Here are some photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at yet another “garden party.” These two and their garden parties! I guess they don’t like formal dinners or cocktail parties? No, everything has to be a garden party! Anyway, this garden party was at the British ambassador’s residence in Berlin. The party mostly consisted of British ex-pats, British diplomats and, I suppose, just random British people who moved to Germany for work under the old pre-Brexit EU rules, when EU citizens could roam and work wherever they wanted.
For this garden party, Kate tried a new silhouette (for her). This is shockingly BOHO. This looks like something Sienna Miller would have worn in 2005! I’m scandalized! In reality, this red dress is Alexander McQueen, originally priced at £2,075, but recently marked down to £1,453. Still too much for a dress that you could easily buy at Old Navy or any mass-market faux-boho catalog company? That being said, it is pretty and it’s fine for a garden party and I appreciate that it’s something different for Kate. I wonder if she didn’t feel like wearing something for a German designer. Oh, and the shoes are Prada. She must have recently gone a shoe-shopping splurge at Prada, I feel like these are the third new pair of Prada heels we’ve seen on her in the past month.
William gave a speech at the garden party, because of course he spoke and not Kate. Kate must never speak! Anyway, William made an oblique reference to Brexit, saying: “The United Kingdom and Germany proudly share the same values. Today, we share a fundamental interest in the peace and prosperity of the continent of Europe to which we both belong. This relationship between the United Kingdom and Germany really matters. It will continue despite Britain’s recent decision to leave the EU. I am confident we shall remain the firmest of friends.” I imagine that this was the look Angela Merkel gave when William said that.
Incidentally, the royal reporters on this tour claim that William and Kate sure seemed like they got into some massive fight in Poland. Fascinating.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Not only do these two have no charisma, they’re a black hole that actively sucks all the interest out of any situation they’re in. So powerfully dull, it’s almost a superpower!
ha ha nothing will beat this today!
They were sent to dull Germany into allowing Britain to have the same privileges of the EU without actually being in it. Merkel has already complied – she was in a sleep trance.
That’s not something Merkel can decide to do without discussing with the EU, right? Since Germany is in the EU that have to follow the rules of the EU
Hardly, Cee.
Delusional as they seem to be, even the UK ministers in charge of Brexit don’t really think they can negotiate an option that combines single market membership or access without the four freedoms. And they don’t want to accept the four freedoms, so are probably angling for a lengthy adjustment period.
As Britt says, agreement isn’t for Germany to decide. It’s for each of the EU27 and it has to be unanimous.
Twit and Twat are supposed to be doing soft power fluffing, this is correct. But they’re useless at it, so I imagine everyone, including Ms Merkel, is remaining distinctly unfluffed. It’s a pointless pantomime.
Fluffing brings up some very strange visuals, Sixer.
They would have to sweet talk the 27 and that would be a ton of work. They would get tired in country no. 5. Also, people would get bored. I am bored already. This will accomplish nothing. Merkel grew up in a socialist country, she came up under Helmut Kohl, she got rid of every single person in her own party that could threaten her power. What exactly is this visit supposed to actually do? Please.
I was being sarcastic LOL
Oh, sorry Cee! Brain not engaged!
Pure intent though, bluhare. (You have eagle eyes and directly I pressed submit on that comment, I thought “oops”.)
Littlemiss – this lot are allergic to the ECJ, which will be the main stumbling block because they are so intransigent about it. I can never understand why – any trade deal they ever do with anyone will have an arbitration body. And the ECJ is open justice – as I recall the main objection by activists and protesters against TTIP was that the arbitration body was to be a private/secret panel. Are you beginning to see the true extent of the idiocy among those who lead us? It’s no wonder I spend half the day tearing out my hair, is it?
They were sent because the House of Windsor is German through the paternal line (Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria) and didn’t renounce their German aristrocratic titles until WWII. They are there to remind them of what they have in common, IMO.
Alix, you nailed it!!!
Lol! A super power. I needed this laugh today😏
Hair looks nice, dress looks… okay. At least instead of being able to complain that she never does anything different, people can complain that they don’t like this different thing.
I love this dress.
Me too. I have one just like it- $30 on Amazon. I’m shocked at the price tag for hers.
Amazon? hmm… I think i will order one for me too 😀 thank you. Yes, the price tag is ridiculous for me too, but hey I am not a duchess so, 30 $ for me sounds good 😀
Wingkingdom, can you message me the link? Just add yahoo to my name.
Very on trend in Southern California. Rachel Zoe lives in these dresses. She looks great.
Me too!
This look is so much fun! I never would have thought I’d use that word to describe one of Kate’s outfits. Seriously, could you have imagined her ever wearing something like this two years ago? We all would have fallen down dead. She’s having more fun with her style. That doesn’t excuse any of her other faults, but I’m here for it.
Recently saw one just like it for sale at Target.
Cute dress but soooo 80s, my mom a similar dress ustt a few inches shorter. These are 80s dresses revamped.
You would have LOVED the one I wore when I was $15 in 1976, same dress, different color. I bought it at a head shop at the Jersey shore. 🙂
This was a McQueen??? And cost how much?? Lord, what a waste of money.
You guys should check out your mother’s or grandmother’s attic. Basic 70’s style that we all wore. I would never today because of the dust ruffle.
Oh sugar!
I put my name down for the pale amethyst version of THIS EXACT Alexander McQueen dress – from Harrods – for a September wedding I’m going to in Oxford.
There were only 3 left at the time.
Now Kate’s worn, it there’s just no way there’ll be any left in stock at close of play.
I would have to find and give out the mobile numbers of Teresa May’s former advisers to help find it in another UK store.****!
I had my heart set on this McQueen and have zero Plan B. I could scream!
I have this colour. Will put it at the back of the wardrobe for now until Kate wearing it memory fades.
It was the only decent item in the collection.
I find McQueen spring/ summer collections are always terrible. They do better with Autumn/Winter.
The amethyst version sounds so pretty for a wedding! What a shame. Maybe one of those blogs that details Kate’s looks will have sourced some similar dresses that you could think about?
@LAK – Wait, you have one?!!? *weeps* Why distress me further?
@Diana – Thanks for the hope. But anyone who has it now, is prob going to save it for their grandkids!.
People will forget Kate wore it! If you like the dress and are able to purchase it, wear it and style it a million times better than Kate ever could.
LOL! Poor Jegede!
Sorry Jegede.
As y’all know, i have a McQueen fetish. It’s forever distressing that Kate wears McQueen and i find that we have the same pieces.
Le sigh.
I had to rush out and nab something snazzy for a party the prez of the university was throwing for my nephew’s graduation (!) and found a beautiful cherry red silk crepe cocktail dress that fit like a dream. Alexander McQueen and ⅔ off! Most flattering thing I’ve ever worn. And then, I caught sight of myself in a mirror, and realised good grief on a corn cob, I am wearing Miss Pippa’s bridesmaid dress in red, sans the frou frou, buttons & floor length. Almost fainted in shame. No one else has ever noticed, thank god. But years later men come up to me and bring up that dress. Sigh.
Lol.
I had a version on hold prior to the wedding. Red and black satin.
Then Pippa prances out in the white version. Immediately cancelled my order.
I was fine with Cameron Diaz wearing it at the Golden Globes, assuming that not many people would remember it, but unfortunately Pippa wearing it a few months later made it memorable.
Lol. Close call 😉 Nothing worse than prancing around in Pippa’s cast-offs.
Have you ever tried RentTheRunway.com? I used them for my step-son’s wedding last year & it was awesome! Got TONS of compliments on the dress, too!
Just got a dress for a wedding by Lela Rose that was reduced 85% at the Outnet.
I think it’s cute, but he should maybe have dressed a bit more casually too….
She’s definitely been splurging at Prada. This is the third pair of that style she’s worn – 3 different colours.
This Polish fight, if it was a fight, isn’t as bad as their NZ fight where he was photographed yelling at her as she contracted into herself.
I don’t remember seeing at, LAK. Can you link something? Thanks
The shoes or the NZ fight?
ETA: just did a google search, and full sequence of NZ photos has been removed. I did find these 2 shots….one where he is yelling and the other as he walks away.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2e/61/13/2e6113cee55da5a143383cc63d4f7a8e.jpg
If i recall, the full sequence was her carved into herself, pushing her hair behind her ears whilst he let rip. She looked like a slapped puppy.
@ LAK it seems like they were just getting off a Chopper, it seems like its very loud and he is ‘screaming’ for her to hear him, would he be dumb enough to scream like that infront of people and cameras?
That was the dress where she showed the world her derrière. Of course I don’t know if Willy was aware of that pic then. My feeling is that there is a lot of noise around them and he has to yell.
Loopy: if you saw the full sequence, there was no doubt that he was yelling at her as opposed to trying to be heard over helicopter noise because she was carved into herself as if cowering from him, and definitely looked like she was holding back tears whilst simultaneously placating him.
He was gesturing with his hands and very animated, before the final shot where he looked like he was storming off.
There were more pics but i could only find these 3 (4 when you count that link above):
http://68.media.tumblr.com/a3dae65fe46e0f198aa98cc87bd85fe3/tumblr_n61w9dJ7bg1reqsvvo4_1280.jpg
http://68.media.tumblr.com/85d56156a3d606afae9a400d1d8974a9/tumblr_n61w9dJ7bg1reqsvvo2_500.jpg
http://68.media.tumblr.com/5fad349c0995c03c70c4b042655e7911/tumblr_n61w9dJ7bg1reqsvvo3_1280.jpg
Thank you for linking. She looks extremely meek in those images.
Re: the shouting scene outside the helicopter. I think he is concerned because they couldn’t find her knickers. Just seconds later her skirt flew up in the wind and revealed all.
What? What happened in NZ? Any form of violence between partners makes my skin crawl.
Also – good catch on the shoes. She’s wearing the same shoes, in a lighter colour, that she wore to the History Museum, right? Why buy the same shoe in different colours?
Because she likes them and they are comfortable?
And that’s how some women end up with 10 pairs of nude pumps.
To be clear, he wasn’t hitting her, but yelling.
I’m sure one of the royalblogs has full sequence of it, but i posted above 2 pics still available on google. One is a partial view of him mid-yell.
Re: these shoes…..she wore a black pair some time ago, then the purple pair at the Museum ladt week(?) And this new pair.
@LAK – I didn’t mean he was hitting her, but yelling/screaming at someone, causing them to retreat into themselves, is violence. He is an aggressive person and makes me feel sad for her.
Stop the drama.
On this picture, they are out of a chopper. Unbelievably loud noise and a huge windstorm to boot. And it s visible they wear earplugs on top.
LAK, I viewed the two pics you provided a link for. Do you think maybe he was yelling due to the noise so she could hear? Just seems logical and inmakes me ill to think he could lose it in full view of everyone. Makes me wonder if it’s true what happens behind closed doors.
@Seraphina: Co-signing; that was my first reaction when looking at the photos. I have no idea about the state of their relationship. However, helicopters are very noisy, so it’s a reasonable assumption that Will was shouting to be heard.
Exactly what I said,complete sensationalism in this case.
I can’t find the full sequence of photos, but i’m sure it’s on one of the royal forums.
The 2 pics i’ve posted are all that is left of the sequence on google. He was definitely yelling at her as opposed to trying to be heard.
And the damning part of the picture was her reaction. She didn’t look like she was trying to hear him over the helicopter. She was cowering from him.
Loopy, if you could find the original pictures, they were from the side, you could see his face, and they were VERY disturbing. I cant find them anymore. He was really angry. No way to misinterpret it.
Oh c’mon!!
I know! Why does she always have to buy that same shoes in 8 different colors? So boring.
Sorry, I think you are misinterpreting this completely. She is ducking to hear him. If you’ve ever been in a loud bar and trying to talk to someone, most look the same way. Compound that with her already bad posture, she looks like she’s cowering. There is no chance he would be going ballistic that publicly. And it just doesn’t make sense having just exited a helicopter that would be unbelievably noisy.
I don’t think the NZ fight was all that bad. They were both wearing earplugs, Kate normally has poor posture, and the uneven ground (I think) was partially responsible for her wierd foot placement. All those things could result in Will yelling to be heard — even by himself — and Kate “cowering” in response.
I read the Mirror article. Who chooses the gifts? Poland provided very nice lodgings for the Cambridges, even to the point of installing playground equipment for the children. Then they presented the Cambs with a historical sword and a complete tea set of Polish pottery. I have some of that. It’s a NICE gift. In return, the Cambs gave their hosts a picture of themselves and a coffee table book.
That seems awfully cheap for a country trying to woo its way into a favorable post-Brexit position.
What do you all think?
Omg, that is almost insulting. I’m sure the pottery and HISTORICAL sword were very expensive. All that tax payer money and they gave them a coffee table book and photo of themselves? Sound like something you would give to a distant Aunt for Christmas. I bet her shoes cost more that that! They are cheap, tacky, and exceptionally boring.
I think there is a protocol to gifts. The host presents the guests meaningful gifts, while the guests present the host with modest thank you gifts.
I remember the original photo sequence in front of the chopper. Kate’s face was far too sheepish for Bill to have been raising his voice to be heard. That was a verbal slap down.
I remember those pics!! They were at an airport, and he was in her face, yelling. Sugars tried to say he was yelling cause it was loud, but he was really angry.
Where are the Polish shots? I didn’t hear about that at all.
Duller than a donkey’s bottom these two.
How come they never hold hands? Cute dress though.
They held hands briefly when leaving the hospital with newborn Charlotte. But generally, William is a cold fish.
Kate is the warmer person in that relationship IMO.
I like it. The colour and cut are something different for her.
Imagining Angela Merkel giving Wills dirty looks made my day!
I loved the color on her. We all agree that reds work. And I really liked it until I got to the bottom. She and Pippa must be one boho kick. But that price tag is a crime. Agree with Kaiser. Wayyyy too much. And she really is too thin. I think if she had some curves it may help her carry some of these $$$ dresses.
And agreed without Alix above- a black hole that sucks all interest out of events. They are the superpower- the lay-dull duo (lazy dull).
Are we sure that dress isn’t by Gunne Sax? Full disclosure, I love Gunne Sax and have several vintage Gunne Sax dresses on my eBay watchlist (which I will never buy).
Like the color, don’t like the dress, but I don’t like this style of dress in general. She looks underdressed next to William.
I am surprised we have not seen a German designer yet.
You’re right. The colour on her is beautiful but the style of the dress not so much. I know she loves the boho style with the ruffle at the bottom but I don’t think it actually suits her personality. For someone who loves theme dressing, she should have worn a German designer at this point….but the hair is great and it’s nice to see her relaxed & smiling.
I agree. The dress is wearing her; she’s not wearing the dress. And I think the shoes are all wrong with it. I do like the color though.
Hair, good for once. And the dress! I love it although I am shocked to see Kate mix it up so much. William is such a blob.
Great look for Kate! I love that Kate tried something different! Good for her.
On a different note, PW seems like a very difficult person to live with.
From what I’ve heard Bill is hard to live with and that is one of the reasons why Kate still had him when he decided to get married. No one else wanted him. Imagine having the Duchess job which is hard enough and dealing with Bill’s personality on top of it. Then, throw in the rest of the family and who can blame those other women for wanting their freedom.
Maybe garden parties are shorter so it feels like a breeze? Question: Does Kate speak any other languages or even Will for that matter,i know he reads speeches and tries his best at different languages on their tours..but are they actually bi-lingual?
I don’t think so. Some people like to pretend William speaks french but he’s nowhere near fluent. I don’t even think he’s at an intermediate level. Unless he speaks an imaginary language, he’s not bilingual. Kate can barely keep her fake accent under control.
No, William doesn’t speak a foreign language. I do remember reading someone (was it an ambassador) who lamented that the Princes didn’t speak any other language but English. Kate speaks some school girl French, but that’s it, iirc.
How can you finish university without speaking a foreign language?
Foreign languages are not a thing in the UK. At best the expectation is a pass at GCSE english (statutory exam taken at 15-16yrs old) and even then i’m not sure you’d be held back if you failed the exam.
It’s very arroggant, but we travel with full expectation that the rest of the world speaks english.
He gave a speech in French in Canada and was not good at all. He is definitely not fluent. The Queen and Charles are fluent and Charles gave a decent speech in Canada for the 150th that confirms his skills. I am not sure how either of them are off the cuff, but William couldn’t even read off a page without making ears bleed.
“Kate must never speak!” LMAO! So true, so true!
Calling Germany, yes, red is in their flag. But red is somehow aggressive to the eye for a day time – garden party event. Just my take.
On a different note, does anyone know who writes the KP tweets? I think this one was posted yesterday: “This evening The Duke and Duchess are at a Birthday Party for The Queen hosted by the German Ambassador.”
German Ambassador? Really? In Deutschland? 140 characters and it’s all you can do? Since when is there a German ambassador in Germany? With the 104 characters (I’ve checked) you (whoever writes these things) could have put “British Ambassador in Germany”. Here you go. 116 characters.
this is just theme dressing again – she’s going for Octoberfest milk maid.
Yes. This. Give her a stein of beer and she is all set for the theme party.
I would wear this to a beach party or wedding, not to a semi formal garden party celebrating TQ’s birthday. Did she buy the exact same shoes in different colours? If you’re going to splurge at Prada you might as well get different styles.
ETA: The Mirror articles points out how glum Kate looked at the Spanish State Banquet and actually mentions “being upstaged by Queen Letizia” as the reason behind it OR her channeling Diana. Apparently Royal Reporters are catching on and actually publishing it.
That’s my feeling…too casual. It doesn’t quite fit her correctly.
So Kate doesn’t like to be upstaged? Wow.
I see what she’s going for, but this dress still comes off a little too grandma’s-lampshade. And I see Kate went on a major shoe shopping spree recently…
I thought so too! It’s the way the top is, with the scrunch of ruffles going in that severe line all the way across that gives the whole thing the lampshade look. If she were able to pull the sleeve part up over her shoulders it would be lovely.
Love the dress
Oh my, you don’t hold a Champagner flute like this as it warms your drink! Not even for a picture because “Knigge”! This dress looks cheap for the event and could be worn in the daytime with flats- without special occasion lol girlfriend has a ridiculous style!
Crime of the century holding a champagne flute wrongly.
The nit-picking of Kate is ridiculous. I think her work ethic sucks and her style is crap. But some of the comments over the last few days have been totally OTT.
Well they are royals playing at being diplomats, and this is a faux pas at VIP events like these. You’re expected to know something about the correct way to hold your drink, especially if you’re fashioned a “prince” or a “duchess”.
Good grief I’m just a mere yokel and even I know how to hold a champagne flute (but would welcome more practice). First thing I noticed after I could tear my eyes off that weird… dress?
Love, it shows a lack of breeding.
And Willie should know better. Must be hanging around with the Midds too long.
Dress looks too ‘big’, like she’s drowning in it and Kate basically disappears and the dress takes over the entire photo. That’s almost always the case with Kate. She has zero charm and charisma, and lacks polish and poise that the clothes are often wearing her.
She looks “fine”. But it’s always that: she only ever looks fine or good or okay. But with the amount of money she spends on her clothes, you’d think she could do better and look better. Most of the time there’s something missing to complete her look. No oomph to her, no shine.
I love the dress. I don’t love it on her. That first picture cracked me up though. Red is a good color on her.
There’s nothing wrong with the dress per se, but the fact is, it’s the kind of dress that requires a certain amount of personal flair, or charisma, to pull off. Kate’s strong points are her tiny waist and long racehorse legs, neither of which are shown off in this dress. It does absolutely nothing for her, and she hasn’t got the, well, for lack of a better word, “personality” for it. That said, the shorter hair is an immense improvement and does look much better with the faux-chiquita look she’s trying to pull off (I lived for a long time in the American southwest) here than her sausage curls would have.
Long legs?!
One thing Kate doesn’t have is long legs. She’s got great legs, but they aren’t long.
Her legs are not long.
Look at the picture where she’s wearing a striped top.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4688260/Diana-original-trendsetter-Superga.html
Totally agree; fun dress that would have looked great with some patterned sandals, fun jewelry & a ponytail. She’s so boring
They looked long to me, but then mine aren’t so perhaps my perception is off. But we’re agreed that they are great legs. This dress does nothing for them though.
Kate’s problem is she’s a boring, standard-issue middle-class girl, which the family probably felt was a Good Thing after Diana The Somewhat Too Interesting, but I suppose except for the middle-class bit, William is also a boring standard-issue kind of guy. The problem is, they have to come across as royals.
Kate wears clothing with the waistline above her natural waist to give the illusion of long legs. It usually doesn’t work because she puts the waistline of her clothing right under her breasts which is too far up.
Both Kate and Pippa have long torsos and short legs.
Sorry but way under dressed.
It’s something you’d wear for dinner on a beach holiday.
It could have worked on their Indian trip.
In Germany not so much.
I agree! And you’d wear flat sandals with it. Plus it looks like a cheap Asos dress – overpriced by about a hundred times.
Totally agree. It reminds me of Mrs Roper from Threes Company. And I know it’s not terry cloth but it is reminiscent of it.
Would have been perfect for a night out in Mustique though.
Hair and makeup look nice! Love the color of the dress, but not the dress itself. But I’m here for her trying out new styles.
Red is a good color on her but this type of dress looks like something you would wear on a holiday excursion. Just my opinion. I am not sure I would have worn it for a garden party. It reminds me of clothing I see women wearing in Mexico on vacation.
For those of you with young kids…she looks like my daughter’s fav disney princess, Elena of Avalor! lol! My daughter has a Halloween costume that looks like this :-O
We watch Midsomer Murders and they are always having garden parties too. They look pretty fun, until the murder of course.
She loots terrible, imo. Bad red, hair puffy and all over the place, stupid Holly Hobby dress.
Holly Hobby–yes!
Kate has completely ruined the McQueen brand for me, it’s actually kind of amazing how boring she manages to make their designs. Her earrings are interesting at least.
How is that an oblique reference to Brexit tho? He explicitly said “englands decision to leave the EU.” Pretty direct explicit reference to Brexit.
I don’t like the zig zag pattern of the shoes with the dress. A strappy sandal would have been best. Especially since she just wore this pair in another color, there is nothing special about the shoe wearing it this many times in a row. She got it wrong at the museum too and should have worn it with a color blocked dress in black, red, yellow, but not pale/ice blue.
And I don’t care for the 3 half sphere necklace she wore with the black and white dress, with its angular lines. It was the right length, but the lines of it were totally off with the dress.
She has a huge wardrobe, why can’t she pick the right shoes and jewelry? I don’t understand why her eyes don’t see how to put things together. She has been a major shopper since she was a Freshman in college. She is almost as bad as Fergie and her girls considering the amount of time to learn, and like them, I don’t see her ever really getting it right on her own.
Yuck. Because she’s royal now.
I dunno- I expect them to be a tad more professional and regal. They are working after all.
I agree.
I have similar dress from Old Navy and I wear over bathing suits. $25.
Was going to say the same.
I thought this was one of her better outfits. It is appropriate for the event and although retro is quite fashionable. It also fits her properly.
She reminded me of Karen Carpenter in the first pic, very 70s vibe.
Was about to type the same. Very 70s hair and dress along with being underweight. Not the best look for a Duchess.
I like it but think it’s too casual. I wore dresses just like this when I was a kid. My mom is a seamstress and I think my entire 4th grade wardrobe was maxi-dresses. Maybe I should have her whip up a couple for me. Although, she’ll probably charge me the full Alexander McQueen price. /jk
She just needs some daisies in her hair and the look will be complete.
She’s embracing her inner gypsy.
It’s like someone’s prom gown in the early 70’s. I can’t stop laughing.
How many cocktail/evening gowns does a woman need. Either she has a terrible inferiority complex or she loves spending money or she has to be seen in something new. I have seen her wear much nicer dresses than this in the past, some only actually worn once, some never to see the light of day ever again. I can’t believe she borrows or loans the outfit from the designer because she is such an usual shape the dress seems a perfect fit. so this one will probably be packed away never to resurface, actually in this case I hope this doesn’t resurface.
We called these ‘granny dresses’ in the late ’60s.
Wow reading about all the wonderful gifts that WK received in Poland and then WK only giving a coffee table book and a picture of their aging and botoxed faces to the Polish president, in return? Wow! How mean and stingy are the BRF!?!
Isn’t the point of soft diplomacy to reciprocate generosity and thoughtfulness to their hosts? Rather than giving some generic coffee table book and a picture of their faces? Why the BRF doesn’t mind spending taxpayer money on Kate’s ugly clothing but they can’t be bothered to give generous gifts to other foreign leaders?
Kate thinks she looks super hot in this dress. While it’s different than what she normally wears, it doesn’t suit her. You need a fun and free spirited personality with a certain natural sex appeal to pull
This off.
She looks good. It’s strange how people are so invested in these people. Even you guys over the pond. I’m British, live in Britain. I don’t give a thought to this pair, at all really, only to wonder how much they are costing me. I don’t understand all your hate tbh.
How do they make drinking look so dull? That color looks great on her, but the dress is just OK. Sames shoes different color – that’s fine with basic pumps, but not with something with a little more distinctive look.
Good for her – dressing more her age and with a sense of fun. GREAT
Didn’t Queen Letizia just wear an off-the-shoulder red dress? It was formal, but the same shoulder-bearing cut and color. People were commenting about how Kate needs to take style tips from her. Maybe she took it quite literally.
Is this tour even getting major coverage?
I REALLY wanted to like it and you can tell she’s ecstatic that her sausage curls are back but I’m so underwhelmed. Bleh and meh come to mind with this look.
The shoes are not good with this. I don’t hate the dress, the color is good for her. Styling needs a little work but it is not matronly as usual so that is good. But the fit is strange. He looks like a dork.
She looks really great here (and I think she knows it), although those shoes are completely, utterly, and abjectly wrong for that outfit.
I really, really want a life where I can wear boho dresses to host luxe garden parties with a tall prince. Although I’d pick a better-looking one.
If you want to hear William’s speech in Germany, go here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVQORz-fEeI
He said exactly four words in German: “Alles Gute. Und Dankeschön.” [All Good. And thank you.] His pronunciation was horrible and he got the emphasis completely wrong. Another mono-lingual speaker who tries to impress Germany with lousy four words of standard thank-you phrases. He is pathetic.
Oh and btw. William’s speech was about Germany’s and Britain’s good relations and he said that these relations would continue to be good in the future. That is ridiculous. Firstly you can only hope for relations to be good in the future. Secondly he was apparently sent on this European tour in wake of Brexit and he is supposed to build bridges. I doubt that he achieved anything because he simply isn’t impressive in any way. I doubt the German social or political or economic-financial elites are in any way impressed and they would be the ones that could push Merkel to be more friendly during Brexit. Apparently Will and Kate didn’t even meet these elites. I didn’t recognise any famous German faces but only the standard types: city major of the city kate and william visited. Minister presidents of Baden-Württemberg and NRW which are German states they visited (Germany is a federation). Merkel got her photo opportunity, too. Nobody impressive and nobody influential except some expected standard variety politicians.
Oh and apparently the visited this place “Clärchens Ballhaus” in Berlin. I had never heard of that place before. Apparently it is some kind of dance hall / disco. So Will and Kate didn’t get to visit the important or prestigeous places because those would be: Deutsches Theater, Maxim Gorki Theater, Schlosspark Theater, Kleines Theater (theatres), Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Opera), Berliner Philharmony (concerts), Konzerthaus (concerts), Staatsballett (ballet), … there are more but I won’t bother.
I skipped through German Tabloids to find out whom Kate and William met: nobody. No Bankers and no “philanthropist bigwigs” and no business men and … nobody.
Apparently they also met Bundespräsident Steinmeier (federal president) and wife for tea. The Bundespräsident has little to no power and that one is pretty obedient to Merkel.