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Royal females . High heels.

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beccahamlet · 17/04/2021 20:07

I am not a royalist, but I thought today was really special. One thing that struck me though was the high heels. They could barely walk in them, especially on the cobbles. Isn't it a shame that women have to torture themselves like this.

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thenightsky · 17/04/2021 22:03

It felt intrusive because just the family were there, it seemed voyeuristic

I thought that too. I didn't watch for that reason.

SarahAndQuack · 17/04/2021 22:03

@Peregrina

Or, y'know, she's a generation older and she wore the shoes she wore, and they wore the shoes they wore, and it was someone's funeral and they didn't actually have most of their minds on shoes?

Erm, I am the same age as Anne is. High heels had been invented before we were young women. There were the stiletto heels of the early sixties which did enormous damage to wooden floors.

When Diana first came on the scene flat shoes were quite dull but because she wore them or with small heels they started to make really nice fashionable ones, which as a bonus were comfortable to wear.

I know high heels had been invited.

But if you look at Princess Anne, there is no evidence she has a current penchant for 5-inch splindly stilettos, is there now?

SarahAndQuack · 17/04/2021 22:03

Ugh, can't type. Invented and spindly.

Icantchangemyusername · 17/04/2021 22:04

@MrsCaptainJakeBallard

I don't understand the "it's a shame women have to torture themselves like this" comment. Maybe they want to wear them and don't have to wear them? I wear heels at occasions like this because it helps me feel more put together, more confident in myself and more comfortable in a dress etc. I don't see why it couldn't be the same for them and they didn't have to wear them!
Yeah, reminds me of when someone on Twitter asked Naga Munchetty why she wore skyscraper heels and her response was 'because I want to.' Nuff said!
NerrSnerr · 17/04/2021 22:04

@DareIask it could be that the Queen's grandchildren actually have more of an idea of how she feels about protocol, tights and everything else with them knowing her personally don't you think? What makes you think you know better?

userxx · 17/04/2021 22:05

@HandsIntoTheFire Well said 👏

HandsIntoTheFire · 17/04/2021 22:06

It felt intrusive because just the family were there, it seemed voyeuristic

could they have chosen to veto the cameras inside the church? Or are they not able to do that?

DareIask · 17/04/2021 22:06

Blimey. You are all really spoiling for a silly fight tonight.

The irony of arguing over tights and their colour....

yeOldeTrout · 17/04/2021 22:06

Something niggling at me, suggestion by PP that Charles changed plans last minute, so the unsuitable shoes were only chosen by wearers because the gals didn't expect to walk far in them much less over cobbles.

From what I've read (memoir by a Royal Correspondent) & what I heard about Prince Philip's plan for his own funeral specifically & how He made sure Royal Engagements always ran the idea that there was a last minute change of plans or people didn't know where they would be walking impossible. Everything is worked out meticulously in advanced & timed to the minute. There are never surprises in itinerary. At least not during UK royal engagements.

osbertthesyrianhamster · 17/04/2021 22:08

@felulageller

I feel sorry for Eugenie and Zara that they had to go so soon after giving birth. Neither exclusively breastfeeding it seems.
Hmm

The service was about an hour long.

PinkElephant7 · 17/04/2021 22:09

I also thought they looked like they were struggling to walk in them and thought it was disappointing. Even Zara and I thought she is a sensible one! The love heels but very high stilettos that you can't walk properly in are a bad call always in my view.

Iamthewombat · 17/04/2021 22:10

I know high heels had been invited.

I realise this was a typo but it really made me laugh.

SarahAndQuack · 17/04/2021 22:13

@Iamthewombat

I know high heels had been invited.

I realise this was a typo but it really made me laugh.

Grin Glad to be of service!
FlattestWhite · 17/04/2021 22:13

Even the BBC seemed to think it was a last minute change of plan, though. The cars were there for them - you saw them driving, empty, up the hill beside all the guests walking back. So it does sound like the plan was changed at the last minute, when they (perhaps Charles first) decided they'd rather walk in the sunshine or be with each other. So it really might well have been that they didn't know they were going to be walking.

I've no idea what colour any of their tights were, or how anyone could tell if they were wearing flesh coloured tights vs bare legs. They all looked lovely and very appropriate, from what I saw.

Peregrina · 17/04/2021 22:14

But if you look at Princess Anne, there is no evidence she has a current penchant for 5-inch splindly stilettos, is there now?

As a woman with her head screwed on, she probably values having feet that she hasn't gone and crippled with bunions.

1forAll74 · 17/04/2021 22:15

Absolutely awful to be commenting on what the royal ladies were wearing on their feet. They know that high heels are elegant to wear with their outfits, and can handle wearing them, no matter what.

FlattestWhite · 17/04/2021 22:16

And yes, surely the babies and probably some of the other small children were there but just not part of the funeral, but watching some of it perhaps (the ones who are e.g., 7-10 year olds would be old enough to understand and remember watching the horses and the bands and so on, even if they couldn't take part).

Apparently there was a wake for 15 people afterwards, husbands of grandchildren, cousins, more distant relatives etc not included. But I wouldn't be surprised if some of the others gathered elsewhere, with the children.

SarahAndQuack · 17/04/2021 22:17

@Peregrina

But if you look at Princess Anne, there is no evidence she has a current penchant for 5-inch splindly stilettos, is there now?

As a woman with her head screwed on, she probably values having feet that she hasn't gone and crippled with bunions.

That was rather my point!

It's not that she chose not to wear high heels out of sensible forethought; she just doesn't in the least seem to have that on her radar, and goodness knows you wouldn't.

EdithWeston · 17/04/2021 22:18

She had too because he didn't like her being taller than him he asked for a step to stand on for photos so he looked taller they were actually the same height

I know

But it still set the trend

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 17/04/2021 22:20

I can imagine historians in the future poring over old footage of the funeral and being much struck by the startling combination of black face masks, vertiginous heels, emptiness and ethereal music.

So that is what it was like in those 21st century plague years ...

Toddlerteaplease · 17/04/2021 22:21

Watching people in high heels always makes me nervous. I don't know how they do it!

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jiigsaw · 17/04/2021 22:22

I thought the younger women’s high heels looked really really silly.

“Normal” high heels would have been fine. Those things made their feet practically vertical. Real f*ck me shoes!

InTheNightWeWillWish · 17/04/2021 22:24

@VienneseWhirligig
Me and her were both widowed young and were very sad for the Queen, sitting alone with nobody to hold her hand. After all those years together, she must feel bereft - I did after just 20 years, so over 70 is unfathomable

I’m sorry for your loss Flowers I didn’t watch the funeral but I did see a photo of the queen sat by herself and it was so unbelievably sad. When my grandad died, my dad and uncles sat with my grandma but as they got up to do the eulogy, she was all alone. I had to go sit with her and hold her hand because I couldn’t leave her alone. I really feel for the Queen having to stick to covid restrictions because of who she is and has to set an example. I imagine it’s heartbreaking for the other members of the Royal Family, watching your mother/grandmother bury her husband of 70 something years and not being able to just hold her hand. If that had been any other funeral, her children or grandchildren would have been sat holding her hand, even during covid times. I know these things have always been televised but maybe during a pandemic, the family should have just been allowed to hug each other behind closed doors and comfort one another without feeling like they had to set an example.

Toddlerteaplease · 17/04/2021 22:24

Kate also manages to look amazing in a mask!