Re: Only Opportunity for Belgian Royal Ladies to wear their jewels. Archived Message
Posted by Sal on March 7, 2013, 3:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Only Opportunity for Belgian Royal Ladies to wear their jewels."
If the royal house had you as advisor we already would be a republic by now. The monarchy can only survive when adapt to modern views and integrating some (but not all) traditions. --Previous Message-- : Henri we do not all take breakfast that late. : Besides in your favorite past (when ladies : wore their hair up and did not involve : themselves with things like jobs) dinner was : served at noon and ladies wore their jewels. : Scandinavian marriages are often in the : afternoon and are white tie events and the : men and women look amazing there. : The new king will wear white tie for his : investiture so it is not that strange to : expect the Royal ladies attending to wear : the female equivalent of white tie and that : includes tiara's and jewels. : : Do i expect them to wear it? No! : But it is one thing that i allready hold : against our soon to be monarch. If he : carries on behaving that way in his reign, i : hope it will be short and the last reign of : a monarch in the Netherlands. : : --Previous Message-- : I don't think it is crashing bore. For me : the : idea that just after breakfast you have to : hose yourself into a gown and wear Jewels : for an event around Noon is weird. : : Jewels are made to unfold their splendour in : candlelight. No matter the faceting, size : and clarity, even the purest diamond has no : chance to break, refract and reflect light : properly in broad daylight. The State : Opening of Parliament in the UK is a : wonderful event, at the same time it is also : very weird that the Lords and Ladies are in : their robes, that here and there you can : spot Peeresses or aristocrat ladies in : Jewels but the rest is in fairly common : daily suit, not even in jaquet (morning : coat). : : I can live with the way it is done in 1948, : 198O and will happen in 2013. Let us not : exaggerate: all other Investiture Ceremonies : (Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, : Norway, Monaco) were pretty sober as well. : Even the Vatican or in Japan you will not : see the glanz und gloria of diamonds in : broad daylight. : : :
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