Queen's Jubilee tour reaches Bromley, Merton, Richmond
louis vuitton handbags outletThe Queen sat down to tea with couples celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on the latest leg of her Diamond Jubilee tour.In Bromley, south-east London, she and the Duke of Edinburgh were also greeted by 6,000 flag-waving schoolchildren lining the streets.The royal couple met fashion designers at Queen's Garden in Bromley and visited a street party in Jubilee Road.They then visited St Mark's Church of England Academy in Merton.The event is the latest in a series to mark the Queen's 60 years on the throne.'Remember forever' Cyril and Evelyn Sergeant, both 86, got married on 23 February 1952 and said meeting the Queen made their diamond anniversary even more special.Mrs Sergeant, from Orpington, said she remembered travelling to London for the coronation as a newly-wed. She said: "I remember it was pouring with rain and I had a red coat on. When I got home the rain had left red marks on my clothes."Now it's 60 years later. We have got good humour, that's the key. We are always joking and that makes the difference."Kenneth and Averil Holdaway, both 85, from Bromley, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in August.Mrs Holdaway sat next to the Queen at the tea party and said: "It all went too quickly but it was an experience I will remember forever."'Huge difference' At Queen's Garden she and the duke visited an exhibition showcasing British fashion over the past 60 years.They then headed to Bromley High Street to join the street party and meet local business people. A group of Year Six pupils from Unicorn Primary, in Beckenham, walked for an hour in the rain to see them.
louis vuitton outlet store usaOne pupil, Abi, said: "The Queen has made a huge difference to people's lives."Classmate Louie said: "Everyone was moaning at first, but we got over it. Now we are here having a very fun time."Lilyarna Gamble, 78, from West Wickham, said: "I came here today because I have never seen the Queen in person. I wanted to see her at least once before I die."As for the rain, she said: "Well, we are in England aren't we?"After Bromley, the royal couple travelled to Mitcham for a British picnic-themed reception at St Mark's Academy and met high achievers from 13 south London boroughs.They braved hail and rain to visit Richmond Park for a Wild London event celebrating the capital's woodlands, parks and gardens.While touring the muddy grounds, the Queen was serenaded by the Chapel Royal of Hampton Court Palace choir singing 'Now is the Month of May'.Sir David Attenborough, who was a special adviser for the event, said she was amused by the song choice given the conditions, and remarked: "How can they sing with their tongues in their cheeks?"They were later treated to an excerpt from the ballet Swan Lake performed by students from the Royal Ballet School, which is based in Richmond Park.One of the UK's biggest modelling agencies says it supports a campaign by Vogue to promote healthy body image.All 19 editions of the magazine have signed up to a pact which says they won't knowingly use any models who are under 16 or who look like they could have an eating disorder. "Vogue is the most influential fashion magazine in the world," said editor of the UK edition, Alexandra Shulman.
louis vuitton outlet online"Whatever we do will have an influence."The pact is being backed by Elite Model Management.They say the whole industry needs to get behind it to make a difference.'Catty industry' Claire Bodie and Emma Rawlinson are both 18. Claire is still modelling as a freelancer and says she has never had any problems with her weight in the industry but Emma quit."All the shoots I've done, the models will have a break and sit around smoking and drinking coffee saying they're not going to eat," said Emma."I'd be sitting there thinking I'm so hungry."When no-one else is eating you don't want to."It is a very catty industry and you know that if you eat in front of the other models they are just going to be outright nasty to you about it."She says the agency she was signed to at the time asked her to lose weight.'Skinny' "The big agencies need to get on board too now," Emma added."When I look at some of the girls on their websites, whether they claim they're naturally skinny or not, it doesn't always look right."I'd like to say this would make a difference but from my experience I don't know whether it will."This stuff has come up before. Fashion modelling is specifically skinny and that won't change."Emma says she was wearing a UK size six."They were just telling me that I should eat certain things," she said."They said I had to come to London every week to see if I had put on weight or lost weight. It was just way too much."Both girls say they don't believe the pact by Vogue will change the industry. "It's all very well Vogue putting this in their magazine," said Claire.Past Vogue cover-girls include Cheryl Cole, Victoria Beckham and Adele.Nineteen international editors from fashion magazine Vogue have jointly agreed to a pact where they they will only work with "healthy" models.
louis vuitton outlet online storeThe guidelines appear in the UK magazine's June issue to encourage a healthier approach to body image. UK editor of Vogue magazine, Alexandra Shulman, said: "We have to have a conversation with designers, models and take the message out to schools. "We can make a difference but won't change things overnight."The fashion industry has been criticised in the past for using models that some say promote unrealistic body types and help contribute to eating disorders among women.The editors have agreed to ask modelling agents to check IDs and say they will "not knowingly work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder".Alexandra Shulman said: "Model agents are not dishonest about the girls' eating habits but they can be a bit flexible with the truth over all aspects of the girls."She said that while it was impossible to be completely scientific about the health of a girl, the magazine did not want to use pictures of girls with eating disorders."Sometimes I will say to photographers, 'She looks too thin' and we won't use her."In 2009, she also criticised fashion houses for sending sample clothes too small for many models to wear. She said that she was frustrated that the industry hadn't acted. "Nothing has changed monumentally about sample sizes and I am disappointed as it would be a good starting point," she said. 'Like cattle' In the pact, Vogue editors have now promised that they will "encourage designers to consider the consequences of unrealistically small sample sizes of their clothing... [because it] encourages the use of extremely thin models".
