The Duchess of Cambridge is back from her maternity leave! Looking back on the past six months or so, don’t you think that Kate was quite relieved that Meghan got so much attention? If Meghan had not been around, people really would have had a lot to say about Kate’s maternity leave. In any case, it’s not like Kate is coming back with a full-time schedule now. She’s never had a full-time schedule, but the palace has let it be known that she’s going to be doing “light duties” for the rest of this year, and she’ll do more work next year. That’s literally what they say every year though, so don’t hold your breath.
Today’s event was at London’s Paddington Recreation Ground, where she got to spend time with some kids involved in the Sayers Croft Trust’s Forest School. According to reporters there, Kate was in a good mood, and she was very chatty with all the kids. She stayed for about an hour.
As for her outfit… girl loooooves jeggings, and quite honestly, I’ve missed her jeggings. This pair is from Zara. You can’t really see underneath her sweater, but Kate’s wearing the silk Joseph Rainer Bud blouse, which you can see on a retail site here – it costs £395 and it has BUTTONS on the breast pockets, OH MY! Buttons and jeggings!! It’s like she never left. I’m giddy! What Kate Wore thinks her jacket is Fjallraven, and that she’s repeating her Penelope Chilvers boots (which she’s owned for a decade or longer). Oh, she’s wearing emerald earrings? Those look new to me.
Also: Kate made a move to shut her own car door, just like Meghan! Except it looks like she only put her hand on the door and her bodyguard quickly shut the door and Kate looked back like “yeah, that’s right!”
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I need her blowout person. She looks good
She looks great and you can tell this is her natural style.
I agree @Natalie, she looks really comfortable in this outfit. I personally would totally wear this also, the jumper colour is divine.
Love the whole look, and it’s really perfect for a day outside in nature. The pants and boots are ones she’s worn a lot in the past; and I really like that jacket. It’s good to see her involved with the kids and looking like she’s really enjoying being there.
I have unbridled hair envy!
She looked really good for the type of event it was – tramping around a garden/park with small kids. A shame there are no pictures here of the kids running up to hug her – it was really cute and spontaneous.
God she looks better than ever. I’m dying for that hair!!
Love her look from head to toe!
Yeah, she looks like herself in these clothes. Her best look, I think.
Can anyone guess her hip measurements? If she looks this tiny in those pants in pictures, she must be really thin in real life!
She starved and starves herself that is why she is so “thin” and she is known to abuse sport for that. Make no mistake: she is anorexic/bulimic and competes with mummy and sister in dieting. She was a very healthy weight before her marriage and just right before her marriage she became sceletal thin.
It takes a lot of dieting and weight-loss-sports and effort and dedication to become that thin especially when you have been at a more healthy weight for your first 30 years in life.
Looks like the hair extensions are back?
And are these new earrings the latest push present? I remember that she got new earrings for her first or second child as well, something aquamarine?
Her face looks like it is sliding down especially when she isn’t smiling. Too much dieting, I suppose.
I’m no Kate apologist but I have had an eating disorder so I have to jump in here.
You cannot have 3 healthy pregnancies in a row…ish with an eating disorder.
Body shaming is still body shaming when it’s aimed at thin women. Sure she’s thin, perhaps even too thin, but it’s her body and maybe we should let her decide what it should look like.
she is dressed perfectly for this occasion and for fall, no? Love this casual look. But IMO she has lost too much of her baby weight now, her face looks too thin and it’s giving her a tired aspect.
I agree. I was trying to figure out why she looks so much older- the tan, the makeup? But i think it’s the weight loss. She looks so vibrant when she’s pregnant / postpartum and i think a lot of that is from having a few extra lbs.
The smoking, and lots of sun damage when younger.
I actually think she’s retained some of it? Her thighs look like a normal size for once instead of so tiny. I just remember how pin thin she was following her wedding, for awhile she was a little like a bobblehead on stilts. She’s definitely lost most of it but she looks healthy to me. She could just be tired from having 3 children running around her. Also if she is dehydrated she will look older.
Thanks for the reminder. I just took a big chug of water!
The story about Meghan closing the door was ridiculous since many royals do that all the time lol.
As for Kate, I’m glad to see her again. Nobody should have complained about her maternity leave even if Meghan wasn’t around since in the UK women are entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave.
I like her outfit, appropriate for the event itself, and she is always at her best when in activities with children or sport related.
No royals DO NOT shut their car doors ALL THE TIME. Yes some do so occasionally from time to time, but they don’t do it all the time. What I found ridiculous was all the correction that came back at those that praised Meghan for shutting the car door ya know? Kate Middleton has done it so many times etc etc. Interestingly, when Meghan gets accused of breaking some fake protocol, for example something that Kate does on so many occasions, you don’t see Kate supporter countering and stating or posting videos how Kate does the same deed all the time but nothing ever gets said…go figure.
In these pictures, Kate is way too bonny she looks awful. I think some people were meant to be bonny but still look like mega stars, unfortunately Kate Middleton is to one of those people.
+100
@Masamf
HRH Duchess Sussex at her first solo performing this – is the huge reason for the buzz.
Some photos at other sites, show waity Cannot Lambridge unsmiling – look less pleased/ ‘ordered back’ to duties …
@masamf +1 The lengths they went to was very intresting lol.Saw she was going viral and people were gushing over and they couldn’t handle it
In Scotland “bonny” is another word for healthily pretty. Do you mean “boney ” or something else?
Yes. With reference to the article people in the U.K. and Europe will have not a lot to say about her maternity leave as a year is normal, or that she is an employee or worker. We are lucky to have it. My sister had her third a few days before Kate and is still in tiny baby mode not return to work mode.
She’s wearing emerald earrings to honor the suffragettes.
+100
Nice!
She is getting old fast, in some photos the wrinkles on her forehead are really deep.
smoking, tanning, genetics and extreme dieting can have a big impact on your face as you start to get older. i see it with my friends who smoke, tan and eat very very little.
Kate smokes?
she def used to, dont know if she still does. all I’m trying to say is people visually age at different rates based on lifestyle and genetic factors. Some women her age look way younger, some look older. Mid 30s is a funny time for faces and aging – I say this as a 34 year old!
Right, check out Pippa she is extremely facially aged. Although in Pippa’s case I would speculate it is sun damage as she is perpetually tanned and I doubt it is of the spray variety.
Pippa has a ridiculous amount of sun damage, her skin tone is very uneven in make up free photos
+100
@ the thread
Midds planner qn carol is the trend setter for the middleton sibs. They all have used GB people funds to support their lavish luxury royal entitlements, but after 7 (going on 17) years marry in – waity dolittle refuse to give back. There are NO free ride.
Potential King HRH/s Sussex will show how senior Wales Royals serve HM GB CW people.
Loretta, is it really necessary? Everybody gets old.
I’m just commenting something I noticed in the photos. We are the same age and she seems my mom.
In my experience, people always tend to think they look much younger than they actually do…
Can we please stop age-shaming women and perpetuating unattainable beauty myths. Everyone ages, it is inevitable.
Men gain character and women lose youth. And then we complain about not seeing women older than 30 on tv shows and in movies. There’s more than one way to look your age without it being wrong and we seem to get this for men but not women.
Natalie S : YOU ROCK! Preach!!
@Jenns–that is so true.
Almost I hear someone say that, I wonder if they own a mirror.
Yeah, I’m 28 and I have a deep crease between my brows. Excuse my genetics.
And?
I think she looks great.
It happens. She’s no longer a fresh faced teenager, she’s a mother of three, in her mid 30’s. Doesn’t look like she’s aging any quicker than normal
I don’t think she looks “young” the way Natalie Portman has throughout her life (which is rare for most people), but I don’t necessarily think Kate looks bad or “old” either, if that makes any sense. She does look like a smoker to me, but again I don’t think she necessarily looks bad. Maybe the fact that she’s in shape helps. If she were out of shape or had an apple shape combined with having less than stellar skin, that would make her quite average-looking, but I think looking fit distracts from wondering how many wrinkles she might have. She doesn’t look frumpy to me despite likely having made her skin look less good because of tanning and smoking. I guess you could say the same of someone like Gwyneth Paltrow too (and I think Kate looks prettier than her, so….)
I also think she looks good in boots and casual outfits.
She also would have had to lay off the Botox while pregnant and breastfeeding.
Why the f&^^% does a 30 something need botox? Ridiculous. I’m 58 & have less wrinkles than her. She also needs to lose the jeggings; we don’t need to see the outline of her “you know what”/
I think she looks like a lot of thirty-six year olds I know, honestly. Some people just naturally have more “lined” faces than others. I’ve had creases under my eyes and “marionette” lines around my mouth since I was a teenager that are supposedly a sign of aging. And I’ve never smoked, don’t tug on my eyes to wear eyeliner daily, and always wear sunscreen because I’m fair. *shrugs* It is what it is.
I really like this outfit. It seems appropriate for the occasion – but I’d love to own it. I love green. I actually love the boots – they look super comfy. I want a pair similar to that, color and all.
My hair looks like that with a blow-dry and straightening. Each time I do it, I get massive compliments which annoys me a little bit as I have waves and curls and no one compliments me on that.
This to say that I flatter myself to think that we have the same hair. Ha!
Also: she is so athletic! Her leg muscles.
She looks great. I can’t front tho…I love jeggings and a skinny trouser too!
Six months pampered with luxury lifestyle, by dozens of Royals staffs/ nanny Maria+, will make ANYONE look Great!
It’s way pass time, waity Royal Duties consist of more ‘substance’ for her grand lifestyle and status she / the middletons chase for a decade. After six months luxury entitled vacation- (where Zara had a much ‘weighty’ pregnancy and delivery, and weeks later got back to her life in public) – Waity as a Senior Royal marry in should have return with a much needed ‘bang’ – meaningful event rather than photo op. This is way below what is expected of her status entitlement – to give back to GB taxpayers.
I agree, RoyalSparkle. The very least is expected of Kate and that is what she does. Zara returned to competition, but we’re supposed to seal clap because Kate came back for a kids’ event.
I think she looks great after 3 kids.
What in the name of goodness does this comment even mean?
Maternity leave. Maternity leave. Maternity leave.
Maybe if somebody says it enough this will sink in? She gave birth to a child.
Zara never went back into public life. She went on some outings for goodness sake and got papped. She wasn’t doing official duties.
The earrings are by Monica Vinader and they’re green onyx, if anyone is interested: https://katemiddletonstyle.org/item/monica-vinader-siren-earrings/
I thought she looked great and happy today. Her comfort level around kids has definitely gone up as she’s had her own, and it was cute to see how excited the kids themselves were to show her things.
I love my MV jewellery! Yup, she does look great. These types of events should be regularly pencilled in. She looks very comfortable.
Not my type of outfit, but it looks good on her. She looks tired in some of the stills.
She looks great! She can really rock casual clothes. LOVE those boots.
She looks nice. Her hair looks a lot better with the added layers. The outfit is nice – its her “hanging out with kids outside” outfit lol – but nice. I like those boots but um….were they necessary? It looks like she is just walking along a paved path and then some light walking through grass.
Anyway. I used to feel bad for nitpicking on Kate but then I saw the immediate comments on a popular Kate IG account about how she is the true royal, people hate Meghan, Kate doesn’t care about cameras like MM and I thought…..whatever. The Kate stans are worse than the Meghan ones.
the stans are all crazy frankly – why uphold and fawn over people whose biggest accomplishments are marrying into a family whose power and money is predicated on keeping others oppressed?
+1million
Amen!
And one who seem to have no interest or care to support or aid others , with her HRH status.
Word, original Lala. I’m happy to see Kate back but honestly I’m tired of the competition drama.
Kate loves costumes.
Kate has always been praised by putting down someone else. It used to be Kim Kardashian and now it’s Meghan. There’s not much to say for Kate herself.
Her stans are so racist and classist. It’s really painful to read them, I’m ashamed for them
Funny given Kate’s class situation was always middle class at best, working class at worst. But hey, sat least she’s white! /s
People suck.
A lot of the Kate stan accounts on twitter are also MAGA people, so that tells you everything right there.
So many of the Meghan haters are Trump supporters which sort of makes sense. Not only did Meghan say she didn’t vote or support Trump but of course, she’s also not the right color for Trump supporters.
One comment I saw about Meghan with her mother is that Doria was going to “try to Marian Robinson her way into KP”
I guess it’s fine for Trump supporters that Melania’s parents live in the White House and regularly travel on Air Force One but Michelle’s mother was “a freeloader” I really hate Trump supporters!
It’s been in the teens (C)/sixties (F) in the UK this past week, so maybe she wanted something warmer and a touch dressier than a tennis shoe? The girl behind her in the photos is wearing booties, too.
Wow, she stayed for a whole hour!
@Cupcake – Which is exactly as long as Meghan stayed at the Oceania Art Exhibition.
Why do you think people try to marry in here?
LOL totally- it’s laughable these things the royals attend are referred to as ‘work’
The outfit is great but am laughing – she’s dressed to tramp through the woods and she’s gone to an event in zone 1 central london – Paddington.
+1000
Spot on!
Huge photo op (for us fools!)
This senior royal is all smoke screens for the precious delicate entitled HRH waity dollttle. Waity carol/middletons push three mainly middleton kids – to secure their luxury lazy entitled lifestyles – No care to help the less fortunate/charities – GB UK CW.
I had to laugh at this one.. Didn’t really occur to me either until you pointed it out!
Dang, I admire her ability to bounce back physically after 3 kids. I know she has help and such, but still…dang.
Right? She looks fab, IMO she looks best in sporty / casual outfits.
Her mom looks great after 3 and still does as a grandma to almost 4. Genetics pay a huge part but also healthy habits taught young and practiced for life I am willing to bet too
The healthy habits probably go hand and hand with money and resources, honestly. It’s easy to live well when you’ve got the help.
They look like plain old skinny jeans to me.
One of the best things about Meghan being on the scene is now no one can complain about Kate wearing her hair loose.
Honestly, I know people complain about her hair ,but the only time I hate it down is when I think it detracts from her outfit. Like she’ll wear a really fabulous necklace and her hair is down (see, BAFTAs this year, that black velvet McQueen from 2011, etc.) Or the dress will seem to have a pretty neckline and her hair is down and hides it. Sometimes its too windy and she would prob be more comfortable with it up (same with Meghan), but eh, you cant control that.
Ya y! Kate’s back! I missed Kaiser’s harmless Katie Keen shade! She looks very Windsor-y here with the outdoorsy, hunting color palette. so Prince Louis is 6 months old already? When are we getting new photos? All the perks these royals get on the taxpayers dime, the least they can do is release some cute British baby pics on the regular.
Pfft. They are both pretty, middle class women with bachelor’s degrees. The main differences between the two are nationality and work ethic.
Kate looks great. I’d rock this outfit.
If we call her pants jeggings then all my pants are jeggings
“If we call her pants jeggings then all my pants are jeggings”
I’m starting think the same thing. Basically the only pants I can find now are the ones that look like that, and they all fit that way. Even the dress pants they sell now seem to stick to the body like that.
I actually thought she was wearing skinny jeans because of the colour of the pants. I thought jeggings were always blue or black.
Same! Most pants are like this now even the khakis I wear to work
she is dressed like a tree. all brown on bottom, all green on top.
You know Kate loves to theme-dress.
LOVE Kate’s Fjällräven jacket!
All the excitement is lost on me. She looks like a well dressed woman. Boots are actually wrong with the pants.
Catherine looks beautiful, as always 😊 So glad to see her out, supporting children 💕
Not a fan of this ensemble. I think the boots don’t work with those jeans, and I’d rather see a modern longer jacket on her, something coming down to mid-thigh. Also, looser clothing is in style and I think she’d look great in some different pants than these. Paying that much for a silk blouse is really ridiculous.
Hair looks good, though.
Well that’s interesting, I think the whole outfit is great and would wear it. And if I were still super slender, I’d wear a jacket that length. Why should she wear something longer? She was dressed for Zone 1 London (see upthread).
There was an interesting Tom Sykes article in Daily Beast in the last week it was a Kate vs. Meghan comparison, but the interesting point of it was he spotlighted how royal photographers say Meghan is so much easier to photograph on royal duties because Kate tends to deliberately flick her hair and turn away from them.
Yes she started doing that after her wedding, previously she was all over the photog’s – even asking them for copies of pap shots for the family scrapbook. Plus as a former actress Meghan will know where the camera is without looking for it.
Kate looks 110% better when she is casual. She looks spectacular here.
I am neither a fan of Kate or Meghan but I just like to read royal gossip and of course the comments. What I noticed is so far, kate’s Outfits since the beginning consists of some affordable a like Zara which she wears a lot and some Jenny pakeha should for suits and formal wear..nothing wrong about that..but when Meghan came along, I noticed that since her wedding, she has been wearing nothing but high end designers like her new favorite- Givenchy, some Oscar de la renta, louboutins, jimmy choos..but this website doesn’t include the price tags of these expensive outfits which they always do with kate’s..everything Kate wears has a price tag..but I think Meghan is spending a lot more money on her outfits considering these high end designers..not to mention the ridiculously expensive Ralph and Russo gown she wore for the engagement photoshoot. I,d like to see the price tags on Meghan’s outfits too because I am 4eally curious..
We haven’t seen Meghan do a fully casual event yet, but her wardrobe costs for her less formal events are in line with what Kate spends – the goat dress for the garden party, her blue Jason Wu dress, etc. So much of what Kate wears is bespoke once she is out of the Zara jeans so we don’t have any idea of the cost.
@Becks1 – Yes, she has, the Wimbledon appearance with Kate. Trousers and shirt were Ralph Lauren. Don’t remember the trouser cost, but do remember the shirt retailed at £600 (probably remember it because it was the only piece of the outfit I could have worn without my husband laughing his sides off when I appeared in it).
I would say her appearance at the Invictus trials with Harry is more of a casual event at Wimbledon. She wore an Aritzia coat and Mother Denim Jeans. Both items cost a few hundred dollars each.
Meghan has been wearing high end brands before she married Harry,there isn’t much difference in her clothing choices.Kate wasn’t until she married William but let’s not start acting Kate wears a lot of affordable clothes.
And @violet,that top did not cost £600 because all of Meghan fans sites and other fashion blogs have the price at around £100.Ridiculous people have to make up fake prices for her outfits cos this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this
She looks great. Photos and video on the KP IG account show her engaged and having fun with the kids.
I’d totally wear this outfit. Would love that blowout 🙂
She looks beautiful and appropriate, and she clearly genuinely loves being around children.
So classy and pretty!
Omg the video of the little ones hugging her tightly is so cute!!
I think she looks lovely and relaxed, and the DM, as usual, has lost no time in trumpeting that she is wearing boots she’s had for ten years – which is longer than she has been married.
She does exude a very maternal aura. Perhaps that’s just what she’s best at.
And why can’t people understand that motherhood is her strong point and that it’s her focus? What’s so wrong with it? We don’t know what the future of the monarchy is, but I believe her children will be far happier and more well-adjusted than the previous generation by a long shot. We also don’t know how she will feel as the children age out of needing a mother around so much. That will be interesting. And it comes faster than we expect.
@Natalia “And it comes faster than we expect.” Ain’t that the truth! It’s incredible the speed of childhood these days . . . sometimes I think it’s terrible for the kids, too, they just don’t have time to be kids. (End of OT rant.)
Then the royals should admit it rather than constantly presenting us with lies about how she’s going to work so much harder next year. And if she is going to have reduced duties, she doesn’t need bespoke McQueen coming out of her ears.
Motherhood and marrying well, is all she was groomed for. It’s outdated but i’s not surprising considering her family background.
Honestly it seems her strongest asset and desire is to be a housewife. She there to prop up William and her kids and not cause too much off a fuss. However, in this age and as a part of that family, just being a housewife isn’t enough.
@Tina – what I think is, Kate’s primary job was never patronage, it was always first to keep William happy and stable, and give him a family, and prioritize the family the way the Queen didn’t have a chance to do because she became Queen so young. I don’t think they can or want to acknowledge this publicly, but I suspect this is the real case and that the patronage stuff was understood to be secondary in Kate’s case. And I totally agree that one reason Kate was found to be so acceptable for this role was because she didn’t have other ambitions. So in a way, she really was perfect for the job, just not the job the way the BRF framed it flat out, if you get me. I think they understood how old-fashioned it would look, and they’re right. But it’s what they wanted for William and their family does seem happy.
@violet, that’s not what they said when she got married (she was keen in the engagement interview, for heaven’s sake) and it’s not what they continue to spout. I honestly don’t care what they wanted for William, he’s been a spoilt brat all of his life. We spend £3m+ every year on that family, they ought to be happy. And they ought to do some work.
I think she looks kind of sloppy. Sure it’s a casual event but she is still respresenting the RF. Those pants are terrible and her boots are scuffy. The really overdone hair isn’t in line with the casual look either.
@Mego – gosh, her hair was the one thing that seemed off to me, not because it was overdone but because it’s the first time I’ve seen it look untidy with even some dark roots showing under her highlights. I was told to stop coloring my hair while I was nursing, I was wondering if that’s why it looks so much less “cared for” than her locks usually do.
I never liked her hair. I am not a fan of Meghan’s hair long but like her updos whilst Kate’s updo’s are too old fashioned looking. Kate looks nice with her hair in a ponytail which I think would work with the casual clothes.
Does anyone know where KMR is these days and if she’s okay?
Kate looks great and seemed totally engaged. Good for her. Can’t wait to see more of her.
KMR?
Someone who posts here?
I totally believe this is her style!
Frankly, she looks great and she was born for country lifestyle just like they always said. She’s not glamorous, she’s good at sport and loves being around her kids.
This is how she dresses and it’s clear she looks natural and at ease.
I missed Kate. Looking forward to seeing her regularly.
That outfit it godawful!
Some 50 year old counties toff housewife…hair looks good though
“Light duties” for the rest of the year. No change then. I wonder when she intends to hit the ground running as a full-time working royal.
That said, I thought she looked well yesterday and her outfit was appropriate for the occasion. She seems to do well at this type of event so may be she could focus more on these?
Could she manage to get those pants any tighter?
She looks amazing for just having had her third child. And I absolutely love those boots. I feel like this is her real self in these clothes
Kate looks good for a mum of 3..Always loved Kate and it’s good to see her up and doing