Much as I would love to see the Duchess of Brabant at the state banquet, I suspect it will not happen this time.
All of this would be great choices.
The Ornate Pearl Tiara would be an excellent choice for Maxima, but I don't think she is particularly fond of it. She has worn it only a handful of times in over a decade.
We now know that, unfortunately, the Princess of Wales will not be attending the state banquet for the Emir of Qatar next week.
It's too bad; she always adds a note of glamour. IMO it would be better for someone else to greet the Emir, and for Kate to attend the banquet.
In 10 years Charlotte is 19 so she will likely attend too..
I think Anne will attend as long as possible and nothing will stop her
Can't see it, I'm sure William's children will all experience a fairly 'normal' existence until at least their mid 20's. I think he will want them to have a job of some sort, as he did in the air ambulance, and get peace to pursue personal relationships before official duties start.
I think George and Charlotte can attend a state banquet starting in their 20s if they get the chance. But everything will depend on whether William is already King at that point or not.
Conversations like this expose the error of slimming the family down too much. I can see William being a stickler for encouraging his children to have their own lives whilst they are young, whether he is King or not. Plus that may also be something they personally want. I am not a massive fan of the Yorks but I think it was a mistake by Charles to totally exclude Beatrice and Eugenie. Kate is mainly out of action and the youngest member of the family after her is almost 60, they need young royals participating and they are currently non existent.
We've waited since her cancer treatment ended...
I concur, I can't see William's kids being pushed into attending state events too soon.
Since becoming Queen, she has worn a few "big" necklaces, including the Crown Rubies, the City of London Fringe, the George VI sapphires (3 times) and the Coronation necklace. Amongst the "smaller" necklaces, she has also worn the South African diamonds, the Queen Alexandra collet collier (x2) and her Aquamarine necklace. So that seems to be a fairly even split between the larger and the smaller necklaces.
I, too, would love to see the Greville emerald Kokoshnik appear again. I hope Catherine ends up using it.
That’s possible yes, but i don’t see how they would be unable to live a fairly normal life (after what’s possible when you’re a child of the prince of wales) and at the same time attend incoming state visits, wich happens at most twice a year for the British RF, sometimes even less.
If someone should wear it then Sophie as the are no accusations to her from the Sussex camp. But somehow i have the feeling that she isn't into bandeau tiaras. Who knows perhaps it was already offered to her as loan be the late Queen
I agree, it should be possible, but the British royals definitely seem to have an in or out policy and the youngsters seem to be out until a certain age.
I don't believe there would be much negativity.
Actually, the tiara is not owned by the Royal Collection but by His Majesty personally. But that said, I do agree, Sophie should get to use it.
). Like Madeline her blue eyes look magnificent with blue stones.
Is that the tiara? I also hope we get to see her again in the future.If it's still in the vault, Russian sapphire bandeau always is another great option for Sophie (as I suggested many times here
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