Trump State Visit

[MrsLeonFarrell]

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.

I’ve networked.

It’s not that hard compared to the jobs some people in this country are doing.

Im sure the many millions they receive from the taxpayer, their fully funded houses and security, make up for how hard they find it to smile and dress up for a couple of hours.

@DontReinMeIn did you have cameras on you at the time, millions of people watching you

Did you have to sit next to Trump?

Speaking of people looking ill, Trump looks remarkably well for someone pushing 80. I wonder if it’s because he’s tee-total.

Why did Kate have to wear that enormous blue sash and badges? A shame as it detracts from the beautiful dress!

I was busy yesterday so didn't pay any attention to this, but the photos in this morning's papers about the State Banquet. OMG, Kate looks fabulous, so regal, Trump looks like an orange toad and Melania looks like a topless banana. WTF was she thinking with that dress???? Hideous and so inappropriate for such a formal occasion.

Why is Melania dressed as a banana?

Melania's other outfits have been bloody awful too. That ludicrous floor-length trench coat she arrived in and then the flying saucer purple hat that completely covered her face. I don't know who her stylist is, but s/he should be fired.

When I first saw pictures of state banquet on tv I didn’t realise Melania was wearing a belt and thought she was showing bare midriff!

Haha yes the down to the ground Mac was hilarious! I have never ever seen a full-length Mac like that, she looked like Inspector Clouseau's sidekick!

Agree.

Charles looks his age and is being treated for cancer. So understandable he looks tired.
Camilla looked like her awkward usual self yesterday with her wooden walk as though she can’t walk properly in whatever shoes she wears. She was apparently too ill to attend the Duchess of Kent funeral service on Tuesday but well enough to attend Trump visit the very next day (yesterday). She did not look ill.

Kate looks very thin but always has done. She looks tired and stressed which again is normal considering recent cancer diagnosis and treatment. She worries about the future like everyone else.

Melania’s looks have been poor - I think it’s still hard for her to find designers that will dress her.
Last night’s banana dress was Carolina Herrera but, whereas Kate’s was immaculately and bespoke tailored to her, Melania’s looked off the peg.

and Tiffany Trumps blue sparkly dress looked like what you’d wear to an American prom in 2008. Proper TK Maxx vibes.

Have you seen the guest list at the banquet? There are individuals there who have the power to invest tens of billions in the UK. If putting on a show, chatting and spending time with people encourages this investment it's surely a good thing.

You're saying you've networked and it's not that hard. Sometimes it is, so I wonder how much diplomacy you've done, and what was actually at stake.

Perhaps a fruit bowl theme next to the orange?

Apparently it used to give Diana a headache when she wore it. I think it looked larger when Catherine wears her hair down. An updo balances it out more.

@twinklystar23🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dress code for a State Dinner includes wearing any orders you have been awarded. The blue sash is part of the Royal Victorian Order regalia.

I agree the orders look ugly but it's tradition.

What is Tiffany Trump even doing there?

I'm sure you haven't networked at the level they are doing. How ridiculous.

I'm not a big fan of deciding for other people what is or isn't hard about their jobs and who has it worse. All jobs have good and bad points and most people work hard and find some bits easier than others.

I couldn't do what Catherine does, the constant scrutiny would destroy my mental health, let alone having to go hours without a loo break which would be all I could think about. Judging by how Catherine is when public speaking she would hate my old job, which involved speaking to large groups and which I loved.

My point in this ramble is that I don't get to decide for others how hard their job is or isn't because I'm not them.

Whatever anyone thinks of him clever Keir is imo handling the international situation well. Europe has underfunded its defence, and since Trump took office Vladimir has become emboldened and its suggested testing nato with drones I think, landing over the polish border. I think keir is playing the ling ga.e and for now we have to keep the US onside, as well as unite with our European partners. Like others, trump makes my skin crawl, agree with another poster Kate high neck, no flesh showing dress would have been my choice if I'd had to sit next to :
"Grab them by the pussy" trump 😡

The size of the table ,and how do the kitchen and waiting staff serve the food out for all of these people and who are all the workers? I can't take the dressing up as Kings and Queens seriously.

I think she looks ill. Very.

Personally, I think there are worst things going on in the world to be disgusted about.

Do the RF do way more than you want to believe they do? Yes. Not that we don’t have to agree on that.

I also initially thought Melania was showing her midriff, thought her dress was v Torremolinos night out.

Absolutely this 100% !

Networked?

Im sorry but the fact you think that what they’re doing is networking is a very good indicator that you don’t have a clue about what they are doing.

But I’m beginning to think you’re just here for a laugh because surely no one could seriously believe that all they do is just get dressed up and go out smiling for a couple of hours.