Royals Across the Globe

The entire concept of royalty is as jaw-droppingly stupid and out-dated as curing disease with leeches.

It's inherently elitist in the worse sense of the term. It belongs in fantasy fiction (hopefully being portrayed negatively).

Athena is just at that awkward stage in looks.

R1 - Yes, I know.

But it's fun, especially when they no longer have the power to round someone like you and put your head on a spike above Tower Gate.

King Willem Alexander gives a speech about covid

R1 - P.S.: re it being fiction, as you are undoubtedly American, you miss the fact that far from being fiction, huge swaths of European history, and particularly English history, are tied up with the fates and actions and doings of actual flesh and blood royalty.

Ideas about blue blood and the Divine Right of Kings may indeed dwell in the realm of fantasy.

But the blood spilt and gore of, say, the Wars of the Roses dwelt in the land of reality.

It's not for nothing that the Wars of the Roses are still being turned into films and television programmes.

Henry II molded the England of warring tribal thugs into a unified kingdom that rapidly then became a European power.

That ain't fantasy.

[quote]It seems the general royal threads are popular and therefore are quickly paywalled, as now is the case with Royal News Ongoing, so here is a new thread.

Let me translate this for real DLers:

[quote]I am an idiot twat that thinks paying a pittance to support the site and reduce the hordes of interloping, misplaced cunts trying to get something for free is terrible, and it's MY MISSION to beat my beef flaps against the PAYWALL with yet another thread that starts with the niggling, "It seems."

R6 - If Muriel gets the payment system fixed then I have have no trouble paying. However, there are too many stories out there about the problem with the DL payment system.

COVID hits the Swedish royal family now: Prince Carl Philip and his wife, Princess Sofia, are in quarantine with their two children after testing positive for the virus, following experiencing "mild flu symptoms".

And, in other royal lockdown news, Queen Margrethe of Denmark has elected to spend Christmas with her younger son, Prince Joachim, and his wife and four children, rather than with Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary and their four children.

In Denmark, only 10 people at a time are being allowed to spend Christmas together, so the Queen had to make a choice. Frederik and Mary will be having their own Christmas together.

sad news

Where is Juan Carlos hanging out these days? I forgot about him after reading about his middle-of-the-night escape.

in the cellar

R12 = Reina Sofia

R11 - It was my understanding he'd fled the country to escape, as you say, prosecution over financial, er, irregularities, but I haven't heard anything about him returning.

Queen Sofia is a far-right sort and a deeply observant Catholic (she converted from the Greek Orthodox Church upon marrying him), but it must be said that she quietly put up with womanising for decades, did a quite good job as Queen, raised the family whilst he played and hunted and fooled around with other rich men, humiliating her privately as everyone knew . . . but at least she saw herself as authentically still a First Tier royal. She was, after all, born a blood princess with ties to both the Greek and Danish royal families.

Instead, she's closing out the decades of duty as an object of scorn and pity thanks to a husband who couldn't even keep the boundaries between his private and public life decently sorted.

Have to put this lovely photo up of the Swedish Royal Family, Princess Estelle and Prince Oskar with their parents behind them.

The headline says, Bad News for Estelle and Oskar . . . the bad news being that although they and their parents have tested negative for the virus, they cannot return to school because their Uncle Carl Philip and his wife, Sofia, have tested positive.

But the photo is lovely. They look like a happy family. Victoria waited a long time for the home and hearth happiness.

R7 is a quibbling cunt.

"I SHALL NOT PAY A FUCKING $20 BECAUSE CHEAP-ASS ANONYMOUS SISTER CUNTS SAID THEY HAD A PROBLEM, SO I SHALL KEEP WHINING ABOUT THE PPPPPPAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYWWWWWWWAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!"

Here's a free, no-risk suggestion: Go fuck yourself, dear.

What happened ti that crazy ass king of Thailand? Why does he live mostly in Germany?

Journalists are getting arraigned on lese majesté because of his crazy ass

How does an old man remain such a juvenile delinquent? I'm talking about the Thailand king.

Rumors are that he lives in Germany for access to some super-secret medical treatment available there. He’s nuts. His father was literally worshipped for decades, is it no wonder that he expects the same? But in the internet age, he’s not getting that automatic respect and fealty. Some of the Bangkok demonstrations are to remove him as well as the current government. If he were smart—which he is not—he would abdicate so his extremely popular sister could rule as regent until his son and heir-du-jour comes of age.

I agree with R20 that the lesbian princess should reign instead.

The monarch should be elected. Best of both worlds.

Who'd win the public vote in the the BRF: Charles Anne Andrew, or Edward, or Sophie?

Oh, a helpful link.

Yoo hoo, Tiara troll… What can you tell us about this piece of fabulousness on Queen Marie of Romania?

R23 - Has anyone informed Wee Nic?

R24 - Ah, Queen Marie, the shadow behind Queen Mary's most famous outraged utterance when she realised her elder son was going to abandon his duties and his country to marry Wallis: "Really! This might be Romania!"

R24 - Probably the most beautiful of Queen Victoria/s granddaughters, loved fashion and had many lovers.

"Missy" of Edinburgh was George V's first choice for a wife. However, Missy's mother, Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh, along with Queen Alexandra to some degree was against the idea.

R22 - Prince Philip's grandfather, Prince William of Denmark was "elected" as Greece's King George I. It didn't work out so well.

The point of hereditary monarchy is stability. Yes, just what a quarrelsome nation needs! Two frequent national elections - one for the government and one for the monarchy!

Elected monarchies lose the cachet that makes them worth having in the first place. And what's to stop politically "elected" monarchs from eventually meddling in politics and government?

The line is necessary. Either get rid of the monarchy, for which there are very good arguments, or keep it as a legitimate monarchy (for which there are some arguments) and have done with it.

Swipe to see the Christmas decorations at Windsor Castle.

looks like she just ate glass

The Windsor Castle holiday decorations are beautiful. The Burlington Arcade in London has beautiful Christmas decorations, as well. Alas, that I was never well-heeled enough to buy more than the occasional guilty pair of cashmere slippers there.

The Queen has lost a dog. She has one dorgi left.

she only has two dogs?

R33 - yes, all of corgis have died. She has one dorgi left. A dorgi is a corgi + dachshund.

Corgis are known to be a bit snappish. A story in one of the innumerable bios of the Queen, which always include her love of dogs and horses, was about a particularly ill-tempered one of her dogs called "Dookie". A footman or other designated errand-person had to take Dookie to the vet for some reason. The footman warned the vet that Dookie had rather a temper.

The vet looked up at the footman and said, "I need not remind you that I have some small experience of dogs," and a moment later, Dookie had the vets hand between his teeth.

Presumably, Dookie was more respectful to HM.

So in the last few months the Queen has lost three old friends, and a beloved dog, and her errant grandson ran off with golddigging actress.

But there she and Philip are, bloody but unbowed and holding the side up.

older than dirt

Kate and Will are embarking on a Royal Train Tour.

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Kate was witing to some old man from Batley, wonder if I knew him back in the day. There were a lot of old codgers in the Frontier when I went.

This vid is O/T but funny just to see Eartha Kitt sing Ilkley Moor B'Aat

Prince Christian of Denmark has now tested positive for Covid-19.

Let me see...so far, that's Prince Charles, Prince William, Princess Michael of Kent, Albert of Monaco, Carl Philip and his wife Sofia...am I missing anyone?

@B'at'at 41

r42, damned if they do damned if they don't. Shelter and be accused of distance from the public or go and greet people and take a risk.

A great photo of Will and Kate waiting at the train station. Where to next on the train trip?

I'm admiring Kate's collection this trip: love the green McQueen, the bespoke blue funnel-collar Catherine Walker, and the long navy coat.

That's serious news about Prince Christian. He's only 15, and it's likely he's been around his parents and three younger siblings, Princess Isabella, and the twins, Vincent and Josephine.

The brief bulletins in the article from Billed-Bladet (roughly) say:

"On Monday afternoon, the Royal House announced that Prince Christian has tested positive for Covid-19. He is now living in isolation at home in Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg.

The prince's condition BILLED-BLADET has spoken to the Royal House's communications department, which does not yet have information on how Prince Christian's condition is right now."

R47 - please see R42.

R46 Yes, it’s always nice when Kate’s coat collection takes a tour! The train tour is a smart PR move and, aside from some grumbling from Scotland’s leader, will generate positive press before they disappear for the Christmas break.

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Kate brings some Christmas cheer with her red coat and plaid scarf. Swipe for photos.

Re the grumbling from Scotland, you have to remember that Sturgeon's only aim in life is to get Scotland out of the UK and insist that nothing out of Britain has anything to do with Scotland, particularly its royals. Unfortunately for Wee Nic, as we often call her, Scotland is still part of the UK and if Kate and William hadn't shown up, Sturgeon would have said, "See? They don't even think we're worth a visit." But the two were warmly welcomed in Edinburgh and Berwick - there are too many Scots with kinship ties south of Berwick and who feel British as well as Scottish. Sturgeon was just doing her Performing Monkey act.

Kate's red McQueen coat is the bomb, and only a woman who is 5'9", very slim, and wearing 4" heeled boots could get away with it.

Red and green are the colours of Wales, by the way, and you'll notice that in Scotland at first she wore blue (the colour of the Saltire, Scotland's flag). These choices are no accident.

Kate looked glorious on this tour - the luxuriant hair, the high heels, the long coats . . . very regal yet very feminine and approachable.

Diana wore red and green on her first trip to Wales in the autumn after the wedding, although, if I remember, she wore the hat the wrong, tilted too far back. No one cared - she was rapturously received. Ah, those early Diana days - who knew how badly things were going behind the scenes?!

A surprise at the end of the Royal Train Tour - the Cambridges join the Queen, Charles, Camilla, Anne and the Wessexes for a photo shoot at Windsor.

How very jolly! I know nothing of Scottish politics but that Sturgeon woman looks dour and dreary af. My late mother was Scottish, and pretty much a commie, but she always loved the royal family. I gather it's a complicated relationship.

Camilla's rescue dog Beth unveils her first plaque with the help of a hidden sausage. LOL.

The Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall is expecting her third child. She and her husband Mike currently have two daughters, Mia and Lena.

It's official - Prince Charles of Luxembourg is the cutest and happiest royal baby. Swipe for photos.

Any bets on whether they're going to give a son the chi-chi trendy names they have the two girls? Generally, when it comes to sons, parents tend to move back to traditional names, lest the boys seem, er, well, you know: comme ca.

Hence, Anne's daughter named "Zara" (which I believe means "light" in Sanskrit), but the son's name is a nice solid English bloke name: Peter.

Five gets you ten they name it after her father, Mark.

I have spent my morning teaching Voltaire and the atmosphere in Europe in the runup to the French revolution. What a pity so many of those insights appear to have been lost.

A summary video of the Will and Kate's Royal Train Tour of 2020

The Grimaldi Twins are quite adorable.

R58 I always figured “ Zara” was a nod to the Russian side of the family. Maybe they’ll name the son Sasha?

The Jordanian royal family's 2020 annual portrait. Nice looking family!

What is all this cant about "paywalled"? I hear people complaining about this all the time, especially on these royale manqué threads. There isn't some secret library of threads that opens up if you subscribe, is there?

R62, Charles suggested to name to Anne, from the Greek for "bright as the dawn" apparently.

I always thought that Zara was a form of Sarah. Princess Anne's first husband and Zara's father had a sister named Sarah.

In some of the photos, Zara resembles Barbra Streisand (especially around the nose area).

I know CDAN should be taken with a grain of salt, but most people think this is Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. I don’t know much about him but what is it real story about his marriage to the formerly trashy Mette-Marit? Why did he marry her, of all people? The blind item says it was a honeypot trap but by who and why? Anyone know?

Prince Albert and Charlene? It was and is an odd relationship.

R68 It wasn’t an odd relationship when they started out. She was more than happy living with him for six years and he was her ticket to the top of the social and economic food chain. Back in 2005, she was a snaggle-toothed, aging swimmer with the “deportment of a trucker” (a description I’ll never forget on a royalty message board back in the day). Not so unexpectedly, it seems like all of the pictures of her looking uncouth back then have been scrubbed from the net.

It was all fun and games until he asked to marry her. Once the wedding got close, I think she got cold feet but the pressure was on to see it through. Becoming royal meant there would be duties and responsibilities and expectations and she wasn’t certain she wanted that life permanently. Oh, she was certain of the wealth though. Albert financed a complete makeover for her...head to toe plastic surgery, new teeth, million dollar wardrobe, her own villa on the French Riviera. She looks sad and pissy because of the copious amounts of Botox in her face and the realization that she married a mushy bodied old fart with scads of illegitimate children. But whatever, she’s filthy rich and her son will be sovereign of Monaco one day. Sure as hell beats being a swim coach at a YMCA in Johannesburg.

I read somewhere that Albert and Charlene had separate accom on their honeymoon. Obv. a true love match!

R68 Yes, but your post actually described their odd relationship from the beginning. She was rough, uncouth and uneducated. Not the type to have attracted one of the world’s most eligible princes. Yet, something held them together during courtship and eventually to marriage. I’ve always suspected she likes the ladies.

R71 Older rich man and a fit, younger woman (and a tall blonde to boot). Tale as old as time, really. They’re both Olympians and he’s a member of the IOC, so I can see their paths crossing a lot. I think she was eager to be in a relationship with him for all the perks he offered but got cold at the idea of actually marrying him forever. But money is a great balm for life’s dissatisfactions, and here she is, Princess of Monaco.

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and his wife Sofia are expecting their third child. They have two boys. They've both tested positive for Covid recently as well.

Will and Kate took their three children out for an evening performance. That Louis is too cute!

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A video of the Cambridges. Boy, Charlotte is one moody girl!

Charlotte and her siblings seem to hate the photographers, and why wouldn't they? Remember how, walking out after some event, Charlotte looked at the phalanx and coldly observed, "You're not coming." I'm guessing that before they emerged, she asked her parents if those awful people would be accompanying the family wherever they were going, and was told, "No, poppet, don't worry. They're not coming,"

My favorite Cambridge child: Louis

"You're not coming" clip, with stink eye

The Cambridge Christmas card.

Even though it's Louis who is sitting in his mother's lap, it's Charlotte who seems to be a handful.

George looks bored.

Best looking male Royal is definitely Prince Carl Philip of Sweden.

Spain won't be a monarchy too long.

Unlike british spanish doesn't love monarchy, they like Juan Carlos because he had a relevant role on democracy but all the royals were extremely protected by press. People who wanted to know the kind of person they were could know it but news were always in foreign press, so it was public knowledge.

Felipe is way more honest than his father but he doesn't have charisma. Sooner or later there'll be a referendum and Spain will be a republic

The Spanish Royals Christmas card features the two Infantas and signatures (second photo).

R80 What is it about the Windsors that the second child (or second son) is always a raging brat?

Baby Louis to Toddler Louis.

Well, all the royal births should be somewhat entertaining. Three from the BRF (Eugenie, Zara, and we know Meghan got up the duff again as soon as she could after the miscarriage) one from the Swedes - all in the next 6 months.

Recent photos of Prince George show that he is beginning to bear a startling resemblance to his ill-fated great-great-great Uncle Edward.

The very young Edward, future Prince of Wales and Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor and Mr Wallis Simpson

Kate and William showed up with their (incredibly attractive) brood at a panto to show support for the performing arts.

The children all look very different from each other, and Louis and Charlotte clearly got the high octane personality DNA - remarkably, the next Heir already looks thoughtful and self-possessed - and very tall for his age.

Louis looks like Kate, Charlotte looks like both her grans, and George looks like his father and his GGG-Uncle Edward VIII.

But a very attractive brood they are - they are already becoming an enormous PR asset for the BRF.

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Charlotte through the years. A homely baby who is getting better as she matures.

And lastly, George over the years.

"Mummy, who the hell are these people?"

Charlotte, a "homely" baby?!

I don't think so.

George also looks like Charles Spencer at times.

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R97 - Interesting story. I wonder if The SUN has gotten it right?

IF the story is true, I can only think of a few possible explanations.

One is that Yuge and Jack have simply returned to Ivy Cottage for the holidays, although they are closer to the Queen and her parents at Windsor.

Another is that the Sussexes suddenly decided to return and need the house back sooner than expected. However, Meghan just got a trial delayed so as not to have to travel to the UK for the trial's opening on 11 January, so suddenly appearing again would be a bad look that undermines her integrity with the court. Or, perhaps Meghan is farther along in the third pregnancy than was let out, and they want the baby born in Britain in order to make it clear they and their children keep their hooks in their status as part of the BRF. But, surely they would have known that before the earlier story broke.

Eugenie needs special care and needs to be closer to doctors in London OR the baby is arriving earlier than expected and she's already in hospital.

Eugenie and Jack were never there at all and the whole story was cooked up to delay the public knowing that the Sussexes were OUT for good and never returning.

The Sussexes simply reneged on their agreement because Harry needs a permanent address in the UK and to be seen to be living there in order to avoid US taxes on his earnings in America.

OR - FC is haunted.

With Harry's latest filing of a defamation suit against ANL for the story about him neglecting his ties to the British armed forces, the Sussexes are now pursuing (count them) SIX simultaneous lawsuits, all against the press.

One needs to ask oneself if this is really the best use of one's time, one's money or one's father's money, and whether this shows that one has too much time on one's hands . . .

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and his family.

St Lucia Day video of Carl Philip and his family.

I've been bingeing on Lady Colin Campbell's YouTube "chats." She has lots of great stories about royals and the aristocracy. You have to like her style, of course.

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This obsession with “having her VOICE be HEARD.” So douchey.

R98 - Have the Sussexes announced that Meghan is pregnant again after the the recent miscarriage?

And, sure enough, as soon as she's gotten her "humanitarian" creds out there, immediately Oprah comes out with a Women-Owned Wellness Coffee drink (oat latte coffee, if you please, and far from cheap) that Meghan apparently "invested" in, then sent a basket of it to her pal, Oprah, who suddenly comes out pimping for the brand, and mentioning that she heard of it through a "neighbour" (wink wink nod nod).

In other words, the "Thank you" to the care workers was just to take the crassness off her latest efforts at monetising of her royal status.

And didn't dear Meghan look as if butter wouldn't have melted in her mouth as she FIRST did her fragile, feminine, lilac-flavoured, pussy-bowed, dangling tendrils number to lead into her commercial venture . . .

Why the fuck didn't she wait a week or two, for God's sake?! Doesn't she see how obvious the two events on each other's heels makes her look?!

Well. Not too many more days left for holiday shopping.

Late to the party, but Prince Louis is starting to look a lot like Andrew and Edward when they were young. Sorry, I'm bad at linking photos.

I love Princess Caroline's daughters-in-law, Tatiana Santo Domingo and Beatrice Borromeo. They're both beautiful and stylish, and look Euro-jaded, sophisticated and snobbish. Rich and chic!

Royal-adjacent Pippa is pregnant with her 2nd.

Pippa has a Wallis Simpson look, doesn’t she?

A Christmas surprise by the Cambridges.

Pippa is much prettier than Wallis, but Pippa was also for a long time an extreme sport enthusiast, and her body looked it.

Pippa's also got by far the more enviable lot than her sister - wealth and privilege, royal adjacent enough for status but free of the encumbrances of said status.

Carole Middleton would surely be the envy of Mrs Bennett for the "placement" she achieved for her daughters.

The Christmas "surprise" video of the Cambridges is actually surprisingly affecting and joyous. William has inherited the Windsor men's deep beautiful voice, one of the few things of real male beauty they seem to share.

And that video will have put paid to the grumblers, attackers, and put Meghan's pussy-bow video in the shade.

Speaking of which, the DM, in predictable fashion, followed up its coverage of Meghan's simpering appearance with headlines screaming, "Meghan Cashes in on Her Connections!" re Oprah's far too quick follow-up with the pimping of Clevr Brands, of which that ridiculously expensive oat milk latte is part of.

And now, it's come out that Blackstone is a backer of the brand. Blackstone.

Blackstone recently acquired a major stake in Ancestry.com - it wants access to their DNA and health records. I wonder why?

Carole Middleton must be the proudest woman in all of England. Apt comparison with Mrs. Bennett.

R114 - One of my favourite American authors is Edith Wharton, and in what I found to be a wonderful book, "The House of Mirth", the fatally flawed Lily Bart, beautiful and with very expensive tastes after a wealthy childhood until her father is "ruined", is left motherless fairly young and misses several opportunities for the dull but wealthy marriage that would give her the safety and luxury she craves. At one point in the book, when she learns that a plain, pudgy girl in her set has landed one of the richest (and dullest) men in that set, Lily thinks to herself how enviable not to have a mother to expertly steer her daughter into the safe harbours that Lily can never seem to enter.

So it's not just an English Thing.

Wow, so the children at the panto, having previously told the elves what they wanted for Christmas, were surprised by Santa when they exited as he handed them their gifts. That’s pretty neat.

Kate wishes the British sailors luck!

This lady, the beloved Queen Astrid of Belgium, reminds me of Diana. She also had a prominent nose with lovely blue eyes. She died tragically in a car accident when she was in her thirties.

It's probably not her preference but the Queen is getting the hang out of video chats. Not bad for an old broad.

Kate gets credit for knowing full well that she not only could never be Diana, it's more advantageous if she isn't. Stardom isn't the goal: long-term survival and stability are. So Kate dresses well enough. It's Meghan who craved stardom and had fantasies (and that's all they were) of being another Diana.

Kate knows the difference between being royal and being a celebrity.

Meghan's biggest mistake was not to understand that the British people don't want another Diana. She is their Santa Evita, the one and only. In fact, she achieved narc nirvana in death.

Kate is on the cover of People mag.

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R123 - Charlene's new shaved hair is horrid. She looks like she needed the side of her head shaved due to recent brain surgery. Not appropriate for the wife of a Prince. I sometimes wonder if she has psychological problems. She's had multiple facial surgeries and procedures since she's been Princess. She doesn't seem like she's ever satisfied with her looks. Has her husband Albert been screwing around on her and her new cut is a cry for help and/or an act of rebellion? I hope she doesn't end up looking like the Lion Woman of NY, Jocelyn Wildenstein.

I like Charlene - she has her own style and isn't afraid to show it.

I’m really curious what motivated that. Is it a big “fuck you“ to her husband? She’s not wearing her wedding ring either? Is it to hide a medical condition (like alopecia areata, as the eyebrows are also completely gone and drawn on)? Has she switched teams? Curiouser and curiouser...

She looked normal last night. (second picture)

R125 - I don't think that's "style": I think that's a scream, and I don't mean in the amused sense.

I do think she has psychological problems, but then given who she married and under what circumstances and to what emotional cost, I doubt it's surprising.

That hairdo is not flattering, not pretty, not appropriate, and not amusing. It's a loud FUCK YOU! to someone, somewhere.

Frankly, I think it's just this side of self-cutting, and for all we know, she's doing that, too.

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The half shaved look of Charlene is quite hideous. It makes her ears more prominent. I wonder if she did it herself - in the dark?

It was just announced that Princess Sofia of Sweden is pregnant with her third child and she's more advanced in her pregnancy than I thought. She had Covid when she was pregnant. I hope the baby will be ok.

The Christmas card of Charles and Camilla.

The Cambridge Christmas card was leaked earlier but here is the official release.

At r132 Camilla is sitting like a man.

R134 - Is that breaking Royal protocol???

Speaking of the Swedes, King Carl Gustaf began tearing up in an interview on Swedish TV and aimed criticism at the Swedish government and health authorities for the way they handled the COVID virus.

The article's headline reads: "We have failed."

Why did Charlene do that to herself? Since her marriage she has always had a shitty haircut. But this is HIDEOUS

That is a very bizarre haircut.

It would be very pretty grown out a bit. Definitely weird she did this severe a cut. And if she pulled a Britney they aren't hiding it with a wig.

I think Prince George looks like Kate’s dad.

It’s a good thing the Thai king is in Germany most of the time. He’s literally crazy - would cause much hardship if he was back in Thailand.

On this day in 1941, the handsome Prince William of Gloucester was born. He died in a plane crash. The Duke of Cambridge is named after him.

The Royal Family of Belgium attend a Christmas concert.

The Belgian royal family Christmas card.

Let's try it again...the Belgian Royal Family attend a Christmas concert.

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The Bhutanese royal couple are insanely good looking and their elder son is a handsome little fellow.

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Whoa, now that is interesting! News of a 3rd lovechild and she mutilates her hair!!!

We were right: that ain't gutsy individual "style". That is FUCK YOU ALBERT! writ large.

Were I the defence counsel, I'd use that cut as evidence.

Christ, didn't this rich bellend ever hear of condoms?!

R147 The love child was fathered in 2005, around the time Charlene started living with Albert. She must have had a hint about it back then.

Now that I am uses to it I don't mind Charlene's new hair. Vey 1980s!

R151 - It's ugly no matter what decade it's from, and she's the consort of the Head of State of Monaco and it's totally inappropriate.

And she didn't do it because it's so 1980s. She did it because she's that emotionally distressed.

Swipe for photos of cute baby, Prince Charles of Luxembourg. His parents, Guillaume and Stephanie are enchanted with him.

I couldn't resist posting this photo of André Leon Talley And Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, by Milton Gendel.

Prince Christian of Denmark makes his first appearance since his Corona diagnosis.

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R155 Holy crap he's grown. I don't follow the Danish Royals and the last time I saw photos of him, he still looked like a kid. He seems to have inherited the best physical features of both his parents.

The candles at r155...one has just been lit 3 have been burning for a while...odd! But a very nice looking family!

R158, The fur candles lit at intervals would indicate an Advent wreath.

Four, not fur

R158 They are advent candles, one is lit new for each Sunday in December.

The children couldn't come to her this year, so Camilla gets a handsome guard to decorate the tree.

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R157 - Yes, he suddenly looks much taller and, if the acne is clearing up, looks like he will be a very handsome as well as royal catch in ten years. Given that so many of Europe's next Sovereigns will be female, the competition to land Christian will be fierce. Norway, Belgium, Spain, and Sweden all have future Queens. Only Luxembourg, Denmark, and Lichtenstein have male heirs, and Denmark is by far the more famous and publicly recognised monarchy. Monaco, er, doesn't count as far as prestige goes.

With Prince George a generation behind Christian, Christian will have the field pretty much to himself. His cousins, the two by his Uncle Joachim's first wife, are attractive and certainly well-connected, but there won't be any HRHs for their kids or the kind of ceremony and prestige that Frederik's children, especially Christian, will come in for.

As you know, I'm hoping Christian will wait for Princess Charlotte to grow up. When he's 35 (his father married at 36), she'll be 25. Perfect.

Swipe for the Norwegian Royal Family.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra is pretty but her brother is huge.

Royal Adjacent - Princess Caroline's daughter Charlotte Casiraghi will be an Ambassador for Chanel starting Jan 1, 2021. She worked previously for YSL. No one would consider her if it wasn't for her family ties. I think she's pretty but she's very short for a model.

R166 - I think Prince Sverre Magnus looks like his grandfather.

[quote]Prince Charles of Luxembourg is the cutest and happiest royal baby.

He won't be after I eat his viscera.

R166 & R166 Prince Sverre Magnus almost looks like a clone of his great-grandfather King Olav V. King Harold does not look well, and why the hell is Queen Sonja wearing opening toed shoes with stockings!

Charlotte Casiraghi has such a deep warm rich voice, unusual for her generation of high-pitched, nasal, vocal-frying uptalker women. Love hearing her en français.

R171 - too bad she has acquired one habit of women of her generation - flicking her hair back multiple times. It's a wonder she doesn't get whiplash.

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Cover boy Andrew in his youth.

Edward & Sophie's Christmas card.

Anti-monarchy protest in Bangkok with some protesters wearing midriff-baring tank tops and carrying toy dogs.

R172 Yes the hair flicking is awful. Also all the younger Royals wave their hands around a lot when they talk. The Queen never flicked her prim 1950s hairdo and always kept her hands still.

Charlene and Albert of Monaco with their children.

R173 While not a good look, they were outside and you know, the royals are probably tested regularly. Also, William already had it and is probably partially immune anyways.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden's three children are featured on her Christmas card this year.

Prince Joachim of Denmark and his family.

Cuteness Overload Alert - New photos of Prince Charles of Luxembourg.

Charles and Camilla.

R184 “Green Acres is the place to be...”

That Luxembourg baby is the be-all and end-all of cute. His parents and grandparents must be utterly besotted.

The Queen's Christmas message 2020.

The Queen had only one photo this year - Prince Philip.

What's Fergie been smoking?

The Queen was keeping her mother close by wearing her shell brooch.

Happy Birthday to the Queen's cousin, Princess Alexandra of Kent.

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Did Meghan deliver her own version of The Queen’s Christmas address?

The Queen has aged better than Fergie. Fergie looks like a 70 year old pensioner from Rochdale.

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R194 The Queen looks good for 94. I wonder why she stopped wearing her glasses to read her Christmas speeches. The last two or three years she hasn't worn them and you can tell she's kind of squinting to read the teleprompter which makes her look tired.

An unusual sight - The Queen touching another person. I believe it's former PM Edward Heath.

Charlene's swimmer shoulders have always made her look strangely mannish. And she is, as well, very tall, at least 5'11". She could crew on the Cam with those arms.

Royal Adjacent - Diana's niece Lady Kitty Spencer is 30 years old today.

The Queen looks bombed at r197. Lol

What happened to Lady Kitty's engagement to that 60 year old billionaire for whom she was allegedly converting to Judaism? Are they waiting for the virus crisis to end so they can have a huge society wedding? I do hope so. We're starved here for something of the sort.

She is beautiful and she has the kind of skin, eyes, and lips that can take lots and lots of makeup, only I wish she wouldn't because she'd likely look younger, fresher, and prettier without it.

R200 the Queen is a huge fan of gin and dubonnet which if you've ever had one is pretty lethal. No wonder she's made it to 94. Although, the Queen has allegedly stopped drinking alcohol in recent years. At public events (pre-COVID) she was increasingly only seen with ice water. Likely because she's on blood pressure or blood thinning medication.

Bump. I love Charlotte Casiraghi’s deep voice, so unusual for too many young women her age with their high-pitched little-girl nasality. Does she uptalk though? Do Frenchwomen uptalk?