Queen Letizia of Spain

Here's the promotional marketing for Law & Order: Spain, with Queen Letizia as the country's most glamorous legal genius.

Camz

Camz and Chaz are on a visit of Cornwall -- which is the Duchy of the Prince of Wales, so I feel like this isn't really "a visit" as much as it's, "hey, let's go to Cornwall and hang out with people" -- and Camilla is, of course, having a tipple.

Chaz

FULL MARKS to the kid who showed up to this event wearing a mask of Harry.

Chaz and Camz

"And here, your royal highness, is the Traditional Giant Flip Flop of Cornwall. We're terribly proud."

The Duke And Duchess Of Cornwall Visits Cornwall - Day 2

"Giant shoes, booze, and kids in masks. THIS TRIP WAS A SUCCESS."

Queen Elizabeth II Receives Jocelyn Roy-Vienneau

Jocelyn Roy-Vienneau is Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in Canada. I am a person who picked this particular photo of her Maj -- looking lovely in a print! I love the Queen in prints -- so I could examine the photos on her side table. One is definitely Zara and Mike Tindall at their wedding. There are MANY photos of Men in Uniform.

Philippe and Mathilde

I LOVE this pattern on Mathilde and I wish I had it as a pair of fabulous sheets on my bed.

National Day Of Belgium 2015

It was National Day in Belgium, and here we've got: Princess Eleonore, Prince Emmanuel, Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Queen Mathilde, and then King Philippe bringing up the rear. Let's applaud Mathilde for really wearing a REAL HAT.

National Day Of Belgium 2015

Also at the event: Princess Claire and Prince Laurent. Is Prince Laurent SERIOUSLY TAKING A PHONE CALL ON THE DIAS? Dude. Also, his Wikipedia is interesting, as are most Wikipedias of rando royals: At some point, he ran off to the Congo without permission, he was involved in a scandal in which it appeared maybe the Navy paid to redecorate his house, and also he once had himself put voluntarily into a coma.

As for Claire, her Wikipedia is sadly devoid of any scandal or coma, and thus is a disappointment to me.

Crown Prince Haakon at the Saint Olav Festival

A) CP Haakon is so handsome.

B) Per Visit Norway, "[the] St. Olav Festival is one of Norways largest church and culture festivals...Olav Haraldsson fell in the battle of Stiklestad in 1030, while attempting to unite and Christianize Norway." It looks fun, and I just hope the Saint Olav festival also recognizes the best PR for Saint Olav that the United States has ever known, Ms Betty White.

Norwegian Royals Attend The Saint Olav Festival 2015

I feel like M-M is the sort of person who owns, like, A LOT of ponchos.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and Prince Sverre Magnus

To an American such as myself, "Sverre Magnus" really does sound like a Norwegian king. (He, more than likely, however, won't be, because his sister is ahead of him in line. Interestingly, the Norwegians are ALSO in line for the British throne, but he is higher in line for that than she is, because of male primogeniture. I feel like they've been trying to reverse the British primogeniture rule for AGES NOW. George being a boy must have made everyone lackadaisical about it.) ANYWAY. I am not sure why M-M AND CPH changed clothes upon this day, but maybe the poncho became too tiresome.

CPF and CPM

Informative Caption tells me: "Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, with Princess Josephine, view The Guard Change At Grasten Castle." I am all albout CPF's Casual Summer at the Castle wear. The Brits would never show up for some kind of official Castle Shenanigans in shorts. I just want to see Wills and Harry in shorts and Vans. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK?

Queen Margrethe

I would also pay good money to see QE2 pop out of Balmoral in her jeans and cheerfully wave at everyone. Can't someone please make this happen?

Royals Round-Up, July 24th, 2015

We are entering the period of the summer that I like to call, ALL THE ROYALS ARE HIDING IN A CAVE. That said, Wills and Kate are allegedly doing an event on Sunday, so zing back over here this weekend and eyeball them. The Casiraghi/Borromeo civil service is ALSO this weekend (the religious service is on the Borromeo island [!!] next weekend), and I am also going to cover THAT, depending on when/how many photos flutter into my possession. In other words: Stay tuned. We did have some stuff happen this week, namely: -- We got a new pic of Prince George, from The Testino Christening Collection; and -- George turned two, and I put together a nice fat slideshow to celebrate. It even includes puppies! As a reminder/news (you might have just gotten back from a fabulous vacation!): The Royal We is now available in English in e-book in many many MANY MANY countries, one of which is probably yours! In most of these places, it should be available on all platforms that you use for your e-book reading, from Kindle to Kobo to iBooks, but here are the Amazon links for those of you in the countries where we have 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. And elsewhere: Hello! has newsreel footage of the cover of Prince Charles's christening. I am unable to resist anything with newsreel footage. It's SO DRAMATIC. They also have newsreel footage of QE2 and Phil's wedding day. The Issa dress Kate wore for The Engagement Announcement Heard Around The World is back in stock. GO BUY ONE! (In Style UK) In honor of W&K's outing this weekend, People brings us KATE ON BOATS. Harper's Bazaar has a photo shoot of and interview with Jazmin Grimaldi, Prince Albert's eldest child, shot when she was in Monaco for the twins's christening. It's an interesting read. She - to me -- somewhat resembles Lady Gaga? She is quite striking. (She looks less like Gaga to me in standard, red carpet shots.) People has yet more details on the upcoming Casiraghi wedding. Thank you for leaving the house during this sparse royal time, Monaco. Princess Josephine of Denmark broke her arm, but appears to be handling it with good cheer. With bonus Crown Princess Mary. (Hello!) The Telegraph has a 360 degree view of the Buckingham Palace ballroom. Go look! And People has all the details on the new tour open at Buck House and it's really interesting. WHY AREN'T WE THERE RIGHT NOW ON THAT TOUR? What Would Kate Do? wonders...What Would Kate Buy At J Crew? Wills helped save four lives last week. I'm sure he hopes that we all get a tally of lives saved at the end of every week he has on the job. (Vanity Fair) The Express has a piece on, and I quote, "the responsibilities [Willikins] will assume when he inherits the Duchy of Cornwall on the accession of Prince Charles as king." IF THAT EVER HAPPENS. (I kid. It will happen. Unless QE2 lives for like 30 more years [possible] and Chaz trips over an ottoman and unceremoniously kicks it.) Note: this article has lots of pics of Wills with hair, cradling farm animals. Queen Mathilde LOVES this dress. (It IS good.) (Royalista) Hello! put together a slideshow of some of Queen Maxima's most noteworthy hats. OMG, look at this ginormous tiara! It's amazing. (Luxarazzi) People checks in with Prince Harry in Namibia. I mean, not personally. [Photos: Getty]