Royal Style: A Double Breasted Safari Suit? We need to discuss...

[Maireas]

Hello style mavens, let's continue the chat...

It looks as though Gabriella is taller than Jacques at the moment - she's definitely inherited her mum's build.

There is a marked disparity in the casualness of Jacques’ t shirt and jacket and Gabriella’s party dress and shoes. I hope both - particularly Gabriella- are wearing what they wanted to rather than being forced to dress up to fit stereotypes. (I was often put in dresses I did not want to wear as a child)

That turtleneck on Charlene makes it look like her head has been superimposed onto someone else's body!

Great photo of the Monagesques but strange wording 'princely family'! 🤨😆
Maybe some traditional wording or translation gone awry. Otherwise, not very 2025!
Char looks great and Gabriella looks lovely!

Lovely pic from Monaco. I love Charlene’s dress.

I think that's just the wording they use, as opposed to "royal family".

Yes, I was just going to say that. Like Luxembourg is a "Duchy".
Albert is a Prince, so it's Princely.

Probably because Monaco is a principality, not a kingdom.

@Maireas What about “No Holey Tights..The royals are brightly shining” ?!

😊

Apologies if this has already been posted, but the V&A is displaying royal jewellery owned by the Japan-based Albion Art Institute: it's only there for 4 months according to this, so hurry along!

https://royalwatcherblog.com/2025/12/08/albion-jewels-at-the-victoria-albert-museum/

That looks like a great exhibit.

I love the aquamarine tiara on the right side in the photo. Which interests me as I dislike all three of the RF's ones (Pineflower, Brazilian, and Sophie's weedy little one).

The aquamarines in that tiara look to be large, clear lozenges, don't they? It's quite a striking piece.

It's also a very uncluttered, non-frou-frou design. The RF's ones are all rather fussy, and in the Brazilian one the scale of the aquamarines is out of whack with the rest of it.

What a lot of royals for me to read about!

Yes, it's a classic Kokoshnik.

My dd has just acquired an aquamarine ring-I’m sure the RF could spare her a tiara!

Very pretty!
Lovely size 😍

OH I'm envious

Well QEII had this one. Where's that got to?

@CurlewKate 's daughter had it made into a ring and a necklace 😉

@CurlewKate your DD's ring is very very lovely. I too am envious. Is it perchance an engagement. ring ? ( just going by the hand.) Anyway - not my business - it a very beautiful ring.

Yes-it’s an engagement ring. It’s very lovely-a bit too big for my taste though -good thing it’s not me that’s going to wear it!! I’ve sent her some tiara pictures…..

That's the Brazilian Aquamarine Tiara. That front stone is SO out of proportion, it's just really ugly and slabby.