Prince Harry

Harry was an usher at a wedding in Oxfordshire this weekend, proving to us definitively that THE YELLOW WAISTCOAT LIVES!

Prince Harry

It will not surprise you to know that Harry made fast friends with the flower girls.

Beatrice and Eugenie

Bea and Yoj ALSO attended said wedding, and this is my favorite of Beatrice's coats (I am writing these ENORMOUS Royals Round-Up Round Ups for next week, and this is how I know that she also wore it last Christmas). Her hat might be a bit casual for a wedding, but overall, I think she looks good. I like Eugenie's coat, too, but I sometimes think she'd be better off in more structured stuff.

Prince Harry at the Sentebale Christmas Carol Service

I feel like Harry is fomenting a great amount of TATTLING in this photo, somehow. That said, I also think that Harry would be sensitive to the person who was tattled upon.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

This was en route to the Queen's Annual Christmas Lunch at Buckingham Palace, before she hares off to Sandringham for the holiday. Kate looks happy and lovely, William looks mildly irritated (but I love it when he wears his glasses). Probably because this was the day at which he cracked a joke at an event that Kate's hair is "a nightmare" and some people ran with it. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY KIDDING, YOU GUYS. It's like when I note that some majestic vista or another is hideous. Kate's hair is a majestic vista on a head.

Princess Beatrice

Everyone else also went to this lunch -- I doubt you turn down Christmas Lunch at Buck House, barring actually being on fire -- but most of the pictures are boring because it's like...people in cars. HOWEVER, I thought -- speaking of hair -- you might want to see how GREAT Bea's looks. Maybe she and Kate are deep conditioning together.

Fergie

Fergie, on the other hand...has perhaps made better clothing choices than this one. I worry she's trying to kill Prince Philip via poor sartorial choices, so that she and Andy can get re-married in peace.

Camilla and Dominic West

Camilla went to a concert of Christmas carols at St Paul's, where clearly she clearly delighted Dominic West (I assume she's making all manner of Dawson's Creek cracks with regards to The Affair).

Camilla and Simon Callow

Here, I assume she's talking about Simon Callow's infamous nude frolicking with Rupert Graves and Julian Sands in A Room With a View.

Camilla and Gwendoline Christie

Here, I can only assume she's about to turn to Gwendoline Christie and ask her all kinds of questions about the Lannisters.

St Paul's

What a super hideous place for an event. Must have been an unfestive trial for all and sundry.

Camilla and an enormous duck

Then she met a giant duck, as one does.

The Queen Arrives At King's Lynn Station For Her Christmas Break At Sandringham

And her Majesty tied her best kerchief on and popped up to Sandringham until February. Do NOT interrupt her whilst she's doing her jigsaw.

Belgian Royal Family

From L to R: Prince Gabriel, Princess Eleonore, Queen Mathilde, Prince Emmanuel, King Philippe and Princess Elisabeth. My favorite thing about the Belgian princes and princesses is HOW ANNOYED they look all the time. They always look so hilariously resentful of these photo ops. They also look very nice. Mathilde looks totally dishy in her LBD.

King Philippe of Belgium, Former European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso and Queen Mathilde

She ALSO looks elegant here -- does that top of her dress seem cape-esque? Regardless, I APPROVE.

Prince Albert and Santa

Prince Albert did a TON of Handing Out of Gifts this week -- much of which was captured in photos that were not available to me -- and he looked very jolly indeed, and I say that as someone who rarely says nice things about him. Fatherhood must agree with him.

Felipe and Letizia

Felipe and Letizia released their official portrait this week and this is it. I...just spent a really long time trying to figure out if it was a painting or a photo? I think it's a photo? Should this question be this hard? Maybe I need to lay off the nog.*

*So do the people who marked this as new: it's actually from 2010! Thanks to Elizabeth K Mahon for the correct scoop!

Felipe and Letizia

Here they are in real life, each wondering if they turned off the flat iron.

Chaz and Cam's Christmas Card

Christmas card time! These are all the official ones, of course -- I assume the personal ones are pictures of, like, George eating Camilla's most wreath-like hat or whatever. It also cracks me up that this photo, which is from the Invictus Games Opening Ceremony, just RUTHLESSLY CUTS OUT William and Harry. (I know, I know: W&K send out their own and it's so embarrassing for Harry to be like the Sad Single Child on his father's holiday card. So of course they did. It just makes me chuckle.)

Felipe and Letitiza's Holiday Card

This is the front of Felipe and Letizia's card. I hope they included a letter that was like, "as you can see from the photo on our card, this was the YEAR WE TOOK OVER."

Felipe and Letizia's Holiday Card

This is the inside of said card. One of you pointed out on Twitter that it's very endearing that Leonor and Sofia are clearly trying out their new cursive skills.

Royals Round-Up, December 19, 2014

Are you ready to look at some Royals Christmas Cards? Because I have some to show you. (They were not sent to ME.) I also bring you an enormous stuffed goose, Dominic West, Brianne of Tarth, and William wearing his eyeglasses. We had three Royals-y pieces here at GFY for you this week, namely: PLEASE LOOK GEORGE'S NEW PORTRAITS NOW PLEASE THANK YOU. Kate went out in a hoodie and let some Beaver Scouts blindfold her. Tis the season! And Prince Harry's photos from his trip to Africa earlier this month finally hit the wires, and they're pretty great. ELSEWHERE: READ THIS, over at Jezebel: The Most Miserable Princess Ever: Sisi, Empress Elisabeth of Austria I admit it, I snickered: Oblivious passenger nearly bumps into the Queen as she takes train to Sandringham. LOOK. SHE HAS STUFF TO DO, OKAY? (The Telegraph) Hello! talks to Princess Charlene about her twins and she says all the happy things one would expect of a new mother giving an interview about her newborn babies. I believe they're still in the hospital, but it sounds like they're going home early next week. (I wonder if they're spending a little time in the NICU before heading home; she says she's looking forward to spending "more time in their presence," which could just be bad translation [although Charlene's first language IS English] or weird transcription, but it made me wonder if she's not getting to be with them 24/7 right at the moment.) I obviously can't wait to see them. Speaking of babies, those of you who wondered if Princess Madeleine was of Sweden was expecting another one ARE CORRECT. (Like Fug National AnnieC!) (Hello! Magazine) Wills and Kate went to a friend's wedding on Saturday, and the Daily Express has the pictures. William is obviously wearing a New Jersey Devils hockey jersey under a man-fur and Kate is sporting denim short-alls and shower shoes. This is not technically royals-related, but I LOVE this stuff, and I think it will appeal to you, if you are reading this: Sotheby's is auctioning off -- well, just let me quote The Telegraph: "..many of the personal possessions of the late Mary Soames, Sir Winston Churchill’s last surviving child. As a collection they chart Mary Soames’s life, from her childhood in Chartwell to her service in the army during the Second World War and her later public life. The 255 lots, many of which featured in her Holland Park home, reflect the fond relationship between Mary and her father, allowing for a unique insight into the private side of Britain's greatest war-time leader. Also included is the most important group of paintings, 15 in total, by Churchill himself to come to market." Speaking of auctions, per The Express: Princess Margaret’s jewels go for £40,000 at auction. Kate and George went to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, semi-incognito. People, of course, has the scoop. People also explains why Prince George was wearing shorts in his official photos. (In short: because it's traditional!) The traditional rumor that the Queen is going to abdicate in her Christmas speech is back again. (She's totally not.) (Also, by the way, my cleaning lady is QUITE SURE this is actually going to happen, and she won't hear otherwise. If it turns out she's got a hotline to the palace, I'm going to regret not taking advantage of that earlier.) (BBC News) [Photos: Getty, Splash, Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images]