Royal Christening

Prince George is certainly very cute, but I don't know what they are thinking dressing him in identical clothes to his father at the same age on two occasions at least now. It would have been lovely to see him dressed in some smart modern children's clothing. As for that pram......words fail me. Why on earth would the Duchess of Cambridge want to struggle pushing such an old thing around on a gravel path, wearing stilettos. It was apparently used for Princes Andrew and Edward.

The Queen looked lovely and so did Catherine, but although very elegant, she did look much older than her years dressed like that. Maybe it was the hair in a bun, rather than the clothes. They are usually a modern couple who do things their way but this could have been a picture taken in the fifties.

There was a photo of George at a polo match wearing 'normal' little boy clothes and crocs with no socks , so perhaps he just has to wear the retro stuff for official occasions.

If Mum was still alive she would have taken one look at Kate pushing the pram up a muddy slope and muttered, 'Mother Courage and her Children'

I live near Sandringham and my guess is, that the Norland Nanny wheeled the pram up to the church and the family came by car. In doing so, she would have looked the part, but Kate, in her up-to-the minute gear looked totally unmatched, somehow! Pristine and bride-like, but beautiful.
(Her very white whiteness is not something I ever thought wearable when I had two children)!!

George, like his parents, has a 'working' wardrobe....off duty he wears more sensible stuff! Bless 'im.

I had a pram like that, I bought it second hand in 1976. The suspension was great and when stepping off a kerb the baby bounced rather then bump. I could stack a weeks shop in the bottom of the pram and had a special seat for a toddler. I bought an awning to shelter the baby on hot summer days. He was warm in the winter as he was insulated from the cold. Only drawback was the fact you couldn't get on a bus. But I don't remember that bothering me as we walked everywhere. Prince George's outfit may seem old fashioned but better that the the awful outfits the Kardashian kid wears. Thought Kate looked great. Gosh Jingle as usual one catty comment after another.

I wanted a lovely bright red pram from Mother Care in the 70's. What did I get ? a Marmet second hand pram. I was furious and upset. Hubby enjoyed cleaning it up and fixing it. Hard to push after a Caesar! It did however keep my daughter warm and cosy and I eventually got a red pushchair.

I don't think the Royals 'do' buggies.I didn't see the christening as I have no real interest in it, but I believe this dressing in days of yore style is very much the vogue for the upper classes as it suggests they have been handed down like the furniture and don't need to be 'bought'.

I wonder if George will ever be allowed a Spiderman Tshirt?

According to what I read somewhere this is pram they have chosen for everyday use

I think your comment was cattier than anything I have said on here dorsetpent.

I remember pushing my sister (b.1953) in a lovely Silver Cross pram similar to Princess Charlotte's. I think my Mum bought it second hand. It had a little cubby hole underneath the mattress for bits and pieces. I wish I had had one for my children, so comfortable for the baby.

Crumbs, I'm glad I didn't have to read anyone views about what I did and didn't do right when I had my children christened . As for how they dress their child, I would have said the outfit was a classic one for a little boy. I loved seeing the pram as it brought back memories of my own Silver Cross which was the best investment I could have had - my PILs gave it to us when we had my DD. I didn't have a car - few families had two at this point and I could walk miles with it. I cannot imagine doing that with the modern pram/pushchair/ which always seem unbalanced to me.

Nice to see the Royal Family are into recycling! Those big coach prams are much more comfortable for babies than the modern travel systems, I think. When I look back at the photos of how my young children were dressed as toddlers in 70s, they look so dated now. I thought the classic outfit George was wearing looked much nicer.

As for Kate, all I could think of was, how on earth did she get that figure back so quickly!?.

Royal children have always dressed in this way for formal occasions, you can tell they are quality clothes and it allows them to stand out from the oiks.

merlotgran Did you mean your mum or the late Princess of Wales? (Presumably the former as I doubt if the latter had ever heard of Bertolt Brecht.)

absent

I wish I'd thought of that one.

Well, we are oiks and proud of it, but dressed the offspring traditionally for christenings. A long embroidered white gown and bonnet for the baby in question (even DS wore them - I'm nothing if not thrifty, we just christened him quickly ), and lovely smocked frocks for the big sisters. All made by me. They spent the rest of their childhoods dressed as badly as any other 80s children, legwarmers, ear muffs, shellsuits and all.

I like a bit of vintage and it is very on trend, so maybe we will see a fashion for second hand baby equipment and clothes rather than spending tons on new stuff. My DC had their cousin's nappies and cot and a pram from a friend and a bath bought from a neighbour.

I was baptised in an heirloom christening robe and my four siblings after me.It was given to my grandmother by her employer when my mother was born in 1919.This lady had it made for her own son but as he was an only child and had no children of his own she gave it to my grandma.My mother and her brother were both baptised in it before we were.
It was a long white lace trimmed dress and I had hoped to use it for my own two children but by then it had become too fragile so I had to be content with them wearing white romper suits instead.
I have kept though, it lies rolled up in a cupboard.
I made my youngest granddaughter's christening robe, from a Vogue pattern, it is white dupion silk with a silk tulle overlay.
I would love to see the royal christening robe, just so I can make a copy!

I think that the photos we ave seen so far of the christening were lovely and up hold all the old traditions we are sadly loosing. I loved pushing my "big pram" when my children were born and as for little George why not hang on to the children's outfit he wore, as children grow up so quickly and it is a shame to make them look older or fashionable before their time.
Both William and Kate look proud of their children and judging by the picture spend time with them to.

Jingle, Tiggy wasn't a nanny , the Windsor PR team again , her mother is lady in waiting to Anne and a close friend, when Tiggy was employed ! to look after the children it wasn't coincidence that Charles and Camilla were holding trysts at tiggy's family home , they all met up for jolly times , Charles , Camilla, Anne and their children plus a few other windsors

William and Harry are very fond of Tiggy. She assumed a big sisterly kind of role in their lives after Diana died. They no longer needed a nanny anyway.

Jolly times at Tiggy's family home were probably just what they needed.

Sorry. I meant after Charles and Diana divorced and before she died.

Dratted phone keeps going.

If they don't have anymore offspring and the pram becomes redundant, perhaps George can have the wheels to build a racing trolley like we used to when we were young! A set of pram wheels was a find indeed! Sure he could find a bit of old Chippendale to make the body!

True Merlotgran, they ran wild on the estate , no tales sold to the press . Harry is godfather to one of tiggy's sons