Royal style & gossip: from christening gowns to tennis lawns

[QueenOfTheAndals]

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And I think we all can agree that it's much more fun if we stick to critiquing the clothes rather than the women!

you see what you want to see imo I sort of agree with you, Maybe H&M only chose the one picture they liked and thought they looked good in, without looking at anybody else?

Not sure Meghan can be held responsible for the bracelets!

"manipulative" ha.

I like that Harry wears gap yah beads. A bit of personality never hurt anyone.

Harry’s bangles

Interesting story behind him initially wearing them. Charles and William took him to Africa after diana’s Death.
I wouldn’t be surprised if H&M spend big chunks of time in Africa.
The trip in the autumn is probably a taster to see how they get on.

I think the tension in the photo is very obvious.
Compare M&H who are naturally happy to everyone around them who are repressing so many feelings.
The photo also lacks Gravitas without HM there.

Zara and mike should’ve gone to make up the numbers, and b&e. Then would’ve been a photo noticeable in saying “we’re family, and all young royals”. If there IS any tension, then tricky for MM - doesn’t seem like she’d have had much time to get to know any of them before her wedding, so if H has any issues with them then not sure what she could do to smooth things over (if she wanted to...awkward for her in any event).

Or... dare I say it... they should’ve released a pic with this lot and godparents, to say “this is our family”. To show they’ve got support and a good network in any event. And might’ve made for a jollier pic!

I don't hold Camilla more responsible than Charles. I won't even start on my opinion of him. But I think a woman having an affair with another woman's husband throughout the entirety of their marriage, in the full knowledge that his wife knew and was deeply hurt by it, is a special kind of treachery. Women betraying women doesn't sit well with me.

“Women betraying women”

She wasn’t betraying Diana. She was ‘betraying’ APB and being unkind to Diana. Charles was betraying Diana.

Women heaping coals of fire on other women while keeping much quieter about the actual betrayers doesn’t sit well with me.

wow

lovely video

@Myimaginarycathasfleas

I completely agree with you.
However it seems to be part of the Aristocratic culture of a certain generation; that once the «heir and spare» were produced; it was a free for all.
Unhappy marriages by the appearances were maintained.
Diana was seen as a trouble maker for complaining.

I didn’t like C&Cs behaviour in the 1990s, and I feel odd that I really like Camilla now. It’s been a spectacular piece of rebranding

Some of the biographies about the royals give a more rounded picture than the scraps we see in the media. As it turns out, they are only human, and some of them, morally speaking, turn out to be rather weak specimens.

...but they do (often) give good fashion!

When I look at Kate I think it's not possible to be anymore gorgeous. Then i look at Meghan and think exactly the same!

I think woman are a bit like flowers. It's not possible for one to be better than the other. Everyone is just as they should be.

Couldn't agree more, @completelyclueless1. How lucky we are to have lots of different looks, shapes and complexions to enjoy amongst the RF, male and female! (But mainly female!😆)

Yes! Definitely more so for the ladies

That video of Zara's christening is lovely indeed.

The last royal woman to marry a looker was prob HM herself! Though Princess Alexandra's son is good-looking so maybe her husband was too.

Maybe Mike tindell with his new nose? Or just me?

I think Lady Helen Taylor (Kent) husband Tim was very good looking in his youth.
The Sarah Linley Chatto boys are very good looking too.

Thé best has got to be Lady Davina Windsor’s ex husband. New Zealander Gary Lewis

What a shame that didn't last @Curly. He is hot!

Though other issues may come into and all that (of course ). But in a purely superficial level ...

It looked like APB was talking to Charles in Zara's christening video

That video is lovely!

I'm afraid I thought Doris was channelling the Queen Mother yesterday.

In the Zara Christening film, was her brother Peter wearing the red shorts that we thought were a re wear when George wore red shorts for Charlotte's Christening?

Thank you for the new thread, Queen.

Wow at Gary Lewis!!