Royal Style: Elizabeth may be gone, but her diamonds are forever

[Maireas]

Evening Royal style and beauty fans.
Into the Carolean era, with more bling we hope! Also more state banquets?

Also many people fall madly in love and ignore the fact that maybe, just maybe, they’re not actually well suited...

Polly Fry was born 3 weeks into his marriage to Princess Margaret. Polly's mother was Camilla Fry who was married to Jeremy Fry. I don't know about the threesome, but he was clearly unfaithful very early on.

Absolutely! It probably seemed very exciting and different for Margaret.

Sorry, @Tassen, I missed your post.
You also have the Kinsky Honeysuckle tiara and the Connaught 👍

I don’t want to link to the Daily Mail but I really like the green handbag/luggage that Princess Anne had today.
I thought at first it was Longchamp but on closer inspection I can’t identify it.
Does anyone know what it is?

I have a bit of an obsession with bags for flights.

Anne went to the USA, did 6 engagements and flew back?.
Excellent work. I saw a picture of her on the Statten Island ferry in a grey coat.

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11284279/The-understated-Princess-Anne-arrives-JFK-airport-commercial-flight-home.html?ito=native_share_article-top
There's a good picture of the green bag here, I can't identify it.

Anne just cracks on with the job. Amazing woman

Anyone else watching the News? Liz Truss has Kate's dress on in a russet red colour with a slightly longer sleeve

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2022/oct/05/dictator-chic-why-did-liz-truss-wear-the-same-outfit-as-a-fictional-fascist

Unfortunately my blood pressure and general well-being can't withstand hearing even one second of LT.

Mother of Pearl you'll be pleased to know that immediately after my observation DD1 came in from her work with some leftover chocolate doughnuts so I had one to restore my equilibrium

God I love Anne! No idea on the green bag (would've guessed Longchamp too!) but I really hope it contains a bottle of gin and a toblerone for the flight home!

I really like that green bag of Anne's, too. I think it might be a convertible backpack. I searched that I couldn't find it anywhere.

Anne's grey suede loafers look lovely and comfy

Oh good! Definitely needed after an encounter with LT!

I clocked the bag straightaway and also want one! It could go one of two ways - simple, sensible, cheap, or it’s from one of those frightfully expensive places where everything costs an arm and a leg but you wouldn’t ever know it because it’s all just so perfectly understated.

I found myself wishing DM would deem Anne worthy of a ‘get one like it from X’ rundown so that we could find ourselves the perfect travel bag too. As it happens I don’t need a new dress every time Kate wears one!

@paradyning I liked the loafers too.

Mind you it is Princess Anne, so it’s probably 30+ years old and no longer available to buy!

I don't think Princess Margaret 'settled' for Tony. He was a very good photographer and popular with the rest of the family. The marriage did turn toxic and that's awful but interestingly the kids emerged noticeably well balanced. He was also a total shagger but that doesn't make him an evil person, just one with lousy impulse control. I suppose, like most marriages, it was complicated.

Yes quite. I don’t think she settled either. He was the type of man someone like her was going to find intoxicating and exciting. I don’t judge people for falling madly in love (and I’m also a very passionate, tempestuous person so I’ve no right to judge others who might be that way in their relationships too!).

I would put good money on her having picked it up from a stall at a Three Day Eventing competition like Badminton or Burghley 😀

Yes that’s exactly what I envisaged!

Mathilde and Phillipe in Germany. Mathilde in raspberry with matching headband.

I had a chuckle during the week because obviously subconsciously influenced by Mathilde’s recent tour de couleur I wore a mustard corduroy pinafore, black jacket and red scarf. My colleague actually pointed outI was channelling the Belgian flag 🇧🇪

I agree that their children turned out marvelously well adjusted and seemingly lovely normal people.
Anne looks phenomenal! Vim and vigour just exudes from her and I too like her bag!

I quite like Mathilde's dress there. Stands out amongst the corporate grey!