It looks like even Kate Middleton, a natural brunette, is trying out a lighter hair color for summer. The Duchess of Cambridge was recently photographed with a fresh, new auburn color with strawberry blond highlights [1]. Strawberry blond — and really any other shade of blond, for that matter — are huge summer hair color trends [2].

But the new color isn't the only update to the Duchess's hairstyle. Her long hair now has sweeping, face-framing layers. With her middle part, it even looks like she opted for long curtain bangs [3] that hit right at her cheekbones.

The photo posted on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge official Instagram page shows the Duchess on BBC Tiny Happy People [4], a new initiative on the BBC Breakfast morning show. Tiny Happy People is a BBC Education program that provides resources to parents with children from pregnancy to age 4.

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