Royal style & gossip: Megs goes mad in Morocco, Kate keeps cool in Kensington

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Let's keep criticism to the clothes rather than the women please...

They could do a Mitch and Cam scene from Modern Family, now that would really give the press something to get stuck into

YES!!

I wore a smart dress coming out of the hospital each time, to be honest it was more comfortable than trousers with all the panties and liners that were going on down below. Plus my boobs were swollen so it would not have been a good look.

So do I @Aberforthsgoat

If it's the African singing before Elton kicks in with Circle Of Life - then some Twilight Zone shit is happening

I take my hat off to Meghan. All that travelling in 10 days and not the merest hint of a swollen ankle and she's so so slim apart from her bump. And she still looks like a model.

I looked like a teletubby at that stage

Her day time looks have been spot on this tour I think!

Maybe we have just found the perfect way for Harry and Meghan to present the baby recreate the lion king everyone loves that film no one can complain then surely

If she does "a Kate"

Isn't it really doing a Diana? Wasn't she the one who started it?

The most amusing thing I think about The Lion King is that it's Prince George's favourite film

Imagine how 😍 you'd be hearing him singing I Just Can't Wait To Be King

@bartonhollow okay, twilight shit confirmed I seem to have the chanting stuck on a loop

I practically crawled out of the hospital in maternity joggers, knock-off uggs (my slippers, and the only even vaguely December appropriate footwear I could force my big fat feet into), and greasy hair because I had no way of drying it and it was far too cold to contemplate going out with wet hair. In my defence, we were kicked out discharged at midnight! This is possibly not a look Megan, or any other human being, should try to emulate.

I liked her green jacket and breton top, she does seem happy in smart-casual wear. And she really is glowing, and also appears not to be retaining fluid like a camel that's heard a drought is forecast... now that's a superpower!

I like Meghan's outfits today. The dress is a nice change from the bodycon style she's chosen to sport during her pregnancy. No word on the designer yet. The rest of her ensemble are clothes she's worn before.

I just want to show everyone the shoes M is wearing today as they're by far my favourite thing she's worn on the trip.

Behold! They have wee fuzzy dots on them! 😍😍😍😍

@spudlet that sounds like more my style too!

Cute shoes! And perhaps not as high a heel as we usually see on Meghan?

I have to say that her clothes might not always hit the mark but her shoes are always fab.

OMG I love those shoes thanks elspeth

Yep, her and Beatrice and Eugenie all have a really fab shoe game.

I wish I had somewhere to wear such shoes so I could justify them but working from home and living in a uniform of jeans and jumper ... I don’t think I can manage it

Unless I wear them with my tiara to do the hoovering

Her shoes are always fab, I'm envious she's still in heels as I haven't worn them in years.

ElspethFlashman
Do I detect a Northern Irish or Scottish influence with your use of the word "wee" ?

Kate had her hairdresser in the hospital with her who did her hair before she left. Probably also a dresser or assistant. I don’t think a pap walk is necessary and it’s pressure on normal women who haven’t had a hand picked team of doctors on standby for their delivery. I bet she wasn’t told to go home when she presented in labour.

I know it’s the mail but I really like the picture of Harry lifting her pony tail out of the way, it’s such a natural shot

I also really like her earrings

I liked the picture of them meeting the horses that Mad About Megan had. He looks so natural with them, and Megan looks like she's loving it too, albeit from a slightly larger distance (which is perfectly sensible with a bump, before I'm called critical!). I wonder if she rides? Some actors do learn so they can have it on their CV. Or whether she'll give it a go at some point? DH did when we got together until he went splat but hey ho

Mostly I just like ponies, let's be honest here 😳

Liking the pleated dress, spotty Manolo heels and big earrings! Don’t really understand the blazer with a floaty dress.

Considering what someone wrote upthread about Moroccan caftans having very distinctive patterns depending on region it could be difficult to wear one as an outsider, since you'd be favourising a particular area/group of people. That said, perhaps the ones from Maison de Marrakech upthread are more generic. Allow me to say, as someone from a country with national dress particular to regions, it would not necessarily be considered homage if a visiting foreigner wore one. Ooo the politics. You might end up with the costume police coming out in force. We don't have the relaxed attitude to our national dress like the Norwegians seem to have with their bunads. This is why the Swedish RF most often wear that hideous Sweden costume - "neutrality". Sometimes they wear local ones when they're visiting Öland in the summer for example (Victoria generally does for her birthday I believe). Link to pictures if you're interested. Sofia is from a strict region, no messing about with costumes there! Wear them correctly or burn!

I liked the Dior thing and it was a very typically royal sort of garment, homage to the visited nation bla bla. Felt very 70s! Must be lovely to wear, all the swishing! Looked like silk too.

Good point banivani, plus had she worn an authentic Moroccan kaftan, someone somewhere would have accused her of cultural appropriation.