Barbie Gets a Queen Elizabeth Makeover

It lands somewhere between Helen Mirren and Elizabeth Banks.

I can't wait to play with my new dolly in the tub!

Who would buy such nonsense, other than gays?

Ugh, you witless fruits have far too much money!

I can't find a link to buy.

how much pollution do these dumb dolls create?

r5 Let's be real, she's not long for this world... so, once she kicks it, there will be people fishing out the raw material to sell.

[quote] I can't find a link to buy.

The new doll has already been photographed outside Buckingham Palace and will be available for sale starting on the Queen’s 96th birthday, April 21, from Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Mattel.

Seems already sold out? They just released, today!

I'll buy one after the Tiara Troll chimes in.

I used to have a QEII doll that did her iconic wave, and gave it to a friend who lusted after it. I need this.

They won't be able to manufacture these fast enough. $75.00 seems a reasonable price, wait 'til they start scalping these online at 500 bucks.

[quote]Who wants one?

I do!!!

It says they start selling today. Why don't any of those stores have it listed, including Mattel?

If people can stand in line at Disney for a friggin popcorn bucket, I can certainly pay homage to Liz, maybe an hour wait.

She's already selling on Ebay for $150+.

[quote]It lands somewhere between Helen Mirren and Elizabeth Banks.

I'm getting post-menopausal Jenna Elfman.

They just HAD to use my personal favourite of HM's tiaras, the Kokoshnik.

Walmart has them listed for $249.99 online. How can that mark up a $75 doll, legally?

BUMP

r14, it's the Fringe Tiara in the article.

[quote] "They just HAD to use my personal favourite of HM's tiaras, the Kokoshnik."

R14 & R17 It's SUPPOSED to be based on the Fringe Tiara, but it does more closely resemble the Kokoshnik.

It would've been a little more complicated and expensive, but they should've put her in what is said to be her favorite: The Girls Of Great Britain & Ireland Tiara. It's the one worn in most portraits (including bank notes and coins), and is most closely associated with her image.

r13 post-whatever bloat Scott Thompson

R17 which just shows how little the designers know.

The Fringe is toothy with spaces between the spikes and more delicate not as heavy.

COULD THEY NOT DO A BIT OF RESEARCH?!

DO I HAVE TO FIX EVERYTHING?

"One should always be prepared for any eventuality and any recollections that may vary." - ER

Does she have a button in the back that pays songs from Diana: The Musical?

Just goes to show you that outside of DL, few people understand tiaras.

Not the pageant bullshit, but the actual, factual jeweled adornment.

Personal opinion, it should have been the George IV Diadem or the Girls of GB&I tiara.

Is she bendable, unlike the real one?

Probably has a spine of steel like the original.

^^^^ And a lizard tail.

Eerie

So, what would the rest of the family's be like?

I just get the impression Camilla's would be a kickstart vibrator with a face drawn on it.

R24 - Nailed it!!!! My personal favourite of them all, with the Kokoshnik second.

Ah, someone who understands!

How many crowns does she have? I guess I thought there was just the one.

Mattel is no Madame Alexander...

R31 - She has two crowns, the one she is crowned with, St Edward's Crown, and the Imperial State Crown, which she uses for state occasions like the opening of Parliament. St Edward's Crown weighs 5lbs. All monarchs since the late 17th century have been crowned with it.

The rest fall into the diadem/coronet/tiara catagories.

She has loads of tiaras - they can be worn by anyone, although on QEII they are supposed to be a symbol of her Crowned Queen - and so, for that matter, are her hats.

Coronets have rank significance amongst the ducal class. All right, if you insist on being picky:

"While non-royal dukes are entitled to a coronet of eight strawberry leaves, to bear at a coronation and on his coat of arms, royal dukes are entitled to princely coronets (four cross pattées alternating with four strawberry leaves). The coronets of the royal family are dictated by letters patent. The Duke of York bears by letters patent, and the First Duke of Edinburgh was granted in 1957 use of, the coronet of a child of the sovereign (four crosses patées alternating with four fleurs-de-lis), while the Duke of Cornwall, Rothesay and Edinburgh has use of the Prince of Wales Coronet, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex the coronet of a child of the heir-apparent, and the current Dukes of Gloucester and of Kent, as grandsons of a sovereign bear the corresponding coronet of a royal duke. Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was first created a royal duke in 1947 by George VI and later had his status elevated to that of a full Prince of the United Kingdom in 1957 by Elizabeth II.

At coronations, apart from the differentiation of princely coronets from ducal coronets, a royal duke is also entitled to six rows of ermine spots on his mantle, as opposed to the four rows borne by an "ordinary" duke."

And after putting this up I do not EVER want to have to explain that Royal Duke - Ordinary Duke thing AGAIN!

Is there a matching Prince Phillip Ken doll?

Ty r33, very informative.

r33 beat me to it. Thank you.

Doesn’t even look like her.

It is a perfect likeness in the Mattel Universe.

R31, there are more who are knowledgeable about this. But I think it's one crown and various tiaras. I know the crown worn at a coronation is heavy and not easy to move around in.

Many thanks indeed, R33

And for those interested to hear about the Imperial State Crown from QE2 herself, here's a lovely little clip from a few years ago.

It’s a cynical marketing ploy in her Platinum Jubilee year, knowing that silly queens will buy it. Did they get authorisation? Will any of the proceeds go to charity?

The Imperial State Crown is so large and heavy she can no longer wear it. At the two last formal state openings of Parliament, it was born on a pillow in front of her and then sat on that pillow in a chair next to her to represent her sovereignty.

r39, as r33 stated, two state crowns and a collection of tiaras, diadems, coronets and convertibles.

There are a select few tiaras that convert to coronets (completed circles) and necklaces.

The eyes on her !! Behave, you cretins.

R44 Ah, thank you for mentioning the geometry!

Tiaras are not closed at the back; crowns and coronets are closed circles.

Whatever became of the tiny little crown Victoria was often seen in. Isn't she wearing that in the statue in front of BP?