Garden Party Season starts earlier and earlier every year during King Charles’s reign. I can’t remember QEII hosting a garden party this early in May! I truly wonder how long this party has been on the books – probably for a while, considering the turnout. Tons of people turned out at Buckingham Palace and they seemed to have nice, sunny weather for the party. There was one garden party last year, hosted by Prince William and his cousins, where there was a huge rainstorm. People were soaking wet and basically stranded in this open-air pavilion outside Buckingham Palace.
Anyway, Wednesday’s garden party was hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla, with assists from Princess Anne, Prince Edward, the Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. None of the younger royals – no Prince William, no Kate, no York princesses, no Zara and no Peter. It could have used some youth and vitality, but hey, people seemed genuinely pleased to see Charles & Cam, so it is what it is. This is what the people want.
I was shocked to learn that Camilla’s prissy doily dress is Dior – this is such a terrible advertisement for Dior, especially with how Camilla styled it. Nurse’s stockings and turquoise jewelry, egads. The British press is already making a big deal about how Camilla is wearing “one of Meghan Markle’s favourite brands.” Yeah, again, this is not a great ad for Dior. Camilla looks so much better in her little floral cotton housedresses.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 07: King Charles III and Queen Camilla stand at the top of the Garden steps, as the National Anthem is played, before the start of The King’s garden party at Buckingham Palace on May 07, 2025 in London, England.,Image: 996286847, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 07: Queen Camilla meets guests during The King’s garden party at Buckingham Palace on May 07, 2025 in London, England.,Image: 996286869, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 07: King Charles III meets guests during The King’s garden party at Buckingham Palace on May 07, 2025 in London, England.,Image: 996286941, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 07: King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the top of the Garden steps before the start of The King’s garden party at Buckingham Palace on May 07, 2025 in London, England.,Image: 996286968, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 07: King Charles III laughs with guests during The King’s garden party at Buckingham Palace on May 07, 2025 in London, England.,Image: 996286984, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla stand at the top of the Garden steps, as the National Anthem is played, before the start of a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: King Charles III, Queen Camilla Where: London, United Kingdom When: 07 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: King Charles III, Queen Camilla Where: London, United Kingdom When: 07 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla speaks to guests during a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: London, United Kingdom When: 07 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
That severe suit is too tight on Camilla. Her usual loose flowing dresses are better. Kate did not dare to show up.
Was she invited?
They keep talking about harry, but there’s another family issue with william kate VS charles and camilla. They are never together unless absolutely necessary. Kate needs to show up with old clothes and no jewelry which is basically what her life ambitions were about in marrying william. So somethings up
Is Lady Louise not considered a young royal?
So much concentrated ugliness (inside & out) in one place. It’s a wonder the ground didn’t open and swallow them whole.
Well I think this is the amount of people who will also attend the king’s funeral when it happens. So not very big at all. I’m feeling snippy this morning. Don’t think anybody will have to put up with this antiquated garden party when Peg the lazy becomes king.
The dress looks as if it was sewn from an old Simplicity pattern in the fifties. Egad, what a mess.
It never fails to stun that all these people do is play dress up and unveil portraits of themselves.
But life is sooooo hard for them. Have to keep briefing the press over something or other.
😂
Meghan would never wear that, even if it’s from Dior.
The Rottweiler sure is giving stalker vibes. She desperately wants to be popular. Wearing Diana’s revenge was totally unhinged. And now she’s trying to copy Meghan. Hope Harry has a security file against the Rottweiler. The woman’s mad.
She’s channeling Fergie who usually wears too small a size. It was ill fitted on Camilla.
Agreed. The sleeves are too thin and make her arms look like weak little twigs, which is emphasized by the too-high shoulder pads and the jacket’s short length. And her boobs look like they’re protruding from her stomach. Just a terrible fit all around.
Really hard to believe that came from Dior.
Married to one of the wealthiest men on earth and this is the best she comes up with?!! Always so dowdy and ill fitting. She has (I think) the components of a good figure still for her age, she could look so much nicer with the right foundation undergarments and a stylist! At least wear a proper support bra, despite being fug dress, it would would look miles better if her boobs were just hoisted up a bit!
This always bothers me, too. Get a properly fitted bra, Cams.
I remember seeing photos of the topless Rottweiler smoking a ciggie on holiday that the rats must have published in the ‘80s. I’m sure not wearing a bra whilst riding or fox hunting also attracted Chuck.
So she has saggy tits because she’s failed to support them all these decades and I suspect it’s hard to find a bespoke bra for her as a result. Who’d want to be her bra-fitter as well.
I’m a card-carrying member of the bra-hating club like Camilla, yet I wholeheartedly concur. Her boobs are dragging on the floor. And this outfit only emphasizes that.
Genuinely, is it a Dior from the 80s? It looks 100% polyester!
Just what I was thinking. Or was it created by someone selling Dior designs under license? This can’t be couture? And the colour clashes with the turquoise too imo.
While I love turquoise with diamonds they’re all wrong for this outfit in this color. Blergh. Did Kate advise her on this?
I like what the Duchess of Gloucester is wearing. 3rd pic, to the very left. Navy blue. Would like to see a close up of that. Especially like her boots
Camilla looks like a fkn circus act. Lace on a Dior house dress, tacky turquoise baubles and mismatched beige & black shoes. Good g-d 🤡 She really has no idea. Not one thing works or looks even slightly decent or put together. What an eyesore
The DoG (what an unfortunate set of initials!) wore my favorite look of them all, although I thought her coat rather long for a sunny spring day.
I think people who are invited to these things are extremely happy to dress up and excited go to the palace to be in the presence of ROYALTY; doesn’t matter who it is. If it was Andrew and Sarah entertaining them, I think they would still be excited to be acknowledged by them🤷🏽♀️ . After all, people are invited to be hosted for their charitable works. I think for many of those invited, it’s an escape from the strain of how difficult day-to-day life is for many of the people living in the UK. Charitable work seems to have become an expanded cottage industry there due to Brexit. It’s good that people are being acknowledged in that way for the charitable work they do. I think there should be a lot more garden parties there to celebrate people for charitable works and other forms of public service. The people deserve it instead of money going towards financing the mafia royals’ extravagant lifestyle. I wonder when the guests leave the palace if they ever pause to think that the money used to fund the royals’ extravagant lifestyle (homes, cars, helicopters, vacations, clothes) could be used to fund social services (housing, healthcare, education) and infrastructure improvements (utilities, transportation, roads, bridges, sanitation)
Charles looks dapper, but is Camilla holding a plastic umbrella? Lol at “one of Meghan Markle’s favorite brands” – The RF can’t escape Meghan, can they.
It’s the only way to drum up interest in these two. Algorithm Meghan – guaranteed click on an article.
Of all days for Camilla to leave her floral house coats at home.
That Dior is one of the fugliest outfits I’ve ever seen! Poor posture and her sagging bust don’t help. Add the shoes and it’s a chaotic look.
Camilla’s hat is gorgeous. Everything from just under the hat down is forgettable.
The queen consort, at one of her most visible events, decides to once again wear a French brand because apparently there are no designers in the UK or British brands that can dress her apart from housecoats. That woman never wore Dior until there were those false rumors of Meghan being a potential brand ambassador. It’s so weird. She should be showcasing British fashion at these types of events. Also hate the color but whatever.
Fair point. Why not wear a uk brand for the garden party? There is something funny to me about seeing white lace on Camilla. And the umbrella accessory. Where’s her fan?
Dress looks like something Diana would have worn in the 80s, with much more panache.
I believe Camilla wore the same exact ensemble last year at Ascot. The fit of the dress looks like something her assistant bought off the rack at an outlet store.
Camilla’s one and only widely agreed-upon fashion triumph since becoming Queen was the blue Dior gown she wore in France, so perhaps she was trying to recreate similar headlines? Too bad she looks an absolute farce from head to toe.
People often overlook the simple jealousy factor with Camilla, who even on her best days bedecked in Royal jewels is barely “nice looking” and Diana who was a superstar beauty no matter what she wore….it’s hard for many women to not be competitive in that situation, even those not in the public eye.
And in that first picture where Camilla is greeting guests, that sure looks like Kate’s first private secretary on the right, Rebecca something?
I hear what you all are saying about this dress, but listen. Cams wore a different type of dress at the VE day observance, where Kate wore black and white also. In both of these looks, Cam is not wearing a zip up house dress. I am SICK of them. I respectfully disagree about the blue dress. I know, it’s bad, but she is changing perhaps. She finally got my email about wearing housedresses, and perhaps in a few she will get our emails about the support garments. I mean, when people who despise you are trying to help you out in spite of themselves, she should listen. I think the neckline on the two dresses is more businesslike, appropriate and flattering. She needs a new hairdo, a moisturizer, a lipstick with a little bit more color, and one that won’t come off, and some business suits. BRAS.
Charles looks dapper, but a frump in Dior is still a frump. And a gaslighter.
Anne looks great. Camilla looks like she didn’t turn on the lights in Harry’s old bedroom to get dressed.
Anne wearing a favorite rewear and a wedding gift brooch from her parents. The pearl necklace she reportedly inherited from her mother.
Camilla is wearing Queen Mary’s turquoise brooch which was a wedding gift from her in laws. The Duchess of Gloucester owns most of Mary’s turquoise jewelry though. Including a tiara and necklace.
Many royal women have been carrying bags (called Habsbags by some) designed by Sophie Habsburg. She’s the great niece of the late Marina, Duchess of Kent and a cousin of Philip’s, her grandmother Elizabeth being his first cousin. Her mother, Helene Toerring Jettenbach was well known to the British royals. She married into the Habsburgs. Sophie is married into the mediatized Windisch Graetz family. She’s crazy connected. Her maternal grandmother was the sister of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium.
Charles is wearing a familiar pin of his, a ruby tie pin with the cypher of Tsar Boris of Bulgaria. He was a Coburg relative who died mysteriously and abruptly after a negative meeting with Hitler over Bulgaria’s Jews.