Maybe it’s Scorpio Season or maybe it’s the Mercury Retrograde, but I am feeling a very weird vibe around the royals and the royal media. It’s quite clear that British royal reporters are “mad” at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and it’s quite clear that those same reporters and commentators are happy to do the most to embiggen the Duchess of Cambridge. But… it feels like everyone is either trying too hard or they’re just phoning it in. Like, everything just feels false? The “future queen Kate is perfect in every way” narrative is as obvious as it is mind-numbing. Same with the “Meghan does everything wrong and people loathe her” narrative. I’m just sort of throwing up my hands at this point. I tried to make it through this Richard Price piece at the Sun but it was too stupid too finish.
From her style overhaul to her new bronde highlights and easy confidence, Kate has completely transformed since bursting back on to the scene last October, following a six-month maternity leave (her longest yet) after the birth of Prince Louis in April. She even made her foray into social media by posting on Instagram from Pakistan. The beautiful, confident woman whose empathy charms everyone she meets is a world away from the gaucheness of yesteryear’s “Waity Katie”. And if onlookers struggle to put their finger on what has changed for Kate, that’s because the real change is on the inside.
“Like the finest of wines, she has taken years to mature to perfection, but the woman you see today has no peers on the global stage,” a well-placed royal source tells Fabulous. “What people are seeing now is a confident, driven woman with a purpose. For the first time in her life Kate knows where she is going and has the self-belief to get there under her own steam.”
Of course, she has plenty of support – not least from William, who is as bowled over by Kate today as he was when he first saw her striding down the catwalk in that see-through dress at the University of St Andrews. Nearly 20 years on, at 37 she still has an incredible figure, but now has the confidence to go with it. “Back then she was full of self-doubt, despite all her assets,” adds the source. “These days she’s a force to be reckoned with.”
The fact that even royal insiders are making complimentary comparisons to Diana speaks volumes about how far Kate has come. At a time when the royals have their share of troubles – with Harry and Meghan at war with the media and beleaguered Prince Andrew fighting for his reputation over his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein – Kate is a breath of fresh air. It is hard to imagine this is the same woman who was once lambasted as a work-shy social climber, the lucky girl whose sole job in life was to sit around looking pretty until William proposed.
Sir Anthony Seldon, vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham and political author, has praised the monarch-to-be for her “magical talent”. “Kate has that rare ability, possessed by very few people, of being able to talk and relate to those of different ages, backgrounds and ethnicities. It’s a magical talent that is infinitely precious and you either have it in life or you don’t. Most people don’t, but Kate does.”
All of the people who scream about comparing Meghan and Kate go suddenly quiet when Kate is held up as the ideal and Meghan is smeared in comparison, have you noticed that? And does Kate have peers on the global stage? Um, she has peers in her own f–king family, and yes, she does have peers on the global stage too. And it’s not a “magical talent” to simply talk to people at an event!! Jesus Christ. The Sun goes on to claim that the Queen is now a big Kate fan and that Kate is suddenly super-hard-working (she is not) and how the biggest change is her self-confidence, which… I agree. She’s been so much more confident over the past few years, which coincided with the Embiggening Campaign and…other things. Oh, but here’s an interesting little aside in the same piece:
Fortunately for Kate, her natural instinct is to be cautious and courteous. She has barely made a single misstep since first catching William’s eye at university. Which made it all the more surprising when stories leaked to the press of a rumoured rift with her friend and neighbour Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. For a few weeks earlier this year, the aristocratic rumour mill went into overdrive. Yet rather than publicly complaining about being the subject of gossip and speculation, Kate did and said precisely nothing. And it worked. To this day little is known about what really happened between Kate, William and the Cholmondeleys, but the world has long since moved on.
Okay, I’ll give it to Kate there: she did do the “right thing” for a royal wife, which is “ignore the affair” and not speak about any of it publicly. Prince William did sh-t though, like get his lawyers to threaten and bully media outlets who were looking into his affair. And he also shoved Meghan under the bus at the same time to take the interest off his wandering sceptre. Which… is the same thing this article does.
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I think Kate and William have an open marriage.
Maybe on his end, but definitely not hers.
Half opened. There’s no way Kate is allowed to have anyone on the side. William does not seem like the type to share.
More than just being unwilling to share, if she’d be impregnated by an affair, it would have serious implications on the monarchy.
Right, they have an open marriage kind of like that Verizon guy…: where the husband is screwing around and she’s been told to fall in line or leave, with not even a slight consideration for her feelings.
LaaLaa they might. If they do and both agree I don’t see a problem. Transactional marriages can work well when both people are on board.
I think he’s allowed to do what he wants.
I don’t think she is.
I don’t believe it’s a matter of him just being able to do what he wants, as in Kate is okay with it, but more a matter where Kate feels she has no choice but to put up with his wandering willy. And his obvious and growing lack of respect for her. Pretty sad when a woman, royal or not, feels she has to remain with a cheating, disrespectful husband. But she waited a decade for a proposal as Wills worked his way through all his romantic options, so I can never see her making a huge fuss or divorcing him now. Although we don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. I’m betting she is far from the happy wife she portrays to the public.
I think one of the downsides of Bill settling was that the honeymoon period was WAY over and so Katie silently acquiesced to him getting his jollies elsewhere. But as with every high profile marriage of inconvenience the reality is often a little more difficult to stomach.
I’m guessing eventually Kate is going to need some form of affection and then we will see how the arrangement pans out…
Was the honeymoon period ever on!?! I never saw him look at Kate the way Harry looks at Meghan. Kate looked at William the way Meghan looks at Harry, but William always had an oh it’s her look on his face.
Definitely not on her end, at least not now. What if she got pregnant, that could be messy. But when they are older, then probably all bets are off.
This Sun article is so embarassing, you could sense the phoniness of the whole piece. This article is just for the benefit of Meghan, see Meg, if you play the game, we could give you a brilliant PR. Either that or an emotional blackmail in the direction of The Sussexes to drop the suits. What has kate achieved all these years in this family? Meghan has been far more impactful; to use Meghan’s word, than all the 8years of Kate as a royal. The desperation from the media is real. Harry and Meghan said their peace, and you can see the relief in their faces now. They have bullshitted the ‘stiff upperlip crap’ and people who care about mental health are cheering them on. What is the purpose of Heads Together, if you can’t talk about your worries. The pilloring of H&M has been public, so it’s right, they publicly talked about their situation. The Media was outfoxed, and they hate it.
Uh let’s start by comparing her to Queen Maxima….
Correct or a few other women who will soon be Queen consorts. The article is such a fairy tale. And their world is a fairy tale of lies.
How about CP Victoria of Sweden or CP Mary of Denmark? Actually there is NO comparison in any way.
@DU, exactly what you said.
@Digital Unicorn, I would have to add Queen Rania of Jordan to that list. Cathy Cambridge will never be in the same league as Queen Rania of Jordan..
@Digital Unicorn, I agree, there is no comparison. Everyone mentioned here–Victoria, Maxima, Mary–all run circles around Kate in their work ethic, their ability to connect to their people, and heck even their fashion.
I prefer to compare her to Daniel, not Victoria, as Daniel is the married-in. He runs circles around Kate with commitment, work ethic, professionalism. His wedding speech set the tone for what to expect from him, delivered without notes and in his (at least) second language.
Or Lalla Salma of Morocco? She has been quietly pushed aside since their alleged divorce, but prior to that worked tirelessly in the areas of education and cancer research, often with Rania, Letizia and Sheikah Moza.
The tone of the entire article is so over the top and exaggerated and clearly based on fiction that I wonder if the “without peer” reference is more of an insult than a compliment. Royal skills wise she still remains unable to make speeches adequately compared to all other royals and her workload is far far lower than her European counterparts.
Right? It almost read like satire. Or like a back-handed compliment article. Bringing up “Waity Katie,” how she caught William’s eye by basically just being pretty in a sheer dress, how she used to be so gauche and just sat around looking pretty for ten years, how she used to be riddled with self doubt and was scoffed at by courtiers, how she’s taken almost 20 years to age into maturity finally now that she’s 37 years old, and even bringing up Rose Who? again—and in a way that didn’t dismiss the rumors or say that nothing happened, but in a way that makes it seem like something definitely happened but we just don’t know what. It was like a list of all the embarrassing things shes trying to get away from but then they put some kind of spin on it like “but look how far she’s come! She’s a magical unicorn being who can talk to people of different ethnicities and ages and she still has her figure! Plus she’s really quiet about affair rumors!!” This is the type of piece I would write if I was being told I HAD TO write a flattering puff piece about someone I didn’t think deserved it.
And even if we take out all the back handed compliments and all the references to how pathetic she used to be, even if it was just about her “accomplishments,” those accomplishments were: she has blonde highlights, she still has her figure, she has regained her husband’s attention with her new look, she finally has inner confidence, she doesn’t talk to the media, she doesn’t fuss about affairs, she’s “cautious and courteous,” and she has the “magical ability” to make small talk with people who are different than her. Those are literally all of the “accomplishments” they have for her. Which is why the over top praise, saying she has “no peer” sounds satirical.
@Amy – the rose mention was interesting to me because it seemed so not necessary. Why bring that up at all? And it very carefully just mentioned the rumors of the rift, nothing about the rumors about the affair. It seems very clear Price wanted to get Rose’s story into this article, but knew he could only say certain things.
ITA with Nic919, Amy Too and Becks. There’s so much hidden snark in here for an article meant to embiggen Kate. But why, and why now?
I’ll be laughing about “magical talent” well into 2020.
I love the bit about her “magical talent” and feel like we are going to use that phrase to describe her for YEARS lol.
@Becks absolutely. Magical talent, FGS.
Also: “Kate has that rare ability, possessed by very few people, of being able to talk and relate to those of different ages, backgrounds and ethnicities,” he says.
Tell that to the mutilated child in India who she called “interesting.”
What is this reminds me of is when the media knew that Hugh Bonneville had been having an affair but were embargoed from writing about it due to a super injunction. Suddenly there was a little rash of stories about how Hugh was the most amazing, loyal man and, if you knew that he had been playing away, you could see the snark in the pieces. Later, it all came out and then the earlier stories made sense.
Obviously, I doubt that Kate has been having an affair but this piece definitely reads to me the same way. This reporter is taking the mickey.
Thank you! This article is clearly snark and brutally mean. If someone wrote this about me I’d be crying for weeks. This is definitely not a puff piece, it’s a hit piece.
@Loreli
That’s exactly the example I thought of too, when they mentioned her magical talent of being able to talk to people that were different than her (massive eye roll)… That poor child in India that spoke of the tragedy he had faced in his short life (including mutilation) and she replied with “how interesting.” I mean, are you fu%king kidding me?!
Idk whether to laugh or scream at these articles, they are just too fuc!ing ridiculous. She’s gotten bronde highlights and still has her figure, wow what a role model. Funny they can’t name one damn project or charity that she’s done anything for, after 8 fuc/ing years in the royal family. She’s a freaking joke and nobody will ever convince me that she hasn’t been part of the behind the scenes smear campaign against Meghan.
I took the “without peers” comment to be a direct diss to Meghan. And I am sure Meghan took it the exact same way.
I agree with all of you. The article seems to damn her with over-the-top praise. I believe William and Rose are still at it and Kate got some “concessions.”
Kate got that Order of Victoria blue sash, patronage for photography (not that she’ll do anything with it) and another pair of Diana’s earrings. Press wise, we have this embiggening campaign, the end of some negative articles about the Middletons and hearing that Rose was not invited to Kate’s Birthday Weekend Hunt.
In my opinion, William got tired of “playing house” with Kate and realized that other women, like the one next door, were more interesting and accomplished. Kate started feeling threatened b/c it was more than a dalliance and b/c of the Camilla precedent. That’s why she set boundaries and had to placated.
This article is just needling her.
No no, Maxima is Queen. And Victoria and Mary are Crown Princesses!
How could they possibly be peers to Future Future Queen Consort Kate??
Or Queen Letizia
The problem with comparing her to any of the (other) European RFs is that, on the whole, the Sun readership has no idea who any of them are. The Monegasque RF were quite scandalous back in the day, running off with their bodyguards and so on, but those are the only types of story that make it into this rag.
The Monegasque RF was definitely a goldmine of salacious gossip during the 80s and 90s.
I’ve met Queen Maxima, and she is very lovely and kind. I don’t even like the idea of monarchy, but I’d curtsy to QM any day.
Dreck and drivel.
Dear God, perfection? this is getting to be way too much.
You said it last week…everything reads like a subtweet around the Sussexes. And that’s exactly right. Blonde highlights, she can relate to people of different ethnicities, it’s so obvious. And there is Andy, getting away with it.
This is some of the best press Katie Keen has EVER gotten, no way she is not enjoying it regardless of how the public views her. This is a woman who has proved many times that she does not care about what her future subjects think of her of her ‘work’. All she has ever cared about is pleased King William the Brat.
Its obvs that Kate is only stepping up her game, such as it is, as she has competition.
I think part of Kate new found confidence is not only an awakening of her competitive spirit but also because I think that having the kids means William is at home more as well as them giving her focus away from running after him all the time. She might not be under as much pressure as she was before.
The mirroring of body language and facial expressions with these 2 is a bit creepy – In that last photo she has the same pursed expression he has.
I wonder if she didn’t push back after the affair and is finally playing the game with a few high cards in her hand. William didn’t have the ability to cow her like he used to and lo and behold, she realized she had more power in this relationship than she had before. That would make me feel confident, plus Meghan taking all the pressure off her bad headlines and the embiggining to overshadow the perve-uncle. I think the math holds on many levels
I would be quite concerned about being put on such a high pedestal if I were Kate.
Quite true Claire, as there is nowhere to go but down.
Yeah, I can’t understand anyone being comfortable with this much fawning.
Off subject, but your point explains why I pushed away guys who treated me like that and only seemed to like guys who weren’t interested
I agree. I am convinced that the press are building the Cambridge’s (an in particular Kate) up for the take-down as that is how they usually operate. At the moment they are using the Sussex’s to build them up but I am almost convinced now that the Rose take down is coming once they have found a way to get around the legal tape.
Regardless of how much Bill may court them and offer drinks down the pub, they know that his sh*t stinks to high heaven. And of course as per tradition Kate an her family will take the brunt of it as commoners.
For the time being the UK press is just having fun mauling Meghan…
I truly believe your predictions will prove accurate. I hope Kate realizes this before it is too late.
I agree, I think the Rose story isn’t over and part of me thinks some of these stories are coming from Ma and her media contacts. She’s setting her daughter up to be the saintly victim much like Diana was (even thou she had affairs and was the other person named in a divorce – Will Carling former England rugby captain). While I don’t think Kate would ever cheat, there are other skeletons in her and the Mid family closet.
“Kate did and said precisely nothing” as per usual.
Have those photo “experts” finished the analysis of that photo of Andy yet? Are we going with “fingers too fat” or “abuser too tall” as the defense this week?
This article is shady towards Kate. Richard Price is gross. Discussing Kate’s “assets?” No. There’s no respect towards Kate in this article at all.
Imagine the Queen or Anne being written about in this way or even Beatrice and Eugenie. They would just be outright criticized rather than shadily praised.
I don’t know anything about the author— it’s not a name familiar to me at all. What’s his deal? Does he usually cover royals?
In any case that was one of the most ridiculous articles I’ve ever read in my life so I’m grateful to him for starting off my morning with a laugh. And notice how they phrased the Andrew situation: “fighting for his reputation over his friendship with Epstein.” Um, no. That’s not Andrew’s issue. Absolutely no mention of what Andrew actually did. JFC
I just reread the entire article and have concluded that it *must* be shade. Right? It’s just too over the top — “magical talent” and “she thrives on the workload as they give her more to do” even though we barely ever see her. I feel like even if I was a massive Kate stan, I would still think that article was ridiculous.
And if that is the case, I’m so interested in the reasons behind the Sun running with it because it so clearly reads like parody.
@Lorelei – that’s what I keep thinking, this has to be parody. I don’t think it’s meant to be, but it comes off that way lol.
@Becks I hope someone on here knows more about the author of the article because there’s definitely some sort of agenda here and I have no idea what it is but I hope we find out!
It does have the feel of that tongue-in-cheek pro-Kate article William forced Katie N to write early on.
Exactly, I feel this article is total shade towards Kate. it’s written in a way to imply she is total fluff and nothing authentic. But I bet the Cambridge PR team is too dumb to pick this up. In fact, they probably had a hand in writing it.
I almost threw up in my mouth a little when he mentioned her still having a great figure at 37. That is never an appropriate comment to make about any woman unless she’s doing an interview for a fitness magazine, or something.
“Kate has that rare ability, possessed by very few people, of being able to talk and relate to those of different ages, backgrounds and ethnicities. It’s a magical talent that is infinitely precious and you either have it in life or you don’t. Most people don’t, but Kate does.”
Lmao this is so complete overkill and absolutely the wrong tactic because it’s so obviously bull.
Rather than trying to make her out to be some angelic figure who has charisma and relate to everyone and trying to draw Diana parallels, they should go down the “trusty and steady” route. At least that at least is on the same planet as the truth.
@Beli – This is what you call HIGH LEVEL trolling. If you will indulge me for a sec, I’ll explain why…
This is EXACTLY the sort of thing that we know the RR’s should be writing about Meghan. But instead she is savaged on a daily basis and written up in dog whistle racist tropes that tell us she doesn’t belong and even dehumanized leading to a law suit. It’s basically the same tactic that corporations use to manage staff who are not happy to occupy the scapegoat (aka bad cop/ tough employee stereotype). You heap all the praises you know said employee deserves onto the golden child aka in this case Kate.
That further ticks off the scapegoat (aka Meghan) and hopefully they are so in their feelings that they make mistakes and or quit so you can further demonize them and say ‘see I told you so’.
@MIGNIONETTE normally I would totally agree with you but this is just too, too over the top. And the unnecessary mention of Rose adds to the mystery. There’s something very strange about this entire thing.
I slightly disagree with you @Mignionette. They shouldn’t be writing this type of crap about Meghan, or anyone else. They should be writing substantive stories about what these people are accomplishing, not about “magical highlights” or whatever. That is for Barbie. But they won’t write that about Meghan and they can’t write that about Kate because…accomplishments?
@Mignionette, hey, do you work at my company??
Has anyone checked on the writer to see if he’s okay? He must’ve pulled something, he was stretching and straining so hard on that article.
It just makes the author, the source, and the rest of the BRF sound like sociopathic narcissists if they think that being able to talk to/relate to people who are not just like themselves (or what we normal people would just call “being kind”) is a “magical ability.”
A good laugh for a rainy Monday morning where I am.
These tabloids are so shady. It kills them they can’t talk about the Rose allegations broadly when foreign media has- why randomly bring it up here in an article which is meant to big up Kate? As well as the work shy social climber stuff?
I think William was right when he said in the Diana documentary “ And one lesson I’ve learnt is that you never let them in too far, because it’s very difficult to get them back out again. And you’ve got to maintain a barrier and a boundary, and if you cross it – if both sides cross it – a lot of pain and problems can come from it”.
It’s lesson he’s clearly discarded or at the very least forgotten. I wonder if he’ll ever regret not sticking to his words.
And yet, Harry and Meghan practice that lesson and get chastised and called “ fragile” for it.
This is so pitiful. I wonder how Keen Katie feels about being the Queen of the Tabloids and all its readers. I love how the writer equates the issues the Sussexes have been having with Prince Andrew ‘fighting for his reputation’.
I get the feeling that the mention of William’s Rose bush is a warning to Kate. They’re letting her now that THEY know the REAL deal and could use against her if she doesn’t play ball with them. I wonder how Carole feels about THAT.
Yes, there really was no need to bring her up at all. Mentioning the ‘’mysterious feud” will only draw more attention back to the story. Surely they could’ve found another way to praise Kate for being silent.
Agre. The mention if the Rose thing seems like some sort of veiled threat. Was this article randomly posted or did a Kate make an official appearance somewhere? Just seems so random and very weird tone.
Rose was mentioned to highlight how Kate handled it vs Meghan speaking out after 2 years of abuse. See we gave Kate a rough time with the Rose thing and she didn’t say anything? Nevermind William called his lawyers tout suite. This entire article is a passive aggressive jab at Meghan imo.
At least the BBC is not using closed caption for her speech in Pakistan, it was like a child sounding out new words, and her toad of a husband was trying very hard not to laugh.
On Twitter someone posted how KP use to write about their tours, now they are using videos similar to SR, copying is the sincerest form of flattery, even Sophie is into to hugging now.
Yup…..a LOT of low key copying is going on at the moment. But nobody’s brave or honest enough to admit it.
Zara Tindall is also out there wearing almost exact replicas of Meg’s off the shoulder BFA dress and being championed for her glamour no less.
@ Mignionette
It’s just so bizarre, the sh*t that’s going on right now. Everyone keeps saying Kate suddenly found herself and is now deliriously happy (timeline given is always the birth of Louis).
Methinks however, the Cambridge’s noticed how effective Meghan’s natural big smile and warmth are, and that’s THAT is what’s behind Kate’s new found vivaciousness.
I like to think of it as “The Meghanization of Kate Middleton”.
“Of course, she has plenty of support – not least from William, who is as bowled over by Kate today as he was when he first saw her striding down the catwalk in that see-through dress at the University of St Andrews.“
Uh, wow…there is so much you could say about this line alone. But I’ll stick with one appropriate word: yikes. 🤐
Yeah. They are really trying to emphasize her sexuality. Very inappropriate.
That comment pretty much sums up their relationship – she always made herself available to him, something he himself bragged about. She always was his ‘go to’ girl in between chasing after other woman.
It’s gross. Whoever this author is, he seems like quite the perv.
I am a fan of Meghan and neutral-to-positive on Kate, but my God, these stories are so vapid and dumb. I would be embarrassed to be quoted for a piece like this. Has no peer on the world stage? You’re kidding, right? There are loads of female royals on the world stage who are more active in their work, more impressive, and more stylish than her. There are subliminals aimed at Meghan in this piece but there are also several backhanded compliments for Kate. I wouldn’t get too excited about this if I were her. This is less about the press pack’s sudden adoration of her and more about their desire to needle the Sussexes.
The bar is below sea level for talentless rich white women
I think thats how she wins many of her stans. She gives other average white woman hope they can shine if they’re desperate enough.
The funny thing about all these kate is so perfect stories is eventually all the cards will come crashing down.
Man I wish we could use animated GIFs here because I’d be inserting the laughing scene from Goodfellas right now. 😂
No peers? Letizia blows her out of the water in every way including hair, wardrobe, shoes and makeup. As far as presence, I’m not sure since I haven’t heard Letizia speak, but she doesn’t grin like a maniac in every photo.
I’m interested in what the British media is huffing because those are some serious delusions!
If you want to see/hear them, there are many Letizia’s speeches on YouTube, both her Spanish and English ones. Search for queen letizia speech as your keywords to find a few quickly.
This article makes me uncomfortable.
They are acting like Kate has accomplished so much because she’s confident and knows how to interact with all ages and so on….
She has excellent etiquette and dresses well but my goodness- it’s total overkill and a direct slap to the ones “ who are not a breath of fresh air right now”
Her biggest accomplishment is bearing 3 children in a row to secure the line of secession for Wills, which includes her own royal future as Queen Mother.
Her second biggest accomplishment is her waistline.
“Her second biggest accomplishment is her waistline”
Myrtle, thank you. I needed a laugh today . . .
my sense is the RF is doomed and they know it, esp given Brexit uncertainty and Prince Andrew. And are people excited about Charles as King? Camilla as Queen consort? I don’t see it, but maybe it’s there… And Will, well, I just don’t see any real vision or leadership or even desire to lead from him. Trying to embiggen Kate to justify their future as rulers feels desperate to me…or wishful thinking…like if we say it enough it can be true…
They don’t write a lot of “Will will be king” pieces, but they write a ton of “Future Queen Kate” pieces and I think it’s because they (royal reporters, RF) know that nobody likes a William. Nobody is excited for William. At all. So they’re trying to sell us Kate. “Hey we know you’re not so into William….but if you let him on the throne, you’ll get Queen Kate! Wouldn’t you like a Queen Kate? She’s literally magic AND she’s thin and pretty!!”
Lol…..you are so spot on!
And they’re right. It’s their best strategy as William has all the charm of a brussel sprout.
@Bella
No need to insult brussel sprouts. They are delicious if prepared well!
Nah. This is Carole/Kate desperately reminding everyone (especially Meghan) of Kate’s (future) status. Trying to be better than Meghan. It’s a competition-thing.
“Meghan was an actress and she’s smart and friendly and popular and Harry loves her and she does great work and she’s also a Duchess (like me)….but I’M going to be Queen (consort), so I’m still better than her! Oh, Meghan did a fantastic project? Well, I’m still better than her, because I’m going to be Queen (consort)!”
It’s textbook narcissism: I’m better than Meghan simply because I’m me (i.e. the F.F. Queen [consort]).
Since Boris Johnson has thrown the Queen under the Brexit bus, people know the powerless Queen as head of state can/will not save them in this political crisis. If the United Kingdom breaks up, the monarchy will fall. The RF knows it. William and Kate are the favorites of the (far) right wing politicians and media because W&K will be their ideal puppet king and queen to dismantle the monarchy, lacking sufficient substance or personal strength to protect the monarchy. The (far) right wing establishment hates Charles and the Sussexes because they are not push-overs. So no surprise they are putting W&K on a skyhigh pedestal to eventually sacrifice them and create a nationalistic republic on the debris of broken Britain. It’s all part of the global right wing agenda and endgame.
ummm…interesting conspiracy theory…
Is it me or these fluffy Kate pieces seemingly coming from Camp Middleton rather than KP?
It’s very very VERY Kate positive and barely a mention of William. I doubt William aka KP would approve PR that didn’t mention him. Don’t think his ego could handle it
I think they are from Camp Middleton to some extent because they are so over the top and nonsensical, and there is an element of shade aimed at Kate in them, so it seems like someone is writing this article bc they have to, not bc they want to. Like this line:
“the lucky girl whose sole job in life was to sit around looking pretty until William proposed.” It seems like the reporter could just be saying, “that is what people thought of her, but NO! Lo and behold! Kate is a force to be reckoned with!!!” But it also feels like a really strong reminder that Kate’s sole job in life for her 20s was to sit around looking pretty for William.
For the life of me, I’ll never understand why she married that bore. I’m sure she could have found some wealthy entrepreneur if she tried hard enough. Then she’d have the money and prestige without the press watching every move.
William has all the personality of a halibut.
@tmbg – because Carole of Bucklebury Manor realllly wanted her daughter to be the Queen of England, that’s why.
@Becks1
Yup yup. Either someone’s purposely trying to shade Kate or they were forced to write this with a figurative gun to their head
@ tmbg, please don’t insult the halibuts.
Whoever is pushing this angle can’t possibly believe people are actually buying this PERFECT KATE fan fiction? It’s literally farcical.
it is pretty convenient that she rose to the perfect woman without peers after a decade of being considered a gauche do nothing social climber at the exact time she got a black sister in law. its almost like people would prefer a sentient piece of toast to meghan. curious indeed.
I spit out my coffee at “like the finest of wines, she has taken years to mature to perfection.” and “burst back onto the scene last year?” I mean, WHO COMES UP WITH THIS STUFF.
And of course Kate has new found confidence. She can do no wrong and Meghan gets slammed for breathing.
But like others have said – its a long way to fall from that pedestal, and I think that’s the point of the Rose mention. The british press fell in line with that one, and they expect Kate and William to play ball with them now.
I spit my coffee out like eight times. I especially liked “thrives on her workload.” Any of us would thrive if we had her “workload!”
Well she’s white. So to them she is perfect. That’s all that’s required. Clearly.
Also, something else that sticks out to me in these articles is that the article cannot point to anything Kate has “done.” Here, she has new highlights, she’s still thin, and she talks to people. Oh, but she kept her mouth shut about Rose, so another plus in her column.
They cant say “look at XYZ project that Kate has put together” or talk about how active she is in her charities or how her numbers have picked up significantly. It’s still just about her looks.
Don’t give them ideas or we will get a slew of articles about her garden and how she ‘invented’ a star gazing log.
Exactly, @Becks1. She’s like Future Kween Barbie. But maybe this will make her step up her game.
@Becks exactly. It’s all about her appearance. The only thing they can mention is that damn garden we’ve been hearing about forever since that’s all she’s done.
I really wonder if even the Sun readers who love Kate will be able to see how inane this is. Some of them MUST be able to see how ridiculous this article is.
Exactly! That’s what makes the BS in this article stink all the more. They can’t specify one actual thing of substance she’s done, but the verbal diarrhea solely focused on her looks and ability to keep quiet is abundant. Frankly, she should be insulted by this.
And a bunch of things she’s “overcome,” apparently. They don’t say how she’s overcome them, or how she’s at all different, and why her previous faults are no longer attributable to her, but somehow she’s no longer Waity, she’s no longer despised by courtiers, she’s no longer pathetic, she’s no longer self-conscious, and she’s no longer gauche. See how many things she’s overcome!! By……..getting blonde highlights?
Exactly, Becks. That’s why I don’t understand Kate stans. This is all so embarrassing.
Heads Together and the gardening were both mentioned in the article. A quote from a university professor(?) was added to support her recent change into this magical future queen without peers.
Diana, she ain’t.
Diana had at least the appearance of humility and seemed like the type of person who would be fun to hang out with. Kate comes across as cold and remote. This piece does her no favors in that regard.
Diana was a free spirit. That’s what women admired about her. C&C tried to convince her to stay while they continued their affair, but she wasn’t having it. She had self respect that even the monarchy couldn’t buy out.
This whole article is cringeworthy.
Wow
JFC
if she “burst” onto the scene last fall then Meghan went nuclear
Will be very interesting to see how the dukes interact next week, *can’t wait*
I don’t like the comparisons between the two duchesses – in either direction. This article makes me extremely uncomfortable in its Kate praise. I feel like everything is either a “subtle” dig at Meghan. Or, they’re over-praising Kate despite her short comings but on purpose because, well. They know.
Just nope to this. If I were Kate this would be so awkward.
This almost sounds like satire to me? not even gonna really mention Meghan, but she can’t compare to the queen consort before her in her own family let alone those in other royal houses with similar positions.
Kate can’t be compared to Letizia, Daniel, Charlene, Mary, Camilla, Beatrice, Eugenie, Meghan, Sophie. I do believe Kate has no peer on the global stage as her bar is firmly on the ground.
So THAT’S what they meant by “no peers”!!
Kate is Stepford wife perfection. Toes the royal party line, not controversial, keeps quiet, had 3 kids and looks elegant.
That’s what the BRF wants in a future queen.
Nothing to complain about. Leave her alone!!!
I completely agree with you.
However, if I were Kate, I would be worried. The only reason the media builds you up like this is to tear you down.
Hmm…Everyone says media will turn their back on her but why? They’ll sell more magazines the more they build her up, no?
@yinyang At some point the build up becomes boring and people lose interest – and that is when the tear down begins.
Totally agree. Now she’s really perfect for them and is probably encouraged to keep this image.
Perfect doesn’t generate clicks. Drama does. So sit back and wait for it.
JC I agree so I mentioned that the palace is glad but for media it’s boring.. I feel like Meghan’s lawsuit worked you know?
Wow. They are laying it on so thick and sugary. Billy must’ve really screwed up.
meh, to all of this.
Start going after Prince Andrew full force for his dealings with Epstein otherwise KP and the BRF can STFU.
Not you George, Im OK with you. Still love to see that pic of PG in his blue bathrobe with Obama! cuteness 100+.
This is so embarrassing. Before Meghan, Kate was still learning and new. Now, she is the best royal to ever royal? I will never buy that. This article was so ridiculous that it makes me feel sorry for KP and the Cambridge’s. They are so threaten by the Sussex’s.
Like the finest of wines, she has taken years to mature to perfection… and sits on the shelf except for a few special times a year.
but the woman you see today has no peers on the global stage… because everyone else actually works.
FIFY, royal “source” (Hi, Carole).
Are there any other grown second in line consorts to compare her to?
And I guess if looking pretty is your minimum standard….
Does anyone know who this article is about. I don’t recognize the person at all…anyone know???
I question if it is a real person and not a pseudonym. The over the top praise is one thing, but it also slags Kate with the waity years and brings up rose. Outside of being a delusional stan, it seems obvious to the average reader that it’s not an article that compliments her.
Totally agree. This article is mean.
Kate’s PR is hard at work. This is some insane propaganda. 🧐
Looks like The Sun is desperate as usual. Lame, so profoundly lame.
This is pure PR that every famous person and every royal does one way or the other. So I don’t give much thought to it. Name one famous person that hasn’t done some type of OTT PR. They all do it. So when I see such fluff pieces, I just flip to the next page.
Uh, every royal, gets PR like this? Might want to check with Meghan about that, I have yet to see them right about her “maturing like fine line with no peers on the global stage”. Then again, Meghan would be rightly insulted if they did an article like this about her.
You know what I think? I think someone got their panties in a bunch regarding the Meghan cosplay of the Countess of Wessex! Sophie’s performance of talking about substantial issues such as Feminism in Kenya and her implicitly name dropping the Queen being in complete agreement with the content of such, must have frightened KP! The Countess received positive press on what she wore and what she said. To KP it must look like a new battle is opening up on another front. We can not have another female member of the RF who can speak and chew gum at the same time! Especially a member of the RF who is one of the favorites of the Queen! Perhaps Sophie is someone Wills can’t throw under the bus with ease so he used his contacts at the Sun create another “Kate can do no wrong” article in order to sing praises at Kate for the umteenth time! That is probably why we are seeing shade from this writer who is obviously rolling his eyes in the back of his head at the Cambridges’ desperation to remain relevant.
Ooh, that is interesting. This sounds exactly like the sort of thing that would ruffle WK’s feathers…
Does anybody have a link to this event? I’m trying to find info on it but not coming up with much.
If the media focused a bit more on Sophie they would see someone who does a fair amount of engagements while raising young kids. Kate has gotten away with doing so little because most people barely know about Sophie much less the type of work she does. And Sophie was also a “commoner” prior to marriage, but she had a job which she kept after marriage for a bit until the conflicts became too much of an issue.
It’s simply HIDEOUS writing: trite, cloying, and ridiculous. The NYT it’s not.
It’s like satire out of Punch magazine. Every compliment sounds like an insult.
Thank you Carole for the update. Couldn’t be more obvious.
Camila is higher in line, she has no peers. Her husband is right next in line. Why aren’t there more Camila stories?
Money for tabloids is the answer.
How about this instead? She has so low self esteem and infatuation for this man-child that she turns a blind eye to all his dalliances because she has no one but him and her family?
I wish her the best because when karma comes around she has this time to look back on.
*Proceeds to choke with laughter*
She has that magic ability to talk and walk.
There fixed it.
The party line is that Normal Bill and Keen Katie are ABOVE popularity contests because they’re going to be KING AND QUEEN!
So why are they so thirsty. They’ve been trying to outdo Harry and Meghan since Meghan arrived on the scene. If William and Kate were so ‘confident’ they wouldn’t need to call an airline to send an empty plane to give the ‘appearance’ of budget travel.
This sad little article in the Sun of all places is a sign of just how scared the Cambridges AND Carole really are.
Not ONE WORD about the projects Keen Katie is working. Probably because none exist. Just that she’s thin, fertile and looks good in a see-through dress. That’s the stuff that queens are made of.
That article would be really uncomfortable to read about oneself. Ew. The comparisons need to stop as we are ALL individuals.
I’m sure someone already mentioned this, but that author knows Kate is not actually a “future monarch,” right? I mean, this is a British tabloid? They know the “future monarch” is Charles, then William, then George? And that Kate is not actually in line to the throne? I’m an American, and even *I* know that. Are the British tabloid reporters stupid, or just really, really, dishonest? Or possible both?
This is satire with a veiled threat (Rose). They all know she doesn’t want to work, has awful stage fright, is insecure, has no vision and feels intimidated by her sister in law. As easily as they are writing this script of her as a pretty princess they can re-write the script as her being the complete opposite if she doesn’t play nice with them.
Exactly. They even list, in the puff piece, all the bad things about her that she’s trying to distance herself from. And by claiming that the “sudden change” in Kate is hard to see/figure out because it’s all “on the inside,” and the only evidence of this sudden amazing Kate is Great change is her highlights, they’ll easily be able to change the narrative if/when they want to. Especially since “the change” into being so great and diana like that she has “no peers” isn’t backed up by anything substantial like work or higher engagement numbers.
They’ve reminded every reader of this article that Kate was once considered a social climbing, empty-headed, gauche, Waity Katie, girlfriend whose sole job was to sit around looking pretty for ten years. They reminded everyone that she caught Will’s eye by walking a cat walk in a see-through dress. They reminded every reader about Rose. These seeds have all been re-planted now, so whenever the press feels like it, they can just write this same article, leaving out the puffy bits and knock Kate down again.
Yes. It’s actually a very mean article without coming out and saying so. I wonder if they ask for holiday break pictures of the kids and she says no then they make a veiled threat like this.
Wow, when you put it like that it’s like “yikes!” Did she do something to piss them (the tabs) off? Because this writer had the knives out for her.
The pics etc.. and maybe not willingness to do some staged pics or releasing them herself (she “sneaked to the moms bar with no picture). Seriously I wouldn’t like to be her.
This. It’s like now you’re perfect, the queen wants approves of you because you’re safe but after all those years they still presented her flaws from the past. Sometimes it’s a see-through dress that wowed the prince, now it’s something tacky. I sense something wrong.
Attractive mediocre white woman manages to find success despite unlimited power and resources behind her… a true story of triumph.
This article is giving me major secondhand embarrassment. I actually like Kate, I can’t quite explain why because I dont think she is anything exceptional/revolutionary. But I have to assume anyone power-hungry enough to stick with a dud like Wills just to become a princess has to be more interesting than 80s cosplay and wiglets.
This comment is so good. I am laughing! A triumph indeed!
“Wandering sceptor” ftw. Ded
Yeah that is hilarious
More passive aggressive digs aimed at Meghan via Middleton PR LTD. Its funny how all the things they are prising kate for, confidant, charm, sex appeal, ability to connect with people, there are all traits Meghan possesses by the truck load. Seriously someone is very threatened and needs an ego boost.
it’s also passive-aggressive towards kate so I think this one isn’t from her camp. Why did they remind the viewers about the see-through dress, insecurity, laziness, waity-katie days? For me it’s prising on the surface but threatening article..
Exactly Liriel
There are some digs at her. It hard to tell the motive behind this article. It reads more like a joke. It’s like ma Middleton said these are the key point we want you to make, and the sun took them and decided to remind us of her failures too. It might be a sign that cracks are appearing in their relationship with the press.
This article really reads as shade disguised as praise – through the use of ludicrous hyperbole and compliments that are actually backhanded and full of knuckles. It is really a quite mean-spirited write-up because when you boil it down to the core message it is this: her only accomplishments are her good looks and her silence. I’d be absolutely mortified if I were her.
The article mentions her past to show how she’s changed to become the future queen and it is not slagging her at all.
Saying she’s magical and without peer has to be a joke though. Kate can barely answer questions without mangling the answers and then there is the young future queen of Spain who is a teen and can give a speech in several languages without any issue. Placing Kate next to Letizia, Maxima or Mary makes her look like an unsophisticated yokel, because the other three all fulfill their roles with passion and ease whereas Kate, who is nine years into this position, still needs to be praised for just leaving the house and dressing properly.
Actually I disagree, I sense mean-spiritedness behind the article and I see it as a threat – don’t rock the boat, Kate! The article prises her new persona but lists the shady and non-appropriate things from the past. That makes me think it’s not from the Middleton camp. I wouldn’t like such a passive-aggressive article about me.
Does anyone feel the same?
No article approved by Carole would make reference to waity katie, Rose or the see through dress. If there only was over the top praise then perhaps, but there are too many not so veiled insults included. Besides they usually use the Daily Mail for the puff articles.
So I kind of feel she might have to give “something” to the paparazzi in order for the not to attack her.
I wonder how much that article set William and Kate back to have published?
They should get a refund then, lol!
Jfc reading that excerpt made me roll my eyes so hard I can no longer see straight.
Yes, we get it we get it. Kate the chameleon. Kate is every woman. You want sporty Kate, they’ve got that, damsel in distress, they’ve got it, Kate the quiet, the bold, the boring, the fun, they’ve got it all.
“Sporty Kate” has me imagining the Spice Girls Oh god. She’s every Spice Girl. She’s Royal Spice!!
“Like the finest of wines, she has taken years to mature to perfection, but the woman you see today has no peers on the global stage,” a well-placed royal source tells Fabulous. “What people are seeing now is a confident, driven woman with a purpose.”
ORLY?!?
WTAF!!!! This s@$+ reads like a telenovela. Jeezus, take the wheel. What purpose, Fabulous? That she’s keen to have babies and tow the line? Ugh. I can’t with them.
I, on the other hand, am getting a different tone. Hear me out. I think that its a public call to the palace sources in chief to leak something concrete about the sussexes in the us. It takes a tone of if you dont we have things on you and we can use them and you wont like it.
I could be wrong though.
I agree. Or at least for Kate to give some pictures of the kids or some staged photos. For me it’s like a letter od demand.
It’s so full of shade it has to be either a pissed off writer who was forced to make a puff piece about Kate or a dig at her – from either RF (a reminder to be careful and not cross the Stepford wife line) or even Rose herself (as in ‘remember your place as a puppet and a breeder, Waity’). Whoever thinks it’s praise didn’t really read the whole thing. It’s interesting – as if something was up. Is the Rosebushgate coming to British tabs in full? Or just the teardown of Kate is about to begin?
I feel like Sussesex strategy worked and they have no ammunition.
Of course they won’t come after William and his traits oh no but with Kate. Maybe both duchess are going to be attacked right now.
Maybe that’s also why Kate and William (and the Queen and Charles) didn’t support directly. They know the press.
Rose isn’t going to be attacking Kate for being a puppet and a breeder, considering her own husband only rushed down the alter with her because she was pregnant and he wanted to have legitimate heirs. Rose looks down on Kate because Kate is a commoner, her mother worked for British Airways, and Rose’s parents were descended from aristocrats, which means they were basically trust fund hippies who did too much coke in the 70s.
What is this great purpose Kate now has that she moves towards so confidently?
He doesn’t say.
Also I really think it’s hard to have a perfect figure when Kate has no hips. I mean, she looks like a boy from the lower chest to the top of her legs. I can picture a six-pack under there.
Oh I’m sure she has a six-pack. What a hit piece.
Magical touch in talking to common people! What is magical about that, even Harry , a real people person, who is a through and through Aristo from both sides of his parents, won’t be afforded such accolade. By the way, Carole Middleton is from a working class background of coal miners, Carole was born on a Council Estate; for you Americans; A housing Project. So give me a break, magical touch, my foot!
“Like the finest of wines.” How is this NOT worse than the Sussexs’ “modernizing the monarchy” that the press screamed itself to sleep about a few weeks ago? How? Who tf said this? Was it poor Jason? William? Do these people not realize the bad optics of comparing a woman to a bottle of wine? ????
All this unjustified praising of famous people to cover dark secrets is outdated and old world. It excuses people like Prince Andrwe’s bad behaviour. It reminds me of Jimmy Savile mingling with roayls and people of high places all the while abusing sick 8 year olds at hospitals. I believe in give credit where credit is due, but to admire people for nothing and be allergic to the truth is a slippery slope for humanity.