The Prince and Princess of Wales were late by what seemed like a couple of minutes? King Charles and Queen Camilla’s journey to Westminster Abbey was precisely timed, but William and Kate are (it seems) much too lazy to care about turning up to a coronation on time. Someone said that William and Kate’s arrival energy was “just fought in the car on the way over.” It’s true. William and Kate arrived with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, but George was traveling with his grandfather, because George was a page. From what I could see, George’s behavior was fine. Prince Louis was the one who had to be spirited away mid-coronation, probably because he kept yawning, pulling faces and trying to talk to his sister.
We were curious to see what Kate would wear and here it is. The white gown is McQueen, although we don’t see much of it because of her cape. She wore the diamond-and-pearl earrings famously worn by Princess Diana, although Kate prefers to wear them backwards. The biggest question was about what kind of tiara or headpiece she would wear, and this was the work-around: a Jess Collett x Alexander McQueen headpiece made from “silver bullion, crystal and silver thread work three-dimensional leaf embroidery.” Someone suggested that this was the “green” choice – it is not. The environmental choice (weirdly enough) would have been recycling one of the old tiaras in the vault. But I don’t think Kate had much choice, she wasn’t getting one of those tiaras. Charlotte also wore McQueen, and she got a similar little headpiece. That part of it – with Kate & Charlotte wearing similar headpieces – was a cute compromise.
The weirdest part was when William made his pledge to King Charles and William was too lazy to memorize the oath, so he just read it out, barely making eye contact with his father.
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Say what you will about Kate otherwise, but she does look really lovely here. And matching with Charlotte is cute.
I agree, Kate looks nice. Tired, but perfectly fine. But omg Willy! He looked like a clown. All that…stuff. He hasn’t the bearing or gravitas to even come close to pulling it off.
I think this it was William’s way of telling his father to shove it. William made his stance clear that he did not agree with Camilla becoming Queen.
I think it was one of her best looks ever. The evil queen style really suits her.
It was embarrasing how everyone had to read from cue cards even Charles could not remember his oath and made the impression he never read the words before. If the King can’t bother to learn his links, why shoud anybody else?
The whole thing hat theater rehersal in a retirement home energy, I just expected charles to ask, who is playing the King and the bisher telling him it’s his part today and he will get a nice tee and a scone afterwards.
I’m not sure if you are being serious, but I sincerely agree that the Evil Queen style suits her. That’s how she should dress. Severe, painfully thin, unfriendly, laser eyes, traumatized, cold, sexy, unhurtable, powerful. She should wear her hair up more.
I agree. This suits her.
Evil queen does suit her! Hair up is a big plus.
Yeah, she should lean into the evil queen vibes more. I don’t think she is at sexy evil queen yet. But she should try and go for that over innocent ingenue vibes.
Notes of Cersei.
Totally. Willie had like a one liner of just a few words and so many weeks to learn it if not months. It looked completely insincere and that was the only thing it needed to be
Very much agree that evil Queen and severe is her best look.
I think it’s funny that they wouldn’t let her wear a tiara so she said “okay I’m going to have the most tiara-looking headpiece made then”. Props on that choice.
The Princess of Wales looked truly stunning.❤️
I am quite upset today, because the wrong event is taking place without the right people. Given the circumstances, perhaps the right place to congratulate a woman wearing a Roman-Empire style crown -which embarrassingly contributes to make that obsolescent, already antediluvian ceremony even more old-fangled and prehistoric – would be her royal social media.
If only looks were all that mattered. Too bad she’s so ugly inside. Even so without the photoshop she looks grim and recently divorced when near her “husband.”
She was photoshopped pretty obviously and at times badly. Go to the photos of her on the balcony and you’ll see how aged she is. There are of course the usual “she’s exhausted” comments, but that is what she looks like, even with some photoshop.
They both looked stunning, but I’m using the term stunning in that I’m stunned at the OTT, archaic, cluttered and undeserved ostentation of their Halloween outfits. William clearly phoned in his bit, he looked bored, pissed off and appeared to just want to go down the pub and drink away his anger at Harry’s presence.
Jaded, that is so on it! It’s pantomime, of course, but today felt extra pantomime-y. Camilla looked bored, in the pictures I’ve seen, and Kate and William looked resigned to this being their future.
I think she looked lovely.
I’ll say something nice—they look like clowns. From the Renaissance Fair, which I enjoyed a few years ago. And Kate finally fixed her wonky eyebrow, yay!
I don’t like her no matter what she wears she was horrid to meghan.
She always looks great when she’s serving “evil queen.”
I think Kate is pretty but sometimes she really ages herself with her style. I found this to be one of those days. I thought she looked harsh and they could’ve softened her appearance a bit – she looked a ton better this week IMO.
She doesn’t know how to apply blush. Who besides corpses and very old ladies has that harsh line?
She looks beautiful. I love the headpiece, and she has the height to carry this kind of ridiculously over-the-top outfit as well as anyone could. Also I’m seeing a lot of talk about the heavy makeup but it seems to me like the right level of makeup for a big public appearance. We’re seeing her in close-up photos but the crowd is seeing her from much farther away. Without heavy-ish makeup she would look washed-out in person. (QE2 wore a good deal of blush/lipstick too, and bright colors, so that she would stand out in a crowd and people would feel they’d really seen The Queen.)
I’m not a big Kate fan but I think the commentariat here can get into “bitch eating crackers” territory with her. Especially since this post is about what she wore. I thought she looked lovely and regal. (Which, I think they should abolish the monarchy and that the whole concept is silly, but if the UK is going to keep all this pomp and circumstance, she’s expected to look regal and she did.)
Sadiemae, is it surprising that many here would be at BEC level with Kate Middleton, a person who weaponized her whiteness against the only biracial member of the BRF while said member was pregnant and struggling? There is absolutely nothing to praise or admire about Middleton.
agree to disagree. i thought she looked harsh and cold with way too much make-up. to me, beauty comes from a comfort with oneself, a peace, and she never has that. i did think she looked “appropriate” but there was so little joy and happiness there, and without it beauty escaped her.
Gee it’s weird how many other royal women manage to not look like 80s prom queens up close. I wonder if that’s because experts actually know how to do makeup for events that are both televised and in crowds.
Or maybe it’s never happened before and that explains why Kate is the only woman who looks like this.
I think it’s not being bitchy to believe Kate is a pretty woman who relies on filtered images. She isn’t a great world beauty. And she is aged beyond 41. As Josephine says, if Kate had inner qualities, such as contentment and enthusiasm, she could elevate her entire look and manner, but such things elude her. I see an exhausted and bored woman, which I suppose doesn’t matter if you want to look regal but it doesn’t make you regal in and of itself. And the other women didn’t look so badly made up – it does detract, because it makes her look cut into facial sections. She needs to have a word with her stylists.
@Sadiemae:
– ” She looks beautiful “: I’ll agree when I learn to marvel at nothing.
– ” The heavy makeup me ” is ” right for a big public appearance ” because ” the crowd is seeing her from much farther away “: So the further the crowd, the heavier the make up? Because the crowd stands far from her, Kate is justified in plastering her face in makeup like a Shakespearean stage actor? The rationale seems a big wonky to me.
If you look at Catherine Middleton’s multiple layers of black eyeliner, plus smoky eyeshadow, you get a glimpse of the bygone days when aristo women used to apply powdered hogs bones mixed with poppy oil on their faces, in order to look extra white.
Queen Elizabeth 1 even used a poisonous mixture of white lead and vinegar, and died of blood poisoning. The lady in waiting watching her coffin heard a crack. Following the quaint noise, the casket was opened. the Queen’s head and face had exploded due to her use of a lead-based makeup known as “Venetian Ceruse”, also known as “the spirits of Saturn”.
I’m not saying that Kate’s face will eventually burst out onto the walls, but here, the Kim-Kardashian eyebrows, combined with the total lack of finesse and zero sense of nuance in the eyeliner use, can admittedly be striking for 2023 women.
I’ve seen women with a regal, distinguished composure without all the regalia. That’s not K’s case, unfortunately.
This is not a bitch eating crackers site. We can dislike Kate on principal.
As for me, I think Kate looked good and Camilla should’ve let her wear a tiara. They needed every smidgen of glamour they could get at this event and only Kate and Rose (!!) offered it.
I will always be in BEC mode with her. She’s done way too much damage with her evil “white woman tears” antics for me to be able to think anything positive about her ever again,
@SadieMae- QEII wore bright colors because she was so short, which made her difficult to spot in a crowd. And while she did wear lipstick regularly, she definitely did not wear tons of makeup. And I say all this as someone who was NOT a fan of her.
Thanks for what you’ve said. I’m not a fan of Kate, but the lady is going to age. I’d rather not trash someone’s face. Especially when we all live in this world of great photoshop pressure. Let’s talk about the outfits, the morals, the ethics, hairstyles. But to talk trash about someone else’s face is the lowest of the low. These people are going to keep aging. And what? We’re just gonna be bitches about it our whole lives?
kate looks great. everyone here just likes to pile it on bc they wish it were Meghan doing this. but that will never happen. she’s serving “i win” and it’s showing well.
@Sugarhere: Thank you for the history lesson. That was truly fascinating. I love learning trivia like that. I agree with you about the heavy handedness of Kate’s makeup. I thought it was just me being harsh, but obviously, lots of other people noticed the spackle masquerading as makeup. I noticed how harsh her blush and contour was.
So many new handles popping in with the same tired old “I’m not a fan of Kate but how dare you say she is anything but beautiful ! You are all just jealous!”
I wonder how much KP pays for weekend work like this.
@Twinkle: 🙋🏻♀️😘
I will *always* be in BEC mode regarding Kkkhate. As far as I’m concerned, anyone who lets their envy, jealousy, and racial hatred control them (as they attempt to drag a pregnant POC into suicide) is absolute trash and can never put a foot right again.
My two cents.
Her hair does look good up
Omg I had to laugh when I saw that!! They both look so ridiculous!! And yes, that was my first thought too: they pulled faces (in front of the whole world!!!) because they probably tore themselves to pieces in the car. And then came too late. Can these people actually do anything!?!
Somehow I feel sorry for Kate, finally the whole world is looking at her and now she looks like on carnival. And that crazy headband (?)… How she’s desperately trying to get everyone’s attention somehow. But unfortunately the whole look literally fell into the water. This is for carnival. And these blatant eye bags don’t make it any better…
Twitter is on fire today, the Stars Wars jokes are so funny: https://twitter.com/HunterCrowder6/status/1654830843150364672?s=20
OMG, I am so glad you posted this because that was all I could see in these photos: Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker.
She looks fine, very evil queen, and I agree they look like they can’t stand each other. I swear I read the other day that her dress was supposedly going to make her stand out from everyone else and I don’t see that at all. She looks like the rest of them with those silly robes on and the white dress isn’t anything unique.
Actually we have very little idea what the dress looks like. Having seen how elaborate Sophie’s was, I have to wonder if the decision to stick everyone in these order robes (I didn’t even know the RVO had robes) was a late-arising one
I bet she hated having her fancy brand new McQueen gown covered up by that silly cheap-looking robe. And she doesn’t like hiding her figure, either. Everything she wears is very body-con.
Kirsten, the only thing I see when I look at her is that she’s dressed up for Independence Day. I’m an American, so my perspective is going to be different. Wow, way too much stuff that distracts the eye. I like Charlottes head band. Again, I think her Mom’s is over done. That’s all I’ve got, because I can’t see past what I’ve just stated.
Ditto! This gave me 4th of July color guard baton twirling vibes. And the kids had the May the Force be With You cosplay.
Charlotte is so lovely and I think that she and Kate are very regal here.
OT: that oath? lol
Harry is Charles’ is Favorite and Harry is also William’s Favorite. That’s all I got confirmation of with that footage. And that scene will be in the archives forever. Jeez, Louise.
I thought Kate and Charlotte looked very cute together.
And that headpiece seemed to be Kate’s way of saying screw your no tiara shit, Cam–I can make this thing look like a CROWN. And don’t forget to choke on Diana’s earrings, I wore them just for you.
This happens to be one of the only corners of the internet that knows exactly who waity middleton really is and discusses her thus and people come here with their ‘I’m no Kate fan but…’ bs. Try again. We know who Kate and (and who Meghan) is. I suggest all the Kate Stan Meg hate Twitter feeds. There’s loads of them. Bec? Haven’t heard that expression but I know one bitch and she’s wearing a fake tiara.
I think she does look good, most chic I’ve seen her look , the updo suits her instead of the sausage curls, but I see all of the tell-tale signs of a thread lift here..
What are the telltale signs of a thread lift?
Do you see the sharpened jaw line?, thread lift will sharpen up the jaw line where she was previously starting to have jowls and a sagging Jawline
Another thing I see, often with the thread lift, is the small dent that she now has in the upper cheek that is caused.
Also the very defined line under the cheekbone that is not just caused by an extremely defined contour.
I think it looks great, no criticism
I don’t know, this a very Napoleonic getup
I think she looks absurd. Copying an Ancient Greek laurel wreath crown worn by gods/goddesses in Greek mythology and art, gifted to heroes and later adopted by Roman emperors?! https://images.theconversation.com/files/487308/original/file-20220929-22-a732tm.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=640%2C366%2C3720%2C2458&q=20&auto=format&w=320&fit=clip&dpr=2&usm=12&cs=strip
How delusional this woman really is?
I found the headpiece embarrassing for her. She was told she couldn’t wear a tiara so she wore…..that. Had she worn something less tiara-like, I think it would have looked a lot better. As it was it screamed “I’m mad I didn’t get my tiara!!!”
Also it looks a LOT like rose Hanbury’s tiara. Like I first thought that was rose arriving with William lmao.
I cannot believe they were late. They made Charles wait in his damn carriage for their arrival. Like…..Jesus.
And my question is how C&C will retaliate, I can’t wait to see the WanK stories in the press in coming weeks. Chuck and Sidepiece will not be happy.
Between Diana’s earrings, the faux tiara, and being late? I have my popcorn ready.
I can just imagine William blaming being late on Kate and her hair, and CRex shouting “Get yourself a wife who knows how to be bloody on time.” Crex looked so grumpy during the whole ceremony. Kate’s flower crown looked like something you see in the bridal party supplies section at Micheal’s craft stores.
You can bet your life savings that they are going to be served up to the press, especially as Khate was wearing Diana’s earings
I agree about why she chose that piece and that it looks “inspired by” Rose’s tiara and yet…I still liked it? I thought it was pretty.
The headpiece is almost an EXACT copy of crown princess Marys of Denmarks famous ruby tiara!
So she is wearing Dianas earrings, Marys looking tiara and yesterday, Meghans shoes.
I wonder especially what Mary an Meghan felt seeing that. Wow just wow.
And she was late to?
This woman is bold and dont mind stepping all over anyone.
The queen of cosplay strikes again copying Rose’s tiara from a state dinner. Kate seems to be morphing into the evil queen from a Disney movie. She looked so unhappy and tired next to Baldilocks.
yes, “cosplay” was the word that first sprung to mind when I saw them.
Yes, her headpiece looked awkward and it was a mistake to shape it like a tiara. Too large/wide and oddly shaped. Looked like a bridal headpiece from the 80s. A simple band of flowers would have been fine or just nothing at all. Her eye makeup was really off too.
All I see is Julius Caesar.
Agree, charlottes was right but Kates was shaped to copy a tiara which gave off wannabe tinfoil despot vibes.
Also noticed her hair was up, I thought Charles was obsessed with her hair. Wonder who forced her to hide it and her dress.
Kate is never going to have charisma, so ll of her fans pushing that are just sad. She is a hanger off of which designers hang new items topped with her wiglet and my big issue with her is that buys into this and perpetuates it even as it’s eating her alive.
It’s funny, I was going to comment that it was reminiscent of my bridal headpiece! Maybe that’s why I like it on her, lol
@ Teagirl Lol! I didn’t read through all of the comments before I posted down below. Had the EXACT same thought.
I went on aliexpress and found about 20 hair pieces that I Iiked better and would have gone better with the occasion. But. There is no accounting for taste.
I agree that she looked severe and not particularly beautiful. Her make up is so very heavy handed just like at her wedding. Head piece was gaudy too.
I didn’t think they looked bad per se and charlotte was v cute. Mostly it just reinforces Kate’s need to stand out from the crowd(and copy rose?!). If she can’t get bling, she’ll damn well make it herself. For a woman who seems to lack passion in her work, there’s a real drive in these type of situations. This is where her passion is. Wear something that will garner attention and clock the cameras. Which is technically her role. And honestly, she was just cosplaying tiaras while the men were cosplaying their military wear. Is it embarrassing that she’s essentially rocking a tinfoil tiara? Hell yeah. But she’s got no shame.
A poster on the other thread commented that Chuck had a paddy in the carriage cause they were late arriving – I was watching the BBC commentary and Huw Edwards said that they were ‘on their way’, I was like WTAF are they really going to keep everyone waiting and yep they did. It was more than a few mins – it was a good 5 mins plus. They kept cutting between outside and inside to cover their lateness.
I agree Chuck and Cams will NOT be happy at this – but then again the Wails have a loooooong history of being late. They were once late to an event at St George’s Chapel and kept TQ waiting outside. Its worth noting that they are only late on joint engagements, William is on time for his solo ones and kHate has a rep for being late to her solo engagements. There was an events at the Royal Albert Hall that they were almost half an hour late for (it was a 5 min drive from KP) and William was heard making a comment about being late due to kHate’s nightmare hair.
Being consistently late is not only bad manners its a power move. This is kHate making things about her, I had a former friend who was a narc and she often did this as a way to punish me, usually for not doing what she wanted.
There is a saying, “Punctuality is the courtesy of kings.”
They took their revenge by pushing them to the end of the balcony. Notice how they were placed on the balcony.
@Angie – yeah i noticed and she was between William and Sophie. Even George was not the closest page boy to Charles.
George 5 was said to adore Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (The QM) despite her always being late, which he usually couldn’t stand.
At balmoral the Queen (Elizabeth) used to tell the QM dinner was at 8.15 because she knew she’d be late. Everyone else was told 8.30.
The stream I was watching didn’t have a commentary. I couldn’t understand why William and Kate seemed to arrive after the King. Never occurred to me they’d screwed up and arrived late accidentally.
@Cairidh — I think the late arrival was intentional. They’re both so obviously angry at KC3’s invite to Harry that they deliberately made him wait. William looked pissed as he read his piece to Pa and barely looked at him.
I refused to add a single viewership number to their tally, and the only two videos I’ve seen are Harry’s arrival and the HILARIOUS tantrum Chuck was clearly throwing in the carriage as they waited for the Wails. I’m sorry, they could not have given me a better gift. Oh, the Lazies were late, how surprising. The time to throw that particular fit was when Willnot became the least working “working royal”, decades ago.
But in the carriage right before the coronation? Hahahahahahahahhaahhaaaaaaaa!
You know who would have been on time, even early? MEGHAN.
Hi @digitalunicorn! Irish person here. Just to let you know that “having a paddy” is sort of… anti Irish, and sort of colonialist. I know that’s not how you meant but just FYI
Yes, @Iris! He had a tanty! Nothing Irish about it.
I just don’t get why she couldn’t have worn a tiara. It wouldn’t have pulled focus from Camilla and that massive crown that looked way to big for her head. It’s rather ridiculous. I wonder if she’ll be allowed to wear tiaras at state banquets, or if that’s not going to be allowed, too.
There will be some glitzy evening events in the coming days, and it’ll be interesting to see if Kate is in tiara detention after today’s stunt. If she wears her little wedding piece, we’ll know she’s in trouble with Camilla.
@ Lauren — I’m guessing it was the dress code. No one was in a tiara, including members of other royal families. It seemed like all of the ladies in those red/white/blue robes had a type of white hairpiece. If others had been rocking the bling it would be suspicious – I think the prevailing thought is the dress code was changed for everyone to punish….Kate.
I wish Chuck just got out of his carriage when he got there and let WanK come in obviously late.
Kate looks absolutely ridiculous with that giant plastic, beaded mess on her head. Just had to try to make it as large as possible to make up for not being allowed a tiara.
Maybe she got a “going out of business” deal on it from Party Pieces.
@notasugarhere, I agree, I expected to see the Disney castle appear, not the Abbey 😂. How to appear they haven’t been arguing when they REALLY, REALLY had. Look at bullyams body language and Kates face of thunder(that or she’s constipated), yes Charlotte looked cute with that headress but, sorry I thought the style of dress and Louis’s jacket, looked very Chinese
Yes, the headpiece looked very Greco Roman emperor.
Ripley, that is SO funny. It looks a bit like something you’d get out of a very large cracker. I’m just pleased the nonsense is over.
@sparrow-Right!!! It’s over. Hells yeah. Like I’m really glad this thing is over. @mary pester-a lot of them indeed looked constipated.
@Mary Pester — Kate ALWAYS has her “thunderface” on whenever Harry’s near. It’s like her “this church ain’t big enough for the 3 of us” face. And William looked pretty pissy to his dad. I’m looking forward to reading about this in the tabs as the chubbly nonsense dissipates and the read dirt starts being alluded to.
It’s giving Michael’s Arts & Crafts floral clearance aisle.
Fancy dress . Nothing looked regal . This would have been the occasion to air all the genuine rocks , not costume jewellery . Charlotte looked sweet, but then children always do at fancy dress parties . Would have been lovely to see the two littlest cousins at least on the balcony ..Archie and Lili are such fairy tale cuties
Seeing as they have police literally clear the roads for them when they travel, there is no reason to be late. And I agree that this is coming from kate. She is always late and William on his own is not.
The faux tiara looked try hard. I actually wish she had copied what Rose wore a bit more because it was more delicate and would not have screamed “I wanted a tiara but this is all they would give me”.
Plus the makeup. It’s a day event and this is making her look haggard.
I agree, Kates personality is really showing through now, “hard faced” is exactly what she is.
I think Kate is a very exhausted woman. I also think she is in mute awe of her stylists, who whack oversized hair pieces on her head and diagonal lashings of blusher on her cheeks. Perhaps she doesn’t look at the photos? I can’t imagine that to be the case, tho.
Yes, @nic919, she should have copied Rose more. Her piece was smaller with a sweet subtleness. Kate making her piece bigger just ended up being gaudy and tacky imo.
Agree, that lateness was not a mistake, it was performative by Khate to draw attention to herself. Normally she has big open-mouthed grins on her face but Harry was in the room and she was definitely pulling rank and showing her disdain.
Hi, Nic919. Just wanted to say you were absolutely right yesterday; Kate had no chance to get near Harry. I don’t even think she turned round? I wasn’t watching live. I’m sure it would’ve been mentioned in the DM.
I keep saying that the chomdeleys keeping forcing a connection. This is why I’m skeptical of an affair. Of course rose could be doing this to bother Kate but it’s weird. It’s not like rose is single. Does she want Kate and will to get a divorce. Just look like rose wants attention. But she gets attention just from being married to David.
If David really does have a male lover maybe that’s why rose is pushing this.
I also mentioned yesterday that there was no chance she could get close to Harry since he wasn’t part of the procession, would be seated prior to the other royals entering the church, and he’d be booking out of there very quickly afterwards to catch his plane back to CA. And from the coverage I’ve seen, she didn’t even turn around to glance back at him.
My exact feelings. She said, if she can’t wear a tiara then she’ll make do with some sort of tiara like head piece. On little Charlotte, it was cute.
I thought Kate’s headpiece looked great until realizing she copied Rose (who wore hers better). And then Rose showed up today wearing the Aquazzura Shoes Kate just had when copying Meghan. Is this some secret code? Is Rose trolling Kate? What’s with this shoes?
What? Really? does anyone have a pic of rose wearing the aquazurra shoes? Omg, if this is true, I just can’t😂
The Fail has an article on Rose and a few not so great photos of her. Rose did wear the black Aquazzura shoes, but she rocked a vintage 1970s cream and black dress. The Fail called Rose’s outfit today an homage to the cream and black dress Kate wore yesterday. Idiots.
Jais. As Harper says, there are photos of Rose in the DM. I liked her look, and there’s one particularly beautiful photo of her in the cathedral. The rest of the pictures are a bit basic.
I saw the screenshots on Twitter! and I’m baffled by the moves but will wait to comment when Kaiser covers. Will just say these people are weird and leave it at that.
I’ve actually wondered if Camilla knew she was going to wear such a tiara-style head piece. Like they could have just told Camilla flower crown like they told the rest of us.
It was released to the media a few days ago that she was going to wear a ‘ring of flowers’, it was a garland trying its best to look like a tiara.
@Jais https://www.google.at/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1767200/rose-hanbury-princess-kate-high-heels/amp
They weren’t late. They were in the car followngthe State Carriage
That wasn’t them – that car had the pages and Cams ladies in it. It was reported on several lives feeds that the Wails were not there when the King arrived, they were supposed to have already there before the Kings procession.
The king arrived six minutes early. The Waleses may have been late in addition, I don’t know their arrival time in relation. But Charles can shoulder some blame. I don’t know why he didn’t have them go in first, as planned, once they did arrive. He should’ve been the last to enter.
I agree becks. Totally classless
She could have worn a flatter head piece like Charlottes.
She knew that the headpiece was very ambiguous and I’m guessing that was the point.
For 20 years Kate has been portrayed as naive, innocent, non problematic etc but the last 5 years have been an eye watering revelation into just how problematic she can be.
I didn’t see ANYONE in a tiara??? I get from the comments that Kate was told she couldn’t wear one (by who?) but why weren’t there any on other women?
The prevailing theories are 1. Camilla didn’t want anyone to outshine her or 2. they nixed the tiaras so Meghan couldn’t wear one and out shine every damn one of them but then it was announced M wasn’t coming and it was too late to undo the no-tiara mandate.
I think Charles and Cam did’t want anyone else dolled up and shiny so the dress code was downgraded and the tiaras were nixed.
Events have dress codes. Dress code was clearly day dress and hats. No one with an inch of class would wear a tiara to a non tiara event.
Here’s Rose in her tiara, for example of what Kate is copying
https://twitter.com/royalwhisper/status/1654813980865511426
And here’s Rose, possibly what she wore today? Does it look like an outfit recently discussed, down to the shoes? Because to me it looks like Kate took inspiration from that.
https://twitter.com/Dreamlivethrive/status/1654917602345619461
@Lucy — good sleuthing! Rose’s tiara cosplay on full display! And the shoes appear to be Meghan/Rose cosplay to boot. God Khate is so unoriginal…
There is clearly beef between William with his wife and father, lol. Those two showed up Late after the King and Queen. Charles was pissed off in that carriage. You can’t convince me that wasn’t intentional as we already heard that Camilla’s family was front and center and William felt a way about that. Reading from cue cards and not even looking each other in the face. Yeah…Harry hauling ass and Meghan not even attending was the best because this was a whimper.
To be fair, Charles was also reading off cue cards the whole time, even when all he had to say was “I will” or whatever.
Looks like none of them bothered to learn their lines.
The fact that Charles read his lines off cue cards kind of belies the story about how he was soooo busy preparing for the coronation that he didn’t have time to talk with Harry at all.
Charles was really working to not lose his shit, while obviously losing his shit. I could FEEL the short, staccato bursts coming out of him from California. Hey, useless lip readers who wanted to decipher all of Harry’s conversations, maybe get on that carriage situation. It was priceless. I howled.
Link please
Wow they look RIDICULOUS.
I refused to watch any of it but afterwards my (neutral to ‘eh, why not’ on the monarchy) boyfriend came upstairs and said it was weird and seemed completely unnecessary. Yep.
There was a funny bit of shade, IMO, when the BBC reporter said “The duke and duchess are wearing XXX at the specific request of King Charles”
You can tell Kate absolutely hates her cape. My partner called it court jester(!)
She is bringing serious wet-cat energy. The gown underneath has a lot of beading and embroidery that you can only see in glimpses under that pile of fabric.
“Wet cat energy” is the comment of the week. I’m going to steal it.
Same.
Those capes are rather cheap looking.
I thought they were flags. I thought Kate made customs garments inspired by Olympians who drape themselves in their nation’s flags on the medal dais.
What’s interesting is that Kate and William wore capes, but Camilla did not wear the traditional Ceremonial gowns worn by the consorts in the last two coronations. Granted Philip was not crowned but he still wore a full gown when he swore allegiance to his Queen.
I got the sense that Charles did not wanted any focus being pulled away from himself or Camilla.
It’s going to be an interesting reign.
I really don’t understand the robes but anyway. They all looked pretty unhappy. William barely looked at his father. I did see a headline about the mids there to ‘support’ Kate. Like, how? Anyway I didn’t watch it though it’s in my time zone. The head piece is tiara cosplay. She’s clearly miffed at no tiara rule from cam.
It reminds me of the overdone regalia faculty wear at graduation, which is all kinds of wrong for the intellectually incurious.
Zazzoo, that’s exactly what I thought. The real question is why was Andy allowed to wear a fancy bathrobe? I’m still so amazed at how snarly WanK were. Like so not happy. Kate was positively jovial at the reception yesterday, I wonder if it was a fight? But as someone said, we’ll never know.
We will know…. At some point down the line, just as we now know what was going on in the background with Charles and Diana… except I suspect it won’t take decades…..
The mainstream media have never reported on the real state of the marriage of Elizabeth and Philip.
They only report scandal on every other generation of monarchs.
Edward and Wallis = scandal.
Elizabeth Philip = had to be protected to preserve the monarchy.
Charles and Diana = scandal.
William and Kate = will be protected because the media think it will be the end of the monarchy if they’re not.
So they’ll keep covering for them.
@Cairidh but media is a much larger enterprise now. Any teenager on social media can break a story. Any side piece who’s tired of the wife’s middle class maneuvers can leak a rumor. The rota can always claim the official scoop, but that won’t necessarily prevent the truth from emerging.
Its interesting that he made the Wails and Edinburgh’s wear their robes – I can imagine Sophie was loving that. kHate you could tell wasn’t happy that she was made to wear them and didn’t get to wear a tiara.
That headpiece was a sad and desperate attempt to pull focus and it kinda work as the press are all over it.
Charlotte looked like a child bride in that outfit – maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad in another colour. She looked cute thou.
The Middletons were there looking smug as fk – as expected the Fail gave them their own story. Carol(e) looked like sh!t, what the eff did she have on her head. Pippa was the best dressed Middleton there and am inc kHate in that.
You are so right, if Meghan had worn a wannabe tiara like Kates headpiece the media would have collapsed in outrage at her pulling focus.
I’ve just woken up to a headline that will and Kate are more in love than ever! 🤣 He looked at her with admiration or some such when he clearly wasn’t. The spin on the grouchy wanks!
I just saw that and could not stop laughing haha people have eyes!
Still just so… bizarre. Observations:
I actually really like Kate’s leafy silver snarffblatt — it’s very becoming, and I’m sure it cost a pretty penny. Rather tacky to have such things made just to make a point about who’s really in charge.
William quoted pointedly refused to look his father in the eye during that oath. Am I wrong? What a dysfunctional group of twerps. I can’t believe the British people still support this nonsense.
Camilla looks dead drunk in the pictures I’ve seen so far, which to be fair is only about 3. I hope she is. God willing, she passes out on her well-deserved throne and takes a royal poop.
@squiddus: HA HAHAHAHA! Lmao, I snorted my coffee at snarffblatt!! 🤣😆 That is the best description yet.. thanks for my Saturday morning belly laugh!! 😂
William was reading off a cue card, which is why he wasn’t looking at his dad.
We are always told that the BRF are all about tradition – and it is centuries long tradition for the King and the Prince of Wales to hate each other in the House of Hannover/Saxe-Coburg Gotha/Windsor. Charles and William are simply continuing this hallowed tradition of parental-filial hate.
You do love an over simplified broad brush of history!
I was being tongue in cheek, no need to be snide. Båtnakke.
Not snide at all. I enjoy your posts. My PhD supervisor would be rolling in his grave if I’d tried anything similar, tho, which makes me smile because he was a crusty ****er & hard taskmaster.
William was reading the oath off a document that was off to the side.
I’ll add I’m not made at William reading the oath. I remember at Obama’s first inauguration Justice Roberts tried to administer the oath of office from memory and messed it up. Even if its a sentence you’ve memorized, having the written there to use makes sure you don’t mess up.
@sqiuddusmaximus
I think Camilla and Charles are walking like old people because those crowns are so heavy – God for bid one should fall off camera.
William:idk why he was in his feels today, but I’ll go to my grave, saying that he loves Harry more than he loves his wife & any human could’ve used the emotional support that a sibling can provide on an occasion like this. (where his mother would’ve been crowned queen). He f’ed up.
Harry: totally ok, as expected.
The balcony set up was just optically weird, with Charles and Camilla surrounded by a bunch of kids.
I like the matching headbands, and Louis and Charlotte look very adorable, I love Char’s braids! The Wales’, however, look insanely miserable.
Such a joyous occasion! Looks like someone is about to be executed.
🤣🤣🤣
Indeed. Everyone looked miserable and unhappy except Cowmilla. The kids were all very unhappy and tired except maybe Charlotte for a bit. Looking at Kate dark eyes, my guess she has something to do with it.
Looking at Charlotte’s headpiece and then at Kate’s reminded me of Donald’s ‘I get 2 scoops of ice cream when everyone else gets one’ energy. Charlotte’s looks better.
Yikes, the headpiece is ugly and desperate. The Waleses give such bitter energy. Funded in luxury by the taxpayer and they can’t even be bothered to muster up pleasant faces or show up on time. Sad!
The Daily Beast confirmed that Kate was banned from wearing a tiara by Charles and Camilla.
So it’s interesting bc I just saw a NYT headline about how Kate chose to wear this headpiece rather than a tiara. I don’t have NYT so didn’t click but seems like the counter-briefing is already upon us. 🍿
Yeah, Louis is too young and shouldn’t have been made to get through it. Luckily for him somebody was there to get him out, although it would have been funny if he had thrown a tantrum. It would have been like an homage to the ones his grandpa throws.
That not-tiara looked like the kind of thing you’d get in a cheap costume shop, and I thought it looked dumb on Keen. It’s one thing that Charlotte wore one, but it was obvious Keen was pissed she wasn’t allowed to wear a real tiara and put on this which was as close as she could make it to a real one. She continues to embarrass herself but it’s not smart enough to realise it.
If the Wails were really late we’re gonna see some nasty articles about them soonish. Can’t wait!
Even if they weren’t really late, we’re gonna see some nasty articles soonish. Cuz that’s how this family rolls. Briefing against each other on the regular.
I think the timing is all planned and choreographed in advance. So, much as I hate to say it, if W&K were late, that’s not on them. Something went wrong in timing the arrivals.
@jais wait they were late? When were they supposed to arrive?
The faux tiara looks like something you get at Party Pieces or the party section at Tesco.
If she wasn’t going to be allowed to wear a tiara, instead of being a baby, she should have gone in a different direction. Something more delicate would have worked.
Plus in theory she will get to wear what she wants if she stays married to William. Acting like this is no different from being offended over hormones. She wants to play rank on others but forgets that Camilla is queen. That’s how it is. If she doesn’t like it then leave.
Yep. While the head piece is pretty, it just screams that Kate wanted to wear a real tiara. It shows how insecure she really is. I think it boils down to class insecurity. She seems to think that wearing a tiara is a status symbol and that she has been snubbed by being denied one so she went with the second best option in her mind: a faux-tiara made of embroidery and sequins. (While a tiara is a status symbol, it isn’t really an exclusively royal and aristocratic symbol – anyone can wear a tiara to an event with a gala dress code if they have one. They don’t have to be royal or aristos. Case in point, a female Nobel Laureate wore a tiara at the Nobel Banquet some years ago).
If Kate had been truly secure in her role and in terms of her class, she wouldn’t have rocked up in a sequined head piece that imitates a tiara. She would have worn another kind of head piece. And that is why I both pity her and am embarrassed for her, even though she looked pretty.
The energy between the two seemed all kinds of off and I feel like William acted disappointed that this wasn’t HIS coronation.
But here it’s hard not to feel a sense of pity for Kate. She seems incredibly sad and resigned in a lot of the photos I’ve seen. I mean whatever is going on, I’ve no doubt she earned it but you can just sense all of the sadness from afar.
Kate was really, really wanted to wear a tiara.
If Kate was trying to look like Elsa, she nailed it. Let it go, Kate! Let it go. No tiara for you today. Just crystals and silver.
She was inappropriately giggling at parts during the ceremony. No one else was laughing so not sure what she found so hilarious. I sure hope Wills doesn’t find out.
It’s giving tin foil tiara.
You said it!
Damn, now anytime I reference my tin foil tiara I’ll feel a bit dirty.
Kate looks really pretty today. I think she did something different with her makeup? And the crown of flowers looks good on her too. Charlotte is adorable. I’m liking the matchy-matchy energy. And I am sure Camilla is there somewhere *yawns*.
If theythought the Neapolian head piece was wise they forget it ended badly for him of course that maybe what the are foretelling. As for lazy Peg what else is new. All that schooling and Peg can’t even remember two lines.
@SUSAN COLLINS I am glad someone saw the Napoleonic vibe with the non-tiara tiara. I immediately thought of a crown/ tiara worn by Josephine, but I don’t know it’s name. I asked my daughter, and she thought the same but also didn’t remember it’s name. Maybe @ARTHISTORIAN would know. 🤞🏻
Since Josephine was replaced as Empress it is just the Universe having a giggle.
Actually her whole evil queen cosplay looks very French Empire to me. And yes, that didn’t end well.
The headpiece is giving vibes of a Napoleonic aesthetic, which itself was inspired by Ancient Rome.
Clearly she is unaware of what happened with Napoleon and Josephine.
You know, it’s really sad, but I think there’s a really good chance Kitty knows nothing about Napoleon. I cannot imagine being that incurious about life, much less marrying into a royal family and immediately commencing utter boredom about the entire thing, from any perspective, much less historical.
But those tassels the two adults are wearing, they look like they got swiped from the curtain dressings.
I understand that historically, using those for clothes came first, but it’s been conscripted widely enough they should stop appearing for dress-up.
Also Charlotte is the only one of the bunch that looks fly there.
Yeah those giant tassels are ridiculously, almost satirical.
I think them arriving late was a get back. William is clearly pissed about Camilla’s family getting a role and we saw comments from friends that Camilla wont be cast aside. Then we have the mysterious letter “leak” which was done as a warning to William, to remind him there’s writing about who said the comment and to save Chucks behind from the accusation and the Kate stories about her not working enough and the slight racist undertones about her feelings towards Meghan. Not to mention that stupid abolitionist story..It was giving passive aggressive this whole coronation. It was thick with it.
W&K were almost pushed off the side of the balcony, but cowzilla’s family were front and center! LOL
And Camilla family are not working royals though Camilla may insist they work for the crown
Thanks for posting today.
OK, here we go!
Wow, William and his black robe is even more than I expected. That is a LOOK right there, I assumed black dress uniform with lots of worthless medals but that robe is very BRF over the top.
Kate was denied. The silver headdress is a let down for me. $200M+ and no tiara?
Today should be Tiara day, C’mon.
George and Charlotte seem to be OK in what will be a long, boring day for them. So, good enough. Little kids are off limits for snark in my book.
Kates silver tiara looks monstrous and inappropriately too big, seriously she always does this,.its like she is saying look.at meeeee lm de Queen of the land !! I.thought over all she looked very severe today, Charlotte looked beautiful.! I agree she was smiling to herself today, v strange answer her better to know the words to the hymns.!!! No love loss between William and his Dad . The Hanbury tiara is stunning
khate’s makeup is straight out of Cruella Deville’s beauty book! LOL
Kate had a lot of makeup on and was posing for cameras
She was vamping like she thought it was Charles’ funeral. The pictures that caught her head-on while she was giving her signature look made me chuckle.
“She was vamping like she thought it was Charles’ funeral.”
Literal LOL.
And omg, can you imagine her if she lasts until Chuck’s funeral?? She’d probably organise a wall where she can stand a pose before entering the church.
Yes and the faux tiara really shows she doesn’t want to wait her turn. At this point I’m cool with Camilla pulling rank in this one. It’s what she deserves karmically for what she has done to others.
In my eyes that headpiece looked ridiculous. It didn’t match the ceremonial robe, which didn’t look good either. It was way too busy with all the ribbons and orders, and the shiny material looked like cheap polyester. The robe didn’t look good on Sophie, either. Those costumes looked hopelessly out of date and I think they’re difficult to pull off. Neither Sophie nor Kate had the charisma to do that. Kate’s hairdo was pretty and from the little I could see it seemed her makeup was subtle enough, but that didn’t save this look.
Those robes were a hoot. Kate forget the Tierra (those those flowers were a look), I would be pissed about that robe. All of them look insane , but never tell me Cams did not pick out the worst for Kate. Will looks like he literally wants to off his father’s head Henry the 8th style. The kids are adorable and looked like they had been terrified into behaving at least for a bit. Yikes is really the best I can think of just not a happy family scene.
OK one thing about the headpiece….Kate the jokes in Tattler about how this thing looks like Mom made it at her party store are on you babe
I’m going to call it the “Fiara” from now on (faux tiara). FWIW, I think she looked ridiculous…Ostentatious Barbie.
The headpiece is a literal copy of Ancient Greek later carried on by the Romans celebratory head wreath. Shape,leaves style, height, etc. All is copied . Greeko-Roman statues of heroes/emperors show the lack of imagination and pathetic attempt at claiming victory/power of Kate’s cheap copy.
I also found the robes quite absurd.
Maybe this is an advertisement for a new line of tiaras from Party Pieces.
I actually like her headpiece I think it’s just jarring because this is a “princess” at a coronation. If this was just a regular wedding I would have loved it, but it seems underwhelming for the event. And they really need to leave Louis at home, he’s clearly still to young to sit through these programs without getting bored, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Stop trying to make him a little grown man.
ITA. I actually really liked it, and I loved that it matched Charlotte. But yeah – Why not a real tiara? What are tiaras for if not an occasion like this?! We didn’t even really get to see much jewelry. It was disappointing for me.
All they being said, abolish the monarchy.
Louis represents all of us with the yawns..
Charlotte looks cute. Kate looks witchy. She has on too much makeup. Her cheek blush is applied too heavily. She should have had a professional makeup artist do her makeup. I would have gone with a a softer makeup too go with the faux shiny tiara.
Completely agree with you, this is night time, not day time makeup. It’s too heavy, too severe and too dark for her. She needs softer, warmer colours, and no matte finish, it’s stark and ages her.
Maybe she thought heavy make up would cover her “not very nice complexion,” but she got it all wrong. She looked aged and severe.
Daytime makeup would have given her a glow. This was applied with a trowel.
Kate had a phase from the Caribbean tour to Boston when she clearly had her makeup done by a professional because it was far more flattering and modern.
She reverted to her own style is very Joan Collins: heavy on the rouge, smoky eyes, bold kohl and tons of mascara. The Alexis Carrington getup she wore to both funerals was a case in point.
Pretty sure she has a professional make up artist (spotted her once in the car with Kate being dropped off at the helo). Which makes this even worse because Kate has instructed her MUA to use this 80s take on make up. The British people pay a lot of money for that per event, enough to feed a family or heat several homes.
Any makeup artist that did this should never be hired again. You are right this is 80’s makeup. That heavy blush gives it away. I’m in my mid 60’s and I remember going to clubs and girls looking like this.
@Angie agree it’s awful! Imagine being that makeup artist and having to do what this out of date princess orders.
And not allowed to add : *NotMyIdea on your Instagram either. yikes!
kHate often does her own makeup – she famously wiped her wedding day make up and re did it herself as she wanted William to recognise her.
You can tell when a professional has done it – she looks fresher.
@DigitalUnicorn that’s it exactly she thinks she knows better. She’s still paying the make up artist, or rather the British taxpayer is.
I don’t buy that she does her own makeup without a MUA at all that is such “ Tom cruise does his own stunts!” propaganda but I can 100% see her wiping off a professional’s work to redo it and also ordering them to do it this way because she thinks it looks like Meghan or Rose or Diana.
I thought kate looked stunning
Her and Charlotte were so cute twinning 🥰
me too!
I liked Kate’s coronation robe and her headpiece, and I thought her hairstyle made her look regal.
The stars aligned for her appearance, IMO. Too bad it will never happen again.
I didn’t care for the brightness of the robes. They were worn in 1953 too but we see them there in black and white. I prefer the Garter and Thistle robes. But given Kate and Sophie were wearing custom gowns it’s a shame they were covered up. Hopefully they’ll be some good official photos, otherwise what a waste.
Kate’s piece should have been a little smaller. Charlotte’s was perfect. If Kate had chosen to double Charlotte’s design, hers would have looked better.
The dresses were nice.
Louis continues to not care about all of this which may bode well for his future. Run far away from this bs little man!
I agree. It was too much.
Yep Kathy’s looked like she was mad it wasn’t a tiara. I wonder if her mom will be selling knock off fake tiaras at party pieces to escape bankruptcy.
CP Mary of Denmark had to be cackling. This is literally her ruby tiara but the Party City version. It fits right in with the whole farce.
The Ruby-Diamond Tiara that Mary wears at grand events is one of my favourites. I’m lucky enough to have seen it in person and it is so beautiful. Delicate yet substantial and so very sparkly! It is so exquisite and it has a lot of history, since the bejewelled leaves it is made of was acquired by Marechal Bernadotte’s wife for Napoleon’s coronation.
The fake tiara makes everyone look bad. It looks too try-hard for Kate, and it makes K and C look petty. The fake tiara reminds me of great, real tiaras that are very alternative looking that are worn in the Danish royal family. Something small or something like one of those would have made much more sense overall. How stupid and low energy the whole coronation comes across, from costumes, to what and how things are spoken, to the facial expressions. So glad I was not motivated to get up early to watch live. I’m in a work training webinar all day, and am just checking out the coverage now on my breaks.
Khate is incapable of coordinating headpieces and earrings. She should have opted for simple pearl or diamond studs. The busy diamond base doesn’t work with the floral tiara, and the long pearl drops just elongate and age her face. Too much going on, especially with all of the ceremonial robe and cording bling.
I know we can’t see the dress, but I think Kate looks stunning to me. I like her hair like that. It looks, dare I say, regal.
Also Charlotte looks amazing. She looks like baby Princess Leia.
Regal?!?! Yawn
@K – Uh huh. Uh huh.
Kate is a pretty woman who has aged badly. When she can’t gurn at events her resting face shows it clearly, despite photoshop.
I loved Kate’s and Charlotte’s matching tiaras. Very beautiful. Kate should look this good more often.
The second row of flowers destroyed that headpiece.
Yes! If Kate’s headpiece had a single row like Charlotte’s it would be much better. This is too OTT. I do like her hair. Cut it or wear it up like this more often Keen.
They look ridiculous. To me, it emphasizes the excess and uselessness of the monarchy. What have they done to be draped in robes and jewels other than be born into the right family? It looks outdated and offensive.
Good thing I’m not a Brit. Lol.
I think Kate should have kept it simple, she did not need to wear a fake tiara, but she has bad taste. Pegs looks like a villain wearing a cape, all he is lacking is a long dark mustache he can twirl.
😅😂🤣
It looks like K&W were deliberately late. Charles must have been foaming waiting in the carriage for a minute or 2/3. It looked like K&W had some words amongst. The eye cutting to each other was obvious.
About the vow to Charles : William’s roll therin was less than half a minute, and he couldn’t practice to learn his lines?
PS: and he didn’t swear. He just read it.
Yeah, the war between BP and KP is bound to get worse because that was just disrespectful and I don’t even like Charles. Charles was pissed and William reading that pledge was cringeworthy and slightly passive aggressive.
There is no way they were deliberately late, it makes them look bad to be late, they wouldn’t do that on purpose. Whoever was in charge of the timing of when their car was supposed to leave to get there on time and/or what time the carriage was supposed to leave (I think the carriage may have also arrived ahead of schedule) f’d up. They were probably stressed out that they had arrived after the king and talking to each other about what the plan was now for getting to their seats since they literally had to walk in the side door after the procession had to begin without them. It’s like arriving late to a wedding times a thousand they were mortified I’m sure and trying to figure out what to do.
They have police clear the roads for them so they were only late because their asses weren’t in the car at the proper time.
I actually like Kate’s hairpeice (it does remind me of Rose’s tiara) and think that Charolotte’s was adorable. That was nice fashion moment for mother & daughter. I detest no tights with that shoe style so that my only criticism of Charlotte’s look. Also, Louis’ look reminded me of the pageboys at H&M’s wedding.
To whoever said that K&C seemed petty banning tiaras, I agree. You alreay have them, why not let them be worn? They could have probably also found something small enough for Charlotte. At any rate, at least Kate & Charlotte have a pieces that belong to them and don’t have to be given back to the crown.
It was fine. I liked the headpiece. That robe was tacky. It might have looked better 100 years ago. The Garter robes were better. The Fail stated she wore the late Queen’s Festoon necklace. She did not. Maybe that was the sour face, but despite the tired undereye bags her face wasn’t drooping or anything this time.
Yes, the Garter robes looked better. Kate and Sophie’s capes looked so cheap.
Anybody saw the literal copy of Rose’s tiara 😂😂😂 I love the design though. And on the balcony, it looks the biggest lol. That’s what she was aiming for. Also, I couldn’t help but notice her looking down at the peasants smugly. Perhaps imagining her own day in the future.
Roses tiara actually is less heavy and would have looked better.
OMG – kHate headpiece is literally a copy of Rose’s tiara. ooooh!
The Cholmondeley tiara is so much better.
CB was my first look at all this. I’ve looked at DM for just the photos. All done in under 15 minutes for me.
Inside WMAbbey is always interesting to me, that building is fantastic when I think of the skill and craftsmanship it took to build it, hundreds of years ago. That is history worth keeping.
Happy Saturday, CBers!
That was well-played by whoever (Camilla presumably) made Kate wear a robe to cover her dress. Lol Kate looked annoyed.
Her headpiece looked ridiculous.
And I can’t wait for the next episode of “The Windsor Wars.” It’s going to make “Succession” look like “Sesame Street.”
Didn’t someone here place a bet on Kate wearing white? Whoever you are, kudos for the foresight!
This may be the first time I’ve ever felt sorry for Kate. Although most “critiques” imply she looked very tired, I think she looked like she’d been crying. The body language between Kate and Willie screamed “I hate your stinking guts” and it’s obvious Wills was pissed off from the get-go. (Just my $.02)
I doubt she was crying her eyes didn’t look red at all did they? They were probably stressed about arriving after the king. To me, it seemed like the carriage arrived a few minutes too early and the car arrived a few minutes too late. Do we know when the carriage was supposed to arrive? I assumed it would have arrived just before the service was set to begin and that they would have gotten straight out and walked down the aisle. When it arrived ten minutes before the service was set to begin and they had to sit in the carriage for five mins with the cameras on Charles looking pissed off and like he was having a tantrum, you knew something was very wrong! Do we know what time the carriage was supposed to arrive? I really want to know the whole story of what went wrong there! I did feel bad for Kate and William on that one, I doubt they decide what time they leave in the car, it’s so choreographed down to the minute and they were supposed to be the last to arrive right before the king that whoever was the one deciding on the timing of when their car should have left f’d it up. Also I think the carriage timing was maybe f’d up as well, and I hope we get to hear the whole story on that, though Im sure both houses will leak against the other that it was each other’s fault.
if that was the case, then whoever choreographs the timing of arrivals should have padded in extra time to prepare for contingencies like this. If the carriage arrived earlier than expected, it would have been better for W&K’s car to be there earlier waiting for the carriage rather than the reverse. That was a major blunder.
BBC reported the king’s carriage arrived five minutes early; the others were on time.
Kate’s fake tiara was much too large and was cheap looking, like sharp pieces of thick foil. The robes she and Ford Fiesta wore looked to be made of shiny polyester in a tacky shade of blue. And her posing at the door was so obvious and preplanned.
I actually admired Peg’s bs lackluster reading-off-the-cue card “allegiance” to his father – the shade! lol And that creepy kiss?! omg
No wonder Harry’s vibe was happiest man in the room! He escaped!
(I didn’t watch it, so thanks for the pics and vid, CB)
right? and that back view of Kate’s cloak, all puckered and pulling. absolutely looks like cheap synthetic costuming.
Exactly. PW gave off “humoring” KC vibes with his performance.
I thought Kate looked fine; I liked the laurel wreath aspect of the tiara. I thought it looked much better than whatever the Duchess of Edinburgh was wearing. As for W&K being late, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had something to do with the kids, like Louis deciding to go to the bathroom at the last minute. It happens, you ask them if they need to go, and they say no, and then just as you are leaving, they say they have to go.
this is all managed by professionals coordinating everything, the delay wasn’t due to a child.
What’s weird is that their delay was no doubt relayed to Charles’ carriage yet nothing was done to stop him from arriving before his heir.
This is a pretty huge insult to the “King” on his coronation day. Any attempt to downplay that is just propaganda from royal talking points. There’s no world in which the “star” arrives before the supporting players and is okay with it.
Its not being talked about plus there is a clip floating around twitter where you can see Chuck have a go at someone in the carriage outside the Abbey as they waited for the Wails to show up. Even when they finally did arrive all you got was small clips of them standing outside – there was little close ups of them walking in as part of the procession.
Considering they were part of the procession they should have been there before the King and Queen. Being late was a petty b!tch move because someone wasn’t being allowed to be the centre of attention.
Kate still did that blatant head turning so the cameras would capture her.
@DigitalUnicorn I saw the Chuck angry in carriage moment briefly referenced in a comment, but I didn’t watch the clowning and missed it, so thanks for diving in to it more deeply. There’s a story there…
Most Telling that it’s not being discussed. The jockeying for power in this family is so brutal and sad. I’m so glad Harry got out.
@tessa British people pay billions for her Snow White Evil Queen pose! It’s totally saving the monarchy! (Just kidding)
They released footage of them getting in the car prior to the procession so it’s way more likely that they wasted more time filming themselves. The kids were all dressed up in that footage and not being difficult.
George was not there anyway he was with the other pages on time.
The order of procession was supposed to have Kate and William walk in before Charles and Camilla while the attendants were still seated. They were only supposed to stand when Charles arrives.
As we see, William and Kate ended up walking behind Charles and Camilla because they were that late.
Charles being a few minutes early would not have caused this much of a switch in the procession.
Charles will not forget this behaviour. William and Kate have police clear out and empty the streets when they travel, and so traffic was not an issue. It was them.
The nanny would take care of Louis for last minute things not Kate
I am sorry, but khate just reminds me of “All Hail Caesar!” LOL
Were the men not wearing their Garter robes? When I first saw the pictures, Kate almost had me fooled that it was a tiara. It’s very cleverly done to make it look “real.” However, I think it’s rather sad that Kate went to such lengths. I think if the women had to wear the robes, they should have been able to accessorize with a tiara. This just makes the whole thing look like a mess. That’s what happens when you take out pieces- the whole thing becomes incoherent. And to swear allegiance to the king in a Church- I just can’t. They’re even side-lining God. Charles should swear to uphold the faith- since he’s Defender.
Andrew was wearing a garter robe for sure.
@ALICE
That seems perfect for Andrew, as I read it garderobe. Which is of course a castle toilet. Lol 🤣🤣🤣
Charles did swear to uphold the Church.
The royal dukes were in Garter robes. I’m sorry they weren’t wearing scarlet and ermine tbh. I saw some peers who were invited wearing them. I’ve always thought they are so cool. Coronations should be anachronistic if you ask me. (And yes I know nobody is asking me! 🙂
Swearing to uphold the church is one thing, acting on its principles is another and Charles definitely hasn’t acted upon them. Fur is SUCH a bad look, right up there with the wearing of ginormous looted jewels only the ermins died pretty awful deaths to give up their precious skins.
Something just occurred to me….surely Camilla had to approve things like this, right? What if she authorized the tinfoil tiara in the hopes Kate would receive the negative comments? What if Camilla took one look at the headpiece and internally cackled?
I find it difficult to believe Kate was allowed to slip this past Camz.
But then again, maybe my tinfoil tiara is buzzing too much. 😁
No, I had similar thoughts. Either Camilla got a preview, thought it was inherently tacky so cackled and said sure. Or Kate’s team relayed to Camilla’s team that Kate was wearing a flower crown to which Camilla rolled her eyes and said sure. But until Kate emerged late from their carriage, Camilla did not know that she was wearing a faux-tiara “flower crown”
The robes were a poor choice but they covered her up so that her clothing couldn’t pull focus away from C&C. It was a better look from the neck up. I think the headpiece works. It would seem too big with a formal gown but it needed to be bigger to balance out the volume of the robes. It’s giving Roman/Napoleon laurel wreath vibes. Her makeup reminds me of theater makeup since it’s visible from a distance. The earrings don’t quite work but I’m wondering how much of a pointed swipe they were. I’ve seen claims that they were Diana’s favorite earrings and that they were left to W&H after she died.
I think Kate looked lovely, as did Charlotte. I also think the head pieces were beautiful. Louis was adorable as usual and George took his role of official page boy very seriously. I do agree that it was lazy of William not to memorize his oath. Perhaps he did but nerves took over and he relied heavily on the notes. The Arch Bishop of Canterbury didn’t memorize his oath either.
I’m sure everyone is relieved this is over with.
George is a serious young fellow. I hope he got a chance to meet his cousins and have fun with them later on. The nanny was at hand to take Louis away for a break. It was a lot for a 5 year old to sit through. Charlotte was dressed very well and the head piece was flattering to her.
There are photos on the balcony of him laughing and smiling with the other pages.
Wasn’t rose and her husband meant to be there ? Not one mention or photo
I’ve seen blurry photos of her sitting in the abbey but that’s it.
She was there and her shoes were lovely 🤣.
Yeah @jojo, her shoes were perfect!!! I wonder who is trolling who in this struggly..😅😅😅
Shady, shady shoes…
Charles didn’t memorize his oath either. 70+ years of waiting to be King and he had to read it from cue cards.
I thought these things are timed to crazy precision, so were the Wales suppose to arrive ahead of C and C?
Is william going to have to make that speech praising Camilla?
I think she looks lovely and the silver crown? tiara? is very regal. I’m appalled that Camilla was so petty as to not allow the second in line a tiara from the vaults, just a disgusting move – those jewels are to burnish the line, not just you!
Here for Cammys pettiness 😂
Not a tiara event, even for the actual kings and queens who were in attendance.. There’s a dress code. Kate had to make a fake one she was so miffed. It’s very tacky.
The whole thing was boring and underwhelming, but what struck me most was how bored the main actors looked – Charles, Camilla, William. I mean, what the hell was even the point?
Having now seen how the other high-ranking women were styled, I think that headpiece is the most ‘look at me’ thing she has ever worn. She looks like she has a meeting with Caesar planned for later in the afternoon.
On the other hand, Charlotte looks cute and I’m glad to see little Louis finally gets to wear big boy pants in public.
“She looks like she has a meeting with Caesar planned for later in the afternoon” OMG I am going to DIE
Ok, so the faux Grecian look.
1. I LOVE JEWELRY. I am a huge collector of in-depth jewelry books/ research. Vincent Meylan is the best. Unfortunately he loves Khate and that is a problem for me but alas I have all of his books. I wish order of sartorial splendor were still blogging.
2. FIRST IMPRESSION. Are those pave diamonds in a laurel tiara design like the Dutch, Swedes and Belgian royal family have – with some pearls tossed in for filler?
3. REALITY : It was made by party pieces – out in the shed. And a tiny one for Charlotte too. When looked at close up it looks like someone for high off of the silver spray paint.
Meylan fan here too! 👋 Geoffrey Munn is great too and SO NICE.
That head piece is just like Kate: cheap-looking and gaudy. But it’s big and shiny, so it’s perfect in Kate’s little mind.
Kate looks like a fool. The clownish makeup, the blatant and typical attention whoring with that tacky ass headpiece (el oh el at the randos on this thread trying to convince people she looks “stunning” and “regal”. She looks like she’s in costume for an amusement park)…someone’s clearly bitter that she didn’t get to wear an actual tiara. From the pics and clips I’m seeing, the vibes between her and William are as bad as they were at the Jubilee. I have a feeling Camilla’s going to go after them even more after the stunts they pulled with arriving late and the headpiece.
Agree beachdream. Add on to that that Kate is totally airbrushed. They just didn’t pull her face up like usually.
But Camilla will get them. Cause camilla was left out of a lot of pictures. She will try at least one last time to “get some popularity”. So will trade w and k for some good press.
These people look absolutely ridiculous! It feels like the Hunger Games or something, it’s just so weird to see this in 2023
Holy sh*t, she just wore the aquazurra shoes essentially copykeening Kate who was originally copykeening Meghan. I mean she’s the blueprint. This is just getting weird.
Looking at William’s outfit, I don’t think the hat matches the robes. That hat is more military, and I understand it probably goes with the outfit under the cloak etc., but with the plentiful robes and all of the other attachments, the hat looks wrong.
I think he’s wearing a military hat with his Garter robes. Garter robes make sense, and it think it’s the oldest Order.
Concerning notes: the Duke of Kent who was involved in the ceremony in 1953 when he was just a teenager said that he was fearful that he’d need to memorize his lines and would forget them. He was relieved when he came to do homage to the queen to find out that the Bishop of Durham was there with cards which had everything he had to say written on them.
So the cue cards are not new. Maybe they hid them better before closeups.
Just think they went from fighting wars to reading cue cards in order to say ” yes” and “so help me god”.
Haha yes!
I love that Kate made that flower whatever look like a tiara. Kate is so entitled. They talk about megan but kate never goes along with the flow. Charles told her to do more work last year and she totally ignored him. Lol.
If I was Camilla I would ask someone to push Kate. LOL. She built that flower thing into a tiara. The gall and nerve. Brilliant.
I also want to point out that the british kept so many Roman touchpoints.
Kate would have had to get the headpiece approved
It was probably recommended to her by a designer. Kate does not have original thoughts
How genius of Kate to wear the earrings backwards – in an effort to show she is not like Diana – we get it Kate you are the backward version of Diana.
LOL!
How is it possible to wear the earrings backwards? How are they secured? (I’m looking at the photos on my iPhone and can’t see them very well.)
The earrings are mirror images of each other. Think of them like two mirror image crescent moons. It’s possible to wear them with the points facing inward or outward.
All these comments about Kate wanting power reminds me of Lady Macbeth.
Why does Kate always wear Diana’s earring the wrong way around? They just don’t look right the way she wears them.
Instead of that floral whatever it is, I’d rather she had put diamond clips or a diamond headband in her hair. With all the gems in their vaults, either wear the real thing or don’t bother.
She looks good. I like the headpiece. The headpiece is so large, I don’t think she needed the earrings but overall she looks good. I’m happy she had her hair up. My guess if it wasn’t raining though it would be hanging in her face though. William looks so much better with a hat on.
The tiara I bought for my 50th birthday party is more elegant and substantial than the crystal nest on Kate’s head.
I just read ‘the crystal nest’ as ‘the crystal meth’.
I like Kate’s headpiece. It suits her hairdo that is surprisingly appropriate too.
I’m not a fan of Keen, mildly speaking, but she looks good. Even regal. And threatening…
Pure “evil queen” vibes. Maybe some biff with Willy prior to con-a-nation, maybe just envy that it’s not her Crown, for now.
Chucky, BTW, looks like he is hardly breathing. He seems really unwell.
I agree with everything you said Gina. Charles really did look unwell. I don’t think his reign will be long at all. He certainly didn’t inherit his mothers robust health. I think Willy will become king sooner rather than later
Kate imo never looks regal. She is aware of cameras though.
Ooh, she got new lips!
The optics of the day seemed off and weirdly sad. The photos from the Queen’s Coronation gave a festive and celebratory vibe. Chuck’s day seemed more about settling past and future scores. The bright spot was seeing a happy handsome Harry provide presence and leave.
I prefer Charlotte’s headpiece. Kate’s is too large, but I think she liked it that way. It reads more regal. It’s prettier from the side than the front.
Shoutout to whoever commented on an earlier post this week that Kate would be wearing McQueen because she can’t resist an opportunity to theme dress – well done! Of course she did, it does have Queen in the name, after all.
Between that & the rejected elf headpiece from Lord of the Rings… I just have to laugh.
OMG YES!!! Total LOTR elf vibes.
Kate’s headpiece and styling is honestly very pretty, but it’s obviously a tiara at an ostensibly non-tiara event, even if it was just crafted for her rather than an actual jeweled tiara from the vault. So much so that it looks like it would be more appropriate worn with a gown to a state dinner or something, rather than paired with what appears to be a gym class parachute draped over her like a robe and decked out in medals. Charlotte’s more minimal matching headband was very cute and much more appropriate, imo. Honestly I loved her whole look, with that white cape. She looked like a cute lil’ princess in some fantasy setting. Kate should have stuck with a hat like all the other royal women, honestly.
I think KM’s headpiece is copying those worn in 1953 at The Queen’s coronation by HM’s attendants.
It’s just that KM looks cold and hard faced with it. Her squinting doesn’t help, she needs contact lenses.
I don’t understand the notion that Kate wearing Diana’s jewelry, will somehow make her remind people of Diana.
It’s like, Meghan is 10000x MORE like Diana that Kate, but even when Meghan wears the Diana jewelry that Harry gave her, she doesn’t necessarily remind me of Diana.
Am I the only one who feels this way?
Exactly my sentiment.
Interesting point. Whenever I see Kate wearing sapphire and diamonds, I ask myself if she is wearing Diana’s jewelry. Diana was famous for her sapphire and diamonds. So I do think of Diana. We’ve been told that Meghan wears Diana’s Cartier watch and it seems to be a part of her regular jewelry wardrobe. It doesn’t make me think of Diana, because Meghan has made it her own, and the watch is not iconic like her sapphires, diamond, and pearl pieces. I don’t think Meghan will ever get to wear any of Diana’s “royal” jewels since Kate has appropriated them all it seems. But the acquamarine ring is fabulous, and it does make me think of Diana, and when Meghan wears it, I feel she is paying homage to her. I think the pieces Meghan has inherited are very much to do with Diana as a person, rather than a royal. The engagement ring has two diamonds from Diana’s personal jewelry, and I would guest they’re from her diamond bracelets. Harry used them so that she would have something of his mother with her as he said. But the engagement ring is Meghan’s designed by Harry and doesn’t remind me of Diana. Kate, on the other hand, is wearing Diana’s ring and in my mind, will always be thought of as “Diana’s ring.”
not one iota of warmth emanating from either the King or the Prince in that exchange. beyond cold.
Who wore it better: Kate or Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator?
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Gladiator was my first thought but you are the first person to write it. I’m surprised. It looked like cheap Roman cosplay.
The Ancient Greeks. https://images.theconversation.com/files/487308/original/file-20220929-22-a732tm.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=640%2C366%2C3720%2C2458&q=20&auto=format&w=320&fit=clip&dpr=2&usm=12&cs=strip
I was a little sad for kate. Seems like william had a tantrum during the short trip . He has a bad temper. Trapped with him, poor Kate . She seems exhausted, and afraid.
Nice hair and hairpiece though!
Kate is not poor Kate. She got confrontational with Meghan and helped drive her out. Harry got out fast so fast and kate could not get near him.
Khate is not to be pitied in any way, shape or form. She’s just as big a part of the briefing, leaking, lying and public displays of ire as any of the other royals. She treated Meghan abominably, tried to create an entirely undeserved persona of “peacemaker” and “power behind the throne” that backfired spectacularly. She knew exactly the kind of person she was marrying and if she feels trapped so be it. She was with Willnot for 10 years before getting big blue and was fully aware of his his penchant for cheating, his bad temper and his shirking of work. Nobody should feel one iota of pity for this scheming, deceitful, jealous, lazy and entitled woman.
🤮 nothing ‘poor’ about Kate. She’s awful through and through. And it shows.
I just watched the video William and Kate posted from the day and it is really good ya’ll. Do they have a new editor? The music and images were both really good. What happened??? Hahahahaha
I have nothing nice to say about Little Miss Racist White Supremacist Clown Peasant. I’m sorry to write this with so much vitriol and spite, really, but I cannot stand this woman. People will really trip over the bodies of black women in their haste to clap and cape for the most mediocre, the most vile, the most boring, white women, and their sh-tty clown clothes and the clown car they rode in on. F-ck her and her Tory simp of a husband.
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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank you A. All the people on here stating how ‘pretty and regal’ she looks made me side eye them.
People that cape for this vile woman are no better than her!
I’ve been seeing reports this afternoon that Kate was wearing the late Queen’s George VI Festoon necklace, three tiers of stunning diamonds which was originally created in 1950 as a gift from King George VI to his daughter. Reports stated that she was wearing it under her robes but on top of her gown. Has anyone seen a photo that shows the necklace? The robes didn’t quite close in front, so it should be easy to spot a giant three strand diamond necklace, but I’ve not been able to spot it.
I’m not giving them the view. I see a lot of press trying to get us to view and re-view the coronation. If she is wearing it a picture will surface.
I want to see raggedy rose but I’m not searching for her.
I recently saw a video on YouTube that featured this necklace. I recall that they said that it was worth 50 million USD. That, if true, more than makes up for not being allowed to wear a tiara. Of course, due to the fuggly cape no one can admire Kate wearing the diamond necklace. She should have dumped the garland and wrapped the necklace around her head!
I have been zooming in on photos of Kate from today and I’m not seeing it on her.
Not a big deal overall, but WHY put the story out if she wasn’t actually wearing the necklace?
It was the revenge of the mistresses with Rose Hanbury completely trolling Kate’s white dress and black trim outfit she wore earlier down to Meghan’s shoes. Both Royal mistresses had their family members prominently displayed in the Coronation including the balcony. Yes Camilla’s grandchildren and Rose’s son were with the family on the balcony. Harry of course was banished.
Harry banished them. He left to go to Archie birthday. Camilla s grandsons got on the balcony and are not totals. So working royal rule really does not exist
Not royal family members
I saw on tiktok when Harry left church and jumped taxi to airport still in his jacket with medals on only carrying hanger with him going straight to airport.And then another one from plane in grey suit jacket looking tired but smiling flying commercial back to US literally minutes after coronation.
Harry had a plane to catch to get to a very important party
Here’s to hoping they both go insane
Who else thinks that William and Kate will go on vacation for a month ASAP?
I certainly do.
Will: Alrighty then, Pa. We did our duty. We are on Holiday!! See ya.
William needs to start a team of his own to figure out how he is going to keep his sh*t together without going completely, barking insane in the next 5 years.
He looks so deeply, deeply trapped. I almost feel sorry for him.
Almost.
Then I remember how much money he has, the rotten, spoiled sell out.
Love her or hate her, it was an iconic look and I’m actually shocked that Camilla let her wear that headband or whatever you call it. I didn’t see any TV presenters make this comparison, but when I saw her get out of the car, I immediately thought of the headbands/floral crowns/whatever you call them that Queen Elizabeth II’s maids of honor wore at her coronation , and the maids of honor at Queen Elizabeth’s coronation were absolutely iconic as well. That had to have been Kate’s inspiration and she pulled it off. Very interesting that William and Kate (and also the other senior royals) had the full robes on. It certainly gave them all a more regal look, but it also meant that we couldn’t see Kate’s dress, and that she again wore the full robes on the balcony tells me that Camilla didn’t want her to get to show off her dress. The putting them all in the corner on the balcony was also very telling and honestly a little bit petty of Charles. I get that it’s his big day and he didn’t want his big coronation balcony photo to be a repeat of the jubilee where Kate and Louis are standing right next to him stealing the show with Louis making funny faces. But he probably could have instructed that William stand by his side, then George, Charlotte, Louis at the end with Kate to get them out of the main frame if he really cares that much. Instead he needed all those Paige boys with George way down the end as a buffer. Kind of made him look a bit insecure, which as we all know, he is.
I think Kate had to get the head piece approved ahead of time
Or it could have been suggested to her. Kate is not innovative but copies. Camilla got her grandsons well placed. Charles went along with it. And may be Charles did not like Kate pushing past people on the balcony
Iconic?
The pretzels for this mediocre mannequin
I know right! “Love her or hate her” as if we’re talking abt a real housewife, and not a covert white supremacist who abused her black SIL.
These ceremonial clothes are outside of fashion. Lots of voluminous robes. Didn’t really like the silver wreath on Kate’s head but these are vestments for the occasion. It definitely looks like an anachronism and the huge procession and horsemen,etc seem unnecessary especially if they’re doing trooping next month. Anyway, that’s done. Williams next.
A racist Karen puts some sequins in her hair to mimic the tiara she was denied, and fellow Karen’s rush in to paper over her actions and tell us how iconic she looks.
Aren’t y’all embarrassed at all?
I agree, the balcony was quite a pathetic affair. Having Camilla’s grandchildren and Rose’s child closer than your actual grandchild and heir?
Wow.
Love her or hate her, Kate looks like Disney’s Maleficent.
She looked like an extra from LOTR.
‘Iconic’ ruffles some but I get what you’re saying. It’s the look that’s being talked about the most. It’s the look people will remember from the day. It stands out.
If there was some tiara ban to not draw attention then it backfired. Kate in the Lover’s Knot or Halo people would’ve been ‘oh she looks nice’ with a yawn. (Well not here they wouldn’t 😆)
And it would’ve been lost in a sea of tiaras, some far more grand. (Especially if the foreign royals had brought out the bling.) With no tiaras, Kate managed to be the center of attention. We’ll see how that plays out in the coming months.
Kate spends no time with her children. When people wrote this in relation to him pulling faces at Wimbledon a lot of people bashed those commenters. Well now we see they was right. Kate doesn’t know those kids. So what does she do all day. The kids seem to know William better.
Seems like little Charlotte is in charge of Louis. Kate can’t seem to be bothered.
Just watched the CBS coverage on the evening news. Interesting how they gave camera shots and mentioned CIII, Queen Consort Sidepiece, Will and the kids, but NO mention of Kate. The first story was all breathless suck up, but at the end of the show they covered protests, but nothing about arrests.
This coronation was a shitshow. Everyone except the kids looked like clowns. Gawd, the BM needs to end.
She looked amazing I thought.
One of her best looks ever
Ahhhh Katebush, She.wore a robe and a theatrical over sized silver headpiece, she looked like an extra from.Macbeth !!!!
Yes she looked extra stoopid
Holy smokes! On the balcony shot we have Rose’s son, KCIII, Cams, and her grandsons hahaha omg
Really??
Hahaha ha
So all those millions spent and the only one who looked happy was Harry because he knew he was escaping the madhouse soon .
Kate looked like the evil step sister ,the kids looked cute .
I think Kate is an attractive woman, although I have to say, her inner self is becoming more evident in her outer self every day. Every day she seems to look a litter harsher, a little bit more bitter, a little bit more resentful.
Regardless of whether or not you thought Kate looked good today, I don’t see how ANYONE could look at her today and think “Now THERE is a happy woman.”
Did the taxpayers have to pay for Kate’s evil Queen look(btw loved the comments at the top , haha). All I can say is what a Huge difference between watching Biden’s inauguration when majority in our country (and a lot of people around the world) were truly happy Vs the UK’s coronation- where it felt tense(even as a viewer it didn’t give out joyous vibes).
I honestly can’t even see the dress because of the weighted-down cape. The capes steal the show. Her hair does look nice up for a change. She should either shorten the length or wear it up more often. As to the heavy makeup, I don’t know. Maybe she thought with that much happening visually with her ensemble, she needed a strong look?
I thought Charlotte looked lovely. I haven’t seen her with her hair pulled back like that before, I don’t think. Char seems to have spirit, and nice lively eyes that are an interesting color. She’s the only Wales kid who interests me.
I’m sorry if this is OT, but what’s the business about the Wales’ being late? What’s up with that?
Her insides are so ugly, it’s hard for me to see any beauty in Kate.
Kate looked good, so did William, good show all round
I was looking at photos of yesterday’s event. One thing struck me. I saw Harry chatting with his Cousins and their husbands,, smiling but no one else. Loads of grim faces. Why was no one smiling? Are they all that unhappy?
i was watching BBC. they noted the king arrived five minutes early. the PPOW were not late.
I looked up Rose Hanbury’s family tiara and it’s a diamond laurel leaf design. Gorgeous. Then I found Rose’s outfit to the coronation wearing Meghan high heels. Who’s trolling who? Rose trolling Kate in the shoes and white and black dress? Kate trolling Rose in the bay leaf head piece 😁? Oh Kate your head piece doesn’t even compare Rose’s tiara dripping in diamonds. Kate trolling Cam while wearing Diana’s diamond and pearl earrings backwards, what’s with that? Meghan doesn’t need The Tig, she’s living her life while everyone notes her style.
If Kate one day ever decides to put her hair in a chic, simple chignon, I will fall off my chair. Instead, she loves these overly fussy, old fashioned, updos. Too much is just too much, and simple is the hardest to do. Hence, her fashion, her makeup, her hair is always so fussy.
bellevue, that’s one way of looking at it. But from Charles’ kingly tantrum in the gold carriage waiting for Will, I believe he sees it the other way. When the royal punishments start (or don’t) we’ll see who was late or early. Can’t wait!
I wonder if all the cue cards are because chuck and baldermort are having memory issues due to their previous covid infections? Brain fog is a pretry common post/long covid symptom.
No tiaras was the edict. She demands to stand out, her two piece “tiara” would not have been approved. Her scannning for cameras was constant and she did not look happy. Arriving late would have been intention and aimed at focussing on her, not C and C. I dont find Khate beautiful, her face is very hard and her body is very masculine. It seems that she studies Jack Nicholson very closely, her expressions and open mouthed laugh match him in the Shining and also as the Joker. Why was her commoner famiy given prominance and seated with the Royals. Slimmed down is a joke, it does not apply to them, no one elses inlaws were seated with the royals.
KM has rarely looked as hard-faced and sour as she did at the Coronation. I do wonder if there’d been some terrible scene earlier that morning that would then account for her and Prince W’s late arrival AND for Carol Middleton ‘s truly awful appearance – as though the strain of managing KM’s babyishness that day had been too much.
She looked puffy faced and haggard, bad hair colour job, tattooed eyebrows and heavy black eyeliner – what were such lowlifes even doing in the Abbey? Charles had better sort them out pdq: it’s time the Middletons disappeared back under the stone from whence they came.
The Cranky Fairy, good theory, but I think it’s simpler than that: they’re two stupid and/or too lazy to memorize a few words on the world stage. I really think it’s as simple as that. King material? I think not.
Fair enough.
The head piece is lovely.
All those capes look ridiculous.
She looked iconic.
She looked what she really is – unremarkable without heavily tailored clothes, and harsh faced without the usual photoshopping. She was easily outshone by the European royal women and most of all by Penny Mordaunt Lord of the Council dressed in the teal outfit & headdress who held the sword aloft throughout the ceremony. Penny ten years older than KM looked younger than her, fresh faced and classy.
William’s side chick wore the same tiara awhile back! CooyKate is out here ripping style from Megan and Eillams ass piece!🤡