Royal Style: Diamonds are a Queen's best friend..

[Maireas]

Evening all! Thanks to Tracy Beaker for the new title!
Roll on some bling and style, though it may be a while!

I like Ingrid's green ba&sh dress and Sverre-Magnus's jaunty velvet jacket. Not sure who the girl with them is - one of ML's daughters?

S-M bears an uncanny resemblance to his great-grandfather King Olav, who was born a Danish prince at Sandringham!

It's Sverre-Magnus' girlfriend.

I always think theirs is one of the nicest royal love stories. 60+ years together and never a hint of scandal. Queen Sonja was very pretty - Ingrid looks a lot like her.

Oh you beat me to it! The H on those pink outfits is for Hést which means horse in Norwegian and is the name of a fashion label she has business links to.

Lots of their knitwear and other items are adorned with Hs.
www.heest.no/products/cosmo-blouse-woven-blouse-top-shirt-black

Company history here. It seems two friends set it up and she joined a few months later. Presumably her purpose is publicity.
www.heest.no/pages/historien-om-hest

This wedding has shades of Anthea Turner and husband eating Cadbury chocolate bars on their wedding day and the photos being in Hello. Monetizing your wedding is so tacky.

my kids are at swimming and I’m sitting in the public gallery and I just snorted so loudly when I read this. A baby just turned to look at me.

Crikey. Is he not 13.
they’re keeping Marius either well hidden or very far away from proceedings.

No, I think he turned 18 recently. He's looked like a middle-aged man for years though!

Marius is apparently in Italy and not attending. Perhaps 18 year old Sverre-Magnus has brought his girlfriend to take Marius' space.

Last night there was a dinner which CPV, Carl Philippe and Sofia also attended as well as the Norwegian royals. There are a few shots taken through windows which have been published. Not sure if that was an even Hello were supposed to have an exclusive to or if that was private. It's hard to know.

my kids are at swimming and I’m sitting in the public gallery

Me too @ArdMhaca!

Luckily we have RS&B to keep us amused. I detest being on swimming duty and normally leave it to DH, but as it's his birthday today I decided to give him a break!

More pink clothes, more themes...

Last night was a Latin American themed party. ML and SD treated guests to a salsa performance (video here). ML has a ruffled pink dress on and has a very toned back. Note there is a kiss at the end 🤮
www.hellomagazine.com/brides/715139/norways-princess-martha-louise-twirls-around-dancefloor-durek-verrett-salsa-party-watch/

Well this is also a look - from their pre-wedding shoot with Hello

I don't know what is going on with the trousers but it makes Durek look like he has 3 legs

@PoppySeedBagelRedux interesting article, thanks! This is the main aspect of royal dressing I find interesting, how the use their position as glorified clothes hangers to make an impact. In Märtha-Louise’s case, possibly to sell her stuff 😉

Love the caption in Hello for this photo:

The shaman praised his fiancee's playful side

😂😂😂😂

I'm afraid the more I read about ML and SD and their wedding, the more I think they are both genuinely unhinged.

Svensk Damtidning reports that you’re not allowed to wear dresses that are black, white, gold, or all over pink.

I bet they have at least three outfits each for today.

Derek is wearing a skirt. Echos of David Beckham and his sarong about the time of his wedding to Victoria. (See, I am trying to keep it fashion focused)

On the Hello website there is a video of this scene with them running towards the camera.

That is an extraordinarily bad photo.

The wedding should be kicking off soon - according to the timetable in the Swedish press the red-carpet guests are due to arrive 11.45-12,30 (10.45-11.30 in the uk)

Norwegian royals arriving by boat in folk costume

Lovely to see them in traditional dress. So glad there's a sensible dress code for the wedding itself.

I am disappointed Haakon has gone for a dinner suit there…

It's not going to be easy to get pictures as the happy couple have sold the wedding rights to Hello and Netflix - however the Swedish tabloids have managed to get a long lens shot of the Swedish royals arrival at the tent - CPV/Prince Daniel and PCP and Princess Sofia. They seen to have gone for orange/citrus colours.

Very pretty colours.

Are the Swedes watching with great interest or 🤦‍♀️