”It was soon after she and Jack had first met that Princess Eugenie read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One particular passage in which Jay Gatsby is described reminded her immediately of Jack.
She decided that she wanted eventually to let Jack know how much those words had brought him to mind. That is why they have had a special place (as the second reading) in today’s wedding service.”
– The Dean of Windsor’s address at Eugenie and Jack’s wedding
Prince George with Maud Windsor and Isla Phillips after the wedding ceremony of Princess Eugenie to Mr Jack Brooksbank at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018.
Yeah, I really loved the top and fit of Eugenie’s dress. I was hoping for Vivienne Westwood, but this worked well too.Â
Yup! It’s a 16-day tour that starts in a couple of days. I haven’t seen most of the coverage from Eugenie’s wedding just the videos posted on the Royal Family channel, so I haven’t seen any of those moments from Harry & Megs. Doesn’t surprise me though.
As they made their way to Eugenie and Jack’s wedding reception, Zara Phillips and the Duchess of Cambridge spotted each other and Zara promptly ran over for a chat!Â
Yup. I am quite eager to see Eugenie’s dress. Hoping for Vivienne Westwood like many others.
Harry begins his Rahu-Venus dasha next week on the 17th. I expect he’ll have some changes in how the public perceives him soon. The reason for this is because during his last Venus antar dasha–when he was running Mars-Venus from February 2005 to April 2006–had the Nazi photos come out in the UK tabs a few weeks before. Since his natal Venus is debilitated in the 10th house–the house of career, renown, and social interaction–I expect him to take a hit in the public eye, metaphorically, of some sort in the next few weeks or months.Â
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Protocol is one of the many subtle way they signal to the public that they are “different”. If harry (and meg) continue to rebuff the protocol they will contribute to the crumbling facade of the Royal Family and it’s eventual demise. 2/2
Exactly! At this point, how is Meghan any different from Priyanka? She has a title and taxpayer funding and that’s it.Â
And I think that’s why interest is flagging right now. What makes the royals interesting is precisely the fact that they have to follow all of these rules. It’s clear that Meghan is not subject to anything, so what’s the point.
Meh. Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, used it quite a bit in the US when she was doing ads for Weight Watchers years ago. Back then people remembered she was part of royalty, and that was how she got endorsement deals to shill stuff.
Your last line there is key: “the US would ignore all that.”Â
Exactly.Â
Asking Americans to care about the difference between Meghan, TheDuchess of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is pointless. They’re not going to care because the important word of distinction to Americans is “duchess.” Americans are not going to care whether or not a definite article is placed before the word “duchess.” The fact that someone is using the word “duchess” in relation to someone is what is worthy of note.
No one in the US is going to stop Megsy going around calling herself Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. That girl will use it until she dies.Â
The “its an issue when it’s separate” line was about RPOs. Not about cars. So if Doria is standing away from Meghan at an event and has an RPO with her, that’s an issue. But if the RPO is with Meghan and Doria happens to be standing next to her, that’s fine.
The transportation thing, is another issue. Harry and Meghan’s travel is taxpayer funded when they’re at work because they are public representatives. Doria is not entitled to use those means of transportation. Harry and Meghan’s private vehicles that they use in their private time are not taxpayer funded and Doria could totally ride in one of those. So her riding in the car with Harry and Meghan is her using taxpayer funded means of travel which is not okay. What should have happened is that she should have arrived separately from them in one of Harry’s private cars. Does that make sense?
My favourite dress of all […] was my first Dior dress, white strapless tulle and a vast satin bow at the back ~ Princess Margaret.
Christian Dior was absolutely fascinated by Princess Margaret. [This is] Princess Margaret’s actual dress. The waist is 21.5 inches, it’s absolutely tiny and she looked super glamorous. I think that’s the sort of look you hadn’t associated for a while with the British Royal Family. – Beatrice Behlen, Fashion curator and historian at the Museum of London. Most notably, the Princess wore this dress in a set of photographs taken by Cecil Beaton for her 21st birthday in 1951.
Oh there are a ton of hypocrisies in the situation that I won’t list because people already know them but the thing that’s most troublesome is that she arrived in their taxpayer funded means of travel despite having no right to. She is not our representative. I love Doria but transparency about the spending of our unelected officials and trust between the public and the royals is a bigger thing than one individual and given that this is the third time in their relationship Harry and Meghan have misused taxpayer funds, I am sighing right now. I hate to be that person that drags everyone back down to earth but royals don’t exist to be cute and adorable. They have a job and as part of that job they have set terms that they have to stick by- letting your relatives who aren’t representatives of the country use taxpayer funded means of travel is not sanctioned and totally inappropriate. It was inappropriate when Chris O’Neill did it in Sweden and I called him out then, so I’m doing it here too.
Are you kidding right now? It was probably like a two minute car ride! Should Doria have walked?
I can understand if they travelled a long distance, but that car drove like…500 yards… It’s not that deep.
It doesn’t matter if it’s one penny or one million pounds. You don’t get away with misusing public funds just because you could theoretically misuse them in a more serious way. If something’s wrong you don’t excuse it entirely just because the person could have done something more serious. If I stabbed someone and they didn’t die they don’t say “well you could have killed them and you didn’t so we’ll just let you go free with no consequences.” (Yes that is a wildly exaggerated analogy but it works). This is definitely not a big enough deal to overshadow the whole event and I have posted separately about how great I think it was and how much I like this project in general but given that it’s part of a wider pattern of misusing public funds then yes, I’m going to mention it. I mention it when other royals do it so I’m going to mention it now. There is a clear understanding between the British people and the monarchy about what perks they get and what they do in exchange for those perks and this is not sanctioned within that understanding. If you can’t do something without misusing public funds then don’t do it at all. If they were that close, why didn’t they all just walk and avoid this whole drama?Â
Oh, this is a very good point. Tons of stuff happens behind the scenes.
But the royals do have an effect. For example, I bet the new charity restructuring Charles is doing will be a complete disaster with Michael Fawcett as its head and less donations and appearances by the Prince.
I did some research and Charles didn’t actually move to Clarence House until 2003. He moved after his grandmother- the Queen Mother- passed away and they finished refurbishments. Before that he lived at St James’s Palace. I can’t find a confirmation that he moved there after the divorce so if anyone knows, reply to this post!! I think his intention was always to move to Clarence House but I don’t know that for certainÂ
Isn’t Clarence House traditionally used for the heir to the throne? Then-Princess Elizabeth lived there with Philip, Charles, and Anne, before she became Queen. The Queen Mum lived there after George VI passed away. Charles moved to St. James Palace when he and Diana separated and lived there until he moved into Clarence House.
I think the hardcore sugars are here to stay, and I expect they will get more and more rabid as Meghan flounders. That has been my experience so far.Â
I suspect the tour will be meh, but I doubt the media will report that she “needs major help.” Her problem isn’t that she can’t show up and shake hands. Her problem is that the planned tour stops mind-numbingly boring, the clothes are repetitive, monochrome and ill-fitting, and all she does is hold hands with Harry and pose. Yes, there’s always a chance that there will be a major disaster, but I doubt that as they will be surrounded by people whose main job is to keep that from happening. I think their main problem is boredom. Meghan is by far the most repetitive royal I have ever seen, and I used to bitch about Kate’s lace dresses nonstop.
When I think of what made Will and Kate’s first tour (to Canada) amazing, I remember how Kate picked Prince Edward Island based on the Anne of Green Gables books, and how professional she looked in her navy Smythe blazer (Canadian brand!) as they boarded the plane. The Cambridges positively embraced the official events, attending a citizenship ceremony, Canada Day, and the Calgary Stampede. Kate looked amazing in her recycled engagement dress and red maple leaf hat and she rocked the maple leaf brooch like nobody’s business. She wore Canadian Erdem freaking everywhere (tbh, they weren’t that bad back then), posed with Anne of Green Gables, and even dressed up like a Calgary cowboy.Â
Yes, they had cute couple moments at the helicopter training, the French cooking classes in Quebec, and the sea dragon race, but what I remember most about this tour was that it was a celebration of Canada, including its natural beauty, history, and diversity. LOL, and the “Marilyn moment,” of course.
Kate launched her tour with a bang, with sources telling the DM that she’s personally chosen Prince Edward’s Island because she loved the Anne books. I remember this causing quite a stir at the time and this is still one my favorite parts of their Canada tour.
It’s a stark contrast to the Harkle schedule release, which left people scratching their heads as to why they’d picked some of the stops and why they were skipping out on Invictus. I’ve been wondering why I have such a strong feeling that this tour will be a dud, and I think the underwhelming release of the schedule is part of it. This does not feel like a celebration of Australia, or event the Commonwealth. It feels like a celebration of Meghan and Harry.
Yes, I realize that, and I see how the big wedding and splashy tour feeds into that. But I’m still baffled by the Commonwealth Youth Ambassador title and the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust and the canopy. His “big” fundraisers have been for Sentebale and his wedding charities were small and many of them non-UK.
 Yes, it all looks like the same thing Will and Kate did, but it’s very different in substance. Will and Kate did a lot of fundraising for their foundation during their first year and then they went on to establish a strong charity base in the UK. They built a strong platform and developed their own institutions. Harry is not doing that. Heck, he’s compromising his strong Invictus platform to go plant trees for the canopy.Â
William is building relationships with the UK business community. Harry is merching for Givenchy, and sucking up to the Clooneys and Lin-Manuel. Kate is extending her patronage to legacy UK museums, while Meghan is selling Jess’ crap Canadian brands.
I don’t think he will be marginalized. I think he already is being marginalized with these non-UK “positions” and “events.” This is what they’ve traditionally done with all of their problem family members.
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