Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II once wore the same dress to the same function, much to the prime minister’s horror. To avoid such an embarrassment again, Thatcher ordered her staff to ask the Palace what the Queen would be wearing in the future. The Palace declined, saying that the Queen “never notices what other people wear.” Funnily, under the Russian empress Elizaveta, there WAS literally a fashion police. How many of your friends would be facing a life sentence?