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Anonymous wrote:I’m struck by how average looking all these people are.

For centuries royalty only married their in-bred cousins or nobles with the same problems. They've branched out since basically World War II but they still aren't marrying supermodels.

For current royal couples were both the man and woman are equally attractive(ish), the hottest reigning couple I'd say is the King and Queen of Bhutan. They rarely leave their kingdom though.

She is gorgeous!

Their entire family is. In a twist (but it was planned because the Bhutanese are big on astrology) - the Queen's sister is married to the King's brother and the Queen's brother is married to the King's sister. It'd be like Pippa Middleton marrying Prince Harry and James Middleton marrying a sister of Harry/William.

They're also sort of locals. Euphelma (the Princess) is a Georgetown graduate and her husband is a pilot.

Princess Eeuphelma's 2020 wedding ceremony to Dasho Thinlay Norbu (Queen Jetsun's brother)


The Queen (left) with her sister and the King's brother

What's the word on whether any of these are love matches? Seems unlikely that this wasn't decreed for some reason.

Bottom navy blue sweatshirt Diana is wearing has a very early Virgin Atlantic Airline logo.

Anonymous wrote:What about something a bit more casual? Princess Diana's jumper looks were always on point. King of street style.

Love her rocking the classic college sweater look, very American almost. She makes it look good. Northwestern, Harvard, and I think she had a Michigan sweater too at some point?

Since there seems to be a hunger for daywear - Princess Marie of Denmark did a presentation at her DanChurchAid patronage in Copenhagen and a visit at school in Fredericksburg this week.

The coat is Zara and the dress is Perserico.

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Anonymous wrote:Love the Diana pics! Does the top shirt actually say NORTHWESTERN? If so, how wonderfully prescient!

Yes, Diana did some charity work with Northwestern. A couple iconic looks from that visit.

Thanks! I hadn’t heard that before. I’ll have to look for more of those pictures. I’m enjoying the coincidence of seeing Princess Diana giving her future DIL’s future school some love — but also remembering just how much I enjoyed seeing pictures of Diana when I was a kid pre-internet. I seriously coveted her black sheep sweater!

Anonymous wrote:Love the Diana pics! Does the top shirt actually say NORTHWESTERN? If so, how wonderfully prescient!

Yes, Diana did some charity work with Northwestern. A couple iconic looks from that visit.

Love the Diana pics! Does the top shirt actually say NORTHWESTERN? If so, how wonderfully prescient!

Diana had great legs. The Bhutanese royals are such beautiful people, and their clothes are stunning.

What about something a bit more casual? Princess Diana's jumper looks were always on point. King of street style.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m struck by how average looking all these people are.

For centuries royalty only married their in-bred cousins or nobles with the same problems. They've branched out since basically World War II but they still aren't marrying supermodels.

For current royal couples were both the man and woman are equally attractive(ish), the hottest reigning couple I'd say is the King and Queen of Bhutan. They rarely leave their kingdom though.

She is gorgeous!

Their entire family is. In a twist (but it was planned because the Bhutanese are big on astrology) - the Queen's sister is married to the King's brother and the Queen's brother is married to the King's sister. It'd be like Pippa Middleton marrying Prince Harry and James Middleton marrying a sister of Harry/William.

They're also sort of locals. Euphelma (the Princess) is a Georgetown graduate and her husband is a pilot.

Princess Eeuphelma's 2020 wedding ceremony to Dasho Thinlay Norbu (Queen Jetsun's brother)


The Queen (left) with her sister and the King's brother

I mean can imagine being the average looking person in this family. There must be one right? These people are stunning.

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Anonymous wrote:Also Ayako is 2 years older than Mako but Mako was engaged FIRST. However the Imperial agency allowed the Ayako wedding to go ahead in 2018 and didn't allow Mako's. So she's been waiting since her 2017 engagement.

On top of making her wait 4 years past-engagement (and she's known the young man since 2011), and stripping her of the $1.3 million dowry, the household also is refusing a crucial and highly symbolic wedding ceremony - her last official farewell to the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

Considering she is moving abroad to the United States right after her wedding, its especially cruel.

Jesus. That sounds like the worst life, being part of the Japanese royal family. Just completely controlled by the Imperial agency with no say in anything. Worse than the BRF. Run away Mako!

Wasn't it widely believed that the Imperial Agency's treatment of both Michiko and Masako drove both of them to depression, Masako so much that she was out of the public eye for 10 years?

Yes, it absolutely was. After Masako gave birth 'only' to a girl and kept trying to have more children but was struck by secondary infertility no matter what she did - she spiraled. Women can't inherit the throne in Japan, so a girl was worse than useless. The thing is - her husband stuck by her and tried to do things that made her happy - like talking with the public in less formal settings or going abroad on tours (she was a diplomat fluent in 6 languages before she married in) but the Imperial Agency refused all of his requests. They ordered her sequestered until she gave birth or else...and well - she never did.

Masako is/was so smart and brilliant and they broke her. A Harvard/Oxford graduate, linguist, diplomat, and one of only two women *out of 800 applicants* to pass the Japanese foreign exam in her class.

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Anonymous wrote:Also Ayako is 2 years older than Mako but Mako was engaged FIRST. However the Imperial agency allowed the Ayako wedding to go ahead in 2018 and didn't allow Mako's. So she's been waiting since her 2017 engagement.

On top of making her wait 4 years past-engagement (and she's known the young man since 2011), and stripping her of the $1.3 million dowry, the household also is refusing a crucial and highly symbolic wedding ceremony - her last official farewell to the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

Considering she is moving abroad to the United States right after her wedding, its especially cruel.

Jesus. That sounds like the worst life, being part of the Japanese royal family. Just completely controlled by the Imperial agency with no say in anything. Worse than the BRF. Run away Mako!

Wasn't it widely believed that the Imperial Agency's treatment of both Michiko and Masako drove both of them to depression, Masako so much that she was out of the public eye for 10 years?

Anonymous wrote:Also Ayako is 2 years older than Mako but Mako was engaged FIRST. However the Imperial agency allowed the Ayako wedding to go ahead in 2018 and didn't allow Mako's. So she's been waiting since her 2017 engagement.

On top of making her wait 4 years past-engagement (and she's known the young man since 2011), and stripping her of the $1.3 million dowry, the household also is refusing a crucial and highly symbolic wedding ceremony - her last official farewell to the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

Considering she is moving abroad to the United States right after her wedding, its especially cruel.

Also Ayako is 2 years older than Mako but Mako was engaged FIRST. However the Imperial agency allowed the Ayako wedding to go ahead in 2018 and didn't allow Mako's. So she's been waiting since her 2017 engagement.

I think the plain black sheath lady from the black tie thread ought to look at some of these pictures.