Here are some photos of the Count Earl and Countess of Strathearn (William and Kate) and the Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles and Baron Renfrew (otherwise known as Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales) in Dumfries, Scotland today. I’m trying to be correct and use their Scottish titles! I think the “Duke of Rothesay” sounds particularly dashing. “Baron Renfrew” could be a sexy title too. “The Countess of Strathearn” sounds like a wealthy divorcée looking for some strange. Anyway…
So, Kate, William and Charles were all out and about today in Scotland to attend the official opening of the Tamar Manoukian Outdoor Centre at Dumfries House. Kate’s coat is Armani, apparently, and it’s being described as “old” (some eagle-eyed Kate-Fashion-Watchers claims she wore this years ago to William’s passing-out parade at Sandhurst). Meaning, I think, that she’s owned this coat for a while and it still fits even though she’s on the cusp of entering her third trimester. Incidentally, I LOVE the coat. I always want her to wear brighter colors, and she looks particularly good in reds, corals and jewel tones. And look, the coat is an appropriate length! And she’s wearing a longer skirt or dress underneath it too! When she leans down to talk to children, she is no longer flashing her royal baby-maker. Amazing. Do you think some palace official had a “word” with her about her hemlines, or do you think she just knew that she needed to tone down the crotch-grazing minis in the presence of her father-in-law?
Also notable: Kate’s scarf! That is the official tartan of Strathearn, apparently (if I’m wrong, please correct me). She’s carried the scarf before, during royal appearances in Scotland, but this might be the first time she’s actually worn it as a scarf? I wish I had an official tartan. I think the Strathearn tartan looks amazing with the Armani coat.
PS… Barely any sausage curls during the second trimester, have you noticed? It’s an improvement. And while I still wish she would pull her hair back more often, she’s gotten SO MUCH better at not constantly touching her hair in public.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She always looks classy! Maybe she should give Kim Kardashian some fashion tips on how to dress her fake baby bump!
She does carry pregnancy well; you would think she’s the one with the fake baby bump since she is barely showing and on the news they claim she is due in late July.
She looks great.
I want a bright coat for Spring!!
I really like her style here, but I disagree about giving a tip to KK. Kate hasn’t messed her body like Kim has done, and now whatever prothesis or injection Kim has (boobs or ass) is getting weirder and weirder.
I want that coat & scarf!!!
I’d take that “old” coat any day! Lovely lady.
I think it’s time to start a club who can parade around in Kate’s unused fashion items in the months/years they sit dormant between showings. Who’s with me?!?
Me too. She really looks great today. And I think that scarf is Strathearn tartan.
I thought she was supposed to be puking 24/7? Have we officially given up on that diagnosis?
I wondered about that as well. Maybe it’s not something that lasts the whole pregnancy?
Hyperemesis gravidarum can last the entire pregnancy, or only a couple weeks. It depends on the individual.
Hers was done before Christmas, apparently before the BBC awards which means it lasted about two weeks. She had Norovirus, nothing more. It fits the time frame, HG doesnt. She had sympathy HG, everyone hated her and they needed something to make us feel bad for her, and guess what, it worked. The jokes on us.
While I don’t think she had/has HG, I believe she was struck with some nasty morning sickness and was treated with IV’s and probably some medication… and lucky for her, it seemed to pass with the first trimester, as a lot of ‘morning sickness’ does.
As I’ve posted before, I had HG with both of my pregnancies, and it lasted the entire time. It was somewhat managed later in pregnancy with medication (meaning I had days where I could function somewhat). Morning sickness can strike quickly, though I think it would be very rare for HG to be diagnosed as quickly as Kate’s was, especially in a first pregnancy. This is why I don’t think it was HG… but see no reason to believe that she didn’t have ANY morning sickness.
I have also posted that I know several people who did not have HG, but their ‘morning sickness’ was severe enough to need IV fluids, and short-term medication… and while quite severe early on, the sickness passed (for the most part) after the first trimester and they did not need to remain on medication.
I’m with m on this one.
She could be on medication to control it. I was, for my entire pregnancy, & it worked well, after the first 3-4 months. Geez, you sound like you WISH she would still be puking her guts out!
Nobody wishes her harm. Belle is right. HG doesn’t get a firm diagnosis that quickly. HG is also often thought of as the severe form of morning sickness, but it can mean plain old morning sickness. To hear she had HG and was admitted for an IV makes the mind jump to the extreme and nobody said otherwise.
And the palace diagnosed her in a statement, but a doctor or hospital never did. And the meds to control HG do not leave you peppy and able to resume your life. It’s just a muscle relaxant and you still feel terrible. You’re just not puking 24/7.
And lastly, Kate’s “HG” and hospital stay doesn’t mean she was in rough shape. She’s carrying the future heir. A hospital would make her priority #1 because of that fact. None of us will ever have the kind of medical care she will receive in the UK. So, feeling queasy and getting 2 days of rest and iv treatments is standard for her, not us.
@FLORC, How would you know what she was diagnosed with at the doctor’s? You wouldn’t. Also, unless you’re a doctor, you can’t tell anyone how everyone else’s HG works so please stop trying to. It’s not a one description fits everyone ailment or treatment.
@FLORC I should damn well hope no doctor publicly diagnosed her with HG as that is a base violation of doctor-patient confidentiality. If the palace PR chose to reveal it, that is their business.
Alright folks. I wasn’t going to check back in, but here I am. For the record I am not a doctor, but have 2.5 years left of pharm school and then I’m a nurse practitioner! Look it up.
When Kate was admitted there was the whole nurse took that radia dj’s crank call. Still nothing slipped. And at the rate Kate’s bad press was going her team grabbed onto anything to bring her goodwill and explain her lack of work ethic and constant vacations. They would cling to HG for dear life if it was real, but she later appeared next to DB to hand out awards looking fine. The fact that once Kate started appearing for fun events and dropped her charity events on top of people not buying her HG says a lot imo.
Of course HG effects all differently at different levels, but with the treatment she received in the hospital peoples minds jumped to the extreme. You don’t recover that fast even with a lot of meds from that. She may have had the noro virus or morning sickness. I’d buy that. I’m not her doctor and I can’t prove anything past reason and logic. No Doctor here, if there is one, can prove it either way either. It’s just very suspicious how quickly it came and went. Like her scalp scar. There one day pr says she had surgery as a child and no comment. Scar vanishes! No comment.
Also, The palace PR never said she was diagnosed by a doctor. That would be a key fact I would keep in if it were true. They also diagnosed her at lightning speed! Take from it what you will. If you want to only believe she had HG go ahead, but if you’re a reasonable person open to hearing both sides and weighing the facts here you go. Now… vacation can begin.
All I read was ‘not a doctor’ as that is the only relevant thing about your comment.
You have zero idea how an illness affects someone who is not you.
@ FLORC @ Emily. Many women in the UK only see nurses or midwives for pregnancy; doctors are in many cases not part of the scene for most of the pregnancy.
In the United States a nurse practitioner has a Masters degree from an accredited University. They often take more hours of coursework AND do more hours of interning/practicum than medical doctors. They are required to be certified by the government, and must re-up their education and certification every few years. They are fully capable of running clinics, issuing a diagnosis, are licensed to prescribe medications, and are often the only medical person the patient sees.
I’m going with, “Well, FLORC is a trained medical professional who knows a great deal about medicine after years of schooling. Still sharing her opinion, which we are all free to do, but she KNOWS a lot more about medicine than I ever will. She is better equipped to voice a medically-based opinion on a medical issue than most of us.”
Team LAK.
I’ll straight up and say it- I don’t think she had HG. Her and Will’s approval rating was at like, its lowest its ever been and she had someone leak the story she had HG for sympathy and it worked. Look at the suckers who bought it hook, line and sinker. The discloser never came from her nor St. James place.
The HG was as real as her being a housewife in Wales with the RAF wives club.
I completely disagree. Kate had been admitted to the hospital, and if you recall, those Aussie DJ’s called there pretending to be the Queen and actually talked to one of the attending nurses. The nurse indicated Kate was feeling better but would need to be “freshened up” before she could receive guests – she obviously wasn’t looking her best after being so ill. That same nurse killed herself shortly after for revealing TMI about a royal. So are you suggesting the entire hospital and the DJ’s were in on the “fabrication” as well?
skuddles, the nurse that killed herself didn’t reveal any information, she only transferred the call.
Skuddles: Reasons why it can’t have been HG
1. Kate drove herself to the hospital. a 2hr car journey from Berkshire to London. A person suffering the effects of HG would have looked for the nearest hospital along that route
2. Eye witness accounts of her admission said she walked into the hospital looking well. [William met her at the hospital]
3. Several hours later, the Palace releases a statement saying she has HG.
4. There was a norovirus epidemic around the same time. It’s symptoms present in much the same way as HG or severe morning sickness, patient is usually over it in 3 days.
5. Kate is discharged 3 days after she walked into the hospital.
6. A week later, She presents at a sports award, mingling backstage [there are photos] with perfumed/powdered stars.
i do think she was had either severe morning sickness and or the norovirus. definitely not HG.
7. Royal reporters have tweeted to say she was definitely fine by the end of December.
BTW: The Aussie DJs spoke to a nurse on her ward who said she hadn’t thrown up on her shift, yet. When pressed further, the nurse says she would need to freshen up which is open to interpretation if one thought The Queen was about to pay a visit and therefore patient needed to look absolute best as opposed to just passable. The nurse who transferred the call is the one who killed herself, not the ward nurse.
The Hospital has never denied or confirmed her diagnosis. Given the various options available as to what could have been wrong with her, the Palace chose HG. Every description of HG, especially from women who suffer it, doesn’t fit with Kate’s timeline. Norovirus on the other hand, does. And of course morning sickness can be a b!tch for some women.
With regards to Palace lies, there is form when it comes to William and Kate eg Palace put out statement saying they were working, only for paps to catch them in France sunning themselves. Ditto Kate being a housewife in Wales and potentially joining the RAF wives club, both didn’t happen.
I have never seen someone so obsessed with Kate Middleton.
LAK, it’s stunning how much you seem to know about Kate. It’s like you’ve made it your mission to gleam every tiny detail about her life, and firmly commit it all to memory. Aren’t you just a little embarrassed to be revealing the depths of your obsession like this??
TheOriginalKitten – You’ve made several comments to me on various other topics that demonstrate that you dislike me. Don’t you think ignoring me is a better use of your time?
@Skuddles – actually, i just have a photographic memory that recalls in minute detail. I can regurgitate information about alot of things. it’s the way my brain works.
And i have always made it very public knowledge on this site that my interest is History, royalty and the social history they affect, so i know alot about royals in general. several books worth.
LAK very well stated.
Kate is carrying the future heir to a powerful nation. Say what you will about Royals just being pranced out from time to time. They create goodwill for the nation. The way you crucify KimK is something else. She is no public figure and simply a celeb that is kept relevant from both positive and negative attention. Ok out for real now. Have a great weekend everyone!
original liv, you’re right – I stand corrected.
@ Kitten & Skuddles
LAK can go into just as much detail about Anne Boylen, Mary Stewart, the Tudors as a whole, royal protocol, various lineages and more.
She isn’t ‘obsessed’ with Kate Middleton. She is a history buff (and I suspect future author) who is interested in the future Queen Consort – someone who is playing a historical role that many have played before her.
What she has to say on these threads is far more interesting than anything I’ve ever read on Rimes/Glanville threads where a number a commenters are bizarrely obsessed and emotionally invested. Go insult them.
lak,
didn’t know you have photographic memory, no wonder you are so well educated and informed about royals and their history. i get lost and loose track just reading your detailed comments , i just don’t have learning theory kind of brain like you . i envy that as i really wanted to be a doctor like my dad until i realized i am not very good at learning theory , i have a memory much more suited for maths and economics kind of subjects not history .
i also second what mich just said.
ANGELIC 20/Mich – Thank you so much for your support.
ANGELIC 20 – i envy anyone who can do maths. I have no mathematical logic and found it very hard going through school. I am OK with practical maths such as you would need for economics but i think that was due to my parents jobs, but any harder than that and i am completely flummoxed.
on the subject of royal obsession, i am obsessed with Eleanor of Acquitaine. i would welcome a post on her from CB.
Kitten, there are several of us who post a lot on the royal threads. It’s a shared interest.
Personally, I do it because I find the dynamics of the royal family interesting, very different from most celebrity gossip. And I freely admit to being a bit obsessive about it on here since this is one of the few semi-snarky places I be the beneficiary of interesting insights of other royal watchers. Skuddles, I personally am not embarrassed – we’ve all got our crazy interests, after all.
I really appreciate LAK’s insights! And those of Sachi and MIch and others. And I appreciate CB posting as many Kate threads as she does to keep my obsession afloat.
I understand that lots of (maybe most) others have a more casual interest in Kate and in royalty in general – focusing more on clothes and style. So I can see where all our analyzing of what should be versus what is might appear to be overkill to you.
I do appreciate the general civility on these threads.
It’s all good. We all have our obsessions. For instance, I’m obsessed with running-I own it because I’m not ashamed of it. You guys can feel free to tell me that I’m “obsessed” with running-I won’t take it as an insult or overreact or anything.
TheOriginalKitten
I’m a fan of your posts and this passive-aggressive swipe does not become you.
ETA: I see you’ve already replied. Never mind.
🙂
Original Kitten, You are not alone. When I first commented on this site (actually the first comment I ever made anywhere on the internet) about a year ago, LAK came back at me with almost the identical statement she just said to you; only, I believe she wrote to me that I was obviously a very negative soul and that she “felt sorry” for me. So just ignore.
To FLORC: I’m so glad you only need 2 1/2 years of pharm. school and then you will be a nurse practitioner. (?) My very best friend is a nurse practitioner here in California and has been so for almost three decades. Oddly enough, her husband is a respected pharmacist, so I will go ahead and check with her on your statements regarding credentialing and pharmacy and see what she has to say about nurse practitioners calling the shots on care for patients, etc.
Another K: I’ve got to know LAK on these royal threads and one thing she does NOT do is attack people’s posts and insult them. IF she came back at you as you said, your post must have been quite a doozy.
I also think you misinterpreted FLORC’s statement. She said she had 2.5 years of pharm school to go, which implies to me she’s had the rest of her nurse practitioner training.
I wish she’d step her shoe game up! All her shoes look like things I could buy at Payless or DSW (I actually shop at DSW, no shade).
She looks fine. I like the longer coat. Her hair looks so much lighter, is it the lighting?
I wonder what these events are really like. They show up, wave and shake some hands and that’s it?
yup that’s it pretty much .
What’s wrong with DSW? 🙁 I love it!
I know! I live in the boonies and we don’t have any good shoe stores! I’d be happy with DSW!
LOL! Nothing, I heart DSW. I shop there too….I’m just saying for a dutchess/countess or whatever who shops as much as she does her game is lacking.
@Hoya_chick – That is so true. For someone who shops as much as she does, her self-presentation is seriously lacking.
It’s not just the protocol rules, it’s also the fact that she never dresses right for her body, the clothing is poorly tailored, if at all and accessories are meh!!
British stores are very good at advising people on what suits them, even as they try to get you to buy from them, so it’s mystifying how bad she is at putting together a look. ditto Pippa, though i love her handbags.
I think Catherine looks great in these photos. She truly is lovely to look at and perhaps, as time goes on, she will allow more of her personality to shine through since she currently seems rather shy, guarded and/or unsure of herself. Maybe once she is a mother she will be able to relax and begin to sincerely enjoy her role as a member of the royal family.
Constantly being pushed down by a husband who is using you to inflate his own ego probably makes it a little hard to come out of your own shell.
Agree with this, but also believe Kate knew exactly what she was getting with William. So, if Will does behave toward her as it seems, he’s an ass… but also have a hard time feeling very sorry for someone who tolerated and accepted the behavior… and decided it was worth marrying.
Yeah, I’m wondering what’s going on with these two. I think William’s ego might be getting the better of him, especially if he’s being told the British version of shit or get off the pot.
Her hairs been flatter too. I assume the weave/tracks/extensions are out, so she doesn’t need to fiddle with it any more.
Love the coat and scarf. Red is her color.
Its a bit odd she always wears a tartan of some kind when in Scotland but I’m sure it’s just her being a bit over zealous.
It’s the only time she wears the Strathearn tartan. It’s to show solidarity, I guess. So fake. She never wears it otherwise and it’s very pretty.
I might be alone in this, but don’t necessarily think the gesture with the scarf is fake. Is it only okay to sport the official tartan while visiting Scotland, if you also wear it when you are not there? I would guess most of the people there probably liked seeing Kate wear the scarf… and would think it is a nice gesture? May not have been Kate’s idea, but I still think it is nice. 🙂
She had it with her on that boat parade during the Queen’s jubilee. I think she might have had it with her at Christmas too, but don’t quote me on that one.
Don’t people realise it’s Royal protocol to wear something that reflects the country/area they’re visiting? Whether it’s tartan of where they are in Scotland, something appropriate in an Asian country etc etc. Princess Diana particularly was good at this (because she knew she’d be photographed so much) but The Queen, Princess Anne etc have been doing it for years & years.
PS how does Kate make an Armani coat look so high-street? Who is styling her?
Her hair may have been freshly colored. Her true shade is naturally a lot darker with grays and without high lights.
I don’t hate her coat length ever, unless it’s short and her dress or skirt is even shorter making it appear like she’s only wearing the coat. My thing is she’s only wearing tights! Her legs have to be so freaking cold!
Definitely an improvement over yesterday (I wasn’t bothered by how short that coat was, but I didn’t like it). I’d say I want that scarf, but that shade of yellow makes me look like I’ve got the flu.
Ugh, me too. That colour yellow, as well as beige and peach, make me look a particularly awful shade of grey-green.
Yep, I can’t do beige or peach either! We must have similar skin tones. I get especially bummed about peach because I actually really like it, and it looks so pretty on other people, but it looks SO awful on me.
Its Earl and Countess not count nd countess
i absolutely loved this coat when she wore it the first time(i also liked her too at that time but that’s a long time ago) and i am very happy to see it again. she looks good and relaxed, there is no baby bump and her legs are so skinny (she is able to wear her old not pregnant clothes so i am guessing she hasn’t gained much weight) so i hope she is not starving herself. other then that it was a good day for her. if william lets her out of his leash i think she is actually capable of making a decent royal but that’s another story.
Angelic Have you seen the photos of Kate in jeans at the camping event a week or 2 ago? Everyone said her thighs were photoshopped to be thicker looking. These and the last pics prove that. She is as thin as the reporters are twittering without much of a bump as shown in the press packets.
Agree Angelic. We need to figute out what the heck is going on with William.
It goes to show just how much weight she lost if a coat she first wore in 2006, at her normal weight and belted, can fit around her 2nd trimester pregnancy body.
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Kate was so so pretty in that link.
Maybe that’s why I like how she looks pregnant. I think she’s much prettier when her face is fuller and she sports her real hair.
+10!!!! Believe it or not, there are those who are under the assumption that she was always bone thin. Short memories or blissful ignorance, I don’t know which!
@Suze – Every time i see her real hair, i mentally hi five her new hairdresser.
If you look at the 2006 photo and this one carefully, it seems as if she may have had this coat taken out a few inches. In 2006 the button and the outside flap closed much closer to the seam on her left side. It’s a trick that I have done many times losing weight (move the buttons further out to pull the coat tighter). I’m 7.5 months pregnant and I still fit my old coats by moving the buttons towards the middle to make more room in the coat.
It’s a shame that at 31 years of age she doesn’t have prior experience from which to pull other than that of being a student and a girl-friend.
If she’d had ANY credible and viable experience before the marriage living as an independent adult or a woman with a career not only would she be more at ease “working” these events but she’d be more confident all around. Her style choices would even reflect those of a woman who is beginning to be comfortable in her skin. IMO most of her choices are rather girlish. She doesn’t have to be matronly (leave that to the Queen and Princess Anne), but they wouldn’t be too short like the coat yesterday and/or they wouldn’t wear her (much like today’s outfit).
She’s so in over her head without any prior experience other than chasing the tall bald one that I am almost feeling sorry for the workshy one.
BTW, I love seeing Charles. He and his voice are just so sexy to me.
prince Charles voice is sooo sexy. it’s quite the surprise. I am a sucker for voices. I can’t get past David Beckham’s voice. it’s so horrendous.
With regards Kate, i agree with you. Her attire is so reminiscent of a sixth former on a smart day out or a first jobber.
Becks is good eye candy. But his Mickey Mouse voice is a turn-off.
Charles has a great voice, and I actually love William’s. 🙂
Between the two, i prefer Harry’s voice.
Well, I just like Harry, period.
ahhhh… Harry. *sigh* 🙂
Prof. Severus Snape. I could listen to that man talk forever.
Kate looks very nice, and I love the color of her coat.
I’ll check this later and see if it turns crazy in here.
LOL – I know – where are the haters? Poor girl can’t win.
Lmao! It does tend to get that way, right?
Nice comment, tho- posted a Kate question yesterday and did NOT get my throat ripped out. So, nice to see there are a few people here who won’t shiv you for a pleasant Kate comment. 🙂
Its getting kinda crazy again, LOL
I checked back 2 hrs later and its a wrap.
Kaiser wrote a nice pleasant post, and its downhill already, heehee.
truthful: Your definition of downhill and mine are a lot different. I think this post is majorly positive.
You see what you want to see.
I see several nice posts about her.
I don’t think Kate or her supporters need to be martyred. She is not beset on all sides by “haters”.
Lots of people love her, lots don’t care one way or another about her, and even among those of us who enjoy royal watching and critiquing there are plenty of positive comments.
You’re assuming it’s going to get negative? That’s a provoking and preemptive statement.
Karmasabiatch – Kate gets due credit. We don’t hate her. Go to a Kim K or LR post. It gets a whole lot worse there for a whole lot less.
And Kate looks cute. She’s out there shaking hands, accepting flowers, and looks lovely. If I looked that good pregnant you couldn’t keep be indoors!
I agree, FLORC. Kate looks beautiful pregnant, she really does.
Yes, people often say that a woman has never looked better than when she is pregnant.
In Kate’s case, it is true.
And I love that coat.
yesterday’s thread was NOT positive.
there were a ton of nasty comments about her clothing being too short and a bunch of rants bout her being selfish and on and on.
Well, Truthful, yesterday’s outfit was not good at all. DId you know that there’s royal protocol for dressing? That coat blew it right out of the park.
@ truthful
You, more than anyone, were responsible for the degradation of yesterday’s thread.
I like watching intelligent, informed people called ‘nasty jealous haters’ about as much as you would like being called a ‘superficial, ignorant, ninny’.
The same people who thought Kate’s coat was inappropriate yesterday gushed about her coat today. Stop trying to turn everything into a bunfight.
@ truthful
Sorry! I meant to say ‘as much as anyone’ not ‘more than anyone’.
Now I’m the one being needlessly inflammatory. Jeesh. It is a spiral that needs to stop.
p.s. This comment only makes sense if the one before it ever gets out of moderation…
The family I married into is Scottish and has an official family tartan. I love my scarf and other items but always assume people think it’s just another plaid. I know and that’s what matters. 🙂
Me, too! Clan Campbell, here. My mother made me wear so much of it when I was little, I hated it. No longer tho, LOVE!
I wish KM would find more fun ways of highlighting their new “family” tartan. I wonder if W & K had official kilts made in their new tartan yet?
I’ve been looking for things to get to showcase my family tartan. There are places online to have a custom clutch or larger purse made out of your tartan. That would be a great accessory in my mind, and something that she could use outside of Scotland. It would showcase creative UK businesses turning something historic into a modern accessory.
Maybe she could have a new tartan lining made for her tan Burberry coat, subtle but noticeable and incorporating the tartan into more than just Scottish visits.
Or get someone to make a set of glass tile jewelry that showcases the tartan (ie. glue tartan on back and it shows through the glass). Bracelet, necklace with three or so tiles, cute earrings, etc. Little touches rather than, “Hi, this is the only thing I have in this tartan so I’ll wave it at you.”
I would LOVE to see William (but mostly Harry) in a kilt. Love a man in a kilt.
@bluhare I don’t think Harry or Wills would look good in a kilt they are too slim, you need to have a certain build to pull off a kilt properly.
berry, you’re probably right, but there’s a lot you can do with the right pair of socks and a dirk!!
I don’t know, Prince Phillip could rock a kilt, and there is a lot of him in both William and Harry!
Ah, yes, DOE in a kilt is difficult to beat. This old one is one of the few I could find of the royal kids in kilts.
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bluhare:
“there’s a lot you can do with the right pair of socks and a dirk!!”
I’m so ashamed… when I first read your comment, I saw another D word… another 4-letter D word. 🙂 Now I can’t stop seeing it!!
LOL Seriously… I was thinking WTF, ‘socks and a d*ck, sure!’ but wait… I just don’t think bluhare would type that?? My bad. Sorry… hehe.
Belle, a dirk is the knife they stick in their sock at the knee.
@bluhare: I knew it was some type of knife or sword… but I still thought I saw the other D word… LOL
What is wrong with me?? *shame* 🙂
She looks great.
I just love that Kate re-wears clothes. NO one else does that, except may Jolie. I hate that so many celebrities only wear each outfit once, as if it was a crime to wear a $10,000 dress twice. Now you can barely get away with re-wearing shoes. Only old purses are cool.
i don’t think celebs own all the clothes that they wear on official events , they are loaned to them for free advisement by designers unlike kate who owns them. we don’t know whether they repeat their clothes in their personal life or not.
boring.
I think her scarf is the same one she wore during the Queens Diamond Jubilee. She wore it (carried it) with her Sarah Burton red dress on the Barge.
I just noticed it was already mentioned that she did, in fact, carry the scarf before.
Who gave this lot all these Scottish titles? They are not Scots. I am, from the Western Isles, and I really object to them swanning around Scotland. I want Scotland to be an independent country and to abolish the monarchy.
Unfortunately if Scotland goes Independent, Alex Salmond still wants to keep the Royal family.
Baby steps, baby steps…
I think is gonna be more easy, abolish the monarchy in the future (after the Queen pass away for example), if Scotland become a independent country first, as Canada and Australia.
I’m sorry, Meerkat. I’m going to be probably just in England soon, but I would kill to go up to Orkney or the Hebrides for some good old fashioned solitude.
The Late Queen Mother was Scottish. Her father a Scottish noble, The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. primary residence the Castle of Mey, now inherited by Charles.
So if we are going to be pedantic, The Queen is half German and half Scottish!!!
I think only the welsh can truly ask the question you have posed because the royal family are merely symbolic, and have never had any sort of blood connection with Wales.
I always thought she had Scottish association through title only because she was born in England as was her Father, but I’m not sure about the other family members who held the title. Most people I know would not consider the Queen Mum to be Scottish but everyone loves to go on about the German link lol.
The QM was properly Scottish ie blood, not just the title association.
people tend not to consider her Scottish for all the reasons you have given.
Can I just say that I love reading your posts and others who are more knowledgable on here, because I learn so much and I agree it is the London tie that puts people off.
I just googled some stuff on her and apparently she was known as the Scottish Queen and she considered herself a Scot.
Hi LAK could you answer a silly but genuine question.
Born and raised in GB, the Queen is, obviously, british. But she is also head of state of a lot of other countries. Did she has other citizenships or just the british one.
@Zac – That’s not a silly question, and i don’t think she has one, but i am not 100% sure.
I will do some research and post a definitive answer later.
Well the royal family are descended from the Tudors (through Margaret Tudor, the daughter of Henry VII and the wife of James IV of Scotland). And Henry Tudor’s grandfather Owen Tudor, who married the widowed Queen of Henry V, was most definitely Welsh.
@Justme – You are Right.Owen Tudor. doh! i always forget about him. Which is pretty silly given a major house in royal history is named after him.
Well, most of me is Welsh, so following some convoluted logic, I’m royal!!!
Thank you LAK 😉
@Zozo – apologies for calling you Zac in previous comment. After checking, i can confirm that she is a citizen of all, though she doesn’t do things like sing the national anthems or take oaths of allegience since she is the subject of them.
When she travels, arrangements are made, but she doesn’t have a passport.
moved.
LAK, I just adore you! You have some serious insight, which I appreciate, and I think you’re cool.
@ LAK: I respectfully beg to differ on the citizenship issue.
The Queen is definitely not an Australian citizen (it was questioned a few years ago when we were talking about becoming a republic). The citizenship laws are basically worded: “must have been born in Australia or applied for citizenship after a residency of X years”. Neither apply to Her Maj, and they didn’t bother to write a codicil granting automatic citizenship to the monarch, so she’s the sovereign without being a citizen.
I’d assume most of the Commonwealth realms have the same issue. The simplest ways to word citizenship laws would tend to exclude the Queen, so you’d have to write a specific loophole to include her. No-one bothers because sovereign rights/responsibilities rank citizenship rights/responsibilities. It’s simply not an issue.
Lucrezia – the citizenship rules apply in every country per the wording you have given. However, as Sovereign of the 16 realms, they don’t apply to her for those realms and she is considered a defacto citizen without having to follow those rules. It’s the same reason she doesn’t have a passport, but can still travel between those countries.
If she were to abdicate her Queenship to become a private citizen, then she would definitely have to apply using those criteria, and have to apply for a passport.
It is the United Kingdom………
Of course Scotland is included……
They are my royals too (I am Australian).
Yes, they’re Aussie royals too …
but it’s not like we’re running around granting them new titles. Would you see the Scots’ point if they were suddenly declared Duke and Duchess of Fitzroy, and Earl of Woolloomooloo?
Actually, even their standard titles (Prince of Wales, Duke/Duchess of Cambridge) are only courtesy titles here, with no legal backing. The Queen is the only royal with an title supported by Australian law.
(We’re supposed to call her: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. None of this Queen of the UK business … she’s Queen of Australia and some other, non-important stuff :P)
Kate looks lovely & so appropriate. Love the coat & scarf. I would love to raid her closet.
Were there any “rules” against her wearing a fascinator/hat to this event?
I feel that if she had worn one it really would have made this outfit.
I want more cute hat photo ops as we don’t really wear them here in the US. 🙁
What’s with the hooker boots.
Are these seriously considered to be hooker boots? I have a few pairs that are quite similar to these and have never thought of them that way lol.
They can technically be hooker boots. She’s 1 pair of fishnet stockings away from it. That can be said for most clothing items. It’s all in how you style it.
The tights give the illusion that they’re longer than they are. They’re really just a couple inches below her knee – quite appropriate.
Gorgeous as always.
She does look lovely. Hair texture often changes during pregnancy as well so perhaps that contributes to the lower-key hair. Just an aside, Hyperemesis Gravidarum affects women every differently. Some have it only in the first trimester, some are unforunate enough to have to suffer through it for the entire pregnancy. The website http://www.hyperemesis.org is a website where you can learn more about it.
“I think the “Duke of Rothesay” sounds particularly dashing. “Baron Renfrew” could be a sexy title too. “The Countess of Strathearn” sounds like a wealthy divorcée looking for some strange” – yes to all of this.
I want a title.
A unofficial designator of titles on the Royal Celebitchy threads, I’m thinking Marchioness j.eyre?
i want an upgrade. everyone else is getting proper titles and i am just a Lady.
Heh – due to her knowledge, LAK deserves an HRH, at the least.
Sheesh, I want a title too… though I don’t deserve one. 🙂
Belle – if Carole Middleton thinks she deserves a title, then so do we all….
LAK, you deserve so much more than Lady, but whenever I see the two together I keep thinking Frank Sinatra singing “LAK be a lady tonight . . .”. I can’t get it out of my head!
How about Her Ladyship LAK the Great?
Oh, HRH Ladyship LAK the Great for certain! Do we second this kind of thing? You know us Americans – we love to second things.
And bluhare, my most favorite of those sporting blue hair, Marchioness is divine! Where does that fall in the order of things? Does this put me above, say, the Queen’s corgis? Or right below them? And Marchioness of what? Marchioness of Ugley? Fartown?
@Belle – come be a Marchioness with me(is that acceptable with you, Bluhare of Naming?) We can go about and… well – march to stuff.
(in my real life, I was called Princess into my 30s. Then I had my daughter and she took my title so for my 40th birthday party – hand to God – I held a coronation for myself and bestowed, upon myself, the title Empress. Had the party in the Penthouse of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco – black tie.)
But I prefer Marchioness as it sounds younger.
Marchioness j.eyre – Please would you post the link to your writing again. I bookmarked it on my old computer, but i didn’t memorise the name of the site, so it was lost with the computer.
Marchioness j.eyre, you are Marchioness of the Royal Celebitches.
PS You can do a very British “hear hear” or “huzzah” if you agree. :;
I’m going to need to put a spreadsheet together to keep all this titling in order, especially for those people who seem to think they deserve promotions (side eye to someone who knows who she is).
Love these comments… LOL Thanks ladies.. er, I mean your Highnesses… ? 😉
Oh and Marchioness j.eyre: I would love to march to… stuff, with you!
@HRH Ladyship LAK the Great *pant, pant* – my, that’s a mouthful. You are too kind. Thank you. If you click on my name, it is linked to my author’s page (and thank you again, CB, for allowing me to do that)
I huzzah very well and will interject them whenever possible. I, too, am side-eying She-Who-Will-Not-Be-Titled. I don’t know who we are talking about but in addition to huzzahing, I am quite good at side-eying.
Now, if you will excuse us, Marchioness Belle and I must march off to cocktail hour (another of my many talents.)
Well, the “she who will not be titled” is LAK who apparently thinks she deserves more than Lady LAK (my personal favorite), so she is now Her Ladyship LAK the Great. But she is NOT and HRH. And while we’re giving out promotions, I’m going to be Grand Duchess bluhare, and Belle can now be Baroness Belle!
Ooooh, yay!! Baroness Belle… how lovely for me! I humbly accept this honor… though am I still allowed to march with Marchioness of the Royal Celebitches? 🙂
Congrats on the promotions to bluhare and LAK… well deserved imo. Sounds like that spreadsheet is coming along nicely!
I was thinking I would love to be a Dame!
Can we anoint Kaiser as Queen?
Well, this all seems sorted and job well done, Grand Duchess! How about we all off to Thornfield for sherry and toast?
Question @ Ladyship LAK, what do your initials (?) stand for? Or is it like a magic spell and if I hear the full name uttered I will be turned into the Grand Duchess’ spreadsheet or something?
Baroness, we shall never stop marching.
Marchioness j.eyre: LAK stands for the initials of my names.
i raise a dubonnet to all our promotions. To sum, in no particular order of ranking
-First Lady of the Royal Celebitches formerly Alexanderbananarama
-Marchioness of the Royal Celebitches J.Eyre
Duchess Capon
Grand Duchess Bluhare
Archduchess Angelic2.0
Tsarina Sachi
Ladyship LAK the great
Baroness Belle
MiLady Mich [pending submission for promotion to Dame]
Queen Kaiser [pending seconding from everyone??]
Now who curtseys to who? Is that for The Grand Duchess Bluhare to decide?
ps:- thank you so much for the reading. love, love it. i wish i were that witty.
ps:- GWTW is my favourite film of all time. For the very ridiculous nonsense that you pointed out. I haven’t read the book in years though.
Forgot HSH Suze.
Ladyship LAK the Great – thank you very much. Drinking helps with the wittiness.
GWTW is my absolute favorite movie as well. I used to dress up in a dress my mother made me to resemble to picnic dress and watch it every time it came on TV. I did not read the book until my 30s. My editor and I spoke to each other in Southern accents while working on that PN.
It is good luck to have your initials spell something, is what I was told.
~MRCJE
Thanks for the listing of all our titles Your Ladyship LAK the Great. I suggest we submit them all to Dubonnet’s Peerage for review and acceptance.
Promotion to Dame is granted.
And Kaiser can’t be Queen as Kaiser is a title in itself, albeit not a British one. She could be HRH Kaiser, though.
Titles were being given out over the weekend?!
At least on CB I get a promotion and a title for the all “hard work” I do here! LOL
Cheers to you, ladies!
And Harry for King (do we have to fight over him or can bluhare share?!)! 😀
Grand duchess bluhare does not share!
The nerve! Here, harry, harry!!
A title! Why, thank you!
Now all we need are the tiaras!
Duke of Rothesay does have a nice ring to it, so do the Strathearn title.
The Cambridges’ third title though – Baron and Baroness of Carrickfergus. It just sounds… ick. It seems like the Queen trolled them on that one.
LOL. it really does sound like such a trolling title.
Finally, appropriate length on the coat at least. Dress underneath is still 3 inches too short and black – both against protocol. I agree, she looks MUCH better when she dresses as a 31-year-old and not as a 12-year-old in mini skirts and pastels.
I have the same advice for Kate as for Stephanie of Lux: 1) structured clothing 2) jewel tones NO pastels 3) stand up straight 4) put on your scarf and WEAR it instead of on-off-on-off fussing and 5) put your hair up. Constantly shoving the hair back with your hands or having it fall in people’s faces is bad manners and unprofessional.
I am concerned that a coat that fit in 2006 fits a 6-month-pregnant woman. It showcases the extreme weight loss, doesn’t it?
Steph seems to have an obsession with scarves. I think it’s her security blanket much like Kate’s hair is to hers. I like that she’s comfortable with her outfits and she’s not trying to be a fashion “it” girl but she looks really frumpy sometimes!
I do like how she and Guillaume both look absolutely smitten with each other. I just don’t see that with Will and Kate.
I noticed that with Kate’s coat too. The coat fits her snugly now even with the growing belly.
I wonder when she’ll start wearing her post-wedding coats again? Surely she can’t fit into them anytime soon.
when is she due? i am not seeing any bump.
She said yesterday “around mid-July.”
Why are there never any photos of Mr Dolittle looking at her? In one of the photos above, like usual, she is looking at him and he’s looking past her.
Because he’s a constipated ass in public?
I don’t know, he may be loving and devoted in private, but in public he looks like a jerk.
Heck, this is his lifelong job, appearing among the peasants. He needs to take some lessons from gran about how to look interested and involved and not like he is holding his nose deigning to show himself among the unwashed.
He should also look to gran and gramps and the love and respect they show for each other in public, and show some to his wife.
Uh – guess I ranted there. He’s really getting on my nerves.
Kate looks great here. Excellent color for her, and I like her hair straighter and less curled. And pregnancy suits her face – the fuller cheeks make her look younger and prettier.
Quite the difference between Canada and now. He at least isn’t shooting daggers out of his eyes at her. And she’s smiling more so I think he’s been sleeping at home lately. My own observation is she’s been smiling since miss calthorpe has been taken off the market. We get called nasty here for commenting on Kate’s mistakes, but William is a terrible teacher and she just wants his approval. Even though she wanted this I feel bad for her and that future child. Kate still needs raising herself.
OK! off for vacation! Bye Celebitches 🙂
Enjoy your holiday, FLORC! 😀
Mine isn’t until August. 🙁
Take care… and enjoy!
I guess I was too young when Diana was first introduced to the public so I don’t remember all the critques there but I have to say people are so mean to her.
I am a cynic I hate everyone in Hollywood just about and think they are all lying or promoting something BUT I just can’t hate on her.
Maybe I just think wow she has it made. She doesn’t really have a job, she is rich, and I don’t care what people say she is beautiful.
I keep saying this but it’s true – some people are critical of her on this site. There is a lot of criticism leveled at her on The Royal Dish (but that site criticizes all royals).
But in general, throughout the internet, you’ll see lots and lots of positive comments about her. Check out Tom and Lorenzos blog – every time they have a Kate post the comments are overwhelmingly positive. Gushing, even. The same is true almost everywhere
She is not persecuted! Most people who bother to comment on her are positive.
(I don’t count the Daily Mail because lots of comments on almost every topic there are negative.)
I remember when Diana was introduced and the media was in love with her instantly.
Diana was adored in the beginning. Later in her life, she came into criticism, but when she was Lady Di and in her early Princess Di years she was absolutely idolized and loved.
In many ways, it is unfair to compare Kate to her.
The times were different, the situations were different, and Diana was just one of those personalities that burst on to the scene and grabbed it by throat with sheer charisma.
i am too young to remember but how exactly sarah was treated? i am curious to know whether the media’s double standard with heir and spare automatically extended to their wives from the very beginning or sarah actually contributed to it?
Angelic, Sarah had a very brief honeymoon with the press and public. Maybe six months, from the time the engagement was announced to a couple of months after her wedding.
She was hailed as a “breath of fresh air” to the monarchy, an independent young woman with a life behind her, and a down to earth, forthright, contrast to Diana.
That all ended with a thud a few months after she was married and after that it was an avalanche of bad press: from how unstylish her clothes were, how heavy she was, and how uncouth and ill-mannered she was in comparison to Diana.
Not all deserved, but in many ways Sarah was always her own worst enemy. Even though she worked in PR she was terrible at polishing her own image. Plus she was greedy – she wanted to party and enjoy the good life without any hard work to back it up.
I’m just old enough to remember both Sarah’s honeymoon with the press/public opinion and her fall.
It quickly became apparent that what had been hailed as “refreshing” was actually incredibly silly and tacky. And she brought out a really undignified side of Diana.
It was actually kind of sad. Diana was so young and she really looked like she was having fun with Sarah but it was all so inappropriate given who they were and what they represented.
And then she died…….
You can’t speak ill of the dead!
If she had have lived longed, who knows, she may have grown to be hated!
Kcarp, I don’t hate her, I want her to do well. I’ve posted negative and positive comments about her. I think my issue is I had such high hopes when she married William. He’d married one of us!! And I was hoping she’d do us proud. And so far, she hasn’t made much effort, but I will also say I think her husband has a lot to do with that.
I don’t think you need to defend yourself as not ‘hating’ her. Of course you don’t. Every single time you post a criticism you go into detail about why you are disappointed. And those reasons are intelligent, well presented and based on the bigger picture of what this woman represents. You also regularly say nice things about her when the situation merits.
Personally, I think calling intelligent adults with intelligent comments “haters” is childish.
Comments saying “she can’t win for trying” are baseless given how little she has actually tried (although it has gotten better in the last six weeks).
IMHO, people who are incapable of looking past her pretty smile, long locks and fabulous clothes simply aren’t in your league and you don’t need to dumb your thinking down to please them.
i think the problem is that people don’t find someone not doing anything wrong compared to people who does bad things. kate doesn’t do bad things but she don’t really do anything at all so that’s is not considered as bad. i am not sure you get what i am trying to say.
bluhare you are no hater.
I do think the commentary on the Duchess Kate threads is pretty civil. Venture on an Aniston or Kardashian thread to see some true viciousness.
I’m probably projecting (and putting too much thought into this) but I personally find the dynamics of the comments here interesting.
I think it’s perfectly valid to “love” Kate because you like her clothes, her smile, her looks or her hair – or that you personally would like the money and the vacations. I find it valid and I would like some of those things, too!
But it’s also nice that there is some honest criticism on here about her work ethic (or Will’s work ethic) and the value that royalty brings in general. It is fascinating to discuss, and I don’t think that it makes me a hater to participate.
@ Angelic20. I think this is a big part of it. There seem to be a whole lot of women who think marrying rich, sitting on your behind, and spending lots of money is an acceptable way to live. That that is somehow a worthy life and worthy goal. That is their choice, their opinion – and okay if it is their life. For some, KM appears to have hit the jackpot they all want – except her jackpot comes with serious restrictions they don’t understand.
When the money comes from the taxpayers, then it is a different ballgame. Kate isn’t “rich” – the money all comes from the taxpayers. For some adamant Kate Middleton supporters, they don’t seem to understand that since KM is paid by the taxpayers she has to work to earn her place. She has to work or the calls for a Republic will succeed.
To the inevitable comments that will follow: Yes, the Duchy IS the taxpayers. Yes, pregnant women are expected to work 40-50 hours a week so KM can too. Yes, being married to the heir to the heir in this economic climate DOES mean Get To Work Kate.
Mich and Suze: Thank you very much for those nice posts. You definitely deserve titles.
Seeing as LAK wants a promotion from Lady (sigh), how about MiLady Mich, and for Suze, Serene Highness Suze?
I try to keep the titling with the initials of the person’s posting name.
Kcarp, she *does* have a job. And unlike our jobs, she will be doing it her entire life. No retirement. And it will be a demanding one.
And much of the negative commentary on this site is about how she does that job. Not about her as a person (not entirely, but lots of it).
She absolutely has a job and for sometimes doing it she receives incredible privileges, free housing and MILLIONS of dollars in taxpayer funds to renovate her housing to suit her tastes.
The Sandringham ‘cottage’ renovation was announced around the same time as the largest benefit cuts in the last 60 years. Really distasteful and tone deaf.
MIch, I’m glad you keep bringing that up.
I think this flurry of activity on Will and Kate’s part is distraction away from that little boondoggle.
Agree Suze. Sorry, but it drives me crazy when people make comments such as “she is young, beautiful and rich… she doesn’t have to work, so why should she? I don’t blame her… I would do the same if I could!”
Ugh. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but the people who make such comments really do not seem to understand that Kate is not a celebrity, spending her own money. Her lifestyle is supported by taxpayers… and for this, she is expected to serve.
Kcarp – I agree with you about 3 things — that Kate is rich, beautiful and does not need to work to survive.
Are you saying that ultimate success (or in your words “made it”) boils down to these 3 things?
What do you think Kate finds meaningful?
I sincerely would like to better understand your admiration of Kate’s life and achievements.
Thanks, I hope you respond.
Don’t take what I say too literal. Would I trade my life NO because I wouldn’t have MY husband, My baby etc…But it sure would be nice as I am sitting in a cube with a Gap Outlet sweater on to be rich, have a stylist, and not do much of anything.
Ditto – I’d like to hear all about her meaningful life and achievements too. So far I’ve seen and read nada.
Actually, Kcarp, Kate DOES have a job. She is a public ambassador for Britain. Harry is coming to the US in that role in May, and William and Kate had two tours and do public engagements.
That’s her job. As well as patronising charities, at which she’s been sadly lacking.
Ahhh… Harry. *sigh* 🙂
Love the color of the coat. Definitely better than yesterday’s Clueless-era coat.
That’s about it.
A massive improvement over yesterday! She looks like an adult and I LOVE that color on her.
She looks tired (to be expected) but so much more confident and at ease!
That coat is a good investment. Such a vivid red. I love the colour and fabric. Then again, it is Armani. 😉
She looks very good.
William is so dull and not feeling this trip.
Charles is charming. What else is new. 😀
For once she looks pretty good. I love the coat, the length is excellent. Those boots though, I really hate how they pool at the ankles. She obviously isn’t a “shoe” person. I can’t think of any of her shoes or boots that I’ve ever liked.
William should just shave his head and grow some hair on his face… he’d look better. Or do something about that Donald Trump ‘do.
She looks really good today.
And she looks engaged with people. It’s funny how the pregnancy seems to have given her the confidence to show more personality and not be the perfect plastic princess she was before.
It’s a huge improvement.
Improvement — yes because of the coat length.
But just about everything else is just wrong. The sleeves are wrinkled again. Sheesh!
The boots are too short and solid black everywhere other than the red coat is too solemn.
And even wearing this lovely Armani her styling is still common, boring, meh.
As an American, I agree with my fellow patriot commenter above — more hats. Must have the hats.
Wow. Tough crowd 😉
Agreed Dena, I think her lack of life experience really shows through. Diana had more experience at 19 than this chick who is over a decade older.
For example-diana went on holiday with her girlfriends. Kate goes on hols with mummie and daddy. Even still as a married woman.
Diana lived in a flat with her girlfriends and had a real job in a kindergarten. Kate had a fake job with mummie and daddy. That’s after she threw in her fake job at clothing chain Jigsaw. After she wanted too much time off to chase manchild william. And after she was asked to use ‘excel’ and do some simple data entry.
Never heard the data entry reason for quitting before now. Where can I read more about that?
I guess my uncle had a fake job with his father too . It only became a real Job once my grandfather retired
Come on Hannah, you know it’s not the same thing.
There is one huge difference.
Kate was born a ‘commoner’ whereas Diana was born to a Viscount and Viscountess.
Her whole life she grew up living the lifestyle whereas Kate was onto introduced in adulthood.
What? How does that excuse Kate’s well-reported laziness?
– Queen Elizabeth is still going strong at 86;
– Her mother died at 102;
– Prince Charles is a healthy 64 – it’s reasonable to expect him to make it to 90 at least…
That little babu inside of Duchess Kate is going to have to wait a loooong time before it becomes Queen or King of Great Britain.
Back in the olden days, there used to be a lot more turnover in that job. 🙂
yes, this baby will be the “next” Charles… a very old heir. Should there still be a monarchy, he/ she will be 60+/- years old. The waity-heir! It´s in his/her genes…
I dunno, the Queen really could go at any time ad at 64 Charles is around 10 years behind his expected life span, so William could be King sooner than people think.
@ Kaiser. How’s about highlighting some other royals for a change? Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden? Letizia, Princess of the Asturias? There is another royal wedding coming up (Sweden in June). There are lots of other royals to highlight and CeleBitch about here. Pretty please?
In a few weeks, there will be a major royal event. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is retiring and her son will assume the throne. His wife is the fascinating Maxima from Argentina. International banking exec and fluent in 5 languages by the time she was 30. Works with the UN on inclusive microfinance. Impressive resume for a royal consort.
The gala will be a fashion and historic jewelry feast – especially with whatever bling Maxima will bring to the table. Here’s hoping we’ll see that here on CeleBitchy!
Maxima is great!!! She´s so real and full of charisma. And Victoria and Daniel are so cute.
i am looking forward to Queen Maxima.
I have been impressed with her resume for a long time. She’s done so much with the platform she’s been given. And i really enjoy her wardrobe.
Longer hemline. Thank God. This is so much better than yesterday’s.
I don’t know why she bothers with the too-short coats when she can wear something like this.
Someone seen the pics of the Kate-doll (not Kate, i mean a real doll 🙂
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/05/article-2304415-191BD842000005DC-584_634x777.jpg
The best lookalike-doll ever!
Wow. @Elly that doll is creepily lifelike. Its a bit freaky actually, mainly due to the hair…
That coat looks awful, the fabric and color. But at least the length is better.
That color reminds me of a nasty orange-red crayola crayon, it washes her out. The texture even worse. and those black tights and suede boot again. Yuk
I love her curls and hope she brings them back.
I don’t like pregnant women who dye their hair (or smoke for what its worth).
“The Countess of Strathearn” sounds like a wealthy divorcée looking for some strange.”
LOL
She looks great. I love the coat & scarf. I love coral! My hair is almost as long as Kate’s, mine’s curly so it hangs a couple inches shorter than hers, and I frequently wear my hair up in the winter. My hair gets wrapped up with my scarves, coat collars, purse straps, backpack straps, seatbelts, etc. It’s just easier to get it up & out of the way when I’m wearing so many layers.
@britishroyals: Added to Kate’s diary today: (1) school counseling program (April 23, Manchester) & (2) Princess Cruises ship naming (June 13, Southampton)