Royals Oprah Winfrey Changed Her Royal Wedding Dress 'Overnight' Because It Looked 'Too White' Oprah Winfrey narrowly avoided a wedding guest fashion faux pas By Maria Pasquini Maria Pasquini Associate Editor, Human Interest - PEOPLE People Editorial Guidelines Published on May 19, 2018 12:47 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Oprah Winfrey/Instagram Oprah Winfrey narrowly avoided a wedding guest faux pas! Hours after Winfrey, 64, arrived at the royal wedding wearing a pale pink Stella McCartney dress with lace detailing and a cream hat, the talk show icon revealed she actually decided to change outfits overnight because she felt her original dress looked too white to wear as she celebrated Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s union. “I would like to thank the Stella McCartney team for working all night long to get this dress finished because we had dressgate. Wrong color,” Winfrey said in a video posted on social media. Oprah Winfrey Arrives at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “Now we got the right color. I think we’re going to do okay,” she said, before thanking “the whole Stella McCartney team” again for “working all night” to get the details on her pink dress just right. Watch our full special, Meghan and Harry – a Fairy-Tale Wedding, on PeopleTV, now available on PeopleTV.com and on your favorite streaming device. The Best-Dressed Guests at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal Wedding In the caption of the video, Winfrey elaborated on what exactly went wrong with her dress choice. “Realized Friday morning the beige dress I was planning to wear to Royal ceremony would photograph too ‘white’ for a wedding,” Winfrey wrote. RELATED VIDEO: Harry and Meghan’s Love Story She also added that she updated her vintage Philip Treacy hat — which had “been in my closet with 2005″ — but with some “new feathers.” “OMG was this an extraordinary day!” she continued, adding the hashtags, “#Harry&Meghan #RoyalWedding#Lovedeveryminute.” It’s the event of the decade! Be sure to keep up with all of PEOPLE’s royal wedding coverage and don’t forget to check out everything you need to know about Meghan Markle’s perfect style. Ian West/PA Wire IAN WEST/AFP/Getty Images Joining Winfrey at the star-studded wedding was George and Amal Clooney, Victoria and David Beckham, Serena Williams, and Meghan’s close friend Priyanka Chopra. Can’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage? Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! Of course, Winfrey wouldn’t have been the only wedding guest who showed up in a white dress had she not changed her mind at the last minute. Kate Middleton, who made her first public appearance since the birth of her baby son, Prince Louis, at the royal wedding, wore an off-white bespoke Alexander McQueen coat dress, which she’s also worn on a few other royal occasions. Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Kate Middleton Wore Her Wedding Outfit Twice Before (and It Might Be Due to Her Favorite Color!) The white Alexander McQueen coat dress is a favorite of Kate’s, and it shows in the high-profile events she’s chosen to wear it to in years past. In July 2015, she wore the structured-collared coat dress to Princess Charlotte’s christening. She wore the outfit again at the Queen’s official birthday celebrations, Trooping the Colour, in 2016.