Who are the dummies Marshall is pushing back? Is he simply imagining other people getting it wrong to add spark to his assurance that the Queen got it perfectly right?Why did Queen Letizia of Spain wear all white in the presence of Pope Leo XIV, while all the other women wore the traditional black? Many media outlets praised the Queen's 'disruptive' all-white style.
— Dr Taylor Marshall™️ (@TaylorRMarshall) May 18, 2025
They are, unfortunately, ignorant of the tradition of Le privilège du blanc.… pic.twitter.com/5czbpkq3k8
May 19, 2025
The privilege of white — le privilège du blanc.
The Queen of Spain was the opposite of "disruptive":
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Just to be clear..
We are talking about WHITE privilege
The late Queen Mother & George VI had an important state visit to France in the late 30s when war was on the horizon. Her mother had just died, so she was expected to wear black. Instead she wore all white for the whole visit. It's also approved for official mourning.
Waitress to another waitress who's getting married again: You're not going to wear white, are you? Actual ca. 1982
Honey, we all deserve to wear white -Annie Savoy
The only people who whisper criticism that "the bride wore white, can you believe it?" are women. Men could not care less.
Bend the knee, or Jerk the knee?
The struggle is real.
Does this mean that Prevost loves some royalty more than others?
I suspect this kind of... covfefe occurrences will increase in direct proportion to our increase reliance on AI. Relevant Tim Dillon clip.
Maybe it is an updated version of her First Communion dress.
More on the subject of appropriateness: I once had a witty and mischievous Irish BIL from my second marriage that could have me in stitches with his humor, dry wit, and pranks. We were attending, with our respective wives (sisters), the wedding of the wives' niece in San Antonio. My very young daughter had been conscripted to be the mentor and chaperone of the flower girl - who was the even younger _daughter_ of the bride. This cute offspring was the product of a prior boyfriend-girlfriend relationship of the bride.
He had smuggled in a small bag of Fritos and was munching quietly when a church Karen came up and informed him that there was to be no eating in the church. He looked up at her from his seat in the pew with those sad eyes and explained, "I'm so sorry, but I have diabetes and if I don't eat something right now, I could suffer a seizure ... right in the middle of the ceremony." The church matron (in the British sense of the word) was taken aback and swiftly apologized, offering her blessing for him to continue his Frito Bandito ways.
Then, as the ceremony started, I leaned over to him and whispered, in a tongue-in-cheek and instigating way, "Did you ever think that, in your lifetime, you would come to a Catholic wedding ceremony where the illegitimate child of the bride would be the flower girl, and that the bride would be wearing virginal white?" He admitted, with a grin, that he could not have predicted that scenario when he was a younger fellow, a lifetime Catholic.
After the ceremony, as our respective wives squeezed into the SUV, chattering about how beautiful the ceremony was and how absolutely darling the little flower girl was, he slyly spoke up
"You know, as little (flower girl's name) made her way down the aisle, I heard some man, probably on the groom's side, say that he was appalled that the bride would have the audacity to parade her bastard child from a previous guy as a flower child before _her_ entrance, dressed all in white."
I froze, trying to keep a guilty look from my face, as the sisters, now ensconced in the back seat, both exploded in indignation that such "an inappropriate comment from some asshole" would have dared to be uttered on such a happy occasion. Chattering away in more denouncements, they didn't notice my BIL wink at me nor his somewhat stifled grin. "And his buddy," he continued, "was munching on Fritos, getting crumbs all over the pew."
His wife exclaimed that "some people are just SO rude."
I nodded my head in quiet agreement and exhaled, relieved that my BIL had not disclosed the perp's name, but inwardly admiring what he had pulled off, triggering the women, without getting me in trouble.
The relationship between Royalty and Reality. If you ask Jordan Peterson, he might say; look to the lobster. If you ask Royal Watchers, they might say Look to poor Harry, wondering out loud why his father wont speak to him.
They fail to mention she is not the only one to exert the privilege. Here are all the moment exerting the privilege at the same event.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
Queen Letizia of Spain
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Back in North Carolina where I come from, and oddly enough with my spouse's family from Colorado, it isn't really considered a memorable wedding, funeral, christening, graduation,or holiday unless someone has a row with someone else so significant, over something inverseely insignificant, that at least a year of not talking to each other results. Comments about fashion choices are prime candidates for that sort of family fracas. Cursing at her siblings in a screeching voice is considered just Aunt Lo's normal insane behavior. Fisticuffs, of course, especially if drunken, are forgiven more rapidly but spoken about in fond recollection at every future family gathering. Family is fun.
So, its good to be the Queen. You can stand out in white, while everyone else is being 'umble and dressed in black. And I dont think this is common knowledge. I'm sure quite a few people think The Queen was being disrepectful.
White leftists never seem to look in the mirror.
I learn something new every day. Often it's from something I read here...on the Althouse blog.
Usha Vance wore black with a mantilla. Melania did, too, at the pope's funeral. They both looked beautiful.
When someone writes, "many media outlets", a few examples should be provided.
Every article I saw explained why those dummies are wrong for criticizing the queen for wearing white, then they explain her White privileged. Basically just like Marshall's post.
The Queen looked regal. No piercings, tats, and she's kept her weight in check. So many royal families look slovenly these days.
Dittos Temujin.
RHIP.
The Spanish monarchs used to be Their Catholic Majesties; not to be outdone, French monarchs were Their Most Catholic Majesties. (Or was it the other way around?)
She wears it well. Fit as younger women say.
TIL that White Priviledge is real. /s.
Really, I did not know this, and probably not many others. Pretty cool, I guess, if you're a practicing Catholic.
BTW @Marcus, your BIL sounds like a cool dude.
I also was not aware of le privilège du blanc. I also am skeptical that many people actually thought she was making an ostentatious spectacle given the modesty of her attire, especially the veiled hair.
It matters not to me, being a Lutheran, and a descendant of Scottish Congregationalists. My wife did have to wear a borrowed 'skirt' at The Basilica San Marco. The knees are a big thing apparently.
I'm trying to figure out why in 2025 we still have kings and queens what colors are approved for said occasion not so much.
I remember as a teenager reading that Cher had to buy a dress to meet the Pope since she did not own a dress. Long ago.
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