What has happened to Cherie Blair?

We weren't all being bitchy!

I’m sorry you felt the comments were bitchy GS mine was certainly not meant to be - at what point though does an observation become “bitchy” ?

Princess Anne, in uniform, was able to evade the judgements of the fashion police, but when she walked to the aircraft at Edinburgh airport, it was noticeable that he legs were like matchsticks, suggesting that she was probably under-weight. She had been with the Queen a lot at Balmoral and most likely had borne, more than her brothers, the brunt of her mother's failing health. She's not one to wear her heart on her sleeve but she does look very care-worn.

I agree that Anne looked too thin. A friend of mine of the same age looks similar and the Blood Transfusion Service wouldn’t allow her to donate a few years back.

I admire Princess Anne greatly. I think she has great strength of character and it shows, in my humble opinion.

Pantglas2

Luck, genes and looking after yourself- Anne got all three, Cherie? None! Nothing she could do about the first two but she’s not renowned for her exercise regime either!

Cherie Blair must have had some luck and good genes, after all she became a QC, despite her mother having worked in a fish & chip shop to make ends meet when the father abandoned the family. Can't have been easy.

As for looking after herself and not being renowned for her exercise regime... I've absolutely no idea about these matters.

Casdon

I’m surprised at the lack of empathy. Cherie Blair looks more like the average British woman of around 70 than Princess Anne does, and her lifestyle is no doubt more like a lot of ours are too. Perhaps she has problems with her feet, as a lot of us also do?

I haven't worn heels for years for good reason. Perhaps Cherie hasn't either.
Not sure I'd attempt wearing any for the first time at such a public event.

I honestly can’t see what’s wrong?

She actually looks a bit like me, and she’s got 18 years on me!

She has done rather well from shaky beginnings. Laziness is unlikely to be one of her vices.

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Her shoes have heels , not 6inch though

I don’t think the comments about Cherie are bitchy. She has put on a lot of weight. That’s a fact. As is the effect of carrying extra weight if she has hip, knee or foot problems, as seems likely. Her job is largely sedentary. Her outfit perhaps wasn’t the most flattering despite money being no object, her choice though.

JaneJudge

Pantglas2

Nothing wrong with her academic career Jane let’s not pretend any of it was physical - as Anne’s was, to her obvious benefit in her latter years.

childbearing and giving birth can hardly be describe as not being physical but I am going to be controversial now, I don't think having lots of children is kind on women's bodies either. I know Cherie was Catholic too, so maybe God has had a hand to play in her gait

Four isn't lots in the big scheme of things.

Anniebach

Her shoes have heels , not 6inch though

Yes, just noticed that, they are not flatties.

I thought she had put on weight yes

annodomini

I can't believe that Cherie would be waiting for a hip operation! The Blairs are not short of a bob or two.

My first thought! Now there’s a man I despise.,..