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SHE may have been supporting Kate Middleton with her Chelsea Flower Show entry last night - but it now appears that The Queen was making a touching tribute to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with her outfit choice.

Stepping out in the lime green coat she wore to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Windsor wedding in May 2018, The Queen even wore the exact same floral dress underneath for her most recent visit to the annual flower show.

 The Queen first wore this lime green coat, floral dress and black leather handbag to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding last year
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The Queen first wore this lime green coat, floral dress and black leather handbag to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding last yearCredit: WPA Rota
 The Queen completed her wedding outfit with a string of pearls
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The Queen completed her wedding outfit with a string of pearlsCredit: Getty - Contributor

But while the monarch decided not to wear her matching hat as she was shown round Kate Middleton's Back to Nature exhibit, she did complete her outfit with the very same black leather handbag she took to the Royal Wedding last year.

What's more, The Queen's decision to recycle the outfit a day after the one year anniversary of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding.

And it certainly seems like Her Majesty has the two new parents on mind as she took in the sights of this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

Although some may might argue that this could just be a mere coincidence (The Queen is known for her love of colour blocking, after all), one of Her Majesty's designers has revealed that they kept a spreadsheet of her outfits to avoid repetition.

 The Queen wore this lime green coat, floral dress and handbag for her visit to the Chelsea Flower show last night
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The Queen wore this lime green coat, floral dress and handbag for her visit to the Chelsea Flower show last nightCredit: AFP or licensors
 Although she didn't wear a matching hat, the Queen did wear the exact same string of pearls as she did in May 2018
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Although she didn't wear a matching hat, the Queen did wear the exact same string of pearls as she did in May 2018Credit: AFP or licensors

In a 2012 interview with The Sunday Times, Stewart Parvin - who was granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty in 2007 - says he went to great lengths to prevent The Queen from wearing the same ensemble more than once.

His intensive spreadsheet of The Queen's wardrobe involved detailing the time, date and specific details of the event Her Majesty was attending to prevent her from ever wearing it again.

In others words, it appears as if The Queen purposefully paid tribute to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with her outfit following the birth of their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor earlier this month.

In more Royal Family news, "hypocritical" Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton are "behaving like they're in a royal reality TV show", Piers Morgan claims.

And Prince George rated Kate Middleton's Chelsea Flower Show garden "20 out of 10" when Prince William asked what he thought.

Plus here's a look inside Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston's wedding, where the bride gave a heartfelt speech and cut the eight-tier cake with a sword.

Prince George rates Kate Middleton's Chelsea Flower Show garden 20 out of 10 in adorable Kensington Palace clip

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