Kristin Contino is Marie Claire's Senior Royal and Celebrity editor. She's been covering royalty since 2018—including major moments such as the Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II’s death and King Charles III's coronation—and places a particular focus on the British Royal Family's style and what it means.
, her comment might've rubbed one fan the wrong way. Longtime royal photographer Arthur Edwards shared the story during a recent episode of the had just got her tongue pierced, and everyone was"desperate" to get a photo of the buzzed-about accessory. Although he didn't mention when the Christmas in question was, given the timeline of when Zara got her piercing, the incident must have taken place during Christmas 1998.
“I said, no, no, this story is about Zara Phillips and the stud," he continued. However, it seems that the year's biggest Christmas story wasn't about a tongue piercing, after all.“She got a bouquet, Princess Anne, off one of the visitors," Edwards shared, recalling that the woman told Anne,"I've been up all night making this for you." In reply, the“And that was the story," Edwards said.
As for this year's Christmas walk, watch this space to see who steals the show at Sandringham (my money's on
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