A critical blog about Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the rest of the British royal family
This royal round up features Queen Elizabeth II visiting Manchester attack victims, Queen Maxima donning a tiara for a diplomatic corps gala dinner, Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie donning a tiara for a state visit, and Princess Eugenie out and about.
There were several royals out and about at the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend, including Princess Beatrice, Queen Rania, and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie.
Kate Middleton made her second solo overseas visit yesterday, May 11, when she visited Luxembourg at the request of HM’s Government.
Following the big tiara-filled gala dinner on May 9, the royals came out for Day 2 of the 80th Birthday celebrations of King Harald and Queen Sonja, which was a government-hosted black tie dinner at the Opera House in Oslo. It was rainy and wet so the royals had to cover up with umbrellas and outerwear.
Last night, May 9, King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway held a joint 80th birthday dinner at the Royal Palace in Oslo – their birthdays are February 21 (for Harald) and July 4 (for Sonja). A truck load of Norwegian and foreign royals attended including crowd favorites Crown Princess Victoria, Queen Maxima, and The Countess of Wessex.
And we’re back with the poll results for our 2017 predictions. Some of the results were predictable, but some of the results were not what I was expecting at all. And there were some write-in votes that I hadn’t thought of.
Happy New Year!! I hope 2017 is a great year for everyone. As the first post of 2017, here are a bunch of polls on various topics to try to “predict” what will happen throughout the coming year. The polls are split into six categories: Kate’s engagements (royal duties); Kate’s fashion; the Cambridge children; royal babies; royal engagements (proposals); Other.
This past week Sophie, Countess of Wessex was in Canada, Princess Stephanie of Luxembourg celebrated Luxembourg National Day, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit took part in the Royal Silver Jubilee Tour in Norway.
I was hoping I would be able to add some Kate or Harry news to this article but there isn’t any, so here are the poll results for our 2016 prediction polls.
I made the mistake last year of not writing down what I voted for so at the end of the year I had no idea whether I was right or not. This year I’m going to write down my picks.
Since we need something to keep ourselves occupied until Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, decides to do stuff (or Prince Harry, I’ll settle for Prince Harry), I thought we’d try some Kate-related polls again – how many engagements Kate will do, etc. I’m also including polls about other royals as well, just for fun. I’ve split the polls into five sections: Kate’s engagements, Kate’s fashion, Cambridge Children, Royal Babies, and Other. Get ready for lots of scrolling, there are a lot of polls and this post is really long.