Sixty years.

    So the Diamond Jubilee of the ever present Queen Elizabeth II has come and gone. The Diamond Jubilee marks the Queen's sixtieth year on the throne. And it is now that I would like to acknowledge how very sorry I feel for Prince Charles.

Poor, poor Prince Charles. Whenever the Queen is involved in conversation at home, it always turns to how bad we feel for him. How bad we feel that he is almost 64 and is still not the King. And then we go on to rant about how the Queen should just retire from being the Queen and just hand it over to Charles so he at least has a good few decade before he can pass it on to Prince William. Oh how it must suck. I mean come on old Lizzy, don't be greedy now. Not that I have anything against Queen Elizabeth. She seems like a lovely old lady. And man, can she deliver a speech! I mean, the lady is 86 and I would expect her voice to be all quivery and frail with lots of pauses but oh no. Perhaps it's one of the perks of being royal. I must say, her posh little accent is so cute. Here's a speech she gave this year at the State Opening of Parliament.

Anyway moving on. As per usual, Kate Middleton's fashion choices were followed greatly throughout the media. What did she wear? Who was she wearing? Gasp! Kate is known to mix high and low fashion and has become a great trendsetter with her use of colour and sense of style. And she always look so darn elegant! Sigh. Can't get enough of her. 

During the Queen's Diamond Jubilee she stepped out in an Alexander McQueen dress and he seems to be one of her favourite designers - she also wore an Alexander McQueen wedding dress (okay it was Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen but still). Since she is a great recycler of outfits (yay for those of us who are poor uni students!), it was nice to see her out and about in a new dress. Here is a picture of her looking lovely as always.

There was also a bit of 'scandal' as she stepped out in a dress that Kim Kardashian had worn previously. Most celebrities would turn their noses up at wearing an outfit that has already been seen on someone but Kate Middleton is not a typical celebrity. Again this dress was Alexander McQueen and she looked great. And it goes to prove, just because something is last season doesn't mean you can't wear it again. Here's a photo of the two girls in the dress. Kate has classed it up, adding in some sleeves and pairing it with nude heels (I'm a worshipper of nude heels), while Kim looks alright in it but I can't say much for those snakeskin heels. Shudder.