Princess Estelle

Behold Estelle, this feisty little noodle, at "the 38th Birthday celebrations of Crown Princess Victoria," AKA at her Mom's Birthday Photocall. We'll get to Vicks and Daniel soon, but I had to start with Estelle. SHE IS A HAM. It's adorable.

Princess Estelle

I could have downloaded 200 snaps of her gamboling. Like Prince George, this child has personality plus.

Princess Estelle

Babies AND puppies!

Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle

Victoria looks very pretty (wearing the necklace Estelle clearly made for her), and I think Daniel can pull off the three-piece suit. But can we get him and Wills into a Princely Hair Intervention together? Daniel is starting to look vaguely like a brilliant evil scientist, and I really want Wills to Bruce Willis himself.

Swedish Royals

"I suppose knowing I shall one day inherit the throne is an okay trade-off for being forced to wear this thing while my brother can wear whatever he wants. MAYBE."

Sofia, Carl Philip, Madeleine, Christopher

Sofia looks GREAT. She, facially, slightly resembles Pippa Middleton to me. CP is always handsome, and Chris looks nice, too. I have NO IDEA what Madeleine is wearing, exactly, but she did just have a baby so she probably is highly sleep-deprived.

Princess Charlene

Over in Monaco, Charlene looks BALLER in those sunglasses.

Charlene and Albert

Those shoes are a bit of a snooze, but overall, she looks great, right? They seemed VERY cuddly and cozy at this event, adding credence to all of our theories that perhaps she is most happy when she has an event to plan. I also think that -- as medieval as it may be -- having delivered an heir and a spare takes some of the emotional pressure off her.

Charlene, Albert, and Monaco Mayor Georges Marsan

The back of this frock is sassy!

Stephanie and Caroline

Caroline is carrying her grandchild there, and she looks fairly elegant, I think. Princess Stephanie looks better than usual?

Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella

Jacques -- sleeping -- DOES NOT CARE. Gabriella only woke up so that you can see how VERY UNIMPRESSED she is.

Charlotte Casiraghi, Pierre Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo

EVERYONE in this shot looks great. Sunglasses! Cute wedges! Day dresses!

Princess Caroline, Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Casiraghi

Here's a better look at Caroline. Andrea looks great -- he and Pierre are on the Brothers Wales Blue Suit Enthusiasts Mailing List -- and while I get what Tatiana was going for, she could have upgraded the sandals a bit (at least visually; those probably cost a fortune). Their son Sasha is NOT AMUSED BY ANYTHING.

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene

Unlike these two, who are HAVING THE BEST TIME!

Captain William Wales

"Okay, guys, great! Yep. I'm here at work! Gotta go airlift some sick people. So....see you later, everyone. Seriously. Seriously, bye. Let me work. And think about that thing Kate said about Bruce Willis."

Queen Elizabeth II Meets President Of Kosovo

"THE RUG IS SO UGLY I CAN'T STAND UPRIGHT, YOUR MAJESTY."*

For the uninitiated, I just like to joke that QE2 secretly hates the rugs in her palaces. #NoDisrespectToActualPalaceRugs

The Queen And Duke Of Edinburgh Visit Barking And Dagenham

"Yes! Hello! We see you! Swimming! When does the synchro routine start?"

QE2

"Have a great summer and stay sweet. It was fun having you in Spanish class this year. LALAS, Liz."

Queen Elizabeth II

"Yes, yes, youngish man, come into my gilded lair. Pay no attention to that old man behind me. He's in trouble right now and will look the other way if I say so."

Princess Anne

"Did she try to lure you into her lair? That happens sometimes." (I like Anne in a print.)

Princess Eugenie

"No, I'm actually not totally sure what happened to my hair. But I am EXTREMELY interested in where you got that champagne?"

Chaz and Cams

Chaz and Cammers popped by The Great Yorkshire Show, which is "England's Premiere Agricultural Event," per its website, which also promises me that it has tiny ponies! I assume this is like (sort of) a county fair here in the United States and I have to admit I LOVE seeing all the prize winning pigs and whatnot at the fair. This is part of being a Duchess that I would really really like: getting to go look at people's cute goats and prize melons. This sounds sarcastic, but I legitimately love that sort of thing. (Shout out to the White Rose of York! Although my ancestors were Lancaster, so I TAKE IT BACK.)

Chuckles

LOOK AT HOW MANY RIBBONS THIS STEER HAS EARNED!

Camilla

"YES I've had ice cream two weeks in a row, WHAT OF IT?"

Camz

I do wonder what country this is...

Zara and Mia

And elsewhere, Mia and Zara took in some ribbon.

Queen Letizia and Romanian President wife's Carmen Iohannis

I love this pic. Carmen Iohannis is like, "no, no, it's cool, Letizia. I got this."

Pau Gasol And King Felipe

NBA star Pau Gasol got something called the 'Camino Real' award from King Felipe, and Pau is handsome and TALL.

Felipe and Letizia

I love this look on Letizia

Queen Letizia

And I also like her way with a fan.

Royals Round-Up, July 17th, 2015

First off, big news: The Royal We is now available in English in e-book form in many many MANY MANY countries, one of which is probably yours! It's on e-book in Australia and New Zealand and the UK and Germany and France and Spain and Brazil and India and LOTS of places, as of Wednesday. And, in most of these places, it's currently on massive (massive) sale, so snap it up while you can -- it should be on all platforms that you use for your e-book reading, from Kindle to Kobo, but here are the Amazon links for those of you in the countries where GFY has the most readers, just for ease of use: If you are in the UK, get it here. If you are in Australia, you can get it here. Here is the link for our German readers. For those of you in France! Here's the link if you are in India! And if you are in the Netherlands. (BUY IT, MAXIMA) And if you're an American and haven't gotten around to it yet, here's YOUR link! Ditto for our friends in Canada. And now, onto the business at hand! In this week's slideshow, first of all, Princess Estelle is adorable. Second, Princess Charlene has never seemed so happy. Finally, Letizia looks awesome in sunglasses. Plus Wills starts his new job, and other stuff. Elsewhere for your Reading Pleasure: Prince Harry just announced that the next Invictus Games will be in Orlando, Florida. PARTAAAAAY YOU GUYS! (That's an autoplay video, btw.) (You Tube) Wills gave a (TV) interview prior to starting his new job, in which he calls Prince George "a little monkey" and says Kate is doing an amazing job as a mother. Which I am sure is true HOWEVER it's not like he's going to tromp over there and be like, "uh, and Kate is TERRIBLE at this, you guys. She keeps dropping them!" It's quite a good interview, though - they get into how he feels about the fact that this can't actually be his real job because of FATE. (Vanity Fair) ALSO at VF: DETAILS on Kate's insoles, which allegedly are quite good and yeah I am totally going to buy some and I will report back DON'T JUDGE ME. Hello! has all the deets on Crown Princess Victoria's official birthday shenanigans. And The Court Jeweller has an awesome look back at a variety of things she's worn to a variety of royal weddings over the years. People has some scoop on the upcoming Casraghi wedding, straight from Prince Albert, who seriously loves to talk to People, which kind of cracks me up. People also has complete coverage of Prince Albert's 10th Anniversary As Monaco's Ruling Person, in addition to all the pics in the slideshow we've got for you. Camilla ended up with one of Andy Murray's wristbands, and she kept it and is wearing it right now. By which I mean, she auctioned it off for charity. (The Crown Chronicles) The Duchess Diary reflects on the challenges of being Pippa and James Middleton. Over at Royalista, we've got Queen Mathilde kidnapping at child at the Mini Tour de France. Well, "kidnapping" is perhaps an exaggeration. She held a child. The Daily Beast has an interesting theory that Kate's dressing Prince George in such old fashioned gear at public events helps her to keep him on the DL when he's out at, say, Kensington Gardens.