The above Instagram was posted on Friday, just to show some photo evidence that the Duchess of Cambridge looked well and healthy during a daytime appearance on Thursday, and she probably wasnât the sick person in her household. Kate skipped out on the Tusk Conservation Awards Thursday evening and no one is 100% sure why, just that it possibly involved her kids. Probably one of the kids was sick, but I donât really understand why they wouldnât just say that. Anyway, Kate wore a boring green Beulah dress to the day event. The dress retails for ÂŁ550 and she already had about twenty versions of it in her closet. Interestingly enough – ?? – Kate was âback at workâ on Friday:
The Duchess of Cambridge has returned to work after cancelling her appearance at the Tusk Conservation Awards on Thursday, the Court Circular reports. Kate was able to attend her royal engagements on Friday, when she and her husband, the Duke of Cambridge, met with Sir Keith Mills and Mr Jason Knauf. Sir Keith is the Chairman of the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, while Jason holds the position of Chief Executive.
Weâre really stretching the meaning of âroyal engagementsâ at this point, arenât we? Jason Knauf and Sir Keith likely popped around to Kensington Palace for five minutes and they talked about Kateâs keenness for Early Years something or other which will definitely be launched at some point in the next *looks at watch* ten years or so. And that was considered an âroyal engagement.â
As for the questions about why Nanny Maria couldnât look after the kids on Thursday evening, the Daily Mail used the whole thing as an excuse to fluff up Duchess Kate for being so sensible and only having one nanny on staff, and donât you know, Kate is such a hands-on mother and donât you know, sheâs also a royal rule-breaker – in the right, white way – because the royal way is to have a fleet of nannies around constantly.
PS⌠Click on the photo to see the detailing on Kateâs dress. It has about 50 small buttons down the length of the skirt LMAO.
"Earlier today, Catherine and I spent some time with the #TuskAwards nominees and finalists. Their bravery, single-minded determination, and commitment to African conservation is deeply deeply humbling." â The Duke of Cambridge@Tusk_org #ForAllTheyDo pic.twitter.com/KcPrlMi17P
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 21, 2019
Photos courtesy of WENN.
One nanny? Sure, Jan.
I am sure each child has their own nanny. No way is one nanny taking care of all 3 children.
With both George and Charlotte in school, and the Middleton grandparents allegedly very involved with the kids, I could see them being down to one full-time nanny by now.
Cate- one full time nanny, maybe. But no way they don’t have back up nannies in place for emergencies.
My guess: W & K had a fight or something kid/nanny related happened they didn’t want to mention.
They definitely had another nanny to help around the time of Harry and Meghanâs wedding because Nanny Maria was wrangling George and Charlotte at the church and Carole was at the wedding so someone else had to be watching Louis, who at the time was only a few months old.
@nic – at the time, Louis was only a few WEEKS old, so there def was another nanny in the picture who Kate and Will trusted to be alone with their infant for several hours (even if the baby was at Windsor Castle and they were with him during parts of the reception, that’s still hard for parents and I don’t think they just would have found a brand new nanny when Louis was born.)
I mean, they did say she had to skip the evening event because of the children. I donât think they need to go into more detail than that. Maybe one was sick, or was just crying that they wanted their mom to come home. Who knows.
It wasn’t so much as one of the kids was sick, it was all the drama beforehand.
Why not just say she could not make it to the evening event because one of the kids was not feeling well.
It was all steeped in unnecessary mystery and drama.
I donât think there was any drama, except those who are trying to find any. They werenât being 100% open, but if it was about their kids, thatâs completely understandable.
They’ve used a sick child as a reason for cancelling before, it wouldn’t have been a problem. Their different excuses in a number of hours created drama.
Three different headlines in two hours splashed across the front of the DM, before settling on the ‘sick child’ excuse. There’s no doubting there was drama, the question is why?
Also, like we said in the big post about this – Kate staying home to take care of a sick child would have won her praise as being so hands on, and KP would have definitely come out and said that right away.
I mean, when I was a kid we were playing around right before my parents had to go out to a work event for my father and I threw a ball to my sister and it hit her head, and then when my mother came to see if she was okay she threw up blood all over my mother’s evening dress and we had to go to the hospital while my dad went solo to his event.
Like, weird stuff happens when you have kids around.
We are counting headlines from the Fail as facts now?
Cue all the articles in this weekends papers about how Kate is modern super mum who gets by on just one Nanny unlike previous generations whom had teams of Nannies,
Co-incidentally I was in my local supermarket this weekend and my queue extended into the magazine aisle. What a sh*t show that was. The embiggeng of Katie keen is eye watering and sickening. I nearly puked. I noticed however that for a busy Saturday that the same publications were not shifting….
Maybe Louis is teething or something. That can make evenings hard.
That dress is so boring and she needs to ditch the girlish hair.
My kid just randomly vomited while I was in the bathroom, but cannot remember where and none of us can find the vomit. So thatâs what Iâm doing for the rest of the morning! There are soooooo many weird reasons for a parent skipping an event because of their kids. I am really not a fan of Kate, but this is kinda understandable.
Yup. Especially when you’ve got three kids around – nannies or no, accidents and odd things can happen with small kids and they might not want to announce exactly what it was.
Bless her, with those buttons lol. I almost love them at this point just because it’s such an easy prediction. She clearly knows what she likes and really goes for it when it comes to the details đ
This is still a really strange story. Most likely one of the kids WAS sick, and maybe Maria started to come down with it too. Hard to say. But there was a lot of scrambling involved which honestly could probably come down to people wanting to sound like they had insider knowledge. I wonder if it was the Cambridge’s people that kept flip flopping on the details, or if it was a case of reporters just taking stabs in the dark. Either way, it was weird.
Never thought it might just be reporters needing a story.
Yeah I don’t believe there is only one nanny, but whatever. I don’t think they needed to go into more detail about the reason, the kids are entitled to their own privacy. But the idea that meeting with two people who work for you is “work” is just laughable.
the whole idea of her “returning to work” by going to a meeting with Poor Jason at KP…..its just really laughable at this point. I wonder if she even stayed for the whole meeting.
I do wonder if she has reached some sort of deal where she only has to “leave” KP for events once a week or something. She attended the Royal Variety show, but not the tusk trust, but did the other two events that were AT KP.
I don’t believe the one nanny thing for a minute. I’ll consider that maybe they have Maria and then another part-time nanny who does not live with them, or Maria and then someone who is more of a tutor or something, but even then, they would have backup care for these kinds of situations. What if this was something like the Royal Variety Show earlier in the week, and Maria got sick (or whatever the excuse was) – Kate just wouldn’t have gone? There are some events the royals do that Kate really cant miss (thinking of Remembrance events since those are so recent) and so I just don’t believe that there are no other options beyond Maria.
Maria is head nanny with two others. The ski trip in France had three nannies plus Carole. Their changing of excuses now, when ‘sick kid’ would have worked fine, is what created the drama. They said it wasn’t the kids, said it wasn’t a sick kid, and now are changing the story again. Just like the Irish Guards/salon bit.
Duchess Meghan is off for “six weeks” so our friend Duchess Kate would like to be off as well, who can blame her. Happy Thanksgiving to all Celebitches who are celebrating.
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well đ
Lol….work
A comment applicable to EVERY royal, IMHO.
Just another attempt to big up Keen Katie, using the kiddies and trying to create some sort of drama.
And then she returned to ‘work’. Instead of pretending that she’s a workhorse, why doesn’t she, oh I don’t know, actually WORK.
A meeting with her staff is a proper royal engagement now? What else are they going to use to fluff their numbers? “FFQ Kate had an unannounced engagement when she took her own dishes to the kitchen sink this morning! She’s the truly modern royal eschewing longstanding tradition of having others do such menial tasks.”
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I’ll be the ass who says it but I don’t care if one of her kids was sick. When your work events are this few and far between, you take your ass to work unless you’re the one ill or contagious.
This covers minor/ standard illnesses of course. If a kid snaps an arm or becomes more seriously ill, then of course.
Also, just be honest about it. When you’re as work shy as these two, you need to be clear as to why you’re begging off or it looks like a sham.
That sounds harsh. For a young child who is sick, a nanny is not the same thing as his/her own mother. Doesnât matter how rich you are and how many nannies you can afford. By all accounts, Kate seems like a hands on, nurturing mum, so maybe this is her priority especially since William can manage the meeting on his own? I canât imagine any mum trying that line of reasoning with their little ones: âMummy will only stay with you if you break your arm, nothing lesser than thatâ.
I have three children and I’ve been a nanny.
Kate’s little engagement was a few hours at most. Many mothers have to leave sick children with grandma or a friend all of time and for a full day
You won’t catch me crying over her having to make the same explanations mothers make every day.
That middling work gives Kate more time with her children than most working parents.
And really, what’s so difficult an explanation of, “I know you don’t feel well, sweetheart but mommy has to work, Nanny #3 will look after you and I’ll check in on you as soon as I get home?”
Especially as she’s raising children who will largely live off the same system.
Are we to be the ones to judge what a mother chooses to do wrt her own children? Many mothers will probably choose work over tending to their sick little one if they have help at hand. And many wonât, even if they do have help at hand. Both choices are fine. As mothers, we ought to try not to shame either choice. Different women, different priorities.
I think it’s more that Kate has a choice, and many mothers don’t, and yet they’re parading her in front of us like “she’s so normal”, “she’s just like us”. I’m sorry, no. She’s not.
Both choices aren’t actually fine, especially since this lazy grifter can’t be bothered to do any work that might lead to mothers who don’t have options getting some.
Ordinarily I’m indifferent to the argument that the royals need to flagellate themselves to “earn” their keep. But I do think Kate in particular does her best to do as absolute minimum in her role at every opportunity.
I suspect she’s relieved at even the slightest excuse to cry off from the easiest of work and that’s what makes it difficult to believe her child was ill enough that she needed to stay home.
But I also don’t think she’s completely hands on either. I’m sure she tucks them in, tells them stories, and plays with them in the yard but she’s not doing the shopping, the cooking, or washing pukey sheets, or even clocking the next dosage of baby tylenol.
Most people with nannies, even at the lower range of the income scale don’t.
I totally agree DS9, and she even has LIVE IN nannys. Maria is more than comfortable with those kids, like a second mother, also Carole lives close by, and Pippa doesn’t have a job.
Well, at least sheâs âworking,â unlike others. This site is going overboard with its partiality as to the duchesses. Really, one can do no wrong and the other canât catch a break.
Meh, Kate disappears for up to a month with no work because she “is a mom.” If Meghan wants to take a break like that, considering she worked throughout her maternity leave, then she should.
LOL at you using âreverse racismâ seriously. Says everything anyone needs to know about you.
Future FUTURE queen LOL
@Mina and @Merely: I agree with you both and hereâs my small voice of support to bolster you against all the shouting you will inevitably get for your differing opinion. They are both different women with different priorities. Why should race be a factor to determine who is favourably viewed and who isnât on a site with mostly balanced commenters who havenât shown any evidence of racism? When we attribute everything to race, we kill any chance of logical discussion which is what many come to this site for. Many supporters of Kate arenât white and many critics of Meghan are POC. And I say this as a WOC. I will not place Meghan above criticism just because of her race just like I will not excuse Kate her foibles just because of her race. Sometimes race has nothing to do with it, just our instinctive reactions to public personalities (which is all we can claim since none of us will actually personally get to know any of these famous people that we spend our hours building up or tearing down).
@ Becks1 your last sentence – you would think from what some folks posted that they had an intimate knowledge of the characters of the royals, as if they lived with them almost. đ
It has got to the state where whenever I see a new post on the royals I can pretty well guess what some posters will say before I read them.
@ spookie Same here.
Reverse racism in this context was involving a white person and a biracial person. Why are we dragging in whether or not Asian people can be racist against blacks? Being obtuse doesnât make this argument any better. Reverse racism is not a thing against whites. Only white supremacists say garbage like that.
Evil owl was correct in saying that tossing in racist nonsense like reverse racism against a privileged white woman destroys any credibility to what is being said. And there has been criticism about Meghan on certain things. But you canât criticize Meghan in her work ethic which is what is killing the ones who really cannot rebut the nine years of little work and shallow effort made by Kate.
*giant sigh* reverse racism IS NOT A THING.
And yes, Meghan has done plenty worth criticism in the way Kate is criticized here – but most of us are at a point where we feel we can’t even do that because the RACIST treatment she has been receiving in the press and on social media is such a disgusting pile on, that it feels trivial to criticize her clothes or the way she does her engagements.
Did you see that whichever news show it was that referred to her as “uppity” has now issued an apology and said that they’ve all now learned the racial connotations of that term and won’t use it anymore…AS IF they weren’t fully aware when they were using it?
It’s hard to type because I’m laughing so hard.
So Keen Katie is a victim of REVERSE RACISM? That’s a reach. But I’m not surprised that she’s a victim of a non-existent condition since so little about Katie is real. Like her commitment to do her job. Or her determination to prove to the British people that she’s worthy of the role of Queen Consort. She’s got to do more than just stand around being White.
Whenever people talk about how biased this site is towards Meghan or how no one here will admit Meghan has any flaws and Kate can do no right – it makes me think what posts/comments are they actually reading.
Is this site pro-Meghan? Yes. But this site has ALWAYS been critical of Kate, that has nothing to do with Meghan. And its because of her laziness and her love of buttons (among other things, lol). BUT, when Meghan does something wrong – Kaiser admits it, and she writes it acknowledging that people will disagree with her. When Kate does something right (mainly how she dresses), Kaiser says that too. (Kaiser’s coverage of the Pakistan tour was mostly positive.)
If you read the comments for a Meghan post or a Kate post, there are almost always comments on both sides. It is rarely a one sided debate. And often people – like myself, who is usually more critical of Kate – will say that they like a certain outfit or like her hair or whatever. That’s really all there is to say about Kate – how she dresses.
People like to swoop in and insist that this site is 100% against Kate, and that’s not just not true.
Reverse racism is not a thing. Try again.
@ swirlmamad. This is a serious question, so please don’t be offended – can people of colour not be racist to Asians or Asians towards people of colour. Is that not racism?
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@spookie, I mean, Asians are also people of colour. So that’s one thing.
And the answer is yes. They can. Lateral racism between POC is absolutely a thing. You see it most often when it comes to how non-black POC and other minorities treat black people. I’m South Asian myself, and that type of anti-blackness crops up all the time. It’s no less awful or inexcusable when it comes from POC towards others, tbh, and as a South Asian person, it’s my responsibility to confront that attitude in my own communities because it often has serious consequences. The story of Latasha Harlins is what comes most immediately to mind as an example of such racism and how it can have horrific results.
Another example I’ve noticed somewhat recently within my own circles is how people discuss Meghan Markle. A lot of people are huge fans of her, but I’ve also noticed that there has been criticism as well, criticism that I can honestly say they probably wouldn’t make if she were a white girl. A lot of it is couched in the language of respectability politics, with the veneer that it’s “intended” to be “well-meaning” even though much of it is informed by the individual’s own prejudices regarding what they find to be acceptable for certain royals and what isn’t. Some similar attitudes cropped up most recently with Kate’s Pakistan tour. Lots of people went ga-ga over a white girl wearing a shalwaar kameez for two weeks, but can’t extend the same attention or praise for women in their own communities who shoulder the work of wearing their culture prominently (I guess we’re just old news, lmao). But a lot of POC give white people (white women esp) credit for doing the minimum when WOC or black women have to go above and beyond to merit anywhere close to that type of adulation.
@ A Thank you very much for answering me question in the spirit it was asked. Sorry re the POC label but thought that saying black was considered offensive so wasn’t sure how to differentiate without causing offence. Thank you also for giving me some helpful information.
Let me make it clear – I can’t abide racism of any sort, and have the utmost sympathy for anyone who has suffered it. It would be insulting of me to say I know what it must feel like, because if you haven’t been subject to it,you can’t possibly know.
Thanks again for your polite reply.
@Shazbot: I agree, Reverse racism is not a thing and I am not endorsing that opinion in any way. What Iâm saying is, letâs not be quick to assume someoneâs dislike of someone else is always down to RACE. Kate has shown no evidence of racism except for the big one, marrying into a 1000 year old racist institution. And Meghan has shown no evidence of being racially biased except, yup! the same act. What I am agreeing with @Merely about is that some members of the RF and some of the British public may not like Meghan because of her personality, not her race. Meghan is not exempt from criticism just because racists have already criticised her. Most people are capable of paying attention to multiple things in the news at the same time, you know? We can moan at the racist treatment of Meghan by some sections of the media and at the same time, we can voice our legitimate criticism. Discussing one doesnât mean the other one is less valid. She doesnât get a get out of jail card forever just because of her biracial status. I am darker than Meghan and would be appalled to think that my colleagues or stakeholders cannot voice their true feedback of me because of my skin tone.
Re: the usage of the word uppity, it sounds like a mostly American connotation, not a deliberate slander. Here in Britain, we use it to mean someone who is self important and âassumes airsâ. Glad whoever used it learned the context & hopefully it will serve as a teachable moment for non-Americans in the future.
@ EVil Owl that is just about the most intelligent, well balanced post I have ever read on the royal threads
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Well said!
Except your comments are always critical of Meghan and always filled with praise for Kate. Just because this site likes Meghan more doesn’t mean we aren’t critical of her, people seem to really get annoyed that this site is pro-Meghan when almost every other one is the opposite – filled with insurmountable amount of praise for Kate, you might like those sites better. At least Kate doesn’t have an active hate group against her. She’s getting praised by every media outlet isn’t that enough for people?
What others?
Wondering the same…
The media gives Kate all the breaks for her minimal effort at royal work. (And yes I acknowledge it is barely work compared to what the peasants have to do, but Kate still canât even meet that subterranean level)
One website pointing out the hypocrisy of the media really seems to bother certain people.
And why shouldn’t she be working. Kate is living her best life, fufilling her deepest desire to be a superstar on other people’s dime. The media was desperate for a new Diana, and Kate was desperate enough and willing enough to do whatever it takes to be that, no matter the burden to taxpayers.
She looks incredible lately…. her skin, makeup & hair are on point.
Yes, the above picture of her clapping at the podium is really lovely and shows up her attractive features. Its good to say the truth.
PrincessK opinions are now truths?
Ok lets go: Kate looks like an over-toxed, death-becomes-her stepford and green with envy in that awful dress.
Finally some truth!
She flattened her hair today.
How many fugly green dresses can one Duchess own?
I feel like the row of buttons on the skirt was to troll Kaiser.
lol,I cant say I’m suprised by kaity keen using a 5min “meeting” with her staff as an engagement!! These people are all about PUBLICITY and being seen or thought to be doing something rather than ACTUALLY DOING IT!! I want expecting anything else from TeamLazy after seeing how they leaked meeting with that love actually director who shot the NHS advert as kate/cambridge project only for it to end up as a joint Sussex and cambridge collaboration.
It becomes clear to me that they control the CourtCircular inputs and probably control whats put there. I also noticed they dont post prince Harry or Meghan’s planned engagement on the royal website. Just imagine how many meetings for vogue issue or smartworks we never heard about to purposely diminish/hide their higher numbers.
I find it particularly interesting how, in the middle of all of this, we have heard nothing from Kate about Prince Andrew. Even Meghan, tangentially, has been dragged into the discussion somehow, although I doubt she’s expressed any views openly to anyone. But nada from Kate. She smiles, shows up with her hair down and the 8035th bespoke(?) a-line dress from her closet, costing the tax payer a hefty amount of money, and…doesn’t say anything. Nothing. Not a word.
I know people knock on Kate for being a doormat and having no opinions. A lot of that is obviously her personality, but it’s also one of those things that’s only going to be a positive for her image in the long run. If you say nothing, then nothing you say is controversial. She’ll become Queen, and get to the end of her life as and go down in history as a consort who was “always” elegant, “never” put a foot wrong, was always kind, supportive, etc, and it’ll only be because she never opened her mouth to say anything to give any indication otherwise. We’ve seen, with the Queen, how the passage of time alone is helpful in making people forget your follies and mistakes. Her fumbling speeches, her upskirt shots, all of it are just going to wind up being things that add to this idealization of her. Even the Rose Hanbury stuff is gonna be recycled into something that makes her look good down the line. “Oh she hung on and put duty first,” “Oh she cared more about William and the family and worked hard at her commitment to them,” “Oh she didn’t want to upset the monarchy by causing another ruptured marriage so she did the mature thing and reconciled with William,” You can see traces of this in the headlines they’re writing with all of the embiggening right now.
I don’t see what the big deal is and believe the tabs are throwing whatever out there to see what sticks. Kids get sick, it happens. I think the tabs are throwing out multiple headlines and not W&K specifically. They have to write about something and build stories around one detail., whether it’s true or not.
The dress was fine for the occasion, nothing spectacular. The focus is suppose to be on the finalists and their conservation work for Tusk.
Becks1, kerwood, ShazBot, you were speaking too much logic and truth. Those who do not want to understand will deliberately pretend to never get it.
The BUTTONS haaaaahahahahaha this is it. Her Mona Lisa. Nothing will top it.
Who are Kate’s other nannies? People keep writing they exist but don’t seem to have any information. We always knew who the under-nannies were when William and Harry were young so who are they?