Royal-watching friends! We have a great deal of material coming our way over the next few days — Harry and Meghan came out this morning (they were supposed to be accompanied by Camilla, but she’s been sick with “a chest infection.” Those are not sarcastic quotes, they are direct quote quotes); Wills and Kate also had an event today (which we’ll get to later); Meghan has something else on tomorrow; and then everyone has a whole bunch of stuff for Remembrance Day over the weekend. (That’s like British Veteran’s Day, essentially.) I hope they’ve all been resting up. But let’s get started!
Harry and Meghan came out to a Remembrance Day event at Westminster Abbey today, which traditionally kicks off the Remembrance Day Weekend events — Harry used to go to this on his own, but obviously I can see why Meghan is coming now, and it makes sense that Camilla was invited, as Camilla is traditionally VERY adept at any event with old men. H&M also had an event yesterday that was embargoed until….I guess this morning? I saw a Tweet about it late last night here, so morning in the UK. We didn’t get a ton of pics of that, but I will toss the one I did get at the end here. It too brought another good coat!
And speaking of, I see that London is in full-on coat season (especially for someone born in Los Angeles [don’t yell at me for that comment, I am a Los Angeles native! We have thin blood! Meghan was probably freezing the entire time she lived in Toronto!]) and god bless, because we’re getting this extremely fab Sentaler coat from her today. Per a variety of Meghan Watchers on Twitter, it is old, but she hasn’t worn it on Duchess duties yet. So it’s a re-wear in the grand scheme of, you know, her LIFE, but new to us. Whatever, I do love it. I also LOVE the boots; they are Tamara Mellon, they also come in brown, and I kind of want them.
This is lovely:
Here Meghan chats to Brenda Rendell, whose late husband Richard made the slide on the Royal Yacht Britannia! Harry was delighted and promised to tell his father, who was pictured sliding on it as a young boy. pic.twitter.com/2P4ESEOtNw
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) November 7, 2019
This is very sweet:
Two year old Florence looks at the crosses laid by TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and on behalf of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall at the Field of Remembrance earlier. #LestWeForget #FieldofRemembrance pic.twitter.com/6zf5mKiFtk
— Westminster Abbey (@wabbey) November 7, 2019
There is, of course, also video. Thanks, Wabbey!
VIDEO: TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex plant their memorial crosses at the opening of the @PoppyFactory’s Field of Remembrance. #FieldofRemembrance @PoppyLegion @RoyalFamily pic.twitter.com/lgfEuhp7Op
— Westminster Abbey (@wabbey) November 7, 2019
This must be so moving in person:
Ahead of the opening of the #FieldofRemembrance this morning, here are some of the plots of memorial tributes and the large cross in which TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall will plant their own crosses. #LestWeForget pic.twitter.com/K0t7DtHZKy
— Westminster Abbey (@wabbey) November 7, 2019
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