The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did a joint Zoom call this week, please talk about how keen they are, please please please. This joint Zoom call was to highlight the plight of nurses during the pandemic, and they spoke to a nursing studen named Abigail, who works at a hospital in Northern Ireland. Abigail had made a video about “a day in her life” and William and Kate saw the video and they were very keen about it. William was likely extra keen because Abigail is a very attractive blonde.
🏥 For nursing students, studying and undertaking placements during the pandemic has been a challenge like no other.
The Duke and Duchess spoke with @UlsterUni nursing student Abigail about her experiences of working on the frontline of the #COVID19 response in Northern Ireland. pic.twitter.com/ntxXxdtkET
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) February 10, 2021
Here’s the “day in the life” video/TikTok from Abigail:
🎥 A day in the life of a typical shift for Abigail during her first placement as a student nurse 👩⚕️
Thank you to student nurses for their incredible work supporting the frontline workforce. pic.twitter.com/WuuBAMvbLo
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) February 10, 2021
There were two more videos posted online of Will and Kate talking to student nurses about what they’re learning about how to help and treat Covid patients, but it’s all pretty normal and obvious stuff. What I keep thinking about is… how differently William and Kate behave versus the respect they show to the medical and nursing community. Like, I’ll totally buy that William and Kate genuinely want to personally thank nurses and doctors and frontline workers. I believe that the Cambridges want to highlight the stories of these essential workers. But then, every opportunity that William and Kate get, they make complete and utter asses of themselves by breaking lockdown rules or going on that asinine Maskless Covid Choo-Choo Tour. And don’t forget that they wandered the Pantoland red carpet maskless too!! Deeds not words.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Kensington Palace.
My thoughts exactly she was quite pretty. Maybe note rose bush material but lovely and oh so young ! Where was uncle Nonce?
She looks is like the blondes William would get caught with while on vacations.
This ^^^^
Maybe don’t sexualize and make fun of a healthcare worker just doing her job because you don’t like who she’s talking to?
Thank you.
Thank you! Why are we objectifying this young woman?
I took that as more making fun of William and the affair he tried to hard to erase. Because HE looks so eager.
And she is lovely. There’s no denying that.
I’m not sure how zooming with the Cambridge’s is her job.
@Wiglet Watcher
Because she was probably asked to do this by her boss and is representing NHS, which she works for. And saying she looks like someone he would have an affair with is simply gross and sexualizes her in the workplace, it’s not just poking fun at William.
YUP. Agreed, Evenstar!!!
We’re not making fun of the nurse, we’re making fun of William and his lecherous tendencies.
@Evenstar I find this girl really pretty and cute. Also I do respect her for what she is doing now – I believe it’s truly hard to be at the frontline.
But that all doesn’t make William look better. He was overenthusiastic during the call. That doesn’t make this girl unprofessional or doesn’t make all NHS staff unimportant. This only shows who Will is and what’s about his happy classy elegant hardworking marriage
I didn’t see enthusiasm at all. He had his usual grimace on.
But then, his type seems to be thin gangly brunettes.
Kate seemed more enthusiastic and relaxed.
I appreciate your opinion, but think of it this way: imagine this nurse looking at these comments calling her “not rose bush material,” “oh so young,” “a hot chick,” and the kind of blond he would sleep with. She would probably feel uncomfortable and that crosses a line.
@Evenstar oh, yes, this is what I totally agree about. The comments about her are not good, I meant that there is not about her, there is about William.
I haven’t ever seen William looking so enthusiastic, ever! It’s almost lecherous. That excitement is genuine, for once, and it has nothing to do with health or thankfulness.
I guess that’s the key to get him to pay attention, put a hot chick in front of him.
Let’s get a pretty young woman and Sir Ben Ainslie heading a project and these two might actually start doing some work!
Gawd he’s showing his teeth, I don’t know if that’s some sort of aristo mating call lol. I’m surprised he didn’t send kate out of the room so he could get a bit of one-2-one time with the attractive nurse. Anyway he definitely looks a lot perkier than usual.
I think you’re seeing what you want to see. I see nothing of the kind, just the usual. She also looks remarkably like Kate, only blond, so…
She literally looks nothing like kate. Nothing to do with her hair color, just her facial features look nothing like Kate’s.
Kate wishes, lol
KellyBelle – agreed.
Frontline/Health care workers/ Drs./Nurses/ Staff… they deserve ALL the thanks.
BUT…. WTF ELSE do this two twats DO other than a 30 min. Zoom (IF THAT) and mouth platitudes? Have they donated…personally? Have they volunteered to do anything BEHIND the scenes, and we hear about it AFTER it’s done, when the CHARITY releases it? Do they do ANYTHING that isn’t such a blatant NOTHING??? Ugh…just so disgusted with these two Do-Nots.
It’s why I believe that even after the pandemic they won’t magically be popular or the greasiest because if this is all they can do during the pandemic it shows they aren’t really worth investing into.
Last week Kate did one Zoom call thanking teachers. This week, she and Will did this one Zoom call thanking nurses. From Jan. 30 to today, Feb 11, thirteen days, that’s two total Zoom calls. No wonder she is exhausted.
Come on, this was true leadership, folks! William and Kate have shown they will be the BEST future-future king and queen ever! I mean, look at Kate’s outfit — has there ever been a more qualified queen? Not that I can recall! And her hairstyle shows just how much she is keeping the entire country together during these trying times. William’s maroon sweater shows that he will be the leader when it comes to providing comfort to his people, and leading the country in the 21st century. These are two amazing people.
While you are being sarcastic this is the actual level of reporting of these two. They just went and help spread the variant about a month ago for an ego boost and they will get vaccinated before anyone else their age range. So doing another zoom video to simply thank nurses is meaningless. They should be providing some of their money to help. Or help raise money. Or set up a program like Harry did with Invictus and the NHS. But no, the keenbridges have done nothing. Because they don’t actually care, they just want the PR.
Yeah, I keep circling back to that. They are doing all these zooms and meet and greets (especially in the beginning) with various frontline workers who are all sharing with them how hard they are working, how stressful this is – and Kate and William just are not making the connection* between their actions and that stress the frontline workers are experiencing. And obviously its not just Will and Kate, but they are setting really bad examples. The best way to support the frontline workers is to stay home and not go on a Pandemic Express train tour.
*or they are making the connection and just dont care.
I vote “not making the connection because the troubles of peasants don’t affect them.”
Can anyone who has to work for a living relate to these two? The copying of the Sussex decor/background is so obvious. Another turnoff. Also, Kate’s hair is more like Meghan’s. I doubt that’s an accident.
I’m actually due to start nursing school myself in May. I’m excited but also so nervous. It was interesting to see an average shift for Abigail.
It’s fun and it’s tough. Study, study, study!!! Listen and watch the other nurses. Ask them if there’s easier ways to do things in regards to comforting patients to get vitals or positions for various tasks.
I could never take vitals correctly until a nurse told me to rest their wrist on my hip and cup their elbow.
Good luck!!!👍
I’ve said it before. I was a nurse and quit the whole field because of the pandemic. Limited or no resources for patients or to keep the healthcare workers safe. Incredibly long and dangerous hours for even nurses. No days off. I left because I couldn’t do my job anymore. I was breaking down and my physical and mental health suffered. And I felt a lot of guilt about that for months after and still do.
This is a bright eyed, beautiful and hopeful nursing student. She’s ideal for PR. They’re not showing the anger and thousand yard stare many have now. You get used to death in healthcare, but when you see so many senseless and preventable deaths all at once it eats at you. And that was worse for nursing students that were graduated early to fill staffing holes and burned out within months not being fully prepared. They were thrown into war zones with so much chaos and minimal guidance.
I won’t continue to rant. I’m just so heated about this.
So, the Cambridge’s that enjoy going maskless and self quarantining (as they choose to) in only mansions and palaces with staff that must remain can spare the world their meaningless words. Their actions say it all.
And… William did comment to frontline workers this was all being overblown.
I know where you’re coming from. I know (from my own life) a few people who wanted to do Nursing/Midwifery at university because they thought it was cuddling babies all day (or something similar) but later backed out once they realised what exactly it was.
Making gestures towards the NHS has become the main focus of the British Government and the establishment during the pandemic. I think is very important to do these things but this is all William and Kate are doing at the moment. It would be nice if they talked to other essential workers besides the military, nurses and teachers. A zoom call with some bus drivers, mail men or grocery workers would be different and would help people to realise there are many people putting their lives at risk to ensure that the country keeps going. And we know there are issues in the NHS, could the nurses be given the space during these zoom calls to make a plea to the public to follow the rules and even ask the government for more support?
Not her looking like Meghan at the Time virtual event lmaoo
I look at these two keens preparing to rule keendom and I get nothing, blah, nada. Even when they appear to be doing something decent it seems like it’s another chore to tick off their to do list
I don’t know why every single time I read ‘Maskless Covid Choo-Choo Tour’ it makes me laugh. I blame the podcast.
I wish people would get a clue as to what healthcare workers are feeling. I have 3 of them in my family. They are so exhausted. My husband is working 80 hours a week and it affects myself and our kids too. I want them to stop zooming with healthcare workers for show.
Welp, the Keenbridges are being dragged by the Daily Fail Commentariat regarding the endless zooming and coat riding they both have been doing. Needless to say, the tide is turning. Covid has exposed the Windsors as all fur coats and no knickers. When Betty pops it. I want a referendum on #Rexit.
Kate really looks like Carole in the top photo. That’s all I got because this zoom is as meaningless and shallow as all the others they do, which is about one or two a week.
To all the frontline nurses.. you’re my heroes❤. Thank you from the depth of my heart for all that you do.
As much as the NHS needs the support, this is getting to be a bit redundant. In addition to these zoom calls, William has been calling NHS workers with each call being a separate item in the CC. A few weeks ago his 5 min calls were outed by a recipient in a well meaning tweet (he then issued several follow up tweets to clarify he wasn’t being shady). So he is racking up the numbers with these 5 min calls. It really does feel like KP hasn’t got a clue how to respond. They seem stuck with their old playbook and nothing is sticking. People are highlighting Kate’s selfie video, but was there any action for people to take from it? I know the traffic increased by 700% to the group’s website, but how many hits did the group get per day anyway? If they average 100 hits per day this is less than a thousand people and what did they do once they got there? The problem with the Cambridges is they make it all about themselves and show very little interest in other people. People catch onto this and this is why they can’t make true connections and build solid programs. People spot fake a mile away and while they will want the meeting because of who they are, nothing will progress further because they don’t want to give them anymore of their time.