Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall: Visit to the US - November 1-8, 2005

[mandyy]

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall greets the United States Surgeon General Richard Carmona as Prince Charles looks on upon their arrival at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington D.C, November 3, 2005. The royal couple are in the United States on an eight-day trip and will take in four events on Thursday including a meeting on osteoporosis at the National Institutes of Health.

#1-9: from Reuters
#10: AP

 

[mandyy]

#1-3,9-10: Reuters
#4-8,10: AP
#6-7: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall points to her nose after the Surgeon General of the United States Richard Carmona , had almost led her into a full length glass window as she arrives at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Thursday Nov. 3, 2005 .

 

[Panther2000]

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=208846&d=1131037078

Is Laura touching his tushie?!? LOL

Yeah, it does look like it.

 

[Lady Marmalade]

Slightly different scenario but I won't go into it or I'm likely to get the slipper.

Visting dignitaries are invited guests who should be treated accordingly. I think the Prince and the Duchess were given a wonderful welcome. Goes to show that respect and class were the order of the evening.

 

[Panther2000]

Hilarious! The First Lady commits the ultimate party foul. I'm fairly certain official protocol prohibits grabbing the posterior of the future monarch. Silly Americans!

Didn't Ginger Spice grab charles butt a few years ago. What is with women grabbing his butt. He doesn't have a juicy butt

 

[ysbel]

Didn't Ginger Spice grab charles butt a few years ago. What is with women grabbing his butt. He doesn't have a juicy butt

LOL panther We don't know do we? I don't recall a lot of pictures of Charles' butt to make an informed opinion.

Maybe we need another research grant to determine if Charles' tushie really lives up to the attention its getting.

 

[Panther2000]

All according to your opinion, no actual laws of/or protocol were broken. Why don't you criticize the others as well?

Fine if it will make you happ then. Include them in the statment also. But, The others aren't here on an official Visit to show off their new wife. & the Others aren't going to be married to the future King of England either. But, I will include them also in the statment. If you are paying respect to the Dead. Don't wear an Easter Outfit.

It is a Beautiful Suit & looked good on her. But, the wrong place to wear it.

 

[Panther2000]

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall greets the United States Surgeon General Richard Carmona as Prince Charles looks on upon their arrival at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington D.C, November 3, 2005. The royal couple are in the United States on an eight-day trip and will take in four events on Thursday including a meeting on osteoporosis at the National Institutes of Health.

All from Reuters

Now, that is a nice suit. & would have been perfect for the NY GZ visit.

 

[mandyy]

Charles, Camilla Visit NIH
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=611809
#1-3: Reuters
#4-6: AP

 

[foxy_digitalis]

Maybe we need another research grant to determine if Charles' tushie really lives up to the attention its getting.

Oh my... how scandalous. Maybe merits its own separate thread?

 

[btsnyder]

CONGRATS TO MY PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY FOR ANOTHER SUCCESS!!

Just curious, what were the others again?

 

[Lady Marmalade]

CONGRATS TO MY PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY FOR ANOTHER SUCCESS!!

Just curious, what were the others again?

I will ask you not to start. I am congratulating all on a successful dinner in honor of the Prince and the Duchess.

If you wish to show ill feelings, I suggest you write to your congressperson or senator.

 

[Zonk]

I know this isn't the right thread...but I LOVE Beatrix's hats!Camilla's designers is pretty good although every now in then he pushes the limit...at least in my opinion.

 

[grevinnan]

Camilla has so far done a fabulous job with her outfits. The dark blue at the White House dinner looked very refined and elegant. Her pink/red? outfit for her first engagement made a very positive statement. We are honoring the 9/11 victims by re-building and moving forward united against terrorism. Her outfit today was elegant as well. I love her chokers - her signature detail.

 

[Alicky]

Fine if it will make you happ then. Include them in the statment also. But, The others aren't here on an official Visit to show off their new wife. & the Others aren't going to be married to the future King of England either.

No, but two were the wives of presidents and one was the current Queen of England, so...? According to you you're only allowed to wear festive colors on an official visit if you are not newly married? I don't get it.

 

[Alicky]

Well I've just been on a wild search on the internet to look for a back view of Charles.

That's not something you hear every day!

 

[kwanfan]

Are there any photos of tonight's reception? Will it be a tiara event? In 1985, Diana wore her tiara to the Embassy dinner, but not to the White House.

 

[Lady Marmalade]

I think the Duchess has been doing a great job so far. You can tell she is visibly nervous at times, but that is to be expected.

 

[seto]

There seemed to be a nice turn out for them today. They both looked happy she seems to be getting used to her new role.

 

[mandyy]

Britain's Prince Charles, left, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive at the National Building Museum, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 in Washington. Prince Charles was awarded a Vincent Scully Prize in recognition of the Prince's well-known advocacy on behalf of the built environment and his charities that support work related to urban design.
#1-3,5:AP
#4,6: Reuters

 

[mandyy]

Britain's Prince Charles is greeted by a crowd on the Georgetown University Campus in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005. The Prince was attending a faith Group Seminar at the University as part of 8-day tour of the United States by the Prince and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
#1-2: AP
#3-10: Reuters

 

[Lady Marmalade]

Part of the Prince's speech from last night: Good sense of humor on him.

PRINCE CHARLES: Mr. President, Mrs. Bush, ladies and gentlemen, can I just say what a joy it is for both my wife and myself to be with you here in the White House? It brings back many fond and happy memories of my first visit here with my sister. I think it was in 1970, when we came to stay at the White House for the weekend with President and Mrs. Nixon, at the time when the media were busy trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon. (Laughter.) And it's very interesting to see the same sort of thing happening to my eldest son. (Laughter.) So it seems to be an entirely hereditary feature. (Laughter.) Mr. President, Sir Winston Churchill, whose mother was, of course, American, and whose bust you have in a place of honor in the Oval Office once said after one of his 16 visits to the United States over some 66 years, "The friendliness of the Americans to the traveler from Britain, their unfailing kindness, their generous hospitality are something to marvel at." Well, nothing has changed, Mr. President. We have both most certainly experienced the same generosity and friendliness since our arrival yesterday. And this has been the case on every previous visit I have ever made to this remarkable country.

 

[Lady Marmalade]

Part of the President's speech from last night:

THE PRESIDENT: Your Royal Highness, it is a great honor for Laura and me to host you and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall at the White House. Your visit is a reminder of the unique and enduring bond between the United Kingdom and the United States. Americans know that we have no greater friend than the United Kingdom. And it's my sincere hope that the United Kingdom knows it has no greater admirer than the United States. Our nations are intimately linked through deep historical and cultural ties, through active commercial and political bonds, and through shared values. Nowhere are those shared values more nobly expressed than in our common commitment to expanding freedom in this world.
In the first part of the 20th century, our nations stood together to ensure that fascism did not prevail in Europe. In the second half of the 20th century, we worked tirelessly to defeat the totalitarian ideology of communism. And today we're fighting side by side against an ideology of hatred and intolerance to ensure that the 21st century will be one of liberty and hope.

 

[mandyy]

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, walk towards a gala reception at the British Embassy in Washington late Thursday Nov. 3, 2005.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, walks towards a gala reception at the British Embassy in Washington late Thursday Nov. 3, 2005, wearing a dress made of antique gold lace.
#1-5: AP
#6: Newscom
#7-8: Getty Images
#9: APP image

 

[Elspeth]

Good heavens, a different necklace! Whatever next...

 

[Lady Marmalade]

WOW!

That dress is stunning on her, the color, the pattern, she hit the bullseye dead on with this one. I love her necklace.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

I was not a fan for Duchess's outfit of deep blue much, but she looked alright for the functions today and yesteday but the Duchess looked really wonderful in her new dress at the Reception at the British Embassy.She has done really great work so far, and seems has been charmed the American as well.

 

[Saragli]

I like her hair so much better like that. She has had that necklace for a while but she has finally worn it. I like it and it is not one of her signature pearls. The dress is much more wow than anything else she has worn on the visit.

 

[foxy_digitalis]

she hit the bullseye dead on with this one

Lady Marmalade, I couldn't agree more! I can't wait for more and better pictures, so we can see the dress in full. She looks spectacular! This trip should really put paid to those who have been keen to dismiss her as a frump. She's looked very smart indeed.

 

[Queen Amina]

Hello all,

I'm new to this forum even thugh I've been lurking about for over a year I'd just like to say theat C&C have done a great job on thier visit to the USA and I'm glad for them.

Camilla's choice of fashion too has been quite good nothing to go wow about but a hell of a lot better than me on my good days. She's very consistent with her choices. I hope she keeps it up.