Royal style and gossip: get yer crowns out for the lads!

[QueenOfTheAndals]

Previous thread.

Usual rules - say what you like about the clothes, keep it civil re the wearers.

Cooee! Is the kettle on?

Thanks for new thread Queen La

Lovely christening photo on previous thread. Thanks to these I have a new respect for Sophie...

I saw Vogue Williams on an episode of Celebrity Catchphrase over the weekend. It was a repeat from her Bryan McFadden days

Isn’t it well for them to go off on a beach holiday and spend time alone having fun ontbe beach while someone else minds the baby. Lots of time and mo euro exercise and eat healthily. I’m envious. Fun went out the wi Dow when I had kids. Constant juggling, little sleep, worry replaced practically everything remotely fun.

• so many typos. Sorry. Rushing as always here. Please ignore above post which is just a whinge about not having fun since having kids. I wish MN had a delete function!

Oh god i'll join you in that whinge. I would quite probably kill someone for a holiday. Haven't had one since before the kids.

Thank god for

I thought that blooming but I think it’s just the shadow of her goggles.

Is Vogue her real name? I have no idea who she is other than she's married to Pippa's BiL.

This photo of Pippa mystifies me - is that Paul Weller??

Is that the uncle that they dug up before Kate's wedding and tried to present as the embarrassing black sheep?!

I have no idea but his haircut makes me think he may be

Pretty sure that’s Pippa’s FIL - if he ever loses his millions, he’s got a career as a Paul Weller lookalike

Finally coming out of hiding to chat on this. The music for Mary's entry is "Zadok the Priest" by Handel. Kate entered to the same piece. The processional is "Toccata" by Widor - also hugely popular for weddings, and a real show piece for the organist. I remember this wedding and Fred welling up - so sweet.

The Zadok piece is The Coronation Anthem.

Pippa does look good. But I don’t think it’s “Middleton genes”, it’s called being rich.

It’s easy to stay thin when you don’t have a job and therefore have so much free time to devote to it. Ditto it’s easy to stay slim and exercise daily when pregnant if you don’t have to juggle your 9-5 job and household chores and all the stuff us ordinary women try to do but usually can’t because it’s too exhausting.

How the other half live, eh?

I think Kate and Pippa work out together.

I'm hardly in the same league as Pippa but I managed to exercise almost daily when I was pregnant. But I only have one child - I imagine it's next to impossible with more than one unless you have help!

Yes,vogue is her real name! I thought she was a bit of a fool, probably the BMF influence, but now I follow her on Instagram, she is v common sense and 'normal'. Isn't PM's FIL accused of an historic (statutory?) rape? No word on it recently.

Haworthia I have similar thoughts when people talk about how disciplined Kate must be to to stay so thin. I'm sure she is, but she also has the resources to have as many personal trainers as she needs, a fully equipped gym at home, private pools, childcare on tap, no 9-5 job, healthy food prepared for her... that's got to help!

My mum used to say exactly that about Di!
Yes he's been accused of statutory rape

Kate entered the Abbey to "I Was Glad" by Barry.
When my first one was a baby, we lived in the Far East. We had 2 housekeepers and a nanny. I did no shopping, cooking or cleaning. The nanny did everything for the baby. I could get up, go for a swim, have a massage, come back to a breakfast and a clean, changed baby. Having clean, ironed clothes, a stocked pantry, clean dishes, a spotless house, a clean car and full time help with the baby was fantastic. It genuinely makes such a difference!!

Thank you for the new thread Queen.

I like Pippa's bikini but it would probably look better on my (adult) daughter than on me. I exercised all the way through my first pregnancy, did a weights class the day before I went into labour but I remember being horrified by how big my tummy was when I saw a photo of it when I was wearing a bikini when my daughter was 3 months. I had monster breasts from breast feeding too .

However wealthy you are staying slim still requires masses of self-discipline - a fast metabolism is almost the only thing wealth can't buy. I hope Pippa has enjoyed getting into full on exercise post birth.

Exactly Spudlet.

Although it must be easy to over indulge too when you can eat whatever you like when rich foods are an option too though from what I’ve read the Queen leads by way of eating healthily and plainly.

I'm not denying she must work hard at it and be very disciplined. I'm just saying it must be a lot easier to do that if you can remove every other barrier besides those!

marking place, thanks for new thread

[Crown] 👸🏻👑 just leave these here while I go back and catch up although I will say I have already learnt something who knew wearing swimwear on the beach was flaunting!! I'm obviously far more body confident than I realised yay!