Royal style and gossip: new year, new thread

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Previous thread.

And let's stick to critiquing the outfits rather than the wearer!

I suspect we won’t hear too much from the RF till mid jan, Sophie has something on the upcoming engagements on about the 20th.
They will probably start announcing Meghan’s First patronage, so there will be some kind of visit.
Presume Frogmore will be ready sometime in February so there will be a move.
Kate’s children must be going back to school on Monday, so she and William will be doing engagements. I read somewhere that William is going to make speech in Davos

Sorry that definitely should not have been @rhubarb is evil!

Goodness me, Alexandra was stunning. And it must have taken hours to do her hair, seeing as there were no GHDs / Babybliss Curl Secret contraptions around in those days!

Princess Maud married her first cousin and the son of that marriage ( an only child) married his first cousin

Maud was queen of Norway wasn't she? Or was that another of Alexandra's daughters? They were all quite plain and didn't resemble their mother at all.

I am addicted to these threads - I have learned some very interesting things about the royals I had no idea about! I'm coming out of lurker mode as
I saw this on Pinterest when coming out of the link above. From the discussion on the earlier thread I didn't think Camilla would further to Catherine? pin.it/pii5llaguxaj3i

There were two Princess Mauds. Alexandra’s daughter, who became queen of Norway, and Lady Maud Duff, later made Princess Maud by her uncle George V, Alexandra’s granddaughter by her daughter Louise, Princess Royal.

Talking of Eugenie, we were watching the Christmas Day church procession on YouTube and there was a point where Megan and Eugenie were chatting and Megan looked at Eugenie’s funny, made a comment and patted her arm. DH was the one who noticed it. I’ll see if I can find it...

Gosh, I wouldn’t have thought that Camilla would curtesy to Catherine either. Maybe William was there but Charles wasn’t? By god, it’s confusing!

She looked at Eugenie in a funny way?

Sorry tummy!!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7sI-GDgPs
2.13
Of course it could be nothing.

That looks photoshopped (c&c interaction)

I think I read in the Court Circular that Prince Charles was in Scotland yesterday. I’ll correct if necessary when I get to the paper again. William & Kate are probably enjoying the end of the school holidays now.

It’s nothing. And if it is, it’s a look of concern. I’ve walked from Sandringham House to the church and it’s quite a walk in heels. All hail Princess Anne and her sensible shoes.

The curtesy was photoshopped, the article was written before William and Kate's marriage. I think Princess Anne started the while debacle, by refusing to curtesy to Camilla etc.

oops that was supposed to preview not post, apologies for non functioning link

Aaagh. And it didn’t post. Anyway, yes Charles was in the Hebrides yesterday here

That photo is totally photoshopped! That outfit is a bit Letizia so I'm guessing someone's put Kate's head on her, although the article dates from before she became queen so not sure why Camilla is curtsying to her. Then again she's probably been superimposed too!

Surely, Kate is required to curtsy to Camilla who is the wife of the next sovereign.

She is, but that's a fake photo from a dodgy site.

I have such a reluctant soft spot for Eugenie’s James........

I know about it being fake. I was just making a general comment.

Lady Cassandra, Meghan is definitely checking if Eugenie is ok in some way in that clip - whether or not E is pregnant will be found out eventually. However, I do wish they wouldn't wear such high pointed heels especially on rough ground. Block heels or wedges would be better if it has to be heels. I actually saw Lady Louise's low heels and thought how sensible! The heels thing nowadays reminds me of corsets in the past and to me is a feminist issue. I know that it could be argued that they are in work mode - but my health and safety team would go nuts over those heels.

Someone commented on that YouTube video that it looked like Meghan was saying to Eugenie ‘your dress is so pretty’ or something.

To me it does look like she’s saying something like that. Or maybe eugenie is pregnant and Meghan was asking how she was feeling.

Despite the press making out Meghan stole Eugenies thunder by having the wedding first etc. It looks like Meghan is liked by Eugenie and the royals.

@BertrandRussell I don't think he's a James. Jack maybe? He doesn't strike me as the brightest but he looks kind and clearly loves Eugenie. I don't think I've seen a happier royal wedding.