Lighthearted, gossip and questions about the Coronation,

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Oreo

I thought Princess Anne looked bizarre tbh.
Yeah, inconsiderate wearing huge titfers in the Abbey really.

Why?

She was in dress uniform, which she is entitled to, and wore the mantle of the Order of the Thistle - Scotland's most prestigeful order.

You don't seem to have thought the other members of the Royal family looked bizarre in the mantles of the Order of the Garter. So why should Princss Anne not pay Scotland the compliment of wearing the mantle of the Order of the Thistle?

The other members of the RF looked great tho! Her outfit made her look like a bloke.Maybe she liked that look, who knows.There was no need for her to be astride a horse that day.The outfit did her no favours in my view.
Other views are readily available 😄

I detested Theresa May's outfit and the other bright orange one, can't remember who wore it. I thought Harry seemed happy and relaxed and was chatting happily to the cousins and Princess Anne. He left immediately after the coronation so that he could get back for his son's birthday.

It doesn’t matter a jot what Scooby Doo Omid Scobie says, does, or writes. He’s a total irrelevance. Anyway, as I understand it, William and Catherine weren’t late, Charles and Camilla were early. It doesn’t matter though does it, royal protocol went a bit wrong and everything still went off marvellously.

Bizziebe

Prince Louis' disappearing act - love him. Did he:

a) need a wee
b) go out for an ice cream
c) get up his sister's nose talking
d) let out a loud yawn

?????

He’s rather young to sit through the whole thing without a break, IMO!

Harry came to the Coronation. I’m glad, for his father’s sake. Since no one has posted about being able to lip-read his comments, we’ll never know what he thought unless he puts it in his next literary offering.
Good that he was seated with people he gets on with.
If Anne’s hat had a deliberately view-blocking high feather (which I doubt), it would have protected Harry from those desperate to put their own interpretations on what he looked like. KC & QC were not that lucky.

Turned tv off Friday and turned back on Tuesday. Missed it all. Damn!

Harry looked as if he was really enjoying himself, he had what he wanted

And now Omid Scobie writes that the P and Pcess of Wales were late arriving at the Abbey because the children were to blame!
He hasn't got a Scooby-Do has he, becausehe wasn'tthere.

Didn’t notice anything about Harry other than him being seated three rows back and looking fed up.

He was talking non stop to the man on one side or him (Eugenie or Beatrice's husband) and totally ignored poor Proncess Alexandra who was on the end of the row by herself. Not very gentlemanly.

There were some really witty Tweets about all aspects of the ceremony 😄
I obviously have a warped mind, as this was the one that made me laugh the most ..😁

Thought Penny M was the star of the show, she looked so elegant and held that sword with such a steady hand for all that time, never seemed to waver, amazing effort!
Pippa M. looked very stylish as always and so did many of the foreign female leaders/wives. Anne's feather was a part of her uniform so could hardly be blamed for that.
I did think that Camilla's attendants looked so much like her, difficult to tell them apart in some shots. Did feel quite sorry for Harry even though I think he's been more than foolish.

Nandalot

Who was the boy,( young man), seated in the row behind Princess Charlotte.? He was wearing what looked like medals but seemed too young to have earned any.

A lot if medals are purely ceremonial. I remember reading that about the medals worn by people like Mike Tindall and Peter Philips at the Platinum Jubilee.

Just putting my tuppence - worth in, but I thought the purple whatever-it-is Charles had on under his robes in the latter part of the ceremony, looked like a cheap nylon bomber jacket (from what I could see of it when he was waving from the balcony).
I liked watching the pomp and ceremony, and history in the making, but thought the robes Kate and Sophie were wearing were a tad pantomime wardrobe.
I thought Camilla's robe was beautiful, and how lovely her personal touch of the dogs being embroidered on it.
I also wonder what Kate had been caught on camera laughing about, presumably something a bit irreverent, as she very hastily rearranged her face when she saw the camera on her!
And little Louis, typical small child bored out of his tree in a long church service!

Oreo

I thought Princess Anne looked bizarre tbh.
Yeah, inconsiderate wearing huge titfers in the Abbey really.

Why?

She was in dress uniform, which she is entitled to, and wore the mantle of the Order of the Thistle - Scotland's most prestigeful order.

You don't seem to have thought the other members of the Royal family looked bizarre in the mantles of the Order of the Garter. So why should Princss Anne not pay Scotland the compliment of wearing the mantle of the Order of the Thistle?

I'm still concerned with finding out about the problem horse and rider.

Germanshepherdsmum

I think a dark coloured, perhaps navy, suit with longish jacket would have looked better. Her feet look as though they may be painful. I can never forget a saying from my childhood ‘red hat, no knickers’, so I have never had a red hat!

That's polite 🙂

I had a navy outfit for a wedding many years ago (I was very young 🙂) and brightened it up with red shoes, red bag and a red trilby type straw hat.
Someone said - "Ooh, red hat, no drawers"

Don't laugh, but I was disappointed not to see Victora Beckham attending in her finery. She usually looks very chic, lots of navy, and small headwear.
Her husband looks good too!

I think a dark coloured, perhaps navy, suit with longish jacket would have looked better. Her feet look as though they may be painful. I can never forget a saying from my childhood ‘red hat, no knickers’, so I have never had a red hat!

Imakemistakeseveryday

I think Therese Coffey has lipoedema, she has the classic signs of it. I have it although I am slim on my upper half. The only dress I would wear is an elegant maxi or I would choose a beautiful trouser suit. Shame when there are so many lovely shorter dresses but going for a 'quirky' or poorly put together outfit only puts the focus on enormous legs on slender feet (feet are not affected in this condition)

Yes, it looks like it.

However, a short white jacket which didn't fit, over a navy dress with a differently patterned large scarf, topped off with that red hat wasn't really the best look.
A darker, longer jacket, a straighter skirt, no scarf or a less voluminous scarf, a different hat and she could have looked smarter and more 'pulled together'.

Mind you, I'm no fashion icon! And my invitation got lost in the post.

I think Therese Coffey has lipoedema, she has the classic signs of it. I have it although I am slim on my upper half. The only dress I would wear is an elegant maxi or I would choose a beautiful trouser suit. Shame when there are so many lovely shorter dresses but going for a 'quirky' or poorly put together outfit only puts the focus on enormous legs on slender feet (feet are not affected in this condition)

specki4eyes

'La plume de ma tante' means 'the pen of my aunt'.
That's me, ever the pedant!
And how brilliantly it was positioned, very clever.

Literally a feather so referring to a quill pen?

'La plume de ma tante' means 'the pen of my aunt'.
That's me, ever the pedant!
And how brilliantly it was positioned, very clever.

Glorianny

Funny how Harry can't win, if he looks serious he's miserable, if he looks happy he's "putting on a show". I think most young men would look at the outfit William was wearing and think "Thank God I don't have to dress like a twerp." Then happily escape back to a quiet family life.

*quiet family life" ?

Oh, if only they'd done that ....... all would be fine.

I think Harry would have like to have worn ceremonial dress for the occasion.

pascal30

Oreo

Didn’t notice anything about Harry other than him being seated three rows back and looking fed up.
Didn’t notice anything between C and C in the coach either.
I did think Charles looked very old and rather miserable throughout tho.Maybe he was trying for dignity, but a small smile or gracious nod now and then would have looked better, not once he was crowned tho or it would have clattered to the ground.

Charles did look tired and anxious but I thought that he had aged a lot better than Camilla's first husband Andrew Parker Bowles.. Also as various guest speakers were talking about his wide variety of interests and skills it became very apparent to me that whilst he didn't have the initial glamour of APB he was probably always much more interesting as a person. I'll watch with interest how Charles and Camilla work together to bring environmental and social changes...and if they're allowed to.. I think the will is there.

Well, the thought has just struck me that Andrew P-B has to bow to his ex-wife.

His Wiki description has been updated to
"He is the former husband of Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom"

A naughty bit of me likes that. 😁

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