Honest question: Is Duchess Kate patting her husband’s crumpets in this ^^ photo? WHERE IS HER OTHER HAND?!? Everyone needs a good goose every now and then, even if you’re a prince, and even if you’re standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in front of thousands of people.
Anyhoodle… obviously, Duchess Kate has gotten very comfortable in her royal role. I tend to think that Kate has been babied (“infantilized”) for nearly two years, like she was a meek, unsteady child unaccustomed to walking on her own or speaking to strangers, when really she came into the institution of the monarchy at the age of 29, after a decade as a “royal girlfriend”. She already had a university education and a little work experience (a few months here and there). My point? The royal courtiers were coddling her, probably in the hopes of lowering expectations so Kate could easily meet (or exceed) those expectations. When Kate has made public appearances, she’s fine. Are there still kinks and little mistakes to be worked out over time? Of course. But she hasn’t made any major blunders, and she hasn’t made news for the wrong reasons. There’s no reason to think that Kate wouldn’t be able to handle working as a full-time member of the royal family – meaning dozens of public appearances a month.
As I mentioned yesterday, Kate has been doing so many appearances over the past few weeks, and she’s been meeting and exceeding the low expectations so far. One of her weekend appearances was on behalf of the “Expanding Horizons” program, which saw her doing a mini-camping trip with some underprivileged city kids. While she was hanging out with the kids, she was asked some questions about becoming a duchess, and her answer was… interesting.
Even when she’s roughing it in the woods, Kate Middleton still manages to look effortlessly chic. Bonding with 28 eight- and nine-year-olds from the King Solomon Academy Primary School, based in North Westminster, London Sunday, the Duchess of Cambridge rocked a $500 pair of leather-lined Le Chameau wellington boots, Zara jeans, a Burberry shirt and a Really Wild sleeveless jacket to tour a campground in Kent.
Visiting an Expanding Horizons primary school scheme at the Widehorizons Margaret McMillan House in Wrotham, Kent, Middleton, 30, marveled at the tipi tents the inner-city kids had created. “This is marvelous,” she told the children. “Thank you for showing me your bedroom.”
Later, Prince William’s wife chatted with the schoolchildren around a campfire, and offered them a glimpse into her home life with her husband of one year. “Well, it’s been very busy and great fun…but I am very well looked after,” she said when asked how she’s adjusted to her new status as a royal.
As for married life behind closed doors? “William is very sweet and kind of spoils me,” she told another child.
Prince William and his brother Harry have long supported ARK Schools, the group which organized the weekend, which is aimed at allowing inner-city kids the chance to develop their confidence and teamwork skills in an outdoor setting.
Showing off her keen maternal instincts with the schoolchildren, Middleton and her husband hope to conceive their own child before next summer.
“There’s a window in place,” a royal insider confirms in the new Us Weekly, out now. Hoping to get pregnant between the last leg of their royal tour in September 2012 and summer 2013, the couple would love to make a New Year’s announcement.
Once Middleton hits the three-month mark in her pregnancy, “the pregnancy will be announced,” says the insider. “It won’t be hidden.”
Hmm… “I am very well looked after… William is very sweet and kind of spoils me.” Fascinating. I’m not being facetious either. Those two statements really are fascinating. They speak to her character, and how she approaches her role, right? Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I think maybe the “I am very well looked after” part is Kate trying to tell people that they shouldn’t worry about her, that she’s surrounding herself with smart people who help her out, and that she’s not overwhelmed or anything. But taken with the “he kind of spoils me” thing, I’m getting an image of her life and how her husband treats her. Is it possible – is it probable – that William babies her and coddles her and the royal courtiers follow his lead?
Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.
Honestly I just don’t see it. At least from photos I’ve seen.
In fact I think it’s the other way around: that it’s Kate who spoils William and takes care of him. I think she really adores him – she always has this puppy-eyed look whenever she looks up at him but sadly, he hardly looks at her. 🙁 Maybe he’s just not comfortable being lovey-dovey in public?
Anyway, I don’t know what’s up with him but he looks very grumpy lately. Compare photos of them last year (US trip) and they look very happy together. Now he always looks pissed and poor Kate had to seek Harry for comfort (and it’s become very evident that the media had to report on it :D) Maybe they’ve hit a rough patch in their marriage?
P.S. They’re waaayyy overdue for a vacation!!!
Yes he looks grumpy. He never looks at her. She is always trying to get his attention. Weird.
he keeps her in maybelline, she is so lucky
Agreed. This is the dynamic that I see from their body language in pictures.
However, Kate also comes across like she’s practiced her public performance. Huge hand gestures, wide eyes, gaping mouth, she tends to over dramatize her public expressions – like she’s acting. Perhaps behind closed doors William is quite doting and attentive… but then again, Kate built her life around him for over a decade… She’s been a housewife for over 3 years…The more I think about it, the more it seems certain that she’s the one who dotes on him and spoils him.
She’s still trying to convince us that they have some passionate love for each other, when in reality, she waited around for nearly a decade and he basically had to marry her or look like a jerk. She’ll always be waity Katey to me.
She’s 30? What’s with that horrible dark make-up on her cheek bone? And that smile or laughter looks really fake.
She’s yet to learn the art of subtlety when it comes to make-up. She’s going to have to sooner or later, I can’t see her wandering around in 500 quid boots at 40 with raccoon eyeliner.
Totally with you here, I just hate Kate’s grin. It looks so trying.
OT But did you see Ascot is banning fascinators in the Royal Enclosure? Hasn’t Kate worn one in previous years?
In the last photo, her laughter looks so forced to me. It looks like she is humoring him in order to keep a “good thing” going. But, then again, she always looks like that to me.
‘I am very well looked after, my husband is very sweet and kind of spoils me’ is a classic WAG response to enquiries about one’s marriage. It’s the sort of thing a diamond-clad trophy wife says, to emphasize the fact that yes, she got him to put a ring on it. Yes, she had her dream-princess wedding. Yes, it’s everything she dreamed it would be- as in, she has a unlimited shopping budget now and won’t have to work again for a day in her life.
In short: not a surprising answer at all from Waity Middleton.
Uh I’m well looked after, my husband is sweet & kind of spoils me too & I’m not a diamond clad trophy wife. To me it means that my husband adores me (as I adore him) & my well being is always the most important thing to him (as his is mine-you know, the way a marriage should be).
Good for you, BabySwans. I stand by my comment, though. This is classic WAG-talk.
Aw babyswans that was adorable
Agree with you Cherry. That was the first thing I thought.
And as for Babyswans, you are probably American? I guess it’s okay to say all these things in the US, while being clear it means ’emotionally taken care off’. However, in Europe it sounds like something only trophy wives would say (and then mostly the ones with childish voices).
flan – such things are only accepted to be said at the South. I can’t imagine hearing it anywhere on the east cost, for example…
I agree. My fiancé is so sweet and wonderful. It’s not diamonds and gems and castles, but he’s also spoiling me quite often.
Thanks for the info, Mina.
Now that you mention it, I can’t imagine the east-coast Americans I know saying that either.
you’re right. classic WAG speak.
How can anyone take these comments seriously? Can anyone picture her saying, “Well, it’s just hell. My husband shouts at me, I’m not allowed to be friends with Harry, and those York sisters can really carry a grudge! If it wasn’t for the 4-6 hours a week I spend at the salon, I’d go crazy!!”
Even at the lowest point in her marriage, Diana didnt’ complain publicly. To friends and book authors,yes, but not publicly.
Incidentally, I’ve been reading the comments here lately (I’m a longtime lurker) and I’d be interested to know moe about Kate and Pippa and Bea and Eugenie.Thanks.
A friend in London was told the Middletons sort of bullied and bossed and teased the nicer and somewhat quivering B and E a few times. Other CBrs here have reported similar things. (My friend is friends with some insiders through her child’s school but that said, still hearsay.)
Now what you can see is the interaction between B and K if you watch the Royal Family on Christmas Morning-Kate Middleton YouTube as they leave the Church at about 3 minutes in. Another friend pointed it out to me and again it was mentioned here. Sort of…well, watch it.
Yeah, heard about that too.
If it’s true, I especially don’t get the nerve Pipa has, who is not even a royal, but acted like an entitled harpy to them on occassion.
Liberty, who are B and E? The Duke of York kids? Thanks
Umm…not feeling sorry for B&E. The ridiculous fallopian hat worn to the Royal Wedding was a shameless grab to distract attention from the bride. It’s pretty much an unwritten law that you don’t try and one up the bride. So there’s that.
York sisters and Pippa:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1068477/Beatrice-Eugenie-snub-Kates-sister-fashion-stand-off.html
Aren’t the seats at fashion shows monitored? I don’t think you could just sit anywhere you want.
Beatrice and Kate
The article above touched on it a bit. It was rumored that Kate didn’t invite Beatrice to a roller disco. Beatrice only heard about it from another friend. Kate then invited Bea to the party but didn’t tell her about the fancy wear theme (I’m a bit hazy on the details on this part forgive me) so Bea ended up looking out of place. She asked Kate about it but she snubbed her. Beatrice was then reported crying later in the bathroom and Kate didn’t even comfort her.
Dunno, you can’t trust the Mail at ALL. Plus it is obsessed with Pippa. Eugenie is a favourite of Queen – that’s slam-dunk. And even though Kate looks like she can be a bitch, she’s only
Royal by marriage. If anything ever went wrong between her and W, she’d be dispatched. The thought of her being capable of pulling rank over B&E just because she’s William’s wife is laughable IMO. B&E, even as minor Royals, are the Real Deal.
@Monkey Jim, Kate can pull rank over B&E she is 3rd in the female order of precedence after the Queen and Camilla, Pippa has no chance though…
@Monkey Jim – It’s not hard to imagine Kate using her status as the then-girlfriend of the future King to be mean towards others. If William uses his own powers to do whatever he wants, why shouldn’t she? She had his name for protection.
And I don’t get how rank has anything do with Kate being nasty. She is older than Beatrice and Eugenie. The event she invited Beatrice to was an event that Kate herself organized so the invitation was Kate’s prerogative. She had a lot more control and power over Beatrice even then. She wanted to play a prank and humiliate Bea, and so she did.
Is it hard to imagine such a thing?
Is Kate so innocent-looking that it’s impossible for her to behave awfully towards others?
A friend of mine saw Kate shopping once, and this was long before she got engaged. She was only the royal girlfriend then. My friend was at the same store Kate was at, and she said that Kate was very rude and snobbish towards the sales clerk. Since then my friend never saw Kate as anything but rude.
And that’s what I find irritating about William and Kate. Both behave like entitled spoiled brats who have the world at their feet and treat people like shite. William is not a gentleman. Kate is not nice. Neither of them is kind. But their PR-team would have you believe that they’re humble, good, ordinary people.
Kate is not royal-born so she must be timid and kind and scared of younger Princesses like Bea and Eug? LOL. NO.
Monkey Jim:
Yes, as juicy as these stories are, I don’t buy them either.
I don’t think the Middleton sisters and the York sisters were ever friends though. Their circles may overlap but as far as spending time together, I just don’t see it.
For some reason I can’t reply to the right person, but rank & Royalty has everything to do with it! And I didn’t say that Kate is scared of B/E, I doubt she is scared of anyone, but she knows her place, 100%. She is a public schoolgirl, she is not part of the Firm & despite marrying into it, ‘if’ William is ever King, her child will be Royal, she still won’t. She’s not an heir. That is the ONLY way the monarchy has lasted in this country – Camilla knows her place she’s discreet, humble & so has managed a total turnaround in our press. There’s no way on earth that some chick who used to work in Jigsaw would have the temerity to pull rank over a Princess, please.
The story in the mail came out because those particular incidents happened in public. Many people, unconnected to royals, witnessed them so they couldn’t be swept under the carpet.
Behind the scenes, Kate and pippa have been mean and unkind to the York girls on many occasions.
The York girls are overwhelmingly sweet rather than icy or bitchy. Generally do not behave as though to the manor born.
@Monkey jim – you are right in your assertion, but clearly Kate and Pippa felt confident or perhaps were short- sighted in their treatment of these two girls. The results are very clear now everyone is royal. The Yorks stay as far away from Kate as possible. BTW:- Kate used her royal GF status to pull rank, get discounts etc, so i do not doubt that she would see the Yorks as less important than her, even though technically they are princes of the blood. As long as she was/is with William. She is known to be icy to women in general because she doesn’t trust women hence no girlfriends other than her mother and sister.
As for the royal wedding hat, Beatrice has always worn avant garde hats/fascinators. Long before the engagement. The royal wedding hat was typically the sort of thing she used to wear. After the criticism, and i suspect on the advise of her new stylist, they started to choose smaller, more conventional hats/fascinators.
I believe that William spoils Kate – maybe not with gifts but with attention. He saw how Diana was neglected, and how depressed she became and he doesn’t want the same fate for his wife.
I know a lot of people say he’s like Charles, but I believe that when he goes home and just relaxes he’s actually very sweet & caring
ITA, lucy. I think William is a really sensitive guy who can’t show it in public—Can’t show ANYTHING in public. That’s enough to make anyone seem stiff, but a good marriage is just the support he needs behind closed doors.
Even Charles is known to be a wistful, ruminative guy in his private life. Add his genes to Diana’s—I’m sure BOTH her boys are sweet people who enjoy their privacy.
This argument would hold more water if it weren’t for the fact that only last year, William was very affectionate with Kate.
Google photos of last year’s Trooping the Colour. I assure you, William last year was very different from how he has been behaving lately. Last year at Trooping the Colour, he had an arm around Kate, they were giggling, smiling into each other’s eyes, and he was whispering to her, always standing close to her and his body “enclosed” hers. Very intimate body language last year.
Their trip to the US was also a happy one. Both of them were in tune with each other and they were having fun. It’s only been a year, even if they try to follow protocol, they should still be in that honeymoon period where they must always be close to each other.
Again, Google the photos from last year’s events and you will see the difference. William, while never into PDA heavily, was still warm and attentive towards Kate in public.
If he was always this stiff and cold to everyone, there would be no mention of his coldness towards his wife by the press. But he is affectionate towards his cousins, especially Zara. He even kissed their dog Lupo at the Polo match yesterday. So what’s keeping him from being affectionate towards his own wife?
The difference in his attitude during the Jubilee celebrations was so obvious that the media had to comment on it.
And before anyone goes, “Oh, so you’re saying William hates his own wife? LOL Jealous hater!!!” No, I don’t think he does. But his attitude leaves much to be desired. This isn’t even a criticism of Kate, but an observation about William and his moods or whatever he’s going through lately.
This Jubilee, though, is the most high-stakes event they’ve had to do as a couple. Wills has been under a lot of pressure to not screw it up, and to stand still and look like a King.
CB doesn’t post the photos of William being kind to Kate, but I see plenty in other places. And recent too, I promise.
@Ahoyahoy – photos can be edited to give a particular impression. See the videos. Not the ones where people are trying to make a point. Try and find onmes that either have no commentry or are news items eg itnsource.com or watch these events live. William’s body language has changed significantly recently.
What i found amazing during the Jubilee is that what ever is irking him, whether that be his job or Kate, he is unable to control his body language like he used to.
@Sachi is right. googling video and photos from last year shows a very different relaxed William who is affectionate to Kate in public.
Generally speaking, he isn’t a cold person. Compared to Harry, who has an abundantly warm personality, he appears that way but he is more controlled in his body language. It’s not just the official jubillee events that he has been cold to Kate. It at private evnts like the polo where he can be seen laughing, joking, being affectionate to everyone but Kate. The recent dates with the boys only – two in the past week are typical of his past behaviour when he felt smothered by KAte and would take off on boys only adventures.
As for public affection during the Jubilee, look at Charles and Camilla.
@Ahoyahoy – to contradict myself completely, look at this sequence of pictures taken from polo the other day.
William can be seen being open and affectionate in public, with the dog!!! And his cousins. Kate is there too but she seems like a hanger on rather than an involved member of the group. I maintain though that video is a better way to judge because these pictures may also be edited to an agenda.
http://www.gettyimages.de/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=146564615&EditorialProduct=Royalty
Methinks this is damage control, as a result of Wills’ bad behaviour towards Kate at the Jubilee.
What bad behavior? I missed that.
There was no “Bad behaviour” he just wasn’t fawning all over her so apparently that means he hates her and because she had a joke with Prince Harry they’re boning because Kate is so hard done by… lol People with too much imagination.
If you check out the the last Jubilee post, there’s a link to them on the boat. He was cold and rude and very directing towards her.
@stopitluke – The Harry story only became a thing precisely because William was cold and distant and rude to Kate at the Jubillee events. not just on the boat. it was three days of the same behaviour. It had marginally improved by the 3rd day.
Many, many people who watched the events live, commented on it. Harry/Kate is a distraction. @Original Bellaluna is absolutely correct.
Thank you, LAK. I’ve been treated like that before, so I didn’t think I was imagining things or projecting. It looked very, very uncomfortable and condescending.
And seriously, that was an IMPROVEMENT from the previous two days?!? (I didn’t see anything but that boat scene.)
I’m glad I’m not married to him. Some of that commemorative china may have been tossed in his general direction upon our arrival home.
@The original bellaluna – I have stopped looking at photographs of these two. Most of it is pr nonsense. The videos are the best way to judge.
The way he is treating her deserves a right royal stomping!
LAK, he most certainly does!
This will sound nuts but Wm is a Cancerian. They are moody etc but more than that, are chafing for independence now re relationships, whether work or personal. Don’t tell them what to do. Don’t get in their way. They want to get their little watery freak on and do things their way and boss and lead. Maybe he feels the tug.
Yeah, like in that interview he did a few weeks ago, when he said he did not have much wriggle room (or something like that). It sounded like he felt blockaded.
Yes, exactly. It is supposed to be some sort of phase going on for them right now…and a moon thing tomorrow is supposed to open a Pandora’s box of whoops for Cancerians to deal with. It only gets more interesting, eh?
I once had a Cancerian boyfriend who liked to ignore me in public in a way that was very similar to how Will treats Kate. Needless to say, that relationship didn’t last long. …NEVER AGAIN!
I’m now with a Taurus guy and I couldn’t be happier. 🙂
Us Taureans (Tauraes?) are generally well-grounded and loyal like dogs (in the most flattering way) to our loved ones, including friends.
One Cancer guy I knew was very publicly affectionate to his girlfriend – who was a friend of mine at that time. He wasn’t into PDA but they were tog for very long but he was still intimate enough with her in public.
Another cancerian guy I knew though was a total asshole to my girlfriend and just treated her very condescendingly. The video of W treating K on the boat was very reminiscent of how my friend was treated…and I trully felt bad for Kate there.
Another cancerian I know is extremely self-centred.. bossy and spoilt.
i tend to avoid people in this sign nowadays. weird, moody and bossy. ew.
I love her, I love him, I love them together.
I think they are totally fine. He probably does look after her. After seeing what his mom went through I would imagine he is hyper-aware of keeping his wife secure/content.
But I just can’t take her fashion sense! I know she has to dress conservative, but she I swear some of her dresses age her so badly.
She is so impossibly DULL. He looks bored by her too. I’d say the honeymoon is over. If only the press would stop spin-doctoring…
+1
Very boring couple. People need to stop trying to turn her into the next Princess Diana. I didn’t like Princess Diana, but she did have a sparkle the people liked. And she did Good Works.
Very true. Waity should stop trying to be Diana and just be herself. Diana didn’t study anyone, she just went out in public and did what came naturally.
Waity is so busying trying to be someone she’s not that she comes across as insincere.
If she had been involved in some of these charities before marriage, I might find it more believable, but all she did was shop, party, get her hair done and wait around for PW.
One of the other posters said it’s like she’s acting the part. So very true.
No one tried to turn Diana into a big thing; it happened so spontaneously across the world. You can’t manufacture something like that and have it last 16 years (actually, it’s still going on.) Diana was truly an “it” girl. Kate, on the other hand, does not have “it”; no matter how hard they try. And BTW, that frock in the first pic (on the balcony) looks like she borrowed it from the Queen’s closet. I mean, honestly? WTF? And regarding the expensive Wellies … I’m surprised the Queen hasn’t told William to tell Kate to knock it off on the shopping. The Queen is known to be a cheapskate and I know she told Diana to stop shopping so much and to stop showing the wealth. If I were in that clan I’d probably find a “middle of the row” price point for clothing to be seen in. Honestly, I don’t give a rat’s ass if Kate was wearing expensive rubber boots (they are probably the only thing she has ever worn that I like) but wearing expensive stuff probably doesn’t sit well with the unemployed public.
it’s not only kate. i’m sure harry has the same wellies, i saw them in some pictures. kate has had these boots for a long time and nobody was interested in them untill now. not a kate fan, but why shouldn’t she wear the same labels as other members of the rf?
@June – i don’t think it’s the label. It’s the cost. Kate is frugal and thrifty, don’t you know? 😉
Well, that was her answer to the question ” what it feels like being a princess”. So, after DM and the rest keep on saying “oh, Kate is a role model” she sais thisbstupid thing?!?!
I mean, instead of saying , i got to meet many interesting people and explore what their needs and problems are, she sais such a bullshit.
She has got zero personality, she is fake and bitchy. I very much liked her just after the wedding, but very soon she became so boring.
She was speaking to children. Her response seems like a typical one to a child’s question.
Typical answer? For a 5- year old girl maybe…but not for a grown – up woman. She knows what her role is…so what she sais has to fit it. Moreover, the question was about being a princess and not about being married.
I don’t see what is so hard to understand with an answer like, “It’s great. I meet a lot of interesting people and I am learning a lot of things that I didn’t know before.”
You think 10-12 year old-kids won’t be able to grasp the meaning of those words?
Kate was asked what Princess life is like for her. She was not asked about married life. The article quoted here got it wrong. The Daily Mail had more accurate details about Kate’s comments.
When she was asked about her life as a Princess, she mentioned William spoiling her right away and how he’s so kind. That was it.
Whenever she’s asked about how she’s doing, she’s always saying how William takes good care of her. Nothing about what she does that makes her life so great, and nothing about what interests her and what makes her happy. It’s like William fills her whole world.
Kate doesn’t have to talk about William all the time. There are a lot more to being a Princess than being ‘spoiled’ and well-taken care of.
@SAchi – this is how i see her brain….’William,William,William,William,William,William,William,William,…xinfinity.’
I would say, she is either one of those women who mentions their other half because they unconsciously can’t believe their luck that they are together – points to obsession or she knows that a william mention gets her a pass because the public love William and love to hear about him.
@ LAK – I think it’s the latter. Mentioning William and how happy they are and how kind he is immediately shuts down any other questions. She’s spoiled, William is kind, she can’t ask for more. The end.
Had she said, “Oh, I get to do a lot for different charities…” that would invite a lot of questions like what exactly does she contribute, what has she achieved, etc.
Talking about William is an easy pass and shuts people up.
I kinda wish she won’t open her mouth. 😀 I just shake my head at some of her comments. I truly find it hard to believe that a University-educated person like her can sound so vapid and juvenile. I know teenagers who sound more eloquent and cultured than her.
Are you really surprised? Shes made several comments in the past that have made people shake their heads.
This is no different. Her answers and comments towards the kids yesterday were juvenile.
We can say her answers were just for the kids: safe answers that won’t be controversial. But you are also right. It would have been better if she actually mentioned the other aspects of being a Princess aside from William being nice to her.
I’d have said that working with different charities and causes, as well as meeting many influential and important people are good parts of royal life, to be in a position where you can make a difference and help a lot of people would be awesome. But that’s me.
Someone else here on CB mentioned, what if Kate is not making mistakes, but this is how she is? What is she can’t do any better than this? She seems to have a knack for making inane comments.
She’s not stupid, but the things she says always strike me as silly and shallow, especially for a 30-year old woman who has had all the privileges of a rich kid since she was young and probably had more opportunities to enrich her life than a lot of people. I expected her to be more cultured, more “worldly”, and learned/knowledgeable. I didn’t expect her to come across as vapid in interviews.
I think she also said that she gets to visit a lot of countries .you know I have serious doubts about Kate as a full time royal because she can’t even make a proper conversation with kids without saying anything stupid then how on earth will she ever be able to support serious charities that deal with life and death? Can anyone seriously imagine her contributing to a serious conversation? She is always playing the delicate Disney princess which is very annoying considering she is a grown 30 Yeats old woman.even daily mail have started to criticise her in a very subtle way and have to remove these stupid comments after people started commenting on how stupid she sounds.i think after two years we will see the real woman child that she is as media can only make excuses for so long but not forever.i still can’t believe she actually asked e whether the eggs are still made or not and her asking can you test the smell by smelling it or that I love towie
A better answer would have been, “It’s great. I get to meet wonderful people like you!” Yeah, it’s a suck up, but a suck up the kids might have liked.
@angelic 20 – Oh yes, I forgot the bit about visiting different countries.
She met Michelle Obama last year, I wonder what they talked about?
She could just smile and nod her way through when she meets with diplomats and dignitaries. Maybe that would be better. It’ll save us from another round of “The world according to Kate” comments.
I don’t expect royals to be intelligent. There are only a handful of them who can actually be called clever. But I don’t know any royal who have made such shallow comments over and over as Kate has done in such a short time.
Her comments aren’t even cheeky-smart-sarcastic. Kate’s gaffes are just sad for a 30-year old adult. She often sounds like she means what she says.
When she asked if Faberge eggs are still being made, she looked like she truly meant that question and actually wanted to know the answer. The Queen could only look at her and sputter some answer. She’s like one of those people who asks a silly question so you laugh at them, but then you realize they’re not kidding around, and the situation becomes awkward.
@bluhare – I thought about that response, but then I pictured the kids going, “Really, Kate, really?” and not believing a word. 😀
@Sachi: totally agreed. The past year and all those comments that have been mentioned by Kate just tells me she’s just really not intelligent.. neither does she possess that innate curiosity about people, events and things that goes around her that people in her position should.
I used to excuse her by thinking that she’s just really bad at small talk. but after a year..come on. I HATE small talk myself but I always try to ask/talk about decent things because I’m genuinly interseted in the person I’m talking to and what they do.
Kate just comes across so silly and shallow and empty. =/
and i also dislike her constant referencing to William. Does she have anything else in her life (probably not I guess) or at least does she think about things.. read stuff on the net.. come across something interesting that would be of value in a conversation? I think not. Her constant references to him just comes across so clingy and dependent and like her whole life revolves around him.
which.. if you think about it, it certainly does.. and I think it’s really sad actually =/
With regard to Waity’s intelligent remarks, during her camping w/ kids here is her latest:
I was watching E! She was squatting on the ground with some kids and said after pointing to a tent “See that? It’s called a tent. You get under it if it’s raining so you don’t get wet. See, it keeps you from getting wet.”
Pure genius! Why has the palace been hiding this gem?
@fairy godmother: are you serious -.- she sounds like she’s talking to 2 year old babies instead of 10-12 year old children.
no wonder the palace won’t let her speak in public and Prince William always looks so tensed when she’s about to say something. lol.
she always talks as if she has been living under a rock for the past 20 years.
if i ever had to have a conversation with this woman i’d be rolling my eyes throughout.
I’m continually embarrassed by what she wears – yes, I’m shallow, sue me! So middle aged & DULL. I was only a teenager when Diana died, but saw some pics of a recent Diana fashion retrospective & even with the 80s context there was some great stuff in there – she (mostly) got balance of being appropriate/fashion forward right.
Her teeth are so creepy-looking. They’re too even, too white, and too big. They look so fake.
And that grin…sometimes I think it’s so forced, but other times I think it’s really the way she smiles and laughs. She has thin lips so they disappear when she laughs and then she looks deranged.
I doubt William spoils her. He never gave the picture of being attentive and affectionate even when they were dating. It was always Kate who was at his beck and call.
There was a charity event where Kate was supposed to be a rower. William called her and told her to pull out of the event, so she did. She left a lot of people hanging and angry. She let down a whole team as well as a charitable organization so she could spoil William.
I don’t take her charitable efforts seriously because she’s never shown that she was actually intent on contributing. One call from William and she drops everything and comes running to him.
I don’t see him doing the same for her.
It’s always her who goes to great lengths to keep him and even in those photos at Trooping the Colours, it’s her who was trying to get William’s attention and make him smile, but he wasn’t touching her or making complete eye contact.
People go ona and on about how she had to make sacrifices because this is what was needed to bag a royal but i have to ask, has William made any sacrifices or accomodations?
In all the years of their dating, did he? Can anyone point to anything in their entire relationship where William made sacrifices and accomodations for her.
And what sucks of all is that as it’s a royal marriage, it is still about him. So She’s still having to make sacrifices and accomodations.
That rower thing made me so angry espcially as she quit so close to the race. And especially because she got a photo shoot out of Hello promoting herself as this incredibly charitable person out of it. Not a pap photoshoot where they cull pictures from picture agencies, but a properly organised photo shoot.
William is too much of a diva to actually do something for anyone, unless he gets something out of it.
Isn’t William something else? He knew Kate was already committed to the charity event, but he told her to pull out anyway because he needed her, to hell with the charity and all the people that helped organized the event and were counting on Kate to make an appearance.
It still makes me angry when I remember that story and Kate’s photo shoot for publicity, and then she didn’t follow up on her pledge to participate in the charity. Both of them are ridiculous.
But him doing something for her? I don’t see it. Remember all those stories of Kate confronting him about his serial cheating? And he allegedly told her, “Don’t you know who I am? I can do what I want!”
Their fans still insist their love is so deep and real…I wonder if they even know of William cheating on Kate over and over again. If he truly respected Kate, he’d have been faithful to her or he would have stopped when she asked him to.
They are both spoiled, entitled prats but William takes the cake.
It’s amazing how much you all think you know (intimately, even!) about people you’ve never spoken to, or likely even seen in person. Do you ever feel a little stupid plotting out all these mental and emotional background stories based on a few pictures?
These comments sound more like fan fiction .
+1 lmaooo…
Get off your high horse fool, we’re on a GOSSIP site!
I also wonder if you would dare say those exact same words to us if we only say nice things about Kate all the time.
+2. And GoodCapon, relax. It IS a gossip site, and she hasn’t ‘dared’ anything, she simply voiced an opinion. Some people are way too invested in the lives of complete strangers, and calling other posters ‘fools’ because they point it out sort of just proves her point.
A lot of people that comment on this site are british or british citizen.for us they are not celebrities but public figures who will be our state head , we don’t get to elect them opinions are all we get so yes we have strong opinions about royals and these are not because they are celebrities.the comments are made on actual incidents reported by media and confirmed by the people involved example the captain of boat race who was angry that Kate left just few days before the race and the roller skating incident where media was allowed in and there are pictures that the York princess was not in. the dress code and confirmed by someone in that party about their tiff.the journalists that report about royal are not like paparazzi but they actually move in royal circles to get inside information.people make assumption on the basis of their body language because that what they did in the case of Diana and Charles and everything is true.if you see William Kate body language and compare it to Charles and Diana then you will see it is very similar and in some case even worse then them (at least Charles would not pretend that his wife is invisible) and I don’t think that is a good sign.i actually find Americans strong opinion on royals ridiculous, don’t you guys have enough celebrities that do not do much in your own country plus of you can’t understand someone else culture and the importance and position of monarchy in England and common wealth then maybe you should keep your opinions to yourself.
If this site didn’t welcome opinions, there wouldn’t be a comment section. Cracks me up how many people comment to tell people to shut up when they’re doing exactly what they’re telling others not to do.
Which is why I generally stick to comments about the clothes because I’m not British. Besides I didn’t any of their history til I started about it on here.
Add: The modern ones at least. Victoria or the Tudors then I can talk about them.
So many pictures aren’t even posted here. People go on about how Will never looks at her. But if you look at pictures at other sites, he is frequently looking and smiling at Kate.
Smack my head on desk. I find these types of comments amazingly arrogant and condescending given the incredible US ignorance of equating the Royal family with Hollywood celebrity.
Most who comment passionately are UK and Commonwealth citizens who have been informed about Kate for years, care and have a RIGHT to care because she represents them.
We aren’t talking about JLo, Beyonce of Mrs Cruise here. We are talking about the presumed future Queen of England.
Are you saying Americans should not comment on these threads? Are we allowed to have opinions and just not comment or would that be too “arrogant” for you too?
I’m not usually nationalistic, but being called “amazingly arrogant”, “condescending”, and “ignorant”, kind of brings that out in me.
How would you feel if this thread was filled with comments stereotypical of the UK? Do you have bad teeth? Is your food lousy? Are you stupidly polite even while being insulted? Do you slavishly support a family that some consider leaches? Are you a cold snob? Are you a soccer fan hooligan? I would never paint an entire population with the same brush, but good for you – you can.
@Anne – you have a point. On the Flipside, how sure are you that they haven’t met them or even know them personally? This is afterall an anonymous forum.
However, the royal family sells itself on the basis of intimacy and the soap opera of their family relationsships. That’s why many British/commomwealth people feel they know them because they are responding to that marketing campaign.
secondly, this is our head of state, not a celebrity. If you notice most of the comments are about conduct, behaviour, representation which we expect from a head of state. The Royal Family may not be politicians, but they are ambassadors. That is their primary function these days.
To use a comparable analogy, which isn’t equivalent but close enough, what if we talked about the Obamas the way same way eg The Obamas are cute! Michelle dresses so well! back off Obama, he’s only been in the job 3 years! he’ll figure it out eventually besides he is so handsome! And michelle is wearing a cute dress! where did she get those shoes?! Obama loves Michelle therefore Michelle is a good person! etc etc and so forth
Okay, totally off topic but relating to the story, I scanned the article first and misread a line. I read: “Kate cheated with the children” [instead of chatted, which is the case] and thought, ‘Good grief, why is no one commenting on that? How horrible!’
Then I realized how stupid that sounded and re-read. Oops. Glad I didn’t hastily comment on that.
However, in line with the other comments, I’m with the ‘honeymoon-is-over’ crowd. Reality has set in and William is probably just now realizing how big a commitment he made and may be having a little buyer’s remorse. Of course no woman could come close to Diana in his world, not even Kate.
Also, to me Kate’s comment sounds like one made by a girl who was raised to think that women should be cared for and treated like spoiled children and not necessarily a strong contributory role in the relationship. I believe her lifestyle in her adolescence to her wedding day confirms this stance. Not surprising when you consider all of the “investment” her parents put into her to ensure her current station in life. Wouldn’t any man tire of that soon enough?
Hmm- I don’t believe that he “spoils” her. Do I think she is spoiled? Completely. But not by Will. I think if it were “that” kind of relationship, they’d have been married years and years ago. I think a man that adores you, spoils you, and is all uber-sweet in a genuinely type of way will make you his wife long before William did. Just my observation…
It’s not a long try-out, when she has to be Queen, and granny is dead-set against any more drama or divorce from the Spencer side!
I smell some PR being at work here or is she trying to convince herself?
sounds like those women seeking sugar daddies who can take care of them, what a stupid thing to say to underprivileged inner city kids
People need to decide whether she’s a raging bitch or a listless doormat. They’re not compatible. Nothing I have read the last 10 years has ever described Kate as being cruel.
I would like to think that Kate is spoiled because William knows how badly Diana was treated when she first married into the family. He seems to be very careful about not repeating the past mistakes with his mom. I respect him for that.
Lastly, weren’t these comments given to children? I think she used words that a child would be familiar with – regarding how they are treated by their parents.
I’m not a huge fan but I do feel sorry for her at times. The Royal Family hasn’t had a very good track record of late regarding marriage.
SHE is a doormat to William and to every one, can’t you read what people are saying?
SHE is a doormat to William and not to every one, can’t you read what people are saying?
angelic 20 – thanks for your charming concern for my reading ability. I read just fine your two contradicting comments.
My comments were not supposed to be contradicting,i wanted to post the second comment but I made a mistake as I am on my mobile phone and I find writing a comment on this site from my phone a little difficult.
@Mayamae – Clearly you’ve never encountered women who are sweet and light to their targets whilst being bitchy to those they discount or consider dispensable.
Really bad example to give as Kate is no where near this level …. blood diamond Naomi, who is said to be sweetness and light to people she holds in high regard and hell on wheels to those she doesn’t.
On a sympathetic note, perhap other people were horrible to her and clearly based on the evidence, she was in a relationship that was always precaurious and seems to have been one long job interview. That would be enough to drive a bitchy.
I would not knowingly get into it with a Brit – clearly they have greater knowledge of this family. I post as an American who has a basic understanding of the family.
I love mixing it up with people of different cultures/backgrounds. Usually there is a good give and take. Then someone like Mich posts. I did learn something from Mich – the stereotype of politeness is false in this case.
Obviously I dont know them but their love does seem genuine & strong. Married life is hard enough let alone they live in a fishbowl and will the rest of their lives. I think they are handling it all very well. The marriage/relationship is of no comparison to Charles & Diana who both looked miserable on their wedding day.
“Well looked after” = controlled in every aspect of her life. Probably explains the eating disorder, as thats the only thing she controls herself.
I know people made fun of her for looking down at her speech every three words, but I think it was drilled into her head that she better not stray from the script, and it resulted in her being too afraid of getting even a single word wrong. Must be tough being controlled by people who think you’re an idiot and don’t even trust you to say even one impromptu sentence. But that’s what she waited 9 years for. And maybe her willingness to do nothing but be William’s doormat for 9 years contributed to the royal handlers’ low opinion of her intellect.
At any rate, remember how stylish and classy Carylon Bessette was? By comparison Kate looks like a dowdy old hag. I’ll bet her clothes are picked out by much older women. She needs to get a better stylist.
“Must be tough being controlled by people who think you’re an idiot and don’t even trust you to say even one impromptu sentence.” when i read what she said, maybe they are right?! O_o
I don’t think her clothes are picked out by older women – she is just trying too hard to look royal and sophisticated by mimicking other members of the family or even Diana, but in the meantime she’s not willing to give up her tacky roots – those old-fashioned outfits always happen be too tight or too short, very odd combination indeed and they only make her look cheap.
I was so enamoured with CBK’s fashion style. I would have loved to see how she progressed over the years.
Now that i think of it, JFK jr and CBK are the comparable american examples of the life William and Kate are living.
JFK jr grew up in as much a fishbowl as William. worse because William had media blackouts for parts of his life. Diana admired how JFK jr had handled the relentless spotlight.
LAK: Your comparison is quite apt, I think. Wasn’t Carolyn his girlfriend for quite a while as well? And then he finally put a ring on it? Carolyn did have a job, though. 🙂
You’re not seriously saying William is like JFK Jr.? In terms of celebrity yes, but John Jr. wasn’t a spoiled tosser. And Carolyn wasn’t a golddigging geisha (and Carolyn had more style in her pinky finger than Waity could ever buy with William and daddies money). She also didn’t chase the spotlight. In fact little by little it seems like the paps made her go a bit mad (she started becoming a recluse)
William could have learned a few things from Jr., who was humble, down to earth and by all accounts the nicest guy on the planet. He accepted his place in life. William is none of those things.
@iseepinkelephants – I am not comparing personalities. I am talking media spotlight and celebrity. JFK jr is the only non royal person on this planet who knew the kind of media interest that William goes through. He was pursued, photographed in the same way from birth to death just like William.
I would say he had it worse because his private details eg exams results were published in the media for all to see. He was followed even on vacation.
The fact that he handled it will all such grace says alot about his character. There was never a tale of woe. He understood why media was interested in him and made his peace with it. You can see that Harry has done the same. His interviews are showing a person who has made peace with the media interest but who also understands what his role is unlike William.
@Bluhare – yes. She dated him for a long time. She did not give up her job during that time despite the media onslaught and neither was she cowered by his status.
I was trying to put my finger on what’s bothering me about Kate’s “I’m very well looked after”.. after all, my husband looks after me and even spoils me but what bugs me about it is that I’d never use a passive voice to describe it. She sounds like a doll or a child or a pet to be taken care of, as if she didn’t have her own voice.
I increasingly think that William is waking up from the honeymoon phase and realizing what he’s gotten himself into: a marriage with someone he’s not passionate about, someone who doesn’t have much character and has nothing to say. I think he’s the kind of guy who does his duty first and he’s essentially decent, so he felt that marrying Kate after all those years was a right thing to do. He might have even convinced himself he loved her but I think it was basically her and her mom pursuing him. They got what they wanted but he now realizes he married a doormat.. men do not love doormats and do not respect them. He feels he has to love her and his frustration with her is sometimes so clearly visible, esp. when she talks in public. I just can’t shake the feeling that William realizes he married a vacuous girl he doesn’t really love.
She’s used that term before. “looked after” is more of a British term, I think, Americans would be more likely to say “taken care of” or something like that. But the fact she’s used that phrase twice to talk about life with William makes me wonder if she doesn’t feel a bit stultified by it all, that he’s got her controlled to such a degreee she’s afraid to do anything that could go wrong. Not sure if I said that properly; hope it translates!!
I think he is probably miserable because now he is married he has to do his duties as a royal . He has always avoided it as much as possible but he doesn’t have any excuses anymore. I do think he doesn’t treat her that we’ll but she clearly wants the job and is willing to be his doormat to be there. I think if they ever break up it will be if he endstot. I’ve read about them from the start and i always thought he was looking for someone better but it didn’t turn out that way and he had to promise her marriage to keep her in the end
But I do think he loves her but maybe she just isn’t a great love more a dependable partner
I just don’t see what the big deal is with her comment. It seems like she’s damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t.
I am sure she is looked after. Regardless of whatever body language he may be demonstrating in public, I think William is hypersensitive to what happened between his parents and will do everything to make sure history does not repeat itself.
As far as Kate not sounding intelligent to some, or being a horrible speaker in public, Diana was not the best speaker or conversationalist the first few years of her marriage. She grew into the role and I’m sure Kate will too.
I think she’s doing exactly what she’s expected to. She’s supporting Prince William, she shows up at the events she’s required to and she looks nice. Will she set the world on fire? Doubtful but she’s not taking away from the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William.
“I think she’s doing exactly what she’s expected to. She’s supporting Prince William, she shows up at the events she’s required to and she looks nice. Will she set the world on fire? Doubtful but she’s not taking away from the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William.”
Exactly.
I’m sure she’s been given a script on what is acceptable to say and which topics to avoid so she says these trite, innocuous things to keep in line with the Royal party line. I wouldn’t expect her true personality to show for a few more years, not until the Monarchy actually trusts her to not put her foot in her mouth if allowed to speak.
They need to do better in terms of “scripts” when it comes to Kate.
At Trooping the Colour last weekend, she was caught curtsying to the Queen and Prince Philip right on the balcony. She was the first and only royal to do so.
Curtsying to the Queen should have been done inside when everyone would have assembled and met each other before going out to the balcony. Kate curtsying to the Queen all by herself, outside, just makes her look like she had no idea she was supposed to curtsy to the Queen inside. Was she not briefed on protocol about curtsying to the Queen?
Or did she forget about protocol and instead of saving the curtsy after the balcony appearance, she hurried and did it out of the blue? Was the Queen going to chastise her if she curtsied inside after the balcony appearance, so she got nervous and had to drop on one knee all of a sudden?
IMO this is just silly:
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The way she went about it was so unexpected, like someone kneed her from the back. So inelegant.
Is she truly getting Princess lessons? Because it’s been a year and she doesn’t show any sign of progress when it comes to reducing her gaffes and mistakes in public. She needs to have known everything about curtsying and protocol if she’s actually being taught everything about her role and if she’s taking all the alleged lessons to heart. It’s not rocket science to learn how to act as a royal in various situations.
She seems to be the only commoner-turned-royal who has had so many mistakes in so short a time, from giggling while signing her condolences, having a maniacal grin while visiting riot victims, to almost flashing her underwear with her too-short skirts.
None of the other royal wives from commoner backgrounds have committed many gaffes in the 1st year of their marriage and life as Princesses. None of them grew up socializing with aristocrats (thus knowing how to behave with that particular group of people) and none of them was a royal girlfriend for almost a decade like Kate. But they all managed to adapt beautifully and successfully to royal life right off the bat.
Honestly, the more I see the pictures the more I begin to worry. First year their chemistry was very noticeable but it truly seems as if something is defintely going on behind closed doors.
I have seen it before, and I just hope maybe its just stress and nothing heartbreaking. But I will go ahead and be honest, I feel that kate’s mother, is probably a very strange character. From day one, I felt like this girls life has been planned and as a result, mother dearest got her wish. It is evident, Kate is NOT happy at all, the body language between the two is getting more noticeable by the minute. If I am wrong, its like history is slowly repeating itself I have seen the same coldness with Charles and Diana, and I hope William isn’t as stupid as his father when it comes to marriage. Let’s just hope maybe it’s some baby news and everything would be fine, but honestly, I am kind of worried for them. :/
As for Kate being bitchy, I actually believe that, a few months after the engagement I was starting to notice a few hints here and there of her being one, especially evident with her sister Pippa. But hey, that’s the life of privilege for some, all I can say is I am happy with a Man I love and who loves me just as much 🙂 No trading spaces here.
The body language could certainly be stress. Both William and Kate have certain expectations to follow and meet. It’s possible that they are trying to conceive and it’s just not happened yet. That would create stress on both ends, with endless press speculation not helping. For all we know, the Queen could be pushing them to do so, or Prince Charles or royal advisors. Maybe William and Kate don’t want children yet, or ever. Who knows?
As far as Kate and princess training, it’s hard to say. According to Morton’s biography on Diana, she received very little training or guidance. Possibly Kate has received little guidance or training. Possibly she simply isn’t interested in it (as Diana was not). Or perhaps she slipped up with the curtsey out of nerves.
I feel sorry for her. Much like Diana and Sarah Ferguson, she was a press sweetheart immediately before and after the wedding and now it seems that people just want to find something wrong with her or something to criticize. I’m no fan one way or the other but I don’t envy her position.