Royal style & gossip: a visit from He Who Must Not Be Named

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Do countries without monarchs have State visits or is it just a royal thing? So for example would M Macron make a state visit to Germany? Feel completely ignorant on these matters .

Yes they do.

It's the President as a head of state who would be the host in that case.

My DH forwarded this pic to me because he likes a chess joke. I said I would try and add it to our thread.
I can't seem to find a way to attach it but it is
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Yes they do. Most if not all countries have a head of state, whether that person is the executive branch (as in Russia, France, USA) or an office holder with basically a representative function (Ireland for example, in very general terms).

If DT were in Ireland for a state visit he would have been met by President Michael D. Higgins.

Funny how today Gove said that he'd only had "only a few words" with Donald Trump on Monday. Sarah Vine rather made it sound more than it was.

Obviously you can be less honest in the DM than you can when asked directly by MPs.

Going back several hours, is that really Angela Merkel in the silver bacofoil outfit? My god, she looks AMAZING in a good way.

Angela Merkel has some nice evening gowns. (Rather startlingly; one with quite a bit of cleavage! Good on her!)

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Bozo and Boor would be ideal for the Trump sons.
I’ll go easy on Tiffany Trump as she’s so often sidelined.
She can be Bambi as she looked like a deer in the headlights in every photo.

On the tail end of the US visit; I just want to post some of Michelle Obama’s evening gowns. I would wear every single one

She is so Va va boom!
Barack is so proud of her. You get the same vibe as you do with Wax and Max

Even More Michelle Obama evening gowns here

Barack always strikes me as a man who can't quite believe his luck with regard to his wife - rightly so as well! She's an amazing woman - so poised and intelligent, and she looks amazing.

Love Angela Merkel's evening wear - she looks really good! That green colour, in the first dress and the wrap, really suits her.

The rose gold Versace is my all-time favourite Michelle O dress. If Obama was a hard act to follow, she's an even harder one.

Really surprised by Angela Merkel's gowns, I've never seen her in anything other than her trademark trouser suits before. She looks good!

My juvenile side couldn't help laughing!

www.boredpanda.com/trump-uk-visit-memes/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPFacebook

I hate Angela Merkel's suit jackets.i think they're so unflattering.its the necklines.
Thought TM looked decidedly goof compared to the norm today. She's feeling relief and brightening up her life maybe!! A definite improvement IMO.
I did like Melania's coat. I want one of those please- although terribly impractical with a toddler😜.

Tracy Ullman does an hilarious .

I agree that Angela's evening gowns are surprisingly glamorous - she seems to have this nailed!

Thanks for posting the Michelle Obama gowns @CurlyWurlyTwirly - seeing her - seeing them both - has really cheered me up. It's hard not to feel depressed by the current crop of politicians - here and in the US. Buffoon and family are really a low point in public life I feel. Love their new names!

www.instagram.com/p/ByUPqVfnaC2/

Hope the link works!

I love Michelle's gowns (her day outfits were great to on the whole from what I remember) they are classic with out being old fashioned I would love Kate to dress more like her. I'm not sure she has the same figure so some probably wouldn't work but in principle, it would be lovely if she took some inspiration from her. She was (still is I'm sure but we don't see is so much now) great for fashion watching.

I completely agree both were hard acts to follow in their own right!

The Obamas are such a class act. The Trumps are - not.

Madeleine is beautiful, I love that skirt.

And Michelle is stunning in that purple number.

They are so cute together, are her and Barack ❤️

Very funny, glam. Especially the one about donated clothes

Prince William looks unbelievably handsome here

It’s scary how politics has changed. I know this is S&B but it makes me so worried for the future. You have the likes of Johnson & Farage. Give me the RF over that any day!