top and flop at Trooping the colour

The (triumphal) return of Kate Middletonthe parade with great pomp (a thousand soldiers and 200 horses), the little princes who put on a show but above all the Royal Family gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace despite the difficult moment of illness and quarrels, see under Harry And Meghan. The Trooping the Colour it could symbolize – experts predicted – the decline of the British royals, marked by cancer diagnoses King Charles and Kate Middleton, instead the traditional event celebrating the sovereign’s birthday was such a triumph that it crashed the live broadcast of the Daily Mail and, for the thousands of subjects gathered to applaud, the photograph of the Windsors who, like any family, resist despite the unfortunate contingencies.

The people’s princess

He announced it, and he did it, in style as when times were better. Kate Middleton, who has lost weight and is certainly affected by chemotherapy (“there are good days and less good days”, she declared yesterday) but still shining in a dress with a Jenny Packham bow, leaves the house with her children, fixes Charlotte’s hair, she smiles from the carriage at those who have come to greet her. A little thoughtful in the moments when she is not in the frame, but it is the only “luxury” she allows herself: «I am learning to be patient, especially with uncertainty – she declared – Taking each day as it comes, listening to my body , and allowing myself to take this necessary time to heal.” The Princess of Wales is the future queen and is not afraid to parade before the eyes of the world despite the repercussions of the therapy: a message of hope for those in the same situation but above all for those who, like various royal experts, claimed that she would no longer be returned to its previous role. On her balcony King Charles, who shared the fight against cancer with her, reserves her place of honor for her, the one on her right, and laughs and jokes with his beloved daughter-in-law.