Catherine and family at church in Balmoral (Sunday 25/08/2024)

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Catherine and family seen at church in Balmoral (Sunday 25/08/2024)

Kate Middleton is seen at Crathie Kirk for the first time since revealing her cancer diagnosis as she joins Prince William and other Royal Family members for Sunday service | Daily Mail Online

There are no daft clothes. What is daft about coats, a kilt and a hat? Do you know what the temperature has been up there?

“Well I doubt she told him to his face.”

The royals do have form for this, I think.

What is the nonsense people speak about the Church of Scotland ? How they dress at a particular Church?

“Margaret Thatcher hated going to Balmoral because they put her down in small classist ways. Her Private Secretary confirmed this.”

Interesting…

WTAF. I mean, you've spouted quite a river of drivel already but this really does go to show how much of it is emanating from your bahookie.

@Nadeed

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This is a load of nonsense. You talk as if none of us go to church and none of us live in Scotland."

I am in both of those categories and that is my personal experience. Maybe yours is different. It doesn't make my post " a load of nonsense"

What about the wedding party - dress code is pretty standard (parents of bride and groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen etc). I’m assuming you mean telling people what to wear outside of the wedding party is ‘rude’. I’ve never received an invite yet telling me what to wear as a wedding guest.

We did all this at length yesterday. Including the fact that some people ask wedding guests to wear a certain colour. Go and have a look. There were a range of views 😊

eta. It started at around 16.00h onwards, just so you are not scrolling through loads of posts

Thank you. ☺️

Thanks - that's a really well-written and engaging piece. I love the old photograph of Jaffa Gate, Old City. (Through the gate and second left for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.)

I liked the idea of someone having to shimmy their camel through the gate.

My experience with camels is limited, to be fair, but I imagine they don't take kindly to being shimmied. (Rather like my cat when I try and shimmy her into the cat travel basket on the way to the vet).

I’m waiting for @CurlewKate to enlighten us, kilts are not daft apparently, so waiting patiently to see what is.

I don’t think a Fedora is particularly fancy, most of the country set would wear something similar and not just to church, you must have seen different pictures to me as I don’t know what she had on her feet. It may look like a “performance” to you because the royals and country set I presume are not your crowd, to them it is perfectly normal attire for the occasion, I really don’t think leggings, hoodies and sportswear which seems to be the general standard attire of today would appeal much to the royals to go to church, particularly as they are attending with the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, it would show a complete lack of respect, I don’t understand how you come to the conclusion that because they dress smartly for the occasion means they are disinterested.

Yes the only choice in what to wear is a hat, dress and heels
OR
leggies, hoodies and sportswear

Make your choice now. You can only choose one of these options folks.

I agree with much of this. I had indeed assumed heels as I've never seen the PoW in anything else unless actually doing sport so she might be in some sensible shoes but I doubt it.

It does indeed look like performance to me because it isn't my crowd. I said it was how it appeared to me multiple times! I would like to see them relaxed in ordinary daily clothes going to church because to me they would therefore look more relaxed and like they were actually enjoying going.

It won't ever happen so those who consider hats and a specific degree of smartness to be required to show respect at an ordinary Sunday service can rest easy.

I lived in central Canterbury for a few months so for a while my normal Sunday service was at the Cathedral, including over one Easter which was the only time I saw the Archbishop himself presiding.

Easter Sunday being the most important service of the year in the CofE's head church presided over by the most senior clergyman in it. I didn't feel the need to put a hat on or change out of my jeans or wear a specially smart coat. No lack of respect from me. I'm glad I don't have people putting that kind of silly judgement on me that means I'm in the public eye and think I have to wear a hat or I'm not dressed up enough.

What do you change out of your jeans for?

If you’d been going to a nice restaurant for dinner after the Easter Service would that have made a difference to your outfit?

If you’d been invited to a family Easter Sunday dinner after the service by your MIL would you have worn something different?

I’m not part of the upper class set - my family roots are northern working class but we would always dress smartly for Sunday services (a bit more casual for weekday services but still not jeans) and always dress smartly to go to dinner at someone else’s house.

Well it is standard attire for many these day which is what was being discussed, normal everyday clothes, posters wanted the royals to wear normal everyday clothes, jeans, sportswear, hoodies, leggings are just that for many people 🤷🏻‍♀️ and as for the hat dress and heels, Catherine was wearing a country style fedora and a tweed coat by the looks of it, she wasn’t dressed for ladies day at Ascot.

If you’d been going to a nice restaurant for dinner after the Easter Service would that have made a difference to your outfit?
Possibly. Depends on the definition of "nice". But that would be a special occasion. Going to church isn't, it's ordinary and that's why I don't like seeing it as performance.

If you’d been invited to a family Easter Sunday dinner after the service by your MIL would you have worn something different?
At PIL's house? No, wouldn't cross my mind to dress any particular way for that.

Horses for courses.
I was brought up to wear "Sunday best" for church, so I still do. It just feels wrong TO ME not to be a little dressed up for church, I certainly wouldn't wear jeans. But other people have different views and so wear different types of clothing. Neither of us are being disrespectful or judging others, it is what it is! Clearly the Royal family are part of the " Sunday Best" brigade, that doesn't mean they don't want to be there!

Seriously do not be ridiculous. I do not wear dresses and heels. And I do not wera leggings and tracksuits. There are other choices.

I don’t really care what you wear, I wasn’t referring to you personally, you don’t interest me that much, sorry 🤷🏻‍♀️.

@BigWillyLittleTodger With the kilt it's what you wear on your top half and how you "accessorise" it that determines suitability for different occasions.

You are preaching to the converted! Married to a Scot who wears his kilt at every available opportunity and mighty fine he looks too.

I have one of those too, lucky us, eh!

A kilt has to be exactly the right length though - an inch either way and it doesn't look great.