Royal Style - has Kate ditched the skinnies?

[Maireas]

Hello lovely Royal style fans. Keep the pics, observations and witticisms coming.....

Is this the brooch, Ada? She wore it when she addressed the nation on the outbreak of covid.

Yes, that's it Maireas, it's a beautiful piece!

Do you think the Queen says "Angela, I'd like to wear the X brooch for that occasion." knowing instantly what is appropriate ?
or does she look at her vast display of brooches and choose one.
Does she have a room with all her "normal" jewellery in display cases so it's easy to see what she owns ?

Interesting, LadyEloise! As I understand it, Angela has a book with columns and tick boxes! Maybe it's on her laptop now, who knows. Anyway, when someone borrows a piece, she notes down the date and the occasion as well. The vault is below Buck House, although I like to think she keeps half a dozen spare in her handbag

I always thought it was Holland and Luxembourg who had the priciest tiara collection. Closely followed by Sweden

The Dutch have some stonking big diamonds in their tiaras, and lots of tiaras, so I'd expect them to be the most valuable.

www.tatler.com/gallery/royal-tiaras

Some more fabulous tiara action here ladies. I baggsy Debo Devonshire’s sparkly piece

I'd like to fight you for the Devonshire tiara, but since I'm not much of a scrapper, I'd happily settle for Marie Chantal's

I hadn't realised that Meghan Markle's tiara contained opals as well as diamonds. For me, that one is the winner.

Thanks for the link, @CliffsofMohair!
Bagsy the Heathcote tiara. I agree about Meghan's tiara, which I thought was stunning.
I also like the Westminster Cyclamen tiara. Please note that the current Duke is as yet unmarried...

There was another Tatler link in that article. To a picture of Queen Mart in shades!

I have a book with a similar picture, and the caption reads "Her Majesty is wearing a pair of smoked glasses, to protect her eyes from the glare"... I never realised until then that they were called 'smoked' glasses!

HM with Anne, continuing Scottish week. They're in Glasgow. I think Anne's suit is very elegant, I'm not sure about the gloves. HM in a good shade of blue.

This is a monster of a tiara. It’s just a giant but lovely crown.

Isn’t the groom that man that went on to later marry a teacher at George and Charlotte’s school?

I think I've already established my claim to the Greville tiara with the matching 5-strand diamond necklace. I trust no one here will try to challenge me for it.

Noted MoP.

Yes, the groom was Thomas van Straubenzee, now married to Lucy Lanigan O'Keeffe, and are parents to baby Mary.

Noted in my Angela Kelly style ledger, @MotherofPearl

We're all ladies on this thread-plenty of tiaras to go round

@Maireas I feel like Anne and the Queen should've swapped gloves.

Yes! They picked up the wrong ones...

@CliffsofMohair

This is a monster of a tiara. It’s just a giant but lovely crown.

Isn’t the groom that man that went on to later marry a teacher at George and Charlotte’s school?

It is a monster and too big! Ama too far down her forehead (apologies I think we've discussed this one before)

One tiny kernel of knowledge I learned from wedding tv is that tiaras should be placed the same distance from the bridge of your nose as your chin is from the the bridge!

I think that’s a good shade of blue on Anne too. She looks really good.

I like that Anne is matching the flowers in Queenie's hat. I love that blue in HM.

@mathanxiety

Yes, the groom was Thomas van Straubenzee, now married to Lucy Lanigan O'Keeffe, and are parents to baby Mary.

I live near Alnwick and Missy Percy's wedding was such a beautiful day. The marriage not so much sadly. She looked amazing and is thankfully hopefully happily married to someone else with a little girl Bluebell