The Cambridges sent out cards thanking people for their anniversary well-wishes

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Apparently, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sent out cards to many people who wished them a happy anniversary last month. Who knew? Who knew that there’s etiquette about sending people thank you cards after they wish you a happy anniversary? Obviously, I would fail so hard at any kind of etiquette test. Anyway, we know that the Cambridges sent out cards because one of the recipients, Paul Ratcliffe, posted the card on Twitter. The card features a never-before-seen portrait of William and Kate, taken by photographer Chris Jelf. Kate’s wearing a jacket by Philosophy by Alberta Ferretti.

Much like the photos posted to the @KensingtonRoyal, I’m always interested in seeing the images Will and Kate choose to use for their official media. And am I alone in being underwhelmed by this portrait? There’s nothing specifically terrible about it, it’s just so… bland. Their smiles seem forced, I guess.

Meanwhile, there are still stories going around about what exactly Will and Kate call each other as terms of affection. Hello Mag insisted that they call each other “Darling” but other sources say Kate definite called William “babe.” Oh, and E! News ran a story about whether Kate needs to stop “recycling” her clothes – go here to read. I don’t mind that Kate recycles her clothes, but I think she just needs to rethink her wardrobe and styling in general. She should buy more separates and learn how to mix-and-match and style each look differently so everything doesn’t feel so bland and oatmealy.

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  1. Birdix says:

    They could use a royal copy editor.

    • OTHER RENEE says:

      I agree. Took the trouble? How about “took the time” ??

      • mandy says:

        Compare this pic and their official portrait from 2011- Silly Billy has lost so much foliage !

  2. Maum says:

    It’s not like they wrote or even signed the cards is it?

    • Yolie C says:

      Exactly. They weren’t too “keen” on actually signing them. I’m surprised they were able to even pose for a picture.

    • Hazel says:

      Doesn’t their staff have a signature stamp? How hard would that be?

  3. Lainey says:

    I agree that the smiles look so fake. There’s also a solo pic of Kate in the same outfit and God is her smile so forced in it. It’s so obvious and she looks so uncomfortable. Even their nicknames for each other are bland.

    • Jib says:

      Here’s what I think is going on. Wills is a royal male and from everything I read about royal males, they cheat. Maybe Kate thought she’d be ok with this in the long run, but I think it’s happened, and I think she is not ok with it. She is much more middle class than the upper class person she tries to present, and if you look at her own family, can anyone imagine mike cheating on Carole? Carole would hit him with a frying pan!!

      Hence the sad look, the haggard look, the huge weight loss, and her seeming joy in India, where she had him as a captive audience. I think Wills is stepping out, Kate doesn’t like it at all, and I don’t think it’s Jecca either. I also wonder that if this is true, why he hasn’t been caught yet?

      • Megan says:

        It’s 2016, if Willy were stepping out Twitter would know by now. I suspect she looks so haggard is because they are planning to have another baby and she has laid off the fillers and Botox. Her skin is really damaged from overusing fillers and she looks like crap without them.

        As for the too thin, either she thinks that looks good or she has an eating disorder. But I suspect she thinks that looks good.

      • Nic919 says:

        Most people wonder what exactly Will does with his time. He could easily be cheating on her and right now if the press knows, they aren’t talking. It probably isn’t Jecca, but how could randoms here and there really be tracked.

  4. zinjojo says:

    Bland as ever! Will has more of a grimace than a smile.

  5. Janis says:

    LOL! Can you imagine how happy the sugars are about receiving these thank you cards? They’ll consider themselve personal friends of the Doolittles and probably frame and display the photo on their walls.

    About the photo, Cannot looks positively thrilled that Willnot’s touching her and he looks totally fake with his smile.

  6. PHAKSI says:

    Dont all the royals send well wishers pictures of themselves along with their thank you cards?

    • addie says:

      Yes. Anyone who writes to royalty receives a response, obviously from staff on the royal’s behalf.

  7. Tough Cookie says:

    I wonder if these count as “work.”

  8. Did anyone read the daily mail article by Sarah vine? about York girls and chutney. I thought she was mocking Kate. Mastery in sarcasm, i thought!

    • Rachel says:

      There was a lot of hidden shade in that article, especially in the last line; ‘they do have one advantage over Catherine …they look a) human and b) as if they might be a lot more fun to sit next to at dinner.’

    • Tough Cookie says:

      OMG I just read it!!! LOL I hope it is sarcasm…

      “Catherine, with her willowy frame, perfect proportions and undeniable beauty, belongs to the same species as Georgia May Jagger and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. There are variations within the genus, but essentially they’re the beauty master race.”

      Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3609764/I-know-exactly-Beatrice-Eugenie-feel-photographed-Kate-says-Sarah-Vine.html#ixzz49lqggbPj

      • cindyp says:

        At least Eugenie & Beatrice take some risks with their outfits in contrast to Duchess Vanilla Ice.

      • Megan says:

        Yes, but for all the money they spend, the Yorks never get it right. They need a decent stylist as much as Kate does.

    • HH says:

      Oooh, I didn’t read it like that. I couldn’t get through it. There’s always so much hatred for the York sisters, I thought it was just unnecessary shade throwing. But now I’ll have to re-read. Kate vs. The Yorks is the only time the comment sections skews towards Kate. People hate the sisters by association and I really feel bad for them.

      • Tina says:

        It’s not just by association. Beatrice, in particular, spends her entire life on vacation. I agree that it’s cruel to shade them because of their appearance, but there are definitely legitimate things to criticise.

      • notasugarhere says:

        They are private citizens with trust funds. If they want to spend their entire lives on vacation they are free to do so. The criticism of B&E is OTT, like the lies last year about Beatrice’s vacations which were instead one-day trips to things like weddings.

        Peter and Zara live free on Anne’s estate, fixed up by Crown Estate and entire estate secured by taxpayer money. Somehow they get away with it because people don’t hate their parents.

      • HH says:

        The vacation thing is annoying, but at times, I get it. I mean they are cut out of the royal fold due to the slimmed down monarchy. They should not have the same expectations as other BRF members, particularly because they (or their father) fund their lives (including security unless it’s an official outing). The only thing that annoys me is them trying to cover their activities. And in reality, they shouldn’t have to lie given the forced “demotion.”

      • notasugarhere says:

        They have no official outings or taxpayer-funded security. Any charity work B&E do they do on their personal time as private citizens (with famous relatives).

        Are they covering their activities? Or is attacking the York girls a favorite sport of some people so attending a wedding is turned into “12 vacations a year”?

        They’ve been attacked since they were children because of their parents. So much of the attitudes towards them, or how their activities are perceived, is because of the hate people feel towards their parents.

      • OTHER RENEE says:

        They may not be as naturally beautiful as Kate, but look at what they’re wearing! Do they seriously see their outfits as even remotely attractive? They’re dressed like Cinderella’s step sisters, which just engenders negative comparisons.

      • Green Girl says:

        Not, I was thinking that, too. I feel bad for them, because it feels that a lot of the criticism they receive is tied to their parents. I think that’s unfair.

      • LAK says:

        Their outfits are never boring even if they aren’t to everyone’s tastes.

      • bluhare says:

        Private citizens aren’t listed in the Order of Precedence, and they don’t get curtseys from people. If they were paying their unsubsidized way, I think there would be a bigger argument for the private citizen angle, but I read here that Andrew pays Beatrice’s incredibly subsidized rent on her London flat — in a palace. I think that takes away the “private citizens so they can do what they want” argument. For me, anyway.

        I do think they live in a sort of nether world where they aren’t totally in the royal sphere, but they also are not in the private sphere either.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Zara and Peter are subsidized by Anne just as much or more. They likely stay in Anne’s KP apartment whenever they’re in London. Anne’s estate while “private” was fixed up with Crown Estate money and all security for the property is paid by taxpayers.

        Peter will get the main house and Zara was just handed the 600 acre sub-estate where her father used to live. I doubt she pays rent to Anne to house her horses, and runs her “business” on Anne’s property for free. Taxpayer security covers the entire joint estate now, but will likely stop when Anne passes away. Penny for penny, they’re subsidized as much or more by Anne but are considered “private” because they weren’t saddled with titles.

        B&E share the same flat in SJP if I remember. Andrew pays the rent, but we do not know if it is out of his private trust funds or Sovereign Grant monies. Anyone can live at SLP who pays the rent, it is not exclusive to royals. iirc the Order of Precedence and its changes have been hinted but never produced publicly. Who knows if Zara, Helen Windsor, Lady Sarah end up at the tail end of it?

        Andrew and Sarah did the girls a disservice with the titles, but at the time they were born it was expected that they would be working royals. The titles seemed a foregone conclusion, especially since Anne had made it clear that her children would not be working royals. The ongoing bashing of B&E often feels less like honest criticism and more like an extension of the dislike of their parents.

        I’m interested to see how this plays out with Louise and James. Edward does not own Bagshot, and he’s the only child that wasn’t given a large private home (Sunninghill Park, Gatcombe). Once Charles is king, will E&S be required to downsize and purchase a private home out of Edward’s trust funds? And will Edward have to pay the security himself?

      • notasugarhere says:

        I do agree B&E are in a nebulous state, created by their parents and Charles’s recent downsizing decision. I think people forget about Peter and Zara and their perks and antics, while thinking B&E are in the wrong.

        Remember when Peter and Autumn sold their wedding photos to Hello for £500,000? He is famous only for being the grandson of a monarch, but that is rarely brought up or criticized anymore.

        When Zara tried the same, she was shut down by the BRF, but at least she is known somewhat for her work. Her husband is a famous former sportsman. Selling wedding and baby photos to Hello is a little more explainable for them, even if it is tacky because of the royal connection.

      • bluhare says:

        We are not talking about Peter and Zara, nor the Wessexes here. We are talking about Beatrice and Eugenie.

        You are the one who mentioned the rent on that flat — £1200 per month. For central London in a palace. I had no idea he was paying such a low rate until you said so. Ergo subsidized. As are pretty much all of them if they rent from the Crown Estate.

        As for “hinted at”, I give up.

      • Tina says:

        Andrew is incredibly, incredibly dodgy. The latest scandal that came out in the papers last week is that he acted as a fixer for some scandalous £385m Kazakh deal, out of which he stood to make £4m. Members of Parliament are calling for a probe into his business dealings.

        I know he’s their father and they shouldn’t be expected to cut him off or anything, but his money is tainted. I don’t dislike them and Eugenie seems to keep her head down, but they could improve their public image considerably by staying quiet and working.

      • notasugarhere says:

        He pays £20,000 a year for the flat as of 2012. Not market rate, but we don’t know that all the other folks there are paying market either. Remember HM hiding some of her Bowes-Lyon cousins there or KP rent-free for years? Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

        “hinted at”. The Order of Precedence is private. We know what has been said in published stories about it for years, but it hasn’t been published officially that I know of.

        Separating out B&E and not considering the actions of Peter and Zara doesn’t make sense to me. They didn’t choose to have titles and IMO, they aren’t getting more benefits out of being associated with royals than Peter and Zara are. Because P&Z do it more quietly, or because people don’t dislike Anne, it often goes uncriticized.

        Andrew and Fergie are both dodgy, but that doesn’t mean B&E are. Just like Charles is hardworking and that hasn’t translated into William lifting a finger. I’d also prefer the York girls keep their heads down, get to work, and disappear from the public eye.

      • bluhare says:

        I have not said one word about Andrew or Sarah or anyone else. You’re bringing others in as straw men. Andrew is beyond dodgy and Sarah isn’t much better. Don’t assume that my opinion of their daughters is predicated on my opinion of them though. It isn’t.

        Glad you agree they’re subsidized by the crown.

      • notasugarhere says:

        I’m not saying you are pro-or-anti the York girls. I’m saying that lots of people go after them while ignoring the cushy set-up Peter and Zara have. To me it appears opinions (not yours specifically, but general opinions) are often based on Andrew and Sarah, not on Beatrice and Eugenie.

        Discussing Peter and Zara isn’t a straw man argument. They are members of the family who have same-but-different set-ups to compare and contrast.

        Are B&E subsidized by the crown? We don’t know, just like we don’t know if Anne’s allotment from the Sovereign Grant pays the electric bills at Zara’s house. We don’t know which pile of money Andrew uses to pay their rent or security.

        If all of SJP is rented below market, then everyone there is subsidized by the crown. And only the York girls get criticized for it. I don’t think their living situation is more egregious or subsidized than the set-up Peter and Zara have, it is just easier to track.

        To me, Order of Precedence isn’t related to someone being a working royal or even a title. There is this woman named Elizabeth. She and her husband have a big family and lots of them don’t get along. Liz created a set of rules about who has to be nice to whom when they all get together, and she has a lot of weird rules. Those are family rules behind closed doors, and have nothing to do with who works for the family firm and who doesn’t.

      • Tina says:

        Nota, money is fungible. It doesn’t matter which pile of money Andrew uses to pay for their flat. All of his money is tainted now. Which, frankly, Anne’s isn’t. I think less of daughters and sons who live off ill-gotten gains (money from Hello isn’t ill-gotten, just tacky) than I do of daughters and sons who are subsidised by their parents from legitimate funds. And Peter and Zara keep their heads down, except for Zara’s job which is in the public eye. It’s perfectly legitimate to criticise Beatrice (especially) and Eugenie for failing to do the same.

      • notasugarhere says:

        His inherited money is as clean as Anne’s. You assume he’s using tainted funds for the girls because you dislike him (as do I), but there is no proof. Someone that questionable is smart enough to keep the piles separate. Just like you assume everything Anne does at Gatcombe is above board because you don’t dislike her.

        Peter was just involved in a money-making scandal involving the Queen’s street party. Are all of Zara’s endorsement deals because she is a champion rider – none of it is because she’s also the Queen’s granddaughter?

        Should Lady Sarah be criticized because she does interviews and puts herself out there as an artist under her maiden name (royal-related) instead of her married name? Are we to think Linley’s career has nothing to do with him trading on his royal connections?

        They are all trying to figure out how to be in this weird state, they’ll all making mistakes along the way. I’d like B&E to fade away and they will soon enough. Until then, I don’t see them as being any better or worse than Peter and Zara. You do. Neither of us is going to change the others’ mind.

      • Tina says:

        Parliament is not looking to investigate any other member of the BRF (especially squeaky-clean Anne). There’s a big difference between kickbacks and corruption (Andrew, allegedly) and taking advantage of connections (everyone else). Peter’s birthday party was withdrawn, not because it was corrupt in any way, but because people didn’t think it appropriate for charities to be charged to attend it. Zara, Sarah Chatto and Linley get sponsorship and business because of who they are, but that’s not at all the same thing as what Andrew (allegedly) does. It’s not B&E’s fault, but they are supported by those funds. I hope, for their own self-respect, you’re right that B&E will fade away.

      • notasugarhere says:

        People openly questioned the Queen’s grandson making money off her birthday. He quit the charity over the criticism. You’re still assuming B&E are supported by any thing other than his inheritance.

        As long as mummy protects Andrew and silences all discussion of his activities, he’ll get away with it. My hope is Charles cuts him off completely and permanently exiles him to Switzerland the day after their mother’s funeral. And doesn’t stand in the way of any criminal investigations.

    • What does it matter, what they wear?
      If chutney looks beautiful it is nature’s merit not hers. Putting down people for what they look like (especially women) is backwardness and lame on societies part.

  9. Fallon says:

    It’s an underwhelming picture. Her expression seems slightly crazed and he looks like he’s about to sneeze.

    • Vava says:

      LOL………..love it.

      Kate does need to edit her wardrobe – ‘oatmealy’…………….that’s about right, Kaiser!

  10. Trillion says:

    Can someone explain why anyone gives half a shit about this boring, unfashionable couple?

    • Joannie says:

      Envy!

      • Poisonous Lookalike says:

        I honestly don’t think there’s much envy of them around here. What brings people out is disappointment in both of them, and rightly so. They take a lot of UK taxpayer pounds and don’t provide much value in return; plus they seem to scorn the duties they have by virtue of being royal.

      • I know, right! hardworking, smart, compassionate, kind, responsible, beautiful, charismatic and what not??! i wish i could have that, like do nothing and be praised for that nothingness, also be talked for my clothes. yeah, right.

      • PHAKSI says:

        Of course you would say that Carol, since your living vicariously through Kate

      • Joannie says:

        Doesn’t take much to get some of you going. I’m being facetious. But to be serious I think many Britons really dislike the fact that a commoner married a prince. She is like Cinderella compared to those dowdy cousins of William’s. Frankly I don’t find them lazy at all. We see them out and about all of the time and I do believe they prefer to be more hands on when it comes to their children. Left leaners politically have always been unsupportive of the RF.

      • bluhare says:

        I couldn’t disagree more, Joannie. This Briton was thrilled when this commoner married a prince. The disappointment in her performance came later.

      • PHAKSI says:

        Joannie, I couldnt care less about her being a commoner. My problem with her is that she’s lazy, spoilt, entitled, lazy, lazy, lazy. Did I forget to say lazy

      • notasugarhere says:

        Pretending that the two nannies don’t exist? Or that it is impossible to both work AND be a hands-on parent?

        Cinderella worked her fingers to the bone, a trait never shared by Kate Middleton. If we were talking Spain, then yes, I’d agree that there were members of the aristocracy and some of the public who cared that Felipe married a commoner. The UK? Nope.

        Technically, the Queen Mum and Diana were both commoners (not royalty). Sarah Ferguson, Sophie R-J, and both of Anne’s husbands were also commoners and nobody cared. The public seemed more supportive of the Middletons until they started playing silly games with heraldry and pinky rings.

      • Jib says:

        Oh, of course. We are all 7th graders and any criticism of another woman means that we 12 year olds are envious.

        How about i say about you, “Blind hero worship!!!!!” That’s just as fair as the ever present Envy or Jealous remarks. And really – who would want to have to live with William, the WorkShy truculent ManChild. I feel badly for Kate – I don’t think she really knew what being stuck with him would be like. I think he is distant and even nasty to her from some things he’s said caught by others. And he’s not even the least attractive anymore.

        Envy? No. Anger that they take so much and give so little.

    • Megan says:

      Because when it comes to royalty, it is just as fun to eww and ehh as it is to ohh and ahh

  11. Dingding says:

    She should buy more separates and learn how to mix-and-match and style each look differently so everything doesn’t feel so bland and oatmealy.
    ___________________

    Exactly.
    I just guess that her idea of style is essentially that that is what a woman in her position should wear. Twinsets and pearls kind of thing. But that is really more for the conservative politicians and wives of. A royal spouse can be a bit more daring and fashionable, actually. Kate just isn’t made for that position. Her style is bland at best, wrong colours for events, no highlights for higher profile day-time events and no more casual style for low brow events, camel toe! She has been Williams wife for years and still doesn’t really fullfill her position sufficiently.

    • HH says:

      Agree with you and Kaiser. It’s not necessarily her recycling, it’s her styling. She will literally repeat the same overall look. And to top it off, the tailoring most of the time is also not done properly.

      • Megan says:

        It’s not like there aren’t dozens of top tier stylists who would come to her rescue. Her interest in fashion seems to be limited to the acquisition of things that are expensive.

      • Green Girl says:

        @Megan – good point. I feel that she doesn’t have any true style of her own. She is roughly my age, but I feel she is from another time all together. It looks so dated. I know a lot of women my age who need to dress conservatively for work day in and day out, and none of them dress like this.

        If nothing else, she should step away from theme dressing. (I do think her style for sports engagements generally looks good, though!)

      • Very annoyed says:

        sport engagements often results in a royal camel toe! Spray-on leggins or jeggins have that unfortunate habit.

    • ClaireB says:

      She’s not even up to the twin sets and pearls! She’s at monochrome suits and coat dresses! I love twin sets, and when I daydream myself a duchess wardrobe, it’s full of skirts in fun prints and twin sets and blouses and cardigans in matching fun colors, with brooches and scarves and jewelry…. Even if she thought she had to dress that conservatively, she could still look fun and interesting, but she can’t even get that far! Drives me bonkers.

    • BearcatLawyer says:

      Being a lawyer for nearly two decades now, I have learned a thing or two about how to dress conservatively and appropriately but still have some personal style. Even the blandest, most staid outfit can be transformed by accessories like scarves, jewelry, and handbags or a unique hairstyle. The trouble with our dear Duchess is that she NEVER strays from her comfort zone. It is always the same basic items every single time: jeggings, wedges, striped tops, nude heels, tiny earrings, delicate necklaces, more wedges, coat dresses, peplum suits, blah blah blah. And when she repeats things, she rarely strays from the original outfit. E.g. – the christening suit and hat combo she wore to the Queen’s garden party earlier this week. Would it have killed her to wear a different hat? Or maybe wear the jacket over a different dress?

      I was stunned when she wore those huge lapis lazuli doorknocker earrings in Mumbai, but honestly while I thought it was great to see her wearing some statement jewelry for a change, it did not look right. The dress and shawl were the same shade of blue and beaded to boot; adding the earrings just made the whole outfit OTT.

      The nicest thing anyone could do for this woman would be to hire her a talented, creative stylist. As one of the most photographed women in the world, she could do so much more for British fashion and style if she had the right person guiding her.

      • lily says:

        The point in my opinion, is that she sticks to only one single colour in her outfit ( besides her lack of accessorizing) so it all looks too bland and not as wow as expected from a princess. In Italy we say ” fa da tappezzeria” she’ s playing the wallpaper, when we see a person as blah as her wearing just one single colour ( the first thing stylists say is never ever stick to one single colour)

    • lily says:

      I agree! I think she just has no taste and she’ s not willing to improve herself at all. After 5 years of marriage plus 8 of stalking she hasn’ t learnt how to dress herself yet. And I’ m pretty sure she’ ll never will.

  12. ickythump says:

    Recycling wouldn’t be the problem if her style was good in the first place….

  13. KiddVicious says:

    I finally figured out why I don’t like the green coat, other than it being ugly, it looks like it’s made of fire retardant material. Very institutional looking.

    Wills has lost weight, his face isn’t as wide and “egg-like” as before. He was heading towards a Henry VIII face.

    • BearcatLawyer says:

      THAT’S IT! It does look very institutional. I could not put my finger on why this particular green coat dress bothered me until you said this! Thank you.

      • notasugarhere says:

        It also looks straight out of the 70s with the zipper, wide belt, and fabric that could double as polyester.

  14. TyrantDestroyed says:

    It’s incredible how compared to Camilla and Charles’s 2015 Christmas card, Bill and Katy manage to look like an “old married couple”.

  15. Starlight says:

    The sun is going down or coming up behind her colour dyed hair which emphases the red tones.

  16. LAK says:

    They are so lazy that they send out printed unsigned cards. Tsk tsk tsk.

    It’s completely impersonal.

    One of the most irritating things about the cambridge notes, apart from the poor grammer, is the fact they don’t top and tail them, and it’s pretty obvious that someone else writes them. That someone doesn’t bother personalising them such that it doesn’t matter that the cambridges didn’t write them.

    It really shows how small a contribution they make.

  17. Vinot says:

    I imagine them passive-aggressively calling each other “babe” like Jan and Michael in that dinner party episode of The Office.

  18. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    I think it’s nice that they said thank you. Yes, they still have all of the flaws they did yesterday, but if someone sent them an anniversary wish, they probably like them, and were probably excited to receive this card. So, I don’t have any complaints about it.

    • notasugarhere says:

      We don’t know they had anything to do with it. Could be Jason and the office staff deciding it was a good idea to shore up flagging PR.

      Likely they wouldn’t have done it without W&K’s approval, but that doesn’t mean W&K came up with the idea and thought, “Let’s thank the people who like us”.

      • Nic919 says:

        There is zero chance they did anything more than tell their assistants to send thank you cards. It is a pretty meaningless form letter.

        As for the signed letters, I have a gif of my signature that is appended to all my electronic business correspondence. Will and Kate have not actually signed letters in years. If you compare the signatures from letter to letter they look exactly the same.

  19. Chitownmama says:

    I wonder…do some of these designers, Alberta Ferretti, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana , Michael Kors customize their clothes for her as in make them purposely dowdy and matronly or does she just lack the gravitas to wear expensive clothes by modern designers? Nothing ever really pops or stands out. Maybe that’s intentional? The outfit to the garden party doesn’t look like anything Alexander McQueen would have ever designed. Unless he had a golden girls inspired line for the 65+ market?! Drab, drab, old lady clothes.

    • Egla says:

      I think it’s her. She hides behind the clothes, she has no attitude and a wrong sense of style. We have seen her during her first years as a Duchess and we know what she likes, short, tight, leggings etc. Yes i think she need a stylist that actually does that job for a living.
      I say a documentary on youTube. Don’t remember the title but the journalist was going around different stylists in London to discover the places she went before the wedding to find clothes. That was one in particular that said her mother and sister went there before the wedding and looked around and just didn’t order anything . He seemed to throw same shade at them as to not have the money to buy what he was selling. I remember seeing some dream clothes there and I asked myself “Why oh why she can’t shop there”. He said he worked on orders mostly (don’t remember the name but he was well known in london rich circles and pretty exclusive) and made unique pieces. I mean she can afford them so why not go there for the special occasions.
      I know i have not a great sense of style (and no money to spend) BUT if i were in a such position i know for sure I would go there first for my important clothings.
      Also see role models around you no?? QEII, Queen Letizia, Queen Maxima, Queen Rania (who by the way is from Jordan a muslim country and manages to dress like a dream, raise 4 children and travel around he globe for her causes) etc.

      • Very annoyed says:

        @ Egla

        Maxima, Queen Rania and the lot of them use their style to emphasize their causes. Kate hides behind her style. If only she would have decent real interest causes then nobody would mind that she is bland. But she doesn’t have nor fake any decent real interest in her causes.

  20. Amelie says:

    Hahaha love the tweet from the guy who posted the picture of his thank you note without realizing it would cause a media frenzy.

    • Deedee says:

      Which makes me wonder how many of these are sent out? Why would one make such a sensation if they sent these things out to a lot of people.

  21. Dingding says:

    Bland, boring, uninspiring, no spark, bad proportions, fake smiles: how about upright format?

    Seriously, any amateur photograph could do better.

  22. Kate says:

    Duchess is looking old

  23. Meadow says:

    All European royal and noble families do this, they will often come months later but they do reply to every letter of congratulations or condolences sent to them, even the really obscure German titled families. You can see the ‘thank you’ cards sent to royal bloggers and well wishers all over the internet. This is only news because it the Willnots.

  24. Trixie says:

    They always send out thank you cards for the letters and such they receive. This is not new. Only the photo is new.

  25. Rainbow says:

    Apart from their rather forced smiles, what bothered me most in this picture was Will’s hand in his pocket!
    It looks impolite and gives the impression that he really couldn’t care less….which may be true.