Royal style & gossip: summer is coming, tiaras better be too!

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And as promised, here's a guide to the acronyms we use on these threads:

HM - the Queen
DoE - Prince Philip
PM - Princess Margaret
QM - the Queen Mum
W&K - William and Kate
H&M - Harry and Meghan
C&C - Charles and Camilla
B&E - Beatrice and Eugenie
Max & Wax - Maxima and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
CPV - Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
HCP - (Hot) Carl-Philip of Sweden
CPM - Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
Mar & Fre - CPM when she’s with her husband, Frederik of Denmark
SWFM - (Single White Female) Marie of Denmark, on account of resembling several other royal women!
HH&MM - (Hottie) Haakon and Mette-Marit of Norway
SFF - (Silver Fox) Felipe of Spain

I think that’s all of them??

Not sure about the see through skirt....

He’s only six years older than her! I think it’s the beard that makes him appear so much older.

She’s 48 and he’s 54.

He really is a dead ringer for Björn from ABBA! And she looks very much like her aunt Margarethe.

He looks like a nutcracker Christmas tree decoration.

 @Papellino

Heh yes the ceremonial attire is rather silly looking. But I kinda like it.

@Ninkaninus I didn't mean to imply that QM disapproves: just that second weddings normally are smaller.

Honestly, what is the point of four wedding dresses?! 🙄

No worries - I realised after posting that my hmmm face might have made it seem like I had taken offence but I was actually just thinking it’d be a bit rich of the Queen to take that kind of stand given that one of her sons is remarried...

I think they were just keeping it very small and low key.

@Horsemad I think Eugenie had 4 too. Kate and Meghan were positively restrained then with only two!

Kind of loving that Danish dress!

Did Eugenie really have four?! I can think of two only. Think we’ll have a Beatrice engagement soon...

To me, it's odd to have multiple wedding dresses on the same day. I can see having something else for a multi-day celebration, which is what I think Eugenie had.

Two dresses is one too many, it's ridiculous extravagance. But four and on a second wedding? Totally daft.

I think Eugenie had her dress for the ceremony, the blush one for the evening do and then she had some kind of cheerleader's outfit with a specially embroidered baseball jacket for the following day's festivities which was a fairground day, I believe.

Beatrice Borromeo was another one who had 4, or was it 5? They were all gorgeous.

Really who could be bothered changing mid way through such fun? Also because I’m lazy...

Two lovely photos of lovely HM and one of Doe having fun.

The DoE looks remarkably hale and hearty for someone closer to 100 than 90, doesn't he? I think the man behind him is the Earl of St Andrews, Amelia Windsor's father, who'll be duke of Kent one day.

I wouldn't say Sophie Winklemans dress was " rather underwhelming" Haworthia
Quite attention grabbing I'd say !

It's a good job Camilla wasn't at the wedding otherwise you'd struggle to tell her and Sophie apart!

Bit late I know but I think Pippa looked awful, really frumpy and unflattering. Bride looked stunning.

Do you think Sophie is a MNetter? I should think PMoK would provide plenty of fodder for MiL AIBUs!

Pippa always chooses dreadful dresses for these kind of events. Grannyish and old fashioned.

Some of those wedding outfits are so hideously 80’s!! Yuck!!

I must say I’d be a bit upset if I was LGW and I hadn’t been invited to H&Ms wedding but Pippa bloody Middleton was.

Since Philip has 'retired' from official royal duties he looks miles better & has a spring in his step........unless he's been partaking in Kate's Botox
Well what do we have next on the horizon? Archie's christening, royal babies are usually around 3 months old aren't they? So that could be in August.
Talking of christenings has Pippa's son Arthur had his yet?