OOOPS, mea maxima, y'all. Shoes discussed only one page back. I notice most of his vests, especially in later years ( greyer hair, slightly less of it) have lapels, which is a nice refined touch. About those black shoes... His great uncle liked to do things that were a little different, like suede shoes. Those things are now commonplace and considered very elegant, even cool. Maybe HRH will revolutionize "Black for town, brown for country"

Should we meet, I will ask him about it...