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To have a crush on the young Prince Edward?!

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Hexagona · 07/06/2022 22:33

I’d never seen him young before, he was gorgeous 😦

To have a crush on the young Prince Edward?!
To have a crush on the young Prince Edward?!
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HazelNutterButter · 07/06/2022 23:40

The men age dreadfully when the hair goes. Anne dresses terribly and has been wearing her awful helmet hairstyle for donkeys years.

And I held the door open for Edward about 30 years ago and he swanned through and didn’t say thank you!!

GreenClock · 07/06/2022 23:45

I’m no royalist but Prince Philip at age 25….wow.

MenopauseSucks · 07/06/2022 23:46

There are some pics of Prince Charles in the 70s when he's swimming & he looks bloody gorgeous - cracking body! Plus he looked great on a polo pony as well.

LondonQueen · 07/06/2022 23:46

He was handsome👀the others didn't fair very well when it came to the looks department, especially Charles.

LondonQueen · 07/06/2022 23:48

Pieceofpurplesky · 07/06/2022 23:29

Princess Anne was stunning

Wow! She looks incredible. Not so much now.

HRTQueen · 07/06/2022 23:53

Oh please if they were not Royals no one would be saying how good looking they are (apart from Prince Philip when he was young)

they are horsey looking. Poor William went off to university a good looking boy morphed into a Royal

their children are certainly better looking

my Nan would say Princess Anne is a handsome woman and has lovely skin 😆

LadyEloise1 · 07/06/2022 23:55

Doesn't William look so handsome in the photo SunflowerGardens posted !!!

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OvOvO · 08/06/2022 00:11

I think Princess Anne is still a beautiful woman who is comfortable in her style - and I love love love Zara!

SwedishEdith · 08/06/2022 00:29

It's not just losing their hair that ages them, it's that they don't get it cut properly so it looks all fluffy on top.

HerRoyalNotness · 08/06/2022 00:32

It’s the hair for sure. Can someone photoshop hair on so we can see?

SwedishEdith · 08/06/2022 00:48

I'm going to have to bleach myself tomorrow at the idea of finding royals attractive but noticed that Peter Philips looks presentable. He's not been cursed with the bald gene either.

To have a crush on the young Prince Edward?!
SorellaLuna · 08/06/2022 01:46

Thank you for your help

darisdet · 08/06/2022 01:57

BurnDownTheDiscoHangTheDJ · 07/06/2022 23:36

I never knew him young, but it immediately made me think of this entry in Adrian Mole’s diary for 29/7/81 AKA Charles and Di’s wedding day.

That quote above, about the royals being parasites, has got to be Bert Baxter! Good old Bert. Though I'd guess Pandora and her family were of similar opinion.

He's a fair bit older than me so I've never really thought of him as attractive. To be fair, he was.

He's not featured on Republic's 'make Elizabeth the last' campaign photos, though probably for reasons of lineage rather than palatability; they've chosen photos of Charles, William and Andrew.

mackthepony · 08/06/2022 02:15

Viscount Severn will be gorgeous when he's older.

Lady Louise is stunning too, once she gets a stylist she'll be out there.

teezletangler · 08/06/2022 02:32

I thought Edward looked quite good this weekend, especially at the event in NI with Sophie- great outfit. The hair is a shame, it is a bit tuft too. I mean the Windsor men would all look better with a bit more, but mine is thinning too, and so would I!

I'm afraid I can't agree about Peter Phillips aging well, he was good looking as a young man but is quite jowly now.

^Viscount Severn will be gorgeous when he's older.

Lady Louise is stunning too, once she gets a stylist she'll be out there.^

Totally agree on both points

Battygirll · 08/06/2022 02:45

Someone close to me was his on / off girlfriend in the late 1980s.

He was absolutely gorgeous but didn't treat her very well.

Now, he just looks what he is - a middle aged man who is married with kids.

chchchchch · 08/06/2022 05:35

It really is downhill from 30 for the Royal men, Andrew still has his hair but has put on a few pounds, Edward, William and Harry have just gone bald, whilst Charles sported the combover for decades.

Mind you Sophie probably got the better son, bald he may be, at least Edward hasnt cheated on her (well as far as we know) or been accused of paedophilia.

LeeMucklowesCurtains · 08/06/2022 05:38

He looks like a worm with a face now.

Borgonzola · 08/06/2022 06:10

I'll never forget what my English teacher at sixth fork told us about him. They were are Cambridge together and Edward used to attend the college balls, but sit in his car and get his bodyguards/protection people to go out and look for girls and bring them back to his car so he could kiss them

GrinGrinConfusedConfused

Borgonzola · 08/06/2022 06:11

*sixth form!!!

Battygirll · 08/06/2022 06:31

Borgonzola · 08/06/2022 06:10

I'll never forget what my English teacher at sixth fork told us about him. They were are Cambridge together and Edward used to attend the college balls, but sit in his car and get his bodyguards/protection people to go out and look for girls and bring them back to his car so he could kiss them

GrinGrinConfusedConfused

I remember him being a bit of a womaniser, but he wasn't that bad.

There were various people who claimed to have known him at Cambridge and they always seemed to have a story like this.

Thepeopleversuswork · 08/06/2022 06:41

Erm no. I've always found the males in the Royal Family uniquely unattractive.

Posh men don't do it for me at all at the best of times. I think Edward is possibly the least attractive of the lot. He looks like someone you would have a very long, dull, sexless marriage with.

Hexagona · 08/06/2022 06:42

I would have volunteered myself as a girl to kiss in the car 😂

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Battygirll · 08/06/2022 06:49

It's true that the royal men age badly. I think it's partly the hair loss and the prominent teeth.