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British Royal Family Current Events 5: July 2011-March 2013
Welcome to British Royal Family current events part 5.
Part 4, covering March 2007 to July 2011, is located here.
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Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Earl of Wessex attended a garden party
in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, July 5, 2011.
** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** belga gallery **
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07-19-2011, 04:48 PM
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Bad weather at today's garden party at Buckingham Palace hosted by the Queen. But she, the Duke of
Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and lots of guests braved the rain today, July 19.
** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** gettyimages/daylife gallery **
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07-19-2011, 05:15 PM
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I'd love to attend a Garden Party, preferably at Buckingham Palace. Duchess of Cornwall looks nice, quite plain, as usual but I think it works for her.
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07-21-2011, 05:21 PM
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Kate is said to be joining the Queen tomorrow afternoon (22 July) in viewing her wedding dress ahead of the opening of Buckingham Palace's summer exhibit. The exhibit is open to the public starting Saturday, 23 July, and it will include Kate's dress, shoes, tiara and earrings. The royal wedding fruit cake will also be on display.
Hopefully we get pictures.
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07-21-2011, 08:41 PM
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07-21-2011, 09:17 PM
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There will be press and TV cameras there when the Queen and Kate tour the exhibition on Friday afternoon.
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Nice we'll get to see the Queen and Kate together tomorrow!
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07-21-2011, 11:05 PM
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Nice we'll get to see the Queen and Kate together tomorrow!
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Although I'm not expecting a speech... Here's to hoping that Catherine says something. 
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07-22-2011, 12:55 AM
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OMG! Kate and I share the same shoe size!!! I wonder if I could borrow the wedding shoes (and the cute boatshoes she wore at Blatchford Lake!) LOL!!
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07-22-2011, 09:37 AM
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The dress cost $400,000?  Is that the first time the cost has been reported?
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07-22-2011, 09:49 AM
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The dress cost $400,000? Is that the first time the cost has been reported? |
Highly unlikely number, IMO.
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07-22-2011, 12:30 PM
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Highly unlikely number, IMO.
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Perhaps the 400,000 figure has been aggregated to include replacement cost for the tiara and the cost of other jewelry worn on that day.
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07-22-2011, 12:57 PM
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Pictures of the Duchess and Her Majesty viewing the exhibition.
Kate's wedding dress goes on display at Buckingham Palace
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07-22-2011, 01:58 PM
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I read somewhere that the exhibit had been described as "ghostly" and,unfortunately, that seems to be an accurate description. Does anyone else think it's a bit too somber? I can see how they would want to capture how exquisite the gown is, but all of the joy and excitement of a wedding as been taken out.
Well, that won't stop me from seeing it. I can't wait!! 
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07-22-2011, 02:00 PM
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Video of the Queen an Catherine looking at Royal Wedding Dress Exhibition
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07-22-2011, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by fascinator
I read somewhere that the exhibit had been described as "ghostly" and,unfortunately, that seems to be an accurate description. Does anyone else think it's a bit too somber? I can see how they would want to capture how exquisite the gown is, but all of the joy and excitement of a wedding as been taken out.
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The exhibit did look ghostly from the pictures I saw. The mood looks dispirited and somber...much like a sad occasion. It doesn't come off to me as a joyful, happy time. Her dress standing in the middle of room like that reminds me of a horror movie I saw. Perhaps they need to add more lighting. Something to up the mood.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why is Williams uniform not at the exhibit??
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07-22-2011, 02:15 PM
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Perhaps the 400,000 figure has been aggregated to include replacement cost for the tiara and the cost of other jewelry worn on that day.
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Let's see ...
500,000 viewers at 17.50GBP each. That's GBP8.75 million/ $13.125 million. I would hope that there is a "lending fee" for the gown that compensates the Middletons based on the incremental increase in BP visitor volume. The purchase of the gown would be an investment with an ROI not seen since Whitewater! 
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07-22-2011, 02:19 PM
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Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why is Williams uniform not at the exhibit??
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It's not a stupid question at all. There may be some reasoning behind this, but it would be nice to see it there as well.
And instead of an "empty gown", what about Madame Tussauds wax figures? Fun!
P.S. I'm not being sarcastic, I think it would be much more engaging, though (for some) absurdly tacky.
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07-22-2011, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by fascinator
Let's see ...
500,000 viewers at 17.50GBP each. That's GBP8.75 million/ $13.125 million. I would hope that there is a "lending fee" for the gown that compensates the Middletons based on the incremental increase in BP visitor volume. The purchase of the gown would be an investment with an ROI not seen since Whitewater! |
I am sure the Middletons were thinking not at all about the ROI but instead about their lovely daughters happiness and joy on her wedding dress and day when buying her wedding dress......
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