Honestly, I had my heart set on doing a Twihard Meltdown post, but there’s not much new information floating around about those people. So you get a Duchess Kate post, because why not? We have new photos of her, and everyone likes to talk about her. These are photos of Kate at the aquatic center in London yesterday, where she was watching the synchronized swimming with Team GB ambassador, Robin Cousins and Olympic official Jenny Gray. Note Prince Albert of Monaco behind her, leering like your creepy, perverted neighborhood Peeping Tom. Gross. According to Yahoo, Kate actually greeted Albert with a kiss, and she and Albert and the other people were all joking around. Kate was actually cracking jokes, y’all.
As for Kate’s outfit – she was wearing the same old skinny jeans that she’s worn throughout the past two weeks. I bet they smell funky by now. She was allegedly carrying the same navy Smythe blazer that she’s been wearing a lot lately too (Smythe has actually renamed the blazer “The Duchess”). And of course, her beloved Stuart Weitzman Corkswoon wedges and a Team GB polo.
Do you think Albert and Kate get along? I would imagine Kate tries to “get along” with everyone… everyone royal, that is. Even the little Monaco royals deserve Kate’s largesse. And the way Albert is looking at her… ew. Where is his wife? Why does he look at Kate like he wants to devour her? Even the man beside him is like, “Dude, keep it together.” Albert should try Pippa. Pippa would be up for it. As it is, Kate has her hands full with her husband and his ginger brother (yeah, I said it). Sigh… poor Charlene.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Wow! That would be epic gossip right there… Go for it Kate! Lol
Wow…who would have thought she was so funny? That lady next to her is losing her sh!t.
She’s laughing because Waity just told her what a hardworking royal she is…and the woman realized she was serious.
LOL
My theory is that she just explained the *other* meaning of “Prince Albert” to the lady.
haha thats good
Charlene probably counting her lucky star that Kate was there as a distraction for Albert. LOL.
Naw. It just looks like he is leaning in to listen to the conversation. Can’t blame Kate for this one.
She’s flirting with him. He’s flirting with her. That’s pretty obvious. She’s the center of attention and she’s loving it.
Wow. You cannot possibly be serious.
You’re right I should have said she was flirting with the cameras because lord knows she hasn’t missed a chance to flip her hair or show her ring or smile so that her maniacal grin is plastered on the Daily Mail ever day.
This is hands-down Kate’s best ‘Don’t forget to show off the ring’ moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TY97hPnhwM
Watch from 0:12 onwards: Kate rests her right hand over her left — OOPS! Nobody can see the ring! — she switches and puts her left hand over her right. 😀
It’s a small gesture that speaks volumes.
And can someone please, please coach her how to exit a car properly!!! Even Carole knows how to do it the right way.
Spot on 🙂 Kate and Albert have more chemistry between them than either do with their respective spouses. It also looks like they had some sexy times before the event. In the first photo Albert is thinking yes, I did her from behind in the cloakroom and Kate is thinking, in the next photo, yes and I liked it because Wills only does missionary.
I actually think he’s leering at his phone, you can see it behind her mane, and his on a phone call in the later shots. Probably sexting one of his mistresses, cos he never looks as happy to be near Charlene!
Looks like fun. I’ll bet Albert is charming as hell when he wants to be and the older woman looks like a hoot.
How can she resist him? Look at those sexy shorts…And hairy too. I’m sure she was thinking that she married the wrong prince.
Barf! I know it’s a joke, but still…ewww!!!
He has fat, shapeless fingers. Sausage fingers over there.
OMG, I don’t care who he was or what kind of money he had, I’d never let him touch me with those things! The way you described them is perfect!! LOL!
It’s almost unbelievable that someone so frumpy could have come from Princess Grace’s genes.
It’s funny/gross that he angle of the camera makes it look Kate is snuggled up in his crotch.
Why is this news? Is she supposed to ignore everyone that isnt her husband?
You don’t get it, Jess, when she’s nice to everybody, people get to slam her for pretending to be nice or for flirting, and when she doesn’t talk to people, then everybody gets to slam her for being smug and acting like she’s better than everybody else. This way it’s easy to take a completely normal picture of some people enjoying the Olympics and turn it into a bitch-fest.
Probably the most accurate comment of the day.
Cosign.
Although I will say that Albert looks legitimately creepy. But then again, he always looks creepy to me. Some people just can’t help it…
+1
Wow, RobN!
You came to the bitch fest with a reasonable remark and no slam? WTF?
LOL
+2
Hahaha, utter truth!
Of course she is supposed to ignore everyone who is not her husband. She is also supposed to be boring and standoffish at all times – like her husband. No wonder she keeps dragging Prince Ginge along.
Albert is creepy but she knows he wouldn’t DARE go near her. She also can’t see him giving the perv leer he seems to be behaving when she turned around. I bet she felt it though.
Charlene is off somewhere enjoying her time off as the perv’s wife.
Al does have a creepy/perv vibe-
But Waity certainly has not helped in this case.
Look at how low she has her top unbuttoned-
not exactly Royal like then again she likes to wear extra tight jeans. Most unbecoming for being a member of BRF & GB Ambassador.
Kate’s super-thin lips gross me out. There, I said it. It’s just…can you imagine kissing her? Ugh.
agreed. those jeans look terrible. she has a little boy body. how is that attractive? and also, how can she possibly think it’s ok to wear jeans that are PAINTED on?? she seems so concerned with her appearance in general, she must have a seriously warped view of style.
it’s disappointing, because at the start of the games she was wearing ponytails and looking slightly less bobble-head. and we’re back to square one by the end of the games. sighhh
That’s really mean. She can’t help that, some women just don’t have very feminine bone structure. Although she could have found a more flattering outfit…my body is a lot like hers and I know to avoid outfits that emphasize the shoulders while shrinking the hips. I’d rather have huge hips than none :/
agreed–those jeans are awful! and her shoulders are too broad for her to be so narrow at the bottom.
I would say it’s completely harmless on her part she dosent even seem aware how creepy he looks behind her.
Of course she has to talk to him-she’s nothing if not polite and proper. I’m sure she’s totally grossed out by him like the rest of us are. Ewwww.
I love how his crotch is photobombing her head.
ha ha ha
Old news. Kate’s head in-front of another royal crotch. Nothing she can’t handle.
It seems like she tries to get along with everyone. It doesn’t seem like she is paying that much attention to him here.
She has really been supporting the athletes during the games. It was cute when she was talking to 4 of the Fierce Five. Especially since some of them said they wanted to meet her while in London.
She’s a pro at this . . . Hanging out and calling it work.
Actually, I think it’s fairly nauseating.
If Kate is trying to shore up her image…perhaps it could be done so without palling about with one of Monaco’s most disturbing royals.
Poor Charlene.
How is she palling about with him? For the most part she is not even looking at him and has her focus on the people beside her.
She is expected to be friendly to other royals. If she had completely ignored him, then all her haters would be complaining about that. Charlene has nothing to worry abut when it comes to Kate. It is Albert and other non-royal women she needs to worry about. Or cheer about, if it gives her a way out.
Is that why she (and William and Harry also) ignored some of the Swedish RFs this one time? They couldn’t be bothered to greet Daniel and Carl Philip when they were going to their seats, and they even looked they didn’t recognize the Scandinavian royals (they attended your wedding, hello!) Sophie – God bless her – was the only polite one. She stood up and shook their hands.
What, really?
British Queen > Swedish King.
But apart from that:
Swedish Royal family >>>> British royal family.
Eww. Run girl run!
Douchebag does not like it when people are clapping. Poor little prince…
God, but she can look downright smug sometimes!
Thank goodness the Middletons decided to boycott watching the Olympics live. Fergie was at an event a few days ago, and as embarrassing as she can be sometimes, I’d rather see her than any of Kate’s family.
She wins a gold medal in smugness. Why shouldn’t she be smug, though? She does nothing worthwhile except show up with huge sausage curls and that maniacal grin and the press is fawning over her. She’s living the dream.
Once Charlene has the much needed heir for Albert I think the marriage will be in name only and both will find others if he hasn’t already. Although I keep reading about a rule the upper classes have and that is you stay faithfull until the first born then you can cheat all you want. I am surprised Charlene isn’t already pregnant but then she would need to have sex with him first. I don’t think Kate is flirting at all she has William and she has Harry two Princes for the price of one. Pippa would only be in it if she got a title out of it.
The rule is an heir and a spare. Then you can both go cheat as much as you want.
As someone whose gf/bff is a Disney pin collecting nut I find the number of pins on his strap chuckle worthy. I’m totally picturing him walking around pin trading in the Olympic park.
As for Kate *slow shrug* Idk…I guess…I know she’s an Olympic Ambassador but is it part of the job to be there everyday or is it a “Perk of the Ring” disguised as work? Good PR for RF either way I suppose. Does she not have light weight slacks, dress shorts, the long ones to stay conservative? Even multiple pairs (I hope) of the same jeggings and blazer are starting to look yucky.
I would have to say it’s part of the job and they’re probably going to count all of her attendances as work. According to the Court Circular she already had 3 engagements from Aug 3 – 9 (but nothing between July 27 – Aug 2, which is odd, did they not count the opening ceremony?)
The RF has obviously gone for the ‘young royals over the older ones’ approach for the Olympics. Which I agree with you is good PR, but it would’ve been better if they asked the royals to attend the less popular events instead of concentrating on popular ones (athletics, gymnastics, swimming and equestrian) Those events would be totally fine and continue to be popular even without the royal support.
I wonder if they’ll extend the same enthusiasm and support they’ve shown in the Olympics to the Paralympics, which is only a few weeks away.
That’s why I wondered if it is considered work because she’s basically a spectator at the events. I figured it’s different than when I saw the pics of her and Harry with the athletes at Team GB house. That seems pretty ambassadorial. Being there and congratulating the athletes and all.
I think it’s a little bit of media too. I’ve seen pics with Princess Anne and Prince Edward and others at events but in the back or foreground but the story was only about Will, Kate and Harry.
Just have to wait and see for the Paralympics.
What i find annoying is that Anne, as a member of the Olympic committee, as well as being RF has attended so many of the games but hardly received any coverage. Sometimes her hubby sits next to kate and the captioning journalist simply refers to him as a fan!!!!!
That said, Rebecca, her LIW and her female protection officer can be seen in the background of many of the pictures, so whilst we can definitely say THEY are working…carrying and fetching for Waity, they also have the perk of attending all these events. It’s the only time i can say that i am jealous because i would have loved to attend as many Olympic events as possible. Even the dull ones like shooting.
Apparently Anne is so unfriendly to the press and as likely to say “naff off!” as give a warm comment, they tend to ignore her. Her rules.
Haha! Prince Albert = Nerd Alert!
Kudos to Kate for being stuck with Al and pulling it off! It’s called entertaining your guests, and it’s a sign of good breeding.
While I think royalty is an obsolote institution and should be abolish worldwide. I don’t get the hate towards this woman. She’s pretty and seems nice. Her only fault seems to be the wife of Pricne Williams. She gets the unnecesary Anne Boleyn’s hate.
3rd to last photo Albert’s thinking maybe in a few years when Williams’s hairline matches mine, then I’ll have a shot….
I was thinking something similar but more like, “Take a good look, Kate, because this is what you will be looking at in a few years when William’s last 6 hairs are gone”
I think Albert is a lot better looking in the shorts and tennis shirt than he ever looks in his formal suits. If he got a nice hair replacement and updated his glasses to some chic ones, guy would be kinda cute. He has Grace Kelly’s genes for G-od’s sake!
First I thought it was creepy (although he is) but then I noticed that Prince Albert is just staring at Kate’s ring.
Albert can see her hair extensions, his smirk clearly says “She aint foolin me!”
He is texting here. You can see the phone hidden in the sausage curls of Kate’s mop.
Question is … what is he texting about?
PA: “ZOMG! Can’t believe my handlers sat me near Waity. She isn’t even a blue-blood. I should make her curtsy me Muahahahahahaaaa….”
I am glad you mentioned the curtsying.
Waity was at a few events & Princess Anne was seated near her.
Did anyone see her curtsy to Anne?
Everytime I see those shoes she always wears I want to hurl. Doesn’t she have a stylist?
This is the same girl that wore the same brown suede boots for 5 years (the last two she found them in black) even in summer. Let me repeat BROWN SUEDE BOOTS in the SUMMER. Fashion icon my left foot. No fashionista worth her salt would own one pair of shoes. I remember when she finally got a new pair of shoes, some flats (she wore them for one day) and the DM almost had a conniption.
She has no style (which is why she wears boring high street and established names. Even then she only wears like 6 or so different designers).
Amen sister!!! I’m delighted that I’m not the only one on the planet to notice what is actually painfully obvious. What I really don’t get is why on earth she is called a fashion icon in the media. Seriously???? From the old ladyish dresses (borrowed from the queen?) to the inappropriate jegging/crazy shoes combination…..a blind woman could do better.
I love it when someone else points this out. My god … her taste is for sh!t.
‘What I really don’t get is why on earth she is called a fashion icon in the media.’
Because for these people, the only other alternative is to dress like a Kardashian. There doesn’t seem to be a balance when it comes to media reporting. Either you dress like a slut or you dress like a granny. It’s perfectly possible to go out looking classy and not look like you raided your older relatives’ closet.
Kate doesn’t really have any style to begin with. It was only when she married Wills that she started dressing up, trying become what the media claims her to be (a fashion icon), only it’s not working.
Ditto!
It sounds like people really studied these pictures to death, then came up with the wrong conclusions just to make it more “interesting.”
As a poster above said, Albert is looking down at his cell phone, not at Kate. Look to the left of Kate’s hair – you can see the black square that is his cell phone.
And second, the white-haired woman is laughing at something the MAN SITTING NEXT TO KATE said, not what Kate said. Look at the top photo – the woman and Kate (and the man sitting next to ALbert) are all listening with interest to what the man in the red shirt is saying. Then, in the photo where the woman is laughing, you can see the man sitting directly behind her looking PAST Kate, and toward where the man in the red shirt is sitting. Seems pretty clear that the laughter was caused by the man in the red shirt.
I mean, MAYBE Albert has the hots for Kate (although I really don’t think Kate is his “type,” and neither is Charlene for that matter), and MAYBE Kate is a funny person, but neither of those things is apparent FROM THE PHOTOS. All the photos tell us is Albert was checking his cell phone, and the man in the red shirt said something funny.
Oh, @benny,
That is part of the fun – the fact that the pictures may not really show what we all say and imply, but if you just look at them thru half-closed eyes, with a lightheared humor, you can see all kinds of things happening and developing.
This is a FUN blog, not a CNN coverage website. Remove that stick from your back side and join in the playful snark 😉
Don’t you know a minute of laughter adds 10 minutes to your life?
Who advises her on her clothing choices? She should take a cue from some of the other dignataries/ambassadors/official types and wear something more appropriate than sprayed on jeans and those ridiculous shoes. It makes her emaciated condition even more obvious.
Eh. She’s watching the games and she’s been “decent” for these few events. She looks nice in these photos. Not great, just so-so.
The only things I notice are 1) her damn eyeliner that is more suitable for an evening event, and 2) her OCD hair-touching…she seems to have the need to flip, touch, and muss her hair constantly.
I wonder how much time she spends curling her hair? I mean, every time she’s gone to these games, she’s always had those salon-perfect curls, even when she was wearing a ponytail. In those photos of her camping with the kids and ‘volunteering’ with the scouts, she had a ponytail, but her hair was still in curls.
Her hair always looks like she just came from the salon, the gloss and the volume of her hair look professionally done all the time, even for simple, casual events. Her outfits look casual and plain, but her hairstyle is party-ready, as if she’s going to go clubbing right after.
She always looks so made up, even when there’s no need to be.
Oh, the hair tossing. So constant. I never understood why people would criticize Kate for this until I started to see for myself how excessively often she does it. It does have a certain detracting effect. If she doesn’t like ponytails, I wish she would at least wear her hair half up, half down from time to time. She’d likely still play with it even then, though.
The eyeliner is never NOT noticeable, is it? Sigh. Well, at least her eyebrows don’t appear as aggressive in these shots.
There are some people who master being primped without making it obvious just how much primping has gone into creating their look. Kate doesn’t quite fall into that category right now.
I think she looks good in her jeans.
HOly cr*p??! Are you serious? She used to look great in jeans before the weight loss, but now she just looks ridiculous – her knee caps are larger than her thighs for God’s sake.
I think she’s just being polite and passing the time with him. She knows these royals in a social sense – we saw her chatting and laughing with Charlene at some event not long ago.
She looks good here. I’m not crazy about skin tight jeans myself – can’t stand to sit in them all day – but I am much heavier than the duchess. Maybe they don’t bother her much.
is she showing her super duper ring to albert in the first pic?? like: look, i’m the princess now. and he is so gazing at it…..
Of course she’s only nice to Royalty. It used to be any bluebloods but since they turned up their noses at her and she’s now with PW she thinks she’s better than them *cough* mother’s from a council estate *cough*
Any way I noticed a few days ago that her badge had HRH, how did she get that if she doesn’t come from a titled family? I thought you had to have a title before hand (like Di was styled Lady before marrying Chuck) to receive HRH.
A wife automatically takes on the titles of her husband, be he just a humble Sir or Lord or an actual HRH, William is not only an HRH, but a Duke, an Earl and Baron as well, thus she became HRH when she married him.
Waity is now officially HRH Cathrine Princess of Wales or Princess William Arthur Philip Louis,Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus. (vomit)
amendment to the above…..that should be
HRH Catherine of Wales or Princess William of Wales (Camilla is actually the current Princess of Wales ).
Kate is a princess by marriage, so as flower said in the comment above mine, she took on William’s names and titles when they got married.
In the event of a divorce, she’ll be stripped of her titles and be given a courtesy one.
Sophie Wessex is also an HRH. She’s Princess Edward, and Countess of Wessex is among the titles she acquired when she got married.
If Kate is made a Princess in her own right, she can use her given name instead of William’s, just like the York girls.
The only “commoner” in the future Queens in Europe right now, who was made a Princess-by-right, is Princess Maxima of the Netherlands. She was made an HRH in her own right by the Queen, shortly before she married the Prince of Orange (heir to the throne). Even if Maxima divorces the future King, she will retain her HRH title and all the other titles that were bestowed upon her.
Diana wasn’t styled Lady Diana. She was born Lady Diana Spencer, as the daughter of an earl. Boring nitpicking, but there it is. Her sisters are both Lady too. The brother, Charles Spencer, is Earl Spencer, as their father died leaving him with the title. His new American wife, is styled Lady Spencer.
Actually, she was born as the Honorable Diana Spencer; she did not become Lady Diana Spencer until her father became Earl Spencer, upon his Father’s death. (I remember this from reading a biography of Diana YEARS ago, and at her grandfather’s death she commented to her sisters “now we are LADIES!”)
I’ve been wondering the same thing about the HRH…
She looks good here. Is it me or are the curls slightly less sausagey? It’s me, isn’t it? Anyway, Prince Albert is revolting as usual. Way to be consistent Albert.
Perhaps Kate is wearing same clothes out of respect for global recession?
Even so, change of colour would be nice.
I’d like to see her in brighter colours.
Mmmm katey katey young katey :9 (in a creepy old voice) he wishes he would’ve met her before will! i think shes his type and she’s trying to get along with everybody but you just can see it in his face he wants her
Looks to me like he’s looking at his iPhone, not Kate. Also, I respect her for not feeling the need to show off a new outfit for every event.
you do realise that this is the first time she HASN’T worn different outfits for every single outing?????
Frankly, we are all in shock. What ever next, frugality and living within her means [ie Prince William's RAF salary]!!!!
eh. i don’t really care. i only read this page occasionally for the entertainment, not the judgment of others. i think a lot of the stuff (including comments) is lame and pathetic. some people maybe care a little too much about all this crap and spend a little too much time worrying about it. if only people spent as much time trying to effect positive change in the world as they do judging others, we’d probably all have much more peaceful, enjoyable lives. but that’s just my opinion. worth about as much as everybody else’s on here.
Yep, he’s looking at his cell phone, not Kate. And as someone above said, they are laughing at something the man next to Kate said. There doesn’t seem to be any direct interaction (or any interest at all) between Albert and Kate. I have no idea why people are reading that into the photos. That is reeeeeallyy reaching.
there are many other pics of that event and kate is indeed talking to albert or he is talking to her. these are not the only pics taking that day….
yup, he’s looking at his cell phone leering at a picture of princess charlene chained up in his dungeon– that’s why charlene isn’t there, she’s undergoing further re-training. girl tried to escape again so she’s shackled and bound in the dungeon. poor charlene. stay strong and keep trying to run, one of these days you’ll make it over the wall!
He never looks Charlene like that!
These people are so funny.
None of them have actual jobs, some of them seem to be off in the psychological sense of the word, they think they actulluy are Royal, as if this is not 2012, and the funniest thing is that they found the odd tax-payers who are willing to pay for their lavish and lazy lifestyles.
douche bag or not, Albert’s in a much better position as a royal of Monaco. For decades royalty of Monaco have been living exactly as they please. And even if Albert is looking at Kate’s ring (which I don’t think he is), he’s probably thinking: “Damn … I shouldn’t have been such a douche in the ’90s and I should have swooped in on Diana after the divorce and made her a Princess of Monaco.”
Audrina Patridge is the best Dutchess ever.
wtf, she looks like she hasn’t even noticed him!
He is obviosly looking at his phone. In every other pict, it is in the same hand. Look at his eyes, clearly looking at his phone. Jeez people!
His fingers look long elegant & piano-player ready compared to my Hobbit Hubby’s. Oy vey, I can’t interlace fingers with my husband 🙁 (mine are long but not skinny…)
I wish Albert’s hands on or near NOONE! I do not like to think what that monster has been doing behind the screen…
She has definitely had botox…that forehead isn’t moving.
Oh, come on people! She obviousley knows him and is more than likely a long time friend. I see no flirting there at all. She isn’t even looking at him.