Royal Style: with hope, our threads continue

[Maireas]

Evening everyone. I'm starting this new thread at a bit of a sad time, and I know we're all thinking of Kate and her family. Let's hope that as we continue in our lighthearted way, good news arrives for her, and others who are in a similar situation, either themselves or loved ones.🌷

Oh yes, it’s perfectly fine for a grown woman and the sort of ensemble you’d see in offices around the world but on a 16yo??

Leti and Felipe are visiting the Netherlands and Max has brought one out of the Pringle hats. Will she wear the Stuart tonight?

Something weird going in that photo as Google tells me Wax is just over 6ft tall but he’s almost as tall as 6’6 Felipe in it. Either he’s standing slightly forward of Felipe or he’s taken to wearing lifts in his shoes!

@KillingMeDeftIy yes I thought she was about 24.

Loving Letitia's new shorter hair !

I like Leti’s green dress. Smart but comfortable.

I like Leti’s hair and the colour and texture of her dress, but not the tulip sleeves. Max is in a very well-worn silhouette for her (but she looks good in it, so why not!). Looking forward to the state dinner tonight and seeing what tiara Catherine Amalia wears!

(KillingMeDeftly Wax and Felipe look to have the same height differential as ever there? Here’s a shot of them from a previous meeting I think Wax is taller than 6 feet though).

(Ha, the way the image is cut off in the post above is super-useful in demonstrating just how much taller Felipe is 🤣)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68830917.amp

popped up in my feed this morning.

Mathilde and Maria Teresa at an art gallery

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13319137/queen-mathilde-art-belgium-maria-teresa.html

Apart from the trousers (too flappy) I quite like what Maria-Teresa is wearing even the 'foliage' around the jacket cuffs.

Now is Mathilde very tall or Maria-Teresa very small?

I don't mind Letizia's dress (don't love it either) but it's all a bit meh. Particularly the bag.

Maxima looks great.

Googled both their heights but theres no answer for MT which is odd considering shes a public figure.
Mathilde is 175cm which is 5 foot 9

Max in a Pringle hat! She looks fabulous and wears the strong colour so well. I agree about Leti's hair, it's a nice length, although I'm not sure about her hat thingy. It's an unusual colour dress for her, but I like it.
I actually like MT's outfit, it's tricky being a shorty (I'm 5' 1") because the proprtions are difficult to get right. I think she manages it here and I like the feathery cuffs.

This MT style retrospective is quite fun. She’s not afraid to be bold when it comes to fashion and though she doesn’t always pull it off, you have to admit she’s got chutzpah. Go big or go home seems to be her motto!

Great retrospective, thanks, Deftly.
She's certainly had some interesting looks! I rather like the one where she's wearing one of Max's Pringle hats - in orange!
When she was younger I think she looks like Princess Amalia.

The BBC link didn't work for me @CliffsofMohair.
What was it ?

Talking about Princess Amalia according to the media she's been secretly living in Spain for the past year to avoid the threats to her & Mark Rutte the Dutch PM by the Mocro mafia (sick b@@@@@@s)
https://www.hola.com/us/royals/20240417358836/queen-maxima-daughter-princess-catharina-amalia-lived-spain-more-than-year-report/

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/princess-amalia-dutch-heir-to-throne-year-in-madrid-safety-fears

Poor girl she doesn't deserve this at all (& neither the Dutch PM)

Poor Amalia. How absolutely terrifying. Worrying for her family as well.

I saw that re Amalia. ☹️
Really nasty. And scary.
At an age when she should be living a carefree life in The Netherlands.
I'm sure Spain was great but not what she had planned.

There are some screengrabs on twitter of the state dinner in the Netherlands - Max not just wearing the biggest version of the Stuart tiara but also the gigantic brooch!

Max looks so elegant! That beautiful tiara and brooch with the blue dress, gorgeous.

The whole party…

A symphony in blue! Nice to see Queen Beatrix as well.

What a great photo & I love how all the ladies are wearing different shades of blue.

@Maireas I let Max keep the brooch whilst I took the tiara 😆

There's a photo in the Tatler link where Brigitte Macron is noticably taller! I would say 4'11 or so.

I like the gown she wore to Victoria and Daniel's wedding, serious tiara too.

😂