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What not to wear

CAN'T someone take the full-blown Princess Beatrice (big teeth, pop eyes) in hand?

This poor kid is following in her mother's over-dressed but frumpish footsteps.

Fergie, who says she is her daughters' best friend, once had a weakness for hats like aerials, flouncy skirts and drab long hair.

Just like Beatrice today. Meet her in an evening dress and you will be hard pressed to distinguish her from an over-stuffed sofa.

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