Recent content by Alison H

Please do not just lump an entire continent together. And kindly don't tell me that I'm being "pathetic". Women's clothing is always remarked upon. Men's rarely is. That is a fact.

As Meghan is a private individual and is not a working royal or any other sort of official representative, how much she spends on clothes really isn't anyone's business but hers. However, if they're going to go on faux official trips, they're going to have to accept that there will be criticism...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7a263cf1-0fe9-4fe3-86a4-e75a756d0667?shareToken=aa3dd7bee06955dd7dc997bbf84185a0 The Times is usually behind a paywall, but I think this one should be OK.

There seem to be a lot of different events. There's a big firework display in Normandy the weekend before, then there are official ceremonies on the 5th, 6th and 7th, plus lots of smaller events. Numbers at the main official events will be limited, so there needs to be provision for other...

The one of the King at least looks like him. The one of Catherine looks nothing like her!

It's lovely to see the cousins there. For some reason, the Duke of Westminster's wedding is on a Friday, so I doubt George will be there or else there'd be a fuss about him missing school.

Trooping The Colour and Royal Ascot are apolitical and won't be affected. I doubt that the Japanese State Visit will be affected either: there's nothing controversial about Anglo-Japanese relations. As for diverting attention from politicians, I think all eyes in early July will be on...

James and Catherine seem very close. I'm sure he won't have included anything which would upset her. But, with all due respect to James, no-one is going to buy a book which is just about him and his dog, so there's bound to be plenty about Catherine in there.

It just looks silly. If someone had painted a portrait like that of Henry VIII, they'd have been thrown into the Tower of London!

That's really nice.

The actual portrait of the King is very good, but all that red stuff looks like a kid's spilt something on it!

That does surprise me! We can still use them here, but very few people do, and a friend in the Netherlands was recently told that her bank wouldn't cash a cheque and that she'd have to arrange for payment by alternative means. Charities here are supposed to file their accounts 10 months after...

Does anyone still pay by cheque?!

She's a nurse, and also writes articles for Christian magazines, according to media reports.

Peter certainly doesn't hang around! He only split up with Lindsay five minutes ago!