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Trump State Visit

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MrsLeonFarrell · 17/09/2025 13:11

A space for thoughts.

My first is that being at Windsor might make it easier to host a foreign leader. Which then begs the question as to whether in the modern age we really need Buckingham Palace. None of the royals like living there and I bet you'd make a fortune hiring it out for events and tourists.

Whilst i find Catherine's coat dresses a little boring it makes sense to have a sort of uniform.

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AngelaRaynersHair · 18/09/2025 13:52

MrsSkylerWhite · 18/09/2025 11:49

Was KS a friend of Epstein’s? Really? Didn’t know that. What’s your source?

No, of course he wasn’t! The poster was meaning Starmer employed Pater Mandleson who it later transpired was ‘best pals’ with Epstein. Keir Starmer is solidly working class or lower middle class by roots, and moved / moves in very different circles to the likes of Epstein and probably despises everything Mandleson is on a social level!

MrsLeonFarrell · 18/09/2025 13:53

Another advantage of Windsor for State visits is the variety of things they can do in the grounds.

Catherine is apparently wearing a scarf from the textile place she visited in Sudbury recently. They seem fairly matched in their outfit choices, practical and smart.

Melania seems very at home with the children, I've not seen so many photos of her smiling before. And she bought jars of White House honey for ask the children.

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IcedPurple · 18/09/2025 13:54

Thedom · 18/09/2025 13:20

Catherine’s outfit today is dreadful, is there some scout link I may have missed!

Yep. Kate usually really suits more casual outfits, but this one is a mess.

Melania on the other hand looks great. So the opposite of last night imo.

AngelaRaynersHair · 18/09/2025 14:00

Yes her scouts outfit was much nicer than the yellow dress. Did you see the outfit Melania wore to view the dolls house? Brown leather suit? Wasn’t too sure about that one!

sittingonabeach · 18/09/2025 14:08

@Thedom She is Joint Scout President

BigWillyLittleTodger · 18/09/2025 14:13

Thedom · 18/09/2025 08:55

She looks far from ill, only her detractors are trying to push that narrative. She looks stunning.

Yes I’ve noticed a lot of posts like this, also Haggared, lined, old, exhausted etc. either the posters saying these things have never actually seen a person who “looks very sick” or they are pushing a narrative to undermine her, reminds me of that scene in Dr. Who where these tactics were deployed.

IcedPurple · 18/09/2025 14:13

I don't think I've ever seen Melania look so happy and relaxed. She often seems a bit spaced out in public.

Whatever you think about the royals, or about Trump, or even if you think the visit should have happened at all, I think it's undeniable that this State Visit has been a triumph for all concerned.

EasternStandard · 18/09/2025 14:14

BigWillyLittleTodger · 18/09/2025 14:13

Yes I’ve noticed a lot of posts like this, also Haggared, lined, old, exhausted etc. either the posters saying these things have never actually seen a person who “looks very sick” or they are pushing a narrative to undermine her, reminds me of that scene in Dr. Who where these tactics were deployed.

Agree she looks great.

sminted · 18/09/2025 14:46

Did you see the outfit Melania wore to view the dolls house? Brown leather suit? Wasn’t too sure about that one!

I liked it, I appreciate the fact she edges things up.

Thedom · 18/09/2025 14:56

I love Melania’s jacket, the colour and the cut.

@sittingonabeach, I did remember she was patron of the scouts, I just thought maybe the outfit and scarf were some kind of scout uniform, especially the scarf.

I feel more warmed to Catherine’s outfit now that I know she is championing a unique family business, but maybe she could have tied the scarf differently. The jacket looks great, just the who ensemble together looks wrong.

Was just in Zara and it’s practically wall to wall brown. 😬

DontReinMeIn · 18/09/2025 14:59

BigWillyLittleTodger · 18/09/2025 14:13

Yes I’ve noticed a lot of posts like this, also Haggared, lined, old, exhausted etc. either the posters saying these things have never actually seen a person who “looks very sick” or they are pushing a narrative to undermine her, reminds me of that scene in Dr. Who where these tactics were deployed.

She just looks very, very skinny. It’s a concerning trend amongst RF women.

Thedom · 18/09/2025 15:00

I agree, Melania is rarely so engaged and happy looking, she is so beautiful when she smiles, a much softer version of her seen today.

bluegreygreen · 18/09/2025 15:01

DontReinMeIn · 18/09/2025 14:59

She just looks very, very skinny. It’s a concerning trend amongst RF women.

Do you think so?

The Queen? The Princess Royal? Duchess of Edinburgh?

DontReinMeIn · 18/09/2025 15:03

bluegreygreen · 18/09/2025 15:01

Do you think so?

The Queen? The Princess Royal? Duchess of Edinburgh?

Okay, younger royal women. It’s very concerning.

Treeleaf11 · 18/09/2025 15:03

I wonder why Tiffany Trump was the only Trump child at the State dinner. It's usually the others you see with him.

IcedPurple · 18/09/2025 15:06

DontReinMeIn · 18/09/2025 15:03

Okay, younger royal women. It’s very concerning.

Which ones?

Other than Kate, who has always been very slim, none of the 'younger royal women' seem particularly thin to me. Zara isn't. Neither is Beatrice or Eugenie. Who are you 'concerned' about?

Limehawkmoth · 18/09/2025 15:44

IcedPurple · 17/09/2025 20:57

Apparently Melania had been planning her outfit for months but it looks like she lost the original belt and had to grab one off a different outfit at the last minute. Her fashion choices are usually elegant, if unexciting, but this one is a miss imo.

When I first saw pictures I thought she was wearing a 2 piece with bare midriff 😱🤦🏼‍♀️
then took me glasses off and peered closely to see it was pink!

Letmeoutodhere · 18/09/2025 15:56

Melania seems very comfortable with Kate. It’s interesting to see her come out of herself a bit and relax.

bluegreygreen · 18/09/2025 16:04

The picture of her laughing with the children is lovely

Limehawkmoth · 18/09/2025 16:06

BigWillyLittleTodger · 18/09/2025 14:13

Yes I’ve noticed a lot of posts like this, also Haggared, lined, old, exhausted etc. either the posters saying these things have never actually seen a person who “looks very sick” or they are pushing a narrative to undermine her, reminds me of that scene in Dr. Who where these tactics were deployed.

I couldn’t be less interested in fashion, or how celebs, including princesses appear. nor am I a royalist or anti-monarchist. And I’m way too old to be fixated on going on of next generation of royals.

but I am genuinely shocked at size of Kate’s waist in that gold dress, when I saw news. She definately appeared to me to be significantly thinner than her already slim build has ever been, even though she’d clearly lost weight from her illness .

It’s genuinely concerning to see someone still loosing weight, after chemo has finished, and if that means she is struggling to get back to her normal eating regime because her health is still not great.

to take your point about people not knowing what I’ll looks like, My dad died of LBD. Pretty much stopped eating for last 5 months of life (those that have elderly bed ridden relatives know it is astonishing how long people can live on virtually no calories, and how nursing homes try to get high calories food into them on rare days they do want to eat. ). Dad lost weight. Was very frail. But he was dying. His body was shutting down and he needed less and less calories,

And that’s the point; someone who is now on “other” side of difficult treatment, and recovering shouldn’t be loosing more weight, surely?

To say people are pushing an undermining narrative is pants. I think others like me are genuinely shocked to see anyone looking that thin, aside from skeletal models who live of fags and cocaine for a price and fame.

but granted, it’s not anyone’s business but hers, and her medical team. And I assume they must be all feel fine with it, so fair do.

RoundandRounnnd · 18/09/2025 16:06

I know she's the queen of old fashioned, but why has Kate dressed like Oliver Twist?

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LaMarschallin · 18/09/2025 16:11

IcedPurple · 18/09/2025 15:06

Which ones?

Other than Kate, who has always been very slim, none of the 'younger royal women' seem particularly thin to me. Zara isn't. Neither is Beatrice or Eugenie. Who are you 'concerned' about?

I wondered about this too.
I can't think of an obese contemporary member of the RF either.
It may be the old wish/hope/idea that all slim women have EDs or are permanently miserable and would feel happy if they "stuck a biscuit in their gob" as I was advised on MN (I was quite happy as I was).
I thought that the weight loss drugs had made people realise that food noise isn't normal and being slim isn't pathological, but maybe not 🤷🏻‍♀️

DontReinMeIn · 18/09/2025 16:12

LaMarschallin · 18/09/2025 16:11

I wondered about this too.
I can't think of an obese contemporary member of the RF either.
It may be the old wish/hope/idea that all slim women have EDs or are permanently miserable and would feel happy if they "stuck a biscuit in their gob" as I was advised on MN (I was quite happy as I was).
I thought that the weight loss drugs had made people realise that food noise isn't normal and being slim isn't pathological, but maybe not 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m on weight loss jabs.

I also think Kate is dangerously thin and has lost a lot of weight since her wedding

LaMarschallin · 18/09/2025 16:20

DontReinMeIn · 18/09/2025 16:12

I’m on weight loss jabs.

I also think Kate is dangerously thin and has lost a lot of weight since her wedding

I'm not and have never needed them.
Nor have my DDs who eat well and probably have similar builds to Kate (as did I until the menopause gave me a spare tyre).

I'm not surprised you're on the WL jabs, you may always have had an odd idea of what "dangerously thin" looks like if you've been obese.
Just like I didn't understand why obese people overeat because of food noise until it was explained to me.
I educated myself, maybe you should.