My husband figured out the mystery behind the ugly hats!

[The Backlash Cometh]

He said that Sarah Ferguson was not invited to the wedding because of the divorce and her two daughters knew they were going to sit behind the Queen so they wore FUCK YOU hats to get even.

He said that it was on the news so it has to be true. My impression of those two young ladies has been elevated.

[MichiganVote]

1. They both looked like they raided the Walmart Halloween clearance section

[Stinky The Clown]

2. I agree with your husband and you

I think they were "fuck you" hats and I now admire the two young women for their defense of Mom - who got royally screwed.

[Auntie Bush]

4. She screwed the Royals too.

Was always an embarrassment.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. I think Queenie threw the first screw

Further, Queenie was incredibly stupid to allow a former royal to find herself in need of money. When one has connections and insider knowledge, and one is desperate for money, one will do what one must do.

I side with Sarah against Queenie.





By the way, I'll bet the real meanie is Phil, not Liz.

[SharonAnn]

11. Nonetheles,, she is their mother and is former wife of a prince.

Graciousness will always rigidly following some ancient rules.

My husband's ex was a seriously problematic woman, master manipulator, trouble-maker, and all round not nice person. However, if she was in the geographic area whenever we had family events where her children were involved, I invited her. After all, she is their mother. My husband accepted it, though he would've preferred to ignore her. I just felt that her children should never be in a position where their mother was being denigrated, especially by me or their father.

My mother was totally bumfuzzled by my position on this, but I always believed it was the right thing to do.

Keep in mind, I dind't like her as a person but I respected her position as their mother. I didn't have to be a "friend" of hers, I just wanted to be respectful, gracious and even kind.

[roguevalley]

23. and you did right, honey

[flamingdem]

3. excellent find, I knew they were some kind of performance art

even the Brits aren't that wacky on such an occaision

[midnight]

5. I didn't see this... Anyone have a link?

[Raine]

9. This thread ...

Top picture ...

Best and worst attire from royal wedding - Democratic Underground
Address:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x990475

[Raine]

6. I think so too and I say GOOD for them! I know I would

have found a way to say "fuck you" if my mother had been insulted by not being invited to a major family event.

[patrice]

7. It IS puzzling that they all seemed to have no regard for how the bride should be the

focal point of the women at a wedding.

Everyone I know has always decided what to wear to ANY wedding based on this principle. It's just good manners. ODD that the Brits seemed to think it was some kind of circus about them, rather than the wedding couple.

[14thColony]

31. And the one woman who appears to have followed that principle

Samantha Cameron, wife of the Prime Minister, is being shredded by the press for NOT wearing a hat. She wore a relatively simple dress and clearly wasn't trying to be the center of attention. Shame on her I suppose.

[Canuckistanian]

8. National Lampoon magazine once had a joke

"The Royal Family has announced that it is now officially on strike, causing a severe shortage of horse-faced women in hats"

[ms liberty]

12. All I know about it is...

The one girl (I don't know one from the other)- she had on something almost fleshy pink, and she looked like she had an alien coming out of her forehead...I do not know how anyone was able to keep a straight face looking at her in it. I lost it completely...and I love hats, but that one was just too much.

There were some awesome hats there, but those girls didn't have them on, bless their hearts!

[grasswire]

25. Anderson Cooper called the hat "antlers"

He was not amused.

[patrice]

13. I still think it's pretty tacky. nt

[xchrom]

14. I didn't see any ugly hats.

I see a lot of commentary from folks who don't know from.

An unpopular point of view, I know.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. It's Friday. We're just having a little fun at the Royal's expense.

They're crying all the way to the bank.

[whathehell]

17. I saw a couple of weird ones...But I thought quite a few looked great. n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. Someone said that they looked like the two ugly sisters (in Cinderella)

[Spinny Liberal]

18. If it's true

it worked. That Medusa hat especially was the biggest F U. And I think it's tacky as hell that Fergie wasn't invited. She's still mom to the 5th and 6th successors of the throne.

[SheilaT]

19. Interesting hypothesis, but it doesn't

ring true to me. Especially when you look at all the other hats there. There were lots and lots and uncountable lots of weird, odd, strange, and grotesque hats, and the hats of the Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice aren't any odder than many of them.

Perhaps more to the point, I find it difficult to think that they would reason that way. Had they shown up hatless, on the other hand, that would have been a stronger statement.

Plus, Sarah Ferguson is simply persona non grata within the royal family, and for good reason, given her behavior over the years. I do understand that she and Andrew get along quite well.

[Greybnk48]

20. LOL! Sarah was there sitting next to Andrew.

The tan hat was hideous for sure, an the other one was not attractive (and they did look like the ugly stepsisters).

[Dawson Leery]

21. The royal household managed to invite

the current parliamentary leaders(understandable as this was a semi-state affair), the past two conservative Prime Ministers, as well several Middle Eastern despots. At the same time, they had no room for the past Labour Prime Ministers (Blair and Brown).
A farce indeed.

Damn Tories! :puke:

If Sarah's kids did this to spite the old hag and his wife, then good for them. They really could have done worse by forgoing the hats all together.

[WolverineDG]

22. Might take a while for that to percolate down

if it is why they wore that get-up. Of course, their father would have had some say in what they wore too, so they must have had his blessing.

William & Kate wanted their Aunt Sarah there, but were vetoed by Prince Phillip (talk about someone who shouldn't throw stones). And I don't think what Beatrice & Eugenie wore took one iota away from Kate.

dg

[Greybnk48]

24. I could have sworn I saw Sarah sitting next to Andrew.

M husband and I just watched it again on MSNBC tonight. I TIVOed it so I'll have to go back and take a closer look.

[WolverineDG]

26. Nope, that's their daughter nt

[grasswire]

29. Washington Post says Fergie was not there.

She was out shopping.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/royal-wedding-watch/post/prince-andrew-his-daughters-and-their-hats-arrive-at-royal-wedding-photos-and-video/2011/04/29/AFe59DDF_blog.html

[Heidi]

28. Beatrice is almost 23, and Eugenie is 20. Why would their father have any say

in what they wore to a wedding?

[applegrove]

27. I didn't really like the Duchesses dress when she got married in 1986. Could just be that the

daughters inherited their mother's bad taste?

[felix_numinous]

30. I think your husband figured it out

the pink hat almost looks like the ribbons around a family crest. Well they definitely made a statement! I enjoyed the fairy tale break from all the bad news, we all needed it! :)