MYROYALS BLOG: September 2011

Friday, September 30, 2011

Club News

Rainbow Stamp News October 2011

Hi ! I am pleased to release October 2011 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. I have just posted on Blog. It can be viewed at http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/

This is festive time in India. Greetings to all on festive occasion of Durga Puja ! Kolkata is known for very special Durga Puja celebration all over the world !! Let’s all celebrate the great festival !! Have a Wonderful Time !!

PRİNCESS MARİE OPENED THE TENDER BRİDGE

Princess Marie has opened the Tønder Bridge at the Volunteer Centre of Tønder on the occasion of Voluntary Friday

photos(jv dk)

PRİNCESS MATHİLDE ATTENDED THE CELEBRATİONS FOR THE 25th ANNİVERSARY OF THE 'PLATTELANDSKLASSEN'

Princess Mathilde attended the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the "Plattelandsklassen"that offers agricultural and rural education to children in Sint-Jan-In-Eremo,

photos(.nieuwsblad.be)

An Important Question

My friends, I have a terribly important question to ask you today:

What's your favorite tiara?

Yes, one favorite. All right, you can name your desert island 5 if you must. Because I'm benevolent.

But listen: you want to chime in here. Because I'm counting. And it might just have something to do with a little thing I'm cooking up. So make sure you speak up for your favorite(s).

Need ideas? Check out the Jewel Central page for a refresher on the tiaras we've covered so far as well as links to the events that have featured lots of ladies with tiaras blazing.

Leave a comment, tweet at me {@orderofsplendor}, or send me some e-mail {orderofsplendor at hotmail dot com}. And if you don't want to do any of the above, hit the "LIKE" button on a comment if someone's hit your faves already, and I'll count that too.

Now, I suppose you want to know my answer. Fine, I'll tell you.

The truth is, my tiara affections are fickle. I'm liable to flit between favorites in any given 15 minute span. But if I had to settle down into a monogamous sparkly relationship with just tiara only, it would be this baby:

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, a.k.a. The Most Perfect Tiara Ever

Now, your turn: GO!
Photo: Xinhua/Reuters

Flashback Friday: Sash and Gown Combos That Work

After valiantly attempting earlier this week to understand the reasons why royals so often just don't care about the matching their gown to their sash, I thought we should throw some praise at those appearances where things actually did work on that shallow, aesthetically pleasing level you know I operate on. And perhaps, along the way, figure out just what the formula is for a successful gala appearance.

Left to Right: Princess Madeleine, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine, and Crown Princess Mary (times 3)

The most obvious tactic for a well-coordinated gala appearance is just to go the simple route and get a gown in about the same color as your sash. This is a lot like Queen Elizabeth's white gown strategy, only fussier, and in living color. Lucky you if you're one of those Scandinavian princess with a universally flattering pale blue riband to sport; unlucky you if you've got a bolder color - orange or something - to work with.

L to R: Princess Letiza, Crown Princess Mary, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Máxima (times 2), Grand Duchess Maria Teresa

Well, you can't match your gown and your sash precisely all the time. It would be impractical, for one, and totally boring for another. Enter coordinating colors. Stay in the same color family, like Letizia or Mary. (Can we have a moment of silence for the amazingness of that gown on Letizia?......Okay, moving on.) The magic of Victoria's famous magenta gown is the slight blue sheen, which picks that sash right up. Máxima's white gown in not just incredibly chic, it's also very cleverly matched to that particular sash (the Order of Leopold, from Belgium). Wouldn't have been nearly as good with a busier one, or something in a brighter color. Now, her orange Valentino gown shows off the complementary color scheme at work: blue and orange go together, and not just in football. And that's very much the same case as Maria Teresa's simple purple dress paired with her orange sash - one of the hardest to deal with, if you ask me.

L to R: Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Maxima, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Crown Princess Mary

Here's another sneaky trick that'll get me to like your sash + gown concoction almost every time: incorporate the sash right in. Stick it under the fabric at the neckline, under a belt, within your wrap, or under your top. The colors don't even have to make perfect sense (Mary, hello), but it somehow looks perfectly planned.

And finally, some of my all-time favorite order + gown appearances:

L to R: Crown Princess Mary (twice), Queen Silvia, Princess Mathilde

Mary's medieval red dress (which I've already confessed my love for and will continue to do so) was the perfect foil for the collar of the Order of the Elephant (and for once, a specific match for her ruby tiara), and she made a pretty good match the second time around while in Norway with the Order of St. Olav's red riband. Queen Silvia looked divine at Victoria's wedding in a perfect example of how to wear an intricate dress that is both color-matched to your jewels (all that gorgeous pink topaz) but includes enough of a tip to your sash to make it work. And my absolute favorite might just be Mathilde in her printed gown (not usually something that works when there's an order involved as it just gets cluttered) which is a good color match and includes an incorporated sash. Well played indeed.

Are there any standout sash appearances that you've always loved?

Photos: Svenskdam/PPE/Seeger/ANP/Getty Images/Tim Graham/Cour gr ducale/Rex Features

Week in Review: Princess Mathilde, 18-24 September

Here's what Mathilde wore from 18-24 September:

Visiting East Flanders, 21 September. Yet another dress I like on Mathilde, but probably not on anyone else!

Photos: Nieuwsblad/gpp

New Stamp from India

The Trained Nurses Association of India

Date of Issue : 30 September 2011

: Mansoor Bolar - Mangalore

India Post issued today, a commemorative postage stamp on The Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI) .

Headquarters of The Trained Nurses' Association of India,
New Delhi

TNAI

The Association had its beginning in the Association of Nursing Superintendents which was founded in 1905, at Lucknow. The organisation was composed of nine European Nurses holding administrative posts in hospitals.

Like their counterparts in other countries, this small band of women was imbued with vision and a pioneering spirit. They saw the need to develop Nursing as a profession and also to provide a forum where professional Nurses could meet and plan to achieve these ends.

The Association of Nursing Superintendents, therefore, sought the help and co-operation of Nurses throughout the country. At the Annual Conference held in Bombay in 1908, a decision was taken to establish Trained Nurses Association. The Association was inaugurated in 1909. The two organisations shared the same officers until 1910 when, at the first Trained Nurses Association (TNA) Conference, held at Banaras (UP), the TNA members elected their own officers.

In 1922, the Association of Nursing Superintendents and Trained Nurses Association were amalgamated and called The Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI).

In 1912 the TNAI got affiliated with the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The TNAI along with various responsibilities as a member had participated in the ICN Nursing Abroad Programme since 1950. Under this scheme a number of TNAI members had been placed in institutions abroad to obtain clinical experience on an "earn and learn" basis. In 1974 the TNAI became a member of the Commonwealth Nurses Federation (CNF).

Indian theme on foreign stamps

- Kenneth Sequeira

Guyana Post issued a Miniature sheet during INDIPEX 2011. featuring Taj Mahal, the most beautiful monument of India and a world heritage site declared by UNESCO.