Royal Style and Beauty - Trooping on, through summer and beyond!

[Maireas]

Although the summer so far has been disappointing!
More style and beauty sharing and discussion, thank you to everyone who makes these threads so enjoyable! 🤩

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5070433-royal-style-crexing-towards-summer-with-hopes-for-happy-days-ahead
Previous thread.

I shared this on the previous thread but will reshare here because only Charles would attempt backyard football in full suit with pocket square and highly polished loafers!

Part placemark, part non style question.

What's that white thing in the trees on the left of the photo? Some sort of security camera housing?

It looks like one of the aliens in the Smash adverts in the 1970s.

Love his style!
Happy Father's Day, Pa! Is quite sweet, though.

It is a wooden frame of some sort set into an arch way in the stone wall - I assume a gate/door way that is open.

More than the outfit the hand in pocket suggests Charlie isn't really committing to the game!

Thank you everyone.
I always thought the Queen Mother was very influential in keeping things done the way the late king would have liked. I think the abdication has affected everyone in the younger generations.
I can see this in my inlaws...Two women are struggling to look after an elderly mother because daddy would have wanted them to.
Sophie is a wonderful quiet presence.

Yes, I doubt it was taught that way at Gordonstoun.

Good eye. I would never have worked that out but I can see the stonework now.

Sweet photo from Kate and kids on their Instagram!

It took me a few minutes, a zoom in and some squinting to get there.

Thanks @Maireas for your quick turnaround to a new thread.

👋 waves to friends old and new ⭐

The football photo looks odd in 2024 but it is very of its time. I don't think Charles was the only father to do this, it was a far more formal age.

Was it that much more formal in the mid-80s? I think it’s more that the royal family, especially Charles, was!

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1910955/queen-letizia-trainers-royal-fans
Here's Leti in summer white. I'm not keen, I think the blouse is a bit fussy and seems to overwhelm her. However, I am a bit prejudiced against ruffles!

👋 and thank you for the new thread!

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It was lovely to see Kate back yesterday and looking so happy. I hope everything continues well for her.

I thought Louise had really upped her hair-game yesterday - I thought it was one of her best formal looks so far.

Sophie and Kate both looked great.

It's a shame that KC has decided only working royals on the balcony for this. It's sort of a family celebration, so why not have everyone up there for just this one thing annually - it would have been great to see some of the others and more frocks up there!

My dad didn't own any trousers that were not essentially suit trousers. No short sleeved shirts. Not tee shirts. And that was the 80s!

@hopeishere that very much depends on your social circle.
The men in my family lived in jeans and t shirts or open necked shirt, they were all trades people, or skilled manual workers (plumber sign writer shop keeper)
Suits or formal trousers were for special occasions. A nice night out would have been chino type trousers and a shirt

I assume football was not Charles's game. But I don't think that should call his physical prowess into question. The man jumped out of airplanes and played polo in his younger days.

He was quite the action man in his younger days.

My dad wore a suit to work but also had casual clothes - maybe he was ahead of his time! But I grew up in the southern hemisphere so no doubt it was different there.

I think it’s a tactical move to stop Andrew from wanting to be there