The Dior couture show was evidence if any more was needed that Kate Middleton should use her open-ended budget on the services of John Galliano. There’s been precious little chat about Brit Galliano being contender for the designer of her dress but that’s where the fashion money would invest.

Dramatic, elegant, these gowns could take on Westminster Abbey with ease.

Add a super-long train, make it in white and these are perfection.