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Official Portraits of Crown Prince Hussein & Princess Rajwa of Jordan, released to the Jordan News Agency and ET bel Arabi on the occasion of their third wedding anniversary in 2026

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Both beautiful colours. The lilac is a gorgeous colour on her. Rajwa has such a pretty smile

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Members of the Jordanian Royal Family attend the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Jordan’s Independence Day in Amman | May 25, 2026

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16 May 2026: Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa attended the Tawasol 2026 forum, where they participated in a panel discussion focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence technologies on sectoral productivity.

Speaking at the panel discussion, the Crown Prince emphasised the importance of keeping pace with technological developments, which utilise artificial intelligence as a key driver of efficiency and productivity.

His Royal Highness underscored the need to develop applications that utilise AI in both the public and private sectors, highlighting the importance of the new generation of AI in improving performance efficiency.

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Rajwa!!

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The Princess of Wales left the Centro Internazionale Loris Malaguzzi during her visit to Reggio Emilia | May 13 2026

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Those flowers are stunning

The irony of talking about misogyny while not respecting someone dressing their own body the way they want is hilarious. Day to day engagements (your apparent gripes) are not what make it to an exhibition typically. It’s usually the things worn to more royal engagements. You might think her current method isn’t successful or whatever but looking at her recent trip to Italy - the focus was entirely on what she was doing there and her interactions with kids. And it still managed to be everywhere internationally. QEII is dead and gone (may her soul RIP) and I’m glad to see the changes that have come from a new era e.g. Kate feeling like she can wear some trousers more freely like any woman her age. She can’t be a doll right now (probably for a multitude of reasons that you’re not considering because you’re hyper focused on not seeing skirts and dresses) but she is doing the job she is required to do.

Who's hyper focused on skirts and dresses? I voiced one opinion on it which i can do. I never said she's not successful so now you are reading something that isn't there.

It really isn't that deep lol

People diminishing the century long interest in royal fashion is the real issue imo, and that includes Kate and her frankly misogynistic spokesperson who had to walk back on their comments about “focus on substance, not style” for a reason. Saying that about someone who claims to champion the British textile industry was straight up stupid, and ignorant of what actually happens to those British textiles that’s being manufactured.

And whether or not people like it, royal fashion is a major thing and a big part of why people are interested in Kate. And that is okay! Not everyone is here for the work. I think royal watchers really overestimate how much the general public cares about the work royals do on a day to day basis, but if you want to bring more attention to it dressing like you’re not there is not the way to go. What does it matter if the fashion side takes a bigger part sometimes? Does that not just make more people get introduced to Kate’s work too, reading about what she was doing when wearing an outfit?

I’d also argue that Kate’s own communications team are not very good at communicating about her work, so to complain about the fashion interested people who follow her anyway was certainly a choice from her office.

No notes on anything you said. I wholeheartedly agree with you.

Diplomatic dressing is a whole genre of clothing itselfs clothing does matter - why else would there be exhibitions for QE2's clothes or Diana's clothes or wedding dresses?

Overall, I feel as if there isn't a clear direction in the Wales camp at the moment. It does not seem to be the well-oiled machine it once was. It is, dare i say, haphazard.

Clothing is a visual story but it is not the whole story when it comes to the Wales'. Something has shifted, gone amiss, however you want to frame it and the disconnect is real. The transition from Cambridge to Wales has not been smooth. The Cambridge era shouldn't have more Royal sheen than the Wales era. The big bang tiara moments (while i love them) are not the whole solution.

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Lmao the way that post is worded makes it seem so shady towards QE2

My biggest gripe with the whole blazer + trouser combo thing are comments that goes something like “they want to be more professional!”

More professional than what? Do women have to dress in traditional men’s clothing to be perceived as more professional? Why can’t that be achieved wearing a pencil skirt, or say a pantsuit that includes some interesting detail (and I’m sorry but an elastic waistband is not interesting, it’s lazy designing. A tailored peplum waist otoh, yes). This is obviously a much bigger question than just royals, it goes over all society.

I also think the oversize trend is very unflattering on almost anyone and I’m glad it seems to be fading out.

THIS

No one is saying 'death to the pantsuit' but give a little life to some other every day outfits. Fashion has become so boring now in general tbh. Everything is neutral, business-wear, "old money" aesthetic. Like the fashion equivalent of Kim K's house lol. Bring back patterns, silhouettes, textures, heck throw in the chunky accessories, bright colours. Bring back life into clothing!!

About the ordinary suits. Something came out a while back saying she didn’t want the focus to be on her clothes. Although she looks good even when she apparently tries to tone it down, you can tell with a few outfits that she wears that she really is trying to not standout. It’s makes sense. Letting people focus on the work instead.

I get that, but the thing is she is cemented in the public image now. I dont think Kate has ever been a clothes horse or a fashion guru. No hate to her, but i don't class her as the 'stylish' royal. I'm more likely to say that about other european royals. What i would say is Kate is well put together. Regardless, there's no denying the influence her clothing had for businesses. It drew attention to little known brands or high street brands that could do with a boost. I think it's a disservice to say don't focus on the clothes because it's saying they're not important when actually, they are. There are people behind those clothes that can benefit as well as the people at the engagement itself. 2 birds 1 stone situation.

Re-using clothes she already has is being mindful of a recession (not buying a new suit for engagements). I feel like the mantra is now: dress as a Royal for a Royal event, dress as a normal office worker for everything else. I don't think that's fair either because its diminishing the status of those engagements visually. In the Cambridge days, every event felt like a Royal event because she dressed as a Royal

She has very much been reusing clothes she already has and in the time following her cancer diagnosis, has been repeating clothes more than any other time she’s been royal to be honest. She has only come out wearing a new suit ONCE this year, the one she wore in Italy. I think she’s diminishing her role to you because you don’t like suits and only really care about fashion so it bothers you that you aren’t liking her choices. But she isn’t diminishing her role in a general or real sense. The person I can think of who dresses most similarly to Catherine right now is CP Victoria of Sweden and she in no way diminishes her role because she wears suits the vast majority of the time. That’s just her style. And as someone who has been through illness and a depression that followed, I fully expected Kate to go through a period of being as covered up as possible and not be so glam all the time and I wasn’t as sick as she was. I don’t know why people find it so hard to see her as a human being whose wardrobe is likely to be impacted by her state of health and mind. You’d think the diagnosis would have helped served as a reminder. In the Cambridge era, she was also probably more likely to try and appease people and now she’s in her: “I have proven myself and I’m going to put a little bit more of myself out there” era now. Her job is to show up and represent the stability of Britain, it was never a dress and coat dress horse job. In many ways, the way QEII dressed prevented her from being hands and do anything and you brought that up about W&C and they are by a large margin the most hands on royals out there. Like I didn’t expect William to be in a suit riding on the back of Greg James’s bike (as he did earlier in the year). Their mantra is “dress appropriately for the event you’re attending”. Look at the world outside, stuffy royals who can’t read a room are the last thing people need. They already struggle with the royal part of their existence a lot and right now since social media is the biggest thing, I can’t imagine a normal young person for example thinking: “You know what would really help me? Wills and Kate taking every opportunity to look distinctly different than the average Brit.” Because they don’t really actually look like the average Brit if we’re going to be honest.

I don't only care about fashion so ok. As for their style my whole thing is change it up. She has things available for variety so i would like to see that. I didnt like a lot of her early stuff actually, but I did appreciate the effort to switch it up and try new things.

I disagree that the early years were entirely an appeasement period. I believe it was more following the guidelines of the Queen. Now that the Queen isn't here, Charles doesn't have the same expectation or care and so she can disregard some of the things the Queen liked.

Variety of engagements - i get that the Early Years is an important part of her work, but there needs to be more. I feel like Kate is Early Years x Scouts x Wimbledon. When i think of Charles, Philip, Sophie Anne and Queen Elizabeth, i genuinely think 'Britain' because they were everywhere. Kate (and Will) focus heavily on particular areas at the exclusion of others so they don't feel as reachable. Also, the type of engagements they do are kind of blurring together a lot of the time. Where are the hands-on engagements, where they get to do something or make something?

I genuinely think your problems stem from not paying attention which is fine but you can’t complain about what you haven’t picked up. When I think of Kate, I think of the Early Years, art, sports, the Scouts, Wimbledon and nature. When I think of William I think of the environment, sports, farming, Duchy of Cornwall, homelessness. And I still think about them as Britain because they still attend the more traditional typical bread and butter stuff. Where are the engagements where they got to do something or make something? This year they’ve been driving boats on the Thames, making crumble at Borough Market, Kate was literally making pasta in Italy yesterday, William has made and served pasties in Cornwall, Kate was in Leicester celebrating diwali, Kate has had SEVERAL engagements celebrating the textile industry and as a result has been helping sew all manner of things. They were curling in Scotland with the national team prior to the Olympics. But I do follow their engagements so I know all of this off the top of my head.

Lol yeah I openly said I don't follow the engagements as much as i used to. If it weren't for tumblr, i wouldn't know 90% of the things they do these days. All of this was a reflection on why I am so disconnected from them now. The things you are arguing are reflective musings I had off the top of my head on how i perceive things. It isn't a complaint. I'm merely commenting on how my perception has changed since the Cambridge days to now

Dressing for the role - they are royalty. Not bank managers, not office workers, not government ministers. Royals. That means dressing in a certain way. QEII had her uniform but it was interesting. There was always something to say about it - in both her older and younger years. Compared to other royal women right now, Kate's outfits (to me) are the least royal and that's a problem because if you don't seem royal, then why should you occupy that position? William is ok-ish because men do just need to wear a good suit and its fine. He doesnt have the same flair as Charles does but hey ho.

Kate has worn a pair of trousers like 10 times this year. And she’s had wayyy more engagements than that. Why are we pretending like she wears them 24/7? Or that she wears them to services or premieres or banquets? She doesn’t. Maybe it’s a generational or cultural thing but Catherine wearing trousers as someone who is 25 and quite liberal is not a big deal to me and she doesn’t at all look like a bank manager - whatever that means. A woman wearing trousers to me is quite representative of the time we’re in and is no different to a man wearing trousers. The feeling that a woman needs to look royal by wearing flowy dresses with hats everywhere is very dated and they have to move with the times. She may not seem royal to you but that’s not a widespread issue because the places she wears trousers to are appropriate. I’m not surprised that she’s perhaps not interested in wearing a coatdress to play with kids in the mud or a meeting with business representatives she’s there to convince to dedicate more time to the early years. QEII had a uniform of the same kind of coat in many colours and an accompanying hat with the same handbag and shoes and only wore white to state banquets - there was nothing interesting about that unless of course you consider changing colours interesting.

In your rebuttal regarding QE2, I literally pointed how she wore the same style but it had points of interest. To expand: with the accessories or textures. I use 'bank manager' to denote blandness and wallflower-type approach. To each their own. If you like the style, then fine. I'm just pointing out my opinion

Walkabouts (not just on Christmas and Easter)

Do you not pay attention? They do walkabouts ALL THE TIME. If there’s a crowd, they walkabout. There is a reason they’re known for it so I have no idea what you mean by this. And an Easter walkabout has NEVER been a thing ever because big crowds don’t gather at Windsor. They literally walk to church and walk back. I feel like some of your issues are just ones you’ve kind of made up, not going to lie.

Ok, you can keep it civil. There isn't a need to be rude

“But they are going to the King and Queen one day. Are we still going to have corporate chic then?”

Queen Mary of Denmark is probably a good indication here together with Queen Letizia.

But they still vary it. Mary in particular has such a great sense of style and occassion. Even if she's dressing in corporate chic, it is interesting - there's something going on with the outfit whether it's a brooch, shoes, or switching up trousers, skirts and dresses.

The way Kate is doing it is honestly boring

Re The Prince and Princess of Wales re clothing:

In my opinion they are and have been dressing for the event that they are attending.

The Princess of Wales will wear more glamorous dress coats or dresses to State occasions, garden parties, anything which is officially ecclesiastical. So Self Portrait and that gorgeous vintage hat at the garden party. She will have a slightly more corporate wardrobe – incorporating High Street brands – for less formal events or visits to street markets or early childhood events.

Very similar to the fact that the prince of Wales has two wardrobes one is more countryside/casual and the other is suit and tie.

The Prince of Wales only wears military RAF uniform at investitures and allocations such as the cenotaph. His last military engagement for him wearing camo.

We also are heading into a very deep recession and they are bound to be mindful of that. 🇬🇧

Rebuttal: the early royal years didnt see so many suits. There were trousers, dresses, skirts and coat dresses. Now its as if there's always a blazer on hand. Re-using clothes she already has is being mindful of a recession (not buying a new suit for engagements). I feel like the mantra is now: dress as a Royal for a Royal event, dress as a normal office worker for everything else. I don't think that's fair either because its diminishing the status of those engagements visually. In the Cambridge days, every event felt like a Royal event because she dressed as a Royal.

Maybe it was the presence of QE2 who enforced that high standard and Charles isn't able to or doesnt want to maintain it?

No need to answer this if you don't feel like it, but what would be your approach if your job was to help Catherine? Clothes and otherwise, I feel so sad saying this but I feel like most of her engagements no longer have the magic they used to have... Maybe I am naive (or purely materialistic) but I can't believe it's all just in the clothes!

I feel the same way! I used to anticipate their engagements and support their endeavours and now it feels so lacklustre. At first i thought it was because i'd become older and life had become busier but knowing you feel the same changes things! Also, i got so excited for Carl Gustaf's birthday with all those royals there and actively sought out pictures.

In terms of help, off the top of my head:

Variety of engagements - i get that the Early Years is an important part of her work, but there needs to be more. I feel like Kate is Early Years x Scouts x Wimbledon. When i think of Charles, Philip, Sophie Anne and Queen Elizabeth, i genuinely think 'Britain' because they were everywhere. Kate (and Will) focus heavily on particular areas at the exclusion of others so they don't feel as reachable. Also, the type of engagements they do are kind of blurring together a lot of the time. Where are the hands-on engagements, where they get to do something or make something?

Walkabouts (not just on Christmas and Easter)

Diplomatic visits - this isn't really in their hands, but overseas visits would help boost their diplomatic gravitas. I shouldnt be looking at them and still thinking 'junior royals'. That was fine in the Cambridge days but not in the Wales days

Dressing for the role - they are royalty. Not bank managers, not office workers, not government ministers. Royals. That means dressing in a certain way. QEII had her uniform but it was interesting. There was always something to say about it - in both her older and younger years. Compared to other royal women right now, Kate's outfits (to me) are the least royal and that's a problem because if you don't seem royal, then why should you occupy that position? William is ok-ish because men do just need to wear a good suit and its fine. He doesnt have the same flair as Charles does but hey ho.

Social media - there was a period of time where their social media was succinct, professional and well-executed. The photographs were beautiful, the captions informative and detailed. Now, we get random nature videos (like, ok?) William at Aston Villa (cool?) and captions that lack the quality they used to. Did someone quit? Bring back that person.

Royal associations - Will and Kate don't seem as connected with the other royals. And i mean within the family. Maybe there havent been as many family events now and when an elder dies, the dynamics do shift. The glue that once held people together disappears and people naturally drift apart. But it seems isolating. I also think about the European royals too. Carl Gustaf's 80th birthday and no British royal was there. Again. This isn't a Kate and Will-only issue, its the wider BRF but it would be nice to see those links being strengthened. It helps with that sense of gravitas

That's all i could think of while sitting on the sofa lol. I'd be interested in hearing what anyone else thinks.

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