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To think the Princess Beatrice photos released by e RF are a bit naff?

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GlummyMcGlummerson · 18/07/2020 22:49

I love a good Royal wedding I do and was looking forward to seeing the portrait pictures of Beatrice at Buckingham Palace like we have with other royal weddings.

So was disappointed that this is what the RF have released news.sky.com/story/princess-beatrice-wedding-first-photos-from-ceremony-show-royal-in-queens-dress-and-tiara-12031462

I'd love to say she looks gorgeous, and I'm sure she does but I can't tell! Is it just me who thinks they look like they've been taken with an iPhone from afar by a fan in a bush or something?

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RedToothBrush · 19/07/2020 12:24

@OnAPar

I don’t follow the royal family and hadn’t heard of Princess Beatrice before. Is she Williams and Harry’s sister? But looked at the photos and they look like nice normal wedding photos? Much nicer than the usual OTT Royal Family weddings.
This is the best post on this thread by a country mile.

I hope no one misses it.

Wheresthebeach · 19/07/2020 12:26

I thought she looks gorgeous. The whole feel was lovely with the vintage dress rather than an a designer one. Good on them for having a lovely small wedding.

AuntyPasta · 19/07/2020 12:27

She’s managed to have her wedding without seeming let-them-eat-cake- ish given that the pandemic and lockdown have forced the cancellation of hundreds of weddings and drastically changed those that have gone ahead.

Also, her father.

I think she’s played a blinder.

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SoupDragon · 19/07/2020 12:31

This is the best post on this thread by a country mile.

The "best post" is one which manages to include a sly dig at other royal weddings? Rather than any of the ones that just say they look happy/beautiful/whatever....? How odd.

RedToothBrush · 19/07/2020 12:46

@SoupDragon

This is the best post on this thread by a country mile.

The "best post" is one which manages to include a sly dig at other royal weddings? Rather than any of the ones that just say they look happy/beautiful/whatever....? How odd.

That wasn't the big I thought was brilliant. That comment about sly digs about weddings says more about you than me...
contrary13 · 19/07/2020 12:48

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UpCountryBagLady · 19/07/2020 12:49

@Callmeangelina, Emily’s dress was classy and Peter looked good in his suit.

diddl · 19/07/2020 12:52

Wonder why neither Beatrice or Eugenie wore the York tiara for their weddings?

SWnewstart · 19/07/2020 13:22

Is it just me, or does the tiara look a different shape in the Bea pic to the original queen wearing it photo? IMHO the queen's has more definition at the top, sort of ups and downs, whereas the top seems more "in line" inn the Beatrice photo? Maybe it was re-modelled like her dress. Nice touch anyway.

SWnewstart · 19/07/2020 13:24

Ooops, just re-read the OP's linked article and realised it was just the dress the photo of Queen showed, not the same tiara. My mistake!

jessstan2 · 19/07/2020 13:26

contrary: "I'm simply glad that we didn't get to see Sarah Ferguson doing her utmost to make her daughter's wedding day all about her. Which she did at the Brooksbank wedding - rumour had it that Bea's main task as Chief Bridesmaid was to try to keep her mother in check."
.......
From where did you get that? It's the first I've heard of it.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 19/07/2020 13:44

contrary13, what a gossipy person you must be.

MrsNoah2020 · 19/07/2020 13:50

@Toilenstripes

The dress isn't to my taste, but she looks as if she feels beautiful in it,

Awful comment. You might want to rethink your “taste”.

Awful comment? Have you read some of the others on this thread? I said my view wasn't important and wished them happiness.

I loathe Norman Hartnell's style in general, though I acknowledge his talent as a dressmaker, but he was far too fussy, don't like the shapes or the lines. But Beatrice looks as if she feels wonderful in it, and - as I already said - that's what matters.

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 19/07/2020 13:58

I love the idea of recycling a dress.

To think the Princess Beatrice photos released by e RF are a bit naff?
lifestooshort123 · 19/07/2020 14:00

But Beatrice looks as if she feels wonderful in it, and - as I already said - that's what matters.

And she did look wonderful in it.

GlummyMcGlummerson · 19/07/2020 14:02

Can you people not read?! I have BOT criticised Beatrice, the fact that the wedding is low key, the flowers, her husband or anything about her - I've simply said I wish the photos would have been clearer so we could see her dress etc better.

Yet somehow those of you with no comprehension skills think I've said she looks awful Confusedpeople on this site really do read whatever they want so don't they!

Would be nice to start a thread without having to put a million caveats of "no I don't think X Y and Z" but for those of you who haven't read my OP properly this is for you:

  • I think it's great that the wedding was low key (I just suspect it's down to her father's indiscretion rather than choice)
  • I am sure she looks lovely but I'd love to see the dress in it's full glory and not 2 unclear pictures with half of it obscured.
  • yes everyone looks happy (and I agree that Phillip looks better than he has in ages)
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InvisibleWomenMustBeRead · 19/07/2020 14:12

I think the photos look gorgeous and would love to see more - I do love wedding photos and seeing what the bridesmaids and guests are all wearing too (& more so when it's a royal wedding!)

Villanemme · 19/07/2020 14:13

It was a hush hush. They didnt want the focus to be on her peado dad, not that seems to bother the queen much or any of the royal family.
Please tell us how you know this level of detail. I'm intrigued.

contrary13 · 19/07/2020 14:19

@LyingWitchInTheWardrobe - Do I really need to point out to you that you're a complete stranger to me? Unlike some posters who may be wounded by your snide, insiduous comments about them... I'm not. I do find it very interesting, though, that out of all the posters (a lot of whom have been saying exactly what I did), you chose to select mine for your nasty little Queen Bee moment.

Please grow the fuck up. We're not in the school yard, any longer (one would hope...) and you might not like having your nastiness thrown back at you by someone whose comment was factual and based on personal knowledge, as opposed to "gossip".

Bea is a lovely young woman, who is very close with her grandmother, and who has known her now-husband for most of her life. Her mother (who was adamant as a child that she was going to marry my father when she grew up, during his late teens/young adult years - which I've stated elsewhere on this site, in the past!) on the other hand is very prone to wanting the attention that ought to be focused solely on her daughters, directed at her. Apart from that, she is a very kind woman who was treated shabbily following her divorce from Andrew, and she adores her daughters. I simply am grateful there weren't any public scenes of her catcalling the assembled well wishers outside St George's chapel, upon her (late) arrival, at Eugenie's wedding. I also like the candid nature of the shot of Bea & Edo emerging as husband and wife, and think it's very similar to the released engagement photo... which Eugenie took.

So, here - have a Biscuit

romeolovedjulliet · 19/07/2020 14:19

there have been some bitchy comments on this thread, are we jealous, plain nasty or having a shit day so let's take it out on someone who is happy and wouldn't give a shit what randoms think anyway

contrary13 · 19/07/2020 14:22

That ought to say "a repeat of the public scenes of cat-calling", in my last comment. I had to shift a dog off my foot and was, therefore, a bit distracted.

contrary13 · 19/07/2020 14:40

"there have been some bitchy comments on this thread, are we jealous, plain nasty or having a shit day so let's take it out on someone who is happy and wouldn't give a shit what randoms think anyway"

I get the feeling that some people think that the York sisters ought to carry the weight of shame and responsibility in lieu of their father, publically, because he's blatantly not. Which is daft. The first part, obviously, not the second. But "the sins of the father" are not, and should never be "the sins of the child(ren)", too. Both of those young women have held down actual jobs in the real world, carried out public engagements on the Queen's behalf, behaved decently/kindly, had long-term relationships, and absolutely cannot help who their parents are. Their father, on the other hand... yeah; not so much.

Bea looked radiant, obviously felt beautiful in that gorgeous dress, and made the best out of a bad job, concerning how many times her wedding was postponed, and how the family all know the public would react to seeing her with her father on her wedding day (which, again, wrong, not her fault so why should she be punished?). The Queen and Prince Philip, as another poster said, look like the proud, loving grandparents they are - albeit at a socially distanced spot. The fact that Bea was permitted to "borrow" the Queen's own wedding tiara? Speaks volumes about their actual, behind-the-scenes relationship. As does not releasing the public images so as not to diminish from Sir Tom Moore's knighting, about Bea's own persona.

Personally, I think the wedding was hastily arranged, as the Queen doesn't tend to double-book herself - particularly not on a grandchild's wedding day! But that's my personal opinion (and I might be wrong), not me being "gossipy".

evilharpy · 19/07/2020 15:18

I think she looks lovely but more importantly they both look very happy. Good on them, I hope they had a lovely day.

GlummyMcGlummerson · 19/07/2020 15:21

Well my wish has been answered and the RF have released these - how lovely ☺️ loving the recycled dress and they look so happy.

To think the Princess Beatrice photos released by e RF are a bit naff?
To think the Princess Beatrice photos released by e RF are a bit naff?
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TheWomanTheyCallJayne · 19/07/2020 15:29

His waistcoat really complements her lovely hair colour.

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