Royal style & gossip: make every day Tiara Tuesday!

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And I shouldn't have to say this anymore but will do so for any newbies - let's keep our critiquing to the clothes and not the women wearing them.

I find it really unlikely too that it'll all be featured in Harper's with a special photo shoot etc. I guess we'll find out soon enough!

Lola Zara has no Royal role. Its generally understood she's a private individual and must make her money how she can. She's given something of a pass as a result.

Meghan can't accept gifts that are from companies or public figures who are not private friends, not even clothes, this was made clear at her wedding, so it's possible that someone who doesn't know that arranged for them to be sent over and they will have to be returned

vanilla maybe you should start your own MM fan thread as it seems you are finding this all too upsetting?

Imo, Zara Tindall being brand ambassador for Landrover and Icandy is just as tawdry. I don’t think it’s as flashy, as there’s less glamour with LR and a pram than there is with a penthouse suite in a fancy hotel in New York and various beautiful women wearing sunglasses and high heels, famous or not, turning up amid flashing lightbulbs. Also, we all know Zara has no vanity. She did it for the money. So yes, tawdry, but not flashy.

I’m not criticising MM, btw. Well, yes I am, but she’s only doing what comes naturally. Her husband should be guiding her on what’s appropriate. The fact he isn’t means obviously it’s all fine by him. He’s the one from the RF, after all, so 🤷‍♀️

I’m not criticising MM, btw. Well, yes I am, but she’s only doing what comes naturally.

What the actual fuck do you mean by the end of that sentence there?

From what I understand Barton, the rule of it having to be "a personal friend" is somewhat of a loophole.

For example, if I go back a long way with the CEO of a company and have a social relationship with them, then they can gift me stuff. Even if it's something very expensive. But they don't have to be besties, y'know?

The loophole is that you might not have seen them in years but they're still "private friends", who may smell an opportunity for promotion by gifting an item that is subsequently gets global coverage.

I don’t think the baby shower will be featured in the magazine. But I think a few tasteful shots, with a cream and blush pink palette, MM seated demurely in a cream sofa, vases of softly coloured flowers in the background, a sycophantic interview with just the right amount of I’m-still-a-feminist-really - this is what we’ll see. It will have taken place in this hotel.

MM and Zara Tindall are only doing these things because of their parents/husband. Nobody could care less otherwise. So it’s all the same, really, whatever the rule book says.

Like everyone, they’re trying to have their cake and eat it. Getting away with whatever they can. That’s what’s so appealing about HMQ and Anne. They don’t do that, in the materialistic sense. They’re cornflakes out of a Tupperware box and outfits recycled for decades. Not tawdry or flash.

I can't find anything online, not on Harper's, not on PageSix, that suggests this is all going to end with a staged photo shoot etc. It could turn out to be as true as the stories about Doria being invited to Sandringham for Christmas.

Now until we see the photos can we just reserve judgement on this?

Just wondering now if Michael and Carole Middleton’s company get a big financial boost when the Cambridge children’s birthday parties come round .. they must do. The brand placement there must be priceless. Any newspaper pieces about George’s parties mention Granny Carole and Party Pieces..
Obviously not their fault at all I’m sure they are blessing their good fortune

Now until we see the photos can we just reserve judgement on this?

Amen.

Love the links to Camilla's latest endeavours, she's looking in her element with lovely tidy styling.

Harry's army gear seriously suits him. He can just stand around in fatigues all day and look handsome to make people take some interest in the forces.

Ooh, a Royal Tour coming up!! I reckon Camilla will wear some more of her bespoke kaftan type dresses. www.instagram.com/p/Bt51Z0ogbDZ/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=cutawjm9fhbo

Could be just Jessica Mulroneys sole shoot (as she's definitely involved in it) , and it's actually her that's the mole, to give herself publicity. Maybe she's the leaker to HB and M is being used.......🤔

Maybe M went to NY with the most humble intentions (though it was always gonna be a circus, I mean OPRAH is invited, guys) and Jessica is the one smelling an opportunity for a bit of cross-publicity with her HB arrangement.

Maybe M isn't going to be in the shoot at all? Maybe wires are getting crossed? Dunno. It all clearly reeks of PR but maybe the puppet master isnt actually Meghan.

How do baby showers work? Is it just friends? What about family do they attend too?

Camilla is really coming into her own these days, don’t you think?

How do baby showers work? Is it just friends? What about family do they attend too?

It's whoever is invited and always with the honoree's consultation. Everyone I have been to, and being American I've been to quite a few in my time, had both friends and family there.

None too sure as no one I am friends with had one

From watching American media it's a gathering were all your friends buy you a gift (usually from a prearranged gift list) have refreshments and play a few twee games, like who can make the nicest babygro from a stack of plain ones

It has never caught on here because so many aspects of it are in British culture, for example I know of someone British who still hasn't lived down the way in which they tried to emulate some American traditions when expecting PFB

But it's as normal if not more so over there as a "hen" and as that's her culture it's quite normal she should have one

I think so, Vanilla, she is so at ease at events that she comes across really well.

I've been to lots of baby showers. When done well people aren't under pressure to spend more than they can afford on presents, and the Mum-to-be enjoys time with her friends. Those I've been to have really just been a relaxed get-together of friends, with more of a theme than normal. The anti-American brigade love kicking them, but they can be okay.

It's becoming more common for baby showers to be "co-ed" with men in attendance as well, in which case some of the gifts will be for the dad, like his own personal diaper bag.

Work ones are common in the US too. Those are usually only attended by coworkers and maybe the dad.

If Doria doesn’t show, she’ll be a far wiser woman than any of the rest of them

I find it desperately sad that Doria isn’t there; the custom is for both female relatives and friends to attend. Is she off brand or something? It’s very, very, very unusual for a mum not to attend her daughter’s baby shower in the States.

We don’t give gifts till baby is born, it’s concidered bad luck. And the older folks usually give money Which many find quite convenient.

Maybe Doria was asked to come but preferred not to?

Maybe she's there and hasn't been seen yet