Royal style: Deck the halls with crowns and corgis!

[QueenOfTheAndals]

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[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

Beatrice bringing Edoardo to Sandringham for Xmas
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[Selfcarequeereyestyle]

I had one off those teddy bear muffs back in the 80s too!

[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

I don’t know whether this is an official card or was leaked. But here is the Sussex Xmas card.
Love it!

[Horsemad]

Love that card!

[MilleniumHallsWalledGarden]

I didn't realise that was a muff, that's fabulous!

Love the Archie card, how sweet

[AppleKatie]

What a hilariously cute card! Very nice but surely not ‘official’?

[TracyBeakerSoYeah]

Oh wow Archie is so cute he looks so like Harry & Granny Doria too.

I've had a very busy day so only just sat down to catch up with today's postings but I see @SunshineCake that you are after some book recommendations on Victoria.
Definitely the books suggested especially Theo Aronson.
I also recommend Christina Croft's books 'Queen Victoria's Granddaughters 1860 - 1918',
'Queen Victoria's Grandsons 1859 - 1918',
'Queen Victoria's Cousins'.

'The Shattered Crowns Trilogy' by CC is very good too but is actually a docu drama type book i.e. the events are real, the thoughts & ideas of the principal cast are taken from real documents, letters & diaries, but obviously there is dramatic license in the book because not everything then was filmed/recorded/dissected 24/7 unlike today. Yet even today we sometimes have to assume/presume certain things within the Royal Family based on past documentation/letters/diaries/leaked phone calls & conversations.

[Becles]

@AppleKatie

What a hilariously cute card! Very nice but surely not ‘official’

Why not? It feels something my Scottish friend sends me

If Charles and camilla can use a summer picture of themselves in a car, this seems really seasonal. I like it.

[SenecaFalls]

Archie is so cute. I think he looks like Meghan.

[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

He looks like Meghan but has Harry’s eye shape

[QueenOfTheAndals]

Archie manages to simultaneously look just like Meghan but also just like Harry!

[pallisers]

That card is adorable - love the expressions on the adults' faces in the background.

[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

Photo was taken by Janina Gavankar who wore that stunning vintage orange dress to Meghan’s wedding.

They’ve obviously just been hanging out & catching up with lots of old friends.

[NoGravyForYou]

Think who ever said about us being reminded of the future monarchs and ignoring the others ( Andrew!!) may be right. This is the set up for HM speech this year.

[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

Streamlined RF photos on HM’s desk.
I like her in the sapphire blue.
I also think the Queen has had her makeup professionally applied. ( it is a tiny bit orange) however HM looks like she has mascara on. Suits her.

[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

Forgot to post pic

[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

Doh.
Xpost.

[CurlyWurlyTwirly]

That shade of blue Rémi DS me of this famous portrait by Norman Parkinson. ( I think it’s called Royal Blue)
They are definitely pushing the whole continuity thing.

“Get Royalty Done”

( to borrow a phrase)

There were also some other portraits from the series, I hadn’t seen before.

[DuchessofWoke]

They’ve obviously just been hanging out & catching up with lots of old friends

Does Harry have many old friends in Canada do you think?

[BorisForPM]

It’s a shame, I’d have though Eduardo would want to spend Christmas Day with his son. I can’t see the marriage lasting, to be honest.

[BorisForPM]

*have thought

[BorisForPM]

I think if Catherine were planning to do any studying, we would only be informed upon successful completion of the degree, rather than in advance @DuchessofWoke

[Slapdasherie]

Archie looks like the singer from the Fine Young Cannibals.

[WineOrGinOrBoth]

Such a cute photo of Archie

[TipseyTorvey]

Came on to see what everyone here thought of the Cambridge card. I love it. Archie is really incredibly cute and they look really happy. I imagine it was an impromptu shot. Perhaps they won't do an official type card now. Its Xmas eve so too late really. I wonder if pp are right in the whole pare back to the main gang and this is part of it.