A week ago, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were throwing a giant tantrum about the BBC documentary The Princes and the Press. Threats were being issued, fists were being balled in rage, royal households were in a tizzy. It was all very melodramatic. As part of the fallout from Part 1 of the documentary, William and Kate made a huge deal about how they were “removing” their Christmas special from the BBC and giving the special to ITV as an explicitly punitive measure. As it turns out, the BBC had already rejected airing the special because the network already had their own Christmas programming. Hilariously, BBC Studios still plans to produce the Keen Christmas Jazz Hands special, even though the special will air on ITV.
One of the funniest parts of the Cambridges’ tantrum is that the details of the special hadn’t even been worked out, and the Jazz Hands special had not even been organized or announced. Because that’s how half-assed William and Kate are, they do everything at the last minute. Well, over the past week, Kensington Palace’s keen elves worked it out and so now we’re getting the formal announcement for the Christmas special.
The Duchess of Cambridge, who last year starred alongside Mary Berry in a Christmas cookery spectacular, will this year host a Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey.
The event which has just been announced will take place on Wednesday 8 December and be supported by Prince William and Kate’s Royal Foundation in an effort to celebrate the ‘incredible work of individuals and organisations across the nation who have stepped up to support their communities through the pandemic.’ The event, as rumoured, will also be broadcast by ITV as part of a special programme in December.
Spearheaded by the duchess, the event will reportedly be a ‘celebration of life in our communities, and illustrate how acts of kindness, empathy and love can nurture and reconnect us’. The service, like the very best of London’s carol services, will be formed of carols, readings and musical performances – a blend of the traditional and the new. The celebrated, spine-tingling Westminster Abbey choir will be the musical force behind the event.
The Cambridges also posted a hilarious Instagram shot of the “invitation” to the Christmas Jazz Hands special… with a pen. Like Kate was diligently writing out the invitations herself. OMG, is Kate trying to convince people that she can also do professional-style calligraphy, like Meghan? My word, that is quite a thought.
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Sure, Jan, errr… Kate.
Am I the only person getting VAX Live Concert vibes….CopyKate strikes again!
Nope. I immediately thought of vax live when i read the article.
All hail the keen kopying kween. It’s what she lives for. Karenton palace was certainly a kindness, empathy and love free zone for her sister in law and her brother in law.
GOTTA love the fact that it’s a friggin’ FELT TIP PEN!! Not even a fountain pen!! A cheap, felt tip pen! Lolololololol. OMG priceless!!!
Whoever is “helping” them must really looooove their job!
Jan90067: Not even a Sharpie! Isn’t a Sharpie the standard signature pen?
Right like wtf does a pen have to do with this??? There isn’t a damn hand written thing in that picture!!
Kate had no “kindness, empathy and love” towards her pregnant sister-in-law during a time of mental crisis, nor for her brother-in-law as he fought to protect his wife from the same fate as his mother. Instead she participated in twisting the knife in further. So she can keep her last minute Christmas Andrew Lloyd Weber routine. Also, somebody really needs to pull the Keens to the side and give them a little lesson in Cool IG Posts 101 because posting basic invites isn’t exactly going to create any hype for the event.
@pearl grey: i want this whole tv special to flop so bad.
Chloe, it’s in the middle of the week, 5PM on a Wednesday, weeks before Christmas. Somehow I doubt it’s going to be a ratings bonanza. Who is this for? People won’t be off of work and home in time to watch it. And it’s not like it’s super close to Christmas when people have time off work and kids are off school. I’m not even really seeking out holiday specific programming December 8, yet. Is she thinking that all the latch key kids who are home after school will watch a carol concert while waiting for their parents to get home from work? Is this something that will just play in the background of the common room in retirement and nursing homes? Is it just for the very elderly? But aren’t they all having their dinner at 5PM?
Edit: I just found out that this might not be the air date, it’s the taping night. Why on earth would you include that in your IG post? People are going to be tuning in at that date and time wondering why the concert isn’t on. This is so dumb. Why even use the invitation as an IG post when that date and time and invitation is not at all applicable to the random people checking out her IG?
Calligraphy Hands.
There is a space in the middle of the invitation for the name of the person invited to be filled in by hand. A lot of things about Kate are ridiculous; the pen in this photo is not. Snarking about snarkworthy things is fine; ridiculing perfectly normal things makes the snarker ridiculous.
@shoes, yes, but I’ve not seen someone use a felt tip pen for inserting the name. So the critique is valid. And it was obviously a choice, I guess to make themselves not look as fancy? But then the invite is fancy? Who knows
Oh, but look closer! Katie Keen is clearly filling in the name of the recipient of the invitation….with a felt pen. It’s like a 12 pack of the invitations we all buy at the market for our kids’ birthday parties.
“[The event will] illustrate how acts of kindness, empathy and love can nurture and reconnect us.”
The Royal Family had better sit down and listen then.
The “small acts of kindness across different demographics” was a nice touch.
The word they use was “communities,” tho……not demographics. 2 diff concepts.
PS: I do believe the lamebridges are still grappling with their understanding of the concept: community. And lord knows they only concern themselves with one, particular type of demographic.
@Charm — they use “demographics” in the IG caption thing below the pic.
But the keens don’t know what any of these words mean. Ten bucks keen of Karen still hasn’t gotten all the acts performing together. She is still last minuting this .
Lol, you mean keen’s staff hasn’t booked everything yet. The last minute part is what gets me. How many people are spending all their time right now for this last minute show? Kate is probably spending all her time getting her outfit ready, mood boarding Meghan while other people get this concert ready at the last minute.
Prince Charles’ diary is fully booked at least six months to a year in advance, as are most of the other Royals. The fact that this was only announced last week and it’s happening next week demonstrates two things. First, that Kate isn’t busy at all and second, that this probably was done as a response to the VAX concert. It’s just so bloody amateur.
The utter mediocrity of the house of Cambridge, where racists and magas go to play.
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Sigh. I’m annoyed by how slapdash this is.
Everything the Cambs do is slapdash. They have no real ideas themselves so are always scrambling to keep up with someone else. Plus they have surrounded themselves with leaking incompetent yes-men staff who aren’t good at their jobs so aren’t bringing well thought out projects to the Cambs. TOB and Keen will never improve. This is who they are. Incurious, lazy, narrow minded, bullies.
@royalwatcher: and their fans don’t mind one bit. As long as kate gets to wear a nice dress and a tiara they’ll find everything she does fantastic.
But they don’t find Kate fantastic. She is just a vehicle by which the racist royalists exercise their hate.
Yes, literally everything they do is slapdash. Slapdash, one-off and unsustainable. Curious if Earthshot will even take place next year. Compare to Invictus, which is planned years in advance.
Yes, let’s be clear. The Cambridges are popular with racists. Pretty much it.
@Lanne that’s the first time I’ve seen it worded that way — that Kate is “just a vehicle by which the racist royalists exercise their hate.” and it describes those people SO accurately.
Hosting a Christmas carol or a Christmas Carole (Middleton)?
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Haha! Saw what you did there.
Speaking of CarolE, I just saw that she’s pimping Party Pieces xmas stuff on IG by talking about how much her grandchildren love (_ insert whatever_) But somehow THAT’S definitely not “trading on her royal connections for profit.”
The absolute gall of this woman. She and her husband are bullies of first order, nearly driving their sister-in-law to suicide. The Cambs do not get to use words like “kindness, empathy and love.” Nope, nuh uh, and hell no. I wish Keen and TOB would just go away forever. She can move to Mustique with mummy and he can get lost in a rose garden, never to be seen again. Ugh. They are vile people.
And yes, keen-copying Meghan’s beautiful calligraphy. 🙄
Everyone is different but it’s just insane how the Keens are the exact opposite of the Sussexes. The Sussexes are full of confidence, light, optimism, love, bravery, intelligence, service, speak coherently and walk the talk. The Keens are bullies full of bitterness, anger, jealousy, insecurity (even though they’re next next in line), mumble through and talk in circles about whatever they heck they’re trying to champion, and do everything without strategy nor direction. They have no concrete PR plan aside from bullying their way into everything and citing privacy concerns (oh where is the outrage from the rats) and copyKeening. Racist Grade F snakes at the throne. Grade F because they’re dumb and dumber. I mean the dude is even trying to show off his dong through his pants in some warped way to assert his fragile masculinity. #AbolishTheMonarchy and save their children.
It’s only a felt-tip, not a proper pen…..just saying’.
That is straight up a Papermate Flair pen!
I loves me a papermate flair, but it looks so janky for a royal staged photo. Especially considering that there is no writing on the invitation that the pen needed to match. Wouldn’t royals get gifted nice looking pens all the damn time? I understand that they wouldn’t want the pen to be too showy (24k gold), but damn, there is a middle ground. When a middle class American notices, it’s bad.
Oh I love Papermate Flairs too and have them in a ton of colors, but it’s hilarious that a pen you could go buy at any Walmart, Target, or drug store is what they used. 🙂
It is not hard to find cool inexpensive pens.
I don’t know what to say about this.
I got it now…this is lame.
@ Amy Bee, I know exactly what to say about this. What a absolute clusterf#ck of epic proportions!! They could have used a lovely inexpensive pen, similar to a Mont Blanc, instead of that dollar tree special Ma Meddleton sells!!
Or instead of throwing a stupid concert, why not have a special dinner and event to honour those working on the front lines in HC and publicly speak to them and thank each and every one of them. Better yet, Kween of a thousand prairie dresses with ruffles and buttons, auction off ALL of your awful dresses and donate to a foundation that helps HC staff pay for childcare!! As each dress will include a personal note to each purchaser, which your staff will write in all seriousness.
Why not honour those who worked tirelessly for your Improper Peen Pants Party husband, and his grandfather, safe and helping them recover from the coronavirus! Maybe yet, sell the private toy helicopter for funds to go to HC workers?
Any event that is not a party to throw to honour yourself, but we all know how hard you have been working, Ms. Top CEO of Copying!!
The pen!! 😂😂 it could have been placed upon a bunch of candy canes or ornaments but the pen!? Like we’re supposed to believe it was hand written? Might as well have been a quill and ink. Ugh.
She could have at least written “You” in the middle there instead of leaving it blank. Also, a felt-tip pen? The ones you can buy in boxes of 10 at Wal-Mart? Quill and ink would look much better. Instead it looks like their staff threw whatever they could find in their desk.
But it also doesn’t air on that date?? That’s when it’s being filmed. So they shouldn’t have announced it like this, it’s dumb.
@LaraW, “You” would have been really great. Missed opportunity there
This is almost as stupid as the one that just showed a piece of paper coming out of a Xerox machine. The one that looked like the opening credits of “The Office.”
How are they so consistently bad at this? Didn’t they hire the Sussexes’ social media guy? I swear it feels like he’s trolling them
The Sussexes social media was successful because of them IMO. Don’t get me wrong, they hired David for a reason and I’m sure he played a part in it but if we look at what he’s working with, then it’s no surprise KP’s social media strategy is… weak to put it lightly. It’s like putting lipstick on a pig. You can put W&K in velvet blazers and gold dresses and have them smile and pose but the issue of them being dull and boring stays no matter how you dress it up.
Edit: I also feel like W&K don’t “work” with him enough. You can cover up being dull by working like the rest of the royals do but they don’t work so can’t do that. Plus they seem hellbent on being seen as glamorous instead of accepting that they’re boring and working with that (and as the FFK&Q, they could make being boring work in their favour)
@sofia, Omid once said it is usual for palace staff to only meet with their principals like once a month and Meghan wanted daily check ins (like a normal fucking boss handling high stakes, public facing projects). How you would do social media with monthly check ins is beyond me. I think we’re seeing the result
It’s not even a proper pen. It’s one of those marker pens, which is totally not what you’d use for that type of paper/invitation. I’m not even a pen person and I know that! What an idiot.
Don’t they have a calligrapher at the palace? Oh wait, that was Meghan Markle.
Good thing she added the postal code, otherwise no one would know where Westminster Abbey is.
All right, this one got me good. Well done Jezz lmao
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Lol 😉
Ha! Yeah, that is weird!
Thank you Jezz, you have no idea how much I needed that laugh!
So it’s not really a charity event, since no one will actually be giving to those in need? Of course the time and effort of the talent means something, but given the year it’s been for the UK, are there no other ways the royals can express their appreciation? Perhaps it’s bc I’m hip to KP’s affinity for vanity projects, but this seems particularly vacuous, especially since events like this already exist.
It reminds me of the covid tour where they hopped around to various places empty handed, with only a “thanks” to offer.
Lemme guess, red or green sparkly gown or ballgown? Burger King and Fries – doing the least while capping the biggest welfare from UK taxpayers. Merry Xmas salty island.
Cain can wear his green velvet suit again.
Well considering he bought those jackets in a pack of 4 I suspect yes we will see him in another one . I will say reddish
@ Over it, well, TOBB has to make those pants last as they only hold that sale at Tall and Butt Ugly once a year!!
Yes. William is definitely going to be in velvet again.
As for Kate – I bet we see her long plaid skirt again, or a completely new christmas-y dress.
Black, navy, green, or burgundy?
Bright red and sparkly to match the Holiday Decor.
I bet burgundy.
Will she try to weave sprigs of holly into the tiara?
I predict a white snow princess look with a full skirt, tiara and wand. Kate has not yet copied Meghan’s Global Citizen Central Park dress.
Actually her wedding reception dress with the little coat would fit the snow princess theme lol. It would get her mad props in the press so there you go, Kate, if you’re reading. Recycling with a wedding reminder but a still a snow princess. Just add red and green jewelry.
@Jais I had the same exact thought! That would be hilarious if she rewore the reception dress. To remind her of happier times, lol.
The last time Kate and Will did a photoshoot at Westminster she wore a white outfit and everyone was gushing because they got married at Westminster and it was just like old times. I think Kate will wear some kind of winter white as she loves to remind everyone of Kate the Royal Bride. I would laugh so hard if she wore the reception look.
I really think she should go for the wedding reception dress, no joke. The press would love it. Maybe she could could change the belt into something more Christmas themed. Like who cares that it’s last minute because Kate rewore her reception dress!!!! And yes I would laugh so hard too.
What about the buttons???? It’s gotta have buttons!!!!
And tinsel!
We all saw when she wrote on that Tube whiteboard, her handwriting is appalling.
Well, all I can say is I hope the people invited have a nice time at the Christmas Mumble Special.
Can she sing? Has anyone ever heard her mumble through “O Come All Ye Faithful”?
Sure but even Ariana Grande would out-enunciate her singing.
@LaraW, for some strange reason, something tells me that “O Come All Ye Faithful” might not be a favorite title in the Cambridge household.
*If* you have to place a pen on a *clearly* printed invitation, at least take a fountain pen and not some cheap looking plastic ballpoint pen.
PUT SOME EFFORT IN IT, KÄTHE. FFS! JUST A TINY LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT ONCE IN A WHILE. *insert epic eyeroll here please*
And at least show your signature, because this doesn’t make sense now.
How did they get so completely and irredeemably awful at this shit? Their entire existence is only justified on the assumption that they will serve as window dressing, but everything they say and do reveals them to be the equivalent of busted venetian blinds and a sun bleached Confederate flag “curtain”.
It’s like they’re a black hole for effort, creativity and commitment.
ETA: And also for caring.
Because neither have worked a proper job or full day in their lives. Both have been indulged with party lifestyles in their 20’s and 30’s under the guise of freedom before they take the throne/be ready to attend to W at the drop of a hat. They have no sense of what a “life of service” actually is.
“Busted venetian blinds” 🤣
That the dogs and cats chewed up as well!!
KP needs to stop with the cheesy IG videos/posts/announcements that I guess are supposed to build drama/anticipation around something but really just look stupid. We don’t need to see an “artsy” post of the invitation. Just announce the concert and move on. We all know about it anyway thanks to the Cambridges temper tantrum last week.
I do think it will be a lovely event – its a christmas concert at Westminster Abbey, of course it’s going to be lovely – but that won’t have anything to do with Kate. She’s probably annoyed she has to work when she already has the christmas church service and the diplomatic reception to attend.
The choir will be wonderful of course and will have a huge repertoire of Christmas music they can pull from, but I would have loved to be a fly on the Music Director’s wall when they had another concert (plus rehearsals) added last minute to their busiest time of the year when they already have a full schedule of carol concerts and services.
Speaking as a choir director who frequently gets asked to provide music at the last minute for events at my school, I have a pretty good feel for how many bleeps would have been involved.
Oh I can only imagine how the choir director reacted, lol, especially since this is at WA and is going to be broadcast – that just adds more pressure and since it really does seem last-minute…….
well Kate doesn’t understand the concept of anyone having a busy schedule, so it probably never occurred to her that it would be an issue.
Yeah, I thought that was pretty rude. I noticed that tours aren’t available in the Abbey on the 8th now. I wonder if anything else was last minute cancelled to pump up Kate’s ego.
@ Belli, it looks like Kween Kopy on repeat dial is beginning to look very much like those “influencers” that want a luxurious suite/food/entertainment and all spa services for free just for the ability to showcase their fabulous place!!
Yes, Kween Kopy is that stupid to think she influences anything except the constant displays of TOBB ignoring her and looking at her with his dagger eyes!! Please…make her go away…I want this nightmare to end…..oh, Rose…..
Im actually curious about this event. I wonder if she and her staff will actually put some effort into it. And i wonder if people will actually watch.
Well, it’s just next week, so I imagine somebody is scrambling right now. Not Kate, of course, unless it’s deciding on what jewelry to wear with what dress and what shoes.
But Becks, surely posting on IG counts as an Event for the court circular!
Didn’t they get H&M’s social media person? How can one person produce beautiful work for SussexRoyal and drivel for Keenbridge Palance?
It certainly shows who was really in charge of the Sussex Instagram.
I don’t expect lovely. I expect a COVID superspreader sh!t show.
Yes but the press will never talk about that.
This. Last year they did their super stupid choo choo tour when travel to Scotland was forbidden. This year the daily infections are no better and they want an event indoor. I bet they won’t wear masks cause you know they want nice photos. Talk about role models….
When she did her school visit last week it was actually pretty jarring to see how no one in that classroom had on masks. I wonder if that’s the norm in UK schools?
She didn’t write that. It would be another keen event with the focus on her, ignoring the numerous healthcare workers as always
HAAAAAAAAAA haaaaaaa. Pathetic.
I still think this Keen Carole concert was a last min idea and the BBC said no to it because they show many Christmas concerts/shows like this every year.
Also, the invites will be printed – no way Buttons will be handwriting ANY of them.
Someones gotta up her numbers before the year end count.
No no no you don’t understand— every invite she handwrites counts towards her event count. Because it is an event with each person. Or something. They would Find A Way to make it work using the Keensington Equation.
Oh, God, the Keensington Equation, an ineffable black box where you input rage, jealousy, and laziness and out pops sugary puff pieces in every tabloid.
@Digital Unicorn:
Years ago I remember watching some sort of special regarding a dinner party QE2 was giving for some diplomats or some sort and the tv crew went behind the scenes to show how it’s all put together etc…I recall that BP had a few (3 or 4 maybe? Probably more) writing out the invitations BY HAND and the calligraphy was stunning. What got me was that they all matched perfectly.
Surely someone on that staff could have pulled one of those out and said this is how it needs to look
I just wish that sometimes, they would do something tangible. I understand that raising morale has it’s place and that a Christmas concert is a great idea on it’s own and that most of these people will be delighted to meet the Duchess of Cambridge etc etc but they can do all that and still, I don’t know, donate some money or something? Maybe I’m being too nitpicky and understand that this is a lovely idea and leave it at that.
@Sofia: It’s being run on commercial tv so hopefully the revenue raised by airing this event will go to charity.
What do you mean? The Royal Foundation totally counts as a “charity.” /s
I feel like if there were a charitable contribution involved, we would have heard about it? Or at least a specific “cause” to raise awareness of, like inviting healthcare workers etc.
I imagine ITV probably wants to make some money on this last minute deal, especially as they aren’t producing it. That shouldn’t stop the Cambridges from making a donation if they wanted too, but, well…
@Sofia IMO they’re too scared to do anything that would have tangible results because they’re too afraid to look like failures in public. They can’t really be graded on “raising awareness” or “boosting morale,” so that’s why they stick to those as their endgame. They’re terrified of doing something more ambitious with an actual goal and having it be a total flop.
I can see that. If they say “we’re going to raise” 250k, 1) they actually have to get up and work to raise they money and 2) if they fall short, their egos won’t be able to stand that (despite then still raising lots of money). But I still think they can do something like “and we’re so excited to announce a £££ donation on behalf of the royal foundation”. That doesn’t require much effort (if they’ve already got the money) and the only criticism they’ll get is if it’s too little or something.
Which is why I don’t understand why they don’t stick to bread and butter engagements. I mean, I KNOW why–because they want to basically be the Sussexes–but I’m wondering if there is ever going to come a point of defeat. Are they ever going to accept that they don’t have it and that sticking with quick, 45 minutes in-and-out in your pretty new outfit gigs are a heck of a lot easier and keep your names in the British papers?
Of course they don’t want to do bread and butter. That would involve showing up 500 hours a year, which neither of them will ever do. They had their staff release info in the last two years about their future plans. They will pick 2-3 charities, ‘help’ them with fundraising for a year or two, then move on. That’s it. That’s what they’re planning their ‘work’ to be. They’ll pose for a couple of pictures, do no engagements, and take credit for everything.
Sofia, I doubt there are any/many hardworking, exhausted health care providers who give a rat’s ass about Kate or meeting her. They know this is all a PR move from family racists W&K, not something to honour what health care has been through in the the last two years.
I mean, there could always be some monarchists in the crowd. They could be both hardworking and tired and still be a monarchist who’s delighted to meet Kate. Or even just people who don’t care but will go “oh look, there’s Kate. That’s nice” and then just forget about it and move on
More often than not what we get are people looking skeptically at Kate, wondering what language she is speaking and why she’s there.
As a wife of a health care worker – they know what the need and constant thanking and appreciating only annoys them now. Thank you from a patient is always great but from the powerful people who could raise awareness, encourage to take safety precautions, MODEL APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR – this is a joke. And after long week my husband loves a nice comfy evening, not going to a concert to clap for pampered idiot who will mumble “this is important, thank you” without remembering who is she thanking because in her head she is already counting the days to her next Mustique vacay.
Sorry for the rant but after almost 2 years of worrying about him catching COVID (now again) I’m not a very generous person.
I’m with you, Anna. I have a dozen family and friends in front line health care. This kind of performative PR sh!t from Kate offends me.
Anna and Nota
This exactly.
As a former HC worker nothing was as tempting in my little time off as rest and errands. Looking back… I never even had time to grocery shop. I lived off door dash at work. Where are these health care workers finding time to indulge Kate?
“Let’s get together to celebrate the brave medical professionals who have been working heroically throughout this pandemic by gathering masses of people indoors to exhale forcefully next to one another. Yes, that will do nicely.”
This.
Due to the Omicron variant the audience portion should really be cancelled which just makes the invitations look silly. Dr. Jennifer Margaret Harries OBE, the head of UK Health Security Agency, said Monday to always wear a mask when indoors in a public space and unnecessary socializing should be kept to a minimum.
Omicron is in the UK and if they are not masked at this event then it will be another Covid superspreader event for them to add to their list.
I know Wiglet & Baldy are this dumb but are the people who advise them also this dumb?
How will they use their children for attention and deflection this year? Last year it was by parading them down an empty red carpet before giving them special treatment by having them be the only children in Britain able to attend a pantomime last year. I never thought that got enough write up. The children didn’t interact with anyone, weren’t there to greet anyone. (Which is fine, appropriate.) But got to attend a pantomime for first responders when every other child in Britain did not. Yet somehow we are fed a steady diet of how they’re just regular people.
Oof, this all feels like it was thrown together specifically to “punish” the BBC and maybe pad out Kate’s working engagements for the year. If the invitations are just now being put together for an evening event next week, that doesn’t exactly bode well for the guest list.
Maybe this event will double as the royal family’s party for the press that covers them?
Also, that invitation is dying for someone on the interwebs to Photoshop a name onto it.
Dear Scott Baio…Dear Dan Wooten…
Well, it’s still being produced by the bbc….so if they wanted to get revenge back, I imagine there are quite a few ways to do it… unflattering shots of Kate, the camera catching cringey moments between her and William. There is actually potential here for the bbc to strike back as well. Not sure if that will happen but omg there is epic potential there.
At least they posted the marker for a right-handed person on Instagram this time. Kate is a righty, which makes the office photo Kaiser included “interesting.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/kate-middleton-fans-spot-glaring-21777511.amp
Maybe, as my little cousin would say, she’s “amphibious”?
Hahahahaha!
Actually, Meghan is ambidextrous… not KopyKate as far as I know.
At least Mary Berry caught a break this year.
Lmao, I was reminded of about the Mary Berry thing, too.
I’ve noticed that Kate can usually hold it together until December, by which time she somehow snaps. It was December when she was caught on camera rolling her eyes at the lady in NYC while she was wrapping presents. Last year (?) when she shrugged so forcefully away from William’s touch — in front of a group of people *and* cameras— it was at some christmas-themed event. Then recently, the eye roll accompanied by the the “WHAT ELSE” while surrounded by not only cameras but *children*.
It’s like she tries to keep the mask on all year but by December, she’s just exhausted and out of fcks, lol.
I think the Mary Berry Christmas special was actually filmed in Sept/October of that year (2019 I believe), but otherwise yeah, she seems to get testy around the holidays. The Christmas walkabouts seem to be especially tense/grating for Kate because she and/or William often have some kind of issue with their demeanor. She had a face like thunder at the last one in 2019 and could barely keep a smile. I think there was a theory that those two probably argue a lot around the holidays…which wouldn’t surprise me tbh.
Another royal COVID superspreader event in the making amidst Delta and Omicron. What a typically idiotic idea from Keen and Bill.
I can just imagine the discussion at KP:
“Uh, ma’am? It’s going on December. You asked me to remind you when it was time to do an act of kindness.”
She’s simply co-opting. The choir does a concert each year, this year scheduled for 14th December. Tickets have been on sale for three weeks.
In reality, all they’re potentially doing is filming the dry run of the *already planned* concert. Once again taking someone else’s work and claiming it as her own. And also taking away business from the Choir and their concert the following week.
Ok, this officially hilarious. So, her act of kindness is to invite people to a dress rehearsal?
That’s my guess as to one of the possibilities. A choir like Westminster would have a huge dress rehearsal. This pop-up, just made up Keen event has been scheduled for the 8th, a logical day for them to be having a dress rehearsal for a concert on the 14th.
Either way, it is Keen horning in on an existing project (like the Hold Still from NPG), forcing them to play her way, and taking credit for the entire idea.
Wait, WHAT. This was already planned? This has nothing to do with the cambridges? So they really are going to invite people to a dress rehearsal for this concert (which would explain why its at 5pm) and then act like its something Kate put together?
I can’t even.
Becks1, *I’m only surmising that’s what they’re doing*. The choir gives a concert every year, this year on the 14th. They will have already picked, planned, rehearsed all the music – for their own show.
Now Kate comes along, uses her staff to pressure them, and this is the result. Whatever is being filmed on the 8th is only a sad shadow of what will be performed on the 14th. And the Westminster choir show is generally broadcast annual ALREADY.
What she’s doing is making more work for these performers, when they’re already stressed by how many rehearsals and performances they can have during a pandemic. All while taking credit for the whole idea, as if other people never knew a concert could be held at Christmas before she came along. Just as she ‘invented’ the idea of sitting on a log outdoors. LOL
They should have just bought up X number of tickets to the existing concert and offered them to health care workers and their families. But that wouldn’t have given enough opportunity for Keen Posing and Keening on Telly.
Oh yeah, I get that you’re guessing here Nota, but I think you’re probably right. I doubt Westminster Abbey and/or choirs are just sitting around with empty calendars this time of year. Using a dress rehearsal for an already planned concert and marketing it as theirs just seems like something the Keens would do.
That makes so much sense! I was wondering how they managed to book the Abbey and choir, film crew etc on such short notice. OF COURSE she’s co-opting an existing dress rehearsal.
That would explain why the choir is showing up, because it was already planned. It’s not like the Westminster Abbey choir has an empty December calendar just in case kate decides to do something for Christmas this year.
That would explain why no celebs being advertised as performing. No special guests, just the regular performance with Kate horning in.
Their next special should be called “Keeping Up with the Sussexes.”
This has all the signs of being a hastily put together PR exercise. Last week tabloids were shrieking about William ‘banning’ the BBC from showing his Christmas Carol Concert in Westminster Abbey. This exposed the problem that both the BBC and the Abbey appeared to know nothing about it and had already published their Christmas schedules.
Further claims suggested it was being filmed on 9th December and involved one of William’s patronages. This looked as if he was hijacking the annual Candlelit Carol Service for The Passage charity in St Margaret’s Church Westminster which takes place on 9th December. I’m still favouring this as the most likely intention.
Yesterday Westminster Abbey issued an updated schedule which now includes the Cambridge’s Carol Concert at 5pm on 8th December in the Abbey, slotted in between two regular timetabled events. The Charity is the Cambridge Foundation. Presumably funds are being raised from the ITV fee for showing the concert, minus the fee to BBC Studios for filming. ITV make their money from advertisers so they are now hawking this concert around before committing to a broadcasting slot.
Kate is billed as hosting the event. This will give it some novelty value at least.
I could absolutely see William trying to steal a beautiful, existing event like The Passage’s and trying to claim it as his.
I bet no one has signed on to perform and they’ll be scraping the bottom of the barrel to get talent. Lolol can’t wait for it to flop.
a ‘celebration of life in our communities, and illustrate how acts of kindness, empathy and love can nurture and reconnect us’. That is specifically copykeening the Sussexes vocabulary. Can they do somethingright and find their own way? OMG KP are so lame. im embarrassed
So she only wear the engagement ring when she goes out in public? As part of her Diana cosplay? In the picture where she’s at home at “her desk”, she is not wearing the ring. This woman has no confidence in her own abilities. She has to use her dead mother in law’s ring to give her some legitimacy. Pathetic. 20 years in the game and still failing upwards.
I’m so bothered by that invitation already in an envelope still with a blank space where someone’s name should be written.
LMAO. I can’t get over the pen.
Seriously, there are tablet styluses that look way spiffier than that.
This event’s been cobbled together at the last minute. Christmas TV schedules are decided months in advance. The BBC – like Kaiser said – were never going to broadcast this. And how can it be a snub if the BBC are still recording the event???
If the event’s next week, wouldn’t you want your invitation earlier than now?
Yep. Especially at a time of the year when most people are booked and busy.
Four to six weeks before the event works way better for me, and probably most people.
@ Lorelei
I think she’s mad that Will does most of the pulling away 😂 or ignoring January through November. You know she’s desperate to get her iconic moment. Diana in the revenge dress, h&m grinning in the rain. After ten years, she still doesn’t have it.
Cue the people behind the scenes special that will definitely have William, Middleton family, and them trotting the kids out for the rota. She could wear an old dress so you can have at least three articles about how she can still fit in such and such.
But personally I think she’ll go for a copy of Meghan recent dress to the military awards. Not the front. Copykate knows she’ll look like skelator and she doesn’t have the confidence to pull something off like that. But I’m saying first it’ll be a look like Meghan from the back. That dress was gorgeous from the back and we’ll see something to that effect from copykate next week
I thought the concert will be in St. Margaret’s. Meghan’s red dress is too bare in the back. However, a red dress would look really festive. Lots of red dresses at Christmas time, so I don’t think we can accuse Kate of copying. Will she actually be at the church, or will she pre-reocrd an intro to use with the broadcast? If the rehearsal was originally planned without an audience, then this will cause more work since people will probably have to be checked for covid vaxes.
@What after I read your comment, I was sitting here trying to think of an iconic photo of Kate— the equivalent of H&M’s umbrella photo — and I can’t. I keep going back to her wedding dress. Or MAYBE the first time she wore that lilac gown, in Los Angeles? (even that’s nowhere near as iconic as ☔️). Everything else is unmemorable at best.
I can’t think of a single iconic photo, outside any wedding pics. I can think of a few looks that may be considered “iconic” – notably the blue engagement dress, and the dress she wore after George’s birth – but not particular picture that stands out as memorable for the picture itself. (because that picture in the rain…..yes Meghan’s dress is memorable in it, but its not what makes the picture).
They really shouldn’t bring up that disastrous Mary Berry appearance. Isn’t that where Duchess Keenbridge shrugged away from Bulliam’s touch?
The Cambridge’s did the Mary Berry thing in 2019, not last year, where she shrugged off William touching her. I don’t live there so can’t watch it, not that I would even if I did. I’m just binging cheesy Christmas romance movies- also recommend Norwegian show “ Home for Christmas” on Netflix.
I guess kate will copykate meghan iconic dress.
She will break the vault or museum that store Meghan’s wedding dress.
Nothing is impossible for her.
I feel like they’re downright trolling us now. “We’re as rich as God and we own the press and are lazy as hell and you can’t do anything about it!”
I don’t know what to say. There is no hope for her. The least she could have done is personalize the invitation by addressing it to the General Public or something similar.