I love state visits when royalty is involved, you know why? Tiaras. There are currently three state visits going on in three different countries. Colombia paid a state visit to Spain, Mexico paid a state visit to Britain, and Sweden paid a state visit to Finland. The three royal stars of the tiara show: Queen […]
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Royal Round Up: Countess Sophie, Queen Letizia, Duchess Camilla, Queen Maxima + Harry, Beatrice, Eugenie
Royal Round Up time! This week we have Sophie Countess of Wessex, Queen Letizia, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, and Queen Maxima all getting it done royal-duty style. We also have Prince Harry, Princess Eugenie, and Princess Beatrice (on her fourth holiday in seven weeks) holiday-ing it up in Verbier. Cameos by the Queen, Prince Edward, […]
Sophie, Countess of Wessex talks what she learned from the Queen to Harper’s Bazaar UK
Sophie, Countess of Wessex has given an interview to Harper’s Bazaar UK not only in celebration of her upcoming 50th birthday on January 20 but to promote her patronage of the London College of Fashion and their “Better Lives” campaign. Sophie became patron in 2013, marking the first time a royal has been patron of […]
British Royals attend Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace; William makes fun of Kate’s hair
Today was the annual Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace for the extended royal family before the Queen relocates to Sandringham for the holidays. The Queen only invites her children, grandchildren, etc. to Sandringham for Christmas, so the Buckingham lunch is an opportunity to catch up with the extended family including her cousins and their families, […]
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall busts out family tiara for Buckingham Palace reception
Tiara-mas came early, you guys! I was expecting to have to wait until December 10th to see some magnificent tiaras adorned atop royal heads, but Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall gave me an early present! Yay! Camilla is a girl after my own heart. She loves big jewelry and tiaras just like I do; so unlike […]
Kate’s Remembrance Day faces + Did Kate skip the Royal Charities Forum to go shopping?
Le sigh. When I put together my previous post on Remembrance Day, only a few pictures of Kate Middleton were available, all of which showed her with an appropriately solemn expression prompting me to think she had finally gotten her act together. Well since more pictures have become available, it is clear that indeed Kate […]
Duchess Kate and Prince William take part in State Visit: Welcome President of Singapore
Our dear Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, made her first public appearance since announcing her second pregnancy and OH MY GOD she had another skirt fly-up. I shake my head at her. Here I was hoping to write something nice – she brought back one of my favorite hats (the Jane Taylor grey hat […]
Kate’s palace costs the public £4 million (up £3 million from last year)
The Daily Mail has published an article that is sure to rile up some people. The Palace’s expense reports come out next Wednesday, I think, but the Mail got a preview of the total cost of the renovations to Apartment 1A, otherwise known as Prince William and Kate Middleton’s 22-plus room Kensington Palace home. In […]
Kate showed up for Trooping the Color
Trooping the Color went down yesterday. It marks the Queen’s official birthday—not her actual birthday, which was in April. Trooping the Color originated as a means to show soldiers their regiment flag, so they would recognize their flag while in battle. This was called, “trooping”, where they carried the flag down the ranks to show […]
Prince William knights doctor who delivered George, and other news.
Random info: Whenever I see the word “doctor” followed by the word “who” in a sentence, I automatically think of Doctor Who, the television show. I’m a Whovian. There is some random Kate and William bits to report: Prince William knighted the man who delivered Prince George. Sir Marcus Setchell (as he is now known) […]