Melania Trump wears yellow (again) to meet the royals
Melania Trump wears yellow (again) to meet the royals
Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY Mon, April 27, 2026 at 11:07 PM UTC
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First Lady Melania Trump is going for the gold.
The first lady stepped out in a pale-yellow buttercream suit as she and her husband, President Donald Trump, greeted King Charles III and Queen Camilla for tea at the White House on April 27.
The afternoon meeting kicked off the royals' four-day state visit to the U.S. to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Melania wore a double-breasted crepe suit from American designer Adam Lippes, who also designed her navy-and-ivory ensemble for the president's second inauguration ceremony last year.
She paired Monday's soft-hued garb with Manolo Blahnik snakeskin pumps.
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It's not the first time that the first lady has chosen sunshine hues for royal affairs. Last September, Melania raised eyebrows with a bright-yellow, off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress at Windsor Palace, where she and Trump dined with Charles, Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate.
The highlighter yellow gown, which she paired with a lilac belt, was criticized by some people on social media for being too garish for a state banquet.
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First Lady Melania Trump arrives to attend a state banquet at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on Sept. 17, 2025.
But years earlier, Melania won praise for a buttercup J. Mendel gown that she wore for the 2018 state dinner at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. The soft color and flowing chiffon drew comparisons to Disney princess Belle from "Beauty and the Beast."
In color theory, yellow is often associated with optimism, joy and enlightenment.
This week's state visit ‒ the first by a British monarch since 2007 ‒ comes just days after the April 25 shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington D.C. A gunman opened fire in the ballroom in an apparent attempt to target Trump and officials in his administration.
Days before the shooting, Kimmel joked that Melania has the "glow of an expectant widow" in a segment of his ABC late-night show. Both Melania and Trump denounced his remark on social media, calling for Kimmel's firing.
First Lady Melania Trump arrives for a black-tie dinner at Blenheim Palace, west of London, on July 12, 2018.
"Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country," Melania wrote on X. "His monologue about my family isn't comedy ‒ his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn't have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate."
Contributing: Brendan Morrow
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