Did Duchess Kate know about Jecca Craig’s secret pregnancy & baby?

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Here are more photos of the Duchess of Cambridge at her sailing event in Portsmouth on Friday. I already covered the photos of her arrival at the 1851 Trust event, for which she repeated a nautical McQueen. After her arrival, she changed into some kind of sailing suit, which just looks like a bulky tracksuit. She also had to wear a helmet, for safety! Then she got to get a first-hand sailing lesson for Sir Ben Ainslie, and this was the happiest she’s looked in a while. After that, she changed into jeggings and a black sweater – go here to see those photos. My take is still that she was very, very happy to be in the company of Sir Ben Ainslie and so many muscular sailors.

Meanwhile, there’s this interesting little story that’s not really about Kate… except I think it might be about Kate and William. Remember, back in March, that William “abandoned” his family over the Easter holiday so he could travel to Kenya to attend Jecca Craig’s wedding solo, without Kate and without their children? A lot of people side-eyed the hell out of William for that, and there’s still a big question mark over William’s history (and his current situation) with Jecca. Well, I don’t know how this plays into that history and story, but apparently Jecca had a secret baby a few months before her wedding. And we’re just finding out about it now!

Eyebrows were raised when Prince William left his family over the Easter weekend to attend the nuptials of his friend Jessica ‘Jecca’ Craig in Africa. But there may have been an extra special reason for him to attend. For I can disclose that Jecca, 34, gave birth to a boy months before her wedding to Jonathan Baillie, director of conservation at the Zoological Society of London.

Professor Baillie let slip his new paternal status at this week’s Safari In The City gala at London Zoo, which raised £350,000 to fight the illegal wildlife trade. ‘I’m having to help host without Jecca because she’s at home looking after our new baby,’ the Canadian told me proudly.

The couple announced their engagement in April last year, but until now her pregnancy had been a closely guarded family secret and there has still been no official birth notice. The couple’s son is believed to be six months old and has a fittingly zoological name — Wolf.

One reason it is said the Duchess of Cambridge was not at the Easter wedding is she didn’t want to take her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, to Kenya. However this would have been the perfect family occasion for their respective offspring to meet. Perhaps there will be another opportunity to do so at the christening.

[From The Daily Mail]

So Jecca was pregnant for most of 2015. I wonder if William knew? He must have, don’t you think? Even if you accept the story that the establishment-reporters are selling, that Jecca and William have always been close friends and only close friends, that would mean that she would tell her close friend that she’s pregnant, right? Hm. And I still don’t understand why Kate didn’t go to the wedding. The only way that makes any sense is if William specifically told Kate not to come. And why would he do that if Jecca has moved on and she happily had Jonathan Baillie’s baby and they’re in love and they wanted to celebrate that love and their child? And what did Kate know? The Cambridges’ group of friends is so… strange. I guess the children or royalty and the children of aristocrats are always going to be a little bit “off,” but this Jecca-William thing is just next-level.

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  1. PHD Gossip says:

    Can’t wait to see who baby Wolf resembles.

    • Bettyrose says:

      IKR? This is steeped in innuendo. Personally, I don’t think it’s strange at all that Kate didn’t travel to another continent – with or without children – to attend a wedding of someone she isn’t friends with. And why would a completely non scandalous pregnancy of a thirtysomeyhing engaged woman change that?

      Still, it would be funny of the babe looks like William.

      • Kate says:

        I think it’s more strange that her husband would go without her. It is eyebrow raising to say the least.

    • NYer says:

      I have British friends who steadfastly maintain William is gay and Kate’s his beard.

      • bettyrose says:

        NYer, do tell! Wills gay? But I thought he famously had a bunch of aristo blonde play things on the side. Seems like a good scenario, though. If Kate’s a beard and not a cuckold, she’s got it made. Mother of the heir/spare, no women to compete with, and freedom to engage in discreet trysts with no jealous hubby to placate. Have we read her all wrong?

      • Jackie Jormp Jomp says:

        More, please.

  2. Sixer says:

    Shallow gene pool problems, eh?

    • LAK says:

      I’m a fully paid up member of the tinfoil conspirators on this one. It seems so far fetched, and yet…..

      Shallow gene pools and swinging society.

      Heirs and Spares have been delivered, so he has done HIS duty.

      • Sixer says:

        I’m not one for the tinfoil but I gotsta admit, this one is so funny it’s tempting!

      • TeamAwesome says:

        This thread is either going to be delicious or a desert for comments.

        Not going to besmirch anyone’s honor, but we all know if that baby is part Windsor, there will be absolutely no. way. to cover it up.

      • Sixer says:

        I think we should probably just pretend it’s all a fever dream. Then run with it in fantasy mode!

      • LAK says:

        Too bad that if baby were part Windsor we won’t know for another 20-25yrs when those genes kick in!!!

        …..but seriously, the woman owes the public nothing, so the secrecy is unnecessary. Even if she were a single mother, we stopped shaming unmarried pregnant women a century ago.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        I wanna see that kid’s forehead.

      • burnsie says:

        I’m all for a Fever Dream Comment Zone!! 😀

      • Chinoiserie says:

        LAK, a century ago? I kind of doubt that.

      • Sixer says:

        Well, in MY fever dream, the professor is Lycaon, Normal Bill is Zeus (I know he’s only the heir to the heir at present but it’s a fever dream, so bear with me). And Professor Lycaon did the naughty on Billy Zeus so Billy Zeus made his son into a Wolf.

        And there’s some arcane Greek myth for you. It is a fever dream after all and the classical Greeks weren’t averse to a bit of swinging. I’ll have Chutney as Andromeda chained to a rock and saved by Ben Ainslie’s Perseus soon enough!

      • LAK says:

        Chinoiserie, i know. Hyperbole on my part. The point remains that we don’t shame unmarried women anymore as a general societal rule.

        Exceptions super religious communities and or communities that aren’t progressive, but hopefully they’ll join us in that rule.

        Urgh Sixer….all my greek mythology is currently curated from Percy Jackson. Need to go revisit the original stories!!!!!

      • Liberty says:

        Billvictus!

      • Sixer says:

        They found him under the gooseberry bush with a stork flapping away towards the horizon. Like Dumbo.

      • The Original Mia says:

        The secrecy boggles the mind and increases the interest. Poor Wolf. He doesn’t need the same stigma over him that Harry still carries (to the uninformed) to this day.

      • K2 says:

        “One reason it is said the Duchess of Cambridge was not at the Easter wedding is she didn’t want to take her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, to Kenya. However this would have been the perfect family occasion for their respective offspring to meet.”

        Blimey. That’s, um, interestingly phrased.

  3. Nic919 says:

    Why keep a baby secret? It is not the Victorian era where people really care about children out of wedlock. It just seems weird to go to the trouble of having an elaborate wedding but oops we had a baby we won’t talk about.

    There is probably more to this story and of course there will be speculation that the baby is secret because it is Will’s kid.

    Regardless of this baby stuff, Will still left his family on Easter weekend missing his daughter’s first Easter, so he can’t pretend that family duties are important to him.
    We are going to find out eventually that this wedding was a part of why Kate seems so off lately (well except with Ben Ainslie).

    • hmmm says:

      This is turning into a soap opera. Usually new parents are over the moon and are pleased as punch to announce to the world that they’ve had a child, especially the first one. And yet this one was a secret? Hmmm. You can’t make this stuff up.

      I wonder how long Jecca had really been exclusive before marriage with her fresh, new hubby.

    • Chinoiserie says:

      Well they are not a celebrity couple, why would they need to inform everyone.

      • hmmm says:

        Willy is rather a giant elephant in the room as a celebrity. Even the wedding reports didn’t mention a baby. They don’t have to inform anyone but it would have been mentioned as a matter of fact. Parents often have a birth announcement. Why is this so different as there is no longer a stigma attached? And why 6 months before the father “let it slip”? Common sense tells us this is a curiosity.

      • Lady D says:

        “The perfect occasion for their offspring to meet.” Babies meeting a baby. Why? I don’t understand why the reporter of the above piece thinks the offspring need to meet. They are not related, they don’t hang together, they aren’t even on the same continent. Does Billy think they (W/J) will have more time together if the kids are good friends?

      • Ennie says:

        I have a friend from college who is very very private. No one really knows her whereabouts or if she is married or with children unless one meets her by chance.

    • MinnFinn says:

      The secret was perhaps due to when the baby was conceived? I can’t find the info again, but I read that Jonathan had 1 or 2 kids with another woman and he may have been stepping out on his baby mama with Jecca.

    • Size Does Matter says:

      My baby was born in October last year. I got pregnant in January. If they didn’t get engaged till April, it was around the beginning of the second trimester. Maybe she didn’t want to have a baby bump in the pictures, so they waited till after the baby was born and weight was lost.

    • ladysussex says:

      Why would it be secret bc it’s Will’s kid? If it were (which it’s just not) they would just do what every other person in that situation has done and just say it was her fiance’s.

    • Megan says:

      In the leaked photo from Jecc’s wedding, you can see a baby in the front row. I don’t think he was a secret, I just think she is a private citizen who doesn’t issue press releases.

  4. kri says:

    Jecca? ! Is Jecca a toffy Duggar? Ugh.

  5. NewWester says:

    Potential Blind Item: Why was the wife of a member of European aristocracy so furious at her husband she refused to attend a social gathering? Could it be because of whispers that her husband may be carrying on an affair with a close friend of his? Nope
    What really got her upset is the fact he may have fathered a child with another woman! She and her husband have a “understanding” about his “activities” but a child is too much to handle.
    Will there be a divorce or scandal to hit the press? Nope. The family “firm” has made sure to lockdown all leaks. They have been through this before. Besides she gave birth to the “heir and the spare” so she is sitting pretty for now

    • nic says:

      Yeah, that’s not blind.

    • Senaber says:

      This actually seems more plausible to me than two grown, connected people in a relationship leading to marriage “hiding” a baby.

    • Egla says:

      If it’s half true that might explain a lot. The way she behaves (basically doing whatever she wants, skiping events etc), major weight loss and her tired look all the time i think she has been under a big stress for a long time.
      I don’t know if he had any baby but i think he rubs a lot of what he does in her face. I don’t think he has any respect for her (the wife) so no big deal for him to humiliate her constantly. Let’s not pretend these two are the love story of the century. He married her to fulfill his duties, she married him to fulfill her dreams, aspirations, obsessions whatever.

      • Chrissy says:

        I agree that they certainly have an agreement in that he can do whatever he wants and she got the ring, so she agreed. I bet he disrespect and humiliates her regularly and if Carole always supports him over her own daughter as reported, I think her bad attitude with regards to her work, her juvenile actions (hair flipping, flashing, fake facial expressions) as well as her continuing weight loss etc are a result. I’m sure she feels powerless and incredibly insecure in her own marriage and household. What a way to live.

      • mayamae says:

        @Chrissy, it would be interesting if this were the case. William was front and center during his mother’s eating disorder and misery inside her marriage. But turns a blind eye to the same happening to his wife. Nice guy – if true.

  6. notasugarhere says:

    She cannot leave the children in order to honor the Irish Guards. But she can leave them to spend a few hours sailing with Ben Ainslie. #typical

    • Tough Cookie says:

      Thank you!!! I was thinking the same thing!!

      She really does look positively girlishly giddy and giggly in these pics.

      • Christin says:

        Consider this yet another example of how bubbly she usually appears at sporting/fun type events, versus how bothered and bored she appears at other engagements.

      • Megan says:

        Seriously, that was just downright rude to blow off the Irish Guard. You’d think she has better manners than that.

    • ohdear says:

      I really wish Kate would take on athletic oriented charities. It seems to be where she seems most comfortable and it would benefit young girls seeing more female role models in sport.

      • Tough Cookie says:

        yes hopefully there are more young good-looking yachtsmen around in need.

      • Feeshalori says:

        I wish Kate would learn to handle the duties that may not engage her interest along with the ones that make her all animated and giggly. It all comes with the territory.

    • Vava says:

      +1

    • Belle Epoch says:

      i Want sailing lessons too!

  7. Karen says:

    He probably thinks she was trapped into her marriage (9 months plus 6 months old baby means she was pregnant before engagement), and came to commiserate.

    • Bettyrose says:

      I refuse, refuse, to buy the narrative that a wealthy, educated, thirtysomething woman was trapped by pregnancy. In fact, I cringe so hard at any time one of these unplanned pregnancy stories pops up with suggestions someone is trapped. What year is this?

      If she and her fiance/bf got a little crazy one night, throwing caution to the wind since they’re in love anyway, fine. But if she was still sleeping with other people/person and wasn’t extra careful, that’s what the morning after pill is for. You have like 72 hours to take it. No need to pass the babe off as your fiance’s.

      And when all else fails, one can still terminate a pregnancy (unless one is in Mississippi with no financial means to travel).

      So, I will assume this is a very much wanted baby. It might be William’s, sure, but then everyone probably already knows and it’s like a secret pact among weird friends to have communal babies in their posh circle. These people can do anything they want. They’re young, wealthy, and above the rigid morals of middle class society.

      • InvaderTak says:

        This. Seriously. It’s way easier to hide an abortion than a pregnancy/baby ffs.

      • Karen says:

        I meant this as Williams dialogue not her/my own. I’m sure he feels trapped (by his duty, wife, family life), and saw her as his symbol of freedom. This wedding was bittersweet for him.

        I think people should marry for love, respect, and because it adds to both people’s happiness. Being pregnant should not be the reason, without the others being present.

      • bettyrose says:

        Karen- I agree that Wills feels trapped, but it’s not clear to me why Jecca would feel trapped. What can’t she have in life? Maybe her new hubby isn’t the absolute love of her life, but I figure someone in her position, if she has a baby, it’s because she wanted one. If she got married, it’s because she felt like getting married. If she and her hubby have fun together and respect the other’s freedom to mess around, have at it. I love my BF more than anything in this world, but if we didn’t work 45 hours a week and do chores all weekend, we’d probably get into some wacky antics too.

      • L'etranger says:

        @bettyrose, I don’t think that Jecca feels trapped. But I agree with Karen, in that Wills probably *thinks* she does because he’s totally projecting his own issues with his marriage/duty/job/blahblahblah onto her.

      • ataylor says:

        Why is it assumed the morning after pill or abortion is a default option for every surprise or unwanted pregnancy? Not everyone has the same belief/faith system or think those options are acceptable. Wealthy + educated + thirty something does not equal pro abortion. Some people think its murder regardless of what society or science thinks. Maybe Jecca thinks its better to “hide” her baby’s paternity than kill it? Thats the whole point of being pro-CHOICE. Not all pro-choice supporters think abortion is NBD.

      • Erinn says:

        ataylor- I don’t think those that fight for women’s rights think abortion is NBD – nobody wakes up in the morning like ‘welp, finally, I can have fun today and murder a baby’. To suggest some kind of moral superiority based on your biased beliefs is foolish.

    • Lucy says:

      Just once I’d like to read about a woman with celeb connections having a baby without accusations she got pregnant on purpose to trap a man. Literally just once. Even women who’ve been married to famous actors for years and years and had kids together pre-him becoming famous still get those accusations! It’s crazy.

    • bettyrose says:

      ataylor – I just gotta drop some knowledge on you. The morning after pill doesn’t cause abortion, it prevents pregnancy. If taken in time, it prevents a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine lining. The pill has no effect on a viable pregnancy. It’s hard to imagine anyone having an ethical problem with that, but if they do, it’s odd that they’d be having casual or unprotected sex at a time in which they did not wish to be pregnant.

      • Amanda says:

        To drop some further knowledge, at least 3 studies have shown the morning after pill doesn’t prevent implantation. It only delays ovulation. So it really really doesn’t cause abortion. I know because I got pregnant after taking the morning after pill 2 hours after a condom broke. Then I Google Scholared the crap out of it. There were some write ups in the NYT and NPR about it but this misinformation still exists because the FDA won’t change the packaging due to political reasons.

      • bettyrose says:

        Amanda:
        OMG, that really is news to me. You’re right that the product itself still claims to have a two pronged approach: delaying ovulation and preventing implantation. But the Planned Parenthood website clearly states that the morning after pill won’t work if you’re already ovulating. Which is, wow. So, basically, the only point of the pill is if you’re not ovulating currently but might in the next five days. Thanks for posting this info.

  8. Shopgirl says:

    To me, Jecca actually looks a little bit like Camilla. Bad posture, rough features, sun damaged skin etc. Perhaps William unconsciously is following in his father’s footsteps?

    • Snazzy says:

      I kinda felt the same way reading about this. Has the same general feel as the Charles-Camilla situation

    • Tough Cookie says:

      Except that Waity also has the bad posture, rough features, sun damaged skin, etc 😉

      • hmmm says:

        WHOA! And here, Waity imitated JECCA in her Vogue photoshoot! Are there dots to connect here or what?!

      • Shopgirl says:

        @ToughCookie Although that is true, Jecca looks like Camilla, Kate doesn’t.

  9. spidey says:

    Perhaps they didn’t keep the baby secret, perhaps they just liked to be private. And the baby must have been registered within 6 weeks of the birth. 2 + 2 most often equals 2 not 10 as this story is making it.

    These “royal stories” get more desperate and ridiculous by the day.

    • bluhare says:

      I think I agree with you on this one, spidey.

      I can see where the conspiracy theorists come up with it, but far more likely to me that she wanted to keep it quiet because the guy was getting divorced when they took up, and he has kids from that marriage.

    • Sixer says:

      You two are no fun.

      • burnsie says:

        LOL Sixer, I’ll join you back in the Fever Dream Zone!

      • bluhare says:

        And that’s why I am staying out of the Fever Dream zone, Sixer. Have some fun with it!

      • Sixer says:

        bluhare! You are shaming me by claiming the moral high ground! I may cry bitter tears. Ack. Y’know, I don’t usually interest myself in the personal stuff about relationships, eating disorders, fashion and whatevers with these two. Just the lack of work and general wankiness of royalty. But this is FUNNY so I can’t help it!

      • spidey says:

        Haha, Sixer, I just loathe lying “journalists”. They should stick to writing novels instead.

        And I was fun over the street names the other day. 🙂

      • Sixer says:

        Watch out Spidey, or I’ll find a way to connect magically appearing sproglets, fever dreams AND Gropecnut Lane!

      • spidey says:

        Haha, I’m in a fever of anticipation.

      • bluhare says:

        Spidey, not sure I’d go as far as “lying” journalists. The speculation wasn’t started by the reporter. It was started by people reading the article.

        Sixer, you know I’d never shame you. Or LAK. Have fun with it!

    • notasugarhere says:

      If she had the baby in Kenya, the laws regarding registration of birth may differ. Or no one was looking in Kenya for things like birth records. She’s private and she keeps things private. Only one mention in the papers that they were married in the fall, papers only find out about the baby because Baillie told.

    • MerlinsWife says:

      Doesn’t 2 + 2 most often equal 4?

      • Ripley says:

        Thank you.

      • Jeanne says:

        Thank you! I started scrolling down to see if somebody had mentioned that yet. And scrolling, and scrolling…thank god I’m not the only one!

  10. willful ignorance says:

    This is such a non story.

    How famous are these people without William in in picture?

  11. Bettyrose says:

    Let’s discuss Ben Ainslie’s sailing pants. If a poor girl had been with only one lover, one chosen for his title not his bedroom prowess, and a delightfully charming aristo was wiggling his goods around in front of her, would Victorian smelling salts be kept handy in case the excitement proved too much for the poor virtuous future queen?

    • bluhare says:

      I do think Ben looks quite fetching in those tights? Are they tights? Whatever they are, I likey.

    • Vava says:

      I don’t see the allure of this guy at all. Particularly in the earlier photos of him in his pants with cell phones in the pockets. Even these sailing pants – really?

      Does he have a lot of personal charm? If so, that might be the draw, but purely from a photographic standpoint I can’t see getting very excited about Sir Ben. But maybe in comparison to William, then yes.

      • bettyrose says:

        Vava – I think he’s cute, but I agree he wouldn’t leaving me panting merely from the tight pants. I’m thinking more of Kate who hasn’t necessarily been shagged proper since uni (if then).

      • kaiko says:

        with ya there vava, he’s average looking imo, but maybe he improves upon meeting in person, ya know, like kate 😉

    • addie says:

      Don’t think William was the first. The very indiscreet Uncle Gary let it slip that William was her ninth partner. Most likely it has all been whitewashed by now.

  12. Abbess Tansy says:

    Maybe its just me but doesn’t it seem like Jonathan Baillie looks like an older version of William?

  13. OTHER RENEE says:

    Oh for heaven’s sake, it may be common to have an out of wedlock child but perhaps not for their set. They didn’t want to make headlines for it. And that’s that.

  14. Louise177 says:

    Where’s the scandal? People are trying way too hard to find something out of nothing. Do people truly believe that Jecca’s husband has no problem with her having a long term affair, inviting the boyfriend to the wedding, and raising a child that isn’t his? Besides wasn’t Kate late in her pregnancy or just gave birth?

    • hmmm says:

      Camilla’s hubby didn’t seem to have much objection to her affair with Charles. Married mistresses have been de rigueur with their set for centuries (though Diana would not accept it). Married women won’t fuss like single women and the husbands think it’s an honour . It also carries enormous cachet.

      • Bridget says:

        And times haven’t changed at all in the last 4 decades?

      • toni says:

        In those social circles times haven’t changed.

      • Bridget says:

        Gotta point out, it isn’t exactly like Camilla was Andrew P-B’s first choice. Not a lot of that circle ended up with both partners being married to the person they really wanted.

  15. Merritt says:

    Is Jecca that famous in the UK? Because this sounds like it was less secret and more they didn’t see the point in making an announcement. Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser had a baby several months ago, and news just came out last week.

    • spidey says:

      No she isn’t.

    • Tourmaline says:

      + 1. I’m sure those close to them including Kate totally knew.

      Also, her husband is way more impressive and attractive than William. in fact I’m sure it was Jecca who just wanted to be friends with William back in the day– I don’t buy that they were ever really a couple.

    • K2 says:

      Yeah, for all the innuendo in that article the probable reality is that everyone they actually knew was aware and pleased for them, but they aren’t famous so it never made the media.

  16. Tough Cookie says:

    Is she never without Big Blue? Did she take a vow to always always always wear it no matter they type of engagement? I mean, I understand a fondness for one’s engagement ring, as I still love mine and it’s nowhere near as big and historical, but there are times I do take it off. Not that I go sailing on yachts, mind you.

    • Livvers says:

      It looks like she took it off for the sailing, or do you think she just turned it facing inward? All I see is a gold band on her left hand. She’d be absolutely nuts to wear that on one of those yachts, just imagine the international incident it would be if she lost the stone from it or a sailing mishap broke her finger or worse!

      • Tourmaline says:

        I bet she took off Big Blue and gave it to Rebecca Deacon to hold. She also removed her sapphire earrings before sailing.

        I’m excited that she didn’t wear jeggings or wedges on the boat. Those trainers she wore are cute.

    • DiamondGirl says:

      I like to think that she wears a replica most of the time, to preserve the real one. Elizabeth Taylor did that with some of her famous pieces for safety.

      • Tough Cookie says:

        That would be the most sensible thing, to wear a replica….but look who we are dealing with. I think she is probably under orders from Ma Midds to never ever take it off.

        I don’t like to wear rings when I do things like needlework or gardening or housework…but she does none of those activities so it’s not an issue LOL

      • Vava says:

        If I had that ring, I would wear it. (But I would have redesigned it to my personal taste). Jewelry is to be worn – no fakes for me.

      • ArtHistorian says:

        I think the Krupp Diamond would have looked better in a necklace than as a ring. The stone is simply too big to be comfortable or practical on a finger. It would have been splendid as the focual piece in a beautiful necklace.

      • Deedee says:

        I’ve always thought it was a replica. Remember her sticking it into the dough at the Scout outing (a long, long time ago, back when she was keen on Scouts). I thought, either that’s a replica, or she’s just that dense. Maybe she has a replica, but she just doesn’t know it?

  17. Livvers says:

    Those America’s Cup catamarans are no joke. British sailing Olympian Andrew Simpson died while sailing on one in 2013, a combination of blunt force trauma and drowning. So the helmet is 100% necessary. As to the foulies, I love hers and how fitted they are and wish I had a set! There is no easier way to get seasick out on the water than to be damp and cold. Once you start shivering, you’re screwed — and more likely to be in an accident b/c you’re moving slower.

  18. hmmm says:

    I love how Ben thinks she’s the bestest sailor! ever! And at the helm, sometimes better than him! And that she should maybe have a place on the team! There is no end to her spectacular gifts!

    This is a charity??? For the poors?

    • Tough Cookie says:

      well, we really can’t expect her to spend all her valuable working hours with peasants!!

    • Vava says:

      LOL………….yes. Ben is using Kate, Kate is using Ben, so it’s mutually beneficial in my humble opinion.

    • kaiko says:

      teehee hmmm!
      its a whale of a tale, and thar she blows!
      🙂

  19. lucyinthesky says:

    This is a complete non-story.

  20. Andrea says:

    I do not think Will is Jecca’s baby, that is fantasyland talk.

    I do think the real story here is why Kate looks so Animated with Ben moreso than with anyone else in YEARS. Methinks she will eventually cheat.

  21. Tourmaline says:

    Not to thread jack but interesting story in DM about how William supposedly convinced Pippa to give up her media career dream to protect the Cambridges privacy … Actually I think it’s the fact that she’s finally bagged a super rich dude, game over.

    Between that and the newest Prince Andrew scandal (profiting from shady financial dealings as part of his trade envoy role) I think Jecca’s baby is the least juicy gossip. No it’s not Williams baby and I’m sure the baby was no secret to those close to them.

    • Sixer says:

      I enjoyed the FA Cup Final, in which Normal Bill compounded the late kick off, disastrous Tinie Tempah performance, choir being out of sync with the band and singer forgetting the National Anthem, by totally ignoring the little kids who were mascots as he shook hands with over people right over their heads!

    • bluhare says:

      I thought that was interesting, too, Tourmaline. No word about James and Boomf or whatever his business is though.

      • Tourmaline says:

        Sebastian Shakespeare in DM just had an item that royal friend/nightclub entrepreneur Charlie Gilkes recently invested in James Midds’ Boomf during their latest venture capital round. I thought there was some story about James temporarily moving to Hong Kong for business but maybe he was just trying to get away from Donna Air.

  22. Betti says:

    Given that, as others have said, he was going throu a divorce when he and Jecca got together I imagine they kept quiet about it to avoid stoking the flames with the ex and avoiding unwanted press attention from the UK who would have brought William into it.

    Plus for those who think has been a ‘bit off’ lately, thats ’cause she’s being made to work for her supper.

    And yes, she totes has it bad for Sir Ben. She tends to look more animated when the centre of attention from guys.

  23. Zardi123 says:

    William will always be in love with Jecca as she is the one that got away ..
    waity is always doing engagements which are easy and related to her dressing up in boxing gloves or sailing wear thatsball she can do get photos of herself in different outfits. Itsbjust one long and long fashion parade with her not to do with actually working properly on charity projects
    will always have no respect for this childish waste of space ……

  24. mytake says:

    The chemistry between Ben and Kate is palpable — and hot.

    • Feeshalori says:

      I can easily imagine these two sailing off into the sunset.

    • Chrissy says:

      His poor wife!

      • mytake says:

        Egh, it’s nothing serious. People flirt all the time. So long as it doesn’t go past giggles and sparkle eyes, no foul. Some celebrities just have chemistry with each other.

      • msthang says:

        Chrissy, I was thinking the same thing, I’d have been livid with him!!!

      • notasugarhere says:

        “people flirt all the time”. During a very public work engagement while being tracked by the press? She flirts with attractive men in her vision at work and it is unprofessional. But of course, it is Kate Middleton so the “unprofessional” part is part-and-parcel of most of what she does.

  25. Hazel says:

    I don’t think J & J kept their baby ‘secret’ at all–I just think in this day of over sharing one’s private life they chose not to. I’m sure friends & family knew, and that’s enough. So they didn’t call the DM, that’s hardly keeping the baby a secret.
    As for Kate & her crush–I saw the photos of post-sailing, & all I could think of was that fellow in the chair by the door. K & B were so intent on each other that neither noticed the guy, and I’m sure he was there to see the Duchess or the famous sailor. I’m disappointed on his behalf.

    • Vava says:

      It’s refreshing really that people keep their news to their immediate friends and family and not splash it all over the Internet. I applaud them for that! I think this is a non-story.

      Kate needs to work on her public image. She needs to seriously consider what charities she can truly get behind and once she does, become very active and engaged. Right now, she’s all “over the board”. Sporting events seem to work well for her, but should she work harder on other ones since she is a FUTURE QUEEN CONSORT? In this day and age: YES.

    • Tourmaline says:

      @Hazel totally noticed the guy in the wheelchair as well. Of course Kate probably ignored him and that’s no surprise. Telling.

  26. Joannie says:

    Non story

  27. Starlight says:

    Wolf sounds very rugged a bit like Bear (Bear Gryls) perhaps they want him to grow up being a regular adventurer man of the jungle. It will be interesting to see if Wills is godparent in time.

  28. birdy says:

    I’m a terrible person but I would love this rumour to have quietly come from harry. After all the times he has been thrown under the bus by them, attempts to take attention away from his causes and had the Cambridges use him as their get out of jail card, it would be awesome if harry was now willing to play the game and infer stuff about them in the press the exact same way that will has done for years.
    But then considering he seems like a decent enough bloke, I don’t think he would consider questioning a innocent kid’s paternity considering how how many years was he endured the same thing.
    Post the PR success of IG, I think he is going to be more willing to fight for his rep and call out bs stories as it will impact not only on him but his ability to put on the games. The pippa story has just been very publicly debunked. How often are stories of his love life debunked?

    • notasugarhere says:

      I think that one was debunked because they claimed to have contacted Clarence House. That is implying a great deal, as if something *was* going on and the Palace didn’t want to admit it or comment on it. If the publication hadn’t made that claim, it would have been another rumor that Harry/CH/Palace ignored.

  29. Erica_V says:

    Serious question – you know that she was a sailor and worked on a during her gap year right? She doesn’t need training. She was probably so thrilled to be out doing something she loves that she unfortunately isn’t allowed to do often because it is dangerous and she’s a Royal.

    Damn – can Kate friggin live just one day?!?!?!

    • notasugarhere says:

      She wasn’t a sailor. She was essentially a waitress on a high-end yacht, where she insisted on wearing tight short shorts instead of the longer shorts other women were wearing.

      The royals are not preventing her from working. Where on earth is that fiction coming from? They set their own schedules, choose their own tasks. If Harry can run a mile in a marathon, and Sophie can cycle 400+ miles from Edinburgh to London for the DoE Awards, Middleton can do public engagements without OTT security fiction from fans.

      Security concerns? Then stop going to the same island every year at the same time. If we all know they are there, so does anyone else.

      If she wants to spend time doing something fun, she should do it on her personal time. Spending hours flirting and sailing with Ben Ainslie and calling it work? Vs. yet another letter because that’s all she’ll do to support EACH at this point?

      Damn – can Kate friggin work just one day?!?!?!

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