Was the great royal burgundy parade a cheeky swipe at Meghan?

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Daily Mail thinks it has evidence. Let's discuss.

I believe it was a swipe at Meghan.

How can Kate doing something she does most of the time (wearing colours) be a swipe at Megan??

She uses clothes to send a message. 99% of the time that message is support, but this is no coincidence.

Meghan had said that there were unwritten rules re colours that could be worn and you couldn't wear the same colour as a more senior royal if you were attending the same event ( makes sense really )
Kate, Charlotte, Pippa and Zara all wore a similar burgundy shade.
Camilla and Sophie both wore white.
I've never seen this before in all my years of royal watching.
I believe it was a concerted effort......

That’s what I think.

Actually not. She did wear a lot of neutral colours before they decided to leave. There's loads of pics of her showing this.
(cue you going off to google the odd one or two pics of her in a colour)

There are loads of photos of royal ladies wearing the same colours - Ascot 2019, the Queen and Kate wore pretty much identical shades of blue. 2013 the Queen and Camilla in green. 2018, Meghan, Camilla, Eugenie, Anne in white/off white.

Platinum jubilee balcony - the Queen, Camilla, Charlotte all in blue. Trooping the colour 2016, Kate and Camilla both in cream, 2018 both in pale blue etc etc etc.

Meghan never understood that the monarchy is not a meritocracy. The Queen got to wear the brightest colours and then we went from there.

In any case even if she was right, there are better ways to instigate change.

That green dress was not her best number though - a tad small too - but clearly the priority was to go against the grain as much as she could in her last appearance.

@Roussette tbf there’s lots of pics showing bright colours too. I’m just not sure why she would say that, it doesn’t hold up.

LadyEloise1 really, you can't be so much of an ardent royal watcher to not have seen the royal women in the same colour - it took 2 or 3 minutes to find loads of examples. (Can't believe I even did that!)

Maybe you could do a comparison

She wore a smart green outfit with matching hat... and that is 'going against the grain'.

Good god, what can this woman ever ever do right?

The criticism of her is off the scale.

If I'm not mistaken, that was at the Commonwealth service, which was their last official engagement. In my opinion, she looked fabulous. In the documentary, she says she allowed herself colour on this occasion as she was leaving. But then haters are always gonna hate and somehow twist each word Meghan says. Very tiring.

@Roussette 😂 not that bothered to be honest just saying what I’ve seen over the last few years. Maybe you could if your that invested.

Can't be arsed lol

Meghan did usually wear muted or neutral colors when with other members of the RF. If doing an engagement alone, she was more likely to wear colors. After their exit as working royals was announced, she wore more colorful clothes most of the time.

I certainly hope the mass of burgundy wasn't an intentional statement against Meghan on Kate's part because that would be a very petty thing to do, and from what I can see from the outside, I don't think Kate is a petty person. And what would be the point? It's such a trivial issue.

I think it was deliberate, and petty as hell.

It's valid commentary. I realise you don't like it but to describe people as "buying into" it is over-simplistic. Many people on forums like this one have formed their opinions from a wide range of sources including the many dozens of hours H&M themselves have released as well as the reports of bullying from a leading broadsheet newspaper and the evidence of lying in court cases. There's more than enough to justify analysis on the grounds described by these channels and people can take it as they find it. I think we need to talk about abuse and bullying when we it looks to be happening so people understand what it is and how they can avoid it. People who have experienced such abuse (or who may well have been guilty of it themselves) have a valid contribution to make to this discussion and in my opinion should be heard so long as people are able to apply critical thinking to what they're listening to. For those that can't, though, I do understand that it's probably not ideal learning material.

Back to the burgundy coats! I think it was a bit ridiculous to be honest and they'd have been better off just ignoring the bilge completely!

And what would be the point?
Boredom, drama, entertainment, lols. All the stuff the proles get from frothing in AIBU but Kate couldn’t risk a secret Mumsnet profile, and royal life looks dull as hell – I suspect they’re all petty bitches who live for drama because they’ve got nothing else to do.

I'm all for the Queen wearing a different colour to the rest. She was tiny so wore bright colours so she stood out and people could feel they'd seen her. If someone else wore the same colour, the public wouldn't know, from a distance, which one they should be watching.
The rest of the royal women are just also rans so I don't think it matters what colour they wear.

Yes, we have to look into bullying of Meghan by the press. And by the likes of Clarkson.

Was the great royal burgundy parade a cheeky swipe at Meghan?
No. And anyone who thinks it was needs their head examined.

What can we do about it though Rousette? The press can be vile, JC is a case in point. The police have said JC's article wasn't a hate crime (or they don't think it was) though so realistically is there anything else that can be done? Thankfully there have been some changes for the better in that phone hacking is hopefully a thing of the past and photographers can't swarm people the way they used to. But when it goes too far against someone what action can be taken and how do we decide it's gone too far?

"There was no version of me joining this family and me not doing everything I could to fit in. I don’t want to embarrass the family.”

Well, there's a lie. She's actively embarrassing the family

What a nasty post.