Here are some photos of Prince Harry yesterday (Monday) in Manchester. He was visiting the NHS Manchester Resilience Hub and hanging out with children and veterans and doing some work on behalf of Walking with the Wounded. Harry was in Manchester when the news broke about his sister-in-law’s pregnancy, and Harry was obviously asked about Kate by reporters. His response was… not as glowing as the headlines would have you believe.
Prince Harry shared his delight Monday about the news that he will soon be an uncle three times over – and gave a health update on sister-in-law pregnant Princess Kate, as she battles severe morning sickness. Harry, in Manchester to meet with victims of the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in May, told reporters that news that brother Prince William and Kate are expecting baby no. 3 is “fantastic, great. Very, very happy for them.”
He also revealed that Kate – who is believed to be three months pregnant – is “okay” as she battles Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a form of acute morning sickness that afflicted her for all three pregnancies.
“I haven’t seen her for a while but I think I she’s okay,” he said. (William, Kate and Harry last appeared publicly together on August 30 to dedicate a memorial garden to Princess Diana.)
“I haven’t seen her for a while but I think I she’s okay”… he literally saw Kate last Wednesday, when he, William and Kate did that event in the Kensington Palace garden. My guess is that Harry wasn’t told about the pregnancy last week and he sort of let his surprise register in real time. My guess is that Harry had his own agenda and timeline for how September was going to go – Invictus Games and then an engagement announcement – and his immediate thought was “Damn, do I have to push back the engagement announcement?” No. He does not. He can still announce it whenever he wants.
Some photos of Harry, William and Kate last Wednesday, when he apparently didn’t see her. She was wearing garden camouflage, maybe he got confused.
Photos courtesy of WENN and Pacific Coast News.
I think that’s the new, “I don’t know her”.
Lol
+1 LOL
IT IS
BAHAHAHAHA! Love it.
There’s a lot of things said about Kate on this site, good and bad. However, none of those comments include the word “memorable.”
+100!
+1 Would laugh again. Ginger Shaaaaaaaade FTW
Perfect shade. HAHA!
LOL! Exactly!
I feel like a few months ago there was a tab story about how close they are and how he confided in her about all his dating woes. And that she was super keen to help….
f*&king Keeners! LMAO
Such a weird statement. In what world is “a while” less than a few weeks? He was probably hoping to roll out the wedding soon and start with the VF cover (I will never be convinced she did that on her own) and then his sister in law gets knocked up again. But I mean it’s baby no. 3, he can go ahead and still be the bigger news.
Maybe he meant he hasn’t spent a lot of time with her lately. He was traveling for the month of August.
I don’t think they spend much time together since Meghan has entered the picture. Kate isn’t exactly nice to other women and there already was that story where she ditched Meghan even though they were both going to the same place. Of course Meghan told Harry and of course Harry is going to side with his girl.
Do you have a link or details?
They spent basically no time together during the Decade of Dating. When Harry was surprised by the engagement announcement? He said he was looking forward to getting to know her. I don’t think that situation has changed much in the last 6 years.
@NOTA do you have a link to any of the stories about Harry’s reaction to W&K’s engagement?
Would love to read them knowing what we know now.
Was he trolling/joking?
Harry is always on weeks’ long holidays – maybe he just saw Kate the other day, while checking 0n his cell with the royal travel agent about his next vacation? He wasn’t paying attention to the word “baby” unless it referd to “baby, yes, baby, Meghan!”
I don’t know how close he really is to his brother, never mind his SIL.
Is he implying they don’t see each other much outside of official events? That I could buy.
I was thinking maybe he meant he and Kate haven’t had a sit down in a long time. Not sure how deep a convo they can have at an event.
I wonder if he’s annoyed that the pregnancy and royal baby will inevitably pull shine from his engagement. *tin foil hat time* what if k and w planned for another baby when they realized things were heating up with h and m and got pregnant on purpose to steal shine. Honestly I don’t think they look forward to Harry being married and having a wife to compete with Kate for popularity.
You mean someone who will showcase just how truly Lazy Kate actually is?
Oh come on. Family planning to steal the spotlight from a wedding announcement? Kate has aleays wanted lots of kids with not too much space between them. Some of these conspiracy theories are too much. William and Kate live in a bubble of immense privilege, arrogance and ego. They don’t see Harry and Meghan as significant enough of a threat to make them procreate. We don’t even know how they feel about Markle yet, to be honest. Kate thinks every decision she makes resonates well with certain royalists and she’s right. How things develop in the next three years or so will bear watching.
None of these wankers actually want the spotlight. At all. They are not interested in public popularity because unlike celebrities, their income is not tied to their popularity. They much prefer to be out of the spotlight where they can do as they wish – Harry said as much in the interview last month.
Do you really think Harry is engaged ? I really hope I’m wrong, but Meghan gives me bad vibes.I honestly hope that this love and they’re equally committed and happy . I don’t know though .
Bad vibes? really? Pray tell in what way does this working girl give you bad vibes?
Uh? Yes,please. Pray tell
its prob the bad (BROWN) vibes mann…lol smdh ugh
A while = months? Does meeting her for “work” not count? I thought charity work means so much to him? He can’t remember that one(!) day he “worked” between his 10 vacations?
And does this mean he hasn’t seen his nephew and niece for months? How charming
Meghan will be at the Games as his +1 and I say an announcement happens in December.
I don’t think she can be his plus one unless they are engaged. I don’t think royal protocol will allow it. Girlfriends don’t get those perks. I think they will announce before the games so she can be his plus one.
And Harry has to be furious W&K stepped on his announcement. PLUS, if H&M are planning a spring wedding, the birth of the baby will step on that too. He can’t be happy about the timing.
If he had an engagement announcement planned, I bet Kate knew about it. I bet she could have waited a month before the pregnancy was announced and being photo’d craddling her belly.
Granted her pregnancy news and condition could have been leaked. I’ll give her that.
I want to like her sooooo bad- I LOVE princesses. But the SWFing she does of Diana, the bright colors on a balcony where everyone is wearing pastels, the GIANT necklace that didn’t go with her neckline…. something about her seems attention-granny sometimes, and it’s … welll just insert sad face emoji.
I love Harry, and Meagan, and them together. That’s an odd response, and he doesn’t seem like he’s not smart enough nor petty enough to have been intentionally vague.
Speaking of SWFing – The dress she wore to the garden dedication?
http://68.media.tumblr.com/debfe4b27501251228e749bb53c05f63/tumblr_ovi9z1720n1tch55to1_1280.jpg
I agree Harry’s response was very odd.
@lindsey – oh that side by side of the 2 dresses is creepy!
I had an almost identical dress like Diana’s in the 80’s. Designers are selling the horrible 80’s dresses again, in their search for more fashion victims. Please don’t blame Kate for her “copying” the hideous dress that Diana wore. Small floral prints, and more, still gives me nightmares.
I don’t think they are close at all. He always reacts like that about her. Whatever anyone thinks she isn’t popular with the family. Whether you like her or not that is obvious and undeniable.
I wanted to like Kate too but I can’t stand phoniness and indolence in anyone. Her lack of intellectual curiosity is bad enough but to have this opportunity to help people and do nothing with it is shameful. Dragging her family into the spotlight to gain from the association is sketchy especially when she won’t work. I thought she was going to be down to earth and charming. Maybe witty or generous but there is nothing.
They are basically ceremonial celebrities with history at this point.
If I were Megan I would see it as a positive. She doesn’t have to compete for affection or friendship. I also think that Megan is a stronger personality and that will work for them.
The Cambridges have spent most of their married life away from London where Harry lives and the brothers have their own lives, so its fair to say that he probably doesn’t/hasn’t spent a lot of time around her or even knows her as well as the tabs would have us all believe. He famously said after they got engaged that he was looking forward to getting to know her. William and Harry are not as close as they were in their twenties.
I likely the green dress she’s wearing in one of the photo’s.
Exactly this, I read somewhere (can’t remember so I can’t link) that when normal Bill was at uni and Harry in the army they didn’t see each other for months. They are very different characters, Bill is said to be reserved and sly while Harry is much more outgoing but not too bright so as people they maybe don’t have all that much in common personality wise. I suspect Harry may be delighted about the pregnancy, pushes him further down the line of succession and further away from the throne he’s made clear he absolutely does not want.
“She was wearing garden camouflage and he got confused.” Perfection!
+1 laughed out loud for real
First time I’ve actually laughed today. LOL!
Yep that line is perfect!
I really don’t buy this severe morning sickness thing that gets bounded around with Kate. With Baby numero uno I believe.. With the next two not so much. Very convenient that a lazy person gets a special morning sickness which means she can’t do any work, whereas I work in a hospital with pregnant Drs and nurses who manage to turn up to 12/14 hour shifts while having to occasionally dash to the nearest sink or bathroom. Can’t stand this woman.
I don’t know if that’s fair.
My last boss had the same condition with her pregnancy. She missed A LOT of time and was horribly ill. And we work an office job. She got put off work early as well – she had a really rough go.
My sister in law was never diagnosed with an actual condition to my knowledge, but she also had severe morning sickness. She was in nursing school at the time – and there were days where she had to basically crawl upstairs to their bedroom because she was so sick.
Sure, there are nurses and doctors who can work just as hard as they did before they were pregnant – but there are plenty of people who just physically can’t. It’s just a case of some people having an easy pregnancy, and other people not being so lucky.
I think your dislike for her is coloring your willingness to believe that not everyone can just power through a pregnancy because none are exactly alike.
I’m not defending her work (in-) actions, but hyperemesis gravidarum can be very serious. There are degrees of HG, from mild to severe, and correspondingly may be treated at home, in an outpatient setting, or require hospitalization for IV hydration and medication . Dehydration can cause hypotension, electrolyte abnormalities ( which can cause cardiac dysrhythmias and neurological issues ) and pre-renal failure. Your statement about working in a hospital and seeing staff occasionally get sick shows your lack of understanding about the condition. I don’t know what degree K has, but it appears at this point that she probably has a milder degree and does not require hospitalization. The people you cite seem to have normal pregnancy nausea, which is not severe ( i.e. do not always vomit with nausea and can keep some food/fluids down), can strike at any time of day, and usually abates by about 12 weeks. Symptoms beyond that description enter HG territory.
Don’t buy it, will never buy it. Too convenient.
Does it magically get better for Caribbean vacations, fancy award shows, shopping and other things you want to do and get worse when you have to do boring things?
@Missed a & Lindsey-
Re-read my first sentence.
The post was meant to be educational, not a sweeping defense. Did you read the entire paragraph? I don’t think so.
She can’t power through a pregnancy but as many other posters have pointed out, she could ‘power’ her way to Mustique for a holiday and go on another trip to the Alps where she went sledding while she was pregnant with George and said to be suffering from severe HG that prevented her from performing the duties that justify her existence. Funny that.
Yea, I’m done giving this chick the benefit of the doubt. She’s too shady. Plus I had HG with my second child, I had an almost two year old at home and just moved across the country for husband’s job. I had to power through THAT on my own, so sorry not sorry, I’m not feeling too bad for her.
She has special version of it that doesn’t allow for work, but always allows for play, vacation, and shopping.
Spot on!
Along with mamy other shopping frees/vacations while pregnant. Waste of is only with HG for duties charities for the needy while millions given to her carol the middeltons by whiny Throne Idle billy kid.
My sister-in-law, having no problems with her second and third pregnancy, was a mess during her fourth pregnancy, complete nausea, to the point she couldn’t be around the smell of food. It was very concerning, and we were worried about her.
Even much farther along in her pregnancy I remember they came for Thanksgiving, and my brother and the three children ate, but she couldn’t be near the kitchen and the smells, and was resting in a bedroom she felt so ill. She ate a little later when the food was cold.
She was a teacher and was out for a few months in the beginning because of how sick she was. There was just no way she could work. When she went back, she had to run between classes to the bathroom to throw up. It was a miserable pregnancy.
And I’m sure there weren’t a hundred photographers waiting with baited breath to get a shot of your friend barfing, as would happen to Kate. Whenever she’s out, she’s fair game. That’s one of the HUGE drawbacks of her oh-so-privileged life.
If she actually puked in public, then maybe we would believe she wasn’t just playing this up to get out of working.
If I got so sick during pregnancy, I wouldn’t do it a third time. No way.
I love that she is now “pregnant Princess Kate.” That is her title. We must never forget that she is, indeed, with child. Lol
I think people want to create drama where there is none. Princess Madeleine was pregnant at her brother’s wedding and gave birth not long after.
Depends on how much he typically sees her. If he sees her a lot (i.e. Most days) than a week for him is a while. I’m guessing that also seeing her for an event doesn’t exactly count to them. That’s not them spending time together
This was exactly my line of thought as well, Nicole.
His response is hilariously shady & I’m living for it lol.
Kate has already shaded Meghan and you know Harry knows about it. He is going to be there for his girlfriend over Kate any day.
Totally spot on Nic
Note the lazy whiny Willnot PR war with the Wales CH BP.
THE Wales pre approved potential King Henry sparkles Vogue articke on Meg pre enagement announcement. That would have removed LAZY flasher waity willnot Throne Idle PR cover from one day surprise shading CH BP with 3 pregnancy HG deoends from taxpayers Duchy but now ripping off French media businesd for middleton payout.
I don’t see a problem with his response.
He may have just seen her for 30 minutes before the photo op last week and has probably not spoken to her in depth some time.
Totally agree. Seeing her at the gardens for 30 mins and spending time living at the dame KP walking distance – is what i got.
Waity the middletons womt be friends with better females worst a popular Prince Harry Sparkles Couple.
Thats been reported by uni females on how the Wisteria set operate.
I like the previous theory that they always wanted 3. I don’t think this was planned to steal any spotlight from Harry. I do think the way the announcement came out was intended to steal some spotlight from Meghan’s VF cover.
I actually believe Kate gets severe morning sickness. If it’s HG or not, I have no idea but I remember those pictures taken of her when she was being discharged from the hospital when she was pregnant with George when they were forced to announce her pregnancy so early due to her getting sick. She looked unwell and weak, it is pretty clear she was sick. Kate is not very good at faking things and she definitely didn’t fake looking sick. I know it’s not real proof but she definitely looked like something was wrong.
As for Harry, I’ve always wondered if he likes Kate or at least just gets along with her for William’s sake. I thought his answer was really weird, perhaps he just wanted to get the focus off Kate’s pregnancy and back to the veterans and children he was visiting?
The day before, she was at her old school where there was an outbreak of norovirus. Could be she had that and they discovered the pregnancy accidentally at that point. Throughout the rest of the pregnancy, she had no trouble having fun but couldn’t manage to work. At least two international flights during that first pregnancy to boot.
I felt horrible (basically incapacitated) for the first 16 weeks-and then after that I felt great-so it’s definitely possible.
I saw the video of this exact comment on the news. In actual fact, he didn’t have to stop and say anything as he was walking through a door, but stopped to at least comment to the media in some manner. I got the impression he had nothing prepared, and it just came out sounding awkward.
Meh, I just took it to mean that he hasn’t seen her to talk to her in a while. You can’t have a good conversation with someone at a public work event. I saw a friend the other day at a party and exchanged some pleasantries, but if someone asked, I’d say I hadn’t seen her for a while – to me, seeing her would mean we sat and gabbed for a while. Though I’m dying at the garden camouflage comment!
I think Harry is normal human who misspeaks sometimes BUT also wonder if they told him privately or if news was delivered thru BRF channels or worse the press. Especially if he ran Megan events past them, if they’re not treating him the same that might be surprising. Also, that would hurt.
Looking for Harry to widen his life and press and not be so linked to Will & Kate in future, which makes sense. That might be all it is too.
I think people are reading too much into this. He was out of the country for almost all of August and then he came back and did one brief public appearance with William and Kate. Maybe he didn’t have personal conversation with them during the engagement? Aside from that one appearance together, it is entirely plausible that he hasn’t spent time with them since before his Africa trip.
How far down the line does Harry have to be to not need permission from the Queen to marry?
No7, the first six people in line for the throne have to ask the reigning monarchs permission, if they don’t ask officially at least they automatically give up any claim to the throne.
The Palace made clear early on that “Harry’s happiness was paramount”. Neither HM nor Charles will stand in the way of his marriage choice, no matter where he is in line.
I feel like he didn’t have a heads up about this. He was probably told moments before this went public. Of course Kate’s pregnancies don’t have to be pre approved by Harry, but if he was anticipating a spring wedding I can see how this may throw him for a loop.
Still trying to get around Meghans recent Vanity Fair escapade and I expect our sweet Harry said yes darling go ahead you have my blessing. I thought the royals were supposed to have an air of mystery about them. We didn’t see Camilla running to Vanity Fair crowing about her great love for Charles dressed n a flowing gown – Yuk! Gushing it’s our time and we are in Love. Yuk and more yuk – how are the British going to get used to this new “celebrity”royal agenda – with difficulty I expect
the i v games are harry’s personal charity. and are not an official royal engagement. so they are not counted on the court circular. meghan can attend as his personal guest.
I have to say Meghan is a very good humanitarian speaker with a passion for women’s issues. I wasn’t keen on her coming out about her love affair (that’s my bitchy bit) with Harry as it’s normally not what pre royals do. BUT Interestingly enough it does make you think, she is a very go getting individual and comes across passionate about women and ndividuals issues and genuinely so. I think what you see is her not some fake. So if Harry does announce the engagement and they do eventually marry they are going to be a formidable couple for the world. As long as she stays true and grounded and sticks to her beliefs it could be an amazing future with regard to their work on issues close to their hearts.