Duchess Kate is working her fingers to the bone! Poor Kate. All she wants to do is get her hair done and maybe spend a few days on some marathon shopping excursions, but the new press secretary is hellbent on proving that Kate is a charitable workhorse. So Kate was sent out to attend a reception for the 1851 Trust, which is about sailing and getting kids involved in sailing and the America’s Cup. She had to go all the way to Portsmouth and spend time with Sir Ben Ainslie. Poor thing.
Kate is around six to seven months pregnant right now – people keep saying she’s due in April, so the math is right. She’s carrying well, it seems. If anything, I think she looks smaller during this pregnancy than with her first. Maybe that’s just the effect of a decent coat though. This white coat with a belted higher waist is from Max Mara Studio Gilles. It costs £810, or about $1400. I actually like this look a lot, and that’s saying something. Do I wish I could tweak the styling a little bit? Sure. I’m not completely sold on that tiny little belt but I like that she went with navy accents all around (shoes, sapphires and clutch). Very nautical. I also think it’s obvious that this coat was originally very BUTTONY, but she had the buttons taken off – you can still see the indentations. That’s bad.
And here’s a Classic Kate thing: she was spending time with kids painting a mural. So of course she wore a white coat, thus limiting her ability to interact with the paint-covered youth. You can read more about the trip here.
Also: the dress under the coat was just a basic-looking polka-dotted maternity dress.
The Duchess of Cambridge meets members of the local sailing community in the @SpinnakerTower in #Portsmouth pic.twitter.com/rPTvjdOzwl
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) February 12, 2015
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Who wears a white coat to paint? Our Duchess, that’s who!
Beat me to it!!! I guess it speaks to how “hands on” she is.
And if she wore a dark color she’d be getting trolled for not wearing bright colors around kids.
No. It’s simply not practical to wear white when being around paint.
You can’t argue against the practicality. Well, you can try.
Yep, I was enjoying the white coat until I saw her painting and scratched my head once again over the choice and impracticality of the color.
wearing white around KIDS isn’t exactly practical, either! LOL
lol.
She is ageing fast, her skin looked so lined in some candid shots on Twitter, ..but on a positive note she does look better with weight on and I like the coat.
Not sure why she went with white for a painting outing,…. maybe she should have let the kids paint on it and worn it again later.
Its a coat not a straight jacket , she would more than likely take it off inside.
She did take it off, her dress under was cute. Polka dots, I think.. .
Its little sail boats actually!
That was cute. 🙂
That’s cute.
My biggest complaints… Hair not pinned back, shoes and clutch do not match. And for whatever reason I always prefer a grayish shade of blues or greens with boats.
Overall though she did well. *golf clap*
theme dressing again.
Just here to say that her hair and make up look out of date. But then so is the concept of monarchy. Byeee…
I want to be able to give them the benefit of the doubt, Will and Kate; however, I have yet to see an event at which Kate didn’t look like she was scanning for an assistant to cue them to rush up to her to tell her there’s a royal emergency and they all have to leave immediately.
+1
It’s because she never looks directly into a camera. I saw it on a program here in England “How To Be Posh” – a documentary type show featuring Tatler magazine. They were saying how she purposefully looks above or below the camera line so that no one has a direct shot of her. I mean that takes effort, no?? Who are we to say she doesn’t work at anything!
Actually she does. There are hundreds of pictures of her looking directly at the camera from every single one of her engagements.
I saw that program and thought it was a bollocks excuse they were giving for not using her as their cover girl especially because they’ve used her lots of times before.
Lol
I was going to say she looks at the lense all the time. Directly at it with various expressions.
It’s not a mark against her. It’s just what she does.
Whittaker mentioned her camera-seeking years ago, right?
Lol!
Whitaker had Kate’s number early on.
🙂
Wow, I can’t believe they took off the buttons and were ok with the indents they left behind. They should of just kept them on then. The coat is nice but I agree about the too thin belt as well.
They didn’t remove any buttons. That’s the backside of the snaps you’re seeing.
I have jackets and coats that close with snaps and you either see a round indent or a horizontal indent where the snap is sewn on the other side.
Yes. I have several coats that snap in that fashion. There’s no getting around some sort of indentation where the closure’s been sewn to the fabric. But that’s the way it’s been fashioned.
I have snaps on coats and they do not have to show on the outside. I don’t know why they are here. I always associated that trait with cheap quality.
FLORC – The horizontal stitching showing on the outside that attaches the snaps to the coat is an intended design element. I can see that by zooming in on the coat on retail websites.
Max Mara has done similar snap treatments on other garments. The machine-sewn design element for attaching the snaps reduces labor cost versus the hand-sewing labor that is the traditional way for attaching hidden snaps.
MinnFinn
I get it’s intended. It would have to be at that price tag.
I just think it looks cheap because i’ve only ever seen it as an unintentional design or to lower production costs (keep it cheap).
It didn’t have external buttons originally. You can check HRHDuchessKate for info about the coat and see the original design.
Oh ok, thanks for pointing that out 🙂
In addition, the dress underneath had a repeating pattern of red, white & blue sailboats ( not polka dots) which I thought was a cute touch for a children’s sailing organization. My question is, was she told that they wanted her to get involved with the painting, prior to her appearance? She was much more appropriately attired the last time an organization shoved a paintbrush in her hand, I believe.
I would think that her staff would have informed her before she left for the engagement so she could know what to expect. I would also imagine the activities she’ll do and the like are confirmed in advance. Don’t a lot of celebrities tend to show up for charity appearances and have just a limited amount of time? I’d imagine you have to keep the celebrity moving so that it’s an effective event instead of having them chatting with just one person for 30 minutes and then dashing out the door to get to the next event.
I think that it is a lovely coat but the indentations after the buttons offend my eye. I find that very often that alterations to her garments are done sloppily. I have no idea who does it – if it is a professional tailor then she/he should be ashamed. I realize that removing buttons may leave indentations that can’t be smoothed out but why not choose a coat without buttons in the first place?
It is, however, a lovely coat and I really like the shoes. This outfit is a rare win from Kate though the button indentation earns a demerit.
My problem is it’s a double-breasted style coat, and don’t those usually have buttons? Looks real budget like this. AND, I would’ve liked to see the collar, but that damn hair…
There were no buttons there. The indents are part of the coat, which pretty much ruins the look of the coat for me, esp. at that price. Kate loves her theme dressing, doesn’t she? I’m surprised there wasn’t a jaunty hat with a felt anchor on the top for her visit. As for her painting being a surprise, that wouldn’t happen, since these appearances are planned down to the last detail. I believe I see the new PR guy at her side in some of the pics. Good luck to the fellow.
My mistake about the buttons – however, the indentations ruin the look but the blames here is with the designer.
The same thing happened on that pink/teal Emilia Wickstead coat she wore (the teal version was in Australia, i can’t remember when she wore the pink one). There must be a better way to attach internal snaps. I like this outfit overall though. I like the light colour, even for painting. Its not like she sat down and spent a lot of time painting, she just put her little bit on the mural and moved on. I always love light colours at this time of the winter – i’m so tired of winter clothes and am craving spring, even just in colour!
I think the sailboats on the dress underneath is cute.
@DeDee –
“Kate loves her theme dressing, doesn’t she? I’m surprised there wasn’t a jaunty hat with a felt anchor on the top for her visit.”
Apparently she did keep up with her theme dressing. From hrhduchesskate’s blogspot website:
“In keeping with the nautical theme for today’s visit, Kate wore a dress with a distinctive sailboat print underneath. With thanks to @livelovelaughr for identifying it as the Somerset by Alice Temperley for John Lewis ‘Boats’ Dress. The red and black dress from the designers diffusion line retails for £99 at John Lewis.”
LNG
I will say this about her coat. She wasn’t sitting down at a table with finger painting toddlers, but her choice of wardrobe did automatically remove her from any chance of being more interactive. This is something lots of people do. They dress for style and not purpose. You dress to exclude yourself from activities. Like you don’t bring a bathsuit when your friends house you’re going to has a hot tub.
Anne
The skirt looked a little high on the leg.
I have this skirt and you get the same effect. Plus pockets! It only has 1 layer of tulle so it isn’t a poofy or long as it appears.
When I saw the skirt my mind jumped to my skirt.
FLORC: But no matter what she is wearing she’s not going to want to get paint on it (unless she wears old painting clothes, which i’m going to say is unlikely and would be inappropriate for an event like this). Even if the coat/dress/whatever was black she still wouldn’t want to get any coloured paint on it.
She’s shown that she can dress for the activities she will be doing when she wore jeans and a hoodie to the scouts event. The whole point of that event was interacting with the kids and getting messy. That wasn’t the point of this event. Its February and the mural is outside. She did her little bit on the mural and then moved on, its not like she was to spend 30 minutes painting. From the pictures it looks like the other kids with paint brushes are older in any event, so wearing a white coat isn’t going to stop her from chatting with them for a few minutes while they paint.
The activities are planned minutely in advance, her team knows what she’ll be doing at the event. She frequently doesn’t dress for the activity.
She wore wedge heels to do “sport” with some kids (jumping over/around the stack of cans). She choose an $8000 custom Burton wool coat dress and high heeled boots to run around a hockey pitch. White coat for painting – not dressing for the activity. What would her reaction have been if a kid got paint on the coat? Maybe she wouldn’t care, because she didn’t pay for it.
Her dress didn’t prevent her from participating in any of those activities. She jumped over the cans and she played on the hockey pitch. Would she have been better at it in sneakers? Probably. But she didn’t decline to participate.
Of course the activities are planned minutely in advance. That’s why she didn’t wear jeans and a hoodie to this event. For a few seconds of painting, its not necessary, and this event was not on where casual dress would be appropriate.
If a kid got paint on her coat I suspect she would have laughed about it and sent it to be dry cleaned.
LNG
Yes her outfits don’t prevent her from activities. They do hinder and limit her involvement though. If you show up to an event where there’s running involved wearing heels and a dress s likely a bad call. You can still run, but not well at all.
The thing is Kate dresses for appearance. Not to better serve and know her charities. I maintain these events are more of photo ops than Kate learning and colaborating with a charty to better serve the cause.
I also think had Kate had paint on her outfit she would laugh it off and send it to be cleaned or tossed. The possibility of that amount of money going towards an item being worn 1 time and never again might sting a bit more for us because we buy with our own earned funds. There’s a different perception of value.
Ok, so what would you have her wear to this event, exactly?
I vote trouser suit and low-heeled shoes. Appropriate for crouching/bending down to paint and meeting kids at eye-height. Also useful for playing around with the cranking machinery inside. Less likely that something will blow-up when she’s outside on the high balcony if she’s in trousers. (Part of this visit involved her going up in the tower and seeing the view from the outside balcony).
@notasugarhere……………….
The day I see this woman in a nicely tailored pant suit with low heels……….will be the day I die.
Not gonna happen.
LNG
We’ve had fun here dressing Kate. I’m with the ladies. A well tailored trouser suit in low heels would always be appropriate and lovely on Kate. IMO the Best way to show off your butt and legs is in trousers. Once you flash skin the illusion and mystery is gone.
A cream color with a navy blue blouse under neath would look nice. Maybe it could have a little neck sailor tie if she wanted to keep it themed.
And her hair in a loose braid. For jewelry some silver bracelets or necklace that had a celtic knot weave? I think gold wouldn’t go well with the cream.
Although, she is pregnant. Those loose dresses she wears might be for comfort and it is cute. Just her coat color is what many take issue with.
Nota
There are too many pics of Kate with children and she’s either hovering over them in a dress that prohibits bending while adults there are able to crouch down to their level.
Remember that yellow sun dress she flashed the cameras in? That was for a visit to meet with ill children. Panties are never optional when i’m around children.
FLORC, great ideas!
She wore skinny jeans for the 8 hour flight from Mustique. I think she could be comfortable in a trouser suit for 2 hours.
Nota
Skinny Jeans while pregnant seems painful. I would have opted for a loose full skirt or maxi style dress. though if William was there it’s what she does.
What gets me is Kate has access to designers and unlimited funds for clothes. That she steps out in poorly tailored or cheap looking clothes (that cost thousands) baffles me. I could dress that hell out of her.
If I were in charge there would be no miniskirts, jersey material, jeggings, or wedges! They would all be burned in a incinerator, which i’m sure BP or KP has.
Funny with Kate the press still mostly talks about what she wears.
She lacks substance .
Also this is her m-o …..Go on long holiday…then return and do a bit of work, to stop the negative.
What do you expect at this point?
She goes there. Smiles. Walks around. Shakes hands. Waves. Leaves.
She never speaks during these things or makes any show of intention to be a part of the event. It always seems like an event only to create a photo op for her.
And if she spoke at these things she wouldn’t be great at it, but she would get so much better. You always need practice. Even the best need practice. And she wouldn’t be the clothes horse that made an appearance. She’s be the Duchess and patron that voiced support for something.
Don’t you people have anything better to do?
LOL! Pot. Kettle. You’re such a comedian, Snarky.
I have a question about the “charity.” At least in my experience, most people who sail are extremely wealthy people, who have the funds to buy and maintain and store a sailboat, and they either teach their kids to sail themselves, or send them to “sail school” and then give them their own mini-sailboat for practice. Is this different in other countries? Do low-income rural or inner city children in England have such access to sailboats that a charity teaching them how to sail is worthwhile?
Kids need yachts more than food!
For real, it´s an embarrassment that people call this a CHARITY. And it is an embarrassment that Kate supports such a “charity” instead of real charities for people in need
To be fair, this lot are going to run STEM agenda programmes in schools and unis. It’s not about learning to sail at all. It’s the community and outreach branch of Ainslie’s Americas Cup ambitions and it won’t get state grants and funds unless it can demonstrate a) community outreach and b) sustainability of marine environment.
You might or might not think that a good patronage for Kate Cambridge, but what it isn’t is a charity so rich people don’t have to spend any of their oodles of dosh when their kids go sailing.
1851 Trust has nothing to do with low income children.
Its mandate is to educate young people about sailing and maritime industries, and to make marine industries (i.e. shipbuilding, science, engineering) viable and attractive career options for youth. ‘1851’ refers to the year of The Great Exhibition, which Prince Albert championed. That was seen as the pride of the old pomp and circumstance days of the Empire. The yachting thing is almost incidental, but ties to patriotism in that Britain has never won America’s Cup.
It took me about one minute on Google to find this out. It took someone else about the same time to find out about the button scandal. It would also take me about two minutes to discover that arts-based philanthropy is very important because it is the first to go when governments cut funding. The focus on “worthy” efforts for “deserving” poor sucks the soul out of the recipients and creates generational cycles of reliance, whereas endeavours that promote creativity encourage independence and provide a different sort of needed relief for low income people.
Now I’ll take about five minutes to wonder why this article was written at all – no facts, no insight, just snark.
And I took 5 seconds to wonder if you’re aware of the title of this website?
LOL @ NOTA!
@badrockandroll
Um… well. Ainslie is going full tilt to get a team together for the Americas Cup. It costs a lot of money and not all of it will be private. This is the charitable arm of his efforts, which he needs to attract funding for the main aim, which is the team.
It seems to be well thought-through in that it will address STEM encouragement and opportunities and promote marine conservation, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves and talk about it glowing philanthropic terms. It’s a means to an end and the end is enough money to finance an Americas Cup team.
You might want to try TWO minutes on Google next time. 😛
So badrockandroll…are we to surmise from your Grinch-like post that charities that provide things like educational opportunities for underprivileged youth, food programs for children from poor families, training for the mentally challenged so they can be useful members of society, safe hostels for abused women and their children, oh….I could go on and on….should be at the bottom of Kate’s longggg list of public promotions because…they get a surfeit of government funding already? That kind of logic is simply illogical and all the volunteers at these worthy kind of organizations must be shaking their heads in dismay that the 1851 Trust, which is basically about promoting the America’s Cup, gets the royal golden touch.
Everybody has a right to his and her own opinion. But this particular post reminded me of this little scene:
“At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge, … it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.”
“Are there no prisons?”
“Plenty of prisons…”
“And the Union workhouses.” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?”
“Both very busy, sir…”
“Those who are badly off must go there.”
“Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.”
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
Best thread today! LOL!
@anne_000 – you win the internets!!!
@Jaded – Thanks Jaded! I liked your post too. 🙂
Not only does Kate get (fairly) trolled for not working enough, but now she gets trolled for working for charities you don’t approve of? Apparently if she doesn’t conform to some people’s ideal for a princess everything single thing she does/wears/says will be wrong. Geesh.
chaine said nothing about Middleton. They were just asking general questions about access to sailing opportunities in the UK based on income levels.
Reading from the posts upthread and from comments in previous articles, apparently and allegedly, this particular ‘charity’ was created to help get funding for their main purpose: to get publicity and fulfill requirements to get funding to train and enter the America’s Cup race.
Though it’s a rich man’s sport, it doesn’t hurt to get funding from other places besides your own pocket.
Anne
Correct. This was always known to be a platform for the cup race and it was laughed at for that purpose. It’s not that Kate is getting mocked for attending a charity event. That’s oversimplifying the entire situation.
The royals are human, and if I were one it would bring me joy to be able to work and indulge a passion of mine at the same time. If sailing is one of Kate’s passions I think that’s great; however, the charitable arm does seem a bit self serving which is where the criticism comes from I guess.
Kate’s patron of the National Portrait Gallery as well. Her degree was in art history so it would make sense that she would want to partner with a huge gallery like that. Plus it’s historically significant to Great Britain.
Problem is we can all count Kate’s patronages on one hand. She’s barely bumped them up since she got married. I think that’s where some of the criticism comes from (although I agree that some people will never ever have a good thing to say about her) is because she picked an organization such as this when she only has a handful of others. No one would say anything to other royals whose patronages run into he high two figures or even three figures. But how many does Kate have? 6? 7?
Lol Bluhare
How many fingers do you have on 1 hand? it’s my professional opinion you should around 5 🙂
Kate has 8, but some have only had about 1 visit a year from her if that and she’s done next to nothing to help them raise funds or awareness outside of galas.
http://www.dukeandduchessofcambridge.org/the-duchess-of-cambridge/charities
She showed up to something. That’s nice. Way to go Jason. 5 hours of work total this year. Girlfriend needs another vacation.
Who wears white to paint a mural with kids? And if she wanted to wear white, why not wear the white Goat coat dress she wore last time she was expecting?
Agree. The coat is both blah and impractical.
I think the buttons are on the inside, so it’s supposed to look like that?
My issue is with the sleeves — they look they are too long for her.
Otherwise love the dress coat for an appropriate occasion (i.e., NOT painting with kids).
She does seem to be smaller with this pregnancy than the first. But she loves healthy and happy. I cannot wait to see the new baby.
From some angles she doesn’t even look pregnant!! Based on how body self-conscious she seems to be, that’s probably no accident.
No. She’s got a long torso. Not all women show the same way. Also in her last pregnancy Kate hit month 7 and started gaining. During her boat dedication/christening she wore that dalmation dress she appeared to have gained a lot. It’s just how some women carry. I have no doubt she’s exercising daily for a few hours though and watching her diet.
She looks great, but yeah. Looks like she had the buttons removed and didn’t have the time to iron the spots! Haha..
Try to stay more than a half hour!
Not fair. You have to include dressing, makeup, hair, and overall prep time + travel to and from event in with time actually spent. And she can’t spend all day there because she has a lot of shopping for home decorations, clothes, and jewelry with possble beauty salon trips. That’s a full day. Not including gym time with personal trainer.
She’s lucky she can fit a charity event in at all. We should be happy with that.
But FLORC, don’t you remember, she stays in shape by doing yoga and gentle walking!!! Trainer, schmainer!! 😉
I do Candice! The gente walking is also hill walking now too.
Sad thing is we’ve heard more official announcements about Kate’s diet and exercise habits than her charity work. And it usually after an uproar of people asking what she does all day that she can’t make time for a charity.
Here one nice thing i can say about the Royal family ,its a relief that they actually age gracefully. No crazy botox,fillers and plastic surgery.
HM, Anne, and Sophie fall into this category. Middleton doesn’t.
She does not look like she has had any work done, in previous threads they have mentioned that she may look older because she is a smoker. But she does not look botoxed up.
Loopy: When she isn’t pregnant, Kate is botoxed. mind you, her inbetween pregnancy botox application was light. not as bad as the time frame between her wedding – 1st pregnancy application. she was lacquered!!!
The tell is her eyebrows and her jowls which are very droopy without the botox. She looks ‘awake’ and less jowly when botoxed.
But Loopy, Kate is only 33. Normally, that’s a bit early to even notice someone’s aging “gracefully”? Kate has a round, naturally full face and the pregnancies seem to bring it back after her dieting phases. But when she’s not pregnant, I agree with Lak–she uses botox and the heavy makeup to cover premature wrinkles and skin flaws and damage.
I have experienced young women in the very beginning of their 20s starting to use botox, which is just so depressing.
I would be very surprised if she uses botox. She always looks the same to me.She’ll most likely remove her coat if she’s going to paint with children. I think she looks very pretty.
DoJ, close-ups during those times show the tell-tale “bunny lines” from botox.
The mural is outside. That is when she was painting, outside while wearing the white coat. She took the coat off inside to tour the facility, no kids or paint inside.
Kate had nose work done while in the girlfriend years , even though not mentioned, and those currents line on her forehead and around her eyes ,will probably disappear once she has the baby ,……with botox.
According to past comments, every photo of her is photoshopped to high heaven so how can we possibly tell if she uses Botox? Maybe it’s just the photoshop.
Pippa was spotted leaving a botox Center and then her mom was said to have visited just after. I think Kate has had injections although on the quiet, someone possibly brought in.
But it’s true she is heavily photoshopped so with her it’s harder to tell what is going on.
I’ve seen her in person and she is pretty but her skin isn’t great, hence the heavy makeup. If she were to lay off the tanning, cigarettes and bad diet her skin would be amazing – she had great skin during the girlfriend years.
Megan: Video and people’s camera phones. Also, once in a while, a less photoshopped picture is posted. Once, a completely un-photoshopped picture was posted together with a rather mean article from the DM (the infamous grey hairs. Funnily, every time that picture is re-posted, it’s been photoshopped such that it isn’t as bad as the original.
LAK
Ever since you pointed out the rabbit ears on the nose it’s always something i’m able to see with botoxed people.
Arthistorian
I know those women. The logic is to prevent them before they even start.
DoJ
Kate indeed has had botox. It’s more easily seen in her newly married era because it was done so heavily and often. She had veneers, nose, and lower lid lipo under her eye around wedding time as well. There’s no denying the veneers when she smiles big and compared to the year before smiles. The nose only gets bigger with age, not smaller. And her family has double under eye bags, but hers got greatly reduced pre wedding.
And a point of reference. Kate’s forehead has deep wrinkles. It happens. It’s not an insult. Like gordon Ramsey, but not to that extreme. So when they’re smoothed out you kow something has been done.
I’m not trashing her looks. Only pointing out there have been alterations.
Much like how everyone attacked her 1st official portrait for not looking like her and making her look bad. That was exactly how Kate looked and approved of the photo given as reference. It is what it is people.
Spot on.
At the Commonwealth Games in 2014 she was super botoxed. Esp in the pics inside with her in the sleeveless white shirt
I particularly enjoyed the line in the DM article (appears to have vanished in the latest version, but I swear it was in there initially) about how Kate has “been back at work since Tuesday.” Ahem. Are they just printing what Jason’s says verbatim?
Another line mentioned that she “showed off her ukulele skills” during one of her other events this week. Is DM baiting their readers to start making noise about engagements being announced after the fact (& not covered) or just going along with the new PR strategy? Or is this a both/and situation, I wonder.
who cares why she’s working. she’s working. let’s give her that.
Absolutely. I didn’t mean my comment to be snarky towards her, at all. Mostly I’m intrigued by the PR strategies & how they’re playing out. Side-eye towards the new PR guy and DM, yes.
But aside from all that, she’s out there working – which is more than I can say for William. Credit where credit is due!
I’m right there with you, but i’ve decided, i’m going to applaud every time she works. The bar has been set so low for this one.
One single, sideways, Middleton-style golf (tennis) clap per appearance?
That bar of basic standard. RIP you poor dear.
For a Max Mara coat, it should be perfect. This one isn’t, those snaps look tacky and the hem isn’t straight at the bottom. Where the coat crosses over, it doesn’t match up.
The Daily Mail didn’t do a very good job of photoshopping this time, that forehead!
Not a fan of the dress. Duchess, it’s time to wear maternity clothes.
If she’d ever stand up straight instead of thrusting her belly out, her hems would be straighter. Her posture leaves a lot to be desired.
Yea it’s poor posture and not really on the coat for an uneven hem. That is the case in other shots though.
When patients come in for physicals I’ll notice more tall and very thin girls hunch their shoulders forward and slouch. Mostly from a lack of proper fitness. They work out the main muscle groups, but fail to use the supporting groups.
Shoulders back, head up, and clavicles spread open. Kate’s heels put her much higher than others also so she has to hunch over.
This only gets worse with time.
I love Kate’s fashions and I think she is a very pretty woman.
That being said, it would be nice to see her doing a few more engagements versus a few more holidays/shopping/whatever else it is that she does instead of her public duties.
However, I am not going to criticize her too much because her husband is much more work-shy than she is and he is supposedly going to be King someday. I find that more disappointing.
I hope Kate has a healthy pregnancy and delivery in April 🙂
Is she due in april? With any luck on the outskirts of the month.
I think you’ll find when it comes to Kate’s working schedule majority of blame falls on the PR spinning her into something she’s not. And much blame falls on William for his lack of work ethic as well, but he plays it better. Always something on the horizon that keeps getting delayed. Kate just has an empty schedule that changes randomly.
Its been a while since I posted but Queen just promoted prince Andrew I dont care at all how less these two work . And I’m happy that midds spend most of the time wit them. All my respect for queen as vanished and there isn’t anyone I disrespect the most then queen and her disgusting son. Instead of punishing him for his despicable actions she is sending him to represent us at Davos and presenting him new military promotions as birthday presents .
Compared to what he is doing and what that ghastly old woman is doing to defend and protect her despicable son, I think its amazing that these 2 are bringing monarchy down and they happens to be te best people out of that filth of a family.
Ill take a lazy, spoiled couple and her attention seeking social climber family over this disgusting family that we call our royal and that ghastly woman tat we call queen
This is pretty much what I expected of her, but putting icing on a turd won’t cover the stench.
I agree with you but it pisses me off that he is out there represent me and my country and how self centered and selfish queen has always been. Starting with Diana fiasco, she dosent care what shit her family does as lon as it doesn’t aftereffect her reputation. She ever takes any action when things get bad for her and when people start to question her. William and Kate are just perfect for them. They are just as reedy, selfish and self centered as the rest but neither ave done anything remotely as bad as Andrew or Queen.
This is why I’ve always said that she hasn’t been a good Queen. It’s been self (family) preservation at all costs. She only acts when pushed to crisis levels and only to self (family) preserve.
The Queen has the best PR in the world. She’s been so passive, it borders on apathy. She, more than every other royal combined, could change and improve so many British lives. Not her job apparently. She’s there to be seen and look dignified. She will spend half a billion to celebrate the fact that she’s still alive (the Jubilee) but don’t ask her to lift a finger to help people with their heat or food dilemmas. She could be more than a ghostly figurehead, just ask Charles. She’s a terrible monarch, she doesn’t even have the gumption to break her vow and step aside.
She hasn’t been a good queen but if you hang on long enough that will be forgotten. Just look at Queen Victoria who was even worse as a queen than QEII. She hung on for so long that people forgot her many shortcomings.
FYI, I can’t believe that queenie promoted Andrew, especially with all the filth he’s been associated with. What on earth was she (and her advisors thinking?) *facepalm*
OHMYWORD!! Where the heck have you been? You aren’t going to believe this, but I was reading yesterday and in a moment of nostalgia wondered where you’d got to!
And I agree regarding Andrew.
awww its nice to be remembered . I was here only but decided to stop posting I realized we spend more energy arguing about her then she spends on doing anything. I was just very bored with them, 4 years on and we are still here with same clothes, same routine of vacation, 2 engagement and ten another vacation and so on…..
You’re dead right we spend way more time on her than she deserves. But still don’t be a stranger! 🙂
yes, the problem is E2 is weak and from another era (in which she still stucks). She never did something other than what people told her to do. When it comes to her family she ignores problems as long as she can simply because she never understood the needs of her children. Queeny always was a cold mother and passive wife. She has no idea how to handle things so she sits scandals out and covers up to save the firm.
Today, I am officially OVER the queen! What a stunning lack of character she shows in “promoting” Andrew. She is acting as an accessory to crime against women. {We all know that Andrew *did* do it, duh – how stupid is she?}.
Does might equal right? Apparently to the powers that be, in England.
She also turned a blind eye to what Charles was doing to Diana…there has never been a north star, guiding this family. This has not been about being *Queen* to a nation of peoples, as her celebrated vow implies. I see her as a very confused personality.
Still, it seems that these folks will always get a pass, because of their assumptions of blue-bloody entitlements. Little is required, other than to sit back and let PR write history, as they are being entertained by the high and mighties of the world. Yeah, God save that.
Give me Princess Anne and Sophie Countess of Wessex over lazy Kate any day.
Give me Prince Harry over William, even with Harry’s wild days. He seems more caring than William.
I think Sophie Countess of Wessex is twice the woman Kate is, even with Sophie early business forays.
William and Kate are not worth the good press they get. I think if this were a corporation William and Kate would have been demoted by now
..and disgusting Andrew should Be Fired, told to go retire somewhere. I’m disgusted the Queen promoted him, what a disgrace.
I think after the Queen and Charles much shorter reign , the Monarchy will implode. I don’t think William will lift a finger to fight to keep it if pushed.
Ugh. How can anyone be so blind?
Megan, since you seem to be in the minority with the sentiments of most of your posts, it must be you that’s “blind”. While people probably can’t recall too much about what Anne and Sophie wear to their numerous engagements – Sophie always looks appropriate and professional btw – they can see that these two work tirelessly for their causes and do more than merely “show up” and feign interest like Kate.
Old Prude is a long time commenter here, and I understood what she was saying which is next to the queen basically rewarding poor put upon Andrew for having to put up with this awful soul destroying sex scandal, complaining about William and Kate is not worth the bandwidth. I’m surprised you don’t agree with that.
To balance it out though, the worse Andrew gets the harder W&K&H need to work to make up for it. They shouldn’t get a pass on laziness or poor work performance because “well at least they aren’t involved in a sex scandal.”
Caitlin – You need to work on your reading comprehension skills. I was referring to the Queen enabling Andrew.
I may not a jealous hater of Kate and William, but that doesn’t mean I lack the critical thinking skills to form my own opinions about the Royal family.
Also, let’s live in the realm of facts. Sophie gets plenty of coverage for her fashion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2828671/The-sartorial-reinvention-Countess-Wessex-Sophie-stylish-little-help-Kate.html
NOTA – William and Kate are in no way accountable or responsible for Andrew’s behavior. The only person who can make that right is Andrew.
Megan, you (deliberately?) missed my point. The BRF is a family firm. A business. The members of the firm need to work to stay in business. If one prominent member of the company goes down, the others HAVE to step up to make up the difference.
They cannot fix his mistake, but in order for the company to stay in business, the other members have to work harder. Simple. Work harder and show the customers that the company will continue. Just as the elderly members of the firm should be allowed to retire and younger members of the firm should step up.
For reasons beyond understanding, Andrew is his mother’s favorite. But I agree that she has enabled him and his “habits” for a very long time. So Andrew better enjoy it while he still can.
When Charles is King, that will all change, of course. He already wants to push his brothers farther back. Edward, at least tries to do a good job and Sophie is terrific. But Andrew will be pushed to the sidelines. Where he belongs. Too bad the York title belongs to him. He holds it legitimately as the second son of the monarch. I just wonder which Dukedom they will give to Harry when he marries. All the good ones are taken.
Megan- one article about Sophie’s wardrobe vs. every article about Kate’s wardrobe because there’s nothing else to talk about with her, not a fair comparison.
No I side-eye the Queen for playing favorites among her children. What is wrong with these people, apart from the multi-generation family dysfunction.
Kate should really spend some time observing how Sophie conducts herself. She has a solid work ethic, seems genuine and engaged when she is doing royal work and always looks classy, well-dressed and professional. Cannot believe she is 50 – she and Kate look to be the same age LOL.
She’s such a stepford wife, her clothes are ridiculous.
I agree, totally stepford, hahaha!
That thar girl needs to eat.
Uh oh, the following may incite but anyway, at the risk here goes…..
Diana got all vanity eating too, during Harry… he weighed under 7lbs…
c’mon Kate, grab some Ensures and a giant smoked meat (Canada)/corned beef sandwich(USA), you can do it!
OK now I’m answering my own post- I’ll blame it on the cold wx brain freeze, but anyway-Diana did get vain sp 1984, big hair, black capes, but then, the more she did it, the more $ she got for her charities, yea Diana, yea Diana, hip hip hooray Diana!…
Diana made huge efforts for the things that she cared about.
Yes wolfpup
Diana realized on the return trip to LHR (upon the 1983 AUS and NZ tour) she had a serious role to play.
The vanity comment of mine pertains to the fact, she was actually quite a shrewd woman. She knew the more attention she drew, the more her work was taken quite seriously ie- funding for charities. Besides, the more vain she grew, the more she could stick it to Charles, especially after the birth of Harry.
And, yes. let’s give credit where credit is due. Kate gave birth to George 8lbs 6ounces. Let us wait and see the birth weight released in April.
Now Kate, if baby weighs less than 7lbs, I’ll be disappointed re- vanity eating. Baby needs calories now.
More than vanity, I watched Diana bloom as she got older. She had a joi de vive that seemed to refresh others, always.
As far as fighting with Charles, I see our human nature, a woman scorned, and all that… They really needed to be separated, because Diana insisted upon authenticity, imo.
“She knew the attention she drew, the more her work was taken quite seriously ie- funding for charities.” We call this shrewd, yet it is also magical that she cared so much to help out.
Citresse
Baby weight is not the same baby after baby and can vary for many reasons having little to do with health of the mother. Now if the spare is born with a hole in their heart i will cast judgement, but not on birthweight still within a healthy range. And even 6 pounds depending on length can be healthy.
Wolfpup
Diana went the extra mile with her charities, but authenticity was not a priority for her. In fact she was quite good at manipulation over authenticity. Diana did great things for her charities, but she was one spiteful b***h that would lash out if not even provoked. A trait she had since childhood.
Thinking…this is a better link to this title which is, Diana Princess of Wales, A Complete Biography, 2013. (hugs, FLORC!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5p2kiZWx8
Wolfpup
I’ve seen that. Thanks though!
I’m basing my opinion on Diana from lots and lots of 1st and 2nd hand accounts of her upbringing to after her royal days.
I’m a huge believer in remembering people as they were. Not glorifying the memory. If you’re cherry picking while tossing away bits of a person’s life you’re forgetting the actual person and creating a false one.
Diana was horrible, but that is held in contrast to how amazing she was. A very troubled, complicated, compassionate woman who found herself a platform and helped to change to the world for the better. She ruined and saved lives. And now that she’s gone we shouldn’t forget her. Flaws are often what makes beauty in the world.
*Hugs Back!*
Kate is obviously more interested in showing off her tan–hence the white coat–than in painting with the kids.
LMAO
Yes, winter white certainly does bring out that Caribbean glow!
I hope she was nice to that young girl that is trying to look like her. You do if you are reading this, very pretty.
SHE NEEDS A NEW HAIR STYLE. THIS ONE IS TOO COLLEGE CO-ED. SHOE STYLES IN BRITAIN RATHER SUCK. SHE NEEDS TO LOWER THE HEEL WHILE PREGNANT…AND THE HEMLINE. I HAVE NOTICED ALSO HOW SHE APPEARS TO BE AGING…SHE LOOKS TIRED AND DRAWN SINCE LITTLE GEORGE CAME ALONG. EVEN WITH ALL THE HELP…SHE IS SHOWING SOME AGE THESE DAYS.
SHE’S PRETTY BUT SHE’S NO LADY DI….FOR SURE.
I honestly think this woman is fearful of cutting her hair. I’ve stated this before.
Some people believe cutting their hair is like losing a limb. I’m not kidding.
I think her hair is security to her, like a baby’s blanket. I’ve seen videos of where she plays with it and slings it in William’s face. So extremely childish for a woman her age!
It could also be to hide some of her less flatering features. Her neck is thick. Ladies I know with that feature love to keep it covered. She’s got a hunched over curve from poor posture that gets hidden as well.
Also, maybe having more hair gives her more chance to do updos that we just don’t see, but it’s nice to have the option?
And I think she has ocd/trichotillomania. She pulls her hair. You have to always be feeling it to calm yourself and looking for the bumps or split ends. I have that and I see many traits of Kate in action that I do without realizing.
She looks fine – she really always looks very polished.
But the poor dear must be exhausted from a few hours of smiling and shaking hands. I feel terribly for her. (/snark)
Kate looks feminine here
As opposed to… Masculine?