Royal style and gossip: From foundation to Foundations...

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I've lost count of how many threads we've had! Previous thread.

Let's keep the gossip lighthearted and, as always, stick to critiquing the clothes rather than being overly critical about the women wearing them.

Thank you for the new thread Queen.

When we were sailing in the Grenadines our skipper wouldn’t go to Mustique as he said there were too many mozzies so we went to the Tobago Cays instead. Heaven.

Yes I’ve wondered that about Mustique.
Visitors must stay indoors in the à/c to avoid all the mozzies.

There's an interesting piece here
www.meghansmirror.com/special-feature/the-great-meghan-earring-mystery/
About Megs' earrings and potential copyright issues between designers.

Wasnt Princess MArgaret on Mustique an awful lot

Oooh Paradyning that’s one for Diet Prada! Very embarrassing if Lorraine Schwartz has been copying - I didn’t know where those earrings came from but liked them a lot, and have heard of the Greek guy. If they’re custom LS they must cost a bomb, but then where did the design come from? Not H&M as otherwise they’d just buy from the Greek guy...

My moneys on it all being a mistake and not being LS...

Actually i think she lived there. princess Margaret

Was thinking the same Notmyrealname855. Very diplomatic statement from Nikos

I don’t think she ever lived there full time, I think she was given a house when Mustique was first developed in the early 60s and she was part of that social set so helped it take off. Her children sold the house after she died. I used to know a couple who own a lovely house on the island, they rent it out when they aren’t using it. It was about $7500 a week plus tips to staff. Some other friends stayed there and hated having staff in the house the whole time and left early!

Again, I urge people to buy, beg, borrow or steal the book Ma'am Darling.

Margaret had the world's most brass neck, and when her friend bought Mustique, she demanded a prime beachfront parcel of land as a present. I'm not sure without checking the book if she paid anything for it at all.

I think she spent about a month a year there.

Some more photos of Eugene in the green dress.

www.newmyroyals.com/2019/07/princess-eugenie-of-york-visited.html

Apropos of nothing on this thread, I was shocked when I found out that the red wine, Tignanello, after which Meghan named her blog- The Tig, is over €100 a bottle**
Expensive taste!

*Eugenie I meant in my last post, not Eugene!

@ElspethFlashman I loved Ma’am Darling - aside from the reflections into what might have been, I skipped those - but gobbled up the rest!

I like Eugenie’s dress a lot but agree that big floral prints are a bit much - I prefer smaller prints but then I suppose it can look a bit busy! She has a great figure though and is a really beautiful girl, her skin always seems to be glowing!

Oh and I bought Nivea soft off the back of this thread - it’s bloody magical!
I also tried the Superdrug own brand vitamin e range and I have to say it knocks the socks of more expensive vitamin e products I’ve tried. Noticeable difference after two nights of using it!

@Bellasblankexpression

Glad you like it! I also use Superdrug Vitamin E range, its great, their Naturally Radiant range is great too, similar to Boots Botanics but I prefer the Superdrug own brands to Boots. Always seem to be great. The night cream is great!

Need to work on my adjectives, I used "great" 4 times in my last post

I find I get a noticeable difference in my complexion if I have a change every so often. I love the Estee Lauder one mentioned on the last thread but also use Gattineau, Liz Earl Super Skin, M&S 8 Hours Sleep, Body Shop Hemp as well as Nivea.
For my neck and decollatage I either use Gattineau firming gel or Prai neck and decollatage cream. Any residue left on my fingers goes on my scaly elbows.
I'm going to track down Ma'am Darling" for my summer caravan read as I found the portrayal of Margaret fascinating in The Crown.

Ma'am Darling is fab, I quite liked the author's little forays into what might've been.

What struck me most was that despite her beauty and privilege, Margaret was a fundamentally unhappy woman who lacked a purpose in life. Apparently she also bemoaned her lack of education.

As I've said on previous threads, had she been born a hundred years earlier she'd have made a marvellous queen or grand duchess in a foreign land.

@CurlyWurlyTwirly yes, we were on holiday. Cruises actually (on nice small ships!). Not all itineraries take in St Vincent or Bequia (another of my favourite islands) from where the Mustique trips run. They strictly limit the number of visitors so it's not at all intrusive.

We didn't encounter any mosquitos in December or February. It's a lovely place to spend the day but eerily quiet, if there are celebrities or royalty present you wouldn't know it. Rather like Burgh Island in Devon.

I loved "Ma'am Darling". PM doesn't come across that well even with the kindest of interpretations but I was mostly struck with what a gold plated shit her husband was. She really did have quite an unhappy life with him.

@banivani As someone who wears a scarf roughly 300 out of 365 days a year, I think the scarf seemed perfectly reasonable. I laughed hysterically when I announced my first pregnancy because a colleague said she'd been suspicious because I was wearing scarves a lot. I pointed out that I wear scarves almost every day no matter what!!

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Ma'am Darling. Amazon. Just ordered a copy (used) for three pounds :)

As I've said on previous threads, had she been born a hundred years earlier she'd have made a marvellous queen or grand duchess in a foreign land.

Or indeed, maybe 50-100 years later she might have found a purpose, such as land mines or Antarctica or African animals 🤔.

Poor old PM, she really was the spare caught out in history.

And, yes, it does seem like Tony Armstrong-Jones was a bit of a turd. I wonder if Peter Townsend would have been any better

(All research, c/- The Crown @ Netflix 😉)

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Ultimately, I'm not convinced Margaret would have been happy with Peter Townsend. I think she enjoyed the romantic image of herself marrying for love but when faced with the reality of what that would have entailed in loss of status I don't think she could have managed to sustain happiness for long.
It was probably better for both of them to have it as a "loved and lost " memory to look back on fondly than to have married and it turn sour when reality hit home.