The Princess of Wales worked on Wednesday, shock of shocks. Kate visited Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire. This visit was about the Early Years, not “nature,” in case you’re keeping track. A while back, Kate’s Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood funded a trial project involving babies’ development. This is so typically Kate – the “trial project” already existed in many different and thoroughly tested forms, but this is Kate’s keen rebrand, something she can take credit for “discovering” in Copenhagen.
The Princess of Wales has heard how her “germ” of an idea has turned into a “trailblazing”, “transformational tool” to help babies.
The Princess, who played with young babies and apologised to one of them for distracting his mother, was told that her project to help families understand more about social and emotional development was already changing lives.
Visiting the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see firsthand how a project funded by her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded, the Princess got down on the floor to play with babies.
Dangling ribbons, passing rubber teething rings and helping with infant jigsaw puzzles, she entertained three babies between five-and-a-half and nine months old as she talked to their mothers.
She was visiting to hear feedback about an “ADBB” trial, a French acronym known as the “alarm distress baby scale” in English. She first saw the ADBB in action in Copenhagen during a research trip with her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Years in 2022, and was so taken with it that she arranged for a funded trial in the UK.
What can’t she do, really? Next up, she’ll discover obstetrics and rebrand it “keen baby chute science.” Wait until she discovers the fontanelle and rebrands it Kate’s Soft Baby Brain Protector™.
As for fashion… she’s really trying to be Business Keen consistently these days and it rarely works. She wore a Bella Freud suit (retailing for $2433) and a burgundy turtleneck and she carried a $922 burgundy Smythson bag. All that money for such an ugly ensemble.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- The Princess of Wales gestures during a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales walks with the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson, as she arrives for a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales walks with the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson, as she arrives for a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales walks with the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson, as she arrives for a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales walks with the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson, as she arrives for a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Catherine, Princess of Wales, visits The Chase Community Hospital in Bordon to see firsthand how a project funded by The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and families who need extra support Featuring: Catherine Princess of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Princess of Wales interacts with baby Ruby, 6 months (no surname given), during a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to the Chase Community Hospital in Bordon, Hampshire, to see first hand how a project funded by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood is being expanded to help identify more babies and their families who need extra support. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Bordon, United Kingdom When: 11 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
I gotta say it…WHOEVA THE HELL SHE HAS CHOOSING HER OUTFITS THEY SHOULD BE LET GO! That PRICE for an outfit that doesn’t even LOOK expensive…is a travesty!
I don’t mind the suit. It’s the purse and shirt being close in color but not working together that caught my eye.
She does this all the time. She often wears 4 kinds of brown or green etc. items at once. She thinks that if things belong to the same color family then they definitely match. Obviously, it’s not the case.
This look fails on every level. Not an ounce of style or spark. Like if porridge were an outfit.
It’s so bad.
Yeah, it’s not the suit, it’s HER.
Agree that it’s not the outfit that’s the problem. It’s a gorgeous suit and turtleneck. It just doesn’t look right on her. The rise of the pants isn’t right for her body.
@Meredith the mid section area of her pants has never been right, and I don’t understand why her tailor or stylist or whatever never notices that. And yeah she looks like she is playing office dress up. There’s no substence behind the facade and she knows it and you can see the lack of confidence oozing out of her.
For all that money the suit is dismal. Not eye-catching at all. And purposely made slightly baggy to add bulk to her anorexic frame. And from the photos, just more jazz hands, phony “joyful” expressions and awkward poses. Same old, same old …
First words that popped into my head were “Mary Tyler Bore.”
I thought that about her outfits many, many times.
This is such a dad suit. Does she not have a mirror?
She needs a refresher poor thing. A spritz before getting out of the car if nothing else. All that money and no one on standby? Dark hair looks so much better on her.
Modernization recs:
She needs to do a long swinging bob, dark hair with auburn highlights, deep wide-leg trousers, stop with the fussy purses and just use a clutch or nothing in hands. She’s actually a deep winter but tries for Autumn coloring. I genuinely think she could do so much better but maybe the 1920’s rich horsey trad wife is calling her.
This is not keens idea. She has no shame. She could not even be bothered to get a degree in it. She plays with kids and grins for cameras.i think the mothers she spoke to could give keen advice. Her hair needs a trim also
So this French system (if it has a French name I’m assuming it was developed in France), that Kate learned about because it’s in use in Denmark, is being trialled in London, therefore Kate’s a genius for her groundbreaking innovation??!?!
Can you explain what it is? They really didn’t explain this ‘groundbreaking idea’ of Kate’s.
🤷♀️ Betya Kate can’t explain it either.
@Beanie, Kate probably can’t even pronounce it
Indeed, how did we ever manage to parent a child before all these keen projects, trials and surveys.
Did she say anything about the project, besides talking to babies and their mums? This write-up is a lot of “she was told” how great she is about bringing this existing project to Britain.
That’s the thing about the Sussexes, they give real speeches about real issues. Why they get invited to Brussels, NATO, and Geneva, by orgs that don’t have the time or patience to fluff people up.
Right?? Why did she waste time playing with babies for photos for the 134th time instead of explaining to the press how this supposedly life changing something works and acknowledging the people who actually did the work on this trial??? It’s like mute Kate goes there, has herself photographed while being overheared mumbling something to people around, and then her office releases a statement about why she actually went there. How weird.
I can’t help but compare her to Diana, and the press coverage of Kate vs. Diana. Diana never claimed to be an expert in AIDS research or Hansen’s disease, nor did the press portray her as such. Why do they do this with Kate? It’s really weird & pathetic & quite frankly, embarrassing for them.
Some real experts need to speak up
The “journalists” (term used loosely) that cover the royals take great pains to make Kate & Co. look good and hence have no interest in giving credible experts air time.
She looks fine in her suit. It’s fine. Fine. But I don’t really like it. It’s meh bordering on bleh. And her germ of an idea? That’s a really audacious claim to have for something that was not your idea and created by someone else. But hey, colonizers gonna colonize.
Audacious is right?? It was apparently developed in France and she saw one its adaptations in Denmark already in practice. What germ of an idea?? Everyone is twisting themselves into pretzels to make this woman look like something she is not. It’s giving Elena Ceausescu at this point.
Atp, Kate’s an adult. The team she works with are all adults. And they are the ones promoting this notion that it was Kate that had this germ of an idea. No she did not. Did she help take this already formed idea and apply it to her early childhood work. Yrs. But that’s not what’s being said here. And again, they are adults and they should all know better. And they do but they don’t care. . Bc they are actively promoting what is essentially lies. It’s a choice.
I remember when the Romanian press was actually told not to photograph Elena head-on because she was so damned homely. I believe legit organizations were bullied into giving her “honorary degrees” when she didn’t know dick from squat about anything.
I read the headline as Kate wears baby Freud and went… well, duh, of course she did.
Like many things, the problem with this is all about the framing. Here, it’s Kate’s “germ of an idea” that has become a “trailblazing, transformational tool.” Then we hear all about Kate playing with babies, and then there is just a throwaway comment about this being developed in Denmark AT LEAST four years ago. and maybe its just the excerpt in this post but there’s no discussion about what the tool actually does, what makes it so transformational, etc.
had this been “the princess of wales was pleased to see that she could help bring an idea that was so successful in Denmark to the UK and was able to help fund programs for this” it would hit differently IMO. As always they overegg the pudding with her and it gets tiresome and eyeroll inducing.
As for her outfit – I think its fine. A little 80s vibe to it and I wish the reds matched better (or she had worn a different color sweater) but meh, she’s worn a lot worse.
What I do think is worth pointing out is that for all the talk about overshadowing and such, she and William both worked yesterday while the duke and duchess of gloucester attended the Remembrance Day ceremony. It made me wonder why they didn’t attend instead, or why at least Kate couldn’t have pushed her event back a day so as not to coincide with that somber event.
When I was young the ‘event’ didn’t really happen on the 11th, it was always on a close Sunday, so for Kate to do something else is not unusual, although 11th is now catching on. In France it is always done on the 11th and if it is a week day most of the shops are shut. How I think it should be.
The royals have been doing something on the 11th for years though. I am not saying that no one should work on the 11th or anything, just that considering Kate rarely works, to pick the day when the Gloucesters are representing the Crown at a somber ceremony for Remembrance seems a little….off. Like she couldn’t even let that event stand on its won.
I honestly thought this was a study on mothers’ brains post-partum based on the comment Meghan said to her post-Louis. And I thought it was a great idea.
I was just talking in my grief group last night about how I feel like I have “baby brain” all over again and it sucks.
Also, the suit is fine, but not at that price. I had better grey suits from Banana Republic before I started working from home and wear hooded sweatshirts all day.
Ripley, you’re exactly right that the post-partum period should be more studied, and could even lead to better outcomes for young children and their families. But Kate wants to take photos with adorable babies, not their parents!
@Becks ITA. I would be so beyond embarrassed if I was written about the way Kate is. It’s farcical.
She only did this event yesterday to have a reason to skip the Tusk that had been scheduled for months.
She wasted everyone’s time and taking credit for things they never did themselves seems to fit especially with the bird picture fiasco from the day before.
If Meghan hadn’t joined the family, Kate would be still dressing the way she did in 2016. I will never forget how the royalists and Kate stans bashed Meghan for wearing suits and long coats.
Her style in 2016 was better for her body— shorter (to the knee) hems on dresses and coats looked better on her height, and she doesn’t look great in separates and suits — she needs to stick to dresses for her work wardrobe.
And yet there was an article the other day in The Telegraph, I think, saying how Meghan had copied Kate! We all remember the never-ending coat dresses.
The suit is fine and works well with her height. Not a fan of turtle neck sweaters.
I love turtleneck sweaters, especially since I run cold. But I don’t love them under a suit jacket. Maybe if it was all black, or one color, I’d mind it less idk.
A thinner-weight turtleneck is fine, but this sweater is too heavy to be worn tucked in & under a suit jacket.
Her posture is completely killing this look. And her hair needs a major trim and restyle.
Her posture is the worst! And the huge wig is back.
@Harla … I came here to say the same. Kate has horrible posture and the thinner she gets the more noticeable it becomes.
Since Meghan wore a turtleneck during her visit to Nottingham, it was only a matter of time before Kate followed suit. At the first event held at the palace following Harry and Meghan’s high-profile visit to Nottingham, Kate—true to her habit—seemed to emulate Meghan’s look. The only differences were that Kate’s outfit featured deep green tones and a fuller, flared skirt, whereas Meghan’s ensemble consisted of rich burgundy and purple shades paired with a slimmer-cut skirt. Nevertheless, both looks relied on dark, understated colors, fitted turtlenecks made of stretchy fabric, and belts…
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A minor point, but both of those looks are mock turtlenecks. I don’t know why somebody felt the need to differentiate between a high collar that only goes up (mock turtleneck) and a high collar that goes up and turns back down (turtleneck), but the rules are the rules.
There is no way on earth I would allow my infant to be used as a cheap prop in an insipid PR stunt like this. No way.
They couldn’t even find ONE photo of an infant being engaged with Kate. I suppose infants — like all the photos of Kate with children and teens — also want nothing to do with this woman.
I really wish she’d stop with all the grey suits, particularly the dull shades she wears. It does absolutely nothing for her and makes all her outfits about as exciting as her personality.
A certain sister in law of hers loves dull shades, but manages to pull them off, because she has a warm, inviting personality. Oh, and great undertones in her skin.
Kate just looks sallow. The suit wouldn’t even look bad if she’d worn a shirt with a lower neckline, but she just looks…oh boy.
Yeah, grey doesn’t do her any favors.
William didn’t want her at the foundation gala, so she decided to create a bit of competition for him. After all, she couldn’t just stay home—especially when Meghan was at the European Parliament! 🙂 Whenever Meghan makes a public appearance under such circumstances, Kate—as usual—rushes straight to a hospital to “devour” sick children…
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…or tells oncology patients about her recovery from a cancer she never actually had, while—in the name of their “health”—encouraging them to sunbathe after chemotherapy! :)))
This mindless idiot needs to be exposed once and for all, along with all her hypocrisy. And her husband, who genuinely detests her, should finally be exposed too—let our eyes bleed already…
She looks…ordinary.
I suspect she does look fairly ordinary in real life. She’s totally a private school pick up the kids in the range rover mum. She fits right into that scene. I’ve dealt with enough to know! Her fake hair would mark her out to the other parents as slightly over the top, but otherwise she’d be just one in a crowd, no different from the others, waiting to get back home for the Waitrose order. It’s the hoopla surrounding her – ie that she has to be uber pretty because she’s a princess – and a whole load of edited pictures that have pushed her into the beautiful category. “Beautiful” is an overused word these day; l save it for the 90s super models and Diana et al.
Those beltless trousers make it look like a 1970s men suit, and I hate it.
She’s so vapid. And insipid (all the -ids).
It’s tricky to pull off a turtleneck under a suit jacket. Very easy for it to look dowdy and dated, which it does here. It’s about the texture and proportions.
I can’t combine clothing very well myself. But I don’t have a stylist on hand! They really can do wonders.
She looks exhausted. I suspect this is how she looks generally but the papers filter her nearly 100 per cent of the time and her fans don’t get to see much of it. I think she’s had fillers redone or something, is that a thing, re-doing them?, and you can see her hair piece, but primarily she looks knackered and slightly over it. I hope she isn’t ill.
Oh yeah, it’s pretty standard to re-do them. Either once the post-injection swelling goes down you find that they didn’t put in enough, or over time some of it gets absorbed (and the body breaks it down and removes it) or migrates to other places, both of which can lead to shrinkage in the areas of concern.
Say what you will about her, but that’s a really good suit and the tailoring is impeccable.
The crotch looks too long to be impeccable. She could get that tailored up.
She’s suppose to look the happiest she’s ever been, yet she constantly looks exhausted. Even half a dozen holidays every year can’t refresh her. She’s about to achieve her life goal of becoming Queen and yet she looks miserable. I don’t get it.
let him examine his brain and leave the children alone; all she ever does is exploit them for photoshoots—much the same way she does with cancer patients or the elderly.
Then just the hair extensions and the fitting of wigs—a process that, according to William, takes four hours—followed by slipping into yet another new dress, costing four, five, or six thousand dollars, in a style and color she already owns in 25,477,560… variations. Next, she rounds up her own film crew, photographers, and “journalists,” opens her maw as wide as it will go, starts flailing her arms about, and… voilà—she’s ready to head off to “work.”
She’s so thin… she needs help.
Why are all these words in quotation marks, “The Princess of Wales has heard how her “germ” of an idea has turned into a “trailblazing”, “transformational tool” to help babies” I ask. t’s because the idea wasn’t Kate’s little “germ”, but a fully fledged one imported from Denmark, therefore Kate had nothing to do with being a trailblazer or transforming anything through her own hard work or thinking to create the device being demonstrated. This is another example of the press constantly misrepresenting to fluff up Kate. To write the sentence without the quotes would be a straight up lie.
They also frequently mis-use quotation marks. It’s very weird.
‘…the Princess got down on the floor to play with babies.’ This is what it’s all about for Kate. She gets to play with babies.
Oh, and buy new clothes and get her picture taken. Forgot that part.
That baby straight up ‘Who this woman, Harpo’ Bones in that photo.
KKKate coat-tailing on others’ research calls to mind the stolen valor of the royals and their ridiculous chocolate medals.
I read the title as Kate’s baby brain would be examined during her visit. It should have been. At least there would be some new knowledge involved. And yes, she’s so good with white babies! And she should (and probably has been) praised for getting down to the baby’s level (of course, everyone knows to do that anyway). And the big, open-mouth smile. She should be praised for that too. The suit is really ugly and it hangs over her shoes oddly. But she should be praised for getting out of bed to do this “event.” She can add her presence, her suit, her smile and the car drive as 4 separate events to get her numbers up.
Oof, guess Harriet won’t be taking on any work for the Arly Yars anytime soon! See, Kate can do medical science, too, Harriet! Nevermind your experience, qualifications, and interest, Kate went to Denmark in 2022 so it’s hers! Back off!
Jay, yes, just reading the header my first thought was she now sees Harriet as competition and threw this together last minute. My second thought was that the baby isn’t even looking at her. Playing with babies? No. Playing for babies is more like it. And for the camera.
One of her worst trouser suit looks yet and it’s a low bar for this woman. Her posture is absolutely horrendous.
I think this outfit could have worked if she had her hair in a ponytail, but she would never
She has a long torso and shorter legs but she always tries to hide that with a waist on her trousers way higher than her natural waist. That’s why she looks weird in suits. She should be tailoring to her actual proportions. And the main reason why she can get away with this is because she is so thin her hips don’t interrupt the straight line.
If you look at the one of her walking you see how the trouser waist band is practically higher than the top button on the blazer. Since the blazer is made for her longer torso the buttons are placed proportional on her but since the trousers are jacked up higher than they should, it looks off to the eye.
The pinstripes are also not helping with making her look very thin and narrow.
It’s not a bad suit per se, and the pairing with burgundy is going in the right direction at least. But it’s unfinished and a bit dull. To work, this would have required better accessories and a more modern hair style. Accessories : different shoes, something close to her face that would bring some shine and light (e.g. a necklace or larger ear rings), and she should cut her hair back into a lob, she had one a few years ago and looked much fresher with it. And posture. She really needs to do something about that.