I thought I read Sara and Camila are friends.
My issue with her hat is simple. It doesn’t match her dress in photos. They could have (should have) tested.
“I think that her facial expressions reveal that she is having fun with the kids introducing her to their taxidermy,”
Yes, she’s probably thinking how inferior their examples are to the one’s in the castle.
(do we have a snarky icon?)
And I think it is fine for an aunt to skip a family event, especially when there is bad blood. I’m not a Charles and Camila fan, so I’m sure she wasn’t missed. Fergie had enough stress with the whole Prince Philip thing.
Needed more pictures of the royals while at the church.
Here’s my snark. Philip and Elizabeth are very nice looking people. How did their children all stand in the wrong line when good looking genes were handed out? Edward is okay, but the rest? And honestly, English people, find an orthodontist.
Princess Anne was a lovely young woman when she made the effort. My daughter saw a professional portrait of her when she was in her twenties recently and sent it to me with a caption of “who knew?” I always thought Andrew was the best looking son.
Well, in her youth, Princess Margaret was considered “the pretty one” compared to Elizabeth. Her personality was a different story. And to be fair, Andrew was considered a hottie back in the day; he just did not age well.
Not according to the tabloids. This is an account from one of the more mainstream outlets:
https://www.ibtimes.com/sarah-ferguson-camilla-reportedly-fought-over-princess-diana-during-balmoral-visit-2712019
In contrast, I think Charles has aged fairly well.
And Ricky Martin was invited because…?
They have a lot of Hollywood friends because Eugenie used to live in NYC and there is a connection between her and someone who lives in Hollywood. There was a long explanation on one of the shows of why each group was invited.
Maybe Ricky gives nice gifts?
The whole point of the b listers attending is that it is the job of Eugenie et all (And Markle) to make the firm relevant. It just looks so sad and dirty LOL. Some of those people turn up to the opening of an envelope. It would be so much better to just fade into obscurity. Euro royals do it with very little actual fuss.
Charles stayed slender. I think the family features look better on a slimmer man.
I really liked the tiara. Since Eugenie didn’t wear a veil, she could really show it off. And I think you need something dramatic – like the tiara or Meghan’s veil – to even be noticeable in that ultra-fancy church.
She looked so happy and beautiful. I kind of missed a veil though. My favorite couple is Prince Philip and Sofia of Sweden. Her dress was beautiful and he looked so in love to me
They’ve become so much more human in the last generation. I think this has then reflected back on their elders. I like that.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a23743678/prince-andrew-princess-eugenie-wedding-reception-speech/
She is adorable. Love the dress.
As a young girl who underwent multiple surgeries and has multiple surgery scars, I can’t tell you how much seeing a princess with scars would’ve meant to young me.
“I kind of missed a veil though.”
My girls were appalled that I didn’t wear a veil at my wedding. Of course they’d never mention that again as when they did I gave them a rather pointed lecture about the history of veiling women. Boy were they sorry they brought it up. I did love Meghan markles veil though which just got my kids to call me on my hypocrisy. Noted.
But good for Eugenie for not wearing one though I think that had more to do with wanting to show her scars ( which I thought was awesome).
I can’t remember being at a wedding there the bride wore a veil, actually.
It never occurred to me to wear a veil at my wedding. It just felt too old fashioned and un-feminist. (I can’t say why I didn’t feel that way about my dress - an antique that came with a bit of a train, or any of the other traditional things we did!)
I understand the reason for inviting D-list celebrities, which is why I didn’t question Robbie Williams, but I have no indication that her path ever crossed Ricky’s more than once, at Art Basel. I mean, that must have been a weird conversation, “Hi, I’m Eugenie. Wanna come to my wedding?” 
I had a veil but forgot to put it over my face before I walked down the aisle!
I wouldn’t assume it was that casual. Or that folks don’t like her. It is a bit counter feminist to assume she’s the kid looking desperately for someone to come to her birthday party.