get lazy if fashion is to last.
For Charlene, the repeated return to Packham points to a clear pattern rather than a one-off flourish. The Monegasque royals are treating the designer as a trusted option for major appearances, and the gala dinner in Monaco showed why: the clothes are formal, exacting and built to be noticed without overwhelming the person wearing them. That is a difficult balance to strike, and Packham seems to have found it for one of Europe’s most closely watched royal wardrobes.
