Pippa goes Gatsby, with a dash of Angelina Jolie leg!
More from our weekly Royal Watch.
Happy 30th Birthday, Prince William!
Photograph by Mario Testino
Crowning glory! The various hats of the QE2 monarchy, yall—in honor of her Diamond Jubilee. Let us know which is your favorite. (We’re partial to her vintage-swim-cap-rubber-flower-hat phase, ourselves.)
Duchess Kate sans flesh-colored hose! Somewhere, the executives at Leggs are starting to worry.
More about the royal’s fashion-forward outing—and Pippa’s rumored move to New York City—in our Royal Watch column.
Long ago, your Royal Watchers at VF.com always imagined that Kate would have the plummy, lusciously deep-ish inflection of a Rosamund Pike. Or maybe the syllable-savoring, tape-recorder-slowed-down languor of a Carey Mulligan.
What did you think she’d sound like?
Our grappling with the clipped, sunny tones of Kate’s speaking voice, here.
The puppy gazed out to sea. The news had just come—he was not drafted for the Puppy Bowl. The man on the phone was nice enough. Something or other about his visa.
“Ruff,” said the puppy.
[Will and Kate and puppy. Tell us what you think this puppy’s name is! Photograph from Bauer Griffin.]