I’m using photos of Duchess Kate and Prince William from their previous appearances this week. Kate made two appearances (in one day!) and William… I guess he made two appearances in a day on Monday as well. Quite honestly, this week might be the last time we see them this summer. We all know that everyone has been working overtime on Anmer Hall so poor William and Kate can have some “proper downtime.” And thank God they’re finally getting around to hiring some much-needed staff to… well, to do something. Make it look like they’re very, very busy! CHOP-CHOP!
When Prince William married Kate Middleton, courtiers stressed the newlyweds would have a modest household with few staff. Three years on, the couple have, however, quietly made another major appointment to their swelling number of attendants. They have taken on their first equerry from the Armed Services to help manage their affairs. He is 27-year-old Irish Guards officer Captain Florian Graham-Watson, who will be perfectly placed to seal the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s love affair with America. He has just become engaged to his American girlfriend, Celia Campbell, and their wedding is likely to be held in the U.S. next year.
Captain Graham-Watson’s appointment is the latest new member of staff at Kensington Palace. In March, Wills and Kate took on a nanny, the Spaniard Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, despite earlier suggestions that they would not employ a full-time carer for Prince George, who celebrates his first birthday next month. William already has a private secretary, Miguel Head, while Kate has her own official, Rebecca Deacon.
They are served by two press officers, Ed Perkins and Nick Loughran, while they also benefit from the advice of several officials, including former diplomat Sir David Manning. And last year, the couple employed their first orderly, a young Fijian-born corporal from the Parachute Regiment, whose role involves chauffeuring, logistics and even organising William’s wardrobe. They also have an Italian housekeeper, Antonella Fresolone.
A Kensington Palace spokesman says Captain Graham-Watson’s appointment was not announced because it ‘is only temporary’, adding: ‘We anticipate a permanent equerry will be recruited in due course.’
I’m a very gauche American, so I do need some help translating some of these job titles. Is “equerry” like a private secretary, an assistant or some kind of butler? A combination of all of the above, perhaps? By Katie Nicholl’s count, William and Kate now have a personal staff of 12, half of which have been added in the past year. Nicholl also says that Will and Kate are looking to hire a full-time cook sometime soon too – you know how it is, there just isn’t enough time in the day to actually hire all of the staffers one needs. Nicholl also points out that Kate now has “two additional female aides who help with letter writing and calling in clothes for the royal wardrobe.” How many letters is she really writing? Seriously? And I don’t think the nannies are included in the “staff of 12” number.
When Kate and William first got married, the palace propaganda machine churned out stories about how “normal” they were and how they barely needed any staff and Kate loves to cook for William and Kate wants to do everything for herself. I said at the time that they would NEED staff, like a press secretary and assistants to keep their schedules straight, because I assumed that Will and Kate would keep a decent schedule back then. Now that I’ve seen how little they work and how much they vacation, I take it all back. There is absolutely no reason for taxpayers to fund a staff of 12 (probably much, much more) for these royals who do so little.
PS… I wonder if the royal bum-watcher is the unlucky 13th staffer.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
A staff of 12-13 people for two adults and a baby? Yowza, that’s one heck of a ratio. I mean, I wouldn’t say no to having someone to organize my wardrobe, but W+K seem like they’d have plenty of free time to sort their trousers by color or whatnot. 😛
All I have to say about this is…”Captain Florian Graham-Watson”. You Brits are top-notch in the name game. Exquisite. If he’s a ginger I’m coming over to apply for parlormaid.
Kri – I was thinking the exact same thing!!! Florian!!!
My elderly neighbor’s name is Florian and I just love it!! (We’re in America, btw).
I have a first cousin named like that. Here is pretty common, but we have pretty musical names anyway. I am not in America btw. If i start with my family name…..
Too bad his fiancé isn’t named Jonquil 😉
Those two press officers need to work a little harder at keeping up with what the people are saying about the non existant work ethic of the two of them and encouraging to work a little more.
They don’t call it ‘The Firm’ for nothing. There’s a fundamental lack of understanding about what they do, it’s beyond a ‘role’ and in modern and relative terms very, very much an all encompassing and extremely demanding career.
Bring on the republic.
They threw a staff dinner last Christmas for 27, so the number is possibly low, or staff were allowed to bring a guest. If they all lived together, a ratio of 4 staff per person would seem excessive, esp. given their lack of appearances and lightweight tour. However, I suspect that William, Kate and the baby are rarely in one place all at the same time, which would require more minders.
Sorry, Ollyholly, my comment was not meant as a reply to yours. Don’t know how that happened.
Staff and people that work as a part of the Royal Household are different.
We do it in the US — make worthless discriminations on things to create a different image. Great example is how and what the military does vs Dept of Defence (DoD). Y’all are getting hoodwinked and ya just don’t know.
*LadySlippers*
So what is the difference between staff and royal household exactly? What kind of jobs are those 27 people doing?
Peri: Royal Household is an all encompassing term, but the office staff are are generally called staff whereas the domestic staff are household staff.
27 was office staff + household staff.
•LAK•
Thank you so much for explaining it better than I did! I could not, for the life of me, grasp how to explain it. My brain refused to comply. Lol.
Oh well!
Thanks again. 😊
Ah, LAK, my fave source for all things Royalty related! ;-D
The Original Bellaluna! How have you been? Missed your wit around here. Hope everything is on an even keel? 🙂
Wow, did she ever get lucky. She looks as old as Camilla.
I don’t know of it’s the makeup or what, but she is not aging well.
God, I was just coming here to say the same.
That means the gloves are off as there is no more photoshopping. She looks like the real Kate. Reminds me of the painting from last year everyone was up in arms about. Its just her.
She looks like a different person with photoshop…very confusing!
One of those pictures in particular does not look retouched. And she does look much older than early 30s.
I guess this demonstrates that all the frequent beauty treatments in the world won’t override damage and / or genetics.
This is how royals live. Period, end of sentence.
Yeah, I’m kind of like “Duh!” These are the future kings, I mean, of course they have a staff. And of course Kate has a nanny. I’m a stay-at-home mom and I would hire a nanny if I could! Or maybe I’d hire a dishwasher/laundry folder instead. That’s more like it.
Stef, I’m in for the laundry folder. Does she put away too? That would be my absolute dream!
Sienna, oh yeah, that is half the battle.
STEF I remember scrubbing the kitchen floor while a babysitter played outside with the kids, and thinking WAIT A MINUTE.,, something is very wrong here! I should be paying a floor scrubber!
It is how they live. And this isn’t a big deal. Or it would be less of a deal had they not said from the time of engagement they will not have these staffers. Stories were put out that they continue to not have them. That’s why the christmas party they threw for the staffers (of 1 home) were 27. But that included cooks.
At this point I read the titles and go “Of course they say that”. I just wonder who believes this anymore. Especially after the staffer party and the fact that the are royals.
Of course it is. The issue isn’t that they have staff, it’s that they’re quietly hiring staff after making such a big song and dance about not hiring staff. They’re royals – no one expects them to be ‘just like us’, but that’s the story they were peddling at the start of the marriage, so it seems hypocritical now.
And this is what makes me frustrated – the palace does not communicate with the plebs with any respect: only with contradictory messages, and no agenda that is open and understandable. I would feel patronized and ignored (if I were a British citizen).
Her blush just cracks me up. Stripes of awful rose. Truly mystifying how no one tells her how awful it looks.
Awwww, how on earth do they get by on only 12 staffers? Must be torture being so down to earth and making do with the bare minimum.
•eliza•
GoodNames and I have said the VERY same thing! I take it you must feel their pain. There there dear. I’m sure you’ll find a few million somewhere to be able to hire a few people to assist you. It’s so _terribly_ dreadful to be understaffed.
*clucks comfortingly*
She really should take a makeup class because she has a heavy hand with the foundation, the blush, and the eyeliner (which I’m really starting to think is permanent).
The poor dears are barely scuffling by,eliza.
•Mia•
According to some reports — she did. 😳
I think no one told her that nighttime make isn’t to be worn in the daytime. And woman wear different types/kinds of make-up depending on the event. Ya know, kinda like clothing…
(Again this points to someone with no professional experience and very little awareness)
… Or just hire a make up artist. What’s one more staffer?
@LadySlippers, she took a makeup class? Lawd. Her make up earlier in the day would have been fine. All she needed was to freshen up, not apply more foundation and more blush on top of what she already had on her face.
I wonder if she wears it that way for the same reason that dancers/performers lay it on thick. So that she doesn’t look washed out in photographs or from a distance?
I do believe she wears all that makeup for photographs, but the problem is it also looks BAD in photographs. Her hair usually looks generally the same but it rarely looks exactly the same because she has someone else/multiple people doing it and they make subtle to large changes from time to time. I think she would benefit from this if she had a makeup artist – someone to say maybe a little less eyeliner today, just this once.
2 things here.
1. Kate is rumored (or confirmed?) to have had a bad experience with professional makeup. Or she didn’t like it. It’s said her makeup for her wedding was professionally applied, but she didn’t like it so she wiped it all off and reapplied it.
2. I thought only Real Housewives and people of a less than classy nature in the USA wore makeup that thick. Turns out it’s a UK thing too! The ladies here turned me onto a terrible show The only Way Is Essex. The ladies there wear their makeup that thick all the time. It’s absurd to me. I think Kate has listed it as 1 of the shows she watches.
At least Kate has photoedits to dull and blend the tones better.
FLORC
In view of your first point I can actually believe that Kate may have wiped the professional job off on her wedding day. I think that she’s so used to seeing her face with the heavy eye liner etc that when she sees it more subtle, i.e appropriate – that she thinks it’s not enough and the makeup artist is wrong. I wish someone could explain to her that different isn’t necessarily bad, just different, and all she needs to do is spend a few days adjusting to the face looking back at you in the mirror.
I know it is so easy to get in a make-up rut – certainly when I head off to work I do the same thing everyday!
Also just a little snark – I grew up in Essex and no, all girls do not wear our makeup that thick. Please do not judge all of us on a hideous TV show!
I met a Miss America during my husband’s tour in the military. Her make-up was so thick that I was just stunned – it was ugly – it was for the cameras.
Don’t worry, they’ll bring out George tomorrow at Trooping the Colour for some good PR and all will be forgotten.
TTC is tomorrow, thanks for the heads up. Here’s my prediction. Kate will be wearing a new McQueen dress that is red and a new potato chip hat by the Taylor designer. I looooove the hats – even the ugly ones.
with the rate of unemployment in the UK as it is, i cannot understand why people are pooh-poohing her.
she is to be commended for quietly opening a new branch of the Jobcentre @ Kensington Palace, and providing employment for the otherwise jobless, in such a nurturing and safe environment.
Sarcasm!?
Sarcasm + joke.
I was really surprised that she didn’t make an appearance at the SVC Summit.. Mainly because it is such a huge issue. 4 Day event. And the Countries most affected are in her backyard.
It could have been such a big thing for her to put her face to. Not in a showy way; but really something of greats substance. Camilla was the face of the family. Not bad.. But it could have been something Kate could have rallied young women behind. Shame this opportunity was missed.
Camilla is actively involved in rape charities, so it’s right that she met with AJ.
It is a shame, Lisa2, and sometimes I wonder about Kate’s smarts. Bully for Camilla getting involved, for this issue touches all of us. Rape is the culmination of patriarchal attempts to dominate women.
Didn’t William also have a valet/dresser on their last tour? And doesn’t Waity’s assistant also have an assistant? Including nannies, seems like the number is a heck of a lot more than 12. And what about that Chrismas dinner where the Dolittles feted a staff of 22 or more? And though not technically staff, how about all those RPO’s? And who’s paying for them all?
Where is the ‘work’ from the Dolittles to explain/justify all this necessity?
A more senior Royaloonie needs to weigh in for all of it, but RPO’s are taxs and Charles is said to pick up Kate’s clothing expense with his Dutchy
This i’m more ok with than the maldives first visitors vacation. The security and expenses regarding security alone was nuts! Did the resort cover that too?
I will eat Kate’s pringles shaped hat if it did.
•Florc•
Senior Royal Loonie reporting for duty ma’am! 😉
Yes, the RPO’s are 100% paid for *directly* by the UK tax payer. Exceptions are when a person or royal doesn’t ‘qualify’ for them and then the bill is footed by the Royal that wants said protection which doesn’t apply to the Cambridge’s. (But did apply to Camilla prior to her marriage and post-removal of Beatrice and Eugenie’s RPO’s. Charles personally paid for Camilla’s protection officers whilst Andrew paid for his daughters’ protection officers).
The Cornwall Duchy does indeed pay for all Royal work-related expenses for Charles’ branch of family. So that includes:Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, and Harry.
Why do two people who barely work need that many people? I understand the nannies. I even could understand sharing a secretary and the PR office, but all those people? Give me a break. But heh…someone is getting paid and not having much to do.
Boom. Exactly. I do believe they are people in their roles require lavish residences and a large official staff, and I wouldn’t begrudge them that if they weren’t putting the cart before the horse. These are perks for people who WORK.
I get your point that W&K should do something to try to justify their existence and wealth, from a PR perspective. BUT…royalty by virtue of being royalty is an inherited position. They get perks (or, everyone but the sovereign gets perks) regardless of whether they work or don’t work or are liked by the public or not.
Doesn’t their house have something like 20+ rooms? I could see why they need help to clean that.
JayGee, although royalty is an inherited position, through out history there have been coups and warmongering, and jockey-ing for the position. I think that back in the days of chieftains, leaders were chosen for their wisdom. One very successful American Indian tribe had three elders who were women, chose the chief, because they knew the temperaments of the varying men, and who would best serve the community. My point is that kings and queens, although no longer engaged politically, people still want to look up to them as leaders, hence the complaining that they do not.
On the other hand, Charles justifies his attitude by past princes and kings. But this isn’t the olden days. I seriously wonder if he has not passed on this entitled attitude to his sons.
Since Prince Charles has a staff of 124, I think 12 people *is* having a lean staff, by palace standards. Press officers and private secretaries/people who answer correspondence are pretty standard. A chauffer and a housekeeper are to be expected; right or not, Royals have never done all their own cleaning and driving. And the nanny is totally necessary when they can’t exactly call up random babysitters every time they need someone to watch the kid.
Yes, when they first got married they said they wanted to be low key with fewer staff. And they were, according to these articles — they had half as many people (basically just private secretaries and press officers) before they had George and moved to KP.
12 is office staff. Not their entire household. They held a christmas party for 27 staff in 2012 of whom 6-8 were identifiable as office staff.
The Katie Nicholl article seems to be saying 12 total (she’s counting the equerry and household staff). And I know people love that Christmas party number, but we don’t actually know who those 27 people were — I think it’s more likely they included the security team and/or people who aren’t full-time staff (like her hairdresser). I think if they had 27 full-time staff, someone would have heard something about who the other 15 of them are.
Esti
Aren’t many of them staffers for that household. Like Amner Hall has it’s own staff as well? It’s silly to think their house staff has to split up or run elsewhere to ready another home for them while in another.
and didn’t a few of thoses 27 staffers go to the pub and vent how they waited to watch skyfall for the movie, but William changed it to Breaking Dawn (because he’d already saw skyfall and hadn’t seen the Twilight movie) and then didn’t even attend?
People love that Christmas party number because it was reported, Esti. A Christmas party for 27 staff. It was only reported (last year’s wasn’t) because Kate was pregnant and had that morning sickness thing yet was about to go to this party.
Esti: The office staff for all the royals is always public.
The household are seldom identified and i’m very surprised we learnt about the Valet and the nannies as that isn’t the standard procedure.
Bodyguards are never counted as household staff.
Staff parties at BP or for the royals’ own household staff is everybody excluding bodyguards. The new hairdresser seems to be on permanent staff, so she might be included, but they wouldn’t include the owner of the salon because that isn’t staff.
The restaurant confirmed the 27 number and that the booking was made for WK’s household staff.
If not for the blabbing restaurant owner, who was very proud of the booking, we would never have found out at all just how many people they employed even as they played the no staff card.
That said, the number of staff shouldn’t really shock anyone because these numbers are pretty standard for the royals.
At minimum working royal needs (and has) diary secretary, an Equerry/executive assistant, someone to sort out the mail, PR assistant, a general office assistant, a research assistant -> 6people for one person. Double that for a couple.
For engagements, they’ll also need a LIW or two.
The LIW will bleed into the Household staff just as a dresser bleeds into Office staff for official engagements.
•LAK•
I’m just brain farting today but aren’t there a few key roles that are still missing??? And I mean beyond the house staff of butler, housekeeper, house maids, footmen, cooks etc..
Anyhoo, y’all, LAK is correct. There is a lot that goes on behind closed doors that we rarely gets glimpses of and does require an enormous amount of assistance.
The term ‘Royal Household staff’ covers a load of people! Even people who work in department of the police which supports the RPOs are considered part of the household staff even though they are separately employed by the police. The perk was always receiving the posh christmas puddings from the Queen each christmas…
LS: there will also be assistants to the household positions eg an under butler, assistant housekeeper/chef/cook/nannies/dressers, several cleaners, drivers, gardeners.
Considering location of their various homes, not all staff are willing to work nationwide, so they’ll have a set for each home with afew cross overs who will be willing to move between homes.
The fact that they are rumoured to have 9 staff bedrooms at KP is a good indicator of size of domestic staff. And don’t forget that not all staff is live in.
The issue of the “lean” staff that their PR made much of is, think, just another example of the gap that exists been what the royals consider “normal” and what most people consider normal. What is “normal” isn’t a fixed concept but depends on context and living curcumstances. I just illustrates that the Cambridges isn’t really in really in touch with the lives of most people in their country. Their “normal” is not our “normal”.
Unless your name is Queen Elizabeth, there will never be a justification for having a staff that large. They do nothing. Nothing.
Actually, there is A LOT of stuff to do in the background in a Royal Household. A LOT. For example, they probably receive hundreds of letters a week from people so they hire people to respond to each and every one…
And there is a site or place that explained exactly what each and every position does. For the life of me I can’t remember details but I’ll try to dig it up or find the source. Once you see it explained it makes more sense.
Why are they keep on increasing their staff when neither one of them have ant intention of increasing their work load? Also are we still pushing the’normal, down to earth’ couple image? Is there anyone stupid enough to still believe this normal, down to earth crap ? Why does a woman who live such a spoiled, lazy and luxurious life with no to little work looks so rough, old ? Her charity EACH is trying to raise 10 million for their new facility, why isn’t their patroness the most kind and generous woman in England helping them? Isn’t helping charities is one of the strongest royalist argument in favour of RF? Is it because Queen didn’t allow Kate to do more then shopping, hiring people, taking vacations, decorating mansions? Is it because Charles is jealous or broke? Is it because William it’s lazy and hence his wife also have to be lazy?
So many questing…………
I feel like this doesn’t get brought up enough. Even when she does work, it’s rare that she actually patronages one of her patronages.
That buzzfeed article made me wonder. How the courtiers had to work to find a charity that would accept Kate. One would think most would jump at the chance, but maybe well established ones were selective.
It made me think about the charity that had to cancel it’s fundraising auction because of lack of interest. Kate to her credit did donate, but it was a thoughtless donation of a throwaway gift it seemed.
Did you see EACH’s new campaign centered around George’s birthday? People love George, so this might work, but it’s really sad that George’s mother won’t do her part to bring needed funds to this organization.
I don’t know how much work we’ll see from them over the rest of the summer (I know they have a couple of official things on the books), but I’m sure Kate will make it a priority to be back at Wimbledon this month.
Historically, equerries handled the horses. Not sure about now.
Well, Seabiscuit does need his oats.
I’m hoping that one of the staff is a STYLIST who can help Duchass cull her wardrobe of the ugly things like that damned hat.
The blonde lady who was papped talking to Kate at the rugby game in AUS/NZ is in charge of her wardrobe however Emilia D’langer (sp?) also doubles up as a some time wardrobe stylist.
ah, thank you. Let me revise my comment to suggest Kate find a NEW stylist!! 🙂
Say what you went about Diana,Princess of Wales but she had such a strong work ethic! I’m sure the difference is she was married to the direct heir to the throne versus Katherine,Duchess of Cambridge,but William came along very early in their marriage and she was patroness of so many various charities-no one begrudged the numerous staff members due to Charles&Diana’s work ethic
Kaiser, An Equerry is an executive assistant. They tend to assist the male royals though HM has Equerries and I think that’s due to her position rather than gender.
They are sourced from the military.
Their schedule is public … they are scheduled or are expected to attend other events this summer …
• On June 14, 2014, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to attend the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London.
• On June 16, 2014, the annual Order of the Garter will take place. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are not confirmed to attend but they have attended in past years.
• On June 17-21, 2014, Royal Ascot will take place. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are not confirmed to attend but they have attended in the past. The Queen and other members of the royal family will be in attendance.
• On July 5, 2014, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the ceremonial start of theTour de France at Harewood House in Yorkshire.
• On August 4, 2014, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with Prince Harry, will mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War I in Mons, Belgium.
Other than security, I don’t see much in the way of “work” regarding these events. Ascot is for fun, it’s not a royal engagement, and they have box seats.
Kate’s also doing an event at Bletchley Park on the 18th, and in late July they’ll both be at the Commonwealth Games (along with Harry).
The schedule sounds like what a tourist would like to do. Not work at all, but just some sight-seeing.
Genuine question.
What’s happened to the Duchess’ face? Since quite recently, it just looks different to me. Veryy…bony. It could be that she has lost a lot of weight running after George, but then I thought that’s what she hired the nannies to do.
Genuine answer.
After seeing her in that lace McQueen at the garden party and comparing her previous appearance in it, i’m convinced that she has lost more weight than pre-pregnancy. It was tighter in the previous appearance.
I also don’t think she works out like she used to because her muscle tone is different. She looks softer than before.
LAK you seem very knowledgeable so I’m asking a long range question here.
Was the lower left side of her mouth always crooked? I’ve looked at pics, and it didn’t seem to be pre-engagement. I don’t know if that is because of weight-loss, botox or enhancements. No judging, but just wondering if it’s a sign she’s starting to get a bit extreme with the vanity. She ought to be careful or she’ll end up like Nicole Kidman and her lips!
Shaz – her jaw/cheek is noticeably crooked and it certainly wasn’t during the engagement, wedding or the first year of marriage. I’m not quite sure how one’s face becomes lopsided though.
@ LAK. I think you are right about that. She does look softer – and much thinner. This can’t be good.
Shazbot/ curiouscole/vava: you are all right. Her jaw and chin are more pronounced in a way they weren’t before the wedding, but i don’t know what can possibly cause that outside of dental treatment.
or she’s so thin now that what we couldn”t see before is now more pronounced or perhaps it’s how she maintain her new accent. Some words have to be pronounced differently and as that becomes her natural way of speaking, it appears that her jaw and chin are different? don’t forget she is often photographed mid-sentence so that could be why she looks different <– completely reaching, but i've been giving this some thought and that's all i can come up with.
thoughts?
LAK 4:36 and others – interesting discussion. Perhaps there is no change in her jaw/lips and we’re just noticing her extant facial asymmetry for the first time. Everyone’s face is asymmetrical (left vs right side) but we rarely perceive it.
Also some effect(s) (maybe a combination of camera angle, her hair not hanging in her face plus photoshop/makeup/recent fillers) cause me to focus on her lower face instead of the eye area.
Dailymail has done a few interesting stories about face symmetry. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1367633/Perfect-symmetry-How-look-sides-face-identical.html
A few celebrities photos using Muggum to show facial asymmetry.
http://www.bellasugar.com/Muggum-Shows-Even-Beautiful-People-Have-Uneven-Faces-14542686
If I can find a good photo of Kate looking straight into the camera, I will use Photoshop to mock up her face similar to the DM piece.
Funny, as I clicked on the link and started reading the article, I suddenly realised that this person – AND her husband AND her son AND her entire family, including her in-laws – bore me beyond words.
What’s funny about it is that it took me so long to realise this.
Why would they be anything BUT boring?
Did I need to write this?
Probably not.
But THAT’s how bored by them I am being.
🙂
I feel the same. There are only so many ways one can comment on how boring her style is, how bad her makeup is, how old she looks and how inert she and Willy are. It’s starting to feel like I’m watching two sloths at the zoo…zzzzzz. OT but about the family, I read that Pips is going to bike across America for charity. Now, that’s exciting, NOT. This young woman would do anything to avoid getting a regular job.
Hahahaha, two sloths at the zoo! 🙂
I must say the image is oddly appropriate.
I read about Pips & James’ upcoming bike trip, yes.
Not too exciting, I agree. (And I think there are probably better ways of raising money for charity.)
But hey, at least they’ll be working their muscles and putting in some effort!
That’s more than what we’ve come to expect from this family (the parents excluded – they did work).
I admit it, they are very boring people. Honestly, I am just tired of seeing Kate’s photo’s. But I really love the critical thinking that goes on here with this blog. I enjoy it, and that’s why I keep coming back.
I find it odd that they would hire a cook – unless it is for when they are hosting a dinner or party. Seriously, with Kate’s stringent dietary regimen, it seems like a waste of money to have a cook on staff when she wants to be in control of the meals.
An equerry??? Seriously, more than a letter writer, personal trainers, stylists, etc., what Kate needs right now is a dietician (sp?) and a therapist to help her get over her eating disorder.
+1
Sad, but true, IMO. She does not look healthy at all and one reason may be that it’s self-inflicted.
All I can say is I’m proud to not be a Brit and not have to pay for these people’s lifestyle. If British people allow this to happen it must be because they don’t mind. If I could have a stuff of 12, live in nice houses and not do much while everyone else was paying for it, I would absolutely do just that! Lol
These 2 are a drain on the taxpayers if the UK. They really are the laziest couple I have ever seen. Of they applied for a job with me their resume won’t even pass HR screening. And this is the future ruling couple? Good luck UK. Maybe she’ll wear underwear to the coronation and actually do something with her hair and make up. They don’t need all that staff. When they start working maybe some staff but the average mother in the UK world harder in 1 week than she does in 6 months.
“If they applied for a job with me their resume won’t even pass HR screening.”
Interesting. And true, of course.
I wonder, has the Royal household given it any thought?
Twelve people is a bit much. Obviously, they are trying hard to appear like real royalty. Maybe they could just be less greedy and worthless. What could they possibly need all those people for? To wait on them hand and foot? Sounds like they’re running a nudist colony!!