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

[QueenOfTheAndals]

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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?

"Wet look" socks! I remember those! Our v trendy Art teacher had a pair.

I think perhaps at the time Albert married, none of Caroline's children had any legitimate issue? Pierre is the only one who went down the traditional route of marriage first, babies second! One of his sons is called Stefano, which I find quite touching as I doubt he remembers his father.

"Wet look" socks! I remember those! Our v trendy Art teacher had a pair.

Do you mean like those patent pvc white boots with a stretchy leg part or something different?

BettyBoo
Good questions
JuneSpencer100
You say Charlene hung around Monaco for years waiting for him to marry her.
Why then was she she so sad at the wedding ?
Was it that she found out he had had a child/ children while dating her ?

It was a sock with sort of patent stuff on it (which over time cracked and peeled) and a matching patent leather shoe so the whole thing gave the appearance of a boot. Black, white or red I seem to remember.

I have just googled wet look socks but now need to go and bleach my eyes.

iIRC yes, just before the wedding Albert confessed that he had fathered a child whilst dating Charlene. He must have given her a hefty bribe to come back.

I have also been told that a very senior member of the royal family had taken to calling her “the degree wife, because she’ll only last three years”

A snippet from the Sunday Times article. I am absolutely agog at who this Very Senior Royal might be. Princess MoK? I don't think she's witty enough for this, somehow. Who could it be??!

@UrsulaPandress

I googled wet look socks too. I don't recall those at all. The ones I remember are similar material, but attached to a boot, pull up style. They cracked too. They were mostly white patent, worn with mini skirts. I can't find any online.

Who is Eleanor Tomlinson?? I need to see these shoes!

Eleanor is in Poldark.

The point of the sock and shoe separate is that you could replace the sock part when it cracked. Genius no?!?

In the DM link of HM at the Polo, Eleanor is further down after all the photos of Jenna Coleman.

@beanaseireann I think the stuff about one of Albert's illegitimate children came out just before their wedding. Charlene looked utterly miserable on the day.

@ElspethFlashman PMoK is certainly nasty enough to say it...

She really didn't have to go through with the wedding did she ?
If he does that in the "courtship", what hope has a happy marriage ?
I suppose the 4 billion means she's miserable in comfort with two lovely little ones. There's probably a post nup ( so she won't claim an annulment which her sil Caroline got easily from the Pope, unlike my friend who had to jump through hoops and face a later convicted paedophile who was a priest on the annulment panel to gain one) so she'll stick around.

Got it! Ooft! They're bad!

So what time do things kick off today?

Eleanor’s boots are Victoria Beckham. I’m. It a fan of the open toe, you would either have sweaty calves or freezing toes!

On wet grass as well.

Yuk.

The degree wife

The upper classes can be really very cunty can't they.

Máxima!

Y Letizia

Wow love Max!! Not too sure on Leti's hat.
The velvet on those order gowns is gorgeous.

HM looks absolutely tiny compared to King Felipe!

Don’t like Leti’s look at all. Skinny legs, pointy boobs. A bit like a Barbie doll. She usually looks much better.

Max looks fab! I agree something about Leti's sits wrong for me I think it might be the dress not the hat though!