Royal style & gossip: the gowns and glamour of the Garter

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Now that the Orange One has gone, it's almost time for a visit from the Oranje One! Yes, Queen Max will be attending next Monday's Garter ceremony. It'll be a triplicate fashion face-off between her, Letizia and Kate - who will emerge victorious?

Meghan/Doria nose and Harry/Charles eyes for me. So cute.

I'm hopeless at spotting family resemblances. I'm going to go with forehead, Harry's.

I thought that too Mrs!!

Re sixth formers ... W&K aren’t supposed to appeal to them but H&M are supposed to be CW youth ambassadors

I’d be amazed if any of the RF appeal to today’s teenagers. They are far too forward thinking to believe the hype of having ordinary people living in palaces being ‘royal’. That’s for the older people (like us) who remember Diana and are still taken in my the hype of princes and princesses living in castles.

Lovely previously unseen photo from Princess Eugenie on Father’s Day

That’s a beautiful photo Curly say what you like about Andrew but the love emanating from that - wow.

I wonder what Andrew's daughters think about his friendship with a convicted sex offender?

Athena!
Gosh i'd forgotten all about them. Rooting through hundreds of flippy poster racks to find the right one!

Black and white arty shots are very yesterday. To me anyway. The b&w shot of the half naked muscly guy holding the newborn ... what was that? 1985? 86?

Eugenie's IG posts sound so genuinely her, don't they? The naturalness of them is what makes them charming. I hope the slimmed down RF finds a place for these girls, they are a breath of fresh air.

Very predictable half shot of Archie. I don't like the teasing before the reveal, tone to it. Either show a picture of the baby or don't.

I too see a lot of Thomas Markle In Archie,

This is a long and horrifying read of allegations against Prince Andrew’s friend, and about court proceedings that affected Prince Andrew himself.

Trigger warning this is very serious and disturbing stuff :(

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/10/jeffrey-epstein-decade-scandal-prince-andrew

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/07/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-florida

I hate to post such news on our forum, but it is incredibly important.

Princess Eugenie seems absolutely lovely and very loved up with her husband :)

I just looked it up, Marie Therese is in fact, 63!!! I want to know who her surgeon is cos the man should be on the Luxembourg honours list. She literally looks in her 30s.

Oh God l am glad it isn't just me seeing the resemblance, l wonder if they haven't revealed Archie's full face because of the resemblance to Megs Dad , he has to be seen sooner or later though but babies change all the time . The Queen looked lovely in a pink ensemble at the Polo in Windsor today, she looked so happy
www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7147355/The-Queen-makes-appearance-Cartier-Polo-Cup-final-Windsor.html

Babies and children do change a lot. I was looking at Prince George’s pictures at trooping the Colour and he looks so much like the Windsors now.

Here, specially the mouth and nose,

Thank you for the picture of Eugenie and Prince Andrew, Curly , the love on his face is so moving , it made me cry , very genuine . She's a lovely girl whatever else they did as people, their DDS seems absolute darlings .

Yes l can't believe it Queenofaires but if you hide George's eyes and forehead his lower face is the spitting image of Charles , espesh if you get his ears in bless him ,

I just looked it up, Marie Therese is in fact, 63!!! I want to know who her surgeon is cos the man should be on the Luxembourg honours list. She literally looks in her 30s.

Doesn't she Just! And that's after some serious weight loss by the look of it. I'm mid 50s and lost a stone last year. It's aged me horribly

I don't know who those Lady Manners ladies are in the link, but they're like triplets!

In royal-adjacent wedding news, Fergie's brother has got married. Weirdly he looks a bit like Andrew in that shot and his bride resembles Fergie!

@Stravapalava The Manners girls are daughters of a Duke (Rutland?). Spoiled, entitled and hunting-mad by the looks of things. They're also "models" despite being quite horsey-looking.

Apologies if someone else has already posted this but here's Charlene at Le Mans yesterday. I think the t-shirt is too big and long - I even wondered if she might be pregnant, though I know that seems unlikely given how cool and remote relations seem between her and Albert.

Daughters of the 11TH DUKE OF RUTLAND apparently, They do look alike , bit on the slender side though but the ladies do seem to be slender in the circles they move.