Anna Wintour went to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday for a special investiture conducted by King Charles himself. In a 2023 honors list, Wintour was made a Companion of Honour for her services to fashion. For the palace appearance, Wintour went with a pale grey suit by McQueen, paired with an amethyst necklace which has some royal history. According to People Mag, the amethysts once belonged to Queen Mary (King Charles’s great-grandmother), and it’s likely that Wintour bought the amethysts or the necklace itself at auction. She’s owned the necklace for years and she wears it to many big events.
While Wintour only met with the king yesterday, she was asked about the sus report that she had offered an American/global Vogue cover to the Princess of Wales. The Mail’s initial story was weird though, and it definitely seemed like Kate was the one offering herself to Wintour. Given that the report was followed by Kensington Palace’s announcement that they would no longer give fashion IDs for Kate (because “substance over style”), it’s all been very weird messaging from Team Keen. Well, Wintour was asked about it and this is what happened:
Dame Anna Wintour offered a cryptic response today when questioned about rumours that the Princess of Wales had been offered global Vogue covers.
The fashion editor addressed the speculation with a smile during her visit to Buckingham Palace, where she received one of Britain’s highest honours.
“Yeah, I don’t know where those rumours have come from, do you?” Wintour said when asked about the reports during the investiture ceremony.
Yeah, she’s not going to say anything to alienate the Windsors, especially when she’s standing in Buckingham Palace. If she made Kate an offer, Wintour would be cryptic about it too. But it also feels like Wintour is sort of pushing back, as in – don’t believe everything Kensington Palace briefs to the Daily Mail. As if the Mail would get that information exclusively, you know?
Fashion editor Dame Anna Wintour told the King she will not stop working as she removed her trademark sunglasses when she was honoured at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace pic.twitter.com/ScsfHipVwK
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Hahahaha. It’s not happening, Keen. I think she pivoted to substance over style once she tested the waters about a cover and AW didn’t bite. Now she is all substance and doesn’t care about frivolous fashion crap. I think she dressed down on purpose for the museum visit. Her clothes looked like second-hand.
That suit is GORGEUS.
I love the concept of the suit: the subtle plaid, even the boots but the jacket looks like she didn’t have time to alter it, so she simply folded over the front and pinned it in place. LOL! But what do I know (shrug)…. Love the amethysts though, always have.
I was coming here to say just that. I thought my suit-wearing days were over…
Love, love, love that suit.
Absolutely believable an offer was made to Vogue, and Wintour, cat that she is, is enjoying playing with her food.
Waity has no. Style and copies Meghan who was wearing trouser suits before waity ever did ! She is deluded to think vague want her on their cover
The suit is gorgeous, she looks great 👍
I, too, love the suit! And the necklace! I’m probably just too provincial but I don’t enjoy the boots and would’ve preferred a black boot but I’m decidedly NOT Anna Wintour so I’m probably wrong.
That necklace is stunning!!
Yeah Anna isn’t going to say either way. I think if Kate agreed to do an interview about her recovery, then yes she would get the cover. But a photo spread with no article wouldn’t look good for Kate at all, especially with this new substance (what substance?) over style thing she now wants.
Maybe Carole and Kate scheme d over this to no avail
That’s my sense about the matter.
Would not surprise me!
I don’t like her but I like her outfit. It’s very cool. I’m also happy she just didn’t fall over the Kate debacle. Tho if she did, so what? Woman with royal awards gives royal woman a photoshoot. Like most of them have had at some point. Does it matter? They’re all so irrelevant.
if Kate did a Vogue cover, they would absolutely publicize the designers worn during the photoshoot, Which is something that apparently KP/Kate think is frivolous.
That’s why we know the vogue cover was not wanted by Anna. Had fakey been on vogue it would be about the clothes. Vogue doesn’t want waity so kp say, you can’t talk ugly clothes. It’s hilarious. Even worse than charcoal and poo brown – appalling. Charcoal and plum or magenta would have been more appropriate.
I don’t believe Anna Wintour offered Khate the cover of U.S Vogue, but I believe she offered it to Meghan and maybe got turned down. Wintour has said out loud that Harry and Meghan are number one on her wishlist for attendance to the Met Ball. Given where this piece of false gossip was published a U.K tabloid found out Wintour has offered the cover to Meghan and tried to lie and say it was Khate. Wintour probably offered Meghan the cover to coincide with her new Netflix live style show.
She’s so crafty to toss the ball right back at them – I don’t know, do you?
Anna never looks great, and that’s surprising. Not bad but the accessories are never elevating the look, the tailoring isn’t on point, her posture is bad. All the fashion resources in the world and she never kills it
Agreed.
I said last week that I felt that the DM made up that Vogue cover story and KP’s announcement about Kate wanting the press to focus on her work instead of her fashion further convinces me that it’s not true.
I think it was a diplomatic “no”
The suit looks amazing especially with those snakeskin boots and THAT necklace — wow! And ha ha ha even if Anna offered K a Vogue cover, Team Keen definitely ruined it with that substance over style statement issued the day before Anna’s honor at BP.
LOL! That was the biggest self-own. I see it’s still amateur hour at KP! They should have known that Anna was receiving this award! SMH
As soon as I heard it thought it was bullshit, as did many who read and comment here on CB. Kate has nothing to offer but wiglets and Jazz hands. Even to Vogue being white and skinny is not aspirational enough to throw her on the cover of Vogue.
I LOVE her suit. The houndstooth check, the drape of the jacket, the beautifully cut skirt, the boots. All fabulous.
And the jewelry goes perfectly with it.
Unpopular opinion: sometimes it is ok to stop working. Considering the uninspired state of Vogue, it needs a new leadership.
KP knows how to shut down the news they don’t like out there, especially in british media. They let this rumor stay out there for some reason.
I totally agree with your opinion!
My unpopular opinion: that suit looks like warmed over 80s slop, and the boots make it worse.
A no comment from Witnour but still egg on the faces of KP and the Middletons. A Vogue cover will undermine the substance over style pitch they’re doing for Kate now.
Now that Anna W has received an award from Charles she is effectively team Windsor and can never offer Vogue cover shoot to Meghan according to aussie journalist Daniela Eiser. Eiser conveniently forgot that Meghan refused to appear on the Vogue cover when she edited the Vogue Sep issue some years back.
The suit is perfection. She looks stunning.
The contrast between the bananas amethysts and the plain gold band is very good.
That suit is gorgeous and quite frankly its a great example for Kate of how to do a monochromatic look that works for your body, doesn’t look dated, and is still very interesting, especially with the amethysts, that stand out and are gorgeous but not in an overly obnoxious way. They go with the overall look.
If Anna offered a cover to Kate, it would involve a photoshoot and I would imagine Anna would want more control over it – not the weird cowboy one Kate did before. And yes, the clothes would be a big focus and there would be an interview. So I can imagine a situation where KP reached out to Vogue, the response was that “well maybe. But anna gets to pick the clothes and there’s an interview” and KP backtracked with the whole substance of style BS.
Kate’s BV cover was a hot mess and I’m sure they dont want a repeat.
I think British vogue isn’t controlled directly by AW because I cannot see Anna being ok with the mess that was Kate’s cover. I’m still not over how they changed the eyebrows on her face where she was barely recognizable.
oh its definitely not controlled directly by AW (although she may have influence) because that cover was a hot mess like I said. It was so boring!!!
When the British Vogue cover came out, AW didn’t have global control. Now she does as global chief content officer and artistic director of Conde Nast, and the global editorial director and editor-in-chief of Vogue (not Vogue US, VOGUE).
I’ve been in 🥰 with a GOOD gray suit ever since I saw Kim Novak wear the HELL outta one through most of the iconic movie “Vertigo”…I put Anna’s suit in that group❣️
#Sublime
I LOL’d at Wintour’s answer. KP shouldn’t mess with the woman who inspired Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada.”
(Minor note: I’ve never understood how Wintour can bear to wear sunglasses indoors. But she has truly committed to the bit.)
I think Anna was hinting that the rumors came from KP
Apparently the author of the article is friendly with Natasha
She probably saw that brown outfit.
This isn’t the Queen Mary amethyst necklace. Anna has only publicly worn that one once before. Not sure if she owns it or borrowed it. It has diamonds surrounding each amethyst.
https://royalwatcherblog.com/2022/03/24/queen-marys-amethyst-tiara/
Love when the lies of KP and the fail are exposed..
I always wonder about Wintour’s sunglasses. Is it an insecurity thing or are they prescription and look better than regular glasses? I’m sure Kate will get another Vogue cover some time soon but it will be because of her official title more than the individual and what she does. The story is what really happened this past year with her health and the shifting narrative surrounding it, and that’s never coming out willingly.
The amethyst necklace may be borrowed. A family member owns a jewellers and it has been rumoured that she borrows from his firm.