Prince Harry

Per our Informative Caption, yesterday was "the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day," during which they attempted to raise a million pounds for veterans, and the bus is carrying around vets and celebs. And Prince Harry, who I feel like seems like a person who would delight in riding on an old bus to raise money. (He's doing a lot of good works this week.)

Prince Harry

They picked him up at Buckingham Palace and this photo looks to me like nothing so much as him realizing he's going to miss the bus if he doesn't hotfoot it over there.

Prince Harry and Members Of The Victoria Cross And George Cross Association

We had the shots of Harry entering this event earlier this week, but this is him with Victoria Cross and George Cross holders. (As we learned Wednesday thanks to Fug National Katrina, those are basically the highest British military honors awarded). This was snapped inside the State Apartments at St James's Palace, which I had never seen before. Shocker: IT'S GILDED. I was curious about the woman in this photo, Margaret Purves, so I looked her up. She's the only living woman to be awarded the George Cross, and she was given it by George VI when she was FOURTEEN YEARS OLD because she saved a Boy Scout and his leader from drowning. Pretty amazing stuff.

Queen Elizabeth II Hosts Victoria And George Cross Reception

Here they all are again, with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, this time at Buck House. This whole segment of the slideshow is like, "LOOK AT THIS MAJESTIC ROOM ALSO."

Queen Letizia

Here, Letizia and Felipe were greeting the Chilean President Michelle Bachelet for, and I quote, "a Gala dinner." I LOVE this tiara. (The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor, as always, has the deets about it.) The red lip is good on her, too.

Queen Letizia and Prince Felipe

I enjoy how doubtful Felipe seems to be of his Necklace of Great Import.*

*I know it's not technically ACTUALLY a necklace. Details.

Queen Letizia, Prince Felipe, and Queen Sofia

Letizia looks good here, too -- although I may be unduly swayed by my own love of blue.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia

Aw. You two!

King Felipe and Queen Letizia

I appreciate that a horse appears to be horning in on this moment (in which I assume they're discussing whether or not Felipe turned off the waffle iron).

Queen Letizia

Imagine if she had matched her shoes to the metallic, rather than the gray!

King Felipe

I was going to make some comment about how royals of all countries have to eyeball such a wide variety of objects in their lives, and then I noticed that the buttonhole on his lapel matches his tie and now I am done.

King Felipe

For those of you interested in bearded man in uniform.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia

Here, they're visiting Boal, which "was honoured as the 2014 Best Asturian Village. " Presumably in part due to scupltures of sad people hugging. I wonder if the rest of the villages are like, full of jealous envy of Boal and are even now vowing to up their village game. "We WILL be more picturesque, if it kills us!"

Queen Letizia

Is this skirt LEATHER? Ding dong, Letizia!

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima visit Japan

W-A and Maxima went to Japan this week, and sadly many photos of their visit are not available to me for anything other than INSANE AMOUNTS of money. Luckily, I can bring you a nice handful of classic Maxima wackiness. I do not exactly know what's happening here, but she's kind of working it. Isn't she? Am I crazy? It's possible.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima visit Japan

I LOVE this dress on Maxima (of course, she's wearing it with a coordinated bandage on her head, because she's still Maxima). The color is fab, and the cut is gorgeous. I can only assume her shoes are PURE LUNACY behind that hedge.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie

Akie Abe's black jacket may well be fabulous. Maxima is wearing a variety of sea urchins.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima

I LOVE this color, but I legitimately do not know if her dress is caught in her tights or what.

Nieuwpoort Commemorates WWI Centenary

Informative Caption Time: "German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Philippe of Belgium, Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands and Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco attend the Commemoration of 100th Anniversary of WWI marking one hundred years since the start of the first World War." Somewhere, Olivia Pope is making a note to get a call into Mathilde's people and get that coat for herself.

Crown Princess Mary

I must say, while this is totally pretty and acceptable, it's not the MOST thrilling thing CPM has ever worn. (This bouquet is exceptionally pretty, though.)

Prince Charles

Before Chaz and Cams hauled off to Colombia this week (more on that later), HE TOO hosted the Victoria/George's Cross folks, this time at a tea at Buckingham Palace. But blah blah blah about all that, what I really want to talk about is the vast amount of sandwiches and tea cakes in this picture.

Charles and Camilla

"I don't know how Kate did this holding a baby with a pillbox hat on her head without falling ass over tea kettle," they think in unison.

Charles, Camilla, a Sheep

NO ONE visits with more livestock than the British royal family.

Camilla

This is in Bogota, and this is Camilla meeting "performers from Barranquilla Carnival at a Sustainability Fair at the Ambassador's Residence." Obviously. NO ONE wears giant hats more than Camilla -- ideally ones which would begin molting at any time -- so it stands to reason that this caught her eye. A LOT of stuff has happened on this tour: Camilla was given some emeralds (as Colombia has great emeralds), there was a lot of coffee (ditto), etc.

Prince Charles and the Girls Rugby Team

I LOVE this girl. Charles is delighted by whatever she just told him and she is totally straight-faced and over it.

Camilla

"Should I pack these beige shoes for Colombia, Kate?"

"TOTALLY."

Queen Elizabeth II

QE2 popped over to Wolverhampton for a variety of events, and I cannot read the word "Wolverhampton" without thinking of Adrian Mole's Longing For Wolverhampton. Here, they're showing her stamps. I hope said stamps feature her face!

The Queen And Duke of Edinburgh Open New Jaguar Land Rover Plant In Wolverhampton

She also went to the Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre, where she got to use her I'm Pretending to Understand What You're Talking About face.

Princess Eugenie

"God Save McQueen." Very cheeky.

Royals Round-Up, October 31, 2014

First off, in case you missed it, we had some Prince Harry earlier this week, although this slideshow ALSO has EVEN MORE Prince Harry for you. It also brings you HATS and TIARAS and SHEEP and SANDWICHES and WEIRD STATUES HUGGING. Elsewhere of interest, can I direct you to the following? At said Victoria/George's Cross event, Prince Harry met (as one of you pointed out in the comments) the man who got shot three times during Princess Anne's kidnapping attempt in the 70s -- which is quite a story in and of itself. (The Express) Vanity Fair says that one of Kate's personal assistants has taken over styling her, hence the slightly saucier looks of late. Katie Nicholl writes, "The Duchess, who is around 14-weeks pregnant with her second baby, wants to be seen as on-trend and fashion forward, and doesn’t want to look older than her age." WE'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT, KATE. (Hat tip to our friends at What Kate Wore to tipping us off to this particular info.) You definitely want to see snaps of the state banquet celebrating W-A and Maxima's trip to Japan. There are gowns and tiaras! (Hello!) Also at Hello! Princess Madeleine shared a photo of her new baby, Leonore, at a pumpkin patch, if you like babies and/or pumpkins. This Vanity Fair article is old -- from 2011 -- and you may have seen it already, as it was linked in the comments last week. But if you didn't, it's FASCINATING and juicy, all about Blenheim Palace and the Duke of Marlborough (who died last week, hence the discussion). Full disclosure: I am about to link to the Daily Mail (I know). But you will want, at the very least, to see these photos of Princess Margaret (and others) in Dior (and also the aforementioned Blenheim Palace again) in this article about the 1954 Dior fashion show. The Royal Digest took a look at Oscar de la Renta and the royals, including some GREAT ensembles of Crown Princess Mary's. Our friends at The Duchess Diary talks tartans. I LOVE tartan. (I may have bought a Black Watch dress on Boden simply because it reminded me of that McQueen Coat of Kate's and I don't regret it, because it's super cute.) We have new details about the upcoming Swedish royal wedding! (It's set for June, the same day at Trooping the Color, which means...I guess I'm working that day. Also: who will the Brits send? QUESTIONS! Our friends at TCJ predict it will be Sophie and Edward, which I agree with.) It's all VERY interesting. (The Court Jeweller) This is also very interesting indeed. Let me tease you with the lede of this piece: "Last January I stepped down from my position as a scribe and illuminator to Her Majesty the Queen to focus completely on my fine art. Before I close that particular portfolio I thought it would be a good idea to talk a little about the work I did for those here, who may not be familiar with this particular art associated with the Crown." It's totally fascinating. (Royal Central)   [Photos: Splash Photos, Getty Images, ORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images, KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images, Michel Porro/Getty Images, Mark Renders/Getty Images, Anthony Devlin/PA Pool, John Stillwell/PA Wire, Joe Giddens/PA Wire]