It was never going to be her finest sartorial hour.
But the Duchess of Cornwall did her best with the obligatory hygiene uniform when she visited a bakery yesterday.
Her pearl necklace toned in rather conveniently with the white hat and coat she was handed when she arrived at the Marshfield Bakery in Wiltshire.
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Less than regal look: Camilla tours the bakery
There was little she could about the blue plastic shoes however. If a fashion triumph was off the agenda, she was determined to make up for it by showing her domestic prowess.
Snap: Charles in the kitchen
After a crash-course in the preparation of Easter cookies, she was put to work with a biscuit-cutter and produced a fine batch from pre-prepared dough.
Supervisor Kay Ralph said: "She was very good - we're worried she could be after our jobs."
Sarah Tudgay, from Trowbridge, who makes shortbread mix at the bakery, said: "I took her through what I did for my job.
"She was very nice and polite.
"I saw her preparing the biscuits, she was very good. Perhaps she could come and work for us."
Eighty miles away, Prince Charles was experiencing similar sartorial difficulties, putting on an almost identical outfit during a visit to the kitchens of the Royal Brompton Hospital, Chelsea.
He was there to hear about the locally sourced and organic food served to patients and to attend a healthy eating seminar.
Cooking up a treat: Camilla tries her hand at baking
Fruits of her labour: Camilla tasted the cookies at the end of her crash-course
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