What did you get your Dad for Christmas, or his last Birthday?

A big-ass history book that he can cover his face with whilst he naps?

A flat-cap to hide his receding hairline?

We know your game, we do exactly the same thing.

Well, Alexa Chung just made us all look really bad because she took her dad to The National Portrait Gallery to meet the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton.

Yeah, makes those garden clippers you got him last year look pretty rubbish, doesn't it?

Alexa was chairing the Annual Portrait Gala wearing this amazing off-the-shoulder Loewe dress and accessorised with none other than Phil Chung, her daddy.

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Phil and Alexa Chung

Phil himself is a painter, he creates bespoke house portraits, according to his Instagram.

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Also according to Phil's Instagram, he thinks his daughter is 'beautiful' (duh) and may have been the one who introduced HRH to her, not the other way around.

Kate looked her usual gorgeous self in a floor-length Temperley London gown.

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The Duchess of Cambridge

But between Kate and Alexa, we think it's Phil who truly stole the show. A rose between two thorns, you could say.

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The Duchess of Cambridge with Phil Chung and Alexa Chung

On Alexa's Instagram Stories last night, Alexa filmed her dad in the car, prepping him to meet the Duchess, and asking what he was going to say to the future Queen.

When he ummed and aaah'd, she verbally rapped his knuckles, warning him not to talk to her at all, saying, 'no you're going to say sorry I'm mute and I can't speak.'

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Because even if you're Alexa Chung, your dad is still cringe.

Seemingly after the event, she filmed him again, he told her, 'I certainly did talk to her...we spoke about children's paintings, and how she should collect all her children's paintings.'

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Can we get a collective 'aaawwwwwwww'?

Not only do we want Alexa's wardrobe and boyf, we want her dad too.

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Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.