Duchess Kate has to move to Norfolk permanently for her health, you guys

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After the palace announced Duchess Kate’s pregnancy yesterday morning, the conspiracy theories were churning in overdrive. I’m a royal conspiracy theorist as well, but I think this one was pretty obvious and it doesn’t even rise to the “conspiracy” level. Kate got pregnant again because she wanted another baby, because it’s her duty to provide an heir and a spare at the very least, and because she always gets better press when she focuses on the motherhood thing. As for the timing, well that’s not a conspiracy either. It was announced yesterday because she was scheduled to make her first public appearance in more than a month and she was too sick to show up. Plus, baby announcements always help when you’ve been getting slammed for months for renovation excesses and a failure to take on more public engagements now and for the next three years.

Anyway, all of these media outlets have been doing coverage of Kate’s Hyperemesis Gravidarum, like we didn’t go through all of this in late 2012. She’s barfing! We don’t need to read a thesis about it. Interestingly enough, E! News has a story all about how Kate is doing and how Carole is practically living at Kensington Palace so that Carole can take care of Kate. Kate and William can’t wait to get back to Anmer too, of course.

Kate Middleton wasn’t about to let some Hyperemesis Gravidarum stop her from having another baby. The Duchess of Cambridge, who announced that she’s expecting another child with Prince William earlier today, is currently being tended to at Kensington Palace for extreme morning sickness. But a source tells E! News that Kate knew there was a chance she’d suffer the same complications as those she dealt with during her pregnancy with Prince George, and opted to deal with it.

“This bout of sickness has come on very fast and Kate’s gone from feeling great to feeling terribly ill very quickly,” says the source. “They had thought that she might be lucky and not suffer it this time, but they knew before they decided to have another baby that it was a possibility. Kate’s very practical and takes everything in her stride and decided that she’d manage to cope and just get on with it if it happened again.”

The insider, who notes that they believe Middleton is 10 weeks along, continues, “Whilst it’s terrible luck that Kate’s so unwell with Hyperemesis Gravidarum yet again, they’re hoping she’ll be on the mend in no time and they are overjoyed at the news. They are so excited that George will be getting a younger brother or sister next April and Kate’s just bravely fighting through this unwell stage under the guidance of palace doctors.”

Additionally, “Kate and William unofficially moved to Amner Hall earlier this summer and they’ve been there for much of her pregnancy so far. It is their countryside home and she can relax and go for walks through the fields and woods with Lupo in the country air, which is a real tonic for her. As soon as she’s feeling better they’re going to head back to the countryside and really enjoy the pregnancy in private. The poor thing’s been feeling so very sick in the last few days. It’s very early stages of the pregnancy. Her mother, Carole Middleton, has been visiting them a lot, staying over for several days at a time, cooking Kate’s favourite food and helping out with George as Kate has very little energy to rush around after a toddler.”

[From E! News]

Wait, Carole is making food for Kate? I thought Hyperemesis Gravidarum meant that a woman could barely keep anything down? Well, I suppose any excuse for Carole to stay at Kensington Palace, at the special guest quarters and Will and Kate had dedicated for her. As for all of the crap about wanting to return to Anmer… there it is. That’s the way they get to short-stop criticism of their move to Norfolk. Kate HAS to be in Norfolk, people. She needs to be in Norfolk for her HEALTH.

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  1. aims says:

    I understand that she has a close relationship with her mom, but she’s an adult now. She has her own family and I think it’s a little weird to keep running home to mom.

    • Snazzy says:

      My mom was like that with my grandma, and I have a few friends like that too: to be honest it’s something I don’t quite understand. They can’t do anything without their mothers. Well into their 40’s and it’s intense. For whatever reason, the cord was never cut.

      • pantalones en fuego says:

        My sister in law is like that. I don’t get it because despite the fact that I have a close relationship with my mom I’ve always been very independent.

    • Luciana says:

      I don’t blame Kate for running home to her mom. William doesn’t seem the type of person who will take care of her the way she needs and deserves, after all she’s the mother of his children, let alone the mother of the future king.

      No Kate’s apologist but I cannot blame a woman for wanting to spend time with her mom instead of her cold fish husband.

    • FingerBinger says:

      Kate is a woman who is having a difficult pregnancy. She may not want to go to or be a burden to friends that have families themselves. I don’t get why going to her mother is odd or wrong.

      • MollyB says:

        Yeah, that’s what a mother is for. You don’t stop being your child’s mother because she’s an adult with a child of her own. She’s sick. She has a small child. Her mother is helping her out. It seems normal/healthy to me. I would do it for my daughters and my mother would (and has) done it for me and I’m not some kind of arrested development/mommy’s girl or anything.

      • Christina says:

        Would it be possible for everyone to cease acting like this situation mirrors our normal family habits? This is the British Royal Family. Kate wasn’t born into it, but she’s a member now. In exchange for insane wealth and privilege, there are things she is not expected to do. Go home to mummy every opportunity and waste taxpayer security money is one of them. She knew this marrying in and William made that concession because he knew he’d be leaving her alone all the time. It is not normal and it is a faux pas. Their lives are not like yours and mine. What she is expected to do, as other pregnant royals did, is represent the Royal Family to the public and soldier on. Fair? Not really. She had ten years to ponder it though before she married in. And the reason Kate’s situation is unusual is because Kate has no real friends other than Carole and Pippa. Carole instructed her to drop them all to put William first.

      • Tammy says:

        Seriously? It doesn’t matter that she’s a member of the royal family, she’s still human. She doesn’t fell well & wants her mother. Why must we shade Kate? If the Queen had a problem with her mother being around, her mother wouldn’t be there.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Every time she returns to Berkshire, it costs the taxpayers $20,000 a day in added security costs.

      • layla says:

        The last person I want around me when I am sick is my mother. But then , I’ve been independent from my mother (in another country) since my early 20’s…. so I learnt to become self sufficient, even when sick, a long time ago.

        I don’t get the “need to run back to mommy” mentality at all.

      • Christina says:

        The Queen is notorious for putting her head in the sand and avoiding issues. But there have been plenty of press signals that the Middleton presence is not welcome. The other royals that married in weren’t allowed these privileges. Why does Kate get special treatment?

      • taxi says:

        @ notasugarhere – It doesn’t say Kate went to her parents’ house – says Carole came to KP so there is no added security cost.

      • notasugarhere says:

        KM has a well-documented history of running home to Berkshire. My comment was a general statement about how much it costs for every day she does that. BTW, the Middleton insider implies they’re at Anmer (not KP), but royal reporters have been saying Anmer still isn’t done and they’re staying elsewhere on the property (which again results in more security costs).

      • Lemonsorbet says:

        What Christina said, both times. Us common people are free to do as we wish. I live 10,000 miles away from my parents since my mid-teens. I also had severe problems with morning sickness for most of my pregnancy. But I’m not close to my mum, and we live far from husband’s family too, so I just coped. Had I been close to her (emotionally, I mean) sure I would’ve loved to have her around!

        The thing about Kate is, she married into the British Royal Family. That’s basically signing up to being a public figure, and must be above reproach. Of course it’s not fair that she, as a human being, wouldn’t be allowed more original family time. But that’s what marrying into the Royal Family means. Her allegiance now belongs to them, and so in exchange for all the luxuries and tax money, she needs to do this lifelong public service. The fact her every whim is being condoned by her husband, puts both of them in a very bad light. The Queen is not so petulant as to publicly moan about them.

      • Skittles4Marshawn says:

        What value is Kate violating by having her mother stay with them? Is the idea that Kate has to focus all of her energy on her husband because she belongs to him through royal marriage? Or that she can’t be around commoners when she has royal fetus in her? I don’t follow the british monarchy, so I’m truly mystified as to what she’s doing wrong here. I also don’t have parents, but I’ve been lead to believe that being close to family is a virtue. Now it appears that it’s also a vice….so funny how as a woman you’re damned if you do/don’t.

    • Talie says:

      I can’t hate because I’m part Italian and my God, this is tame compared to what I go through with my mother and grandmother! Haha

      • boredhousewife says:

        I am an Indian and in my culture you have your first child at your moms place. So that you get all The help you need to take care of your child. Any consequently children are born in your own home.

    • Bucky says:

      When you feel bad, all you want is your mom. Seems pretty normal to me. I’m 30 now, and my mom died a few years ago in a car accident, and I would give my right leg to be able to go to her when I’m sick.

      • CharmmyKitty says:

        That’s very difficult, Bucky, I’m sorry.

      • FuzzyBritches says:

        I’m with you Bucky-my mum passed unexpectedly 5 yrs ago and I’d give anything to have her around today to drive me crazy

      • BooBooLaRue says:

        Awww Bucky and FuzzyBritches — I hear you on this. My mum passed two years ago, and what I wouldn’t do to have her around! Miss her like crazy. Be well you two.

      • Gorgonia says:

        I lost my mother a lot of years ago, when I was only 20, so I’m totally with you, girls.
        after so much time, I still miss her.

    • Megan says:

      My sister had HG with both of her pregnancies and she continues to mention how blessed she was to have a mom who was able to stay with her and care for her and her family. Not only did she need the extra help, but the physical exhaustion lead to emotional exhaustion and she really needed the kind of encouragement mothers are so good at.

    • CharmmyKitty says:

      My mom is suffering from a long term illness and I would KILL to be able to have her in my life like Kate does Carol. It’s a gift. No shade from me.

    • may23 says:

      There’s no rule on how things should be in a family. Your way works for you. Her way works for her.

    • Malificent says:

      I live a thousand miles away from my mother, I am a single parent with my own home and profession. I’m about as independent as you can get. But when I’m sick, I still wish that my mom was here to take care of me. Nothing weird about that.

    • mandygirl says:

      My poor daughter, I’m a mom like that. I love caring for my kids. I don’t care if she’s 10 or 40, she’ll always be my baby.

    • mish mash says:

      Every woman wants her mom around when she pregnant if she’s lucky enough to have a caring one…age has nothing to do with it.

    • Andrea says:

      To be honest because my mother was always cold and distant, I was like this with my father and still am in my 30’s. I went 5 days without talking to my dad since he was on vacation last week and he even remarked he hadn’t gone that long without talking to me in a very long time. I always try to seek comfort from my dad in bad times and have only had a few boyfriends who provided the comfort my dad has.

      • ArtHistorian says:

        Andrea,
        I’m like that with my dad as well. My mom is very sick (mental Illness) and very very difficult to cope with. But my dad is my rock! I always go to him when I have problems I want to talk about (or I have learned to trust him with my problems – but those are I my issues, he has always been incredibly supportive). I talk with him at least a couple of times every week, and I try to visit him at least once a week. My mom, though, I have a very very complicated relationship with her, and def don’t want her around when I’m in trouble because she always makes everything about her.

    • pk says:

      That’s what moms are for. I never had a mom I could depend on when the times were tough but I would do anything for my daughter.

      • Call Me Al says:

        Although I understand that this is a break with precedent, I don’t agree with the people who say that Kate should not have her family around her when she wants. Those old expectations led to the loneliness and isolation of past women who married into the royal family…and isolation breeds many other negative outcomes.

      • Christina says:

        The reason she has them around her so often is because they are all she has. She and William aren’t together much, and her mother encouraged her to drop her friends and any hobbies to accommodate William when he decides he wants her. Carole even had William’s picture as her phone background (confirmed by an article in Vanity Fair)

        Them being close knit is not normal family closeness.

    • giggles says:

      ugh! my sister is like this. She cant be without her mommy. she is married with 2 kids and cant take a dump without calling my mom to come and wipe it, all while dramatically crying of course. And mom runs over in a panic and takes care of her and the kids. Meantime my mom is dying of cancer. The two of them are in their own world and get pissed when anyone tries to intervene about the behavior. And yes she literally did call her one day crying to come over because she took a big dump and it hurt, “it didnt feel normal”. WTF????

  2. MCraw says:

    Awesome title 😆

  3. Lizzie says:

    Meh…I’m kind of over the fact that Will and Kate have an aversion to Royal work. They made the heir…I mean…whatever. They’re royal, if people don’t mind paying for them to renovate houses and do other royal stuff then fine…let them be. They are kinda dull so we’re not exactly missing much with them, personality wise. Let them live in Norfolk and not do anything. I’m cool with it.

    Lets just enjoy Prince Harry and his ginger greatness.

  4. AM says:

    Enough with this myth of Carole watching George any time Kate is unable. She’s somehow running a multi million pound business and simultaneously at her grandson’s beck and call? One (and probably both) of those things isn’t true. And there’s plenty of photographic evidence at this point that the nanny is George’s primary caregiver outside of Kate.

    • Christina says:

      Carole watches Kate, not George.

    • justme says:

      I agree with this post totally. I think the press brings in Carole to boost hits and comments because she is unpopular and they know that any mention of her doing anything connected with royalty brings out a whole contingent of people who want to diss her.

      I think Carole sees George and Kate about as much as any grandmother does. Maria is there to share childcare with Kate – and I do suspect they share care. That’s why you have a nanny.

    • Wren33 says:

      There are about 24 hours to go around with a baby/toddler. Even if they are each only watching him 6 hours a day, with a break when everyone is asleep, that is plenty of time to go around. I work part-time and have a nanny for 20 hours a week. My mom just stayed with me for a week while my husband was away, and I’m not even sick. When you are feeling incapacitated, it is nice to have an extra pair of hands around when you are lying on the couch or in the bathroom. It is more care than most people have, an obviously she is not always “working” when the nanny is around, but I don’t think it is some myth that the grandmother is chipping in.

    • FLORC says:

      AM
      I’m willing to think Carole plays as big of a role as she can in George’s life. It’s her only grandchild currently and the future king. Although, if Kate isn’t around George it’s only the nannies it seems caring for him. Maybe if Kate isn’t there Carole can’t be either?

      Regarding the mom caring for sick child. Just like last time. No shame. I’m married and live in my own home several states away from my mom. If I get sick with a stomach bug i’m on the bathroom floor wishing my mom was there to comfort like only a mother can.

      Still, i’m throwing shade at how this story is portraying a false image. Kate isn’t on her own running after George. She has more than an excessive amount of expert help, several kitchens, and chefs skilled in their craft enough to know just what to make to battle nausea.

      And something else… Where’s William? is it just Carole? He can claim he’s somewhere, but unless there’s more evidence than his word, i’m doubtful.

      • Megan says:

        FLORC — “where’s William”? Yesterday he left an event in Oxford to return to London and tomorrow he is doing another event in London. So I think it is reasonable to assume he is at KP.

      • AM says:

        FLORC,
        I absolutely think Carole is involved and doting, but the press would have it that every random Wednesday that Kate works, he’s with Carole – and I simply don’t think that’s true. Carole has a full-time job, and I don’t think has the time to be a semi-full time caregiver to George. This is more of an issue for me with the press – he has a well trained nanny, and there’s no shame in that.

      • FLORC says:

        Megan
        Thanks. And I wasn’t asking in a snarky tone. It was just curiosity. Your use of the word “reasonable” made me think you thought it was snark.
        I didn’t know where he was. Only that he’s not often where he (or more specifically ) the press claims he’ll be.
        I just read a lot of Carole caring for Kate and nothing aside from William saying it as an answer to comment.

      • Megan says:

        FLORC- implying William isn’t with Kate was ludicris speculation that flies in the face of the facts.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Facts? Things like:

        – Last time she claimed to be deathly ill with pregnancy, she was staying at her parents house. William was away. She drove herself past a whole slew of hospitals to the one that had Tanna (Middleton family pap) waiting. William, put in his place, then came running to play concerned husband.

        – Kate Middleton herself admitted that William “was away a lot” for the first six months after the birth of PGTips. As William only “worked” 2-3 days a week, him choosing to absent himself from wife and child at that early stage is highly questionable.

        – She was papped 3 X week in London – away from her husband – when she was said to be living full-time in Wales.

        They spend a lot of time apart. Facts show this.

      • Megan says:

        Notasugarhere – just give it a rest.

      • Christina says:

        Megan – if you don’t like the answers that Notasugarhere and other users consistently provide then you do not need to begin the topic.

      • Pager90 says:

        +1 notsugarhere
        Spot on.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Oh, I forgot the big Mustique/Maldives example. William chose to miss the first vacation with the baby, watching the baby play in the sand and water for the first time. Then he chose to go on vacation without the baby for 10 days – to another beach location. (And rumored that they missed the first baby steps because of this vacation). So he was happily away from PGTips for 2-3 weeks. The “bespoke” program was built around his schedule, so he could have gone to Mustique if he’d wanted to. He didn’t want to.

  5. balticprincess says:

    I am far from being a Kate & Wills-Fan, but I don’t get what is so wrong with staying in Norfolk? Where should they be? London? As I guess their (or now his) engagements are all over the country he my be even better positioned in Norfolk and as for a pregnant woman who is feeling bad – would you want to move along the streets of London where everybody is waiting for you to throw up?

    • Christina says:

      She is honestly probably going to be living with her parents again in Berkshire (and keeping quiet about it) like she normally is. While we see candid pics of George in London.

      But that won’t stop the renovation spending!

    • notasugarhere says:

      What engagements?

      Their new home is the same distance from his new “job” as their old home. You know, that 57 room mansion in London where they wasted $6 million of the taxpayers money to rehab? Then they decided they wanted to move to the country full-time and duck royal work for another decade? The excuse that they had to move for his “job” was disproved, so now we have this new spin, Kate Middleton – Country Girl At Heart.

    • Sixer says:

      There’s nothing wrong with living in Norfolk. There’s everything wrong with spending £4m of taxpayers’ money renovating a flat in London – and throwing a rent-paying charity out of the flat to boot – because London is to be your base. And THEN wanting to live in Norfolk before the paint in London has even dried.

      • maddelina says:

        Was it taxpayers money? I thought they paid for it themselves or partially.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Maddelina, I refer you to:

        http://www.celebitchy.com/372647/william_kates_kensington_palace_renovations_cost_the_taxpayers_4_million/

        The taxpayers paid the brunt, followed by Charles. W&K paid nothing.

      • India Andrews says:

        The taxpayers bore the brunt of the renovation costs to KP and the reason was Kate and William were going to make it their homebase for their royal activities which they were supposed to resume full-time after William’s gap year and Kate’s maternity leave. The costs ran to four times the budget originally quoted to the public. Then, William and Kate decide this massive mansion is too claustrophobic and they decamp to Anmer Hall where they tell the public they won’t be taking on full-time royal duties after all. Hence, the anger and annoyance being sent their way. I hope this helps.

        I almost forgot. When William and Kate are spending private funds, they’re probably talking about Duchy of Cornwall funds, which funds Prince Charles, William and Harry but if the public decided to go republic, it wouldn’t be their piggy bank any longer. It would revert to the government, since it belongs to the Prince of Wales and not the specific person who holds that title. When the Queen dies and bonny prince charlie takes the throne, the Duchy of Cornwall goes to William. When William becomes king, the Duchy goes to Georgie and so forth. My point is they’re not really private funds in the sense that you and I would use. It isn’t like William is using his pilot’s salary.

  6. MaryShaw says:

    If I was pregnant and sick like that I’d want my mother to be near me. Don’t see anything wrong with Carole “practically moving in.” A palace or not, it’s just a house where a sick pregnant lady lives.

  7. Christina says:

    She’s in Berkshire, I’m convinced, back with her parents with William nowhere to be found.

  8. notasugarhere says:

    “It is their countryside home and she can relax and go for walks through the fields and woods with Lupo in the country air, which is a real tonic for her.”

    1) The air in Wales wasn’t a tonic to her, since she was papped in London constantly when she was stated to be a full-time housewife in Wales. Doesn’t scream “country girl at heart” to me.

    2) As someone else pointed out, Anmer is not in a private location. The house is basically across the street from the tourist car park, shops, and WC’s for anyone visiting Sandringham. Anmer may be a private residence, but Sandringham is a tourist attraction that is open most days of the year. If she’d been out wandering the fields with George, MANY people would have photographed her by now. Even W&K do not have enough RPOs to prevent that.

    It is statements like this (ie. Kate Middleton wandering the fields like a true country girl) that prove their obvious PR manipulation and lies. “Oh no, they didn’t dump the kid with the nanny for two weeks, despite the photos you saw. She was wearing her invisibility cloak when she walked him every single day in a park in front of hundreds of tourists at Sandringham. That’s why nobody saw them.”

    Pinkerton must think we’re idiots.

    • The Original Mia says:

      She is country. When it suits their purposes.

    • hmmm says:

      Just. Wow!

      I had *no* idea that Anmer was on the tourist path. This sheds a whole new light on things. I’m gobsmacked. What a mountain of lies we’re being force-fed. And why do they feel the need to lie and lie and lie?

      • The Original Mia says:

        @hmmm, that’s why the driveway was moved to around back, so people can’t see who’s coming/going and staying at the house.

      • notasugarhere says:

        “And why do they feel the need to lie and lie and lie? ” Because William is William.

        https://www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/visiting-sandringham/area-plan/

        Look at the legend of the map. From photos, it looks like Anmer Hall is where numbers 13 – 17 are on that legend. Basically the lower right-hand corner of the map near the church.

      • hmmm says:

        Thanks so much NAS, The Original Mia. It looks as if I would have more privacy at KP. Anmer looks like it’s in the midst of a tourist trap and doesn’t look that bucolic at all. That parking lot boggles the mind; having that across from me would make me crazy. This patch is not really ‘country’ country like I imagined it. It’s tourist country. We’ve been fed a(nother) lie!

      • Megan says:

        You had no idea that Anmer Hall is on the tourist path because it isn’t. It’s three miles from Sandringham and surrounded by land not open to the public.

        notasugarhere is referring to the wrong church. The aerial map in this link shows the full distance between the tourist areas of Sandringham and Anmer.

        http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/tell-me-more-about-anmer-hall-5409

      • notasugarhere says:

        Megan, if that’s true it is really good news. So much for the source where I found it. Seriously. I thought it was an incredibly bizarre choice and made no sense at all. But if that really is where Anmer is, that makes security much less of a concern to me. Yes, I do worry a great deal about their security, whether anybody believes me or not.

        Anyone is still allowed to attend church there, right next to the house, so that is open to the public. (Not that this “publication” counts as a quality source but at least it has labeled pictures)
        http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-prince-william-mansion-1798143

        On the other hand, still doesn’t excuse dumping Kensington and moving to the country.

      • Megan says:

        The church is only open two Sunday’s a month. The village where Anmer is located has no pubs, no shops and a population of 63. That’s about as private as it gets.

        http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-20935942

    • hmmm says:

      @Megan,

      I’m relieved at the correction. I’m appalled enough as it is with their antics and PR. You’ve just made my burden lighter. 😉

      With a church right beside them, I can’t wait to see photos of them attending services every Sunday, Wills and Georgie being future heads of the Church of England and all.

      • notasugarhere says:

        The location does put my mind (more) at ease. That is part of what annoys me so much with their constant “no we want to live here, no here, no I’m hanging in Berkshire every weekend (if Aunt Pippa’s comments are true)”.

        It is an enormous taxpayer burden to cover their security, security they need to have. Hence big, secured royal places like Kensington where they can secure multiple people for less money. They lose my sympathy when they do things like spend $1 million of the taxpayers money on security reno to a rented property (Wales), because base housing wasn’t good enough for them. Or rumored to have spent taxpayer money upgrading security in Bershire, plus the extra $20,000 a day every time she wants to spent the night at her parents.

        Odds on them still ducking out of Christmas at Sandringham this year?

  9. Bridget says:

    If anyone’s going to have the inside scoop on the royals, it’s E!

    • Xantha says:

      I’m assuming this is sarcasm. And really after E! was wrong about all of the details of Brad and Angelina’s wedding I sure as hell aren’t gonna believe they have any inside scoop about British Royalty.

  10. Carrie says:

    To be honest when I feel like sh*t I don’t want anyone but my mum flapping around me! So I don’t blame her at all!

  11. Ag says:

    i am no kate defender, but what she has is much more than just “barfing” or “regular” morning sickness. it’s serious $hit that you often get hospitalized for.

    • Christina says:

      If that’s what she has then why did William make her carry those huge luggage duffels on the train?

      • notasugarhere says:

        As shown so nicely in one of the thumbnails at the bottom of the article. Kate Middleton hauling her big purse and huge bag, seemingly feeling fine. William with one bag and walking the dog. A considerate husband would have carried his (allegedly very sick) wife’s larger bag, and left her with the purse and dog.

      • Marigold says:

        Because it comes on suddenly. She probably felt fine when she carried around her bags. Hell, even regular morning sickness comes out of nowhere. It isn’t shocking or fishy that she went from feeling fine to feeling ill. Pregnancy hormones generally don’t eff up your life until after 6 or 7 weeks in.

      • Dany says:

        William is no gentleman.

        I remember paparazzi pictures from one of their date nights a few months ago (can´t really remember when and where. Maybe i´ll google it).
        William comes out of the restaurant/pub. He walks over the street to the car without looking back. Then Kate comes out looking pissed as hell. Bodyguard opens the door of the car for William. He gets in the car. Doors closed. William didn´t look back…nothing. No looking if Kate is there behind him, if she´s well. Nothing.

      • Christina says:

        HG doesn’t come on suddenly then go away.
        So yes, we know William is no gentleman. But the constant bleating of HG sufferings make him look like a downright cad. So either he is incredibly unaware of how these “candid” pics make him look or it’s quite possible they have fallen back on the HG diagnosis to stem criticism for Kate’s laziness. All the other royal women worked, even Sophie who almost died with her first pregnancy. If she could do it, Kate can.

      • The Original Mia says:

        Well according to some, she was using those bags to hide her baby bump. Not sure how the bag over her shoulder was hiding her bump, but there you go.

      • MinnFinn says:

        I’ve read that as far as Scotland Yard is concerned, William’s security is a higher priority than Kate. William not carrying Kate’s bags or making a beeline for the car ahead of Kate is likely security protocol established by their RPO’s.

      • notasugarhere says:

        MinnFinn, that excuse doesn’t really work when you look at other high-profile royals and the way the men treat their wives even with security staff around (Felipe and Letizia come to mind). There would be ways for William to treat his wife in a more gentlemanly manner if he wanted to.

        They have 27 office staff and multiple house staff. Several of those folks probably met them at the train, because surely that wasn’t the only luggage they had for 2 weeks? So why make a show of carrying their own bags, oh right, they’re just like us.

      • Megan says:

        Nitpicking who carries a tote bag? Give me a break.

      • hmmm says:

        @MinnFinn

        That sounds like if she carries the bags she’s more of a target while he gets clean away. To a strapping young man, those bags are mere feathers , while they weigh her down.

        I think he doesn’t look out for her well-being at all. He may be a prince, but he doesn’t strike me as being much of a man.

      • notasugarhere says:

        “He may be a prince, but he doesn’t strike me as being much of a man. ” +1

    • paranormalgirl says:

      I wouldn’t wish Hyperemesis G. on my worst enemy. I suffered from it with Sean. I couldn’t keep anything down, but I had to eat because I needed to provide nutrition for my child. So anything I took in was a crap shoot as to whether it would come back up or not. I had it through my second trimester. There are days you feel great and those are the days you should be getting out and doing whatever you can, because you never know when you’re going to be laid up with an bucket by your bedside.

      • Vava says:

        that sounds just awful. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, either.

      • Ag says:

        i didn’t have it, thank god, but from what i have read/heard and what you said, it sounds like a nightmare. so, yeah, kate doesn’t seem very work-inclined in general, but if she is seriously ill, people should take it easy on her and not blame her for wanting her mom (or whoever else) around.

      • paranormalgirl says:

        It was awful. Thanks the goddess I didn’t have it with Siobhán !

      • India Andrews says:

        HG is terrible but I don’t think Kate has it. She claimed to have it last time yet found the energy to attend a friend’s wedding in Switzerland where she was papped playing in the snow, go to Mustique for a week, go to a sports awards event where she presented an award, go shopping several times, etc. From what it sounds like, if Kate had HG she wouldn’t be able to leave the house because she would be out of range of the golden throne (the toilet). Kate finds the time to do the fun stuff while she has HG but not the other events and engagements. Very fishy to me.

    • FLORC says:

      Ag
      You can’t ignore the position Kate is in. She’s carrying royalty. This isn’t an average pregnancy. She’s monitored closely and preventative care is an extreme with her. Normal morning sickness has her health care staff on high alert monitoring fluids and nutrition when many of us might treat it with ginger ale and saltenes.

      Because it’s been said Kate’s pregnancies are monitored heavily no matter how she feels I strongly feel if it was the critical and acute type of morning sickness known as HG she would be in the hospital. Not at home being cared for by Carole.

      • Kate says:

        Yep. HG can result in organ failure quite quickly. I had it, and I was beyond lucky I never needed an extended stay in hospital, just a few days on a drip here and there. Everyone else I know who’s had it came very close to death, we’re talking heart attacks and liver failure. But still, even with my mild HG I was on total bed rest for months at a time and it was very up in the air as to whether my baby would make it to term. My general health has never recovered. Oh, and I had to get a new set of teeth because mine rotted away due to the constant vomiting.

        If she actually had HG at the very least she’d be on total bed rest and have a doctor and monitoring equipment with her at KP, not just mummy.

      • FLORC says:

        Kate
        HG is really nothing to laugh at. I’m convinced here that most people heard “HG” and googled it. Same with a palace pr person that claimed she had HG within an hour or 2 of entering the hospital. You simply can’t be diagnosed that quickly no matter how good the care you’re receiving is. Now the only thing mentioned is Kate is having morning sickness, but overall is fine, yet people are still posting she has HG. Seeming to overlook that fac it’s incredibly rare.
        And it’s my opinion that if Kate was truly sufffering with HG we wouldn’t be hearing about it. The press would pull sympathetic articles often.

        And wow. At least you survived and I hope your baby is healthy. Vomiting combined with a deficit of calcium taken for the child. is extremely hard on the teeth.

      • Hazel says:

        I’m pretty sure they can replicate a hospital suite for Kate in KP if it were really necessary. Anything can be done for a royal. If she needed surgery, they could do it in KP. Having said that, commenters who’ve suffered from HG have my utmost sympathy. I had no idea! That sounds utterly miserable. And I agree completely with others regarding William’s lack of solicitousness toward his wife. Like father, like son. I recently saw a bit of film where Lady Diana & PC were coming out of St Paul’s after a rehearsal. The door was opened by a lackey, Charles walked through and then down the steps, then LD walked through & ran down the steps to catch up with PC & put her hand in his. Then, and only then, did he turn around & look at her.

  12. Jaded says:

    If she’s so enamoured of the country life and being left alone to just shop, get her hair done, have babies and not get involved in the normal work of the BRF, why was she so hell-bent on marrying Willnot? Why didn’t she target a mega-rich businessman or a lesser titled person? Both Willnot and Kannot are going to eventually have to step up to the plate and WORK instead of swanning around living a lavish life funded by taxpayers, but not giving back. Their plan of doing as little as possible is going to backfire big time at some point.

    • the original bellaluna says:

      Maybe the Queen should threaten to cut off their allowance if they don’t straighten up. 😉

      • Megan says:

        William doesn’t get an allowance or a salary for royal work.

        http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/prince-harry-salary_n_1837447.html

      • notasugarhere says:

        Or make them pay for their three mansions and security themselves until they take up full-time royal duties?

      • FLORC says:

        Megan
        I think the original Bellaluna was thinking less literally. William has many expenses covers and many perks from his position. Maybe not cash in hand for specific events.
        I think the perks is the allowance.

      • Rosalee says:

        They have their own money, William inherited 1/2 of his mother’s estate 35 million pounds. No doubt the royals have trust funds – they are not born with a zero balance in the bank.

      • notasugarhere says:

        William doesn’t pay any of his inheritance towards their three mansions, all of their security comes from the taxpayers, and Charles pays for her clothing. And the Palace stated that Prince Charles was the one paying for decor at Kensington and Anmer. William has a proven track record of being cheap.

    • India Andrews says:

      I think Kate let her mom’s need to social climb influence her too much. She should’ve gone for one of William’s wealthy and titled friends or one of the rich benefactors to one of his charities. That way she could’ve shopped and stayed home to her heart’s content without the pressure or the criticism.

  13. Steph says:

    This girl is so frail and weak…..I just can’t any more with this insect.

  14. Lara K says:

    Well of course they will milk the pregnancy for what it’s worth.
    I almost felt sympathy but then I remembered that I’m also pregnant and I have a 1 year old and I work and have no nanny and no castle and no servants… So yeah cry me a river.

    For the record I’ve been ahead of Kate by 2 months with both pregnancies, so I think she is copying me… 🙂

  15. T.C. says:

    I see nothing wrong with her Mom staying with her or helping her out with child care but I’m so over this nonsense of Kate as “brave” and some representation of the every mom for getting pregnant and having morning sickness like most women.

    I have friends who had to deal with hypertension, preeclampsia and much worse during pregnancy and still having to work 12 hours a day to support their families. Many stay at home moms too don’t have all the luxury and help that “brave Kate” has and they still have multiple children.

  16. Nymeria says:

    This story is full of BS.

    Carole doesn’t have to come help out because Kate’s too tired to do the mommy thing; they have so many helpers it’s ridiculous. Just ‘fess up and say that Carole just wants to be with her daughter. Probably staring at her and marveling that this dull woman is the vessel through which they have touched glory.

    I never believed Kate had HG & I don’t believe she has it now. She’s lazy and doesn’t want to work, so, as much as she can get away with, she doesn’t work. This is a person who is genuinely happy to live off the backs of the taxpayers without giving back a damn thing.

    Blech.

    • Ennie says:

      Well, Me and my siblings had a devoted mother who tried to care for us even when we were older. If she were still around Id love her to spoil me.
      They must be a lot of things, but let mother and daughter enjoy each other’s company.

  17. dilettante says:

    I don’t blame them in the slightest for getting out of KP if they can. I sure would. First of all, it’s not like they couldn’t make it to any engagement from Norfolk–it’s not THAT far. And his job is there. And they have the helicopter. Second, if she’s that sick (and HG is horrible and extremely debilitating) and she can get treatment and walk around in fresh air etc at Anmer, so much the better. Third, KP is located right in the most touristy section of Hyde Park, with major park entrances on extremely busy roads close to KP on either side, the open park on another side, and a nearby entrance from a street with many embassies on the other side. They are surrounded. And they aren’t the only ones in KP…it’s kind of like a royal apartment building. She definitely can’t go for a walk outside of the relatively restricted grounds. No privacy at all. Fourth, the air quality in London in that area is not great. I had morning sickness in London with my last pregnancy and the car pollution made it much worse. Finally, no matter how close they might be to “tourist” stuff at Sandringham, the tourist issue is a non-issue compared with London. There concludes my list. 🙂

    • India Andrews says:

      The problem the critics have is Kate and William quoted two million to redo KP and it bloomed into eight million. The entire justification for the cost was they were going to start doing royal duties full-time from KP as their London base. Then, last minute the story changes. They need millions now to do redo Anmer because William and Kate feel claustrophobic in their twenty-two room palace as if anyone could feel claustrophobic in that much space. We’re also told neither of them will be doing full-time royal duties as promised because William wants to hide out for two more years and play with choppers and Kate is going to be sick with HG (skeptical if that’s what she has based on past behavior) and go on another maternity leave. People feel like they’re being taken for fools by this couple.

      • India Andrews says:

        And remember before the whole HG thing with George, Kate was going to take one year to ease herself in her role (because we didn’t want another Diana). One year became two and no full-time working Duchess. Then, just as the public were grabbing their pitch forks. Kate says she’s preggers and has HG so she is too busy puking to do any work. Well, not any charity work. She still went to a sports awards show, a movie premiere, Mustique, Switzerland for a friend’s wedding, shopping and who knows what else. From the sound of the HG, she shouldn’t have the wherewithal to do all of those things, and not show up for the meat of her job as a duchess. She comes across as having selective HG where it goes away for the fun stuff and returns for what the public would consider the “real” part of her job.

      • Jocelyn says:

        You’re spot on India Andrews.

  18. JessSaysNo says:

    It’s really lame that everyone is so harsh. I had HG twice and I can tell you that I’m an extremely independent woman who lives hours from my mother and if it was possible, I’d have her with me every day of the first trimester. Not only are you “barfing,” you suffer from extreme exhaustion (you can barely eat to gain energy,) you get headaches and teeter on the edge of dehydration at all times. The worst part? The worst part is NOT the barfing (after barfing you get about 10 golden minutes of no nausea), its the nausea. It’s the constant nausea from the moment you wake up until you fall asleep.

    After a few weeks, it is mentally difficult to go on knowing that everything you eat will be thrown up (and if you dont eat, you will throw up burning bile, so even though you want to die and never eat another thing, you force yourself to to avoid bile puke sorry TMI)) and even though you feel ok for about 10 minutes after puking, the constant nausea will return full force. The smell of your beloved dog? Makes you puke. Husband cooking burgers? Makes you puke. The smell of the new microwave oven coming out of the box? PUKE! If my mom could be there, even to help pick up the house or bring me a glass of ice water (that will be in the toilet after 7 minutes) it would help immensely from an emotional point of view.

    It was awful and I wouldnt wish it on anyone. Whatever she does to cope is understandable to me.

    • K says:

      Someone mentioned eating hot dogs and coleslaw to me and I puked. Ice chips made me puke. It was disgusting, and you are so right, the actual vomiting was nothing compared to the endless nausea and the horrible headaches and weakness.

      • Jadzia says:

        I think my worst moment (and this was with garden variety sickness, not HG) was puking in the dairy aisle of my local “nice” grocery store at 9am. I wasn’t showing yet. I think they thought I was drunk. It was SO humiliating.

  19. HoustonGrl says:

    There’s a story in People discussing her recent shopping trip. She wasn’t too sick for that.

    • India Andrews says:

      And that is the problem with this whole HG thing where Kate is concerned. For the Oxford trip, she has terrible HG and can’t attend but wave a luxury vacation under her nose or a fun event like a wedding or a movie premiere and suddenly no HG anymore. Kate is all over it like a hobo on a roast beef sandwich.

      • notasugarhere says:

        And they’ve already announced she will be at Invictus, days before the event. So how do they know how she’ll be feeling then? Selective illness.

    • Megan says:

      That shopping trip was two weeks ago and morning sickness usually kicks in around week six. Sounds about right, actually.

  20. Courtney says:

    I can’t/won’t shade anyone who is ill and wants a mother’s comfort.

  21. SoCal says:

    I was so looking forward to her first solo tour. I just don’t understand why they couldn’t use extra precautions to not to get pregnant until after her first solo tour; maybe this was her only way of getting out of it because she was scared of doing this tour with all of the attention (speeches, aah!). Perhaps William doesn’t like to wear zucchini beanies and she is not on birth control. But I also understand that neither zucchini beanies or birth control can prevent pregnancy.

    If it was me and I had a duty to fulfill for the Queen, I would make sure to take extra precautions to not get pregnant lol. I would wait until I got back from the tour to do the horizontal tango lol.

    • Ennie says:

      Maybe the priority was a new pregnancy?

      • SoCal says:

        Seriously? If the priority was a new pregnancy then she should not have been chosen to go to Malta in the first place. She can get preg AFTER the tour is what I am saying, like she did last time with the Jubilee Tour in 2012.

  22. Vava says:

    I’m afraid that Kate fails to understand that the more she is out of the limelight, the less relevant she is. It’s really a PR situation.

    (Surely if she isn’t feeling well, I can understand hunkering down wherever she’s most comfortable. Having loved ones nurture her, no problem.) If I was her with HG, I’d disappear for months. I wouldn’t care about the PR because I would have been an active Royal up to that point (!). The inkling I have is that both she and William do care about that – to a certain extent, even though they have this LAZY label attached to their titles. It remains to be seen how this plays out.

  23. Smile! says:

    “Well, I suppose any excuse for Carole to stay at Kensington Palace, at the special guest quarters and Will and Kate had dedicated for her.”

    For Pete’s sake, can’t Carole spend time with her daughter to help with a small child when Kate is doubled over with morning sickness? At what point do you stop scrutinizing the dynamic of this family. If it were my mom and I were struggling, my mom would be there in a heartbeat. Period. That’s a mom thing to do regardless who you are.

    • ABKM says:

      You make it sound like Kate doesn’t have a nanny or staff to take care of the house for her. I’m sure she doesn’t have to deal with her son if she doesn’t feel up to it, even without Carole around.

  24. kristiner says:

    What exactly is hard about their life? They travel and make appearances shaking hands and smiling. They don’t have to give huge, thought-provoking speeches. Just smile and wave. Easy peasy. Dress nice and smile and wave. Oh the horror! Such hard work. GMAFB.

    People say they don’t want to work but what they do isn’t work.

    The British Royal Family is one of the weakest in terms of succession. William and Kate both got fluff degrees and he just wants to play at being a soldier like he’s some live action GI Joe toy. The same with her. She wants to be Brunette Barbie she does it all without ever really doing it all as far as working to actually do it.

    Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, etc. Those royals the heirs and common wives were successful, modern career people. They actually work. Travel and make through-provoking speeches about charities they’re interested in. The British have some of the best higher institutions of learning but they sure don’t care about their own being learnered. They’re so assed backwards like it’s 1700s where a hymen intact was all that was required for a marriage.

    Or a hymen that was only used by their royal. Kate and Will had some awesome birth control and condoms because there’s no way they weren’t having sex before marriage.

    I like them as a person likes a TV commercial but neither has ANY sort of substance. For early 30 somethings of the world they’re pathetic.

    • Rosehip says:

      Correction: the current Belgian queen was not born a commoner. She is from old – though rather empoverished – nobility. Her mother is a Polish countess. She was raised with a true sense of duty and that reflects in the way Mathilde and Philippe reign. Philippe is also a lot more disciplined than his father was – some call him ‘stiff’; i think dignified is a far better word – because he was in fact raised by his uncle king Beaudoin, and not his parents.
      Mathilde is a true example of ‘noblesse oblige’. They don’t act as celebrities, and ethics are far more important than that shallow sense of entitlement you see with other royals.

  25. Peggalina says:

    When I was pregnant and had HG for the entire nine months my life as I knew it ceased to exist. The doctor gave me a medication that helped with the nausea (it is what people with cancer receiving chemotherapy take to stop vomiting). Problem was you could only take it every 8 hours and it would work for about 4 hours. And if I tried to take the pill but then vomited, well I had to wait another 8 hours before I could attempt to take it again. Some days I never managed to keep the medication down. But on occasion when I did then I would have enough relief to leave the house and do a few normal things. So Kate may have periods of time where she feels better. I don’t think she should be criticized if she is lucky enough to have time periods where she can get out of bed. And even though she has more than enough staff and doctors to care for her, I don’t think there is anything wrong with wanting her Mom around, even if it is just for support. You would never say that someone in hospital doesn’t need visitors because they are being taken care of. And a paid staff is never as caring as family who actually love you. This discussion about how anyone would handle themself if it were them is ridiculous. Until you have actually been pregnant and been that ill you have absolutely no idea what you would do. And even then every pregnancy and case of HG can vary. And wanting your Mom around when you are ill or well doesn’t make you weak or a person who hasn’t cut the apron strings; it just means family is important to you. And I don’t think George is hurt by having his Grandmother around more, even if he had 100 nannies. If you think Kate doesn’t want to work, and that maybe the case, but I think she deserves a pass for just right now while she is so ill. Reserve your comments and harsh criticisms for when she is healthy.

  26. Peggalina says:

    Another interesting side note, when I had severe HG I gave birth to a daughter. My doctor did say that since I already had a history of HG, then in the future if I had more children I was much more likely to have it again. But if I had a boy the next time it may not be as severe. Because for some reason it is more difficult for your body to handle the extra female hormones when pregnant with a daughter. Because your hormones have already increased just by being pregnant. So even though Kate was ill with PG, I read that this time her HG came on even earlier in the pregnancy and was more severe. So that could indicate she is carrying a daughter. I realize some of you will say she isn’t as ill because she didn’t have to go to the hospital this time. But that may not be the case. Last time, by the time she was admitted to hospital, she was probably severely dehydrated and there wasn’t another option. But now that she has a history her doctor was more prepared and gave her medication right away before it was out of control. Doctors don’t just give medication right away for normal morning sickness, but last time the doctor didn’t know it was HG until she was so severe.

  27. Peggalina says:

    And as for the extra cost of security depending on where Kate decides to reside, does it really matter? It is not the royal family’s fault that they need security. It will be needed no matter what. And if people are worried about the expense, then I would like to point out that security is more expensive when she is out in public doing her charity work. After all, on this sight it is constantly brought up, she needs to work more. But if , as in this article, the concern is the extra cost of security, then wouldn’t it be less expensive if Kate didn’t work. Prince Charles doesn’t stay in London constantly; he has Highgrove. I am sure security is more for him too then. I realize the renovations at KP were very costly, but are we suggesting then that William and Kate have to stay there forever. Many royals have multiple homes. Where are the harsh words for them? Not long ago I read what the cost is to the taxpayers to support the royal family. I was shocked by how little it was; when it was broke down into how much each person pays in the form of taxes. It was only a few pounds if my memory serves me. And the amount of income the country receives because of the world’s interest in the royal family, as a ratio of costs to expense, seems like a bargain. Tourism generates a lot of money for England. Imagine all the money that would not come into the country if theire wasn’t a royal family. Just because William and Kate are royal doesn’t mean they don’t deserve to have as normal of a life as possible and live wherever they please. I don’t know where it reads that if you are part of the royal family then you completely give up all your privacy and allow your subjects to make decisions regarding everything in your life. From what I have read on this site, people’s opinions are: she needs to work more, change her hair, eyeliner, clothes, live at KP, spend more time with PG and less time with the middletons, get pregnant when there are no engagements on her calendar. Imo people don’t seem to like her but yet feel they have aright to suggest how she lives her public and private life. But hence the word “private”, meaning what gives anyone the right to tell someone else how to live their life. When she married William I don’t remember her saying in her vows, I give up all my free will and personal life. She has the right to do what makes her, William, and George happy. No matter what she chooses to do, she is going to make some people angry. It is a no win situation. So I don’t blame her for moving to the country to get away from all the haters.