You know what I think is somewhat interesting? The Duchess of Cambridge’s struggle-survey went away with a whimper and not a bang. To her credit – lol – she actually did a halfway decent launch for it, and she spent several days straight doing multiple events to hype the five-question survey. Of course the survey sucked, and of course Kate couldn’t keep up that level of commitment to an issue, because hair appointments and buttons. So it just… went away. And here’s something to keep your eye on too: the results of the survey are supposed to help inform Kate about what to do next. Seriously! We were told for weeks that Kate was “credible” on this issue (early childhood development) and this very particular Not A Vanity Exercise would also “determine” her “next steps.” Whichever way the wind blows, I guess.
I bring all that up because the wind is blowing in a different direction. Credible, Keen Kate is setting aside eight years of grueling early-childhood research (cough) to focus more on the coronavirus now. Or something?
In what could be a sign of things to come for the royal family, William and Kate swapped an annual St. Patrick’s Day parade for a video message of support sent to the Irish Guards on Tuesday. The parade was not canceled due to coronavirus—the majority of the regiment are currently deployed overseas—but it is symbolic, arriving as the royal family is in the process of reassessing their work in the age of Covid-19.
For their part, the Cambridges plan to shift the focus of their work to supporting the nation as the country attempts to cope with the pandemic. William and Kate will temporarily divert their attention from young children (Kate’s primary work) and conservation (William’s key cause) to helping the vulnerable and providing support to the British public as the nation deals with one of the greatest challenges since the war.
“At a time like this, the royal family is very important in providing stability and support to a worried nation,” a source told Vanity Fair. “The Cambridges are not in the vulnerable sector and they want to help. Their aides are going through the latest government advice but it’s fair to say the focus of their work will shift. Supporting the community and vulnerable people in society is more important right now.”
The Cambridges remain in residence at Kensington Palace, their London home, where they plan to continue working within the government guidelines.
They remain at Kensington Palace? It’s strange because Kate did another “normal” appearance at Sainsburys in Norfolk over the weekend. It’s been said that Charlotte and George’s school has shut down because of coronavirus, and it would not surprise me whatsoever if the entire Cambridge family had decamped to Anmer Hall. I would expect that too, so I don’t know why Katie Nicholl is emphasizing this idea that Kate and William are hellbent on staying at KP during a pandemic. But that’s not the point of Nicholl’s story. The point of Nicholl’s story is that William and Kate are trying to get “credit” for promising to do work around coronavirus. As if buttons and clown ruffles will solve a global pandemic. It was truly just two weeks ago when Prince William thought coronavirus was SUPER funny too.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.
Good grief. What a bunch of rubbish. Throwing them into something serious when people want outcomes and results, when clearly their track record proves the opposite. It’s just a calamity of errors.
Maybe it is their time to prove themselves! LOL
I agree with you that they are trying to prove themselves, Gen, but there are no selves to prove. Just two useless, empty, self-involved pretenders living off the sweat of the public brow.
It’s Kate’s dream realized ! – to “work” from
home on something as nebulous as “coronavirus,” meaning she can just have her hair done and plan new buttony outfits while getting a free pass on royal duties because, you know, she can’t actually expose herself to the very peasants she claims to want to help…
Since they are not trained medical personal, the best job they can to is what they always have done. Just stay home.
They must be so happy.
My favorite corona-quote so far:
This is the only time you can be a hero by staying on the couch and watching Netflix.
Oh Kaiser…thanks for the —- right on —- deliciously funny snark…….” setting aside eight years of grueling early-childhood research (cough) to focus more on the coronavirus now. Or something?” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I loved the part that the Cambridge’s are hunkered down at KP (shades of royal family refusing to leave London during WW2 bombing, anyone). And, here’s Kate having to drive her children round trip from KP to Norfolk just to do a little photo-op shopping with children. (Checking a map of England and distance between London and Norfolk, Kate must be exhausted after that drive.). Then, finally, I especially loved how they have their aides pouring over government guidelines to help them figure out how to support the British people. Well, I expect to see the details of this new project released in a very urgent and timely manner of 1-2 years. As we can all see from this article, the brave and truly loyal royal Cambridge’s are hunkered down with Britain while — implied — those Sussexes are once again living their privileged, unroyal life in a mansion somewhere else and sending LATEX gloved and exposed staff and security out to run errands. I mean this article, coupled with the DM article about the Sussexes, is hysterical. Guess William is going to go big or go home with his post-church PR campaign.
I hope these two have the sense to just keep quiet and let the medical experts and first responders do their work.
“the royal family is very important in providing stability and support to a worried nation” —
As a American, this always seemed very bizarre to me. How does Charles provide “stability” and “support” to a nation just because he happened to be Elizabeth’s first born son? None of these people have done anything to show they can stabilize a nation. How, exactly, does happenstance of birth make a person capable of supporting and stabilizing the country?
I’m British and I ask myself this question everyday
Shifting their work means getting up from one end of a chintz-covered sofa and sitting back down on the other end. Oh, and later in the day, asking a different nanny to bring in the kids for a viewing.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh, the exhaustion. The effort. The trouble. Please Take your picture quickly while I look concerned and interested. Whew, that’s finally over. It was a whole hour! Time for my nap.
Marjorie…thanks!
I needed that laugh while I’m decamped in my house.😂😂😂
She can wear one of her green eighties dresses, with her headband and a “serious look” on her face with William looking also serious pursing his lips.
Can W & K please just self isolate and go away? They’ve proven over and over how little they work or like to work and that people really mean very little to them. I’m tired of them riding whatever the cause of the moment is. People are worried, scared and dying and they have the nerve to jump in as though they are somehow helping. They are not. Please can they please just go away?
Cain & Unable just need to sit down and STFU. Unless one is a scientist or health professional or health paraprofessional there is nothing one can do; THERE IS NOTHING ANY OF ELSE CAN DO.
The only thing any of us can do is stay in touch with our neighbors in need and make sure there is nothing we can personally do for the. If there is anything to be done then just do it as any decent person would do. The other day an elderly neighbor was having trouble with cable box and did not want to call her cable provider for service as she did not want “outsiders” in her house as she feared outside contamination. I put on a mask and rubber gloves then proceeded over to her house to reset her cable box. DUH?
I doubt Cain or Unable would know how to reset a cable box then double check the remote was operational.
But oh, BayTampaBay, how I’d love to see the photo op of a masked and gloved William or Kate down in basement of KP throwing a switch for Princess Michael or one of their other neighbors. (Shades of the King and Queen shaking hands in a bombed out London neighborhood during WW2 and saying, “Oh, we were bombed too.” They were brave — the Cambridge’s merely foolish.).
@JA Lowcountry Lady – I doubt Bill & Cathy would even know the way to a the basement of KP let aloe where the cable box was. LOL!
What are these two chuckle-heads going to contribute? One of them already publicly made light of the situation, and the other one can’t stick with a project for more than a week at a time.
Bless their little hearts.
Well William can fly a helicopter which has to be at least partly useful in a crisis.
I’d be happier seeing him helping out the NHS with air ambulances (for free of course) or doing needed drop offs of supplies than largely pointless meet and greets.
Yes. Absolutely agree. I doubt very much William would offer any help that is of use though. And I really don’t need to see Kate pretending concern in some horrid new bespoke frock, dripping in jewellery and buttons with fresh Botox, and
freshly coloured blown out hair.
Good idea, Mara. Put William to work – real work that could actually benefit others.
William has his co-pilots license, he is not allowed to fly. He didn’t have the time to put in the flight practice hours to qualify for his pilot’s license.
Lady D I like it that you mentioned “no time”. He must be busy and doing double shifts at Buckingham Palace or whatever that they do.
I don’t think William should continue to help out in these times as a part timer. He has to have an RPO with him right? And they have to accommodate his schedules (whatever they are). I don’t think the medical staff want to deal with the logistics headache right now.
Alexandria – good point and if these wern’t unusual times I would agree with you but we need as many frontline workers as possible.
My preference would be to clear William’s schedule completely, get him any necessary catch up training needed to co-pilot and then put him on a reserve list so that he can act as relief to air ambulance crews and/or supply deliverers who will surely need breaks and sick leave in the coming months.
The clear schedule reduces the logistics work involved and hopefully a lot of that stuff can be done by staff working from home anyway (maybe the royal courtiers could help out?)
Poor Willie, his life practically mirrors Puyi’s, Last Emperor of China. Can’t do sh*t without a security and welfare risk assessment being made first and RPOs trailing his nearly useless a$$ around everywhere he goes. If he had any ambition to start with, this type of life probably killed it quickly because he doesn’t have the imagination or foresight (with regard to a legacy) that his father has, nor the charisma and energy of his mother. Regarding the main topic, I see VF is doing their usual best to prop up the Keens.
William can not fly a heli. Which is fine! I wouldn’t want to ride in one with him at the controls!
Olenna’s comment is the most HILARIOUS on this thread. Talking like the other one does not have 20! RPOS, paid for by the taxpayer, following him all around the world, at all times (when they should all be here in the UK with their families , not wiping his bum). And he cannot do anything – can’t even talk intelligently during a phone conversation – without showing the world how stupid he is. At least I can see they are all a disgusting burden on the public who pay for their whole lives instead of having a bias to fake “wokeness”. Thank GOD I was not born a thin lipped, prone to obesity, poor, lower class white woman, who will always be at the bottom of the pile. Sucks to be you.
@Guest, if you really didn’t give a shit about ALL the royals, you wouldn’t whine about the slightest criticisms towards Kate and not-so-subtly kiss Cambridge ass while getting triggered about weight and wealth. That last bit seems to be a recurring issue for you btw, judging by the similarly nasty comments you’ve made about those topics before. Perhaps you should look into addressing that. Please stop acting as if you’re above everyone else. You’re not fooling anybody.
@Beach Dreams, well said and to the point.
@Guest, poor you. You sound so angry. In all that mess you wrote trying to cover over your hate for Meghan, you’ve defended white Woke Willie while bashing his brother who, BTW, is not the heir to the throne (topic) and whose so-called prank conversation was perhaps naive and indiscreet, but not unintelligent. So, do try to stay on topic next time you want to call someone out instead of letting your envy and bitterness get the best of your self-awareness and intellect.
😂 chuckleheads…! Cute.
What hearts? Oh, those hearts that are filled with narcissism, hatred, racism, lose Willy, and jealousy? Those hearts, had to check….
*Clears Throat*
WHAT WORK?
Give it up. What could they possibly do to provide meaningful support to people? Deliver supplies? Work on a vaccine?
Stay home and self-isolate? It’s their dream come true.
Look stalwart. Show off buttons on new coat dress. For the people.
The royals can’t really do much in this situation – and it is such a disingenuous article, trying to prop up a couple that don’t do much and where one of them made unfunny jokes about this issue just 2 weeks ago.
The only one who might do something is the Monarch, like Queen Margrethe of Denmark who addressed the nation last night, delivering both a message of unity, urging people to be considerate of each other and out most vulnerable AND delivering a gentle admonishment to the idiots who still can’t figure out the social distancing. She’s actually very good at delivering gentle admonishments. That’s it – that was what the Queen could do and that was what she did.
Whatever. Whether they work or not I don’t see royalty being dismantled in the UK. In too deep.
Shifting from “later” to “even later”?
Also this is interesting…
“William and Kate will temporarily divert their attention from young children (Kate’s primary work) and conservation (William’s key cause)”
What happened to mental health? I thought that was the cause they were really keen on.
Well Harry started it; they thought it was cool to jump on it; to their credit, Mental is IMPORTANT so it is ok if more people talk about it
Just like with their ‘previous work’, this is another road to nowhere……..but hey, Kate is at least not black and William cannot make jokes to save his life! so they are still better than pushy Meghan and weak/fragile Harry
Belli.. proof positive this is another PR thing. Mental health is a huge issue with Corona..social anxiety, isolation.. If Wills wasn’t so clueless, he would/could have made a thoughtful comment instead of a joke in Ireland that could have been meaningful and pressworthy.. seem empathetic and aware.
excellent point, that if they really knew or cared about their causes they could say something meaningful about them now… no depth, concern or connection here at all… esp as the UK may be headed (so hope not) for a v bad reckoning w their herd approach to the crisis…
Yeah, that definitely just….went away. There was some talk of mental health and kids, and then it went away.
Aha…. so this is the second time in a week that we are being reminded that Will’s cause is conservation. First, the Mail on Sunday’s recent article on the brothers’ tiff being as strong as ever included what I thought was an unnecessarily long paragraph regarding their different approaches to conservation. Now, today, we have Vanity Fair reminding us of the same.
Seems like Will is doing some branding in response to the frequently expressed idea that he is in his late 30s and has zero projects to show for his life. As compared to Harry, who has many.
As compared with his father (the Future Charles III-yeah Bill you gotta wait your turn as there is no cutting in the line) when he was in his late 30s, Normal Bill has not done diddly-squat and never will.
Seriously!! As much flack as Kate gets for doing nothing Wills has really done zero!
Oh please, many government are saying this will atleast continue upto june or early July, these two will find coronavirus as excuse to not to work upto the end of the year. Also kate will make excuse of buying new ugly coats to visit the pandemics hit area. Wait and see next year keen cambridge will visit italy as royal tour to see the pandemics affected area as excuse to tour the Italy and its monuments and buy lot of ugly italian designer coat as excuse for Kate tour. British media and her crazy stan will lose their shit how keen Kate was theme dressing to pay tribute to Italians who died. Please go away these two.
Trust me when I say these 2 will find a way to go off on a luxury secret vacation with the kids.
But part of me thinks that during jan where all the cambridges went for vacation but this time they didnt and they spend much of their time in amber hall and keen Kate slim figure means that will is back in rose bushes . I think last year they went to mystique to portrayed as happy family beacuse in april william affair trending . I dont think this time they will go beacuse I think something might be serious with rose and William beacuse of middleton constant pr about how only keen Kate can save the monarchy, uk etc . I also dont believe they live in london now . They often went to amber hall beacuse of rose and William where they will get the privacy of no pap photo and away from staff gossip. Kp is very crowded one and everyone spies on everyone. This time they didnt take their usual holiday but went for one day trip according kp but everyone thought because Brexit and Sussex. The real reason might be his mistress rose beacuse when the cambridges are that conscious about their role .
@ Digital Unicorn & Aria – I think that at some time in the very near future the lid will be blown off William with the wandering scepter.
The Daily Fail has to do something to sustain the clicks that were generated by the Sussexes.
Lol so now the PR is not that they’re keen on the environment or on child development, now they’re Keen on Coronavirus!
Based on Kate’s history of launching anything, how long do you think till we get blessed with a struggle-survey about Coronavirus?
1) In your opinion, is the coronavirus good or bad for your health?
-yay herd immunity!
-I thinks is bad
2) In your opinion, rank the Coronavirus symptoms in order from most icky to less icky
-cough
-fever
-sneezing
-shortness of breath
-possible diarrhea
3) In your opinion, which one of these should we be doing to prevent Coronavirus from spreading?
-Washing you hands
-Self-isolating
-Covering your cough/sneezes
-Avoid touching your face
-Turning your nose up to your part-time Canadian in-laws
4) in your opinion how many rolls of toilet paper should you be panic buying and hoarding?
5) Coronavirus, nature vs nurture?
-Yes
-no
-yes and no
…I’ll give them half the time it took Kate to come up with the first survey, so 4 years, yeah?
This is excellent.
Omg your survey is lot meaningful for the pandemic then keen Kate survey which is so stupid , I cant believe any professional will take the credit for that shit. It’s so embarrassing and no wonder those Kate stan hate Meghan. Keen kate cant come up with anything, that’s why these two have disaster ahead. The queen is dumb one and she doesn’t know anything that’s why she stick to the basic like shaking hand , giving speeches and ribbon cutting. These two should stick to it. I love to hear her fans so hype that garden , where the garden now and how one time garden can help the mental health for kids ?? Is she built the garden across uk ?? Or atleast she took steps towards building the garden across uk?? I love to hear those stan who hyped so much how keen Kate garden is equal to cancer cure.
Brilliant! I laughed so much.
Great, I’m waiting for the roll out in 8 years…..
Oh Celebitchies are on a snark roll today. We must all be housebound crazy…this survey is too funny. But let us all remember — it will take KeenKatie’s team of aides (even working with a sense of urgency) at least a year to come up with these questions. Maybe you could save Kate and her team some time Mtec and just email them to KP Director of Communications. 😂😂😂. I’m sure that would be a huge gift because it took 8 years for a team of experts to help her roll out those Child Development 101 textbook survey questions. Joke: How long does it take a keen future future Queen and her team of experts to copy 5 questions out of an into child development textbook: 8 years. 🤯
Thank you for the laughs! 🤣 You’ve done a shockingly good job of mimicking the uh…inadequacies of her actual survey.
I would imagine they will throw something together. They will probably just build on the hotline they already launched (with work from the Sussexes) That makes the most sense and would be the least intrusive. Just add some sort of isolation hotline where people experiencing anxiety can talk to a professional or trained volunteer.
It’s actually nice that they want to do something. And it lets them quietly bury Kate’s survey. Move along, nothing to see here.
I’d also hope she could find some way to help the children who will need care and resources if their parent/s or guardian/s end up hospitalized or dead. That would keep her still within her stated interest in children. There might be concepts from Sentebale that they could adapt to provide emotional support for any children whose lives are upended by this crisis.
Now I can’t criticize Kate for being terrible at coming up with ideas on how to help. I’m no brighter than Kate about these things. I’m more the kind of gal who shows up and goes up to someone in charge and asks what needs to be done and I do it. I know I would totally need help to make anything worthwhile come together. So that’s why if I were Kate I’d swallow my pride and put Meghan and Harry and Charles on speed dial and pick their brains. Yes that would mean apologizing for her part in the fallout. It might mean infuriating William.
But I would do it if I really wanted to help. I don’t understand the levels of pettiness these people willingly employ. Surely in times like these they can drop all that?
@Guest With Cat
Thanks! Haha I tried to mimic, as you said, the inadequacies of the survey as best I could, but honestly the way they were able to both come up with questions so general and vague while somehow at the same time create an option of obvious and equally unhelpful answers was truly an art form. Still working on that skill myself lol.
And I agree, this is the time Kate should be calling all those experts that are supposedly part of her initiative to think of concrete ways to help kids and families being affected by this crisis. Not just look to focus on something else and abandon this for the time being. Like why not work on both? Is that really too much to ask of her? Specially when it would really be the experts doing all the work anyways?
It just seems they’re looking for an excuse to have time off behind closes doors without the public questioning it.
Hahahaha this was amazing! Thank you for the giggles!
@Amelie and others!
Glad y’all appreciated it! It was fun trying to come up with the Qs and As 😆 Was hoping other commenters would as well haha.
Oh, that’s savage.
This is A+ content right here.
I’m sorry but /what/ work? Have these two actually achieved something tangible in the almost 9 years they’ve been married?
Is it true that QEII (Charles???) used the KP apartment as a bribe to the Cambridgeshire to get there butts to London to do actually Royal work because all Bill wanted to do in Norfolk was tend his Rose bush and Kate actually wanted to absolutely nothing?
If I recall correctly, they got KP BEFORE Anmer Hall? That was part of the issue, they got the place at KP after Wales bc they were going to be FT Royals, and then very quickly got Anmer and basically moved there FT. It caused somewhat of a stink IIRC because the renovations for KP were so expensive. I don’t think KP was considered a bribe, I think it was just…..”this is what the queen is going to offer the future king” and then it took years for them to get there.
But I could have the timing mixed up. And actually the more I think about it, the more I think I’m wrong, but i’ll wait for someone else to correct me. I think they still lived at Nott Cott when they had George? I cant remember lol.
I think your memory is good Becks1. There was also a stink because Kate had all the walls at KP repainted before they would even move in part time. Excuse given was that she was pregnant and so her color choice was off and the white had a nauseous purple tone to it that she couldn’t live with. The Queen’s sovereign grant funds took an enormous hit from KP Reno, then the Reno at Amner was huge. Kate had them tear out a brand new super kitchen as it just wasn’t to her taste. Bet they’ve never paid back a dime! And I’ve never heard the British taxpayers bitching about their expensive tastes. Didn’t the Queen basically give them constant access to a helicopter whenever they are at KP due to William bitching about traffic?
KP apt 1A was given to William and Kate because they were finally supposed to do work as William was quitting his stint at the RAF. However william ended up getting that part time chopper job in EAAA and then suddenly Amner was given as well. Kate was also pregnant with George around that time too.
If they work within the government guidelines they will need to be socially distant which means reduced to no appearances. Which means no work. Which means business as usual for the two lazy louts.
Enjoy the expensive council houses Cambridges!
Why this story? Just why? First off, Will and Kate have never been credible on anything professionally for their entire lives.
The struggle survey was crap and Will’s work has been just as underwhelming. I doubt they or their office has the level of brainpower to do anything impactful here. However, if they really want to help, why don’t they make a video promoting some key behaviours that UK citizens should embrace at this time? They can use their celebrity for good and because a lot of their followers are racist and older, they may not be the type to listen to science or expert advice. It good be a way to help.
Also W & K’s marriage is a great example of social distancing so…
Omg sunny your last line lol. Very true.
“Also W & K’s marriage is a great example of social distancing so…”
They must be prophetic. They’re modeling it in that sofa shot for sure!
This story is put out in hopes that people will forget William’s awful coronavirus joke and believe he really, really “cares”. *eyeroll*
That story went around the world. Not a good look for him.
I’m not saying that you can’t make jokes about sensitive subjects – what matters is HOW you employ humour. Stephen Colbert did a humerous monologue on social distancing (from his bathtub). However William’s jokes are never funny, always slight passive-aggressive and usually indirectly mocking someone. He should stop making his little unfunny jokes in public. He sucks at being funny and rather comes across as condescending.
Oh no, Sunny… “ Also W & K’s marriage is a great example of social distancing so…”. ➕💯
Smile of the day. Thanks Sunny!😎
Actual medical professionals need to be working on this issue and not two dilettantes. Why even bother to pretend they will do anything?
As for the pre existing work that was shifted, well they can’t specifically advise that anything has been canceled because it never existed in the first place. Charles and Camilla have had announcements of specific things that were cancelled. Nothing of the sort can be said for these two.
Yes. I can see their work entails being simply frantic at clutching at straws to remain relevant to the current issue in any way whatsoever.
William will cheer up the nation with his witty asides on that naughty pandemic and Kate will develop a vaccine that will be absorbed simply and effectively through a small, convenient button.
I am so furious. This is just taking the piss.
I love the vaccine button. However, we know Katie Keen would overdose.
Oh Giddy. I’m having such a great laugh this morning over responses to this post. It makes me realize that the Cambridge’s are helping in their own — unexpected way. Keep those BS PR stories coming William. #CambridgesLaughOfDay.
Good one, Giddy. That was an unexpected laugh.
+1
I swear, so many W&K stories lately just make me laugh bc they’re so obvious.
This story is meant to make people think that they have been super busy behind the scenes and they had all this work scheduled but now they have to “shift things.” Why? If they really are so busy behind the scenes, continue on with that work to the extent possible. But they’re not, so…..
George and Charlotte’s school is not closed. They had a few students that were potentially exposed to the virus stay home from school while being tested.
To be fair, Will and Kate have to be on the same side as the UK government with this. That’s their job. The UK’s initial response was to have the healthy spread the disease amongst themselves to build herd immunity while the vulnerable hideout for a while. Hence William thinking the spread wasn’t a big deal and joking about it. Not that I think he would have taken it seriously otherwise, but he wouldn’t have made a joke like that if the government had been taking it seriously. They seemed to have backed off that stance this week, but now I’m not entirely sure. By saying that Will and Kate are not part of the vulnerable sector it implies that they intend to work directly with the sick or something. This would only lead to them spreading the virus. So, it seems the Government might be standing by it’s Initial response to have the healthy spread it to build herd immunity, but understand it’s a bad look. They’ve kept schools and even restaurants open while the rest of the world basically shuts down.
I hope you don’t have an Italy or Wuhan situation on your hands.
I don’t understand why schools in England are still open either. Really don’t understand it.
The response of the UK government to this virus literally feels like some of them watched the British speculative scifi series “Utopia” and said to themselves, “My God, that’s a genius idea!” And just set right to it.
The herd immunity strategy seems reckless to be honest.
It’s incredibly reckless. Herd immunity is only achieved when a high percentage of the population has immunity. No one who hasn’t already had the virus has any immunity to it. So, it would have to go through the majority of U.K. citizens before it would provide any meaningful protection to the vulnerable. Not to mention that the quicker it spreads the quicker hospitals will be overwhelmed and unable to help people they would have been able to.
All UK schools are closing as of Friday for the foreseeable, only vulnerable children and children of keyworkers will attend. However, you can still go to the pub, restaurant, clubs etc!
That’s insane and not social distancing. Considering the deaths are in the hundreds in the UK now, they should be doing what Canada has done and even the US.
Agree with all of the comments on here. Slightly off-topic, are we supposed to believe W&K going to actually do something helpful here given that Sophie Wessex held meetings today despite being sick last week? Zoom works for the rest of us, try and at least set the example, BRF.
What can 2 people with degrees in geography and art history offer in the fields of public health, epidemiology and virology?
Why wouldn’t they be at Anmer Hall? No judgment for that. Can you imagine if we all had a spacious estate packed with both necessities and luxuries to wait this out? Who wouldn’t choose that right now.
Instead they’re in London and still ???? sending their children to school….how is that setting an example? Hope they’re all wearing LATEX gloves.
Because Granny Liz advises them and thinks this is WWII when her family showed defiance by going about their lives as usual. 94 year old Betty finally stopped her engagements. This isn’t a war. The virus don’t give a shit if you Keep Calm and Carry On.
As the Coronavirus changes the world around us and how we interact with one another, the saga of the Royal Family doesn’t seem important. The last really global images of the Royal Family were from the Commonwealth service and it definitely was not a good look for the family. They looked petty and childish. Not a good look for a family that makes their living providing people an escape from their daily lives. With the inability to get out in front of people for what may be a long time, these final images could be really damaging to the royals. William’s unthinking thoughts about the coronavirus being overhyped and Kate’s meangirl display may be people’s last impressions of them for a very long time. Contrast that with the last impressions of Harry and Meghan and it looks really bad for the royals. They may regret not allowing the half-in/half-out roles Harry and Meghan wanted. The royals are going to need all hands on deck after this to justify their existence. The current players have shown they are not up for the task.
All good points, kyliegirl. One can only hope their pathetic behaviour/ actions together with now being out of the public view, make the public see the BRF for what it really is – an irrelevant elitist group of idiots no one should care about or support.
Agree totally with this. The only persons who saw Kate and William blameless in the Commonwealth Day service fiasco are their fans who will never see them responsible for anything.
The world was watching and their behavior was unacceptable. So they need to change the narrative hence the pap photos (with Kate looking directly at the camera no less).
And now this……not enough..too little too late.
They’re experts at self-isolating. That’s their work.
Soon, I bet they will self-isolate some more on a private jet to Mustique with their children.
Citresse, Ditto, I could not have said it better, they are off on another private holiday!
Maybe willy can come up with some more jokes about coronavirus and take his act on the road. Why is the media letting him get away with that?
If Keen is so keen on the primary years, she could help produce educational and/or entertainment videos and activities for the children who will soon be stuck at home. Or messages of support for parents social distancing with children, etc. etc.
Excellent ideas… but it would take real work and commitment to get it done. Which is why Katie Keen would NEVER do it.
She could — read a story—- gasp. All I can say is they never learn. They constantly roll out PR about what they are going to do and never do anything that actually has an achievable result. The RR always gives them a pass.
Yes, this. Definitely this. I try to give them a benefit of a doubt, just to try and be kind for my own sake, not theirs. Negativity gives me stress. But they have a bad track record.
Many families on social media are already doing this.
Kate could continue her work with the children and focus on how they’re being effected because of this stressful times, but since she has no idea what her work is about, it really doesn’t matter.
You mean we need to physically distance ourselves? Not emotionally? Willy dear, turns out we just needed to sit farther away from your brother, not snub him.
Will Kate be driving ambulances? William ferrying around medical supplies and critically ill patients?
No? No, you say.
Sit down and practice social distancing by shutting the fuck up.
What exactly are they going to do? A PSA about social isolating? I mean…maybe Early Childhood Educator Kate can suggest things to keep the kiddies focused on school and using the outdoors to educate and relax. The best they can do is wish the nation & the world the best.
Expect Kate’s suggestions for dealing with the coronavirus to be issued 8 years from now.
Will and Kate could volunteer to help Shout, the 24/7 crisis text helpline that they highlighted with the Sussexes last year. William said he was going to go through training to become a volunteer but that just sounds like another empty promise from the Cambridges.
I guess he thought pruning rose bushes was a better use of his time.
Willy said he was going to become a volunteer back in September.
I wonder whether he’s completed the 25 hours of training yet.
And wasn’t Kate out with the kiddos shopping just a few days ago? Doesn’t sound too socially distant to me.
Katie Keen isn’t letting the pandemic get in the way of her real work: yummy (hands on) mummy PR to make Meghan look bad.
Unable and Kris Jenner 2.0 are not going to let a little thing like a global pandemic get in the way of a pap stroll esp when they’ve been getting bad press because of the Commonwealth Day service. Gotta keep the tabloids happy AND making sure that they throw the Sussex’s under the bus to hide rose bush trimming and financial mismanagement.
QEII worked as an auto mechanic during WWII. What you got, Wills?
Savage! This whole thread is giving me a much needed laugh. Getting credit for the ‘promise’ of work, right out of the manipulators toolbox. The survey, hysterical. The road to nowhere comment. What a talented group of writers.
My only observation regarding the article is why can’t they focus on more than one thing at a time? God they’re pathetic
➕💯, OneoftheMarys. Multitasking while appearing to do nothing just isn’t their cup of tea. They do one thing at a time, they do it exceptionally badly, then they move on — it’s the Cambridge Way.
The Cambridge Way – thanks for another great comment!
This has created the perfect job environment for her. She can legitimately stay home and not have to go to any events and maybe do a few PSA’s telling people to wash their hands etc. from from within their cozy palace.
Also, “Credible Keen Kate” needs to be Kredible Katie Keen, a true Stan Lee alliterated superhero.
If they want to pretend to be busy,then they should start by saying they will help pple in the uk first. These pigeons are pathetic and they think we are all foolish too
What work??
So, in 8 years we’ll be getting another 5 question survey??
“At a time like this, the royal family is very important in providing stability and support to a worried nation,” —What nonsense. We saw the type of support Will and Kate give at the CW service at Westminster Abbey. They have no credibility between driving away the Sussexes and making stupid jokes about Coronavirus. Even when he made it it was cringe. The best thing thy can do is tell people to listen to the health experts and self isolate.
Harry and Meghan just shared a post on the Coronavirus on their IG page…bloody brilliant…that’s the way to go!!!
I just got the alert as well! It is a very thoughtful post!
with orange man in the WH, we are used to craziness/insanity/idiocy/mediocrity and let’s not forget the lies, since the crisis started!
Yeah…also, couldn’t help but notice where they talked about delivering accurate facts and data from experts over the coming weeks…Lord knows we need that right now!!! Well done H and M!!!
I know, can you imagine, someone is talking about accurate facts and data ………… we went from it is a hoax, the democrats are using it to destroy Trump to ‘I knew it was a pandemic before it became a pandemic’
I don’t think I ever dislike a US president as much as I despise Trump…..I know how he got elected but I hope we don’t repeat the same mistake as in 2016. 4 more years of his orange face?
Cue one from KP in 3-2-1…
Yes I fully expect the other royal households to follow. Don’t know if anybody saw the Royal family social media did a Charity Tuesday post highlighting the Queen’s charity which is very similar to how the protocol breaking Sussexes have been using their Instagram to highlight various charities. Just funny what are derided for which the other royals then adopt.
Some journalists on twitter have been calling for the Queen to address the nation. I think she will by Monday at least.
how did you know? just like you predicted; I see some making fun of KP………
Anything supportive is helpful, and I’d think this was already recorded, but am curious if KP released this earlier than they planned? It appears H&M must have posted around 8 or 9 am their time, while it looks like KP must have posted after 5 pm their time, which doesn’t seem ideal.
If the Cambridges had spent as much time actually working as they spend on silly competition…but they don’t seem to be able to help themselves. At least this has some purpose.
These clods should stay out of it. All of it. None of us want to see their clueless faces.
They will continue to fiddle while Rome burns. An epidemiologist said in an article I read the other day that this is “the end of the beginning”, that there may be a breather but then COVID-19 is going to come barreling back in a few months, like the 1918 Spanish flu, and wipe out millions, including the young and healthy.
So the Cambridges hunker down in luxury with fat bank accounts so they can shift their work (what work?) to do what? Send everyone thoughts and prayers? Picture millions of sick people jamming hospitals that are running out of equipment and staff, people not being able to buy food or pay rent or utilities or buy gas and losing their jobs. This will show in shocking reality the divide between haves and have-nots, the entitled 1% and the working poor. This is the stuff uprisings and revolutions are made of. End the fucking monarchy now.
Yes I was reading as well that this virus is not going away and the death toll and devastation it will have caused is going to be of epic proportions. Its the 2nd wave thats concerning scientists – thats the ticking timebomb.
Willileaks has just released a video supporting the National Emergencies Trust – he’s looks awkward giving his speech and all I can hear is Katie Keen’s voice. She sounds like him esp when she’s giving speeches.
The proper formatting is to put the quotation marks around “work” in this headline, I believe. 😂
💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 Go Veronica.
Those two can just go to hell as far as I’m concerned. And take Trump with them.
Read somewhere the cambridges are at Amnerhall… with like pictures of lazy kate out doing something commoners do. Anyway, these two are so happy to be on vacation and I can guarantee you that any work skipped will not be postponed, but just cancelled.
We are so vapid during this coronavirus time. I’ll finish on something useful: please stay home and protect those who are at risk. Save a life – stay home. Take care everyone.
The best way for them to support their community is to stay tf home. Which, as it turns out, is the thing they are the most equipped to do out of anything else. They should be thanking their lucky stars that they finally have an assignment and a focus that allows for them to do the barest minimum while getting the most credit. If they honest decide that this is the best time for them to be “seen” then they’re frankly dumber than any of us ever anticipated.
ETA: Also, genuinely curious to see how these two manage to spend all that time shut up inside together. I would not be surprised if William completely disregards all the rules for quarantine, not because he wants to help people, but because he wants to go back to sculpting rose bushes again.
There have been rumours of an apartment with a separate entrance at Amner.
I thought that was a Granny flat for Queen Mother in Waiting Carole.
Maybe it has a few uses.
@Nic919, I can’t imagine that the local Norfolk rose would be ok with leaving behind her family and estate and shacking up with William during the quarantine tbh. Wouldn’t it be something if she chose to ghost William because he’s a giant bore and her husband actually seems like he’s much more fun in spite of their age difference? Also, I can’t imagine that Kate would be cool with William nipping off to spend extended afternoons in that separate apartment under the roof of their own home. She seems like the kind of girl who likes to compartmentalize and this is too close to home, literally, for her to tolerate it. Or so I’d hope.
Kate tolerated a lot to get the ring and she will tolerate more to have the tiara. It’s interesting that the story was first Kate trying to freeze Rose out as opposed to targeting the actual problem, her husband.
It may not be Rose that he’s with at this point, but he’s done what he’s wanted when he’s wanted to from day one. And that will continue. Kate clearly looks stressed and thinner than usual and the infamous brush off was a momentary crack in the facade.
No woman with self respect would still be with William after all he’s done and even his public treatment of her is not something women with confidence would accept. But Kate does and will continue to do so. It was for William one of her selling points.
Didn’t have to wait long- KP just posted about a campaign with the National Emergency Trust with a video from William. Every little helps so well done KP too. although his joking comments about coronavirus is being circulated under the post oops.
Rebecca English said he’s the first member of royal family to address coronavirus which obviously isn’t true. why do I feel this is going to be next overshadowing/competition story eyeroll.
I can’t believe English is so stupid that she’s highlighting William’s first response to the pandemic: Joke made in Ireland!
A very unfunny joke that was basically mocking people who are afraid and over-anxious. Yep, that’s the way to approach mental health – by making fun of people who can’t control their anxiety. Well done, William /s
To be fair to Kate, her survey had a time limit on it being available for just a few weeks. It’s closed now so I’m not sure why you’d expect her to keep promoting a closed survey. And I am not exactly a huge fan of Kate’s and criticize her when necessary so I’m all for calling out her and Will’s laziness and lack of motivation to do pretty much anything. But yelling at her to keep promoting a survey that has ended is pointless.
As for the results, well who knows if those will ever see the light of day!!
Kaiser and all you posters – thanks for your insight and witty comments. This bit of escapism has been a god send. Love, Lizzie.
Wow, this pandemic has really provided them with perfect cover to go back to sloth-like minimal workload.
No offense to sloths.
The post from the Sussexes caused this spurt of inactivity? The non-existent competition is back on? This is a response as in the form as the following euphemism” if I jog on the same spot for 60 seconds it would look like I am running a marathon “?
The public service post on Kensington Royal Twitter is good but it still reeks of damage control for Billy’s stupid comment on coronavirus and the Commonwealth service Snub-gate. RE statement that Willie was the first to comment on COVID-19 made this a PR exercise. The queen needs to address the nation now. The Cambridge kids’ school is staying open until March 24th. It’s closing because a lot of parents are pulling their kids out but there is no positive case. I hope this is true and not a cover story. A positive case would start a freak out fearing the susseccion may be in danger.
I agree. There was no need for RE and all other royal reporters to say William is the first in the RF to talk about the virus. Does he want a gold star?
Oh brother! these two are absolutely useless, does anyone really fall for this??
Please leave this to the doctors and leaders.
@VS KP is very predictable. It’s interesting that the royal reporters have clearly been briefed to state William is the FIRST royal to speak out about coronavirus as they all have the same line. Might be to downplay joking about it in Ireland but also a lot of quite respected British journalists have been urging the Queen to speak as Boris Johnson has been quite shambolic so wonder if KP are positioning William as a leader in this crisis. Wonder how BP and CH feel about that…
This is perfect work for them. Staying and home and do nothing. They’ve been training for this their whole lives!!!
We all know they ain’t gonna do sh*t, so they are basically using this deadly virus to promote themselves. Shameless.
Most excellent. I except to see an insightful survey about the virus in about 8 years time.
I just noticed that William never really looks directly at Kate. I just did a deep dive through old posts because I have nothing better to do & he avoids making eye contact with her ALL THE TIME! It’s strange!
I have noticed that as well. She looks at him and he looks away even when he is smiling.
The obvious answer is that this was never a love match, at least for William. A husband who respects and admires his wife would never treat Kate in public the way we see William treat her. Kate has her own motivations for tolerating it too. Although now we have started to see more cracks, like the brush off.
Omg we’re NEVER going to see the results of that survey are we?! And William’s key area is conservation 🙄🙄 Please.
How convenient. Kate’s sense of style is so dull, but I’m noticing now that William’s suits are pretty crappy looking too. He’s tall, in pretty good shape and rich; he should be able to wear the fuck out of the best suits.
How about they just do us all a favour and stop having useless “tours” for the foreseeable future. I mean they were desperately hyping a tour to Australia when the Australian government was struggling with tackling the aftermath of wildfires. They were SHAMED into backing down after a poll by Australian tv station where majority voted to not pay their costs.
This is ideal “work” for them. To have an excuse for no longer doing the bare minimum. Katie must be enjoying the early break and I’ll bet they’ll be using it as an excuse to cancel things for months to come even after the virus is contained.
These two never do anything so why on earth would they be getting into the coronavirus foray? They finally have the perfect excuse to hide out in the country and do nothing, so they should just run with it.
They used to work?
The only thing these two focus on is pretending to know what they are doing… The Doolittles can’t finish 1 single project…
Haha, They don’t even know what a 9-hour long work days is, let alone a 9 + 4 extra hours for my second job. Not counting the commute.
And what I make in a year they probably receive in a day in terms of UK public allowances. They are just so fake and out of touch. I don’t want them to be any example to my growing kids.