The white gravel paths reflect the sun, as do the pale-hued accommodation huts, giving the place a bleached-out, desolate feel.

She believes Kate, like the Queen, will wear a long, pale-hued evening gown so as to stand out from the men in dark dinner suits.

In stocking feet, you immediately and viscerally–experience the luxuriousness of the pale-hued apartment, whose fine, thin carpets act as bafflingly plush landing pads.