Duchess Kate speaks in a pre-recorded video for the Anna Freud Center

Duchess of Cambridge leaving The Anna Freud Centre's Early Years Parenting Unit

Here are some photos of the Duchess of Cambridge from January of this year. She paid a visit to the Anna Freud Center in London, and she wore a new £1,600 Eponine coat for the visit – we covered the photos at the time, and made note of the fact that Kate was getting off to a good start for the year when it came to royal work. Skip ahead to right now, September, and it’s looking like Kate probably won’t be working for the rest of the year. She’s in the early stages of her third pregnancy, and she’s sick as a dog. So why bring up this January visit? Because even though Kate did this event back in January, she’s probably going to get “double credit” for it, because while she was at the Anna Freud Center in January, she filmed a short video and it was just released this week. Kensington Palace held on to it for eight months just in case! And now I wonder if Kate only made that trip in January just to film a video and nothing more. Here’s the video:

Because Kate speaks in public so rarely, it’s always notable whenever we do get to hear her voice. I’ll give her credit for some improvements – her hair was pulled back, so she wasn’t hiding behind a shelf of weaves as she spoke. She spoke slowly and clearly for the most part, although she does have that faux-posh habit of slurring the last words of a sentence. Anyway, this is all we’re probably going to get from her for the rest of the year. I truly wonder how many pre-recorded videos Kensington Palace has squirreled away for a rainy day. I also wonder how many times Kate goes to a venue for an “event” but is really just there to record something, rather than meet with people.

Duchess of Cambridge leaving The Anna Freud Centre's Early Years Parenting Unit

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. Aiobhan Targaryen says:

    I had to read the headline twice. I thought it said the Anna the fraud center and immediately thought of Joanne the Scammer. Like cousins in crime being honored with a mesage from the Duchess.

    I guess I don’t follow the royals that much cause I don’t see a problem with their “work schedue”. As long as they are not acting like terrors, ruining people’s lives and getting away with it like Paris Hilton or Hulk Hogan’s son, I don’t see a problem.

    • Anatha A says:

      The problem with their “work schedule” is that they are living of tax payer’s money and the reason they get those privileges and money is, because they devote their lives to serving the UK as representatives. At least in theory. So if they don’t fullfil their duties the public is very well entitled to feel that they are being conned by some rich a*holes that live off of money that could and should be spent elsewhere instead of feeding greedy royals.

    • hmmm says:

      Perversely, the royals get paid millions by the taxpayers to patronise charities. The Cambridges are lazy slackers who barely do anything. Anywhere else they would be fired for not living up to their contract. It’s good to be the Cambs, the epitome of moochdom.

      • Royalsparkle says:

        This lazy waste of already seem ghastly and sickly!
        The look of reaching… for sure . Had to reread that this pap was in January.

  2. Peace says:

    Good for her. Daily express ran a story few days ago that said MM gifted Kate a diamond ring and asked her to be her maid of honour. Then Daily Mail ran an exclusive interview today with MM’s elder brother where he asked Harry to propose to MM fast because she is a ‘hot commodity ‘. Both stories are contradictory. If MM gifted Kate a ring, it means Harry has proposed, but then, why is her elder brother asking Harry to propose if he has already done so?

    • Nic919 says:

      There is no way MM is going to have Kate be in her wedding party. MM has her own friends and barely knows Kate. And if the blind about Kate ditching MM at KP and ended up shopping at the same location is true, it is unlikely they even like each other. The DM needs to come up with more plausible stories.

      • Lorelai says:

        I had my SIL-to be as a bridesmaid in my wedding even though I barely knew her because my husband had one sibling and he was her so I would have felt rude not asking. The rest of my bridesmaids/wedding party were all friends.

        That said, don’t they not really “do” bridesmaids in Britain? Or are they called something else? Kate didn’t have anyone besides Pippa (although I guess that could be because she has no friends).

    • Sunfuntravel says:

      Why are you bringing up Meghan on a post that has nothing to do with her… and since when did Meghan cray cray brother had exclusive reliable info…

  3. Scarlett says:

    She looks heavily medicated to me.

  4. Merritt says:

    If Kate’s current pregnancy is like the two previous ones, we should see her sometime next month.

    • Nic919 says:

      And like clockwork, there is an announcement that she is to appear with Will and Harry at a reception about mental health on Oct 10th. Right about when first trimester morning sickness improves.

  5. Lainey says:

    She rarely spends more than an hour at an engagement, so I wonder how much of that as spent recording this?

  6. bluhare says:

    I can’t get over how different her face looks.

    Although I do think the delivery was a bit better, and it’s definitely a good cause.

  7. NoKiddingCats says:

    I came here to say ” Poor Kate! She looks SO barfy! ” only to find out the picture was taken last January. LOL! She may be lazy but she gets a pass from me for laying low during pregnancy.

  8. Squidgy says:

    She has such a lovely voice and no personality whatsoever. I wonder if she married Will because she is in love with him or the lifestyle? Because, she clearly hates working and is just plain bad at doing public events, something that comes with the lifestyle…

  9. Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

    She has improved so props.

    Maybe its just me but at times she looked like she was going to cry, it was the way she kept blinking and the expression in her eyes. She really looked uncomfortable.

    • Lindsey says:

      No I got that, too. A bit of feeling like “there, there do we need to talk about your mental health?”

  10. Starlight says:

    I am sure Willie wants her by his side as soon as it’s possible or visa Versa now Phil the Greek is fully retired.

  11. Dally says:

    There are plenty of pictures from the January event of her interacting with children and meeting with parents at the center.

  12. CrystalBall says:

    In the video she comes across as trying really hard to get it right and be convincing – unsuccessfully. Instead the over all effect is contrived, unnatural and forced. If she were a salesperson, no one would buy the product.

    Other than that, her coat sleeves fall short of the mark as well. (Yes, I know that’s the style, it just doesn’t work on tall bony people).

  13. raincoaster says:

    When I read the headline I immediately assumed the stood at a podium and lip-synched a speech, either because she was too lazy to push air out of her mouth or because The Palace didn’t want her going off-script.

  14. Deedee says:

    I tried to watch the video, but all i could see was her left eyebrow.