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Royal style & gossip: hairbands and birth plans

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QueenOfTheAndals · 10/04/2019 12:32

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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Becles · 21/04/2019 11:10

@Kedgeree

What's a suitcase girl?

One of those women who hold a briefcase on deal or no deal. Apparently Meghan's appearance on the American prime time quiz show is an example of her unsuitable credentials.

Gasp. She worked for a living and despite all the frantic digging the most someone can hold against her is her family, her 'over the top' handwriting, not being as Kate as Kate and generally having 'furrin' ways

Myimaginarycathasfleas · 21/04/2019 11:20

Love that pale blue coat on kate. It really suits her colouring. Lots of smiles and chatting in the video, including Harry. Nice to see.

Daisypie · 21/04/2019 11:21

@CoverYourEarsTeam it was so worth seeing. I plan to go back in a few weeks with DD who is obsessed with the Tudors.

Royal style & gossip: hairbands and birth plans
QueenOfTheAndals · 21/04/2019 11:22

Some lovely pics of HM in the Sussex IG today, including a gorgeous one of her as a young woman that I'd not seen before.

Kate looking very elegant in the photos today, a nicely judged outfit for the occasion. And is Zara pregnant again?

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AFifthOfKoolAid · 21/04/2019 11:34

Beatrice looks fabulous! I love her, I think she's the winner for me amongst the young UK royals clothes-wise.

IdaBWells · 21/04/2019 11:53

Just had a quick look at the Instagram pics of HM. Meg’s must be “curating” it because in the one of herself with Hazza and HM, Meg looks fab while the other two..just don’t. I’m sure she could’ve found a photo which was flattering to everyone but I think she liked that one best! I’m not trying to be bitchy, I just have two teen girls and they can’t seem to help focusing on picking the best pic of themselves even if they rest of us look awful! I think it’s just a hazard of spending a lot of time on social media.

I think Meghan has had a very rough go of it. No one has had to step into a role the way she has as a woman from another country with such high visibility in the RF. Also, the very reason she succeeds and is so polished in these events - the fact that she is a professional actress - seems to be a double-edged sword.

I think to want to be a very famous actor (female or male) you must be somewhat of a narcissist to enjoy that amount of attention and scrutiny. That doesn’t mean I think she has any kind of mental disorder, just that surely it’s the nature of the beast? So being an English style upper-crust Royal, somewhat boring, tweedy, country gal, prefers to shun the spotlight was never on the cards. Diana was to the manor born but because she preferred city life and hated country pursuits she always struggled to fit in.

It reminds me a bit of Madonna who played around at being a posh Brit and got bored of it. It was another role, another persona.

I think being outside the U.K. could be very good for M & H, being able to have some breathing space and find their feet, especially as new parents, could be the making of them.

Unfortunately I think the “men in suits” have one goal: the survival of the British Monarchy. They seem especially terrified of women and seem to have no idea what to do with them if they don’t behave in a subordinate way, a la Catherine and Camilla. Look how Diana and Sarah Ferguson were treated - with utter ruthlessness. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what Harry fears, his wife getting it in the neck from the Tabloids and the establishment. That might explain why he has looked so stressed and tense since his marriage, he seems very protective.

SouthWestmom · 21/04/2019 11:56

God Ida that's a level of weird thinking right there. I thought this was a thread about how nice they looked not cos psychology on someone we don't know.

FWIW my son acts - he wants to act. I suspect any level of fame comes after. Reality shows, different story.

SouthWestmom · 21/04/2019 11:56

Cos = cod

CurlyWurlyTwirly · 21/04/2019 11:56

Good turnout at Windsor today
All frocks seem lovely. Will check back later for more in depth discussion.

Happy Easter 🐣 !

AFifthOfKoolAid · 21/04/2019 12:00

I don't see anything wrong with the picture of the three of them? A 92 year old woman is never going to look as radiant as someone nearly 60 years younger, and Harry looks fine. It's not unflattering. The one of Meghan and the Queen alone where she is laughing is great.

IdaBWells · 21/04/2019 12:07

Grin Noeuf you could be right I have insomnia and it’s 3:59am on the West Coast so could be easily overthinking!

We have a number of friends who are professional actors (older, they were my parents close friends). The most famous was Pete Postlethwaite who lived in my dad’s best mates’ back garden in a caravan in the ‘70s. They all have egos of iron, to survive and be successful you have to enjoy the literal “drama”.

I admire Meghan, she makes it look so easy when I would hate to have the huge pressure and constant attention she has to be prepared to endure. And it’s horrible how she seems a lightening rod for just about everything good and bad about British society.

CoverYourEarsTeam · 21/04/2019 12:14

Cheers @Daisy - Tudors are a fab choice to be fascinated with!

Re today's Easter pics, zara always gives good hat (and other accessories ...
But the hats ❤️❤️). Bea too.

I was a bit struck by how similar Kate's re-wear and Zara's coat dress are, although on different body shapes.

But FWIW, I think Sophie is generally best-dressed. And lady Louise is coming along very nicely behind - it can't be easy dressing a teenage girl for so very many very formal occasions.

IdaBWells · 21/04/2019 12:14

Love Catherine’s coat and glad to see a more streamlined cut and look on her.

Disfordarkchocolate · 21/04/2019 12:16

Beatrice looks fabulous today. Very flattering for her figure and a lovely colour.

brizzlemint · 21/04/2019 12:20

I wondered if Zara is pregnant as well.
One of those links saying how Harry didn't walk in with his brother and barely spoke to him, he's probably preoccupied with something or other - can't think what!

Paradyning · 21/04/2019 12:20

Isn't Kate's a rewear from Oz Easter service?

queenofarles · 21/04/2019 12:28

Kate looks lovely.
Sophie dress is too frumpy.

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queenofarles · 21/04/2019 12:43

I think lots of the mean things said about MM are coming from the states, which is a bit hypocritical , seeing how many US publication are blaming UK ones for giving MM a hard time. The most the DM ever made an issue about was the bananas, her clothes, touching her bump.
I have some Friends From the U.S who said many personal things about MM Are coming from people she worked with . All relating to how she got her role for suits . How she asked to be introduced to prince Harry . couldn’t find anything on UK websites everything directs to US twitter pages and U.S gossip sites.

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BertrandRussell · 21/04/2019 12:53

“Pretending to know or have worked with someone in the past and to know dark secrets about them is absolutely Sceptic 101.”
A phenomenon not unknown on this very forum.......

QueenOfTheAndals · 21/04/2019 13:11

Even if she did ask to be introduced to Harry, so what? She didn't hold a gun to his head and force him to marry her! It's a bit like when Carole Middleton is accused of "engineering" Kate's marriage. Even if there was some plan to throw her in William's way there was still the small matter of him falling in love with her and proposing. There's no need to rob the princes of their agency and claim they're the victims of scheming women.

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FATEdestiny · 21/04/2019 13:19

Beatrice doesn't look pregnant on these pics, and there had been whispers. She does look great though.

Zara, I have noticed, has put on quite a bit of weight since becoming a parent and especially since her last pregnancy. Speaking as someone who has faced the "are you pregnant again?" question when in fact I was just fat and had piled on weight after giving birth, I don't think she is pregnant again.

FATEdestiny · 21/04/2019 13:20

Oh wait, it was Eugenie with pregnancy whispers, not Beatrice. Ignore that bit!

magicalleeks · 21/04/2019 13:21

Poor Meghan. I hope she is somewhere air conditioned. Kate never got this much vitriol.

Anyway.

I love Kate’s pale blue and like that she didn’t go matchy matchy with the har. HMQ looks wonderful.

Did Philip attend?

Feel sorry for Lady Louise in her black tights. Sophie does a wonderful job advising her, must be so tricky going from Marie Chantal to Hobbes!

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