Charles and Camilla to go on tour!

Charles and Camilla are going on a Royal Visit,
exciting news! The other Royal couple will be making
a visit to Tanzania and South Africa for a week,
beginning November the second, and ending on
November the ninth, and Charles, who believe it
or not is sixty two, will be adding visits to some of the
Arab Gulf countries at the end of this month also.
We wonder if they might be positioning themselves
to fill some of the gap left by Prince Andrew stepping
down from his role as business ambassador, because
a large part of the focus on this trip will be trade and
investment promoting on behalf of the UK, to help give
some support to bringing Britain into an economic
recovery phase, and also to help strengthen the
country's business partners as well. Included in the
focus of the visit will also be emphasis on the world
wildlife fund interests of Charles.

Royal Garden Parties

 

 

Not sure if we have ever had a Crouch End garden designed for

a Royal Garden Party, but, have you ever been to one of

the Queen's Garden Parties?

The doors open at three in the afternoon, and the event takes

place between four and six pm. Normally, the Her Majesty,

Prince Phillip, and the other Royals attending, will usually

at four.

The National Anthem is played when the Queen arrives,
and selections of different types of music will be played
throughout the event by one of the military bands that
will be playing.

The Royal family members, will then mingle with their

guests, through specially created avenues through the
guests called "lanes". Each member of the Royal Family
will meet at random with different attendees, presentations
are made, until they all gradually arrive at the tea tent

reserved for the Royals, and there they will meet further

guests. There are plenty of refreshments, the quantities
available are considerable, standard quantities being
perhaps, just over twenty five thousand cups of tea,

twenty thousand sandwiches, and twenty thousand

slices of cake. Usually there are about four hundred

staff in attendance at the event. The National Anthem is
played again at the end of the event, around six pm,

the members of the Royal Family depart, and the guests 

are left with a day of very special memories! 

Kate would be wise not pose for Anna.

 

Remember the movie, "The Devil Wears Prada " with Anne Hathaway,
Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci, among other great actors?
Meryl Streep's role as the Editor of the New York based fashion magazine
"Runway", was based on Anna Wintour, the editor of American Vogue.
Anna has quite a reputation for being driven, scaring subordinates,
and getting what she wants.

Well apparently, what she wants, (word on the street), is Kate Middleton,
The Duchess of Cambridge, to pose for Vogue.
She is working on Prince William's photographer friend Mario Testino to
get the prized assignment. However, it is possible that Kate could demean
herself a bit to much if she acquiesces, and grants a Royal photography session.

She may find herself transitioning from being a reserved and private person,
into a glitzy and glamorous clothes mannequin. The memories still linger of
Diana, becoming a world celebrity and fashion icon, however with a price.
Allowing herself to be chased by the world's photographers,
being hustled though airports and becoming
"too available", she gave up a piece of her mystique.

This may have been her best move in a strategy to continue to be a powerful
force, having left the protective atmosphere of the Royal Family, but Kate is very
much a conservative figure who has obviously been warmly welcomed by the
Queen and the rest of the Royal relations, and will continue to play a solid
contributing role to the Monarchy, and be a symbol and representative for
many years to come.

It seems there is an interesting parallel with her sister Pippa, and the Queen
and her sister Margaret. The sister who has stepped into a significant royal
role is somehow shadowed by the other sister, who is a little more,
"entertaining", not constrained by having to live under the rigidity of court,
and having the freedom to continue to lead a relatively free private life.
Pippa's bottom, and Margaret's battles with the booze.
Kate will obviously not have to deal with that

 

 

What's this Our Kate not fashionable?

Discussing the Kate Middleton effect, it seems

anything she wears is an instant hit with female

shoppers, and also the fact that she buys 

high street brands is a big plus for British Retailers.

Mary Portas has said that, given the chance 

she would go in and do a 

fashion makeover for many women political figures

in the UK, well, they just might need it, but 

leave our Kate alone Mary!

Apparently, Mary Portas, says that Kate does not 

possess a sense of style.

This is simply and outrage!

Heads will roll!

She feels that Kate is doing a great job as a 

Global ambassador for the Royal Family profile

and the UK, but she does not understand how

The Duchess of Cambridge can be construed as

a fashion icon.

Some people have no sense of style!

Cyclamen in Crouch End

Cyclamen come in all shades of all pink, red-colored, purple as well as bright 

warm purples..
A person can make excellent effects by combining the different shades or even growing
them in solid blocks of single colour. Bedding cyclamen are not frost
hardy so plant them in a sunny, sheltered spot. Remove any yellowing leaves
or foliage with botrytis (a fungus to which they are prone) to keep them tidy
and healthy. Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering and they will give
you a lovely display all the way through the autumn.

Princess Beatrice, elegant and tasteful.

In the news, it seems that
Sara Ferguson's daughter, Princess Beatrice
is showing a well, shall we say, a fine set of pins!

Elegant, well dressed, well presented, and
obviously, she is a very charming young lady.

Shown here in a body fitting red dress
at a Paris fashion show, she looks set
to be a new style icon on the world's stage.

She was glimpsed at a special Tony Bennett
concert at Ronnie Scott's, and left with her
five year boyfriend, Dave Clark.

She has just completed her university finals,
and is all set for the road ahead.

Both brothers are pilots.

During his training in California this coming week,

Prince Harry, who has been promoted to Captain,

will be firing live rounds on the helicopter practice range.

This will be a stage in training him for assignments

in Afghanistan.

 

The firing ranges are actually spread across Arizona

and California, and are apparently huge expanses of

land owned by the US military, and perfect for practicing

in combat type situations.

 

Prince Harry has already been in Helmund province

as a controller, this was in 2008.