Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbanks and Family General Chat

[Blue Clover]

I hope they will enjoy living in Portugal.

[PrincessOfPeace]

Princess Eugenie attended the private view of Zoe Buckman's solo show 'Bloodwork at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London yesterday:

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[LouisFerdinand]

Who is Nick Hornby?

[Curryong]

Who is Nick Hornby?

He?s a writer and lyricist.

Nick Hornby - Wikipedia

Nick Hornby was directly involved in the creation of the charity Ambitious about Autism, then known as TreeHouse Trust, and its school TreeHouse School, as a result of trying to find specialist education for his son Danny. Hornby remains a major donor to the charity and is still involved as a vice-president.[26]

In 2010, Nick Hornby co-founded Ministry of Stories, a writing charity based in Hoxton, east London.[27] The charity was inspired by Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia model in San Francisco and aims to offer young people a chance to develop writing and literacy skills and develop a love of writing for pleasure.[28

[Curryong]

There was some surprise and speculation as to why Eugenie and Beatrice suddenly left their mother at the Queen?s funeral at WA and got some fresh air. It may well have been that one of them or both were overcome with grief and heartache to do with their grandmother?s death and the overwhelming occasion. But it could also be due to another reason, which I believe might be announced in the next month or so.

[TLLK]

@Curryong-I hadn't realized that the sisters had left the service for a little while. I having a feeling that the latter one might be the reason. IMHO that would be the one to explain a hasty departure from an event like their grandmother's funeral.

[Curryong]

@Curryong-I hadn't realized that the sisters had left the service for a little while. I having a feeling that the latter one might be the reason. IMHO that would be the one to explain a hasty departure from an event like their grandmother's funeral.

Well, it?s a posdibility isn?t it? It might have been the occasion itself of course as well. Someone said elsewhere that Eugenie was slumped a bit beforehand  (don?t know how they saw that) but both sisters were seen waiting for cars with other members of the family after the service ended so it wasn?t a medical emergency, I think.

[wannable]

I saw a ''very elderly usher'' with possible dementia walking in signaling several pews, in the long video several people (including Beatrice and Eugenie) were leaving. I couldn't possibly say what this group of people were up to.

1:05:35 onward

Watch in full: The Queen's funeral - YouTube

Watch on or slow forward, a large group following the old usher.

[Blue Clover]

There was some surprise and speculation as to why Eugenie and Beatrice suddenly left their mother at the Queen?s funeral at WA and got some fresh air. It may well have been that one of them or both were overcome with grief and heartache to do with their grandmother?s death and the overwhelming occasion. But it could also be due to another reason, which I believe might be announced in the next month or so.

I wonder if the speculation involves a bun and an oven?

[Curryong]

I wonder if the speculation involves a bun and an oven?

That could well be, Blue Clover. On the other hand, perhaps one one or both just wanted some fresh heir (I mean air.) Stuffy in WA.

[Nightowl]

I thought the same thing, a bun in the oven and I bet it is Eugenie. I saw a picture of Beatrice looking over to her with concern..time will tell, hopefully sooner than later.

[Amabel2]

a bun in hte oven?  Do you mean pregnant

[Blue Clover]

That could well be, Blue Clover. On the other hand, perhaps one one or both just wanted some fresh heir (I mean air.) Stuffy in WA.

True, it could be about fresh air.

I thought the same thing, a bun in the oven and I bet it is Eugenie. I saw a picture of Beatrice looking over to her with concern..time will tell, hopefully sooner than later.

Exactly, if it is a bun, we will know all about it in time.

a bun in the oven?  Do you mean pregnant

The phrase "a bun in the oven" means to be pregnant or expecting a baby. We don't know if that's the case we are only speculating.

[Nightowl]

Thank You!

[Amabel2]

I know what the expression means, but it seems an odd thing to say.  IF people are speculating that one of the princesses is pregnant why not just say that.

[Princess Cassandra]

It would be wonderful if it is a pregnancy, but there could be other reasons she left the Abbey that day. There is a recent photo of her in which she looks very energetic and feeling just fine. Also, if anyone is expecting I'd guess it to be Gabriella, as she fainted at one of the events. 

[PrincessOfPeace]

Princess Eugenie is effortlessly elegant in chic tweed-print vest as she attends art fair in Paris | Daily Mail Online

[Blue Clover]

It would be wonderful if it is a pregnancy, but there could be other reasons she left the Abbey that day. There is a recent photo of her in which she looks very energetic and feeling just fine. Also, if anyone is expecting I'd guess it to be Gabriella, as she fainted at one of the events. 

Right, a million unknown reasons could have caused her to leave the Abbey that day.

[Amabel2]

Hardly that many reasons, either she felt ill, and needed some air or felt faint and needed some air.

[Princess Cassandra]

She could have received a text from Nanny about her son and needed to go outside to phone. She could have needed to use the restroom suddenly. Anyway, she seems fine and happy.

[PrincessOfPeace]

Princess Eugenie goes makeup free as she joins her husband Jack Brooksbank at Mayfair members club | Daily Mail Online

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Eugenie goes makeup free as she joins her husband Jack Brooksbank at Mayfair members club | Daily Mail Online

Why is Jack's blue sweater referred to as a jumper?   

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[Curryong]

   
Why is Jack's blue sweater referred to as a jumper?   

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It?s what men?s (and women?s) woollen tops are called in the UK (and in Australia and NZ) though the US sweater is sometimes used.
Below is an explanation from World-wide Words. I?d say jumper is derived from Old French. I can remember jumpers being called ?pullovers? in England when I was a child but that description has completely disappeared.

From Helen Schupp: I?m curious about different meanings of the word jumper as an article of clothing. In the US, this refers to a type of dress with a pinafore-style top worn with a blouse or shirt; when my Australian daughter-in-law uses it, she means what I, an American English speaker, call a sweater or a sweatshirt.
A The British usage also describes a sweater or pullover, that is, a knitted garment with long sleeves for the upper part of the body, though my impression is that pullover is rather old-fashioned, with sweater now much more common. Jumper seems to have appeared about the middle of the nineteenth century, originally for what the Oxford English Dictionary describes as ?A kind of loose outer jacket or shirt reaching to the hips?, in other words what I would call a fisherman?s smock. The origin has nothing to do with the verb to jump, but comes from the dialect jump or jup, meaning a man?s short coat or a woman?s under-bodice or tunic. This may derive in turn from the French juppe, a petticoat (now in modern French, jupe, ?skirt?), which ultimately derived from the Arabic jubba, a loose outer garment.
The word has evolved differently in Britain and the US; British usage has moved towards a garment that is specifically woollen, the US towards any upper-body garment for women. The OED refers to a catalogue of 1908 which talks about a loose-fitting blouse worn over a skirt, from which Americans later derived jumper suit for a jumper and skirt combination; I?ve found a plate in a Sears, Roebuck catalogue of 1916 that uses jumper frock to describe a pinafore dress worn over a blouse or shirt, which seems to be the original term, later shortened to jumper.

[LouisFerdinand]

@Curryong, Thank you for the description of the jumper.

[Curryong]

@Curryong, Thank you for the description of the jumper.

You?re welcome. The evolution of language and dialects in different countries, even ones that share the same language, is a fascinating thing.