The British Royal Family - news, views, clothes & shoes! #7

[Niner]

You edit for up to an hour I believe - or then it could be only 30 minutes....

 

[gregjrichards]

Keep cool and carry on! Queen beats sweltering heatwave with a £349 Dyson Airblade fan as she receives Boris Johnson at Buckingham Palace

Queen keeping cool at Buckingham Palace with a Dyson Airblade | Daily Mail Online

I bet Her Majesty can’t wait to go to Balmoral and out of the heat in London.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

You edit for up to an hour I believe - or then it could be only 30 minutes....

I returned to my post within minutes to post the link but "edit" button was gone. Just a fluke, I guess; things like this have happened before.

 

[1&2&3]

JMO, since Archie doesn’t have a Royal title, Meghan is not about to honor her niece and nephews in wishing them a Happy Birthda by using their titles.

It is Harry who doesn’t want the title. Meghan would give everything for her child to have a title. Guess Meghan lost on this battle as we all know how strongly Harry detests his title.

Therefore, Meghan will not let William’s children outshine her child if she has any sayso in the matter.

My opinions only.

 

[Keine Engel]

Sophie, Countess of Wessex has over £1 million worth of royal tiaras - where are they now?

I couldn’t not post a tiara news story for @Keine Engel

Wine Alert!​

(Ooops ) ​

Tiara Alert!​

I'm quite sure Sophie is fully aware "where they are now"
What is the point of that question?
Do they think she's forgotten, lost, hocked 'em?

- Oh boy where to begin...LOL -
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Anyway Sophie has only really been seen wearing 3 <?> different tiaras

Her Wedding Tiara

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- This was a wedding gift from Her Majesty & Prince Philip

The Five Aquamarine Tiara ( or Canadian Aquamarine Tiara ​

- This actually belongs to the Queen & 'assumed' to be a long term loan.​

The Wessex Aquamarine Necklace Tiara

- This one's a bit of a mystery but it's only recently appeared. It's a 'modern' design so it seems most possibly new & belongs to Sophie herself (as part of her own personal jewellery collection)

With this in mind to say what the value of the tiaras would be in £'s would be rather difficult

For the two Aquamarine Tiaras the value of the stones themselves...well now that's a different matter

...And it appears the Countess, who is said to be the Queen’s ‘favourite’, has a jewel she favours most.

The blonde appears to enjoy wearing huge aquamarine stones...

Sophie has two tiaras with the stones worth £1.5m.

Ailsa said: “Aquamarines, like emeralds, are a colour scale of the mined gem stone called beryl. Emeralds are green to blue beryls and aquamarines are blue to green beryls...

“This tiara is assumed to be on permanent loan to the Countess from the Queen, and as a royal favourite, it would possible for this tiara to reach £1 million on the open market today.”

I think it's safe to say the article is somewhat ... incorrect

To be cont'd
The Court Jeweller: United Kingdom (Main Line)
Sophie, Countess of Wessex’s £1.5 MILLION aquamarine tiaras revealed - The Texas Post

 

[Keine Engel]

Fans Aren't Happy About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Birthday Wish for Prince George

However, some social media users were upset that the couple didn't refer to their nephew by his name and title...

Some people are never happy. Why do people complain about anything and everything nowadays?

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[CoverMeCagney]

Some people are never happy. Why do people complain about anything and everything nowadays? Thank goodness I’m not in the public eye having everything I do scrutinised, praised and moaned about I would get fed up with it all and end up a recluse on an Island somewhere.

People just love being offended by anything and everything, you can't win!

 

[Keine Engel]

 

[Pi Thoughts]

"See the treasured mementos of Australia Prince Charles selected to show The Weekly's Juliet Rieden, when she was invited behind the gates of Clarence House for a private tour."

Some beautiful photos of Clarence House in this article from The Australian Womens Weekly. The little slippers given to Queen Elizabeth as a toddler are just gorgeous.
EXCLUSIVE: Never-before-seen photos inside Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla’s home

 

[Lilibet]

"See the treasured mementos of Australia Prince Charles selected to show The Weekly's Juliet Rieden, when she was invited behind the gates of Clarence House for a private tour."

Some beautiful photos of Clarence House in this article from The Australian Womens Weekly. The little slippers given to Queen Elizabeth as a toddler are just gorgeous.
EXCLUSIVE: Never-before-seen photos inside Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla’s home

What a warm and beautiful home! I love those little slippers.

 

[gregjrichards]

Prince Harry is shown photos of Diana during a poignant trip to Sheffield Children's Hospital to meet patients and open a new wing - 30 years after his mother's visit

Prince Harry is shown photos of his mother Diana at Sheffield Children's Hospital | Daily Mail Online

 

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Prince Harry is shown photos of Diana during a poignant trip to Sheffield Children's Hospital to meet patients and open a new wing - 30 years after his mother's visit

Prince Harry is shown photos of his mother Diana at Sheffield Children's Hospital | Daily Mail Online

So refreshing. A child of privilege doing these kinds of things instead of trying to enrich himself or doing other hedonistic things

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

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Prince Harry is shown photos of Diana during a poignant trip to Sheffield Children's Hospital to meet patients and open a new wing - 30 years after his mother's visit

Prince Harry is shown photos of his mother Diana at Sheffield Children's Hospital | Daily Mail Online

That's just lovely.

Harry is so like Diana, he lights up the same way she did when she was interacting with children.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Well folks, I believe it's officially the second hottest day since records began in the UK. Hoping the Queen has got out of London and way up north by now.

I LOVE sunshine, I love heat, but it's so much nicer with aircon and a swimming pool!

 

[Keine Engel]

So refreshing. A child of privilege doing these kinds of things instead of trying to enrich himself or doing other hedonistic things

The Duke of Sussex smiled as he came face to face with the mascot Theo the bear

The Duke of Sussex 'gave Theo the cuddle'​

 

[Keine Engel]

That's just lovely.

Harry is so like Diana, he lights up the same way she did when she was interacting with children.

The royal joker had two young women laughing as he chatted to them outside

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Harry goes on to inspect Jonathan Mitchell's beard too, as he laughs at him during their meeting

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[Keine Engel]

To be cont'd...

Tiara Alert!​

A bit more detail on the 'Aquamarine' tiaras worn by Sophie

- I love the colour of these stones ​

The Five Aquamarine Tiara
or Canadian Aquamarine Tiara

This tiara, composed of five aquamarines set in a ribbon-like diamond surround, was worn once by the Queen during a 1970 trip to Canada before it disappeared back into the vault.​

-It's also known as the Canadian Aquamarine Tiara, as the queen wore it on a state visit to Canada in 1970-

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...Some suspected it had been broken up, but it was proven to be intact when it reappeared on the Countess of Wessex. Chances are it is a loan to the Countess,

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The provenance of Sophie’s tiara remains a mystery.

...Maybe it has something to do with Canada (given the Queen’s initial outing), maybe it was a gift or inheritance from elsewhere, maybe it was one of Queen Mary’s treasures. A mystery.​

From Her Majesty's Jewel Vault: The Five Aquamarine Tiara
The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Tiara Thursday: The Five Aquamarine Tiara

 

[Keine Engel]

Well folks, I believe it's officially the second hottest day since records began in the UK. Hoping the Queen has got out of London and way up north by now.

I LOVE sunshine, I love heat, but it's so much nicer with aircon and a swimming pool!

I'm way up but still in England - on the North-East coast ...

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I'm way up but still in England - on the North-East coast ...

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Nice! You on holiday, I had you down as a NW'er? Hope you've got a nice coastal breeze, it's still sweltering here (near Leeds)

 

[Keine Engel]

Nice! You on holiday, I had you down as a NW'er? Hope you've got a nice coastal breeze, it's still sweltering here (near Leeds)

No I live here...
Pretty close to the coast but not feeling much of that breeze today

Not exactly where I live but this is right on the edge of the coast-line not far from me ^