Here are more photos from the Qatari state visit to the UK. Prince William and the Princess of Wales first traveled to greet Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani at the hotel or whatever. Then William and Kate traveled with the Qatari royals to Whitehall, where they joined King Charles for the Horse Guards parade. Camilla skipped – she didn’t want to be out in the cold while she was still feeling the effects of a lingering cold. Camilla did join Charles, William and Kate at the lunch for the Qatari royals though. From People:
Charles was driven from Buckingham Palace down the mall which was decorated, as is tradition, with the U.K. and Qatar flags. When his royal limousine pulled up at Horse Guards Parade, and was heralded with the National Anthem, God Save The King, and then William and Kate arrived with the guests from Qatar at around 12.10pm, U.K. time.
Kate wore a coat by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen and hat by Sahar Millinery — both in the burgundy color that matched the color of the Qatar flag, and jewelry from the late Queen Elizabeth. Soon after she and William stepped onto the platform, she curtsied to her father-in-law Charles, 76, before she and William were taken along the greeting line.
Charles then took the Amir to the center of the pavilion for the playing of the national anthems, and the Prince and Princess of Wales took their place alongside the party. Following that greeting at Horse Guards Parade, Kate and William headed back to Buckingham Palace in a carriage procession with Charles and the Qatari guests. The visit continued with a lunch and a viewing of treasures from the Royal Collection that are relevant to Qatar.
“The burgundy color that matched the color of the Qatar flag”– it’s true. I looked up the flag of Qatar, and it’s absolutely burgundy and white. Kate has been MIA for most of the year, but for her first state visit of 2024, ol’ girl still went for flag-dressing! LOL. I was genuinely thinking, it’s weird that she didn’t try to wear something from Qatar or designed by a Qatari designer. But she just went with flag-dressing.
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- King Charles III ahead of a Ceremonial Welcome for the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Jawaher at Horse Guards Parade during the state visit to the UK of the Emir of Qatar and the first of his three wives Featuring: King Charles III Where: London, United Kingdom When: 03 Dec 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales greet Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Jawaher in London on behalf of the King for their state visit to the UK Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 03 Dec 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales greet Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Jawaher in London on behalf of the King for their state visit to the UK Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 03 Dec 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales greet Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Jawaher in London on behalf of the King for their state visit to the UK Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 03 Dec 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales greet Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Jawaher in London on behalf of the King for their state visit to the UK Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 03 Dec 2024 Credit: Cover Images
As long as she can buy a new coat and ugly fascinator Katie is as happy as a pig in slop. I thought the mistress queen had a respiratory infection and was resting?
Lazy ass welfare queens.
Welfare royals is the right word.
They dont need more than few new fashion pieces and shiny jewelry to show us and they’re happy…
I do have to say that the boots are nice
So she did what she always does and theme dresses. She is very very limited.
She like an air hostess from Qatar airways. I have nothing against air hostesses. And I bet they will do a much better job illustrating the safety instruction than Kate 😄
Ahhh, that’s the necklace she wore to Prince Philip’s furneral, I think. And the chanel bag.
Yeah, a more intelligent person would have tried to source a Qatar designer (be it jewellery or dress or a clever accessory) for this meeting.
I loathe that necklace. It always reminds me of a certain female anatomy, but sparkly. Vagazzled.
Imo she just never wears appropriate jewelry to events. That’s not a daytime necklace.
Nooooooo! Now I can’t unsee that 🙁
Every photo of Kate makes me think of the ‘ass vs. face’ debate – which I admit I don’t fully understand. But I think it means, applied here, if Kate wasn’t so stick thin, her face would be a little more full and look less saggy and severe. She’s in her early 40’s, but her face has always looked much older, and I think it’s because of its lack of fat. Anyone else?
I disagree in that I think she does look early forties so she matches her age, but I agree that if her face was fuller, she should look younger. She always has looked her best IMO during her pregnancies because her face filled out.
Martha Stewart is a perfect example of ass vs face
Aging is inevitable but clinging to her long hair and fussy updos really doesn’t help her age with grace.
The Victorian school marm look doesn’t help either.
I believe the ass vs face comment was first used by Bridget Bardot when she stated as a woman gets older – if she tries to save her body (staying thin) it takes a toll on the face. The more meat you have on your body the belief was it helps round the face and thus looks less aged. But with modern technology, I don’t think it holds as true as it did when it first was made popular.
Catherine Deneuve also said it. That was the first time I remember hearing it. She said she got to the point where she had to decide whether to stay the same weight or gain a few pounds to save her face. She picked gaining the weight.
How much did she spend on that coat dress and tailoring/bespoking? Because it’s not tailored right, or at least doesn’t look right.
She could probably have done the look much more cheaply by sourcing a uniform from the national airline as that’s all I’m seeing here.
@HeatherC I suspect the coat isn’t hanging quite right because the button that does up the button hole nearer the coat edge has been moved over. I’m thinking this was done to show off how thin Kate is but it just means it pulls and hangs funny. All that money on a bespoke coat and then an amateur does that?
It’s just dull.
She manages to make fashion — even leather boots –look dull.
Why? Nobody else found it necessary to theme dress. Isn’t it sufficient to fly the actual flag and play the song?
Imagine if the Amir’s wife arrived wearing a giant Union Jack.
I’ll be damned if her funny little fascinator isn’t a straight up copy of Qatar Airways cabin crew ladies hats
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/qatar-airways-cabin-crew–71142869192052187/
Kate is channeling her mom.
Because of course she did.
Very ‘doors to manual’ vibe overlaying her regular buttons/school marm look.
The burgundy suits her.
This is an attempted (& failed) Meghan cosplay, imo. The monochromatic look is vintage Meghan. Even the hat is something Meghan became known for during her time as a royal.
The coat dress collar and neckline is interesting but weird. The coat dress is more like the Kate of old, but the monochromatic part is definitely inspired/copied off of Meghan.
Guess she’s back to that now, 😒
Interesting that she curtsied to KC but W didn’t have to … implying W had seen KC but K hadn’t yet. Had W seen K since the night before? 🧐
I love the little purses. That’s all.
It’s a very pretty coat dress. She looks tired.
That’s her only talent.
Her coats for me are to die for!
And I really like this outfit.
Pearls included.
The full length lavender color coat is stunning and makes Waity and her choice look old and dated and out of touch with current fashion, her fashion choices are always just fugly, the only exceptions are when she is very obviously copying Meghan’s wardrobe.
Did William avoid taking her hand? He does not look “friendly” with her. She looks rather strained and the eyebrows look somewhat off.
The one eyebrow is making an escape. Usually a sign of a few “refreshing” jabs.
It looks like William’s avoiding another grab-ass moment from Kate.
THIS. It’s the first thing I thought when I saw his posture. Also that he has increasingly been attempting to immitate H’s hand gestures and positions and facial expressions.
She does look rather… dazed.
I’m trying to decide if its just the pictures that Kaiser chose or what….but she does look really dazed and out of it.
If you compare to last years flashing fest, she does look a bit out of it this year. William is also mostly ignoring her and she’s looking more neutral and spaced out than angry. It’s likely to avoid a repeat of the car photo from, last year where they both looked miserable.
Compared to last years flashing event…I’m trying to remember but didn’t we also theorize possible medication then as well? Combined with a desire for attention and possibly goading a reaction from William.
@Nic919 yes spaced out is a good term, especially in the car pics. There’s almost no emotion there, whether she’s happy or annoyed or angry or what.
It could be the photos selected, but she’s had that look in varying degrees for about a year and a half. I mentioned in the summer of 2023 that she has that very distinct glazed look a lot at her engagements, and was accused of saying that Kate was on drugs. She looks like someone that is either still trying to figure out how much she needs for functioning or is topping up so to speak to get through anxiety inducing events. Either way she looks very much out of it in these photos whether chemically induced or not, like she’s trying to keep her focus on just getting through so she can go back home where she’s comfortable.
Why would we think she’d change her Modus Operandi at this point? lol. While I do like the outfit (love that burgundy color), it seems to drain the life out of her. Or maybe it’s just that she *looks* like she’s drugged and out of it? Normally, she’d be gurning, and overly animated to hog the spotlight. Now, she just seems…defeated?
I’m really starting to think that scar above and through her eye area was a “self-harm”, and she’d been in an inpatient facility all those months (or “home treated” for privacy), and she’s still medicated.
Yeah, judging from her subdued appearance here, I think your theory is quite possible..
Funnily enough, I like Kate in burgundy.
“ that scar above and through her eye area was a “self-harm””
I can’t believe William could have been made to perform in the “happy families” video and Carole be so dead silent throughout Kategate if that were the reason for the scar.
IG, he could be silent if he was afraid she’d go public saying he and his wandering scepter the *cause* of the self-harm, or that “Mr. Family Man” wasn’t living with his family. Let’s face it, if that family decides you’re out, you’re gone. *She* could be blackmailing *him* if she feels she has nothing to lose.
I don’t know (obviously!! lol). The kids are the wild cards here (how are they kept quiet, when you have to know their friends’ parents are probably prompting their kids to ask questions). Kind of telling how W said Charlotte burst into tears seeing his beard. If he was living *with* them, she’d’ve seen it daily, growing, and it wouldn’t be a shock.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Who knows at this point.
That was my thought, that she looks heavily medicated. At least she didn’t get out of the carriage with her dress hiked up like at the other state visit.
Cb ,please tell me, are there any photos of Camilla and Kate in the recent months? This Camilla’s cold seems to appear whenever there is am engagement with Kate…am I overly suspicious or something else is going on?
The trooping balcony and….todays lunch. Was Camilla at the Remembrance concert? I can’t remember. I think there are likely some issues bw the wales and the king and queen.
There are photos with the 2 of them together at the lunch? I know about trooping, I was wondering if there any photos after that, p.e. remembrance day? I don’t think Camilla showed up because of her cold and Kate didn’t attend the diplomatic reception…
So, she lucked out with the flag color bc I tend to think Kate looks good in burgundy. I like the boots and matching gloves. But she has other burgundy coats right? She did that whole matchy matchy burgundy dress brigade at one of her Christmas carols. So why a new one? But overall it looks good to me except for two things, as I said on the other thread. I don’t like the dumb little hat and I don’t like that necklace.
I agree that the necklace is a fail! It’s too dressy for the coat dress and the occasion IMO.
She really lucked out, burgundy is allegedly the big color for the Fall/Winter season this year.
Then she has to go and ruin it with that necklace…
She would fit right in at Qatar Airways with that outfit.
I find this look to be boring and like I’ve seen it before on her.
It reminds me of what she wore on that 1 yr anniversary of the queen’s death and she and baldimort stood in front of a chair with a picture of her face. Anyone remember that weird occasion? lol
It also looks like something she’s worn on a Christmas walk before. Idk. It’s dull but that’s her style.
I do think it’s fairly dull but it mostly just seems like something she would wear. Or yes has worn before. A very safe choice. Especially in comparison to the last state visit she attended.
Do do you think she knows she’s dressed like a Qatari air stewardess? Nothing would surprise me.
Though the head-to-foot green she dressed in for her Irish trip will take some beating.
Just an FYI, when you are entertaining Middle Eastern dignitaries or royals, you do not want the focus to be on a designer. Capice?
Yeah that’s why she wore McQueen, because she didnt want anyone to talk about a designer.
this is one of the reasons the late queen relied so heavily on her “private dressmaker” or one or two go-to designers/dressmakers especially as she aged.
Palmolive put out a tweet with the designer details and when someone pointed out that KP was supposed to have stopped doing that he got snarky.
That said if she wore a repeat the designer issue also becomes irrelevant.
With a lot of practice, the royals have become really proficient in their usage of health caused reasons for absences. So I don’t believe the Cam is still ill, she just didn’t want to come. And as far as Kate’s outfit, I don’t like the funky collar on the coat dress, but I’m a complete sucker for all one color dressing, and I love the color, the hat, the gloves and the boots. So I think she looks appropriate and well groomed. I really have thought she looked medicated in the past, but not this time. I just don’t know why she keeps hanging around. I would be gone at the first sign my husband didn’t want me. Oh, wait, I forgot about the children. She really does delight in them. So, I guess she’s at their mercy.
The kids are raised by Nannies.
I saw the boots and thought of the line from Kinky Boots: “Ugh. Burgundy.”
Good God, everything doesn’t have to be burgundy. The boots. The gloves. The purse. The hat. Make it stop.
It’s this season’s on-trend colour ……… apparently.
She looks like a flight attendant from quatar airways, theme dressing at its best
I like her coat but don’t think the hat goes. It’s too…. Flat? I don’t know. It makes her look bulky instead of elegant.
I’m not perturbed about her outfit or flag dressing. She’s on brand and waring the country colors are part of her “service and duty.”
I hate the necklace with this outfit. She could use a darker lipstick shade. That’s all I’ve got.
Already searching for an ID on the boots – I need those stat. Only good thing I can say here lol
Per Hello magazine, those are Gianvito Rossi.
It is clear that W&K were strickly monitored to behave a certain way, to avoid negative headlines and speculations. But all their moves echo is, staged: ”let this puppet show end already.”
How unimaginative. The spouses of these other visitors don’t dress in red white and blue.😐
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That second photo where Bill is trying to fend mrs wails off says it all. Again, predictable outfit, colour, birdsnest thing on her head – I just wonder whether her underwear matches as well?
My brain hurts trying to figure the Toxic Two’s appearances – PR of course, as well as keeping up the pretense and as my eyeballs wander over the outfit, I also wonder if mrs wails is required to prepare a detailed order for the items she wants including using the jewelry. Once the day is done it all goes back, checked off as “returned” and put out of reach until the unlikely appearance at the next event.
That is it from me.
The shampoo video was for show. In real life William still avoids being grabbed by her.
Great picture of Will doing his level best to not get his ass grabbed by his wife.