Royal Style: Make Do and Mend, or Go Big and Spend?.

[Maireas]

New thread!
Thanks for the title, Deftly!

I usually like Queen Letizia's style but I'm not loving that. Those trousers are just wrong.

Kate's Christmas Day earrings were "Dina" by the French brand Sézane. She has other pieces by the company who feature recycled elements in their designs. They retail at £100, and were a Christmas gift to her from Wills.

More beautiful pictures and I really like hot pink Leti!

Kate's hat was fab, very county.

I like Kate's earrings. I think it's good that she has some relatively inexpensive jewellery that she can wear. Love the hat, too. 👒

Kate's hat was a Philip Treacy, he's really into the long feathers at a jaunty angle at the moment! I absolutely love them! 🪶 🪶 🪶 🪶

I like the earrings too but. It with that outfit
It's like wearing a hippie kaftan with a tiara

Mary and fam out and about at a basketball game in Tasmania. No to Fred’s shirt. Sorry Fred. Mary with I’m guessing sisters/cousins? Strong family resemblance anyway.
CPV and crew visit a transport centre in Stockholm to wish them a Merry Christmas. Little Estelle wearing a fab coat. Oscar adorable. Is it fair to say the euro kids seem a little less closeted away than their BRF counterparts?

Fred looks like he had a big night on the 25th.

Estelle is amazing - she always looks so interested and engaged and she can't be more than 10.

Sarah Chatto at Sandringham on Christmas Day... anyone recognise the brooch? Did it belong to the queen or am I making that up? Looks familiar!

I think that brooch Sarah is wearing belonged to her mother, possibly part of a group given to Margaret as a wedding present.
How like Margaret Sarah looks in that photograph.

It's strange how Sarah looks like Margaret in later life now but, when she was younger, never resembled Margaret in her youth.

Winter coats with belts seem to be all in this Christmas season. Given the snow in Norway Ingrid and MM could do with a hat!

Ooh CPV's daughter is so stylish - love her outfits! She looks fabulous. Really like CPV's red wool dress and boots.
Sarah Chatto's brooch is lovely. Agree she does look so like Margaret.

I really like Sarah Chatto's individual style.

I think I've seen a picture of a young Princess Margaret in a coat like that

royalwatcherblog.com/2021/08/21/princess-margarets-star-brooch/

The brooch

Me too. She knows what suits her and sticks with it.

That photo of Sarah is from 2015. Was she there this year too?

She and her brother were.

I feel like we need some sort of year-end RS&B awards like Gown of the Year, Best Casual Look, Sharpest Suit, Least Bad Coatdress, Most Excellent Wearing of a Tiara etc.

What do you all think?

Fab idea! Could anyone clever be bothered to post a montage of options and we could vote?!

I was going to suggest Kate's Bond dress as Gown of the Year but then realised that was 2021!

Kate's Bond dress is Gown of the Decade and it's only 2022 still @KillingMeDeftly

And I think CPV wins the tiara wearing! She already looks so regal and queenly.