Heights of royals

[Tinika]

Originally Posted by tdarlene

I read on wikipedia that Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Michael of Kent are 5 ft 11½ in (182 cm) and that Princess Maxima and Queen Noor are 5 ft 10½ in (179 cm) and Diana, Princess of Wales was 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tall_women

Wow, so TALL!

[Tinika]

Originally Posted by EmpressRouge

I think he'll set a new record for tallest King of England/Britain. I think Edward I (Longshanks) holds the record at 6' 2". Charles I was the shortest at 5' 1" (Dang, that's shorter than me, quite an "accomplishment")

Weren't Edward IV and Henry VIII both over six feet as well?

[rosana]

Originally Posted by tdarlene

I read on wikipedia that Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Michael of Kent are 5 ft 11½ in (182 cm) and that Princess Maxima and Queen Noor are 5 ft 10½ in (179 cm) and Diana, Princess of Wales was 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tall_women

Maxima 179?? No way. I would not believe this list. And Mette Marit is not that height, more than Lady Di?

[avrilo]

Originally Posted by rosana

Maxima 179?? No way. I would not believe this list. And Mette Marit is not that height, more than Lady Di?

I remember you that Wikipedia is not a reliable source, since anyone can post any information

[whiteswan]

really??? she looks very tall!!

[DMR412]

I think the Princesses Maxima, Mette-Marit and Mathilde are all in the 178-181 cm range. I remember reading in the thread on Prince Phillipe and Mathilde's engagement that the princess was 179 cm tall. In pictures of Maxima & Mathilde together, they look about the same height, give or take a cm. And Mette-Marit could be even taller, it's just hard to tell because of her posture. Also all the ladies are married to very tall men, all over 184 cm.

[Princess Maxima]

Originally Posted by crisiñaki

Princess Máxima is 1.77m

Yes, like 1.80m very tall!

[HRH Kerry]

I've often wondered how tall Prince Alois of Liechtenstein was and could never get an answer. I ran across this pic with a lot of European royalty. Alois seems to be pretty tall especially since CP Felipe of Spain doesn't tower over him.

http://www.seegerpress-online.de/see...=liechtenstein

[Lozza]

No way would Diana have been over 6ft. She and Charles were the same height.

Did Diana wear higher heels to embarass heels? I always thought Nicole Kidman was petty for her "now I can wear heels!" comment and I'll have to put Diana down as petty too (if its true)

I can't speak for England, but in Australia everything's metric but most people still describe height in feet and inches. Not sure why, but we all do. I have to think to tell you how tall I am in cm, but know straight away how many feet and inches I am. (and I'm 23! Never did the old metric system)

[yvr girl]

There's no way she was over 6 feet.

I don't think Andrew and Edward are the same height. Andrew always looks about 1 inch taller in pictures.

[Jellybean]

How tall is Camilla?

[Avalon]

Originally Posted by Jellybean

How tall is Camilla?

The Duchess of Cornwall is 5' 8" (1.73 m)

[magnik]

I think that she is little taller than 1.73. But maybe becouse of heels?

[Avareenah]

Originally Posted by EmpressRouge

Diana purposely wore higher heels during the 90s during her engagements with Charles as part of the "War of the Waleses."

I don't think that can be stated with absolute certainty.

I think Diana wore higher heels in the 90's because she was coming into her own fashion-wise, she had separated from Charles and no longer had to dress as a "royal". I don't think it was done to be vindictive at all. What did it matter that she was taller in heels than he anyway?

[milla Ca]

Originally Posted by Avalon

The Duchess of Cornwall is 5' 8" (1.73 m)

I´m sorry Avalon, but i can not believe that she´s 1.73 m.
When i met her, i saw that she´s smaller than me, and i´m 1.70 m. I don´t know it exactly, but i think she´s about 1,65 m.

[Avalon]

Originally Posted by milla Ca

I´m sorry Avalon, but i can not believe that she´s 1.73 m.
When i met her, i saw that she´s smaller than me, and i´m 1.70 m. I don´t know it exactly, but i think she´s about 1,65 m.

I've read several articals/sources, where they state 5'8'' as Camilla's height.
This is one of them (not the most reliable, I believe).
I've always thought she is actually under 5'5'' - 5'6'' (about 1.65 m) as well.

[Skydragon]

I have always thought that Diana was 5' 9", Charles 5' 8" and Camilla 5' 7".

[acegirl1978]

How tall is the Thai Crown Prince, he looks like 175 cm to me.....

[HRH_Liz]

No wonder the the boys are so tall. They get if from their mother. I had always wondered were they had gotten that gene. Sad to say I never looked into how tall Diana was.

[alterego]

Does anyone know the height of HM Margrethe II, HRH Benedikte, and HM Anne-Marie? It seems that HM Margrethe II is the tallest among the 3 sisters... I read somewhere that she is 6ft1in(184cm)... How about the other 2 then?