Royals Round-Up, November 23 2016

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

Prince Harry is visiting Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda, and Informative Caption tells me that his visit "marks the 35th Anniversary of Independence in Antigua and Barbuda and the 50th Anniversary of Independence in Barbados and Guyana. It's also a good opportunity for Harry to do what he does best: walk around with his forearms out, be adorable with deeply cute kids, and awkwardly play sports.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

This is at the Queen Victoria Park Botanical Gardens but who can pay attention to Informative Captions when the kids at this event are SO CUTE. I'm not even looking at Harry, they're so cute.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

This is "the Holy Trinity Primary School and Nursery, as they prepare celebrations for the school's 93rd anniversary of their Founders' Day," and, again: I am barely paying attention to Harry, so cute are these kids

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

This photo makes me laugh. It's like they're both saying, "wait. YOU'RE supposed to be reading this." (They're reading Corduroy, which is one of the best children's books ever, and one of my very favorites.)

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

I feel like this shot is going to come in handy a lot.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

I keep imagining Megan Markle looking at these photos at home with a totally moony look on her face.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

It seems possible that Harry might be giving these kids lessons in the finer points of darts?

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

This is "a boat tour through mangroves on the island of Barbuda to see one of the largest colonies of frigate birds in the world," and it's GORGEOUS. As ever, my reaction to these royals trips is, "I NEED TO GO THERE."

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

Everyone herein looks smart in his suit and/or uniform.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

I was never going to deprive you of this.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

Just as it's not a royal tour unless extremely cute kids make an appearance, so is it not a royal tour unless someone is forced to play a sport at which they are somewhat mediocre.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

He does look fetching in those sunglasses though.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

I like to think that the men standing behind him are severely critiquing Harry's form.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

And that Kate is looking at this photo on her phone and shaking her head. "Now I know why he'll never play tennis with me. He's terrible."

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

This is Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, who apparently made a few comments at this event that were like, "we hear you MIGHT BE GETTING MARRIED" and "JUST SO YOU KNOW ANTIGUA'S GREAT FOR A HONEYMOON" and "NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK" and I DO think the look on Harry's face here IS the same expression you get when your Uncle starts talking about the ONE THING you didn't want him to bring up at Thanksgiving.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

We covered this yesterday, but it's just funny to me to see Kate giving a speech with ANOTHER KATE lurking behind her making her Empathetic Speech Face.

Bea and Fergs

Bea's hair is so very shiny. (Have you ever accidentally -- "accidentally" -- turned on QVC to see Fergie selling automated hair curlers? It's MESMERIZING.)

Princess Eugenie and Anna Friel

Euj looks lovely but WHAT IS ON ANNA'S NOGGIN?

QE2

QE2 is meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in the UK Arkady Rzegocki and his wife Jolanta and I feel like Jolanta is wishing she'd worn Anna Friel's headpiece.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

Here, Sophs "visits the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps at the The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where she unveiled a painting to commemorate the Nursing Corps involvement in Operation Gritrock treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone." That's a good reminder to me that my job is pretty cushy.

Prince Harry Visits The Caribbean

Oh, Maxima. You are both A queen and MY QUEEN.

Felipe and Letizia

This is the Spanish Episcopal Conference, but it also looks like maybe they're at an event at which they're being JUDGED BY GOD.

Felipe and Letizia

This skirt is SO CUTE.

Charlene and Al

The 19th was Monaco National Day, which means ALL the extended family came out and we can admire their outfits. I have my doubts of some of the things Charlene has worn, but her FACE is looking fantastic.

Charlene and Albert

Charlene looks like a really glamorous leader from the year 3023. This is sort of like High Fashion Princess Leia.

Charlene and Al

Charlene's head looks great, but that dress feels a little dowdy, maybe? I wish it were a hair shorter.

rincess Caroline of Hanover, Sacha Casiraghi and Princess Charlene

Caroline looks like an eccentric and perhaps EVIL governess in that suit. (Sasha, of course, looks like her VERY BORED charge.)

Andrea Casiraghi, his daughter India and Tatiana Santo Domingo

I know Tatiana Santo Domingo is very chic (and her coat is amazing; click on the photo to see it HUGE), but I think she has Resting Planning a Killing Spree Face. (I have Resting Homicide Face myself, so I feel her. And fear her.)

Monaco National Day

From left to right: Louis Ducruet, Princess Stephanie, Princess Alexandra, Princess Caroline, Sacha Casiraghi, and Charlene. Alexandra's coat is lovely, and I feel like Sacha is VERY INTERESTED in Char's (fab) hat.