Royal style: Monochrome Megs is back in town!

[QueenOfTheAndals]

new thread!

Thanks for the new thread, can’t wait for some more royal action it’s all gone a bit quiet.

Lovely crown though.

Thank you for the new thread Queen

Thank you for the new thread @QueenOfTheAndals

Are none of you capable of starting your own thread? What’s the adoration and gushing about? Odd!

@Bubblesbuddy

We are «naice» on this thread.
It takes some commitment to keep a thread going for well over a year & come up with catchy titles.
About 50 threads in; i think @QueenOfTheAndals deserves her appreciation

fromberkshiretobuckingham.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-sussexes-start-their-2020-with.html?m=1

Interesting take on H&M's first outing in 2020, I do understand what she's trying to say, but it does seem a bit..... scathing??

It seems pretty on the nail to me.

I thought I'd posted last night, but it appears not! Thanks for the new thread @QueenOfTheAndals

I like your crown, @Bellevu! We do need to know how the rest of the outfit worked with it, mind!

Charles is off to Davos on the 22nd for the World Economic Forum to deliver the keynote speech. It'll be an interesting start to the year, with tomorrow's visit to the embassy for H&M too. The Berkshire blog was a thoughtful read!

Another great title Queen

@Bellevu very pretty! What was the event?

Re: the Berkshire to Buckingham blogspot post.
I hadn’t read that much into the engagement at Canada House today; apart from thinking; good that they’re back and working so promptly.

Personally; as well as an official break; I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the holiday had been a dry run, for choosing an alternative place to live for part of the year.
It’s ticks a lot of boxes. It’s a Commonwealth country; it was home to Meghan for a good number of years; she has good friends nearby.
I guess they needed to see how Harry and Archie liked it,

I’ll be interested to see the launch of the «Sussex Royal» brand.
I guess the way the6 are received by the press on this next outing will inform that pr strategy.

And also being completely cynical; the Cambridges have totally milked their time completely in the spotlight. Totally reinforced the Cambridge brand with Mary Berry, (although given the summer footage; that was probably a long term project with serendipitous timing).
Rolling out the children on Xmas day.
All the pudding and «4 monarchs» photos.
And then the final touch of genius; Rose Hanbury at Kate’s birthday weekend.
Genius.

Thank you for the new thread!

Thanks for the thread. Hope the Sussexes have enjoyed their break and are ready for a more straightforward year.

Thanks for the new thread, Queen. 😊

At the risk of filling the thread with gratitude, thanks Queen for another thread which I hope will continue in the spirit of friendly debate we have come to enjoy here.

Re the Canada House announcement and overtures towards the Canadian people, there is a deliberateness about this that feels very Meghan-led. Not that this is in any way a bad thing if it makes them both happy. Some of us have been predicting a Canada move for months, in fact.

I'm less comfortable about them doing this as fully paid working members of the RF. I see a future for them pursuing their passion projects around the world, but I believe they should be doing this as "private" citizens, as far as they can. They seem most comfortable in a celebrity circle and those connections, as we've seen from PA, can throw up challenges for a member of the RF.

Morning all. That Berkshire blog makes me laugh. I like it a lot but she is more concerned with proprietary and status than princess Margaret while simultaneously thinking the entire royal family should have live cameras into their homes for the public.

I had to laugh at the sm outrage this morning re the sussexes thanking Canada. While cares? Thybfeel strongly about the country. Meghan lived there for years and they just visited for 6 weeks. But, because william and kate dont pop into the mustique equivalent after their summer break every year, m and h are acting inappropriately.

I honestly think the media and bloggers who ate so obsessed with when and what they do and whether it's appropriate need to dial it back. These things arent set in stone. 150 years ago the royals did almost nine of this. From what I understand modern processes started during the war.

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Lovely crown, Bellevu!

Every long running set of threads I've ever seen on MN has people saying thanks at the start. It's just manners.

I was just about to post something very similar re that blog @BlingLoving! I prefer Charlotte who writes the Duchess Kate and Mad About Meghan blogs. She doesn't come across as a relic from a Georgette Heyer novel!

Anyway let's give H&M a chance - they haven't even made their visit yet and already the knives are out 🙄

I agree, MilleniumHalls. Just common courtesy and very much in keeping with these lovely threads.

@Myimaginarycathasfleas yes I agree with your post.

The mixing of public/ private duties; using public tours to vent their personal views about their life, all just seems unnecessarily messy.

It also makes people question who is paying for what, and when, which takes away from the good work they undoubtedly try to do. And after Andrew, the public is watching very closely, so I wish they'd be a bit tidier about it all.

"Re the Canada House announcement and overtures towards the Canadian people, there is a deliberateness about this that feels very Meghan-led. ....I'm less comfortable about them doing this as fully paid working members of the RF."

To be honest, I don't even understand what this means? What are fully paid up members of the RF supposed to do? As I understand it, they're supposed to support local initiatives and charities and, within broad guidelines, support international relationships. In Meghan and harry's case, that is specifically supposed to be focused on the Commonwealth. So regular and meaningful interaction with Canada - one of the more powerful and important countries in the Commonwealth in its own right, plus an important ally in the context of a weird US/UK relationship would seem to be 100% in their "paid up member of the RF" duties.

If they're leading a charm offensive for Canada, I can't see how that even vaguely falls out of their remit? kate and william did a tour of Canada a few years - it's an incredibly important ally for the UK, and member of the Commonwealth.

Is the Canada House thing a tad passive aggressive? Making the not so subtle point that Canada have welcomed her unlike the UK who never once asked her how she was? Ahem.

I thought they were on holiday. Privately. Why are they making a public hoopla of it at the very end?

@QueenOfTheAndals I like Berkshire sometimes because she often includes little known bits of information etc and I like her take on the fashion, even if I don't always agree with her.

But she definitely has that slightly odd attitude where it's a combination of deep respect for the royals combined with the believe they're here entirely for the public's pleasure. She wrote an entire blog post complaining that Kate had a screen on her window for arrival at one of the big pre christmas events!?

Agree re Charlotte at Mad and HRHDuchess. She's great.

@BlingLoving I read the post about the screen this morning and thought WTF? She must also be disappointed that Kate isn't from Bucks - that makes for a much better blog name!