Crown Princess Mary

This dates from when CPM and CPF were at the UN -- embargo lifted! -- and I hope this is her current Facebook profile pic. (I assume her fake Facebook name is, like, "Kate Middleton.")

Crown Princess Mary

This certainly says, "SERIOUS EVENT ABOUT THE WORLD."

Crown Princess Mary

This was at an event celebrating 25 years of gay marriage in Denmark (way to go, Denmark, although apparently it's technically 2 years of gay marriage and 25 years of civil partnerships [the Getty caption confused me]), and these two dudes with her are the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, and American Ambassador to Denmark, Rufus Gifford. Mary looks very nice -- if staid; try some jewelry, Mar! -- and now we all know one totally important thing: the US Ambassador to Denmark is TOTALLY CUTE.

Felipe and Letizia attend dinner at 'Casa de ABC'

This is a VERY GOOD LOOK for both of these two. Super glam.

Felipe and Letizia

I always like it when he matches his tie to her shirt. It's just cute to me.

Felipe and Letizia

I have literally never been able to resist the crowd shot. (And here, I suppose, the very rare Lady Buttoning Her Suit Jacket.)

Letizia

"You want me to do WHAT with this?"

Letizia and Felipe

This sort of feels like she got cold at the last minute and grabbed the first blazer she saw.

Letizia at Cross Fundraising Day

But this is MADLY cute and super right for a Red Cross event, and might be my favorite thing she's worn in a long time. On the whole: GOOD JOB this week, Letizia.

Leonor, Felipe, and Letizia's TERRIFYING WAX FIGURES

I did not even know that the Spanish royals HAD wax figures, but of course they do! The Princess Leonor figure is new AND TERRIFYING, apparently to match her mother, who also looks UNRECOGNIZABLE AND TERRIFYING. I may never sleep again.

Prince Carl Philip

Ahem, per our image service: "HRH Prince Carl Philip of Sweden at the grinder of Dongfeng Race Team during the ProAm Race for the Volvo Ocean Race in Alicante, Spain. The Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 is the 12th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain on October 4, 2014, the route, spanning some 39,379 nautical miles, visits 10 ports in 10 countries (Spain, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, China, New Zealand, Brazil, United States, Portugal, France and Sweden) over nine months. The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean race for professional racing crews." That sounds fun and also FOREARMS.

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene

She's in Dior -- the entire event was Dior sponsored; there's a write-up of it from the Los Angeles Times that you might find interesting -- and I am slightly concerned about what they're going to do to her henceforth.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit

I'm confused by essentially everything happening at this school visit. If this is a relay race, that's not how you do it!

Queen Maxima

THIS on the other hand feels like total business as usual.

Sophie Wessex

Apparently, her bow did NOT hit the mark. No secret life as a Robin Hood-esque glamorous archer/forest-bandit for Sophie. Although if she WERE secretly robbing from the rich and giving to the poor (a) she WOULD hide her secret archery skills in public and (b) she's in a very good position to do said job.

Sophie Wessex

I feel like there's something SLIGHTLY weird about the proportions on this, but overall, she looks good. Imagine this with a patterned shoe, Sophie! JUST IMAGINE.

Sophie Wessex

THE SCOURGE OF BEIGE SHOES CONTINUES.

Queen Elizabeth and the new High Commissioner for Singapore, Ms Foo Chi Hsia

"Here we go with this whole thing again. God."

QE2 and Angelina Jolie

"WHO IS EVEN LOOKING AT THE RUG?" Angie got the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (making her an honorary Dame) for her "services to UK foreign policy and the campaign to end war zone sexual violence." Hardly the most important fact in this paragraph, but not for nothing, she also looks PERFECT. Ralph & Russo knock it out of the park again.

Princess Beatrice

I will never love these Taco Shoes, but overall, Bea looks lovely here, no?

Pierre Casiraghi

Meanwhile, Pierre's tie is too short.

Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg are greeted by Crown Prince Naruhito

Guillaume and Stef are visiting Japan at the moment, and her coatdress is very cute. Is she ALSO pregnant? I have some suspicions. UTERINE SUSPICIONS.

Royals Round-Up, October 10th, 2014

This week's Round-Up brings you ARCHERY and LEOPARD PRINT and FOREARMS and ANGELINA JOLIE and PLASTIC BODIES. Wait, what? Elsewhere: Here's an update from the Poppies Project at the Tower of London, from Maclean's. It's so sad and incredibly beautiful. (Here's our original post about it.) Princess Anne visited Ethiopia and Tanzania last week; the article about the trip (and by extension Anne herself) is well worth your time. (The Express) This is fascinating, from The Independent: Emperor’s old clothes (and chattels) go under the hammer as Monaco’s royal family sells off rare collection of Napoleon’s possessions. We don't get a ton of news from the Japanese royal family, and this is interesting, from The Japan Times: Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo Taisha priest, relinquishes royal status. Apparently, if you're a Japanese princess and you marry a commoner, you HAVE to relinquish your royal status. I feel like that rule really restricts your options if you're a Japanese princess who'd like to remain one. There was a piece in People last week about Princess Grace, from Prince Albert, that you will probably also enjoy. The pictures, in particular, are great. I love it when The Court Jeweller runs pieces that originally ran in the New York Times a hundred years ago -- like this one: "Men Wear Hidden Jewels." To wit: "Investigations among West End jewelers disclose the fact that there is an extensive trade in curios and costly articles, worn beneath ordinary clothing, such as snakes around waists, necks, and legs, bangles, chains, and amulets of various, singular designs." As always, the comments are fascinating as well. Via Hello! here's Prince Carl Philip and Sofia's engagement photo! ALSO thanks to Hello! Charlene and Albert are for sure having twins. Prince Harry popped over to the Pride of Britain awards (I have no photos of him, or else I of course would share. ) Rumor has it that Prince William is coming to New York in November or December; Kate's attendance, of course, would depend on her health, which still seems rocky. I feel like I'll believe it when I see it -- it seems like awfully short notice, to me. TIME WILL TELL. (What Kate Wore) ALSO! You know how People refers to Kate as "Princess Kate" when that's not technically her title? They have a whole article about that today (I am sure their royals reporter, who does a great job, was like, "you guys, please, everyone is making me insane talking about this all the time," because I know he knows it's not technically her title) asking the readership to vote on what they ought to call her.