Royal style & gossip: hairbands and birth plans

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Will Kate emerge from her Norfolk seclusion sporting a bigger than ever Alice band? Will the Mail and Express stories about Meghan get more ludicrous by the day? And will this thread see the arrival of Baby Sussex? All will be revealed in due course...

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Her staff are also a lot of old men, Charles may decide on a complete refresh once he's monarch. He's long talked about slimming down/ modernising the monarchy so that could be his chance. And he hires very good spin doctors - look at Camilla's transformation from Other Woman to National Treasure!

Yes it has the feel of them being ‘got out of the way’!

Hmmm I think it would have gone differently if he’d married Cressida or even a Chelsea. Sadly I think finding someone to fit in with your family, especially one like RF is the key to peace, maybe not happiness but peace and contentment.

Agreed Charlie’s pr on Camilla has been a long game but a good one.

Ok I’m way too addicted to this thread and have to leave as my ‘weekend alone’ is now ending and toddler due home. Anyone that wants to continue the debate about royals feel free to DM me ❤️

Nice little video on Instagram for HM's 93rd today. Why is there no bank holiday in the U.K. for the Queen's birthday? There is in Australia!

Queen and her associates who are steeped in tradition and top of the tree are seeing first hand how much of a struggle it is to reign her in.

This is a bit melodramatic! Reign her in?? What exactly is she doing that's so dreadful?

I don't like the idea of Africa as it's a bit "colonial" but if it gives them all space from each other then fine.

Well quite @hopeishere. When you look at what Meghan has actually done since becoming a royal (as opposed to all the rumours and counter-rumours), there's not much to fault except spending £££ on her wardrobe which, tbh, they all do.

She's hit the ground running when it comes to tours and engagements and seems to have a decent work ethic too. Yes the banana writing was a bit cheesy but it resulted in a record amount of donations.

Even if this story is true, it's not happening til 2020. Why leak it now when she's about to give birth?

@hopeishere not melodramatic at all, I’m quite sure the papers reported that the pair would stay under BP Press office umbrella to have control over the couple and keep watchful eye over. What is she doing wrong ? She flew to the US by private jet for lavish baby shower with celebrity guests. She’s had several staff resign and we can only imagine why - she wants to dictate everything. You have the duchess of Cambridge who wouldn’t even wear black to rhthe Baftas and risk making a political statement about #metoo and then meghan who is outspoken and all guns blazing. I’m not saying her decisions are wrong but she’s certainly up against it with the traditions of the royals.

Mummylovesbags I agree with you. H&M have become too Hollywoody . I think boiling point was the Oprah videos , Harry doesn’t seem very smart, it would lead to other things, exclusive interviews , talks about private family issues, stuff the palace can’t censor.
The courtier talking about taking advantage of their popularity for the benefit of the commonwealth is just sugar coating ,we need them reigned in.

Ok I am actually resigning from this thread now, I think I’m actually losing my sanity. This royal obsession has taken on a life of its own. I’ll be doing my grocery shopping in a tiara and mumbling to myself if I stay on this thread.

What's wrong with her flying by private jet?? They all do that for public and private visits!!

We don't know why those people resigned. It's conjecture and speculation.

all guns blazing seriously? She thought she was going to be able to make a difference and it's all "you're not wearing tights, that's too expensive, we don't show our feelings". Am sure she's thoroughly fed up.

Queen exactly what has she done that is so phenomenal? Touring charities for a maximum of 40 minutes? Nothing other royals were not doing already.

“The Queen and her associates who are steeped in tradition and top of the tree are seeing first hand how much of a struggle it is to reign her in.“

Rein her in from doing what, ffs???? Bare legs? Red nail varnish? They seem to have satisfactorily stopped her from saying she’s a feminist or anything even remotely poitiical......

@queenofarles I didn't say she'd done anything phenomenal but she's got on with the "job" of being a "working royal" and certainly hasn't done anything to deserve the vitriol she gets from some quarters.

I can't see them going to Africa, if they want to do humanitarian work I think South America would be more likely as it's nearer to her mother than Europe or Africa. Obviously 'nearer' is a relative concept - it's not exactly on the doorstep.

^or Central America.

If it happens it'll most likely be tied in with their work with the commonwealth @brizzlemint so I assume they'd be based in a commonwealth country. I think there's only one in South America whereas there's several in Africa.

Although the idea of the commonwealth is a bit dated these days, really.

Africa certainly makes me think that there is some coolness between the brothers and wives to say the least. There is a distinct whiff of the UK not being big enough for them all. Also of the tradition of sending the dodgy second son to the colonies.

Which is another outdated notion @Daisypie!!

Chelsea and Cressida refused to marry him because they knew exactly what would happen to them. Any independent thought or opinion would be stamped on by the old men who run the Palace. They have been proved right. I bet they are breathing a huge sigh of relief. Harry's misfortune is that he is attracted to intelligent, independent women but is stuck in a family that wants women who marry into the family to be rent a womb stepford wives.

The notion of sending this proveliged couple off to ‘ do good’ in an ex colony as tax payers expense is a nonsense. If they want to work for charity and be humanitarians, why don’t they do at their own expense? The RF really is an anachronism.

I mean I think it’s naive to think that the RF are progressive and modern.

They’re an institution that are thoroughly British and have outlived their European counterparts. Their longevity did not come about by mistake.

The British Royal family’s rule is orchestrated and built on mystique. The pomp, ceremony and protocol are all part of the magic and mystique. It’s the British traditions and history that make them what they are

Meghan entering as some 21st century Grace Kelly is all good and well but it’s a risk. Everyone else plays it safe and has been for centuries. Even Diana did, it wasn’t until her marriage was in tatters that she stopped living the charade.

I don’t think the RF want a Princess that is going rogue. They absolutely need to be reigned in - do you think that they want her galvinising the globe in private jets ? When their spending is the main source of contention with the British public ?

The harry speech that she so clearly wrote was more of her left wing ideals infiltrating the institution. Raising money for charities under the guise of a royal baby shower is Oprah not royal. All these things in themselves are subtle but put Them all together and you have a brand that looks very Duchess of Sunset Boulevard and refl fte poorly on Harry and BRF. It takes away from the seriousness of the institution.

Regardless of what you think, there is clearly and undoubtedly discord between the family. The photo of her poking her head from the back of family on balcony with Kate stood proudly at front said it all.

The RF are obsessed with the Commonwealth. Obsessed.

And they see it as ever more important in a post Brexit era when Britain is severing ties with the closer neighbours. So they argue the ties with the Commonwealth is massively important for trade. So a case could certainly be made that having an offshoot of lesser Royals on site for a couple of years in the Commonwealth pressing the flesh and showing off British endeavors abroad would be handy.

Whilst also feeding H+Ms "White Knight/Be the Change you want to see in the world" syndrome.

I'd happily wave them off, tbh. I'm sick to the back teeth of them both. Sorry.

Oh FGS @Mummylovesbags, "poking her head out"? Really? Maybe she just wanted to see what was going on!

There's still plenty of European countries that have royal families but agree there's nowt quite so british as the House of Windsor (formerly Saxe-Coburg-Gotha with a dash of Sonderberg-Glucksberg )!!

“I don’t think the RF want a Princess that is going rogue”

In what way is she “going rogue”??