PA Kate Middleton Kate Middleton gives her hair an autumn makeover! The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, debuted a new hairstyle on Wednesday while accompanying her three children — Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4 — to their new orientation day school. She seemed to have removed some of her length and added more layers, in addition to some subtle highlights. Earlier this summer, Kate wore her hair down to the middle of her back, with subtle layers for movement and volume. RELATED: Kate Middleton’s Hairstylist Reveals How To Recreate Her ‘Effortlessly Chic’ Look Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits SportsAid House on day five of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Kate Middleton While Kate is known for her long brunette tresses, which are often stylishly styled or slicked back, this isn’t the first time she’s tried out different hairstyles. As well as experimenting with cheeky bangs and blonde highlights over the years, she also sported a shoulder-length haircut in the summer of 2017 after anonymously donating seven centimeters of hair to a charity called the Little Princess Trust. The Herefordshire-based organization makes wigs from real hair and donates them to children who have lost their hair through chemotherapy or radiation treatments. “It’s wonderful to think that someone, somewhere — probably more than one person — has received a wig containing Princess Kate’s hair,” Helen Creese, a spokeswoman for the charity, told PEOPLE. “It’s a really great thought and it’s fantastic for awareness, as well as great hair – we all crave that hair!” Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, accompanied by their parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arrive for afternoon grooming at Lambrook School, near Ascot in Berkshire PA Prince George, Kate Middleton, Prince Louis, Prince William and Princess Charlotte Can’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage? Sign up for the free Royals newsletter to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! Kate has also tried her hand at hair styling. During a video call with her colleagues in 2021, the royal mom talked about taking on several new roles amid the coronavirus pandemic, including one that her three children weren’t thrilled about. “As parents, we have everyday elements of being parents but, I guess, during the lockdown we had to take on extra roles that others in our communities or in our lives would have helped us with,” she said. . “I have become a hairdresser this lock, much to the horror of my children.”
