{"id":240256,"date":"2023-11-03T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240256"},"modified":"2023-11-03T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:00:02","slug":"can-you-spot-whats-missing-from-these-royal-rig-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/can-you-spot-whats-missing-from-these-royal-rig-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you spot what&apos;s missing from these royal rig-outs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Can you spot what&#8217;s missing from these royal rig-outs &#8211; and why Prince William is going it alone? From George V to King Charles III, it&#8217;s a question of what suits&#8230;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For all the latest Royal news, pictures and videos click\u00a0here<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>He\u2019s supposed to be unflappable \u2013 in public at least.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So perhaps that\u2019s why the King prefers his suits to be without one rather traditional feature \u2013 the flaps that are supposed to cover the pockets on the coat, as it is properly known?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Why? Charles is known to like clean lines \u2013 and dislike unnecessary frills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some royal watchers, though, suggest that flapless pockets are easier to stick his hands in, and he certainly does plenty of that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, it seems to have stopped with the younger generation as Prince William and Prince Harry have both been seen with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Not that the King is the first royal to go flap-free. His father <\/span><span>Prince Philip<\/span><span>\u00a0seems to have taken much the same approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As did other royals in times gone by, as these pictures show\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/08\/77309109-12671659-image-a-11_1698913473716.jpg\" height=\"1008\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Unflappable: King Charles III on visit to the Eastlands Library in Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/11\/77170181-12671659-image-m-35_1698663746186.jpg\" height=\"888\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Look &#8211; no hands. Prince Albert, later King George VI, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later the Queen Mother, pictured on\u00a0 honeymoon in 1923<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/11\/77170233-12671659-image-a-36_1698663765171.jpg\" height=\"1068\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ready for anything: the\u00a0 late Duke of Edinburgh in country tweed at the Braemar Gathering in September 2017<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/11\/77170665-12671659-image-m-40_1698663804379.jpg\" height=\"1180\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Not keen to follow suit: the\u00a0 Prince of Wales shows he likes to cover up (his pockets) in Sheffield\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/11\/77170199-12671659-image-m-42_1698663883968.jpg\" height=\"1445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Buttoned up. King Charles likes his father&#8217;s style of suit &#8211; as displayed on a visit to a French vineyard earlier this year\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/11\/77170281-12671659-The_future_King_George_V_and_Queen_Mary_shortly_after_their_marr-m-55_1698665010731.jpg\" height=\"872\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trend setter: Did George V pictured with Queen Mary shortly after their marriage in 1893 set the template for royal pockets?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/11\/77170235-12671659-image-a-43_1698663991891.jpg\" height=\"852\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, left, pictured in uniform with his cousin King George V\u00a0in 1910<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/11\/77170187-12671659-image-m-54_1698664540790.jpg\" height=\"1084\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0King George V, in his study at Sandringham House, Norfolk, in\u00a01897<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12671659\/Spot-whats-missing-royal-suits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you spot what&#8217;s missing from these royal rig-outs &#8211; and why Prince William is going it alone? 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