Royals Round-Up, April 26th 2019

Princess Anne

(a) Welcome to my new profile pic, now and forever, and (b) Informative Caption was super informative here! Ahem: "A 41-round Royal Gun Salute is fired on the Parade Ground in Hyde Park to publicly celebrate the 93rd birthday of Herr Majesty the Queen, Queen Elizabeth II. The salute is fired at midday by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery. The Queen's birthday is April 21st, but salutes are not fired on Sundays and take place the next day if the date falls on a Sunday." THANK YOU, CAPTION.

Princess Anne

"Open bar is....where? Here? Grand."

The funeral of the Countess of Carnarvon

Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (10218500f) Queen Elizabeth II Jeanie, Countess of Carnarvon funeral, Highclere, UK - 25 Apr 2019

It's so unusual to see Her Majesty in black and white, but I must say: She looks FANTASTICALLY CHIC. This was the funeral of Jeanie, Countess of Carnarvon, who of course was the (American!) Lady of the House at the stately home where they film Downton. Her obituary is very interesting.

William and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mark Tantrum/AP/REX/Shutterstock (10218040b) Britain's Prince William and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attend an Anzac Da service at Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand Prince William, Auckland, New Zealand - 25 Apr 2019

Here, Wills and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern are at an Anzac Day service -- this is, of course, a traditional Māori greeting, the hongi. William is currently in New Zealand meeting survivors of the horrific terror attacks there last month.

Prince William in New Zealand for Anzac Day

Mandatory Credit: Photo by DAVID ROWLAND/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10218043c) Prince William, lays a wreath during an Anzac Day service at the Auckland War Memorial in Auckland, New Zealand, 25 April 2019. Prince William will attend Anzac Day services in Auckland before flying to the South Island where he will visit survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings. Prince William in New Zealand for Anzac Day, Auckland - 25 Apr 2019

Here, he's laying a wreath at the Anzac Day service, and then after this, per Informative Caption, he flew "to the South Island where he will visit survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings." There's been a lot of bad press about Wills lately, but it's good that he went and did this. (We didn't get a ton of pics of this fairly quick trip, for whatever reason.)

Vice Presidents of Royal Windsor Horse Show Hold Two of The Queens Highland Ponies

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These are "two of The Queen's Highland Ponies, Lomond and Jubilee, that will be taking part in The Victorian Pageant" and they are GORGEOUS HORSES, and Sophie looks so fresh-faced and cute here. Edward looks like Edward -- I never pay for pics of poor Edward, and the good news is that here is proof that he is alive! -- and Andrew has made some intriguing blazer/tie choices. (I believe the tie is required so....I....don't know what he was thinking there? Charles is somewhere chortling about this.)

Sophie Wessex Opens Airplay Play Park

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock (10217568i) Sophie Countess of Wessex Sophie Countess of Wessex Opens Airplay Play Park, Wittering Village, Peterborough, UK - 24 Apr 2019 Wearing Max Mara, Dress

NEVER FEAR, this is not a jumpsuit. It is a dress! I rather like this. It's moderately nautical?

Spanish Royal Family attend Easter Mass

Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (10215609at) King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, Crown Princess Leonor, Infanta Sofia, Former Queen Sofia of Spain Spanish Royal Family attend Easter Mass, Palma De Mallorca, Spain - 21 Apr 2019

I had the worst time finding a pic of the Spanish Royals where they all had their eyes open -- sorry, Queen Sofia, you drew the short straw today! Everyone here looks lovely, actually. I love the Chanel-ish looks on the girls, and Letizia's floral is fab.

Felipe and Leitiza

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mortimer Peterssen/DYDPPA/REX/Shutterstock (10217383g) King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia Cervantes Award ceremony, Alcala de Henares, Spain - 23 Apr 2019 The Cervantes prize for literature in Spanish was presented to the Uruguayan writer Ida Vitale (R) at the Paraninfo of the Alcala University in the World Heritage City of Alcala de Henares near Madrid.

But this look on Leitiza is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. It's so good. I need to lie down.

Queen Letizia in Carolina Herrera

ALSO good. THANK YOU, Letizia, for blessing my eyeballs.

Queen Letizia

This is VERY Chic Profesh Lady.

Crown Princess Victoria

I might have styled this differently -- white shirt, perhaps, and some patterned shoes?