As per the report from sources it was stated that the White House adviser Ivanka Trump was also dressed all in black with a head covering. So why did they look like they could have been attending a funeral? And why did they have their heads covered at the Vatican but not in Saudi Arabia where they had just been a few days earlier?
However, these rules have been broken by some including Queen Elizabeth who, as the head of the Church of England, is about as non-Catholic as you can get as well as Cherie Blair, former British prime minister Tony Blair's wife who violated protocol outright by wearing white to a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.
Meanwhile German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Myanmar politician Aung San
Suu Kyi have also both opted not to cover their heads in the past. It was
stated that Saudi Arabia has strict laws regarding clothing, but head coverings
are not required for foreigners and visiting dignitaries often go without among
them, British Prime Minister Theresa May and former first lady’s Michelle Obama
and Laura Bush.
However, it should be noted that Ms Trump would have been required to wear a head covering and remove her shoes had she visited any mosques or Muslim holy sites and the Trumps still dressed conservatively during their visit to the Islamic country, with the First Lady's outfit on arrival reminiscent of the traditional black robes, or abayas, that Saudis wear.
