Royal Style and Beauty: St Edward's Crown is back in the box, time for more diamonds, glitter and frocks!

[Maireas]

Thanks for the wonderful Coronation thread everyone!
On we go.....

They're G-Star skinny cargos.

Thank you @KillingMeDeftly 😊

I'm inclined to agree - I think if they'd been planning the robes all along the dresses would have been different, more detail at the bottom maybe?

I wonder if this was one of the many issues which required discussion and compromise to get Harry to attend? The uniforms were obviously a very sore point on previous occasions

That’s a good point, and seems quite plausible. I think Kate’s dress also had quite a bit of symbolism in the embroidery didn’t it? With national flowers all included? You’d think that had been designed to be seen.

If that is the case (and obviously we’re just speculating), on the one hand I can see why Harry would be upset about wearing uniform, given how huge a part of his life his army service was (although he knows the rules etc). But on the other hand - damn me but I’d be pissed off if I’d spent AGES on getting the dress just right, then had to plonk some garish (sorry, but they were a bit, although Kate and Sophie did carry them off well) bloody cloak over the top of all those beautiful details…

Another reason for including the Kent siblings and the Duke of Gloucester is that all three were in QEII’s official coronation portrait too back in 1953 - they were her first cousins and later they (and Brigitte Gloucester after her wedding) became working royals too. It’s a nice way to mark both the passage of time and their decades supporting the Monarch.

(Princess Alexandra is on the far left, Prince Richard of Gloucester far right and the Duke of Kent in the back row next to Prince Phillip)

Indeed. Andrew Parker Bowles was at that Coronation, too!

Thanks for the insight into the Gloucesters and the Kents being in the photo. That makes sense.
As an aside...I know everyone goes on about Major Johnny, and he is admittedly a handsome guy, but I have to admit King Felipe makes my heart flutter. 😘

@Serenster is that Princess Mary 4th from the right?

Yes! The Princess Royal at the time, and QEII’s aunt.

And just to note that controversy about who’s in and who’s out is nothing new, QEII’s “family” portrait of course didn’t include her remaining living uncle, Edward VIII….

.... although he tried to get invited, and badgered the government of the time!

I know everyone goes on about Major Johnny

Isn't he Lt. Colonel Johnny now? That's how he's listed in the Order of Service.

He's braw.

Anyone know why the Gloucester boys and PMoK are wearing kilts? Is it a nod to HMQ's Scottish heritage?

He’s also back in my airing cupboard. I only let him out for the day.

So do people think POW was wearing some sort of cape over her gown that hid the neckline and necklace? Or did she change her gown for the official portraits?

Did the king have a bit of a do in Buckingham palace after the coronation or was it just an intimate family lunch does anyone know?

Good question, there was a shot of a load of cars going in. Maybe family and select VIPs? I hear the Archbishop of Canterbury always gets invited - he's got a good gig.

That's my best guess - the bottom of the dress and the sleeve detail looks the same but there is definitely a different neckline. a capelet seems the most likely especially given Charlotte's outfit. The alternative is a duplicate dress but I'm not sure why they'd bother just for the photo.

Oddly I read that she was wearing the festoon necklace somewhere before the newer photos were released so the palace must have released that info.

I think the media get the details of the outfits ahead of time but the information is embargoed until the RF appear in public.

I read in several places BBC website etc. that the POW was wearing the festoon necklace.

I agree the two necklines are different but both had detailed embroidery. I hope at some point we get to see both in more detail.

Apparently the hems of the dresses got very wet and heavy. My wedding dress was mucky at the bottom after the photographer had us standing on grass outside the church

Perhaps the festoon necklace didn't fit correctly under the robes and they took it off for the Abbey ? Those diamonds look heavy ..

I am being very naughty and jumping right to the end of the thread and not read the other 5 pages beforehand to ask this.....

But....Sophie's dress had a big crease in the middle of it !

It was obviously a sit down crease sort of thing ...but ...don't they use material that would not show those sort of creases ?

Checking in & thanks @Maireas