Everybody wants to talk about these photos! So here you go – Prince William, Prince Harry and Duchess Kate were all in attendance at yesterday’s Team Pursuit Track Cycling Olympic event, where they watched Team GB take the gold and set a new world record. William and Kate were so pleased, they actually forgot they were out in public and William (prepare to gasp and clutch your pearls) EMBRACED his wife in an enthusiastic manner. Kate, unsure of exactly what was happening and unfamiliar with such a public gesture, gently embraced her husband back, throwing one arm around his neck and placing her other hand on his arm. THIS IS THE BIGGEST SCANDAL EVER.
Of course I’m being facetious, so don’t yell at me. I do believe William was caught up in the emotion and excitement, and he just grabbed onto Kate. I like how Kate still had her body turned towards the action, though. And she still looked like, “I need to make sure the photographers get a good shot!” No, I jest. Or am I?
Coincidence or conspiracy: William publicly embraced his wife when she had her hair pulled back in a ponytail! Perhaps he’s tired of her sausage-curl security blanket? Doesn’t Kate look adorable with a ponytail? Don’t they both look like… kids? Not kids, but they look like they’re in 20s again, carefree and happy. Bedhead said that she thinks Kate and Will definitely went home and had sex after this. Maybe the Olympics will finally be the magic that makes a baby! Nine months from now, I’m calling it – nine months from now, there will be a royal baby.
You know one of my favorite parts about Will, Kate and Harry at the Olympics? Even though I know they have handlers and security people around them, I like that there aren’t “royal boxes” for most of these events, and that the young royals are mixing it up in whatever seats they get.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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Aha! Very interesting comment!
I thought so, until it was exceeded in interest by yours
wow, they’re actually wearing ID tags, can’t imagine that would be necessary but security must be really amazing there.
Corny- I am surprised this is the first time I have seen them wearing their accreditation (id tags). I was a chef at the 2000 Olympics and had to wear mine under my chef’s jacket at all times. Everyone- athletes, coaches, judges, staff- had to wear them when they were at Olympic, athletes or media village. They were huge pains in the butt. I had a more extensive back ground search for that than when I worked at Social Security!
@Groovy…of course, all recipes are a secret right? LOL
Corny-I know right!!! Security at the Olympics is crazy. My ID tag was scanned every time I had to work and I had to go through a metal detector too. The Australian army and NSW cops were on hand everyday. It wasn’t to difficult to put up with-men in uniforms with sexy accents. It was wonderful working in that environment. 😉
Best pics of them EVER!
+1 They look lovely.
Adorable.
I love this set of photos. They actually made me smile while I sit in my dark, depressing cubicle.
So true! Whenever I’m having a bad moment at work I just look up happy pictures like these.
Theyre not even looking at each other. It wasnt passionate, it was bc the team they were rooting for won.
I agree with Dana. Not being cynical, but it looks like they were just excited with the victory.
Agreed. This is pretty cute.
YES, I love these pics. They are so enthusiastic and happy.
Agreed! This is the absolutely the best I’ve seen Kate look – age appropriate, still position appropriate, yet young and very, very happy.
Don’t you think her face looks weird? I mean, it is very pretty – it just does not look like her normal self.
I was wandering if she had jacked it for the Olympics and all the TV coverage she was going to get? I also thought that maybe she put on some weight – thank god, as she was looking like a skeletor. But her body seems to have remained the same.
SO is it injections? Or maybe she’s actually preggers already, and that’s why she’s looking so lovely, with such a healthy glow for a change?
@Polk8dot – she does look glowy, if ever so (ever so! ever so!) slightly puffy, so maybe she’s very, very early, or maybe she’s just PMSing. I think her face looks “jacked” only in as much as she’s not trying to hold on her veddy, veddy elegant face. That’s got to be a weight, you know?
!1 Made me smile. Young love is so sweet!
I saw it on the internet and it looked awkward.
Yes, I understand, there’s nothing more horrible, than two young people laughing and embracing each other. Really depressing.
+1
“Yes, I understand, there’s nothing more horrible, than two young people laughing and embracing each other.”
It is patently clear that you didn’t see the video – or maybe didn’t want to see what was obvious.
The video shows no “two young people embracing each other”. It shows one of them grabbing the other around the waist, while the other person doesn’t even look at him.
Really, watch the video before commenting.
It as beyond awkward
It was almost a little shocking to see.
Don’t worry Mel, I saw the video alright. It is still a couple laughing and hugging each other, even if just for a brief moment.
Awkward, as I see it, is something completely different.
@fleur – I agree, totally awkward. I saw the pics first and i was all awwww that’s so sweet but then CTV showed the footage. It’s amazing how different a moment like that comes across in still pictures as opposed to video.
Awkward? Lol, hugging and cheering is awkward to you?
YMMV but yes, in the video footage, the embrace looked awkward to me. It looked more like Willliam was just grabbing onto the person next to him the heat of the moment over the win for team GB not lovingly embracing his wife.
Why do couples always have to lovingly embrace each other? If he wanted to hold onto someone he could have turned to Harry so they can fangirl together. Instead he clung onto his wife with the ridiculous body.
Dani,
Couples do not always have to lovingly embrace, but Will should probably be careful he doesn’t break any brittle bones on Katherine. I’m assuming by “ridiculous body” you mean anorexic and skeletal? I hate that people are worshiping her underweight form as something womanly or hot. It is not; it is sickly and I think she needs help. She can’t get pregnant that thin. And I’m not a Kate hater, I just think the perpetuated stereotype that women need to be sticks to be attractive is gross and degrading.
I watched the video and thought it looked adorable and normal, but to each their own.
LOVE THESE!
I hate to admit it but I ‘get it’ now. Their whole ‘thing’ makes sense. They look utterly adorable and I’m jealous that I haven’t found ‘this’ yet.
Love it! They are *gasp* human!
They do seem more normal at the Olympics.
I love how excited they always are cheering Team GB.
What’s more scandalous is that she’s showing some tummy here!
+1
Forget the embrace, the real scandal is the skin shot of her belly. We haven’t seen a bare torso on her since those college photos.
She has a really toned body and her taut stomach is to die for!
They are so cute together.
She looks botoxy here……
Fully agree! In reality that’s Kate’s Mum who had some plastic surgery and looks like Kate now.
Or something similar to that! *rolleyes*
I don’t think it’s shocking at all. In fact, I agree with Diane*; these are some of the best pictures of Kate and William. The pictures with Kate, William, and Harry are great too.
He was helping her into her seat, or something awkward like that when you see the live footage. But the still photos are cute.
#1. super cute pda, finally!
#2. love their ‘woop-woop’ hands in the air.
#3. HARRY’S FOREAAAAARRRRMMMS. Mmmm,hmmmm. that’s nice. very nice.
😉
The woop woop hands in the air are the most real shot of these two I’ve even seen. Go Wills and Waity. 😀
Oh my gosh, they’re NORMAL! These pics make me extremely happy for them. It’s about time the old school propriety has relaxed some. Good for them for not caring. I hope the queen doesn’t give them too much of a hard time for this…
Im sure a lot of that air of chill they have around them is Kate trying fit in with the royalty. I think that its up to William, and will continue to be up to him, to let his guard down, so that his wife knows that it is okay for her to do so as well. Thats why she and Harry get on so well, I believe.
I think the world has already accepted that she is no Diana, and would much rather see her just being laid back and happy.
Totally agree! Never thought about it like that before, but you’re totally right.
Love it!!
Next we’ll see a tabloid story about how “Olympic fever” got Kate pregnant *eyerolls*
I think they look cute, happy and are celebrating a win of their countrymen. Love Harry..
I like how normal they look. So much so that it reminds me of how ridiculous it is that in 2012, we still have Kings and Queens and Princes and Princesses.
Meh….I saw these yesterday; they look cute and are having fun distressing at the Olympics. This will be a tough year for the UK with the recession on, so it’s good that they are all able to enjoy the summer at the games.
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but there’s no way these two aren’t glued to their computers reading about themselves–like ever other celebrity. So, they had to have noticed the stories about how unaffectionate they are in public and how uber-affectionate she’s been with Harry.
I agree.
Exactly!
Maybe not them directly, but certainly their courtiers. Notice the increase of skin-to-skin photos between these two since the start of the Olympics and not before? They’re using the event as a PR tool. Transparent PR, much?
I’m rooting for these two, but I have to say, they kinda looked posed. Maybe the Royals were sick of all the “Kate and Harry” rumors and so Kate and Wills were told to do something to make those rumors stop? I hope these shots are real, but I’m just not 100% sold.
Have you been watching the coverage? They have been like this at biking, rowing, etc.
They cheered on Zara in eventing and looked happy and normal. This isn’t just one picture.
Off to watch track and field.
I think these two do truly love each other. I just think William looks super bored when they go to official events and she tries to look all chipper (so trying to mask her boredom). However the Olympics are supposed to be fun and they are clearly enjoying themselves here.
And yes the pictures in which William is helping her climb over the seat holding her hand (because she is wearing those tall wedges) are adorable!
I think it would be scandalous if the pics were of Prince Albert and his Prison Bride.
Will and Kate’s relationship always looks good to me. After 9 years they still look very much in love. There was plenty of PDA on their royal trip to Canada, not sure why people are acting so surprised, it’s hardly a relevation.
I love these pictures. I genuinely want them to be happy.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=kOMRNz5PMvg
Here is the video.
Not true that royals can’t touch.
William has so forgotten himself this Olympics….LOL, but seriously, good to see Kate getting some love. I was getting tired of the OTT trying to get William’s attention shenanigans.
It’s amazing how little attention she’s paid to Harry during the Olympics.
Give me a frigging break!!!! Is this contrived or what?!!!???!!!!
3rd pic and to the right. Look at him! You want me to talk about the oh so boring ones when, he’s grinning and waiting for it? GD look at his arms!!! *fanning self*
Not to be a Debby Downer but the video does look way different than the pics. Will is all “woops we’re in public”. Still they are very cute though! You should put up the one where he’s helping her over the seats.
He helps her over the seats? Oh I want to see those pics!
yes they finally hugged each other while celebrating but how come this is adorable ? if you see the video it was very awkward and these two are not even looking at each other .i am not going to comment on the state of their relationship but this is just two people celebrating sports and nothing more . i find it funny that people can see so much love in these photos while they are not even looking at each other , god knows what will happen if they actually do a real pda which will about just the two of them.
Heh. Albert and the prisoner bride were photographed all lovey dovey too (at the swimming event where the South African swimmer won). The Olympics are good for royal love it seems.
I couldn’t believe those pics of Charlene and Albert. Charlene had an obvious Olympic gold high. She looked…relaxed…and happy. She even draped herself over Albert. I thought I’d never see something like that.
Albert needs to take her on a world tour of swimming events. He’d have his heir pretty quick.
The video of the W&K hug is a bit awkward. Its okay Will, you can touch her. I do like the pictures of The Wave. They were also doing The Wave at Wimbledon. I’m enjoying these happy and relaxed royals.
Very cute, I think they where caught up in the moment. Afterall for these to be posed pictures they would have to know who would win the race. I think that William is wary of the press and does not want to give them alot to go on hence the lack of PDA. I like this new relaxed Will.
LOL as if they really need a pass with photo ID’s on!
Ponytail!!!!! FINALLY. More of this please Kate. Although she’s still wearing those damn 4.5″ wedges! There are shots of her from the other day talking to some fairly petite female athletes while wearing those shoes and she’s actually bending her knees to make herself shorter to talk to them. Ugh. I really want to know why she won’t wear flats.
I agree that Will and Kate probably are getting it on a lot right now but I still say they will put off actual baby making until after their tour in September. Why does everyone seem to think that they don’t use birth control?
first thing i thought when i saw those pics.
THEIR READING CELEBITCHY AND FAAAAKE!! and i thought: FAIL
SO CUTE! ;D
Love them! Hoping they’ll be happy always. And nice to see Diana’s ring, just as Wills said, as a way to keep her close.
There aren’t royal box seats but there are VIP seats which is where they’ve found themselves. These two are so adorable! No London event would be complete without them.
Take a look at this video, 4:28 in! You can see that they do the wave and where their seats are in comparison to the rest of the crowd! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE56l76I1v0&list=UUFT890nbWOYScjaA9kqhuyw&index=1&feature=plcp
I am glad the rumors about their marriage aren’t true. They love each other and look adorable together.
Sweet.
But why are their teeth so yellow?
About the Harry/Kate rumors, appearances can be deceiving, and she generally seems happier and more affectionate toward William when Harry’s around, which could indicate “emotional displacement”…
But I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. For now. Haha.
I won’t put it past the Royal inside circle to have told Kate to back off Harry and to show affection toward Will in front of the cameras to debunk rumors, too. Just saying. Perhaps there’s a real friendship between Harry and Kate and if a love triangle ever is proven, it’s something we as the public could be looking into before the people in question even realize it’s going on.
I think the photos are gorgeous and natural. Imagine how different it all would have been if we were looking at an in-love Prince Charles and Princess Diana at such an event. How Diana would have loved Charles to “hang loose” and be demonstrative like that, but it probably would have been frowned on by the Establishment back then anyway. They probably would have been hauled over the coals the next day. Not so now. One of Diana’s legacies is to get the Monarchy to loosen up a bit. Zara Phillips is also lovely and natural. It makes me happy to see Princes William and Harry so happy after that awful tragedy in their young lives.
Not true. There are plenty of pictures and videos of charles and diana PDA at polo matches, on tour, at engagements circa 1980-1985. After that the marrigae died, the PDA stopped and was explained away with that urban legend of royals not being allowed to touch in public when the truth is they couldn’t stand each other and were living separate lives but had to keep up appearances.
People love to see a young royal couple in love. They look lovely together.
Love them together. Very sweet.
They look so happy! It’s great! No, it doesn’t look like she’s deliberately posing her body so they get a good shot! You people!
They look happy and cute! Good for them!
Their body language looked a lot more ungainly in the video than in the photographs. Definitely just two people excited about sports but not about each other.
Duchess Dude never looks “adorable.” She always looks conniving.
AHAHAHAHA
Haven’t seen the videos but judging by the comments made by Brits who saw this in action, it wasn’t much of anything. Most say it looks forced, others say it was heat of the moment.
Meh at least the Palace can now go a few weeks without having to make excuses for them.
Nymeria, you stop right there with your logic and sound reasoning. Right now.
P.S. Love your name!
So cute! I really like them.
She looks like Tara Palmer Tomkinson in that first photo
Oh for God’s sake, she does not. She actually still has a nose.
As long as they don’t start making out in front of Chick-Fil-A. We’re good.
… what the hell is going on with Duchess Duck-Face’s stomach in those photos? I remember seeing the photos of her and Will on the beach on their honeymoon last year and thinking ‘boy, does she have an ugly body.’
I’m afraid I think William is just really, really into his sport. He’d have hugged anyone he was close to and fond of at that moment.
I don’t mean that as a diss to their marriage. But I don’t see that hug as indicative of Twu Wuv. Just of being chuffed by the gold medal haul.
Y’know, Kate’s face looks a wee bit fuller in these photos. She’s actually looking healthy. Baby developments?
The Duchess looks better and happier and more natural here than in almost any other photo since her wedding. The only thing I can think that compares to it is that photo shoot she did when she was playing field hockey with some girl’s team.
She really does look better at more casual events.
William looks…nice.
Kate has a very pretty smile, and in here she doesn’t look as “posed” as she normally is in many situations. Her smile is warmer, more genuine. She doesn’t seem as aware of the cameras. She was in the moment and let loose.
They were cheering for Team GB, and they were genuinely happy.
Nothing to say about that hug.
I’ll criticize them another day. 😀
Yeah here she doesn’t have her forced smile but instead is sporting a great big old goofy grin and it really suits her.
I think she’s just a sporty girl at heart. I hope they have a mess of sporty kids that she can play with in the countryside. I think that will be her bolthole from the public.
I how they have to wear these VIP badges, as though they are unrecognizable.
“Take that Eugenie and Beatrice! At least I have a man. And he’s willing to show the world that h loves me. Go ahead haterz!!”
Ummmm both Bea and Eugenie have boyfriends and Bea might be getting engaged soon. And at least both of their boyfriends actually show some PDA. This is the second picture of William showing Kate any affection in TEN YEARS!
Yes, Molly. Beatrice has been with her boyfriend Dave Clark for years. In fact, I seem to recall that (rumor has it) he helped Fergie out last year when she had her latest financial crisis. So the guy has money. There are many pictures of the two of them showing genuine affection.
I can’t wait until one of the York girls does get married and the RF won’t let their mother attend her own daughter’s wedding. Get the popcorn!
“Take that Eugenie and Beatrice! At least I have a man. And he’s willing to show the world that he loves me. Go ahead haterz!!”
Based on the video of the hug, yea, Wills just got caught up in the moment. He let her go as soon as a saw what he was doing!
IA. When I first saw the photos, I thought the hugging was very, very sweet and lovely to see. But then I saw the video footage and it really did seem more like Wills just got super caught up in the excitement of Team GB winning gold and grasped the nearest person standing next to him, and to whom he happened to be turned towards: Kate.
I don’t at all think the hug was contrived or devoid of emotion. But I also don’t think it was this deep, mutually connected, lovey-dovey embrace some media outlets are making it out to be. I mean, some of the excitement on the Internet over these pics would have you think K&W were humping each other in public!
The photos of Kate and Wills doing the wave are cute, though. It’s nice to see that, seemingly for a moment, Kate isn’t paying attention to the cameras.
Good Lord, stop obsessing. Just a young British couple being excited about their team winning. They are human after all, you know.
Don’t forget they spent years at universally behaving normally. A lot of hugging goes on at those places.
just saw the video and to me what comes to mind is that she did not forget the cameras a second. If my husband hugs me I turn to him we smile and kiss and return to our initial positions. We are 35 and not overly affectionate in public. I doubt that I am the only person who thinks it looks special she did not turn to look at him even a second. For most people it is an automatism to turn and look at your spouse when he hugs you. I guess se was really not expected it?
I like these pics so much.
It makes them look like a normal couple in-love and into each other.
That’s sweet and good for them!
In the end, that all that’s matters- if they have love and a good relationship.
Makes me like them so much more.
The still photos make it a lot more romantic than it ought to be.