I am so here for a Maxima + Sophie friendship omfg ❤ | The Countess of Wessex with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands on day 2 of the Dutch Kings’ state visit to the UK.
I’m more annoyed by the fact that the whole point of the speech was to announce that one of the Queen’s patronages was making new grants for female staff members. Somehow, Meghan managed to make it all about herself.
Me too! I feel I shouldn’t even be surprised, and yet I am. She cupped in an official photograph…
That says everything that needs to be said about the DoSex, frankly. Even when they are representing the Queen at the most formal events it’s all about them and their personal soap opera.
The movement for a $15-an-hour minimum wage got a boost earlier this month when Amazon – which has drawn criticism for its pay practices and working conditions – announced it would raise its base pay for all U.S. workers to $15 an hour. The new minimum wage takes effect Nov. 1 and will affect some 250,000 full- and part-time employees, as well as the 100,000 or so seasonal workers Amazon expects to hire in the next few months, according to the company. (The raises will be offset, at least in part, by the phasing out of bonuses and stock awards for hourly workers.)
How much of a real improvement those workers will see in their daily lives, however, depends very much on where they live.
Great images of the Duchess of Cambridge during the State visit by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, at Buckingham Palace, London. via John Stillwell/PA Wire/PA Images
fun fact. She is only the second granddaughter in law of a living sovereign to have a family order. The only other one is May, Duchess of York. E7, G5&6 did not have married royal grandsons.
So the traditional royal family order – the one worn by Camilla, Sophie, Diana – is made of ivory. William is an outspoken and active opponent of the illegal ivory trade, and has spent much of his royal life promoting conservation and combatting poachers, the illegal trade, that sort of thing. It was a theory that Catherine hadn’t yet gotten the order from HM because it’s made of ivory, and that would have been a slap in the face to William. Kate’s order is made of glass, which means HM consciously made a few decisions – first, to grant her granddaughter in law this very big honor, and second, to do it in a way that honors her grandson and eventual heir’s wishes. It’s a huge success for William and Catherine. Convincing HM to change anything isn’t easy, but at least one of them convinced HM to do this. It’s a really, really big deal.
It’s not a completion any more. I think you have it completely right when you say “it’s hard to think they’re representing the same thing.” They are NOT representing the same thing. Will and Kate are representing the monarchy and Meghan and Harry are off doing some weird taxpayer-funded celeb thing.
I don’t know, but Emily Andrews is low-key dissing Max and Kate. I think Kate’s dress can be criticized, but calling Max’s outfit “net curtains” is bizarre.
part 2) Kate is losing weight again. I assume she is just hard core exercise and dieting to loose the Louis weight and maybe is overdoing it. I hope it is not feeling threatened by Meg, bc there is NO competition there. When Kate got skinny before 2016?, I wondered if she and Will were having issues, and she was coping by dieting and exercising too much. I hope that is not the case now. He and the UK are lucky to have her.
Because she’s family. That’s why I’m so baffled whenever an anon says that Meghan will be excluded from a wedding or a state banquet or anything. If Princess Michael isn’t excluded, then Meghan Markle isn’t going to be excluded.
Meghan is more high profile than Princess Michael though.
I think the real question is whether or not Buckingham Palace wants moments like the photo below in their state banquets.
Because if Megs attends the Polish state banquet, you know she will.
The Duchess of Cambridge attends a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in honor of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands || October 23, 2018
Amidst a sea of sparkle at tonight’s Diplomatic Reception, the most spectacular news was that the Duchess of Cambridge received the Royal Family Order from Her Majesty! Traditionally the order was made of ivory, however, Catherine’s was created with glass instead – likely in honor of her husband, William. Catherine is only the second granddaughter in law of a living sovereign to have a family order.
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