Whitehall - this morning.

The first photo shows the Royal spouses of Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Edward and Princess Anne.

After the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh respectively laid their wreaths they stood immobile whilst all the wreaths were laid by the various countries and organisations. Please someone persuade the Royal pair to be seated for the rest of the ceremony. Phillip is 90 for goodness sake.

I was amused to hear a rather beautiful historian comment on the fact that the Duchess of Cambridge and her mother recently shared hats and how wonderful that the Royal Family were recycling expensive clothes. Princess Anne has been doing that for decades and I’m sure HM would do the same - even more so having been brought up in wartime.

This young lady also said the Royal family had never been known as fashion icons apart from Diana. In fact the Duke of Windsor – the one who abdicated - was famous for the Windsor knot – a way of knotting one’s tie and also rather garish Windsor checks. He is the Prince of Wales in the article below.

"No one completely personified English qualities in attire than the Prince of Wales...Whatever he chose to wear was considered correct and in good taste and was accepted by millions of others in America and elsewhere. Following are a few of the styles that can be traced right back to the Duke of Windsor, either because he wore them first or was responsible for their spread..."

-they include such fashion innovations as:
*The Panama hat
*The spread collar
*The brown buckskin shoe
*The Guards Overcoat, to name only a few.

I missed Prince Harry – he must be serving elsewhere. Oh he is in California doing a two month helicopter training course.