Oh dear, the DM doth have a point here....

[MrsSeanBean]

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Mind you Beatrice and Eugenie didn't look that great either IMHO, apart from the hats... (the blurred figure in the background of that pic looked best).

Just scrolled down, Camilla wearing a nurse's uniform?!

it was not a good look!

strange sophie outfit too

They all look bloody ridiculous if you ask me. In fact, much as I detest the colour pink, good on her for wearing what she wanted to. She looks fine.

I find myself agreeing with DM - is it my age?

Oh dear!

What was she thinking?!

Gawd, I think she looks like a sight for sore eyes and good on her. Jeez, they all look fecking dour in comparison. The queen looked perky enough if she was a husky.

Hideous! Good lord why doesn't someone ever say something to people about to make such barnpots of themselves before they trot off out the door?!

Her Maj looks fantastic though!

Lol at the queen being a husky! Her outfits are always pretty minging though aren't they?!!

I think dour may be a good look at a quasi memorial service!

The chap she's with (dh?) seems to be wearing some sort of flasher mac.

There's nothing wrong with the red outfit per se, it's just wholly inappropriate for the occasion.

Sophie's jacket...??? WTF?

oh she looks fine, you can see right behind her someone is wearing pink fgs

what a lot of nonsense

I can't believe you lot are paying attention to Liz Jones - have you lost your marbles?

I'm not paying attention to Liz Jones, I'm looking at the pictures.

Why is the occasion sombre? She died ages ago; this is an acknowledgement and celebration of her contribution to our society. Why can't someone wear bright colours?

Anyway, judging from mp's comment this LJ character don't know shit.

Seriously, this is horrid, ghastly writing:

An outfit befitting a six-year-old with attention deficit disorder rather than the wife of a Minister of the Crown in the presence of the Royal Family, the eyes of the nation upon her.

Mrs Burnham, let me try to overlook the unadorned, Eastern Europe refugee make-up and hairstyle, as well as the floppy hat you probably had left over from some awful suburban wedding, and let me first address your patent Mary Jane shoes.

Hideous, and inappropriate.

You do not have the legs for a mini, but even if you possessed the pins of Cyd Charisse, this was not an appropriate occasion to show them off.

It takes a great deal of arrogance to leave home without looking in the mirror first, without asking for some impartial advice (go, now, to see the personal shopper at Selfridges - her services are free!), and without spending a decent amount of money on something classy.

Where is this outfit from? Next? Primark? Oxfam?

Individually the coat dress and shoes are fine - its just together with that hat she looks ridiculous.

Don't like the coat, the rest is really nice. Nothing disrespectful in it.

The frilly thing Beatrice had on got called solemn, fgs!

When will they learn - it's only clothes.

Maybe she was aiming to be disrespectful - not everyone's a fan!

MP I neglected to read all that - you're right it's appalling.

Someone's been paid to be utterly bitchy.

I have a bigger problem with Sarah Browns beret - she seems to have gone mad on them at the moment - Did she buy them in bulk?
Also , the flasher mac is not a good look for Mr B.
I actually quite like the pink outfit, in a Four Weddings and a Funeral kind of way.

It wasn't a solemn occasion anyway. Hello magazine says it was a celebration. And they MUST be right.

"There was an atmosphere of celebration in the air on Wednesday as members of the royal family came together to pay tribute to the Queen Mother at the inauguration of a monument dedicated to her memory."

It wasn't a funeral, and whilst I think the outfit is slightly more suited to a day at the races Liz Jones is a sour faced old hag whose bitterness at life seeps thru every word.

I'm with MP, as soon as I saw Liz Jones's byline I knew this would be rubbish. She's just being controversial in order to justify her pay cheque.

OK, so she looks a bit rough imho - but good old DM - how could you describe bright purple (as worn by Beatrice or Eugenie - one of 'em anyway) as "sombre" in comparison?
Also, the picture of the Queen Mother in the "paper" shows her wearing bright/light blue so presumably she wouldn't have cared what colour people turned up in, and Andy Burnham's coat looks more like a mac than a "Donkey Jacket" to me.
How to make political points whilst commenting on a supposedly "sombre" occasion - by the Daily Mail.
Just remembered why I don't read it - even on trains/in coffee shops when free...

OMG. Whether the outfit is appropriate or not the "journalist" who wrote that article needs some serious therapy. What a load of vitriolic, nasty nonsense. The woman needs a life.

Seriously, if someone can feel that venomous over a fashion faux pas then they need to get some serious perspective on life.