Felipe and Letizia
I love a good Balcony Smooch.
Felipe and Letizia
Any kind of smooch, actually.
Felipe and Letizia and a Statue
I even like a half-hearted hug from statues.
Letitiza
I love this tiara. It might be my favorite of all the tiaras in all the lands.
Letizia
I like it so much, I pulled two photos of it. I also wonder if Letizia and Kate ever get on the phone to chat about the best places to get black lace gowns.
Felipe and Letizia
I LOVED this dress on her.
Felipe and Letizia
And this one is also fabulous.
Felipe and Letizia
I think we're all happy that Felipe kept the beard this year.
Queens Letizia and Mathilde
I also love this on Letizia. She NEVER wears this silhouette, and it's so flattering on her. Queen Mathilde looks like she's regretting wearing a feathered wreath on her head.
Felipe and Letizia
They look so festive here! And cold.
Queen Letizia
This was a great blazer.
Queen Letizia
And all of this works. This is like the best of her Sensible ADA Tendencies, sort of jazzed up.
Felipe and Letizia
I approve strongly of the red lip.
Lalla Salma and Letizia
I like to think that Letizia just accepted that she was never going to look as dramatic as Lalla Salma when she and Felipe visited Morocco and decided to just give in and beige it up.
Letizia and Princess Leonor
I cannot look at this photo without laughing.
The Spanish Royal Family
Felipe: One of the few men who can really pull off white jeans in a non-polo capacity.
Crown Princess Mary
"No, seriously. Everyone really DOES look hotter in sunglasses."
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
I am OBSESSED with this dress on CPM. It's so glam.
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
I ALSO love this skirt (and how delighted CPF looks here).
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
Remember that time the Danish Royal Family made a lush and luxurious olive oil ad?
Crown Princess Mary
Or when we decided this was her Facebook profile picture.
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
In which CPF feels uneasy in an uncharacteristic (but fetching!) grey suit.
Crown Princess Mary
"Call Kate and tell her about this great new striped shirt designer I discovered. No, CALL HER NOW."
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
This is wacky in a way that really works.
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
Ditto.
Crown Princess Mary
I covet this coat.
Princess Benedikte and Crown Princess Mary
And admire this pillbox hat.
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
And just flat-out love this hat.
Crown Princess Mary
This is ALSO fabulous. CPM had an extremely successful year, fashion-wise.
Crown Princess Mary
Even in this. (It's traditional! And festive! And annoying to small children, which is always a plus.)
Princess Josephine
I enjoy this child.
Maxima and Willem-Alexander
Speaking of people I enjoy, at the World Cup.
Maxima and President Obama
I feel like Maxima ALWAYS has a good time, everywhere.
Willem-Alexander, Maxima, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie
Even when she's wearing THIS INSANE WHATEVER THIS IS.
Queen Maxima
Or whatever this might possibly be atop her head.
Queen Maxima
Or she's dressed like part of Princess Anne's Army of Royal Spies. (Princess Anne will get some attention paid to her later, don't worry.)
Queen Maxima
I actually think this outfit is amazing, but I also enjoy how the Out of Focus Man behind her seems SHOCKED TO THE CORE by her hat.
Queen Maxima
W-A is like, "MY WIFE IS THE BEST!" She IS wearing the hell out of her tiara here.
Queen Maxima
And she does not shy from a giant shiny sleeve.
Queen Maxima and King W-A
Nor from a GIANT HUGE GOWN and a SWEEPING CAPE.
Queen Maxima
Maxima. This hat is bonkers!
Queen Maxima
But I secretly love this.
Queen Maxima
And I legitimately adore this coat.
Queen Maxima
Bye, Maxima! See you next year!
Crown Princess Victoria
Over briefly to the Swedes, where this was easily one of the gowns of the year.
Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Daniel
This is, I believe, a sustainable dress from H&M and she also has it in black, and honestly both of them leave me...well, not cold. Lukewarm. But it's hard to top that red gown, regardless.
Crown Princess Victoria
This skirt is terrifically sassy
Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Daniel
I'm pretty sure that necklace is glamorous and fun.
Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Daniel
And THIS necklace is definitely made of candy.
Princess Estelle
Wee Princess Estelle has so much personality.
Princess Leonore's Royal Christening in Sweden
For example, here, Princess Estelle DOES NOT CARE about her little cousin's christening.
Prince Carl-Philip
I never deny an opportunity to ogle the swim trunks of others.
Prince Felix, Princess Claire and Princess Amalia of Luxembourg
BABIES!
Charlene and Albert
The wave! (In the spirit of kindness, I decide not to show you the pants Charlene was wearing at this event. THEY WERE HORRIBLE and they also were what made me think she was pregnant, which she was. Your pants cannot fool me, Charlene.)
Andrea Casiraghi and Sasha
Shirtless Princes Holding Babies: An Unauthorized Calendar that I'm working on right now.
Andrea Casiraghi and Sasha
Unimpressed Royal Babies of the World: the OTHER calendar I'm working on.
Charlotte Casiraghi
Here, perhaps Charlotte's most glam look. I LOVE this dress.
Charlotte Casiraghi
Although this, too, is grand. Keep it up, Charlotte!
Queen Mathilde
I feel like Maxima sent this hat to Mathilde as a joke, but Mathilde didn't get it.
Queen Mathilde
Although she too apparently loves a HUGE HAT. This thing gets its own zip code.
Queen Mathilde and QE2
This photo is meaningful me for two reasons: (a) I think Mathilde looks amazing and (b) this photo was the one that began our long-running joke about how much QE2 hates her rug. MEMORIES!