{"id":787464,"date":"2026-09-30T13:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787464\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:32:13","slug":"royal-fans-issue-major-complaint-about-duchess-sophie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787464\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal fans issue major complaint about Duchess Sophie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duchess Sophie<\/a> delighted fans with a new appearance last week; however, one detail left many of them unimpressed<\/a>. The Duchess of Edinburgh attended a special luncheon<\/a> at St. James’s Palace as patron of the Hall\u00e9 Concerts Society last Wednesday, September 23. The event celebrated the “important relationship” between industry and culture in the UK.<\/p>\n

Sophie has a longstanding relationship with the Hall\u00e9, having been their patron since 2003. In recent years, the duchess has visited Manchester to support various Hall\u00e9 projects, including formally opening The Oglesby Centre and The Victoria Wood Hall – an award-winning space built to grow the Hall\u00e9’s community and education projects.<\/p>\n

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Duchess Sophie wore a pair of espadrilles (Image: Ian Jones\/Hall\u00e9 Concerts Society)<\/p>\n

Sophie looked elegant in a light blue suit by Victoria Beckham.<\/p>\n

But her choice of footwear did not impress some royal fans, who took to social media to express their views.<\/p>\n

The royal wore the Dali espadrilles by Penelope Chilvers.<\/p>\n

One user said on Instagram: “Time to retire the espadrilles for the season.”<\/p>\n

Another one added: “I would venture to donate them asap. Horrors.”<\/p>\n

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The royal wore a Victoria Beckham suit (Image: Ian Jones\/Hall\u00e9 Concerts Society)<\/p>\n

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A third one said: “Really strange choice of shoes.”<\/p>\n

A fourth one commented: “The suit is nice, the shoes are not. Pants should be hemmed, espadrilles put away for the autumn\/ winter season.”<\/p>\n

Others, however, loved the whole look, with one user writing on X: “I really love this suit.”<\/p>\n

Another one added: “One of the things I love about The Duchess of Edinburgh is her frequent wearing of very comfortable espadrille shoes. Given that she is a bundle of energy, she has recognised the importance of keeping her feet healthy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duchess Sophie delighted fans with a new appearance last week; however, one detail left many of them unimpressed.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}