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# Royals Round-Up, January 23rd, 2015
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/royals-round-up-january-23rd-2015-01-2015/
- Published: 2015-01-23T21:00:11.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-24T19:29:11.000Z
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: fugs, royalty, Stuck in a tree, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:41

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I am beginning to think that Maxima's resolution for 2015 was "wear the heaviest necklaces possible." That plus TERRIFYING CLOWNS, good sunglasses, and a couple of amazing coats. COATS!

Here at GFY this week, Kate popped out for three engagements in[ a light blue coat and a patterned frock and OBVIOUSLY WE COVERED IT](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/royally-played-the-duchess-of-cambridge-in-seraphine-01-2015/).

And elsewhere:

- Per the BBC, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has died (at 90), and [his obituary is interesting and educational](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-10214554?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). Trivia: this means that QE2 is now the oldest living monarch, a title I suspect she may enjoy for some years yet. Those are some spry genetics. Even better is [the story of the time she drove him around Balmoral in her Range Rover, noteworthy on several levels.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/im-the-queen-mate-im-driving?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Buzzfeed)
- I desperately want to go to this exhibit; if you're in London this summer, please go and report back. Via *The Telegraph*: [How to make your own Wolf Hall garden: Henry VIII's horticultural manual revealed](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/11365173/How-to-make-your-own-Wolf-Hall-garden-Henry-VIIIs-horticultural-manual-revealed.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). From said article, "it tells gardeners that 'cucumbers shake with fear at thunder,' while a squash will bear fruit after precisely nine days if planted in the ashes of human bone and watered with oil." Maybe that's why my container garden always fails: insufficient human ashes.
- King Felipe is [on the cover of *RapGap*, a Spanish magazine for the gay community, in support of LGBT equality.](https://www.newnownext.com/guess-whos-the-first-european-royal-to-pose-for-a-gay-magazine/01/2015/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) You are awesome, Felipe. (Logo)
- [*Tatler* has a Which British Royal Are You? quiz.](https://www.tatler.com/news/articles/january-2015/quiz---which-member-of-the-royal-family-are-you?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I got Kate (as if!), but I'm pretty sure I was one naked Vegas jaunt away from being Harry.
- *Hello!* takes a look at[ Sophie's "fashion transformation" on the event of her birthday](https://fashion.hellomagazine.com/celebrity-style/201501202819/sophie-countess-wessex-birthday-style-transformation/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (which I seriously kept thinking was last week).
- The Royal Hats blog [also has, like, ALL of her hats](https://royalhats.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/birthday-of-the-countess-of-wessex-3/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).
- The current [Jewel History up at The Court Jeweller is really interesting](https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2015/01/jewel-history-empires-relics-1872.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (As it always is.)
- And I thought this week's [Tiara Thursday at Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor](https://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2015/01/tiara-thursday-murat-tiara.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) was also really interesting! (As it always is.)
- Let's all get [matching Vivienne Westwood shirts with Prince Charles's face on them](https://royalfashion.royalcentral.co.uk/2015/01/22/vivienne-westwood-pays-homage-to-prince-charles-by-putting-his-face-on-a-t-shirt/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (Royal Central)
- You DO want to read this, over at *Vanity Fair.* I'll just give you part of the lede: ["Of all the palatial London mansions of the British aristocracy obliterated, carved up, or converted over the decades—only one, Dudley House, is now a private home." ](https://www.vanityfair.com/society/2015/dudley-house-london?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)LET'S LOOK INSIDE.
- I think you'll understand why I'm including this:[ A Map of Every Goat in the United States](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/12/map-literally-every-goat-in-the-united-states/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).