EIIR
Heir Presumptive
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2011
- Messages
- 2,656
- City
- Somewhere
- Country
- United Kingdom
I know she's wrinkly but not that wrinkly. HM actually has great skin for someone her age.
Being called upon to design for the Queen is likely to be the highlight of any fashion designer's career. But it could also herald the most daunting, indeed, terrifying moment in a couturier's life.
As revealed in a new book, Elizabeth: Reigning in Style by Jane Eastoe, reprised in this weekend’s Stella magazine, to be asked to supply sketches to the Queen was a daunting prospect.
Very nice. I read in Robert Hardman's book, "Her Majesty: The Court of Queen Elizabeth II" that to make it easier for the Queen, investitures were moved from BP to Windsor where she stays most of the time. This way, she can keep up with the amount of the investitures but actually lighten her workload by performing them at Windsor. Thanks for posting, iceflower!
The personal stories are really lovely.Heather Morgan, 76, a retired book buyer from Twickenham, Surrey, travelled from Wales to camp out in front of Westminster Abbey before the Coronation in 1953. ‘My sister, her flatmate and I took a picnic and tucked ourselves into a spot outside the Abbey with an uninterrupted view. It rained overnight but the Dunkirk spirit prevailed and we sang songs like Roll Out The Barrel – there was a feeling of optimism, as if everything was coming good after the war.
It is an Easter egg fit for a Queen. The Queen in fact. Pictured here for the first time is the luxury chocolate treat that the monarch will open with her family at Windsor Castle on Sunday. The 4lb dark chocolate egg is made each year by her Royal Warrant holders, Prestat, and delivered by hand in time for her to tuck in following church on Easter Sunday.
The Queen has risked an international outcry by inviting the King of Bahrain to a Diamond Jubilee banquet despite widespread criticism of his bloody and repressive regime. The English-educated Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is on the guest list for a lunch hosted by the Queen in May at Windsor Castle. He is also thought to be among those invited to a champagne dinner given by Prince Charles the same evening at Buckingham Palace. The invitations will infuriate human rights campaigners and MPs angry at the Gulf state’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations.
I always enjoy articles like that.
The Easter Egg that's fit for the Queen (and its big enough to share with the whole family)
Oh, yum, a chocoholic's dream come true; what a nice Easter gift for the Queen.
The Queen and Prince Philip were also given chocolate from the new chocolate museum in York on Thursday. The Queen apparently remarked when given her box that 'she wasn't sharing on the train home'.
I am sure she has a bit but gives some to everybody else. I am intrigued as to what the gifts inside are!
Her Majesty and DOE pretty in pink visits Manchester this morning.
Thanks for this dbarn - she looks lovely. But is it definitely on Easter Sunday? Its just that a large number of the family are at Windsor which is traditionally where the Queen spends Easter
In the earlier years of her reign, not even the Queen was immune from the dreaded wardrobe malfunction in windy conditions. But nowadays the royal hemline remains elegantly in place whatever the weather – thanks to a secret weapon. Sewn inside the hem of each hand-made outfit are a couple of circular lead curtain weights, costing £1.50 for a packet of four.