Here are some new photos of Duchess Kate opening up a new ‘Art Room’ in West London today. Is it just me or does Kate look as orange as her sister in these photos? It might just be the lighting or something, but I could swear that Kate overdid the fake tanner. Her dress is by LK Bennett – the style seems dated and that color makes her look like a stewardess. You know what I’m saying? #nodisrespecttostewardesses but this looks like a uniform handed out by American Airlines or Delta or something. As for the hair situation… I can’t. Someone – other than me – needs to sit down with Kate and talk to her about professionalism and how to present herself.

As we discussed a few days ago, Prince William’s boar-hunting trip to Spain last weekend ended up being more controversial than even I was expecting. I thought it was going to be controversial because he was killing animals just days before undertaking a new anti-poaching/pro-wildlife initiative. Turns out, the real story is that William’s ex-girlfriend Jecca Craig joined him on the trip, which also included Harry and several other friends. It was also pretty bad because Duchess Kate and Prince George were left at home in London while William and his attractive, single ex were off with their bloodsport. So, what’s really going on? Star says William flat-out lied to Kate about Jecca’s involvement with the trip:

When the Duchess is away, even the world’s most famous husband will play! In early February, while Duchess Kate and baby George decamped to Mustique for the Middleton family’s annual Caribbean getaway, Prince William stayed behind to work on his agricultural studies program. But Will managed to carve out some babyless leisure time of his own, including a hunting trip to Seville, accompanied by both Prince Harry and his ex-girlfriend Jecca Craig.

“William tried to make it sound like it was just a short weekend of male bonding,” says an insider. “But Kate got word that Jecca was with them and she was in shock that he lied.”

“Kate was very upset that William told her he couldn’t go on their family holiday, but then he takes off to Spain,” says an insider.

If there’s anyone who could make Kate feel insecure, it’s Jecca. The Kenyan socialite has known William since they were teenagers, and at one point the pair were so infatuated with each other, they staged a mock engagement while visiting her family’s estate in Kenya. Jecca managed to remain a close-enough fixture in William’s life to score an invite to his 2011 wedding to Kate, and Jecca’s outdoorsy-glam personality won Will’s affections long before Kate entered the picture. Plus, Jecca has remained a free agent, since her own weding (to Hugh Crossley) was called off.

“Kate knows that William has maintained a friendship with Jecca, but his fondness for her still makes Kate uncomfortable,” says the insider, who adds that Kate is refusing to talk to William, lest her husband start believing he can get away with shady antics, like father, Prince Charles.

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Here’s the thing: I don’t believe William even feels the need to lie or obfuscate. He probably told Kate that he was going boar-hunting in Spain and she and George weren’t invited and Kate said, “Okay.” Maybe she didn’t know about Jecca, maybe she did, but it’s not like Kate has much power in her marriage in any case. If she doesn’t like the Jecca situation… what is Kate going to do about it? It’s like Kate sold her soul for that sapphire ring, I swear.

Here are some photos of Will, Harry and Prince Charles yesterday at Lancaster House, where they were all working that anti-poaching initiative (which got c—kblocked by William and Harry’s boar-hunting excursion).

Photos courtesy of WENN.