The designers behind Her majesty’s wedding dress on April 9th 2005.
The designer behind Camilla’s iconic wedding dress, was Anna valentine, a fun fact about valentine is that she never studied fashion before, Anna and Antonia Robinson first met on pattern cutting course she mentioned to HELLO magazine that she duid sew garments for her friends and later sew them to pay for her singing lessons.
Anna valentine fashion brand became more popular and famous when camilla wore one of her designs for her wedding since camilla was permitted not to wear tiara like the late Diana princess of Wales and no white because the late queen wore white on that day, so anna valentine designed and sewn Camilla’s wedding dress.
According to HELLO magazine Dressing Queen Camilla
The beautifully finished creations in luxury fabrics produced by designer Anna and Antonia were appreciated by the elite few for over a decade with relative anonymity. That all changed in 2001 when the duo was introduced to Camilla by a mutual friend. The pair then began a collaboration with the now Queen who asked them to “soften her look” that would eventually bring them world renown. “I think we did a camel coat first,” recalls Anna, who is the creative brains behind the partnership. It was followed by a cream column dress for a 2002 charity party at Somerset House, a creation which marked a turning point in Camilla’s image.
Anna Valentine seems to be the new fashion designer to dress the royal ladies because she came back to design for Kate and even Megan markle, Even her majesties own daughter wore one of Anna and Antonia valentine designs like her mother Camilla.
Sadly Since my favorite fashion designer’s legacy has been forgotten and who once was so loved in royal and aristocratic circles, but i hope through my website and designs people remember for the kind, caring, loving and generous fashion designer, mother, auntie, sister and wife and cousin she was
But this article is to discuss how Anna Valentine also played a role in my fashion interest however i can not frown her fashion queen or queen of my heart since that title went to Kanga Dale Tryon, and also Camilla.
Was she really the other mistress of prince Charles like the 2008 documentary called her?
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – DECEMBER 04: Prince Charles & Lady Dale Tryon (kanga) At The Diamond Ball At The Royal Lancaster Hotel In Aid Of The Charity ‘ Sane ‘ (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
Kanga also known as Dale elizabeth Harper later known as lady Dale Tryon after marrying Lord Anthony Tryon, it was a love match between them they called each other Ant and Kanga, her husband named her that because she was bouncy, bubbly, funny, vivacious and vibrant social elite amongst a mixture of social classes.
The question arises many after the 2008 documentary was called prince Charles other mistress, it seemed funny because the narration at the beginning of the documentary said Dale Tryon was forgotten in history now her legacy will be remembered, and then i thought to myself watching the whole documentary they did not talk about her legacy. When the scene came to where Dale started her fashion business the narration said now that she was no longer in the prince inner circle she had to find a way, which portrayed her as a scheming villain trying to find her place back in the prince’s life and plotting to get everyone to adore her. But the truth everyone who meets her would adore her, she was so warm and funny and caring, something she shared with her rival Camilla Parker Bowles, sadly the media portrayed their playful, friendly competitive rival as worse sworn enemies deadly rivals.
The media aka the documentary prince charles other mistress portrayed both of them mistresses, also creating this conspiracy theory of who pushed Dale out of the window, while i take Dale’s word that she was indeed pushed, i believe. But no I do not believe that her rival Camilla who also went through a tough time with media scrutiny or her husband, even though Dale talked bitter of both her rival and ex husband she wasn’t feeling well, and when someone is suffering it is not fair to create a theory and get to their head. Beside her so called friends the journalist she trusted betrayed her by not helping her and only wanting more gossip. Instead of celebrating her successes her being worldwide popular fashion designer, they tarnished her name and reputation as designer calling her a mistress.
She was just friend of the royal family because she married into a high class aristocratic family, but when in 1997 her behaviour and health suffered mentally and physically and her so called friends didn’t help herher children, ex husband and mother in law where fond of her and tried to help her. In fact when they divorced her mother in law was sad because she like Dale for who she was, saying she liked the Tryon name.
It saddens me that the kanga collection is hardly known and forgotten and when people talk about her they never talk about her with kindness in care, because of what happened to her i rather write my own articles on either my own fashion line or of my favorite fashion designer or other designers. From this i make a vow to keep my distance from journalist or member of the press, His majesty King Charles had Mark Bowland rehabilitate Camilla parker bowels image through writing nice press articles about her, which i want to to do for Dale, except the press articles i am not talking to journalists to do that they are only after money and fame. They will never have my trust and friendship, and i may thought rude but to protect myself, my family, my friends and mainly to protect Dale’s real legacy and the privacy of her family.
“The Unspoken Rivalry: Dale Tryon and Camilla Parker Bowles”
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – DECEMBER 04: Prince Charles & Lady Dale Tryon (kanga) At The Diamond Ball At The Royal Lancaster Hotel In Aid Of The Charity ‘ Sane ‘ (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
Introduction/overview.
I sit there 6th May 2023 the coronation live on BBC iplayer i scroll on TikTok many either toxic saying horrible things either the whole british royal family, King Charles or mainly queen Camilla, then there was post showing a picture or a beautiful, blondie very similar to camilla.
She was known as Lady Dale Tryon or Kanga given to her by her husband Lord Anthony Tryon and the then prince of Wales. Kanga Like Camilla was a social elite, they would warm the room they walked in, people would quickly warm up to them. They where both funny, bubbly, vibrant people much like queen bees, especially when the prince of Wales felt comforted by both of them if Camilla got pregnant or was busy he would go to Dale and if Dale was busy he would go to Camilla. According to the 2008 Prince Charles the other mistress, there was push you pull me game battle going on. As Dale Elizabeth Harper she worked as an Australian reporter for my weekly, women’s weekly, fashion magazines, hello. later in the early 1970s as a fashion agent for an american designer which gave her experience becoming a fashion designer later on.
Briefly describes the relationship between Charles, the royal family and mainly her serious rivalry relationship with Camilla rosemary Shand already known as Camilla Parker Bowles, was like. Both women where known as vivacious, vibrant women, however, Lord Tryon traveling all the way to Australia to aske her father for Dale’s hand in marriage and they got married in 1973 did not tell Dale as aristocrats and friend’s to the royal family to not talk to the press.
The Rivalry with Camilla and their shared qualities.
As mentioned in the introduction that her and Camilla had a lot of similarities they could have bonded over their shared interest, there humor maybe they did their rivalry seems to be more private. But Camilla and Dale are just iconic and have inspired me in many ways Dale in the fashion industry and Camilla in the Literature and reading festival industry. Their hate jealousy was two sided, for Dale it later got to her mainly after the leaked tampongate phone call between Camilla and Charles, learning that Charles close friends called Camilla to cheer him up, and also during the early 1980s during Charles and Diana’s honeymoon, where Charles desperately needed comfort from either Dale or Camilla and he called Camilla. Dale So desperately wanted to be the one to comfort them, i can imagine this is where the push you pull me comes in, will start of who is best at comforting others especially the the prince of Wales. Sadly, these two iconic women never kissed and made up or even formed an unlikely friendship between them. since Charles and the royal family left these two women on their own i was hoping for maybe camilla since Dale was suffering uterine cancer, for Camilla making an unexpected guest appearance to Dale, which they could first be arguing but then slowly helping each other, hugging it out.
Dale Tryon’s Life and Legacy
Lady Dale Tryon surely made a huge impact in the fashion industry and for many health Charities like INSPIRE helping raise awareness towards living with spina bifida what she had from a very young age. SANE a mental health charity offering worldwide support to everyone struggling.
Lady Dale Tryon born as Dale Elizabeth Harper was born on the 3rd January 1948, her teens years during the 1960s and twenties like 1970s much like camilla mixed with quiet a variety of people. Lord Anthony Tryon was fond of her and travelled all the way to Australia to meet her parents and ask her father for her hand in marriage. She even herself mentioned she met the then prince of Wales through her husband, this is what a lot of Charles fans don’t show on their fanpage that Dale like camilla was just as important to Charles as Was Camilla.
During the 1980s dale finally became a well known fashion designer, popular and famous. this is where Camilla might have gotten jealous and more hatred towards Dale or she might have silently praised Dale. Not show it in front of everyone, publicly but privately. Wilson. (2008). mentioned how one hated with loathing rage, i just wished they did make up in the 1990s where both where ignored by the royal family, with Dale struggling with her health i always imagined Camilla standing their lending a helping hand as she does now and the two could make up for lost time, and what ifs, but also thinking maybe their journey together was suppose to be complicated.
legacy and memory
Lady Dale ” Kanga ” Tryon Dale Elizabeth Tryon, Lady Tryon (3 January 1948 – 15 November 1997), was a colourful figure in British royal court circles, being a close friend of Prince Charles and a successful businesswoman in the international fashion world, with the fashion label “Kanga” and couture line “The Dale Tryon Collection”. “Kanga” also came to be her own nickname. Tryon gave her support to a number of charities including SANE – the mental health charity of which she was the chairman.
Both Dale and Camilla have created an amazing legacy, Dale in the fashion industry and Camilla in the literature , both have had made a huge impact on health charities like Spina Bifida, SANE, osteoporosis society, arthritis foundation and so on. Camilla’s legacy probably would live on since she became duchess of cornwall in 2005 and 6th May 2023 Queen. i am upset though that many people only care about Camilla because of her status those who never met her, but with Dale just because she was normal fashion designer and very famous and popular in the fashion industry for me she is a fashion queen, but for anyone out there she is just forgotten. Learning about her she received such an unfair treatment and so has Camilla during the 1990s with Dale being called mad when she wasn’t locking her up from the world made her even more hurt, betrayed, lonely and scared.
To conclude this article i do have a feeling that Camilla and Dale could have been the best of friends with their shared qualities, maybe from their own enemies to friends or enemies to lovers story. Today we have @loosewomen is the 25hr talkathon nd reminded more of Dale she was lonely and forgotten may this article make everyone aware especially Camilla and Charles fans that Dale was also very important to Charles but please do not put women against each other i can now truly class myself as a fan of both Dale (Kanga) and Camilla they are the true queens of my heart.
Thank you to her mah=jesty HM Queen Camilla and in loving memory Lady Dale Tryon (kanga).
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