Re: [lace-chat] Queen's dress

2005-12-26 Thread spindexr
Quite the hat on Camilla! I didn't realise they were wearing them below the eyebrows this year. ;-) I'll watch when I get home. Our network at work blocks video and streaming because of the high bandwidth usage. Thanks. It takes me back to Christmas at Granny's, where we had to drop everything

Re: [lace-chat] Queen's dress

2005-12-26 Thread Brenda Paternoster
The turquoise dress she wore for the Christmas Day message was much more frumpy looking than the one in Rolf's portrait. There's currently a picture from teh Christmas day broadcast and a link to watch/listen to the whole message at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4558418.stm Brenda On 26 Dec 2

Re: [lace-chat] Queen's dress

2005-12-26 Thread spindexr
Wearing the same colour for a few decades must save a lot of shopping and dressing time. Not to mention that your kids would always know what to get you for your birthday. I enjoyed the article about her portrait. I'm not sure *I* would have the courage to say 'I was afraid she'd look like a No

[lace-chat] Queen's dress

2005-12-26 Thread Jean Nathan
Avital wrote: Predictable turquoise. That seems to be her favourite at the moment. She wore that colour in the portrait painted for her 80th birthday by Rolf Harris. Part of it can be seen at: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10360934 and the face detail at: ht