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{{about|a type of formal dress worn at Windsor Castle|the uniform called in Canada 'Windsor uniform'|Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{one source|date=August 2013}} {{multiple image | align = right | total_width = 320 | image1 = Peter Edward Stroehling - Portrait of King George III (1807).jpg | alt1 = George III in Windsor dress | caption1 = [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] wearing the Windsor uniform in 1807 | image2 = Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex by Guy Head.jpg | alt2 = Prince Frederick Augustus in undress Windsor dress | caption2 = Undress Windsor uniform, as worn by [[Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex|Prince Augustus Frederick]] (a son of King George III) in 1798 }} The '''Windsor uniform''' is a type of [[Formal wear|formal dress]] worn at [[Windsor Castle]] by male members of the [[British royal family]] (and some very senior [[courtier]]s).<ref name=Dress>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/dressinsigniawor00greauoft#page/5/mode/1up |title=Windsor uniform |work=Dress and insignia worn at His Majesty's court (London: 1921) |access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref> In Canada, [[Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom|UK civil uniform]] (as traditionally worn by [[Lieutenant governor (Canada)|lieutenant governors]] on formal occasions) is widely referred to as Windsor Court Dress or Windsor Uniform; although distinct in design and usage from the above, it is believed to be derived from it.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pike |first1=Corinna A. W. |last2=McCreery |first2=Christopher |title=Canadian Symbols of Authority: Maces, Chains, and Rods of Office |date=2011 |publisher=Dundurn |location=Toronto |page=246}}</ref>
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