Royal Style: Trooping and Tennis, here we come!

[Maireas]

Royal Style mavens, join us!

Those Wales children look like they've been made to order! What absolutely gorgeous children. And Princess Catherine looked utterly stunning as always. As an Aussie a long way away I absolutely love seeing these events.

I think they all look quite happy and relaxed here

https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/838200/duchess-sophie-entertains-prince-louis-trooping-the-colour/
It looks as if it may have been Sophie's job to keep Louis entertained throughout the parade....
Love his cheeky smile here.

Charlotte has only just turned 10, the dress is perfect and beautiful on her, it's very much age and occasion appropriate, she is not going to rock up in a bodycon dress or a hiking outfit and leggings. She didn't look uncomfortable at all, on the contrary, she seemed to be very much at ease and proud to be there.

I think because they are all so tall and very composed at these public events, people tend to associate their height and composure with age and forget they are all still very young, Prince George is still only 11.

They do all seem relaxed in that family photo.

Well, of course it would need to be appropriate! I just hope she had some choice. Because it actually wasn’t a very nice dress-if a Mumsnetter posted a picture and said “What about this for my 10 year old dd for a formal occasion?” I bet nobody would say “Oh, that’s perfect!”

Well, we don't know. We also don't know the conversations that were had in the family. It's once a year for a couple of hours. Children with good parenting understand boundaries, and understand about compromise. I'm sure after lunch she was back in her shorts or joggers or whatever.

This. I’m sure that the normal Saturday morning attire for George and Louis would not be a formal suit either but they must be aware that it is the “uniform” that they put on for these sort of occasions. Sometimes children have to wear a uniform at the weekend (for special school events, guiding or scouting etc) or even a bridesmaid’s dress that would not be their choice. Most children are capable of understanding that at times that’s just the way it is. I suppose you could argue that Charlotte was wearing an actual princess dress as she was acting in her role as an actual princess 🤷‍♀️

Taylor Swift boots, leggings and a fan teeshirt 😁

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It has just occurred to me that dressing Charlotte in styles that are old fashioned and maybe a little young for her could be a deliberate choice for other reasons. We all know what social media and the tabloids are like with famous teen girls. If i were her parents I'd be trying to protect her from that sort of comment as long as possible.

Yes, I think that's a very good point. 👍

I thought it was a lovely dress, and not too "little girly", ie a bit more elegant for a child of her age.

American first families always seem dressed similarly.

Fair enough. I thought the his was a thread where it was OK to discuss the clothes and even not like some of them!

Incidenrally, I read somewhere that Princess Charlotte’s little brooch had been the Queen’s. I hope that’s true!

The brooch was the Queen Mother's, passed down through the late Queen, according to pp upthread.

Very good point @MrsLeonFarrell
It must be very tricky.
That dress was lovely on her. Perfect for the occasion.

My dds would have been demanding all kinds of bling at that age! (As would I).
Lady Louise tended to wear clothes that were a bit dreary, in public. I'm sure she had normal clothes at home.

Formal wear for state occasions can be tricky enough for adults. If you have a child, even more so. I never thought Louise's clothes were "dreary", I just thought maybe she wasn't very interested in fashion and just wore some formal, muted styles. She's not part of this now, anyway.

I would imagine that Princess Charlotte has a say in her choice of outfits at this point in her life.

I always thought Louise looked better in her carriage driving outfits! Very formal, but doing what she enjoys. Is she finishing up as a student now?

Lovely little Louis discovering he could make the crowd roar every time he waved and getting right into it. 😄

The children all looked perfectly happy and relaxed, laughing and chatting in the carriage and enjoying the day.

Weird thing to say.
Her dress was lovely: not too fussy, cool, smart…

Give us an idea of what you’d think is appropriate

Yes I think it's rather odd too. They're not at a family BBQ. Were you expecting ragamuffin hair and a Disney dress?

Of course they're going to be dressed very formally. And actually, if someone had posted on here that they were planning to have their 10 year old daughter wear that dress for a formal occasion, I'd be saying it's entirely the right thing. It's a lovely dress, and I'm quite sure Charlotte was given a say anyway.

There would be naysayers if someone asked about Charlotte's dress because A) every outfit ever has some naysayers B) some people seem to think requiring children to wear anything other joggers/ Disney dress up is a breach of their human rights.
A few years ago I asked the wisdom of S&B where I could find some smart trousers to fit my very tall, very slim DS and while a few people were brilliant plenty of other were 'just let him wear jersey shorts'. This wasn't the disapproval of Auntie Mildred at a family event it was for a military thing with DH and if we weren't up to the dress code we wouldn't be allowed in.

I liked Charlotte’s dress, Kate’s not so much. It was an icy blue shade which I like neither in dresses nor festive lighting.
Kate would do worse than look to the Spaniards to see how they dressed Sofia and Leonore as tweens/teens and Charlotte’s dress had a similar vibe if slightly longer in length.
had the same though about Gareth Southgate! Amazing to think they are morphing into the same face in their middle years. Nicer for Southgate to be on the upside of that trajectory!