Royal Style - has Kate ditched the skinnies?

[Maireas]

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

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Christening of Prince Michael George Charles Franklin, third child of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. He was born on 4 July 1942 and his father was killed in a flying accident while on duty when he was just seven weeks old. Back row from left: Princess Marie Louise, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, King George VI, Duke of Kent, King Haakon of Norway, King George of the Hellenes, Crown Prince Olaf of Norway. Seated from left, Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II), Lady Patricia Ramsey (formerly Princess Patricia of Connaught), Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Prince Edward of Kent (current Duke of Kent), Queen Mary, Princess Alexandra of Kent, the baby prince held by his mother the Duchess of Kent, Crown Princess of Norway (formerly Princess Martha of Sweden), Princess Margaret Rose, Princess Helena Victoria. Date: 1942

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[quote TracyBeakerSoYeah]@MrsFin I mentioned red,white & blue in case she wanted her outfit in the Union Jack colours instead of just the England colours.
Though Kate will probably surprise us & wear a pink dress or some other colour[/quote]
Why would she wear Union flag colours to an English football game?

Hang on. They've still missed off the mystery old lady. Hmmmm

Lovely picture of Sophie from a few days ago at Wimbledon.

Sophie and Princess Alexandra opening the Guide Dog centre in Bristol. Skirt by thread marmite Erdem.

White suit with a red go-faster stripe?

Strange to think that apart from Prince Bernhard, all the foreign royalty are first or second cousins of the British. The two elderly princesses were sisters and granddaughters of Queen Victoria.

I've often surprised by the middle names of various royals - in this instance, Franklin!

Surely Kate saves the white suit for when the royals have a Saturday Night Fever-themed Christmas do?

I’d like to see her in something like this. She can always add a white jacket and wear her white shoes again.

That's a really interesting article, paradyning. Georgie was quite a character. Marina put up with a lot. By coincidence, that nice picture CliffsofMohair posted of Sophie and Alexandra, just shows how elegant Alexandra still is, very like her mother.

I've often surprised by the middle names of various royals - in this instance, Franklin!

Franklin Roosevelt was one of Prince Michael's godfathers. Roosevelt was also godfather to Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, King Wax's aunt.

Duke of Kent speaking now about his Wimbledon role, it's really interesting.

@SenecaFallsRedux you're here!! Who is the old lady next to Marina please??

Lovely pics from Wimbledon and of Princess A. Thanks.
Bea's dress is a great maternity style

@paradyning I don't know who the woman is. I thought it might be Marina's mother, who was born Grand Duchess Elena of Russia, but I think the woman is too old for that.

I wondered that too. She just looks so mountbatteny with the long equine nose

I would've suggested Queen Louise then but I think this woman is too old to be her. She might be another granddaughter of Queen Victoria?

@paradyning

I wondered that too. She just looks so mountbatteny with the long equine nose

Good point. I think she is the Dowager Marchioness of Milford-Haven, formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse. She was one of Prince Michael's godparents. (Also by the way, Prince Philip's grandmother.)

Or Princess Marina's great-aunt? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuchessElisabethAlexandrineofMecklenburg-Schwerin

Kate in pink Beulah today at Wimbledon. She's been listening to us about the shoes.
Will try to post a pic.

This is a decent pic

@paradyning I also think that old lady is Princess Victoria of Hess and by Rhine. She was born in 1863 so would have been seventy-nine or eighty in 1942. There is a László portrait of Victoria painted in 1937, and she has that Mountbatten look!

That's a good one, Chewy, I could only find one in the stands. Definitely a better shoe choice!

@SenecaFallsRedux you've got it! Thank you!