These are photos from Duchess Kate and Prince William’s public outing yesterday in London. Do you realize they haven’t done a public event together since January? Do you realize that it’s been five weeks since Duchess Kate has done any public events? The last time she had a public “royal duty” outing was March 19th, the time she made her first… public…(glances down at notes)…(blinks)… speech! In the past five weeks, Kate has been “off” of the public schedule because her prince finally came back from his six-week training mission in the Falklands. And once he returned, there was the much needed ski holiday and hair appointments and shopping and such.
Anyway, Will and Kate got all dolled up and came out (in the rain!) to the UK premiere of African Cats. It was charitable screening/premiere benefiting the Tusk Trust, one of William’s patronages. Kate wore a familiar silhouette – I actually wondered if she had just bedazzled the sleeve hems of one of her old dresses, but no – this is a new dress by Matthew Williamson. Thoughts on the dress? It’s just so familiar to me – it looks like several pale, muted dresses she’s already worn, with the exception of the bejeweled sleeves and neckline. That makes it “special” – but is it enough to stand out from Kate’s other ¾-length sleeved shift dresses in various shades of oatmeal heather and dusky oatmeal? Don’t even get me started on the peplum (dust ruffle) and the shoulder pads (dated!).
Things I like: Kate isn’t fooling with her hair as much. She must have realized that the rain was ruining her curls and she didn’t even want to fool with it anymore. I also like that William is very conscious of making sure Kate has enough umbrella coverage. That’s very sweet.
PS… Are royals not allowed to wear raincoats?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
This girl is boring. It’s all, “look at my legs, look at my hair, look at my eyeliner.” Princess Diana she is NOT.
Her new name should be boringkatey. I hate Katface from E! but at least she works somewhat for her money. boringkatey is a reality star who doesn’t have to do anything but show up at an event once every 5 weeks or so.
The Duchess of Boringham
Jinx! I was just scrolling down to post something along this line.
Who says she wants to be like Diana? Huh? I have never heard her say that.
She dresses appropriately for a future queen… Like Diana did. When she divorced her style changed.
From what I have read, William doesn’t want her to be a full blown royal. So blame him. Besides when the Queen dies and Charles becomes king as next in line William and Kate will have in increase in duties. The main duties are performed by the Queen and her husband and the next in line Charles and the replacement of Diana. Diana did a lot because she was married to the next in line. Kate is NOT married to the next in line. One day she will.
Well said. Also, what’s with the tone of this post, “shades of oatmeal”?? I’ve seen far more colours on Kate than any other royal. Except Letizia of Spain maybe.
@loulou
You don’t even have to look far. Have you not seen the Queen’s wardrobe?
Yeah, she’s boring. But I think that’s what she’s supposed to be. The royal family need her to be staid and conservative, they don’t want another Diana situation on their hands…and they already have more than enough intrigue in the form of Harry. I just don’t know how I’m going to deal with another few decades of this look she’s working though.
Snooze. The outfit is a terrible. And I wish she’d do something with her hair.
exactly what I was thinking – like put it up! Do something different!
I agree that the hair situation is tired, but this is the first peplum AKA dust ruffle I actually liked on a celebrity. they have been making a scene lately and I largely don’t like them, but this one is more subdued.
there u go, what are we even talkin about. her hair is altered by hot rollers (or such). they’re not natural. can’t believe people were actually fighting over it. do u see the strands hanging out straight? that means the curls fell out or the hairstylist was in a hurry and didn’t catch all the hair.
gosh and the firm really wanted to make us BELIEVE.
Monsters.
Ummm… of course her hair is set in either hot rollers or blown out. Why would anyone try to fool that it’s like that on it’s own? I’m pretty sure she would admit to styling it. Nothing wrong with a good blow out.
I think the debate has been over her extensions (or lack thereof).
that was a debate too. but i fought with a couple of brits on dm and cb i think, about the curls and how the firm mad(e) clear that everything was ALL natural including the curls.
it is all her hair btw.no doubt about that.
Ya I think I saw some interview with her hair stylist somewhere where he talks about the blow out he gives Kate…
It’s a very styled look – not natural – which is I suppose what the Royal Family considers appropriate.
I don’t like that outfit at all, and I usually like what she chooses.
I love them!! Yay girl you have it all now!
She looks fuller in the face and it looks so much better on her!
Really? Slightly, maybe. Hope she continues to gain a bit weight, suits her so much better!!
It’s familiar (that’s her style) but I like it.
I completely agree!
Same. She is classy, sophisticated and elegant. I know other public figures (who have tons of $) who don’t dress half this nice. IMHO, she always looks very well pulled together.
dont get all the kate hate.
shes fine, shes trying and she makes the boy happy.
she is less then fine, everybody dislike her because she is like a 1940 housewife waiting for husband, can go out only with husband permission, doing nothing of substance with her charities and no she is not a regular housewife that making husband happy is enough ,she is going to be future queen and needs to give back to the society which is the last thing she is interested in (from her past behavior) 5 charities in one year (that includes 5 visits for 3 hrs max) another whole year to choose more, constant vacations while pr trying to show her as hard working and normal and a role model. if they would not push this images and just let her be a housewife of a rich man who don’t do anything of substance then i will not dislike her, but please don’t challenge people’s intelligence and don’t make a mockery put of any hardworking,charitable ,independent woman by calling her so.
dude, calm down.
she makes the charity appearances that are required of her. if she wants to be a housewife, she can be a housewife. if she wants to work, she can work. all women can choose the life they want to live.
YES!!!
Perhaps you ought to direct all that vitriol towards something beneficial.
Amen to that. She isn’t out boozing it up or embarrassing the crown in any way. She’s a new wife with a loving husband, and she’s living her life with dignity and respect. She isn’t required to perform like a trick pony for everyone else just because some of the public expects her to. She isn’t the queen yet……
no one expects her to become busiest royal, she has embarrassed the royal family before (waitykatie,queen asked her to get a job) ,she doesn’t want to work and this is not after her wedding she didn’t work at all before her wedding ,she lived off her parents her whole adult life ,she acted as a doormat to william (not respectable) ,he cheated on her many times(there were photographs all over the newspaper) and no she will not be queen for at least 40 years ,so what she should not work till then, she didn’t work for any charity prior to her engagement (so we know she don’t want to give back) and she gets all the benefits of a royal and as i said i would not dislike her if she just stop pretending to be anything else other then a famous wag.stop calling her role model and she is 1940 housewife whose whole life is based on pleasing her husband ,she is so dependent on her husband and her family and don’t have any friends at all .just wearing conservative clothes doesn’t make you respectable ,you have to do something f substance to earn people’s respect.
For some reason some people have expectation that she should have become the busiest royal during her first year of marriage. That was never going to happen and the palace said as much before the wedding. She is married to the second in line, despite the constant comparisons to other royal couples who are first in line.
The problem is that they want the perks of full-time royals (clothes, vacations, security) without working for it. Willy plays at being an SAR pilot – what kind of a regular pilot can take time off and go to holidays like he can? – while Kate needs the rest of 2012 to think of 4 other charities she will deign to grace with her presence. Meanwhile, they’ve already taken nearly a month of holidays, that’s certainly more than the number of days they’ve put together doing engagements this year.
Their feather-light workload would probably fit with their current status in the RF, but in real life they look EXTREMELY lazy.
goodcapon, i get what youre saying, i do. but they arent regular people, they cant have normal lives. william and his brother try to work but their family also expects them to do these duties. i dont know if i could turn around and disappoint my father, grandmother, country by saying thanks but no thanks, i rather just do my own thing.
it must be very difficult for your life not to be your own really. so if they get to shmooze on a boat and wear pretty clothes who cares. they arent ruining my life and theyre doing some good too.
yep:
Didn’t Will once say that he wants to spend more time in the military? I get the feeling that he’s really reluctant to step up and is content to be a part-time royal as much as possible. Kate benefits from this as we’ve seen from her work history, she’s extremely lazy and didn’t want to work until she was forced to.
On the other hand, this also damages Kate’s reputation. I sound like a broken record here, but she has a lot to make up for because of her work history (or lack thereof). People were willing to give her time to settle down, but after a year and not really doing anything significant, I’d understand why people are starting to get impatient with her.
Boring, lazy and very entitled.
she was touching her hair in the videos kaiser how can you miss it? in the sky video she touches her hairs 6 times in 2 min and also i think she is giving william a new habit too as he always playing with his tie all the time. as far as dress is concerned my mom (who is 50) asked me why is she wearing clothes that are meant for people of her age, even 80 years old her majesty wears far more vibrant colors. did anyone noticed she didn’t apply heavy eye liner and also where did william got all those hairs ?
william is such a hippocrate ,he hunts regularly and here he is supporting and speaking for a conservation charity? i wonder how on earth no one notices this and how on earth the royals get away by doing doing almost anything ?thanks to british public they never face the consequences for their actions. someone should ask him to pick one ,either hunting or conservation.
No improvement on the security blanket hair department.
She should do what Charlene of Monaco recently did and just chop it all off. That way she wouldn’t be inclined to touch her fluffiness all the time.
Many hunters are also conservationists – in fact conservation began partly because hunters (like Theodore Roosevelt for instance) wanted to preserve the habitat of the creatures they hunted. William shoots birds in Britain which exist because their habitat is carefully preserved by gamekeepers and owners of estates. Hunters are out in the wild and learn to appreciate it. William does not hunt endangered species. He is not a hypocrite — I’m not sure if he is a hippocrate *does that have something to do with hippopotamus? 😀
Let me get the logic right…William loves animals, so he kills them?
I never understood this argument. It’s totally flawed. I don’t believe for a second that hunters have a better appreciation of nature. Control? Yes. Appreciation? No.
The tourism of Kenya that William thoroughly enjoys is also the habitat infringement which he condemns. I’m not saying there aren’t any benefits to these large reserves. But let’s not forget it’s British colonialism that spurred wars, and other conflicts in much of Africa. The hypocrisy is inherent. The aristocracy have a lot of work ahead of them if they plan to make up for all this. And no, a fancy movie premier does not a dent make.
Alexa – Hunting for conservation purposes is a very weak argument when we, humans, are the ones who force and restrict the animals into small parks and therefore have to cut their numbers down in order to fit into the park.
Africa as a whole still has wide spaces but many of the animals are not free to roam across those spaces and or are continually moved out of their designated spaces to make way for human settlement. Animals have largely become extinct because we have hunted them.
Just about the only animal we have left in peace recently is the Mountain Gorillas which can move freely between Uganda and Rwanda. And that after very intense campaign against Hunting them.
It’s hypocritical of RF to hunt and stand Patron to a conservation charity because the animals wouldn’t need conserving in the first place if not for human activity. You can’t have shades of grey on this one.
@ANGELIC 20: Yes, the British public should make Kate and Wills face consequences for their actions! Kate should be taken up and imprisoned in the Tower of London for overuse of eyeliner, and William should be flogged for going hunting now and then. You take them and their lives way too seriously. I find them harmless enough, and I don’t really agree that Kate has embarassed the Royal Family.
I I don’t take life to seriously but when they are on the cover of every magazine then it its hard to ignore and also I don’t expect them to be tower of London, by no consequences I mean example of Charles he did the immoral the kind of behaviour w will never expect from the people that will represent a country and yet he will be king, Kate its lazy but nobody complains and she will continue to be like this and William is also not asked to choose between hunting and conservation charities among many things.if british public and media will complain a little bit more theses two will improve other wise I see them doing exactly what they are doing right now.and yes no matter what they do royals never race the consequences of their actions
I really like her, I think she is pretty stylish but I wish she would do something about her rubbish shoe choices, court shoes that her mother would wear.
i know right? give us some shoe porn already!
Ooooohhhhh….shoe porn! Yes, please.
I don’t care for her dress at all, but Kate is gorgeous. Love her.
The courts are here to stay. It is one of the more unpleasant rule for Court Dress. Court shoes, tights, conservative dress, on the knee hemlines [which she doesn’t adhere to], covered shoulders and NO trousers. The last two only in a private party/your own personal charity party/with spouse capacity. All Royal ladies and or if you are going to court adhere to these rules. And since our dear Duchess Dolittle is a conformist, we will not see a change of style that is hugely outside of those rules
I checked the designer’s website and although some of his dresses are very nice, they are so overpriced. All of his clothes are over $1000. Her dress is probably close to $2000. So not worth it but it has probably already sold out because she wore it. She looks nice here but I just don’t like her. I can’t even explain why beyond the obvious reasons that are usually stated here about her laziness, shallowness, entitlement, and likely eating disorder.
the dress is part of the designer’s fall 2012 collection- price is at 1500 pounds. she had beading added to the neckline- extra charge for we mere mortals (imo does not compliment the dress).
dress beading reminds me of what granny’s wear in miami.
earrings are 1200 pounds. i saw them at the jewelers- not my personal taste. hardly can see them with that mop top hair (wish she made a straight part & not have hair extensions)- hair gets tangled in beads quite easily.
seems hardly worth discussing predictable bland, boring person. i guess the only entertainment purpose left is fashion comments.
lukewarm oatmeal.
and yeah, she’s playing with her hair in every other pic it seems. must be a nervous habit, can’t blame her, she’s prob nervous in front of all these people.
So pretty, so very pretty
I couldn’t agree more. I don’t even notice the dress. She’s lovely and they make a very nice looking (and seemingly happy) couple.
I don’t know, I kind of like the dress. She also looks like she discovered what solid food is. She put on a couple of pounds and it looks good on her.
A movie premiere? Just another silly engagement for the Duke and Duchess of Lazybridge. There will be 2 more after this (this is allegedly one of their busiest weeks since getting married, ha ha). They’ll probably need to jet off to another vacation to rest their weary bones.
On the bright side, I think this is the best I’ve seen of Kate, make-up wise. In fact, I think she looks even better here than at their wedding. Someone else must have done her make-up.
And Willy’s hair seems to be growing back too. Ooh la la!
The dress is OK, but quite boring, like her. She always looks OK, well pulled together. BUT… we are still only talking about her wardrobe and hair flipping habits. And her endless holidays. Nothing of substance. First outing in how many weeks? Willy gone six whole weeks. What an ordeal! Try the six months to a year that other military spouses endure on both sides of the Atlantic.
The royal family will end up regretting this addition to their ranks. The palace PR machine can only cover for her laziness for so long.
she is attractive at best. There just doesn’t seem to be a spark about her IMO. It would be nice if she would change the hair up a bit. a low pony, tucked behind ears, anything different other than the same look. while physically, she may not stand out, she does seem like a warm lady with a caring attitude…that’s what is really most important since looks are so temporary.
I don’t like the middle part and the cur is too high, but the dress is beautiful as all of her dresses.
Though, I do agree about the colors that are quite boring and too pale.
I would kill for her entire wardrobe, especially the dresses and shoes.
That day would have been a good idea to do a little up do. With so much going on around her collar, and with the rain, an updo would have worked nicely. I don’t understand why she never ever does anything else with her hair.
Why do any of you expect anything of substance from her?
The Royal family is not about being great artists/ intellectuals or even just very creative people who have done great things. They are not engineers, doctors or technology people who try to improve our lives and try find cures and new treatments for the sick and disabled.
They lack any substance or real contribution to society.
If not for their silly status, they would just be like many normal regular people who weren’t very good at anything in particular, who got a job and live their lives privately.
That’s why she was waiting and pinning for the marriage since that’s the life she wanted. The legitimacy they have to be worthless and famous for that without criticism.
I would love to hear how you spend your time. Shall we be expecting the cure for cancer from you any day now?
ha! hilarious.
I don’t think anybody expects Kate to be an intellectual. It’s just that she hasn’t shown an interest in anything else other than Will. And partying. And crotch-showing. Before the Palace shoved all that under the carpet.
Does she have any other hobbies aside from chasing Will?
You mention those pictures in practically every post. Good grief. Reality is that they reflect badly on the person who decided it was a good idea to aim their camera at someones crotch. However you never mention the sleazy paps who took them.
@Anne – I think Goodcapon is trying to point out that our Dear Beloved Duchess Dolittle never learnt the art of exiting a car like a lady. This is very surprising given how paparazzi are always willing to take the crotch shot. You think given all the years that she has been followed, and said pictures published, she would learn this very simple thing. The only conclusion, especially as she is grinning in every single one of them, is that she rather enjoyed the attention or effect.
Now that she’s an official Royal, It makes me wince every time i see her car exits and short hemlines.
Sadly we live in a world of sleazy photographers willing to take these kind of pictures. We can’t legislate against them, so best to protect ourselves instead. Our dear beloved Duchess Dolittle doesn’t seem to get that though.
Anne, to add to what LAK said… there are private exits. Will and Harry use them sometimes. Kate doesn’t and always preferred to use the front door. She was asking for attention. She should’ve known that papz would do anything to get ‘that’ shot (no matter how sleazy it could be) so she should’ve known better.
i don’t agree with you mimi in terms of that she can’t do any work of substance for eg she can talk about child abuse which is not very openly discussed in england, she can talk about slavery , domestic abuse, she is in a position where she can point in any direction and the whole world will in that direction and yet she chooses to do nothing,even in her speech she never mentioned the symptoms causes or any information about the cause she was representing and in addition saying a hospital a boring depressed place was not good at all( she should have not included that in her speech) with the lack of any interest on her part for the last 10 years that i have been reading about her makes me believe she will never improve or make any efforts to help others. for the record diana made a very big contribution to aids .
Not until much later in the un-marriage.
Um child abuse is ‘openly discussed’ in England. I’m not sure where you get your info.
Love!!
I wish you’d leave out every post that begins “[Name of female] in [Name of designer]”. Also every post that contains the names Lohan or Kardashian. There would be a lot less to write about, but I wouldn’t have to skip most of the entries.
It must be so weird to work once every five weeks, and just show up somewhere then everyone rolls out the red carpet and fawns over you. Still though…I respect the fact that they are promoting this movie. I loved the movie “Oceans,” an earlier installment of this series. (Hardly back breaking work though…let’s not forget, they could BOTH be doing a lot more. If you can’t take the heat, get outta the kitchen!).
Her face is fuller and the dress panel covers her tummy – she’s preggers! I had to say it because I think it’s true!
love the dress but the shoes don’t match at ALL! dour black pumps with that? she could have done much better on the shoe, and done something other than that same thing with her damn hair.
Agree about the shoes here – she should have gone with a nude color instead of black.
They make a very lovely couple. Love them.
Honestly, why is Kate so resistant to do anything with her hair??? I know this topic has been discussed so much already but geez, there’s so much she could do with it such as various up styles etc…
Think of Diana’s hair- even though she kept it short for the most part ( though for the record in 1984 she really let it grow- I thought she looked her best while pregnant with Harry) she still tried different styles, unlike Kate.
Must admit I thought she bedazzled her grey heather dress too! Wow.
She’s boring. Her dress is boring. And she really needs to cut that hair. Boring.
I say…BRITISH REVOLUTION!!!
She looks fabulous. Lovely, classy looking lady.
I love the jewels on the dress here, this is something we haven’t seen from her. It’s beautiful and classy – love the colors. Ya, she’s bit boring w/the same hair and her makeup is awful. But, damn, if I had those legs, I’d show ’em off every chance I had – good for her.
I don’t like the dress. It is at once boring and overdone. And the shoes…horrible.
I like the mixed curled and not curled pieces in her hair..it’s a little different and somewhat stylish, even if unintentional.
She lacks poise. I am always uncomfortable watching her because she seems as though she’s about to fall down or flip over like a turtle onto it’s back, waving limbs ineffectively. It’s like basic things such as walking down the street and standing require such effort for her, like the effort you or I wuold require to walk a slackline. So awkward.
Her posture is atrocious and she walks like a lumbering troll. No refinement at all…except for her accent that she’s been faking since she got married.
Now she’s trying to sound posh while her mouth twists around because of the effort it takes for her to fake her accent.
A potted plant has more charisma and spark than her.
William is also equally boring, but with nicely thickened and darkened hair. Maybe someone sent him Rogaine and he’s finally seen the light?
I agree, he’s doing something with his hair. But I fully approve, he’s still young to embrace the bald.
That dress i so ugly and the jewel detail looks liek that really tacky jewelry woman from the suburbs wear because they think it looks expensive. This is my least favorite look to date.
Just let them be-a successful, loving marriage in that family is a huge accomplishment in itself.
I know Diana is pulling for them from her beach resort in the sky.
I think this dress is ugly. It would have been okay without the weird bib thing at the waist but really it’s just another stupidly overpriced hideous dress. I don’t mind her hair – she has gorgeous hair and nice legs so why not accentuate her best features?
I agree with everyone commenting about how useless these two are – and I think when the Queen dies, it will be game over for the British monarchy since there is nobody in line for the throne that will be able to do the job in the same hard working manner that the Queen has. The Queen was never about wearing designer shit or falling out of a bar drunk\stoned or fiddling with her hair at events or expecting to be babied during the first year of her life as Queen or bitching about how “hard” her life as a royal was or screwing around on her husband – and she became Queen at the age of 25 and as a mother of two small children. The Queen had and still has, class, and the best work ethic out of her entire family – even at the age of 86. Not sure why people go insane for Kate – I guess because she is younger and pretty and all our world seems to value these days is superficial shit like age and looks instead of hard work, loyalty, and dedication, which were the traits valued by the Queen. Kate is a social climber, unintelligent, lazy, and spoiled. There is nothing special about her nor is she someone to look up to. Except for fashion tips, maybe.
I love the Queen because she gives off the impression that if she were not royalty she would still work just as hard at whatever career she was in. The rest of the family is spoiled, lazy, and arrogant.
Amen! I agree there’s no way Charles and horse woman will wear the crown without royally f*ing it up, thus bringing the monarchy to an end. It would really surprise me if it even made its way down to William at all.
The Queen didn’t have much to do until after her father got sick, but she did take a lot of trips with Philip. Long ones. Months at a time, some on the Royal Yacht, leaving Charles & Anne at home with the help & Grandma.
I have also read many times that she was very cold and distant mother. I don’t now if that’s true but it sounds bad.
@MAre – She left Anne and Charles behind for months at a time but i think that was the received wisdom of bringing up babies in those days. She was brought up the same, as were her parents and grandparents.
There is a ten year gap between the two sets of children, so perhaps her mothering methods had changed with the times 2nd time round.
One thing is very true, she is very hands off with regards her children’s affairs, so when she does interfere, her word is final eg Charles/Diana divorce, Kate get a job…leading to temp. placement at Jigsaw.
I don’t care for them myself but shoulder pads and peplums are in. Read your fashion media.
I read that too! Ugh…shoulder pads, NOOOOO!!!
I love her. I don’t get the hate at all.
Nothing looks great when you try to create a waist where your natural waist doesn’t exist. The peplum ends right where her hips begin. It’s back down to the tailoring.
Much better suit on him.
Oh, joy!
The Cambridges have decided to grace us with their presence with a film premiere after almost a month of holidays and no work.
What a hardworking couple! My tax money paying for their 24/7 security are put to good use!!!
Such amazing work ethic and dedication to their roles. Kate must have been doing 100 “secret” visits to charities all this time she hasn’t been seen shopping her heart out in London.
Or maybe she truly must have been staying in Anglesey instead of spending tons of money renovating their rooms in Kensington Palace.
And those 100 children who were chosen to see the film in the company of the Cambridges…how lucky and blessed are they?
We are not worthy of these two.
Kate’s fashion sense is so on point. The film is about African cats, so she wears something with tribal design in her collar and sleeves, like you know, the way people do in Africa?
This girl is so stylish and fashionable. Her costume always matches the event.
I am shocked by the comments here. It sounds like a bunch of jealous people who can’t handle that someone else has money. Boo hoo. Kate Middleton doesn’t deserve your wrath because she married into money and you have to hold a 9-5 job, that isn’t her fault or problem. Secondly, comments about her intelligence are altogether unnecessary. She is a college graduate and Prince William is the most educated member of the British royal family, these two didn’t have to go to college and they did. Third, to say that Kate doesn’t work, or that the royal family has made no contribution, is nonsense. The modern royal family may not hold traditional jobs, but they do in fact work,and while they do not hold political power, they make a tremendous contribution to their society. Prince William is a search and rescue pilot in the RAF and, like Kate, is patron to many charities. Aside from their charitable work, they travel the world as ambassadors for Queen and country. This was a life most of the royals were born into without choice, and they dedicate their lives in service. Their presence raises global awareness for issues and charities they back and brings in millions of dollars and tourist revenue. These people can’t do anything or go anywhere without being hassled and hounded like dogs. The castles they live in aren’t even theirs, they belong to the government and they are just allowed to live there but they pay their dues in other ways. Will and Kate have gone to lengths to pay for their own travel, to lower numbers of their own personal staff, and “do without” what many royals were accustomed to in the past. So what, they get to wear nice outfits, live in cool homes, travel, and wear jewels. Big deal? This doesn’t make them any less human or worthy of decent treatment. I am willing to bet they do more charitable work than anyone on this board complaining about them.
What a load of BS.
And btw, Prince Charles and Prince Edward are the most highly Educated members of that Family, having gone to Cambridge to study History.
Last i heard, Cambridge still outranks St Andrews.
The younger generational Royals that have attended university went to schools that outrank St Andrews.
Going to Cambridge means nothing when you’re a royal. Harry (and William) went to Eton and according to my friends that were there at the same time they were spectacularly thick.
@d – I was responding to M79’s comments. Apparently PW is the cleverest of them all, especially for having attended St Andrews. LOL.
Everyone knows that the RF are really not blessed intellectually. Wasn’t there scandals about Harry’s Art course work having another’s finger prints?
Being a royal gets you a pass on practically everything. boo hoo at the scrutiny when you can do anything and get away with it.
Wow, M79. The check is in the mail, really. As LAK said, what a load of BS. Charles and Edward have more prestigious degrees than dull William has. If it was easy for them to get in to Cambridge, maybe it was easy for William to get in to St. Andrews. Nobody cares that Waity’s rich. We care that she’s lazy. Many of the castles/palaces, they live in are privately owned by the royal family. Check your facts, The Queen is one of the richest women in the world, with a huge personal family fortune and many private homes at her disposal. William is a part time pilot only, after all that expensive training. Waity went to St Andrews to bag Willy boy, and I’ll give her that. She did it. And all those holidays. Yes, Willy and Waity are the Queen’s permanent ambassadors to the island of Mustique. Oh, and the Alps.
I just realized what her dress reminds me of: Chicos.
@M79
I don’t feel jealous of Kate – I feel embarrassed for her, since it must be shameful for her to do meet and greets with the public and realize that she has done NOTHING to warrant their attention or adulation. I would feel ashamed to meet people who actually WORK for a living while all I did was marry rich, shop my brains out for overpriced clothing, and act as patron to a whopping FIVE charities. Lots of people hold down 40+ hours per week jobs, raise kids, and STILL do charity work in their community…some even do it all while looking better than Kate does! Yet we’re suppose to hold her in high regard because she is “royalty” and gets her picture taken lots? Give me a break! Like I said before, there is only ONE member of that whacked out “family” that deserves any praise and that is the Queen. She, at 86, works ten times harder than her 30 year old granddaughter in law. People critique Kate because she has been in the public eye for ten years and done nothing to warrant the praise heaped on her – and that speech she gave made her sound like an idiot, as did the comments she sputtered out while in Denmark supposedly doing her part to help those in east Africa, hence why most people think her college educated ass is rather unintelligent.
Maybe Kate will do great things in the future…but I think her role has already been firmly established: to be a walking mannequin/Stepford wife to her husband, maybe have some kids, shop, and attend events. I don’t see her really doing much more than that or getting involved more than she has to.
I really hope the monarchy dies with the Queen because in my opinion it is a joke due to clowns like Kate, William, Charles, etc.
@LAura and M79 – do you know what bugs me about that speech re: East Africa, is that the famine was/is going on for quite some time, and she supposedly visits Kenya regularly and yet spoke like she had just been told about it!!!
from timeto time, I happen to open a post on Cambridges and there has to be a post or two bashing Charles. I do wonder how many people actually know what he has been doing for the last 30 years with his Prince’s Trust? I don’t know if Trusts’ activities are covered by media but thanks to being in fandom of Ben Cumberbatch and Luke Evans, I’ve had a chance to read about Trust and its activities. As far as I’m concerned, Charles did far more and reached a lot more people than people give him credit.
I retract lumping Charles with the other useless tools – though he has done things to damage the monarchy he was one of the first to popularize environmentalism and yes, his charity has done good things. Charles does seem like a decent man. But to be honest I don’t know if the public would welcome him as King. I truly believe that the monarchy will end or at least fade away with the death of Elizabeth. Which is just as well since it serves no real purpose… These people can do their “charity work”, shopping, hair appointments, endless vacationing, etc, without the title of royalty. It’s the 21st century and time to let go of the antiquitated institution and live life as it truly is: we are ALL equal and important, nobody is more or less or deserving of a good life and that good life should be earned through hard work not birth or marriage. And helping others should be done in a sincere effort to make other people’s lives better not because it’s “part of a job”.
EF: right on. People like to dump on Charles and he does deserve some of it; mostly for using and then cheating on Diana. But he is very hard working and most commenting here about both he and Camilla have no idea how he has contributed to British and world society through his Prince’s Trust. Even Camilla, who everyone loves to hate, puts Waity to shame as far as getting out and mingling with the people.
I think most polls show that Charles is preferred to inherit the throne rather than William. He’s waited long enough and he’s earned it. And, he’s next in line. William will never inherit before his father. Will never happen.
Do people really believe that the Queen tells Kate she has to work more and Kate says ‘no, I don’t feel like it’? Really? People think the Queen would tolerate her laziness? I don’t think so.
If the Queen wanted her to work more I’m sure she would. Her job is making appearances and she looks like she’s enjoying the attention so why not.
@Mare – The queen tends to keep out of the affairs of her children, in this case grandchildren. Also, HM reacts very decisively when there is a crisis. She let it be known that she kate should get a job and viola! kate worked, albight temporarily at Jigsaw. The fact that KAte was not allowed to wait out her 2 year grace period for engagements or charities is a good indication of HM’s influence.
That said, even if she orders them to work, i can’t imagine she says they have to do 40hrs a week or else.
I think that W&C are in for a long wait. SO they need something to do. Prince Charles created The Prince’s Trust http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/ to keep himself occupied while he waited for the Throne, so perhaps they should do the same.
William is looking pretty thin these days. He’s almost as skinny as Kate!! Maybe he lost weight while in the Falklands.
yeah, P.J. he looks like he’s lost some weight.
Sign up for public life, sign up for public criticism. And yes, she should do something, what a boring, lazy example she sets… Wait around for a bloke, twiddle your hair and you’ll get to go to the expensive hairdresser and play dress up for the rest of your life. Blah.
When Kate accepted Will’s proposal, she knew what she was signing up for. It’s not as if she was born into the royal family like Will and Harry. They did not have a choice but she did. And she made it. I think media scrutiny is part of the game she plays.
What is going on with her tangoed face? She’s been watching too much TOWIE.
What is going on with her tango-orange face? She’s been watching too much TOWIE.
What is going on with her orange face? She’s been watching too much TOWIE.
dear kate,
BUY.NEW.SHOES.
thanks,
every woman and gay man in the entire world.
I also wanted to address the commentary regarding the couple being “boring”. They do not exist for your amusement, they are not entertainers. Prince William saw his mother’s life destroyed by media attention and over-the-top antics, it’s no wonder he wants to keep a low profile and protect his privacy and that of his wife. Life is all about learning from mistakes, he saw what can happen worse case scenario and wants a settled quiet life and doesn’t try to draw attention to himself (other than what he will already have to deal with) and chose a wife who prioritized the same. Good for them, they should be happy.
@M79 – If he wants a quiet life, he should abdicate. It’s not like there isn’t a spare. Or more.
And by the way, thank you for confirming what we all speculate on ie he chose a wife who compliments him and encourages him in his efforts to run away from his historic role.
Unfortunately for him, by choosing her, we see him very clearly.
So from that perspective, i blame him for her bad image.
If he really wanted to protect her, he should encourage her to be seen to be working [in some capacity]. Keeping her hidden, and especially given her work history only encourages the more unkind monikers.
Hell if she did nothing more taxing than visit those guides once a week for an hour, her public image and by association his, would go up.
All these leaked stories and over egging the pudding do both of them no favours.
And by the way, please tell them to stop the holidays. it really encourages the republicans. If they must, they should do staycations. Afterall, we are all in this together 😉
M79 —
The ONLY reason they exist is for our entertainment and amusement. What do think “constitutional monarch” (i.e., figurehead) means? If he hates it that much he should step aside — surely you fans woukd support his doing what makes him happy? Or do you want to keep him trapped in the role of dancing monkey?
She’s so boring and extremely predictable. BTW, doesn’t anyone feel that if she had blonde hair, she would be the epitome of a dumb blonde? Just look at her facial expressions. They’re all vacant and vapid.
Horrible dress, it looks like something from her mothers 1980’s cupboard with cheap Indian braid emproidered in big plastic beads, tacked onto the sleeves and neckline as an afterthought. Steer clear of that designer Kate.
she has so much potential and $ to wear anything she wants… and she picks this???
SO. BORING.
Ok, just a note on the shoe thing. I love shoes like anyone else, but Kate can’t make the same mistake we make with shoes, like buying incredible looking shoes that we can’t walk in. She’s got to walk, stand, plant trees blah blah blah and she’s got to have shoes that can do that. So if the shoes are boring I get it. You have to show up and look happy so you can’t have “shoe porn” that hurts my dears – it eventually shows on your face.