Royal style & gossip: tiaras, tantrums and totty

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Sorry, just not my day and I dropped the ball again!

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Jesus, that video!

What boring lives they lead! In what other life would you be forced to spend a Tuesday celebrating your mouldy old FIL?!

They all look bored shitless.

Amen to that, Estrella

celebrating your mouldy old FIL?!

That's nasty and ageist.

That's a bit harsh Estrella

Charles is said to have better relationships with both women than with his sons.

I did 🤣 at your consumption comment though

I have a great relationship with my ILs. Would I want to sit through a concert in their honour while dolled up to the nines on a Tuesday morning? I'm thinking no.

Sorry, I forgot we're not meant to admit elderly people are, you know, elderly.

I think KM’s dress wouldn’t look so bad on a woman with a fuller figure

Ooh not sure about that (and I have a fuller figure). If you think Kate looks matronly...

I can understand the comparisons with the dress she wore to Pippa's wedding, I think this one is incredibly elegant and perfect for the ultimate posh lunch engagement, as well as being a better length than the Beulah one.

I like pretty much all of her daywear but I'm a bit bored of all the interchangeable pleaty chiffon pastel evening gowns. Would like to see her in something a bit more structured and stronger colours. I adored her in this frock.

Interesting video. Some of the conversation sounds beyond tedious. The droning on about a teacher at Brighton College especially. They do all look bored shitless.

Was William the only one with a glass (of water probably!) in his hand. I imagine these events are full of people trying to act as posh as possible, which is especially ludicrous when in the company of the richest family in the UK.

When the immediate family went into the room, Harry and Meghan seemed to hang back. I don't think they really chatted at all and sadly I now think something really is amiss.

Kate isn't wearing clothes because she is thinking about the future. Look at the silly flippy skirts she still wears. I think she is interested enough in fashion but doesn't have particularly good taste and is also worried about getting it wrong so veers towards the drabber dresses. Shame really.

Wondered where we'd all gone & thank you Queen (Even Queens can't be perfect all of the time )

I think Haakon takes after his 3x Great Grandfather (Prince Albert)

Gosh he does! Still fit mind.

All the extended euro family have similar looks if you take HCP, the Greek princes, king Felipe into consideration.

Yes they do all look bored, and poor Meghan looks very uncomfortable, can't someone give the poor woman a chair? She has high heels on again she must be ruing the day...

So here you are. Somehow Meghan looked too shiney and Kate too drab. Where is the middle ground?

I really liked Meghans outfit mainly because it fits and doesn't hug the bump so tightly. I might be projecting though as I found anything that squashed my bump really uncomfortable. On the comments about it being a dull afternoon I totally agree and also WHY celebrate his investiture anyway. It seems like an arbitrary excuse to do something to remind everyone that he's next in line but not particularly an interesting thing to celebrate.

The internet thinks that Kate’s dress is reminiscent of one by a Russian designer

I wonder whether Kate is now sticking to tried and tested, now that Natasha Archer has gone. Or are we noticing the ack of diversity in her clothes as Meghan is on the scene and is trying every style possible.

there was quite careful choreography to keep William and Harry apart. There was zero interaction between William and Harry even though they passed each other in the doorway at about 2minutes in. No idea what’s going on.

Meghan discussing the . Hiut denim. Pronounced Hy-utt. Inlways read it as huit.(8) And thought it was a French label.
Meghan also says not long to go. I’ll be amazed if she makes it to April, that bump looks enormous.
She’s still got an engagement on the 11 th. I hope she gets at least a couple of weeks off. They haven’t moved either. I know there are people to help with all that, but it would be nice to b3 settled into the new house before the baby arrives.

At 2 minutes in they are waiting to walk in in precedence order. That's totally normal.

That’s why she always looks better in skinny jeans - they suit her body so well

I couldn’t disagree more. Someone should take them away and burn them. It is not flattering; we can see she is rather long-waisted and short-legged; her dresses with a raised waist do so much more for her.

A wide-legged pant with a raised waist would have the same effect and also flatter. They are also very on trend at the moment

Oh ladies, what do you think of this??

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Camilla is wearing Diana’s brooch.

It's the Prince of Wales brooch so apt for the occasion. I'd say it belongs to the 'family' and not 'Diana's brooch', rather just a brooch that she once wore when she was PoW.

Ok looks like it was originally Queen Alex's gifted from the women of North Wales and then passed down to D o her wedding day. I imagine when she died it reverted Back to ownership of the RF.

Kate's dress looks very much like Ulyana Sergeenko's dress, with less gathered sleeves and a lower collar.

It was a bit Victorian nightie but given it was Charles' day maybe she just wanted to blend into the background a bit and not detract from that.

I've also seen that H&M are attending some sort of reception at Canada house to celebrate Canadians living in the U.K. She should enjoy that given she lived in Toronto for several years. She doesn't seem to be slowing down so I don't think she's due any time soon. And even if she was, it's not uncommon for women to work right up to the end of their pregnancies.