Aww, c'mon. When has Camilla done a Big Hair even half as bouffant as Diana's post-natal (post-Harry) edifice or - according to the rags, against specific advice from BP to not unveil a new look on a big state occasion - upstaged the Queen by making herself a bagelesque tiara cushion for Parliament's cameras to savour? Or that homemade blow-dried I'm-so-helpless hedgerow for her Queen of Hearts interview ? Or as backcombed as Fergie's attempts to match her evening wear, not to mention the conspicuous non-effort to tame it by poking it through and weaving in it a Christmas tree's worth of baubled dreck? As for examples by other POW's consorts...Queen Alexandra must take responsibility for the single worst hairstyle in modern history (ok the mullet might be a contender) by making herself a fringe (bangs) of ironed finger curls - a style that not even her beautiful features could make flattering but one which was enthusiastically copied by her female relatives. I read that Vicky was an outspoken crtitic of this 'do' ands pleaded with her younger daughters not to adopt it. Although Queen Mary's false front did help prop up a few more diamonds. Then there's Margaret's helmets of the mid-60's and even the lovely Kate Kent had quite a beehive going on, exaggerated by its extraordinary rise straight up from her forehead! So, c'mon, Camilla's not exactly topping the Royal Big Hair First Division (yet). Sorry - no pics though I'll see what I've got stashed (no scanner, which is a bore). Oh and even the merest slightest hinting mention of QETQM's hats? Waaaaaaaaaaaaauuugh.
Difference being, this is 2007, not 1987, nor even 1997.........during her life, Diana's hairstyles were copied endlessly by many women and I dare say that had she still been alive, she would be sporting something that was both flattering and fashionable.
As for your comments about Alix Wales hair - well again
at that time it was considered to be a most elegant style and entirely becoming to Alix and personally I don't feel that the photos of her with this look are particularly unflattering. I suspect that Vicky's gripe was more to do with the fact that less attractive members of their family were emulating this style, without having the looks or panache to pull it off.........
Still, Camilla's hair isn't a disaster and it is appropriate for a woman of her age and station. No surprise that she continues to favour a style that she has had for years and which is agreeable to both her and her husband. But, it is considered 'big' for this day and age..........
