About the boys…I liked Charles’ outfit, and Philip’s, and Edward’s, much more than the military uniforms. Wish Harry and William had worn suits. I thought the pageboys looked hot wearing their junior military outfits, and the little girls didn’t even have stockings on because it was a spring wedding. Light and springy.
Edward’s entire family looked nice. Andrew looks OLD. To think that I once wanted to marry him! Charles looks OLD too. He clearly has the genes to live to 100, but he’s going to look old for the next 30.
And William just had a baby so maybe he hasn’t lost his baby weight yet.
I believe Oprah’s dress was by Stella McCartney, as were Meghan’s and Doria’s evening reception dresses. Where I read this, I can’t remember and why i remember, like @skieurope, I can’t say
I liked what Oprah wore. I would have liked to see the rejected outfit out of curiosity.
I did think Kate’s was a bit too light but since lots of people have criticized some of the others for being too dark (Amal Clooney), I guess a woman can’t win anyway.
Kate’s I guess was cream? But it was certainly pale. Oprah’s must have been very close to actual white if she felt the need to change at the last minute. Surprised a friend or stylist hadn’t looked at it and said something earlier. I too am curious about what the first dress looked like but I guess we’ll never know.
I’m glad they took the photos in that room with the green decor, and not just because it complemented Doria’s and the Queen’s outfits.
William and Kate’s official photos were taken in a room that had predominantly red decor, but that was in 2011. In 2018, “red wedding” has a different connotation.
William’s weight never even crossed my mind. I thought he looked great, as did Harry and Charles. And I really didn’t think Phillip looked “awful” at all for an 96 year old man! He was still pretty spry and chatting with people. Good for him!
@Midwest67 yes attend any Black baptist church and you will see hats that will make Brits seem like amateurs in the hat department. My mom and I aren’t hat wearers, but my grandma has a fabulous collection of church hats.
When I was young the women wore hats to church. You dressed up and wore hats to church…and that was a Lutheran Church. It is somewhat fascinating to read that classic style is considered dowdy because classic is really timeless and totally acceptable for social situations like this daytime wedding.
I remember wearing hats to church. And uncomfortable dressy shoes that I avoided wearing to school. And I remember my mom insisting “Tuck in that blouse properly! And comb your hair!” So I think that a few decades ago, some degree of decorum was expected even in the Episcopal church.
I don’t know what’s expected today. Except for weddings and funerals, I haven’t been in a church since junior high.
Hats in Catholic Church were a big deal when I was a kid as it was pretty much mandatory back then that an adult woman would have her head covered, not that fancy though. (Kind of a patriarchal practice as men were the opposite and did not wear a hat indoors). It kept me entertained looking at all the different hats during long masses. Not as much as the love/hate fascination I had with those fox stoles some church ladies would sport, though - with the heads and the beady eyes. 8-X
I imagine that Will leads a less active lifestyle now that he’s had to give up his helicopter rescue duties. I find it sad that the high-ranking royals are not able to choose careers, or are able to follow their chosen career only for a short time. I would never marry an heir to the throne (not that anyone is asking me!) because my children’s lives would be pre-determined. I would hate to impose the royal lifestyle on my children.
I remember those stoles with the beady eyes staring at me from the pew ahead in Catholic church! I also remember that women had to have their heads covered, but many wore the little lace circle things or mantillas rather than real hats.
She’s 85 and I think her years of health issues are catching up with her. For someone with mobility issues, I could see wearing sneakers. That was a LONG walk to get to the ceremony. I was amazed at all those women in high heels dong that.
Were some of the older family members brought closer to the doors of the chapel or did they all walk that far?
The Duchess of Kent was escorted every step of the way, both inside and outside of the church, and seems to clearly have mobility issues. I thought the long dress was meant to distract from the necessary shoes that wouldn’t be acceptable otherwise, but I could be wrong.
