Royal Style - make way for the Platinum Jubilee, tiaras are a necessity

[Maireas]

Hello! New thread, will send a link

Duchess of Cornwall footwear is apparently Fairfax and favor boots and sole bliss for shoes. She has bunions

Iron flat hair I recall reading is ageing and should be avoided. A soft bounce is preferable for long hair

I don't think Kate looks particularly aged...

I think the picture was from 2014 on the tour of Australia.

I watched a video of Kate in that green dress presenting the award. The ironed hair looks better with her moving around, but the dress is worse. Those long ties hanging off the sleeves look really silly every time she moves her arms.

Speaking of spilling the tea (sort of), I have been reading Tina Brown's latest book The Palace Papers. It seems to be very well researched and sourced. And she has quite a gift for an amusing turn of phrase. She includes some commentary on fashion occasionally as well.

I've just started the Tina Brown book - it is very entertaining and tells me a few things I didn't know.

Slightly off-topic because not about current royals but here, I hope, is a link to a blog I follow, which shows a great variety of beautiful images, in this case, miscellaneous portraits of females including a number of former queens with some beautiful jewellery:

godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2022-04-29T07:00:00-07:00&max-results=10

And a corking final image...

OK as I feared, my link was not to the specific post, but to the week's posts. Scroll down to get to 17 April. It's the very last of the 3 in that week.

My theory on Kate's hair is she's never got it straight as she likes so just embraced the bounce but has had a Brazilian blow dry or similar for the Caribbean & thought "wow game changer" & is just having a bit of fun ringing the changes. Maybe it'll be shoes next

Another shot of the green dress.

I love how she strides out, gives her a real sense of purpose

What's happened to her bag? She's put it down somewhere! Panic!

One has assistants for that, Maireas! (Would that we all did, as I travel into work with my backpack and handbag… 😄). Seriously though, I think she carries it when she arrives to give her something to do with her hands, and then can hand it off to chat to people.

I like this dress - I love the colour, the textured fabric and the flared skirt. I also love the elbow ties. I do wish she’d paired it with different accessories - burnet orange, dusty pink or dark brown would have looked wonderful, but she’s never going to change.

I didn't like the first photo of the green dress, I thought it was knitted and hung really badly. <<books eye appointment>>.

Looks much better in the other pictures although I agree about the matching accessories - burnt orange would be have been a great option.

I've noticed, that unlike other royal women, Princess Anne often carries a shoulder bag, perhaps to dispense with the necessity of a handbag wrangler.

Indeed, Seneca, it's far more practical than a wee clutch. Also, she probably bought two in 1983 that are still functional.

@Maireas , you have probably hit the nail on the head there 😂, I also imagine she just doesn’t want someone carrying a bag for her when she can do it perfectly well herself.
I really like the green dress! And the arm 🎀

Lovely tiara there I likes me a button tiara

How does any woman walk in heels like that? 😮🤔

A few NMR shots.

Daisy, Fred and CPM hosted a dinner for the Indian PM. Daisy looks great in the navy lace I think.

I'm saddened to see that Leti has taken inspiration from Kate in the white stilettos department. She normally looks her best in red but the white shoes and bag ruin this for me.

I really like Leti's dress, I think it's a repeat, but goodness me, I agree with you about the shoes, MoP! Also the clutch. Yikes. Navy blue or grey perhaps?
Daisy looks nice in the dark lace dress. I'm not sure about CPM's cape thing, I know they're on trend but I think they look a bit awkward.

I like the cape but not sure lilac is Mary's colour. Fred in full military regalia is...not displeasing. Daisy looks quite glam in the lace.

And here's CPM bringing out the crisp white shirt for a Mother's Day event. The reason she looks a bit confused is because she accepted the invitation thinking they said Mary's Day.

Evening all, thanks for the new thread!

We've definitely discussed palaces before as I've claimed Osbourne House and remember a conversation about having a booze cruise lined up when you lot come to visit. I may have claimed the whole island come to think of it! (I'd quite like a couple of the old Russian palaces but perhaps not just at the moment, eh?)

😂😂naughty!
I like the shirt and skirt, though.

Deftly

I actually really love that skirt and white shirt of CPM's.