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Royal style & gossip: What a smashing, positively dashing spectacle - the Ascot opening day

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QueenOfTheAndals · 19/06/2019 11:46

Obviously today's the second day of Ascot but given Kate's outfit yesterday, I felt a My Fair lady tribute was fitting!

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StCharlotte · 21/06/2019 19:02

Hmmm. Leti's style has been a bit off lately Hmm and with Max's comedy trousers, I'm feeling slightly discombobulated tonight.

thatone · 21/06/2019 19:11

I do like Charlotte's (of Monaco) shoes.

AMillionMugsNoTeabags · 21/06/2019 19:14

I’d buy the “charity split is nothing to do with falling out, it’s just the brothers’ roles diverging” IF it hadn’t been for the big media launch with the 4 of them only 16 months ago.

It surely was known then that their roles would diverge very soon given HMQ’s age, that having 4 people in charge would be tricky and yet they went ahead then - something’s changed since then.

MotherofPearl · 21/06/2019 19:20

Yes I agree @StCharlotte. Off her game.

PinguDance · 21/06/2019 19:23

Charlotte Casiraghi Is one of the most gorgeous women I’ve ever seen in my life. I had a copy of Grencj vogue with her on the cover almost 10 years ago and I was bit obsessed with it. Found it now - what an absolute babe.

Royal style & gossip: What a smashing, positively dashing spectacle - the Ascot opening day
PinguDance · 21/06/2019 19:25

Erm... French not Grencj!

Laiste · 21/06/2019 19:39

What does SF look like?! A pot of mustard

I feel a cow to say it but i always think she looks a fright.

Stravapalava · 21/06/2019 19:44

Now it's been mentioned about hem length and in particular, Leti's dresses being too long, I'm seeing it everywhere!!

peridito · 21/06/2019 19:46

I think she looks dreadful in that yellow number - it looks a couple of sizes too small .

Mrsmadevans · 21/06/2019 20:06

Fergie looks like she is having a ball and so does Andrew , he's been a little staid this week but with Fergie by his side he seems very different. She is irrepressible and engaging l can't help but like her and her outfit IS a mess but it is so her Grin

Mrsmadevans · 21/06/2019 20:08

I am not keen on Leti's dress it's too much like a satin nightdress for me .

QueenOfTheAndals · 21/06/2019 20:13

I don't know why there are so many headlines about a "surprise appearance" by Fergie - she and Andrew attend Ascot together every year!

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AdaColeman · 21/06/2019 20:16

A round of applause for Haley Turner, who won the Sandringham Stakes, the first female jockey to win at the Royal Meeting since 1987.

Mrsmadevans · 21/06/2019 20:29

Oh definitely Ada, she has done herself proud and it encourages the owners and trainers to use female jockeys . She did so well ! The start of many hopefully .

GlamGiraffe · 21/06/2019 20:30

@ Queen Fabulous ring
Congrats. Obviously were all loving a nice bit of bling.

GlamGiraffe · 21/06/2019 20:33

@ Queen checking back in after a couple of days mayhem....WHAT is mumsnet madness Twitter feed? And do I really want to know???

AppleKatie · 21/06/2019 20:36

SF always looks like that. And combined with the theatrical effect bows I can only assume she is deliberately sending herself/the monarchy up. Revelling in the absurdity of the whole thing.

I quite admire her bravery tbh! And underneath it all she seems a good egg.

beanaseireann · 21/06/2019 20:38

Fergies outfit was fright.
What's with the excruciating looking, over the top bowing ?
Get a grip, woman - you are 60 !

Paradyning · 21/06/2019 20:47

I love Fergie's hat though. The rest, not so much

Schoeny · 21/06/2019 20:49

Re: the royal foundation split.

It's obviously been known for some time that Charles will one day be King.

However, it's only in the last year or so that his charities have become aware that they need to reorganise and change things, as he can't continue heading them all up in the same way once he's king (can't remember all the why and wherefores, but it involved some constitutional stuff).

Given that, I wouldn't be at all surprised if things weren't properly thought through when they set up W&H's foundation.

It may even be all the work going on behind the scene at the prince's charities that have prompted them to think "hang on, we'll have the same difficulties when William becomes King, so let's just sort it all out now and split W&H's charitable causes before they become too firmly enmeshed together and it's even more complicated to sort out further down the line".

I really can't read anything into the royal foundation split other than it just making sense from a practical point of view.

DobbyTheHouseElk · 21/06/2019 20:53

SF looks fantastic. Her dress is old and cheerful, it’s too small, too weird. But she is fantastic. I bet she is tremendous fun.

mathanxiety · 21/06/2019 20:57

Found you all again 🙂

Nanna50 · 21/06/2019 21:11

Love these threads it’s given me an interest in the RF that I’ve never had.

Stravapalava · 21/06/2019 21:18

Dobby I've always said I bet going out for a drink with Fergie would be a riot!

DobbyTheHouseElk · 21/06/2019 21:32

Oh no, I didn’t mean her dress was old. That’s a typo. I meant BOLD.