The Queen overdressed.

harrigan. Lunch with the Queen - my word! What did you wear?.

shysal I wore a suit and a hat of course. Thankfully I was about three stone lighter then so looked quite smart.

I had lunch with HM too - along with 100 others - when she opened a new university library. Dress code said hats so pulled out the outfit from nephew's wedding!

Ex dh and I lived in Windsor Castle when he was working there, went to the staff ball, I saw HM close up, also in attendance was Charles, Anne and her then husband Mark (code name within the castle "Fog") Ex DH had a very short private meeting with her, when receiving his Christmas present, but had a longer chat with Prince Philip over the state coach used for the Silver Jubilee.

BUT, I had a conversation with Prince Charles at the ball that could almost be described as mildly flirtatious! (It was December 1976, I was all of 18, yes got married at that age!)

Phpenix. That is a claim to fame! You flirted with Charles!!! And you were a married woman!!!
The are all very petite aren't they. I remember seeing Andrew, who looks in photos like a burly chap and he was just a little chap.
Diana introduced a few tall genes.
I always think Anne looks like the most normal of the older set. Very relaxed when she is talking in sporting contexts.

JessM he started it!

Yes, well, he evidently had a penchant for married women!

Oooh err! I don't think it was quite like that!

The Queen is 85 with a 90 year old husband. Like many people of her age she dresses in a way that looks old fashioned to younger people (and that probably includes most of us). And bear in find that Monday was FREEZING cold and she was walking around inside and outside. At her age keeping warm is essential so she wore a warm coat and hat.

We already have a thread on what Gransnetters are wearing in this weather to keep warm. Most of them very practical but probably not what we would wear to a formal event so we can hardly blame the Queen for choosing a smarter option

She dresses better than the three 85 year olds I know! Mind she probably has slightly more to spend! I think she looks great, she smiles more now, and has beautiful skin.