Royal style & gossip: back to style, back to reality...

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Sorry! I was in a meeting and dropped the ball.

Previous thread and previous rules apply!

@CurlyWurlyTwirly I love the jewelry!

I find the Queen in the car with Andrew enormously distasteful.

So do I.
I think she thinks he is beyond reproach.

I agree with you both that definitely the message it sends anyway!

Yep, very distasteful and shows how out of touch HM is with public opinion.

I agree. It leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

CPV's daywear isn't the greatest but she can certainly rock a gown and a tiara!

CPV is very striking.

Ok, it was her pre- wedding dinner; so some years ago.
She was wearing Elie Saab and just looked sensational

Whole thread about the Andrew, Queen car photo, if you want to comment there....

Anyone know what engagements there are this week?

Fab photos of CPV.

No engagements for either Duchess this week and even Sophie hasn't been out and about lately.

An announcement about the Cambridges' Pakistan trip should be due soon, surely? Unless details are being kept under wraps because of tensions in the area.

Are Charles and Camilla supposed to be going on Tour somewhere too....?
I presume they’ll wait till the SA tour is over before announcing the Pakistan tour.

Just going back to the smartworks launch; my sis had colleagues who went. Apparently Meghan is tiny, really beautiful and very friendly!
And there are tonnes of the tote bags back in stock!

I figured she'd be tiny, even in her stilettos! And speaking of shoes, can we have some love for the Manolos she wore to the launch? I'm not usually a fan of brown but they were a gorgeous shade.

I saw the tote in JL Birmingham at the weekend. Not my personal style, but a lovely bag.

This thread has made me go and buy the SmartWorks dress in both black and blue. and a lack of will power Picking up later, so I'll see if I can post pictures. Main problem for me is usually that I'm tall so dresses can be a bit unprofessionally short.

I have a JL tote. Not that style but indestructible and tandis like!

Back from watching the Downton film, loved it!! I'd deliberately not read anything about it so knew nothing of the plot beyond the king and queen visiting. One of the things I love about Downton is the detailing in the ladies dresses and this didn't disappoint!

Yes, no Downton spoilers please! Not out where I live till Friday. Very much looking forward to the frocks and jewels

I really enjoyed it too @frugalkitty. I was at Harewood last month so it was fun trying to recognise the rooms I'd seen. I'd heard rumours that the Harewoods didn't have the happiest of marriages but I can't find any articles about it online.

Highclere Castle isn't that far from me so I might look into going for a visit.

Ah, so Downton features Queen Mary and Princess Mary? I was getting confused.

QueenoftheAndals in the Downton film the state of thevmarriage of Princess Mary was touched upon. I hadn't known that previously.

There is a Downton thread if people don’t mind the spoilers!

The Daily Mirror has an article on Princess Mary ( linked with a Downton film story).
Some photographs of her ( in the article) show a remarkable similarity to Princess Anne.
It would be great if someone could do a link, sorry i can't