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Queen Elizabeth II’s Brooch From Her Coronavirus Address Might’ve Had a Hidden Meaning


When Queen Elizabeth II addressed the British public about the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, April 5, she did so wearing a meaningful piece of jewelry.

According to Harper’s Bazaar Australia, experts suggest the turquoise and diamond brooch was chosen because of the color’s correlation with love, protection, and emotional balance, while “enhancing leadership powers.” The piece apparently belonged to Her Majesty’s grandmother, Queen Mary.

Per Town & Country, the brooch was gifted to Queen Mary on the day of her wedding in 1893 by the Duke of York, the future King George V. The publication suggests Queen Elizabeth II could have chosen the turquoise pin to “link” herself to her grandmother, who helped support the king during the First World War.

“I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time,” the queen said in a televised address to the nation on Sunday. “A time of disruption in the life of our country; a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all.

“Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge,” she added before thanking essential workers on the front lines and those practicing self-isolation and social distancing at home.

“We can take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return,” she concluded. “We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again.”

No matter what message Queen Elizabeth II hoped to send with her choice of jewels, people from all over the world were impacted by her encouraging words, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, reportedly.

According to a source who spoke to Harpers Bazaar, the two “were both moved” by the address. “They described it as not just a demonstration of experienced leadership, but also warmth, reassurance, and comfort,” the source added.

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.



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Queen Elizabeth II's Rare Address to the British Public Is Making People Emotional


Queen Elizabeth II just gave a rousing speech in response to the coronavirus pandemic, attempting to reassure U.K. residents with a rare, televised address to the nation. However, her words seemed to speak to everyone facing this difficult, unprecedented time.

“I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time,” the Queen said on Sunday. “A time of disruption in the life of our country; a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all.”

The Queen’s own son, Prince Charles, has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but is reportedly “on the other side” of the illness after only experiencing minor symptoms.

“Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it,” the Queen also said in her address. “I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.”

Like Prince William and Kate Middleton, who visited first responders before beginning their self-isolation, the Queen made sure to thank those on the frontlines of this pandemic.

“I want to thank everyone on the NHS frontline, as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles who selflessly continue their day-to-day duties outside the home in support of us all,” she said. “I’m sure the nation will join me in ensuring you that what you do is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to a return to more normal times.”

“I also want to thank those of you who are staying at home,” the Queen added, “thereby protecting to help the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt by those who have lost loved ones. Together we are tackling this disease and I want to reassure you that if we remain united in resolute then we will overcome it.”

She finished the speech in a particularly hopeful manner. “We can take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return,” she said. “We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again.”

According to the BBC, this is only the fifth time in history that the 93-year-old Queen has addressed the nation outside of her annual Christmas greeting. She spoke from the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, allegedly chosen because it allowed for enough space between the monarch and her cameraperson, who wore protective gear. Watch the full speech, below:

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Beyond the flood of positive comments on The Royal Family’s Instagram post, the Queen was trending on Twitter, with viewers from England and beyond feeling profoundly impacted by Queen Elizabeth II’s words. “It’s so very strange as an American to feel profoundly more encouraged and hopeful watching a rare address from Queen Elizabeth, an unelected monarch in a country halfway around the world, than I ever would from anything Trump has said in this crisis,” Charlotte Clymer tweeted. Here are some more reactions.

Long live the Queen, indeed.





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Wimbledon Will No Longer Address Female Players as ‘Miss,’ ‘Ms.,’ and ‘Mrs.’


Wimbledon, one of tennis’s Grand Slam tournaments, got underway this week in England. Kate Middleton has already dropped by to watch matches, and the first major upset is in the books as 15-year-old American Cori “Coco” Gauff defeated one of her idols, Venus Williams, on Monday (July 1).

But there’s another substantial talking point at this year’s championships that is making headlines: Umpires will no longer refer to female players as “Miss,” “Ms.,” or “Mrs.” during matches. In the past, when a woman won a game, set, or match, the umpire would announce, for example, “Game, Miss or Mrs. [insert name here].” This is different from the men’s matches, during which they are referred to only by their last names. More attention was called to the tradition when Serena Williams was referred to as “Mrs. Williams” after her marriage to Alexis Ohanian, even though she chose to keep her own name. (Last month the French Open made a similar decision, while the U.S. and Australian Opens make no such gender distinction when addressing players during matches.)

“We’ve got to move with the times,” Alexandra Willis, head of communications, content, and digital for the All England Club, told U.K.’s Telegraph. “Hopefully, we surprise people with the way we do that. Some of the traditions—white clothing, playing on grass—they are our greatest strengths and the things that we do. Others absolutely have to move with the times. You have to respect the wishes of the players. I suppose the challenge for us is: how much you rewrite history.”

The paper reports that players “will be allowed to request that they are referred to as ‘Miss,’ ‘Mrs.,’ ‘Ms.,’ or ‘Mr.’ when there are code violations, medical announcements, and player challenges during a game.”

Men’s world number one Novak Djokovic said he was somewhat surprised by the move. “I thought that tradition was very unique and very special. I thought it was nice,” he said. “It’s definitely not easy to alter or change any traditions here that have been present for many years. It’s quite surprising that they’ve done that.”

Williams has yet to comment on the change, but a British player Heather Watson told the paper, “Equality is good.”



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Ariana Grande Hinted How Her New Album Will Address Her Relationship With Pete Davidson


Few things can inspire bops quite like a breakup, even though Ariana Grande’s Sweetener album dropped less than three months ago, the singer is already teasing her next album on Twitter. On Saturday morning, Grande confirmed that she’s working on her next album, which she says will be titled Thank U, Next.

The exciting news comes after Grande first used the aforementioned phrase in tweets that might’ve been in response to a joke made by her ex-fiance Pete Davidson in an SNL promo clip.

The God Is a Woman singer first hinted that she has a fifth album in the works back on October 24, but we learned a lot more about it thanks to Grande’s morning tweet sesh. She also hinted that, while the album might reference her breakup with Davidson, she won’t be “dragging” him.

The album’s title was thanks to her best friend, Victoria Monet.

She’s learned a lot from her relationship with Pete Davidson—at least according to her tweet below (reads like song lyrics, no?).

It also sounds like it’s going to be just as empowering as her incredible “God Is a Woman” track from earlier this year.

The album will also feature Ariana and only Ariana, letting her take center stage.

Thank U, Next’s release date is unclear for now. Until then, we’ll be here anxiously refreshing Grande’s Twitter feed and waiting for the Sweetener world tour to start.

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The Actress Who Voices Princess Tiana Asked Disney to Address Whitewashing Complaints


Earlier this summer, after new shots of all the Disney princesses hanging out together in the upcoming Wreck-It Ralph sequel were released, fans noticed something was…off.

From what it appeared, Princess Tiana, the star of The Princess and the Frog and Disney’s first black princess, had been animated to have more Eurocentric features, much different than she’d originally looked in the 2009 film. Her skin seemed lighter, her curly hair looked more like loose waves, and her nose had been noticeably slimmed down—all of which prompted cries of whitewashing on social media.

The backlash continued to mount until last week when The Wall Street Journal reported that Disney had made the decision to reanimate Tiana’s CGI model, after meeting with Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiana, and black advocacy group Color of Change.

“Disney’s decision to restore Princess Tiana’s image to that of an unapologetically Black princess with full lips, dark skin and dark hair in Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 is a victory for Color Of Change members, Black children and their parents, and Black audiences who want to see the variety of shades, shapes and sizes of Black characters accurately represented in the arts,” the advocacy group released in a statement, per WSJ.

On Monday, Rose took to Instagram to share more about the conversation she’d had with Disney’s animators regarding Tiana’s appearance. In her statement, she revealed she was “surprised” by the changes that had been made to Tiana, but “glad” to see support from those outraged by the tweaks.

“My team and I immediately put in a call to the studio to talk about the visual changes, and three weeks ago I had a meeting in person with the Wreck It Ralph team, my original animator Mark Henn, and others,” she wrote. “They explained how CGI animation did different things to the characters’ color tones in different light compared to hand drawn original characters, and I was able to express how important it is to the little girls (and let’s face it, grown women) who felt represented by her that her skin tone stay as rich as it had been, and that her nose continue to be the little round nose that Mark so beautifully rendered in the movie; the same nose on my very own face and on many other little brown faces around the world, that we so rarely get to see represented in fantasy.”

When The Princess and the Frog was in production, Rose recalled, she’d specifically requested that Henn give Tiana “a round nose, full lips, and that she be left handed.” In the recent meeting, she wrote that he’d explained to her how the animators were working to restore those important qualities of Tiana’s in her CGI rendering. “It was important to me to hear what Disney had to say, and to have an open dialogue about legacy and representation,” she wrote. “I also appreciate that this far into the process Disney had enough care and respect for all who love Princess Tiana and her legacy to spend the time and money to make the adjustments necessary. In doing so, they recognize that her legacy is also their legacy; two things I’m very proud to be a part of.”

Glamour has reached out to Disney for comment and will update this story upon response.

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At the 2018 State of the Union Address, Fashion Was a Vehicle for Quiet Protest


Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address last night to a divided audience—one that was split not only by the choice to stand up to applaud, but also by what they wore.

Leading up to the president’s address to the nation, certain groups, like the Democratic Working Women’s Group and the Congressional Black Caucus, announced they would stage quiet acts of resistance against the current administration at the State of the Union through their clothing. Following the lead of the Time’s Up protest at the 2018 Golden Globes, a group of lawmakers (led by female Democrats) coordinated to wear black, both to the Address and to various boycotts hosted in tandem with it, in a show of solidarity with the #MeToo movement. (Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), who participated in the protest, told Glamour:”Black has become the color of solidarity for women in the country right now to show this movement is real.”)

Additionally, members of the CBC donned kente cloths, as a response to the President’s recent disparaging remarks against immigrants from predominantly Black countries, the Washington Post reported. What’s more, Representative Bonnie Coleman (D-NJ) encouraged attendees to wear red pins with the name “Recy” on them, in honor of Recy Taylor.

Not all protests came from the left side of the aisle, though: In response to the defiant all-black dress code proposed by Democrats, some Republican lawmakers opted to wear red, white, and blue to the State of the Union. Representative Mimi Walters (R-CA) explained to CNN that this meant “to show patriotism for our country.”

Across party lines and affiliations, outfits worn to the 2018 State of the Union Address culminated in markedly powerful moments of fashion protest on the U.S. Capitol. See all the Congresswomen (and Congressmen) who participated in the myriad fashion protests during the 2018 State of the Union Address, below.

Additional reporting by Lucia Graves.



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