Prince Harry

"And I said, 'are you QUITE sure you're not allowing goats at this memorial?' and unfortunately they were VERY firm about it."

Prince Harry

At this event, Harry read a letter home from a solider who did not survive, and apparently it was very moving (unsurprisingly). He looks VERY CROSS that his time of quiet reflection here has been interrupted, which is unusual for him.

In less important topics, I feel like all his suits are about half a size too big lately.

Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge And Prince Harry Attend Grand Place

That man there in the bow tie is the Prime Minister of Belgium, Elio Di Rupo, and I do not know why he is showing Wills and Kate a drum, but they have on their very best, "Oooooh, a drum!" faces.

Kate at St Symphorien Miltary Cemetery

This is a BEAUTIFUL photo. And I also like that you can see Harry, blurry, in the distance, looking like he's about to take off running to catch up with her. "WAIT! KATE! I LOVE YOoooo......Yule! I love YULE! Can't WAIT for Christmas!"

Kate at the St Symphorien Miltary Cemetery

Kate also laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. (Some of these photos came out after I'd written our original post, and I thought you'd might like to see them.)

Kate in Belgium

I am neutral on this coat/dress/coatdress, but I really do LOVE that hat.

Harry, Kate, and William at the Tower

We have seen MANY a photo where Wills places a Gentle Guiding Hand on Kate, but rarely ever the reverse. UNTIL NOW. (Don't fall down, William. Those photos will live in infamy.)

Behind them, Harry's all, "no one cares if I fall. My suit's too big and there's no one to give me a Gentle Guiding Hand." Oh, Harry. LOTS of us would happily lend you any sort of hand you like.

Wills and Kate and Harry at the Tower

These photos were fabulously dramatic and moving on Tuesday, and they still are.

Prince William, Harry and Kate Middleton at the Tower

It's VERY rare to get a shot of all the press scrum around them; I just thought this was interesting.

Princess Charlene

Speaking of towers, they let her out of hers for the Red Cross ball in Monaco, and she finally brought out some jewels. Still no tiara -- that's a headband -- but...we'll take it. And those earrings might just be major. Her face also looks quite beautiful -- the pregnancy weight suits her.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert

They look as blissed out and delighted as ever. Although Charlene looks very pretty, if extremely simple. Al always looks like the most supercilious maitre d' in town.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert

Bonus points for the bracelet, and the metallic shoes. (The baby [or babies] is [are] due at the end of the year, so things are certainly percolating. She has been OFF THE RADAR for months, so I wonder if maybe she had a rough early trimester. Hang in there, Char. Sven will eventually get you and the baby to safety come hell or high water.)

Princess Beatrice

This is kind of a cute dress on Bea. Hope she kept an eye on the fact that she's clearly working with the sort of situation where her purse is making her skirt ride up all day long. Also, today is her birthday!

Pippa Middleton

Pips here is sporting her fanciest wine cardigan. Is this a SIGNAL? Pippa, go tell Harry I need to talk to him. About...none of your business. Just do it.

Camilla and the Dean of Westminster

This is the, and I quote, "candlelit vigil and prayer service to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War at Westminster Abbey." The Dean looks SNAZZY. Camz looks, as often, like she's wearing a really, really nice housecoat.

Prince Charles

When I saw this, I realized this is the uniform that I always IMAGINE Prince Charles wearing, and indeed it is the one he wore when he married Princess Diana, and ergo the one he worn on my paper dolls. (He ALSO wore it to Wills and Kate's wedding but I was distracted that day.) It IS quite dashing.

Felipe and Letizia

F and L are in Mallorca -- I believe on at least partial holiday, like every other royal in the world -- but this was an official event and they look good.

Felipe and Letizia and Leonor and Sofia

It takes a special man to pull off white jeans with aplomb and -- much like the Brothers Wales -- Felipe is one of these special men. Letizia is obviously wearing her jammies, but I secretly kind of dig these wacky pants. She really looks like she just popped out to get the paper, but I also just told her to spice up her pants and SHE LISTENED. I'M DELIGHTED.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary

I find CPF's scruff appealing.

Princess Anne

Much like the postal service, Anne will not be kept from the swift completion of her appointed rounds by something as banal as inclement weather.

Zara Phillips

This is the "Festival of British Eventing," which I assume is show-jumping and whatnot. I just read, on the recommendation of Fug Nation, Jilly Cooper's Riders -- a book which I enjoyed, but which HAS NOT AGED WELL and has a hero that I was hoping would die in a fire (rumor has it he improves over the course of her other books) and another one who was perfectly lovely until he did something TERRIBLE that the book didn't seem to think was all that bad and then he basically married a CHILD. And ANOTHER character tells ANOTHER character that he knew she was going to get her period because her breasts were larger and she was like, "ooh, he's so sensitive," but I was like, "you've known her for two weeks, you weird perv." I HAVE THOUGHTS! -- and now I feel like I know all about such pursuits. Zara looks very sharp in her riding kit.

Zara Phillips, Mia, and James

Zara's baby, Mia, is CUTE. And so is little James (excuse me, VISCOUNT SEVERN), who is Sophie and Ed Wessex's little boy. He looks like a handful.

The Queen Attends A Service Of Commemoration At Crathie Kirk

And this was the Queen's part in the WWI memorializing -- she went to a memorial service in Scotland in a VERY beautiful church and everyone gave her PLENTY of room on her pew.

Queen Elizabeth greets the Royal Guard

Finally, Gran finally made it to Balmoral for her summer vacation. "I hope none of you are wearing undercrackers," she's saying here. "HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ME."

Queen Elizabeth II's Living Room

You can tell she's on vacation because she's wearing a cardigan and the rug is different. It's mostly a vacation from That Awful Rug.

Royals Round-Up, August 8th, 2014

In the slideshow, I bring you extra snaps from Wills, Kate, and Harry's outings this week, lots of other WWI ceremonial events, Crown Princess Mary on a horse (they're on vacation, and as ever, several of their snaps are embargoed for longer than I would like; I swear I am not trying to keep CPM from you, I am merely trying not to be sued), THE RETURN OF SADFACE CHARLENE, QE2 eyeballing some Men in Kilts, a peek of her Balmoral living room, and King Felipe in saucy white jeans squiring Letizia in some super sassy pants. AND MORE. ICYMI here on GFY this week: Wills and Kate and Harry went to Belgium for the World War I centenary. While they were there, they pointed at all matter of things. And then Tuesday, the three of them visited the Tower of London, which currently has a beautiful and moving World War I art installation. Interesting and intriguing items elsewhere include: You've probably read that Prince William is taking on a full-time job as an air ambulance pilot beginning next year; the Telegraph has more details about what that will entail. He's still going to be making public appearances, and he's donating his entire salary to charity. I cannot understand people who think this is a negative. He's highly trained to do this job, it will quite literally help people who need help very badly, and he's not being paid for it at all. I suspect he wants to do something with his life that feels useful while he's in what is basically a dynastic holding pattern: he's not even going to be Prince of Wales for (at least, probably) ten years, everyone else in the royal family has signed off on it, let the man help save people whose legs have been torn off by rampaging boars (or whatever), for god's sake. There are NO WORDS for how saddened I am that I could not get this photo of HARRY HOLDING A BABY WHILST WILLIAM HOLDS THE BABY'S HAND (AND WEARS THOSE PANTS) in an entirely legal manner before this post had to be published. I AM SORRY. I AM ON IT. But for now, I will have to simply link to it on Twitter. (The Daily Mail (I Know) has more.) IT WILL GIVE YOU LIFE. Dear Harry, when you're trying to go incognito, maybe doing the robot in a hat with the Union Jack on it is NOT YOUR BEST PLAN. (Paper) As part of their (awesome) Best Dressed feature, Vanity Fair has put together a slide show of Kate's best High/Low fashion, with her wedding dress being the most expensive (rightly) and her Zara necklace being least. Also in that issue of VF? Cressida, sans scrunchie. (And actually quite beautiful.) Royal Central has put together a list of noteworthy upcoming royal history books! Reading! Jewels! The Court Jeweller looks at Princess Anne's jewels. And People talks to one of Kate's favorite jewelry designers in advance of her trip to Malta next month. I do love jewelry. Tatler has put together a slide show of QE2 making faces ranging from "miffed" to "quite miffed" to livid and something about it is hilarious. [Photos: Getty, AKM/GSI, Vantagenews.co.uk, Pacific Coast News, Splash, Fame/Flynet]