People Mag: Duchess Kate ‘is finally getting a chance to enjoy her pregnancy’

Duchess Kate scored this week’s People Magazine cover with a story called “Pregnant Princess Diaries”. I swear, Us Weekly had a similar cover story a few weeks ago, right? Something about “Secrets of the Pregnant Duchess”…? But People upgraded her to a Princess, something that will probably be coming once Kate gives birth. Just wait for it! I predict that a few months after giving birth (probably around the time of the christening), the Queen will give Kate another title, and it will probably be a princess of something or other. And don’t forget about the rest of the Middletons! Will the Queen give Carole and Michael a peerage? HA! That’s what I would like to hear about, but instead we’re just getting details about how Kate is “feathering her nest”.

Her nursery in Apt. 1 A at Kensington Palace won’t be move-in ready until the fall, but the Duchess of Cambridge – due in July – has been plenty busy feathering her nest.

She’s been scouting out decorating supplies, a royal source tells PEOPLE. And after a difficult first trimester, “She’s finally getting a chance to enjoy her pregnancy,” says a Palace insider. “It’s a fabulous time.”

It also couldn’t be a busier one. With plans to work up until the last possible moment, Kate went from greeting the Irish Guards (and politely changing the subject when one asked what she planned to name her baby) to joking around with the Queen to a campfire cookout with the Cub Scouts in the last two weeks alone. The “quite sugary” pastry she indulged in on that day was just the latest sweet snack the princess has enjoyed.

And she’s not the only one with cravings. Handed a chocolate Easter bunny by a family of well-wishers at a charity appearance March 19, Kate promised to “pass that to William … and make sure he doesn’t eat it all himself!”

The mom-to-be is expected to make arrangements to give birth at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington — the the same hospital where Prince William and his younger brother Harry were born!

This hospital is no stranger to high society. Emily Venarachellum, who was recently a patient at the hospital, revealed to People that it has renovated private rooms, satellite TV and concierge services. She also made sure to add that the hospital has “none of that fluorescent lighting you get elsewhere.”

If Kate decides that she wants an even more posh hotel, she would expected to be at Portland Hospital, where Victoria Beckham, Claudia Schiffer, and other British celebrities have given birth to their babies. Portland is also not just your ordinary hospital — it includes late-night room service, personal shopping and baby photos!

When the highly-awaited royal baby is ready to arrive, one doctor is expected to help Kate with the birth. His name is Alan Farthing, and he was described by his friend, Nick Ross to People as “charming, cool, reliable.”

Along with Alan, the Queen’s doctor, Marcus Setchell, will help the Duchess on the big day. A royal source described the doctor as “a lovely old-school gentleman,” and continued to say “and very highly rated by the Queen.”

[From People & Hollywood Life]

Yeah, I still think it’s funky that Kate can’t have her own gynecologist. Presumably she had her own commoner gynecologist before she married William, so why does she have to change doctors just so she can deliver with the ob-gyn who only services royal vadges? As for the rest of it… poor Kate did FOUR events in a week (and none this week, so far) and I think it’s really funny that her new work ethic (“work ethic”) got her a People Magazine cover. I guess People is trying to do positive-reinforcement with our duchess. They should have named the cover story, “The Duchess stops shopping for a few days so she can do a few hours of work! HUZZAH!”

Meanwhile, OK! Magazine has a totally weird story about Kate too. Apparently, Kate is “breaking with royal tradition” by allowing her sister to throw her a baby shower. We don’t know if this is true, but a source told OK! Mag:

“It was her sister Pippa’s idea… While it’s all going to be very relaxed and fun, Kate is hoping the queen will drop by because the two are remarkably close. They bonded big time and really enjoy each other’s company. Since this is going to be a first for royals, Kate would love the queen to be part of it. Pippa is in charge of decorations. Wine and beer will be available — not that Kate will be drinking alcohol, of course. There will certainly be none of the hard stuff.”

[Via Hollywood Life]

Just what the Queen wants to do, do shots with Pippa and Carole Middleton at Kate’s baby shower. While I think it’s a nice idea for Kate to have a baby shower thrown by her sister (Pippa Tip: when throwing a baby shower, a “baby” theme is a good idea), I have two concerns. One, I always think it’s bizarre when really wealthy people want other people to give them gifts. Kate shops enough – she’s completely capable of picking out all of the baby stuff she wants. Two, does Kate really have any girlfriends she could conceivably invite to the shower?

Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of People.

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  1. Kaye says:

    Pippa Tip: pink or blue are good colors for baby showers.

    • daisydoodle says:

      LOL, good to know!

    • Liv says:

      Haha, brilliant! 😉

    • Nanea says:

      # pippatip: a baby shower is not an actual shower with water coming out of a shower head.

      • Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

        #pippatip: Baby showers work best if the guest of honour at the very least, isn’t a man. But have fun with it.

      • Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

        #pippatip: For a spring baby, hide some spare infants in drawers and around the grounds for the guests to find in a treasure hunt. Make sure you’ve marked the exact location of all the babies a map after placement: they melt.

      • Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

        #pippatip: For a summer baby, don’t worry that he or she will be less academically-inclined if born during the school break: babies catch up.

      • Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

        #pippatip: For an autumn baby: If baby complains of a very cold neck, replace its nothing with a scarf: cold is cold.

      • Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

        #pippatip: For a winter baby: if baby is incubating whilst you’re in holiday season cooking mode, don’t worry about his or her proximity to all of those hot cooking implements; your body is a great protection against the *elements*: in vitro isn’t born.

    • Mich says:

      #pippatip: Baby showers are more fun when a pregnant woman is invited!

      • Meredith says:

        Stop everyone! Too cute pippa tips. You’re killing me, I’m falling down now ‘coz I’m laughing so hard! And I’m at my desk in the office, so it looks really bad …..

      • GoodCapon says:

        That was GREAT Mich! 😀

    • Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

      But who gets the gifts and why are we buying them Pip? And if babies are falling out of the sky, shouldn’t we alert the authorities and art galleries?

  2. Red Snapper says:

    She will not be getting any new titles, I can assure you of that. As for Kate and the Queen being close, don’t make me laugh! The Queen can’t abide slackers.

    • Thinker says:

      Queen brought Kate to that event recently celebrating the London tube, they were not photographed together. I think the Queen has very little in common with Kate and makes only a minimal effort to learn about her. Additionally, history has made her wise. I would not doubt shes well aware of Kate’s publicity machinations, just as she was with Diana’s, but with Diana i think she felt more pity and more affection, thus more disappointment. Kate and the Middletons are certainly being kept at arm’s legnth. With all her children’s divorces, I think its smart to keep in laws at a distance (with the exception of Sophie) and she’s been inclusive of the Middletons but it would feel it gauche and forced, if the Queen were to be overly friendly with them.

      • bluhare says:

        I agree Thinker. I think the Queen is more than annoyed at Kate’s lack of work, and probably some things we will never know about.

    • bluhare says:

      Amen, Red Snapper. They hardly interact at all. Andfrom what I saw on the tube event, Kate and the queen didn’t interact at all.

  3. DanaG says:

    The only time Kate will get a new title is probably when Prince Charles becomes King the Queen doesn’t just throw around Princess titles. LOL Pippa should also remember for a baby shower you don’t actually need water.

  4. T.Fanty says:

    Is it mean to say that she looks REALLY rough in that first pic? It makes me think she must have been botoxing, pre-pregnancy.

    • LAK says:

      That first pic is photoshop half done.

      They haven’t removed her forehead lines or the groves along her nose to mouth as they normally do though the overall skin has been evened out, they’ve made her eyes bigger, increased intensity of the colour on her cheeks and around the eyes, thickened her hair and darkened it.

      Her natural face has lines and marks, and the grooves along the sides are deep. She’s fairly gaunt in person but is always photoshopped to look bigger.

      And her face is quite harsh when she isn’t smiling. She’s one of those people whose beauty truly lies in her smile. It lights up her face, softens it and makes her quite pretty.

    • Mich says:

      I think she was totally botoxing pre-pregnancy. Her eyes have gone back to their natural baggy state and her forehead lines are again very noticeable.

      The botox looked great on her. I had actually assumed that she had surgery to remove the extra skin from her upper eyes (something I’ve always wanted to do myself).

      • Thinker says:

        Botox was definitely happening pre-pregnancy, and may even be one of the reasons for her fake HG diagnosis, she didn’t want to be seen with her wrinkles.

        I noticed Pippa was photographed leaving a spa that specialized in Botox in London right before her book “tour”, and sure enough she had a much softer smoothed out face (especially noticeable in the forehead) in those photographs.

        Both girls love the sun and smoke cigarettes, two of the roughest punishments for your skin. Botox helps them both.

      • bluhare says:

        I want that eyelid surgery too, Mich.

      • m says:

        She gets fillers under her eyes to remove the bags. You have to keep it up or they come back and your not supposed to do it when your pregnant hence the unfortunate face.

    • hatsumomo says:

      This is what kinda bugged me about the hoopla surrounding her official portrait. Everyone and their mama cried it made Kate look old and haggard, but really, her face looks like that. Naturally. She isnt going to age well unless she stops with the crappy makeup and tanning and I suspect once she realizes how old she’s looking, she’s just going to double down on the tanning to “hide” her problem areas.

      • Sachi says:

        Kate’s fans and sycophants can’t accept that Kate is not the perfect Princess with the glowing, smooth skin and 100% “natural hair” that the media has been selling since 2011. So if you point out that she has wrinkles, dry skin, pock marks, uses hair extensions, etc. and she’s not the first person to have them and it’s not a big deal that she’s not ‘perfect’, then you must be out to attack her and you’re just a jealous hater.

        Look at that poor artist getting maligned. I mean, WTF? It’s just a painting.

        But people were defending Kate like it’s a matter of life and death. Apparently those people have not heard of Photoshop that magazines and some photo agencies do before releasing photos.

  5. mkyarwood says:

    I think grey weather is never a flattering light for close up photos. Our technological advances are great and all, but people were prettier in older photos for a reason. Also: oooooh, a ‘quite sugary pastry’!

  6. Anna says:

    The Queen can’t actually give her any titles. Kate is officially HRH Princess William of Wales, the Duchess of Cambridge, and when Charles is King and he makes William Prince of Wales (since that’s not an automatic thing), she’ll be HRH the Princess of Wales. It doesn’t work in any other way.

    And I think the Queen really does like Kate – I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Kate doesn’t work that much yet. I think the Queen/St James’s are “easing her into it” to minimize the risk of ever having another Diana in their hands (not that I think Kate is similar to Diana, but you get my point).

    • Happymom says:

      I totally agree. And the Middletons are never going to get titles-ridiculous rumor.

    • Justme says:

      +1 – Her titles are always going to come from being married to the Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus. That makes her the Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Baroness (or just Lady) Carrickergus. This is like Jane Doe marrying John Smith and becoming Mrs. John Smith. Had he not gotten those titles when he married, she would be known as Princess William. When William is created Prince of Wales, she will be Princess of Wales, just like Diana was.

      The only time that the queen awarded the “Princess” title separately to someone who was not a born princess was for her aunt by marriage, the late Alice Duchess of Gloucester. When her husband Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester died, her son Prince Richard of Gloucester became Duke and her daughter-in-law Princess Richard of Gloucester became Duchess of Gloucester. In order to avoid having Alice called Dowager Duchess of Gloucester and in affectionate appreciation for her long faithful service to the Crown, she was to be called Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. (She lived to be 102 by the way! A very sweet lady.)

      But that was it. The Queen does not sling Princess titles around easily!

    • My2Pence says:

      Her official titles are listed on the Official Website of the British Monarchy.

      www(dot)royal(dot)gov(dot)uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheDuchessofCambridge/Stylesandtitles(dot)aspx

      According to this, Princess William is not included as one of her titles. If it was, it would have been included in this list. You may have assumed that, if William had not received new titles upon marriage, that she would have been styled Princess William. That is an assumption on your part. She does not have a “Princess” title according to the official site.

      • LAK says:

        I feel like such a parrot when i tell people Kate isn’t a princess and reasons why she isn’t a princess. It’s amazing how people think/believe she is.

        Princess Michael has done a disservice to people’s understanding of titles. People also use the European system of titles across the board when every royal house has it’s own rules that do not necessarily apply elsewhere.

        The Palace and all official sources and websites not calling her princess Kate isn’t a diss on their part. She simply isn’t one.

      • Justme says:

        Putting this reply in the right place:

        I never said she was a princess – however had William not received the higher title of Duke, then yes she would have been called Princess William – that would not have made her a princess in her own right! (What else would she have been called – Mrs. Windsor?)

        Princess Michael is NOT a princess in her own right. The current Duchess of Gloucester was also not a princess in her own right when she was known as Princess Richard of Gloucester. They both have the “princely” equivalents of “Mrs. John Smith” – taking their titles from their husbands – as Kate does.

        The problem is that people think that prince and princess are higher honors than being a Royal Duke – they are not.

  7. CS says:

    I’ve never heard of anyone in England having their own gynecologist, like they would a doctor. I think we just either go to the doctor or if you need to see a specialist you go to the hospital.

    • LAK says:

      Most people in Britain prefer to use the NHS for all their medical needs but there are lots of private DRs. Best of all, no waiting time/lists.

      My GP always gives private options and referrals which is how I got a private one.

  8. Jewbitch says:

    She looks tiiiiired. Her lower lids, especially…

    • FLORC says:

      Hmm… Your user name… I wanted to leave out the b***h, but also didn’t want to call you just “jew” How about JB?
      JB It’s a family trait. Her mom and Pippa have the under eye puff too.

      Before the engagement Kate’s under eye puff went away. Her whole face looked different and it’s said she had very good work done. It appears the body went back to its original state.

  9. LadyJane says:

    Call me old fashioned but I hold to the rule it is a bit tacky for members of the family to throw a shower. It should be done by a friend.

  10. Mich says:

    I’m more interested in the fact that Grumpy Cat made the cover of People!!! Yay!

  11. Meredith says:

    Re : girlfriends to invite. I’m sure Kate is accustomed to hanging around with the wives-girlfriends of William’s friends – i.e. all those old Etonians, VanCusoms or something like that. Maybe they will attend.

  12. Fatkid says:

    I imagine that last pic as a reaction to being told she doesn’t have enough friends to have a shower.

  13. LAK says:

    #pippatips: It’s fun to read made up stories retold as facts.

    • bluhare says:

      hahaha!

      #pippatips: And for a real rollicking good time, make one up and sell it to a magazine!

  14. Tiffany says:

    I typed this in the post about Harry. William was the number 2 story on People. com about his ‘work’ as a RAF pilot and now this. Someone must have gotten word that positive WOM is coming about Harry’s visit and we know Willy boy is not having any of that.

  15. CC says:

    Isn’t a baby shower an American thing? As such why would Pippa, Pippa tips nonwithstanding, promote one?

  16. Vicki says:

    The doctor thing may be a holdover from the past when someone had to be on hand to make sure the baby was alive, healthy, confirm the gender, and make sure no one switched out the babies.

    Archaic yes, but I can see the Queen sticking with those old traditions.

  17. Angelic 20 says:

    What exactly is she not enjoying her life and pregnancy in general? Let’s see she was attending glamourous award functions, dinner and hunting parties in December, shopping vacating in January and same in March, so when exactly she wasn’t enjoying her pregnancy?

  18. GoodCapon says:

    Just look at her eyes, especially in the 1st and 4th photo: the lights are on, but nobody’s home.

  19. FLORC says:

    I have a couple of friends in my circle who are very well off. In their weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, etc.. they asked us to make a donation to a charity in their/the baby’s name.

    At a wedding they had 3 cards, 1 for each charity. If you completed the puzzle on the card they would donate that amount. Harder the puzzle, higher the donation. It’s a nice idea that not everyone can do, but with all the freebies and money this baby is getting, maybe Kate will surprise us and do something like that.

    • bluhare says:

      FLORC: Is that you, Alexandra Bananarama? (Good idea by the way).

      • FLORC says:

        It’s me alright!
        Quicker to type, but the real push was when I made the mistake of saying KK looked good. Then I was told I should be quiet because I called Kate a slut for wearing eyeliner. It’s blew up from there. Mich helped me out.

        Long story short the name change was a good move for several reasons.

      • GoodCapon says:

        Oh I will miss your original name, FLORC!

        I have read that thread and I’ve never seen you call Kate a slut. Way to put words in your mouth eh?

        But I guess those who called you out are really clueless and ignorant when it comes to royalty, so they have NO idea where our criticisms are coming from.

        And as for the ‘over-the-top criticism of Kate’, it’s nowhere near the level that Kim K receives.

      • FLORC says:

        Thanks GoodCapon! It’s pretty funny since all I said was she looks good compared to other days. Those same people that attacked me will occasionally come here and yell at us from not approving of Kate. The hypocrisy is thick in those rooms!.

  20. OhDear says:

    Interesting. St. James’ palace seems to be on a huge PR push (for Kate) in the past few weeks.

    • GoodCapon says:

      They always do whenever ‘something’ comes up. I bet that something is another holiday.

      • OhDear says:

        Must be a very long and extravagant one – she’s made multiple charity appearances in the past week!

  21. RobN says:

    Yeah, she probably didn’t make any friends in 15+ years of school. Because it’s all a better bitchy story if she was that mean girl who was only nice to women who could help her get her prince.

  22. Karen says:

    She is a princess. She could be styled as Princess William, like Princess Michael. But probably chose not to show how outdated the system is she’ll keep duchess until she can be Princess of Wales. Currently Camillas unused title for obvious reasons.

    • My2Pence says:

      Please see my comments on point 6 above. Her official titles, according to the Official Website of the British Monarchy:

      “As a result Miss Catherine Middleton became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Lady Carrickfergus.”

      It is my understanding that the Palace was questioned directly about the princess title. The answer came back that she is not “Princess William” and it is inappropriate to refer to her as such.

    • bluhare says:

      If I recall before the wedding, William was quoted as saying he didn’t want a dukedom. But then there was the problem of what to call Kate. She probably wanted Princess William. William said a dukedom was too old fashioned. I say it was because Kate wanted to be a Princess.

      • LAK says:

        Which demonstrates perfectly why Kate is not a princess. William couldn’t give her ‘princesshood’ by the simple act of marriage. It’s not in his gift. only the monarch can do that. Only children/grandchildren of the monarch are princ[ess] by automatic right.

        Princess Anne by her gender couldn’t pass on this right to her children, and also insisted that neither her husband nor children should receive royal titles which would have been a way round the gender barrier. If not for that, i am sure the Queen would have made given them titles.

        Prince Edward’s kids are currently styled Lord/Lady to denote the status the children of an Earl enjoys but legally are Princ[ess] because they are the grandchildren of a monarch. They may be upgraded when, as expected, he is elevated to DoE when the current one dies.

    • LAK says:

      Kate is NOT a princess. There is no such thing as ‘princess by marriage’ in the British system.

      The title or style of Princ[ess] denotes a child/grandchild of the monarch and as such can’t be shared with spouse. Kate isn’t a child/grandchild of a monarch. She married someone who is. Marrying him doesn’t make her one. It’s a purely blood criteria.

      There has only been one ‘princess’ who was made by the Queen who didn’t have the blood criteria, and that was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and only because of the Queen’s affection for her as well as long service to the crown.

      Princess Michael is married to the grandson of a Monarch who has no ducal title. She may style herself by his title, but in reality she isn’t a princess. It’s the royal equivalent of insisting everyone calls you Mrs X at all times.

      If like his older brother Prince Edward, Prince Michael had been given a ducal title, he would be known by that since Ducal titles are of higher status than princely ones with exception of POW and HM.

      • inthekitchen says:

        Not to be contrary (or ignorant, I suppose), but didn’t Diana get a “Princess” title via her marriage? So it’s not strictly correct to say it’s a blood thing and not a marriage thing…unless I’ve missed something there…

      • Elly says:

        Diana was never Princess Diana. She was married to The Prince of Wales, she was “Diana The Princess of Wales (like Kate is Catherine The Duchess of C.)
        The whole “Princess Diana”-thing was created by the press. It wasn´t her official title.

      • LAK says:

        Diana wasn’t made a princess by her marriage since such a thing can’t happen. She could style herself her husband’s highest title which is POW.

        POW and HM are the only princely titles recognised by the peerage and thus accorded higher status than the ducal titles that the heir and Monarch hold. I suspect it’s because they are dominion titles just like the peerage titles.

        European royals recognise ‘princ[ess] by marriage’ status so if one marries one of them, they are made a princ[ess]. It’s a different system of rules.

  23. UniqJaz says:

    I was watching the news and they were saying how people have requested to have Kate Middleton nose when they go into getting a nose job.

    • LAK says:

      That’s funny given Kate had a nose job herself.

      • Mich says:

        At least it is a “real” looking nose. Unlike what I see on those Hollywood housewives!

    • FLORC says:

      That was the Today Show a few days ago. They claimed women wanted the “regal” qualities of her nose and were spending 9 to 15K on it. I love my country, but sometimes the inhabitants are gullible.

      • Angelic 20 says:

        Alex
        What happened for u 2 chhange ur screen name? please fill me in, I have been off this site for few days now.

      • FLORC says:

        Angelic 20 Ugh! It was bad. I was on a KimK post and said she looked good. I said that because her outfit today was a huge improvement from the previous post. Then another poster (I won’t name) said that’s rich coming from a person who called Kate a slut for wearing eyeliner.

        I never said that and Mich and others came to back me up. Thanks Mich! Then others piled on to say I’m a big Kate hater and even my praise is a passive aggressive insult.

        I made 1 more argument saying I judge people by their actions ad substance. Kim makes her own money and she is only rich because people bought her products and watch her shows.

        Kate has only lived off her parents and husbands money. She’s never even tried to make it on her own. She has an opportunity to give back and if she did I could forgive her publicly funded lifestyle, but she doesn’t unless pushed to. Blah blah etc… So after that I didn’t go back to the post. Since people only saw my user name and without reading my actual comments and assumed I hated Kate with a passion I decided to change it to FLORC.

        And the comments on those Kim posts are brutal! It’s no where near that bad here.

      • LAK says:

        FLORC – i knew it was you when i saw you on the Angelina post. That’s why i couldn’t resist teasing you about famous ladies using their statuses [statis?] for good.

        I think that most, if not all, the commentors on the Kate threads on CB, whatever their views, tend to be very polite or at least try to put their points across without resorting to name-calling and or hate filled diatribes aimed at the poster rather than the opinion given.

        exception SISI*.

        *there is another Sisi whose avatar is the little Mermaid, not to be confused with SISI.

        It can be shocking to venture onto the other threads without some sort of shield UP!!! LOL.

      • Mich says:

        @ FLORC (née Alexandra Bananarama)

        It was my pleasure! I was actually quite taken aback by what was thrown at you and the pile on that followed. It was particularly ironic given that it was on a Kardashian story which, as always, attracted scores of unbelievably cruel comments – including a few from the people having a go at you.

        I very rarely click on Jolie, Aniston, Rimes or Kardashian threads because I feel like I’ve stepped into a high school flame war. For some reason, Lohan stories are different. They bring out true comedic, LOL creativity and genius!

  24. Kelly says:

    That cover photo of her is hideous

  25. FLORC says:

    LAK
    FLORC seemed like a smooth transition since it was already used in several posts.

    I’ll keep a look out for the other Sisi. I always read a full comment before replying anyways.

    If I should ever post on those pages again i’ll go in, make my comment short and sweet with supporting evidence for my opinion and get out. I understand why LiLo gets the hate, but not Kim. They cast their humanity to the wind and go for blood. I wish I knew about the shield before! Lesson learned 🙂

  26. Justme says:

    Diana was not a princess — think of it this way – She was Princess of Wales, but she was not, never, Princess Diana. Only people of royal birth get the title with their name following.(Except for Princess Alice Duchess of Gloucester mentioned in a few discussions above) She was Princess of Wales because she was married to the Prince of Wales. Probably Kate will someday be Princess of Wales in the same way. But she will never be Princess Catherine, in the same way that say Anne is Princess Anne.

    • Another K says:

      I believe it was the media at the time that came up with the princess title for Diana. She married a prince so now she’s a princess! And she looks like a princess should look! And within a year she presented the world with an adorable baby boy just like the perfect princess! It all seemed like a Disney movie. We were all caught up in Diana mania! My group was in our early twenties at the time, so I guess it was kind of immature of us, but it was really fun! Now it’s so sad to think about.

      • LAK says:

        i was the target audience for the Disney princess imagery. I was 5yrs old. They made us watch the wedding live in assembly. The pretty princess in a tiara, the glass coach, the big fluffy dress with the neverending train [didn’t notice the creases] staright out of my Disney princess books, the tin soldiers and the horses….it was Disney come to life.

        i don’t think i noticed Charles at all beyond his tin soldier uniform which is what all Disney Princes wear.

      • Another K says:

        And there I was, at least 20 years older than you and feeling the same way as a five year old! I’m embarassed to admit that when I got married a few years after Diana, all I wanted was a big billowy dress just like hers! And I got one – but it was sort of like the Wal Mart version and with even worse creases. I cringe now when I see it in the wedding photos. Just awful. Oh well. Some people never grow up. And I guess I’m one of them because I’ll always want to be a Disney Princess. On my own terms, of course.

      • Another K says:

        LAK, One other comment I meant to say in my earlier post was that when Diana married her prince, you weren’t the only one not paying attention to Charles! No one was interested in him and that’s when he seemed to quickly morph into Diana’s stuffy unattractive side kick. At that time, I don’t know if you remember because you were small, Andrew was the one that fit the Disney Prince image! Randy Andy was hot and we were all in love with him! And now look at the both of them: Andy looks puffy, unhealthy and his reputation is a bit seedy while Chuck has definitely improved with age. Prince Charles, in his older middle years, is attractive, he’s well spoken, he’s respected and he has a whole different demeanor, much more confident. Who woulda thought?

  27. kristiner says:

    Why do her roots look so funky in the picture with the white dress?

    It looks like her hair is black and she’s been dying it brown all this time.

  28. Manchurian Global says:

    After looking at the first pic, I am now 100% certain her eyeliner is tattooed on.

    • FLORC says:

      It’s not. It’s rare, but in the occasional fan pic taken from a phone that hasn’t been touched up or in some pics where she was being peeped on and not wearing heavy make up the eyeliner is either drawn differently or gone. And she looks so much better without it.

      I can’t recall the events, but I feel like there were 2 separate times where her make up was done correctly and the eyeliner was thinned out.