People Magazine’s second cover story this week is all about the Duchess of Cambridge, how she’s “flourishing” and growing “more and more impressive” over time. Sources claim that she has finally become a keen and professional woman just weeks before her 40th birthday. It finally occurred to me that while this is Kensington Palace pushing this sh-t to People Magazine, KP wanted it to be Kate-specific. You can tell because if this was PR fluff for William, it would include more about how William is a big, strong man who only likes Kate because she raises their children. No, this is Kate-specific and it’s Kate’s fantasy about herself, how she’s smart and competent and William fetches her a gin & tonic and how… she was upset because WILLIAM was so upset about Harry and Meghan. Mm-hm.
Kate Middleton and Prince William have supported each other throughout the royal family’s ongoing estrangement from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and the Sussexes’ claims of mistreatment and racism during their time as working royals. Kate has been “really, really upset about it all,” one close insider tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story.
Adds a friend: “Everything with Harry and Meghan has been hugely stressful, but if anything, it’s pulled [her and William] closer together. She was upset about it because [William] was so upset. Seeing her husband so distraught was tough.”
The topic of Meghan, 40, and Prince Harry, 37, has caused some rare candid moments for the couple. Shortly after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, during which they revealed there were “concerns and conversations about how dark [Archie’s] skin might be when he’s born,” Prince William told reporters, “We are very much not a racist family.”
Last month, Kate was quick to change the subject during a visit to a school when one of the students asked about Meghan and Harry. “What else?” she promptly responded.
The friend tells PEOPLE: “She’s no pushover. She has an inner strength for sure.”
Interesting that they included that “what else?” moment in their reporting. As for “She was upset about it because [William] was so upset. Seeing her husband so distraught was tough…” Well, Willy won’t like that. Baldemort is not “distraught” in his PR, he is engorged with anger, incandescent with rage, and, as ever, bored with racism. Kate’s PR fluffs her up because her husband is so emotional, so irrational, so distraught. Once again, it’s a dangerous game Kate’s playing. Or maybe not! The one thing William and Kate will always agree on is their need to smear, defame and attack Meghan and Harry.
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The only thing William is distraught over is the fact that no matter what he throws against the wall, Harry keeps winning.
YES!
Whatever happened to People’s Royal magazine? The Cambridges were on the first cover with Kate covering the other. I looked it up and they still seem to be selling it so you would think all this embiggening would be saved for that.
Exactly. Furthermore, the Cambridges are obviously still fixated over the Sussexes lifestyle and accomplishments despite their attempts to literally destroy them.
These people need Deliverance.
Lol. Kate was certainly “impressive” in her roundtable with Dr. Biden in that she fell flat on her face.
Yes, she certainly left a powerful ‘impression’ on me.
Kate’s trying again to bond with William over fighting with the Sussexes because that was the last time they were a team.
Loathsome woman.
I know her 40th birthday is around the corner but to me it seems like the royal house of middleton is going all out with the kate pr again. Notice the tone? William needs HER. The last time we had kate pr was around the time of the statue unveiling. I wonder what william has done this time.
Their marriage is so pathetic. Smearing H&M is the only thing they have to bond over after 20 years. Now that H&M are the most talked about couple in pop culture, that marriage is in the gutter because all of that “bonding” was for nothing. The Sussexes stay winning while the Keens play catch up. This is probably why William looks at Kate with such disgust. The smear didn’t work, he’s back to square one, H&M are iconic, and all he has are jazz hands and a weakened monarchy.
Jt: for what its worth, i do think they were into each other. Because i saw some clips and pictures of their tour in 2016 and they did look in love. Holding hands and stuff. But its clear that something happened after that in either 2017 or 2018, and it had nothing to do with harry and meghan.
If william ever wanted to divorce kate, harry and meghan leaving sure made that harder. Maybe that is why he was distraught
I think they did love each other at one point. Maybe only early in the marriage for William but I definitely think there was something there. And if not in love, I think they were happy to at least be nice towards each other and co-parents.
And unlike some people here, I really don’t think these two are on the verge of divorce but I do think whatever love they had has all but gone. And even if they both absolutely despise each other and cannot stand the other, they both know that being in this relationship is benefiting both parties.
I forgot the journalist that said it… initials RW?
But he was highly respected and well inside the monarchy for sources. He said William loves Kate, but wasn’t in love. He cares for her as a good friend that is loyal to him, but that’s it.
And he stated this as coming from William if I remember correctly.
Could it have to do with the little party he attended at the private club? Hmmmmm….
He must be interviewing divorce attorneys. Will he pull the trigger after the queen drops?
Buttoned Mutton is trying to get her own digs in before the divorce/separation announcements come out (soon after Her Maj hops the twig). By representing herself as the strong, supportive, ‘impressive’ wife, she’s fending off claims that she’s useless, airheaded and self-obsessed; someone who doesn’t deserve to have any opprobrium heaped upon her. Of course, the tabs being so misogynist, PWT’s ‘wronged husband’ narrative will take the day; but there will be a significant support for BM, I predict.
@ Chloe I don’t think they were in love, but they were better at pretending to be, particularly William. If it’s true that William was boinking neighbors and whoever else all this time, than everything during that period was for show. According to many British journalists, the Rose situation was a long term affair, not just a hookup. What happened after H&M came along could have been many things, like Kate discovering how deep William was in Rose but I also tend to believe that Harry marrying Meghan made him rethink Kate. She is all wrong for a consort. Period. Meg’s skills, work ethic, and beauty made him realize that he got the short end of the stick. Harry was supposed to get a dim blonde, not a showstopper. H&M are a power couple now, which is what William wants to be but Kate cannot get him there. He needs a Meg or Rose type of woman, but he’s trash so all he got was a Kate and he’s mad about it and not pretending anymore.
‘Buttoned Mutton’ deserves a million upvotes!
@jt- I think what really sticks in their craw is that Harry and Meghan so clearly ADORE each other. Harry would be dirt poor for her- he would let them take everything, even him being a Prince if it meant they got to have a life together with their kids (I know they can’t take away him being a Prince).
And while I think William doesn’t want to do the daily Kingly duties, he does want that title and what he perceives as the unlimited power that comes along with it. Kate would be gone in 2 seconds if she ever threatened him getting the power he thinks he is going to have.
@Meghan It probably does burn William up seeing how happy and fulfilled Harry is, while he’s stuck being miserable. Burger King always wants what somebody else has, but more than anything William cares about appearances. Harry and Meg on the covers of Time Magazine as the most influential power couple is what really kills him, because he’s all about being powerful. That covered rankled the firm, going by their outsized outrage and subsequent briefing in the press. The New York trip was just a preview of how they will move going forward. It’s the end of the year and all of the biggest moments in pop culture are being brought up and who’s front and center? H&M. They’re on all of the lists regarding the recaps for the year and next year promises to be even bigger for the Sussexes with IG, the Netflix doc about it, Meg’s children’s series, probably podcasts from Spotify, etc. Where will William be? Clenching at the Jubilee and trying to figure out how Keenshot will make it to America.
Buttoned mutton, BM!
@ JT, spot on!!! Harry has everything and is incredibly happy and is continuing to expand and go places that Baldingham could only dream of!! How dare Harry be more successful, happier, more popular, more loved than Baldingham!! With his marriage to Meghan, they have become a super power couple! Everyone wants to be involved with Harry and Meghan! They will continue to eclipse those they left behind that tried every underhanded opportunity to smear them and it didn’t stick.
Harry and Meghan have proven how powerful they are just in the short amount of time that they made their escape. We will see nothing but greatness from here on out!
I don’t think William loves Kate, but I doubt he’d dump her either. Why would he? She is everything William wants in a wife (and what Charles THOUGHT he was getting with Diana): a submissive woman who will turn a blind eye to whatever he does, as long as she is placated with jewelry and titles. Why would he dump her, and what do people think he wants in her place? Harry is man enough to be proud of a smart, successful wide — but William (like Charles) could never stand a woman who out-shines him. They are too jealous, even of their family members. Of course William wants a woman who makes him look good, but she has to make HIM look good, not herself.
@MrsK – I agree with your overall point -I know a lot of people on here speculate that William wants someone more like Meghan, and I don’t think so. He doesn’t want a strong woman who’s going to push back on him, who isn’t going to tolerate his cheating and his tantrums, etc. I think for the most part, Kate is pretty much what he wants in a wife for the reasons you mention. I just think he wants all that in a wife that he doesnt also despise being around even for short periods of time, lol.
But, your last point is the key one IMO – he wants a woman who makes him look good, and at this point, I don’t think Kate really does anymore. she can’t talk in public, she is inept at her job, they don’t seem to click in public, etc. If he wants a woman who makes him look good without overshadowing him, I’m not sure Kate is the one.
I have to admit, part of me does wonder, what if they are insanely in love with each other, and super happy and super solid and if they read any of our comments they would just fall over laughing?
Mrs. Krabapple and Becks1, just watching the two of them leads me to believe that they do not want to be in each other’s company. Kant is so over the top trying to make people believe that she’s HAPPY (said with jazz hands) and Wont can barely stand to be around her. Just what image is the brf trying to portray here, because I think it’s a bad look. I do think Wont wants someone who will make him look good without overshadowing him. Kant is not that person. She never will be. I just see this couple becoming vindictive to each other. I think I’m seeing some of that with all of these articles about Kant. We’re back to the Q-C’s husband articles. It’ll be interesting to see how Wont responds. I think we’ll see a separation at some point after TQ’s funeral. That’s going to be the end, because for Kant to stay relevant she will have to work a lot. That will never happen. She could just fade into obscurity after a divorce.
Kate enabled William from the get go. He wanted IMO someone who was not proactive nor had a work ethic. He did settle for her after he wanted to see other women (but was turned down by some he was interested in). She put everything on hold including working for a living in case she would miss his phone calls while working.
@JT, agree with all this. Just want to add that maybe that is why Kate hates Meghan so much. She was doing fine before, but then Meghan came along, and without doing anything, just by existing, showed Kate up as the wilted, frumpy inferior that she is.
“Love”??? Please! William NEVER loved her. For God’s sake, he spent ELEVEN YEARS trying to dodge that bullet; he dumped her twice, cheated on her pre-marriage, and then finally, RELUCTANTLY, caved…he never wanted to marry her. So yeah, her role as brood mare has been performed, and now she’s reduced to The Buttons Mutton…time to put her out to pasture.
OMG spot on! I have definitely met people who bond over a hatred of the same target, then cling to it long after a situation has ended or changed because clearly they have nothing else to connect over
What happened to “never complain”? What happened to “we can’t trust people who leak to the press”? I know we’ve all become complacent about the double-standard, but I still want to point it out. When will Kate be investigated over these leaks regarding intimate feelings that should be private?
But what is really despicable is the notion that she is upset over how the jealous spoiled heir was upset by the stories — and NOT because her nephew was depicted as a monkey, or her sister-in-law attacked by racists and misogynists. Nope, William is the victim (in the same way Andrew is a victim) in their sexist, racist family.
This is a completely manufactured non story by the Fail. There is nothing to write about Kate, no money to be made out of her, except when she can be latched to stories of dubious origin linked to the Sussexes. The Fail knows that whether they are in England or California the Sussexes are the stars of the RF and that is not going to change.
I’m not understanding why Kate was upset about Harry and Meghan. She and her husband got what they wanted which Meghan and Harry out of their life and the spotlight on them.
They didn’t expect Harry and Meghan to take the spotlight with them.
@Belli … Agreed. The ‘spotlight leaving with Harry and Meghan’ is exactly why William and Kate can’t seem to let go of the hate and why they continue to cast stones across the pond.
Lol, spot on, Belli. They absolutely did not expect the spotlight to leave with the Sussexes.
I guess like the RR, they wanted H and M living in a trailer park and selling stories for booze and pizza. Or something. Oh6, wait, that’s toxic tom. They wanted them in poverty to prove how kingly /queenly they are. They’re all such reptiles.
@amy Bee: they wanted meghan gone. Not harry.
@Chloe: William wanted to exile both Harry and Meghan to Africa. So they wanted him gone too.
Kate especially wanted H to stay to pay attention to her.
Notice how since Harry/Meghan moved to the USA how the Middleton Family is BACK at attending events as Kate special guest. When all is said and done, Kate and Carole outsmarted the RF. They got rid of her #1 competition and solidified Kate’s LAZY position in the RF.
@AmyBee Yes, PWT et al wanted to banish both Harry and Meghan to Africa. They were upset about the popularity of the couple. That said, their ultimate goal was to break up the marriage and send Meghan back to the US. They wanted Harry to resume his previous role as scapegoat and someone to foist upon all the “work” PWT didn’t want to undertake. Even now they talk about welcoming Harry back not Harry AND Meghan
@Amy Bee:
I think it’s because the Cambridge’s saw the lack in their own lives? It’s obvious from the jump Kate wanted Harry and when Meghan came, William wanted HER.
That’s my take
I agree with MerlinsMom. I could absolutely picture William questioning how his little brother could snag a woman as gifted as Meghan while “only” being the spare. As the future king, William would have “deserved” a wife like Meghan more than Harry. And we have already observed how much Kate would flirt with Harry over the years so that rings true as well.
If Harry in his own words had to up his game to be with Meghan, there is no possible way that William could have done the same to attract a woman like her. Not even the aristo women wanted him. He’s incapable of change and doesn’t feel he has to, others must kowtow to him. So William is now left furiously gnashing his huge teeth while Meghan walked off with the better brother. And he knows Harry got the better deal while still seething in jealousy over how his scapegoat brother achieved that. But Meghan would have outshone William with her work ethic and personality if by some far chance they were married and he wouldn’t have tolerated that as his father couldn’t with Diana. So William ultimately wound up with the wife that he deserved. But he could keep dreaming of getting a woman like Meghan.
With all silly willys’ smearing of meghan, I am reminded of the quote, there’s a thin line. betweenove and hate.
By the way did anyone notice during the wedding, when meghan came up to harry at the altar, how silly willy blushed?. He didn’t do that for kate. So there just might be something to that theory. Kate for sure wanted, and still does want harry. When he is around willy gets no attention.
They keep putting it out there that she has no original thoughts and is an empty vessel—a vase, like Monica in Friends. For once I’d love for them to just say Kate “spearheaded” a hate campaign out of pure envy—she got the ball rolling, coordinated household assaults, invented the talking points, lead by example. At least THAT I could respect and find impressive, even if I still disliked her. Now it’s just dislike for her hollow insignificance.
This what I think happened too. The smears started from Kate and the Middletons, beginning with all the hubbub around Pippa’s wedding, William got on board (most likely with the cry story), then the rest of the households followed suit. The family got played by Keen because Harry leaving was a huge blow the firm , even if they can’t admit it, and that’s probably why the queen gave Kate the stank face at Christmas. Kate was the only one who benefited from the smear campaign. Now the royals are stuck hugging each other trying to prove that they’re a real family to combat the lizard rumors.
JT- this would explain why the Cambridge marriage is so sour now too. Will is pissed Kate drove his brother away.
Harry said their relationship needs space. I wonder if he really meant time. Time for Will to realize just how played he’s been by the Midds and regret his behavior.
@Rapunzel I think everyone is sour with Kate at the moment. Even Charles blanked her at the Bond premiere after their little performative kiss for the cameras. The RF have to convince people that they are a loving family right now, and that Meg was the issue, so they have to be seen being nice to Kate. But I absolutely think that everything began with Kate and snowballed. William was jealous of Harry, Charles wanted H&M put in their place, and the press was trying to bully the Sussexes into access. Everything got out of control and now the firm is down the very popular Harry, William has to shoulder everything on his own, on top of his one sided competition (which he’s losing), and the press has lost their golden goose. Meanwhile, Kate has been embiggened to kingdom come and her competition is an ocean away.
@JT There were hits all around but I think the press played it up to notch up the drama. I distinctly remember an article during the Oceania tour where the RR praised H&M and theorized that with their popularity, the heads of state of every commonwealth country might end up requesting to meet with them over the Lamebridges. It was a direct challenge and hit a huge nerve. Right after that, all hell broke loose.
@Lyds, I *think* that might’ve been a Tom Sykes article. I remember him writing an article around that time in which he blatantly said that Harry and Meghan’s popularity would be a problem for William and Kate. There was another article in 2019(?) from Camilla Long (less prominent than Tominey but equally vile) that warned Meghan about Kate getting rid of perceived threats or something along those lines.
I think William was and is the instigator of pushing Harry out. Kate of course went along with it and enabled it (I always thought she was his enabler). I think both of them wanted to continue the Fab 3 spin, with Kate happy to be going places with two Princes and giggling with Harry. They wanted Meghan out IMO and William seemed determined to break them up when Harry and Meghan were getting serious. If the Queen had a strong personality and did not ostrich, she possibly could have told William to back off and done everything in her power to keep Harry and Meghan in the UK.
Yet another same-old article. Interesting how no article about the RF includes empathy for others outside the succession. Where is the news about W or K feeling badly that H&M were maligned by the press to the point of suicide? Where is the support for pushing back against the press for phone hacking, copyright violation, and racist remarks? I’m surprised there was no “but I used to be picked on also” statement thrown in there. They are still whining about an article where nothing much was said about them.
@equality: The lack of empathy from William and Kate confirms that they were involved in the smear campaign against Harry and Meghan and they’ve agreed to play the media game.
It’s disgusting. I would feel badly doing that sort of smear campaign against somebody who was an actual criminal. How do you have such a lack in you that you can do this to your sibling, who has committed no crime and who supported you?
@equality: They’re racist and Meghan is not human to them and Harry was just a scapegoat and prop.
It’s the same old article because no extra work was done in writing it. It’s just bits and bobs of other articles and some random supposition from unknown sources. And the sources aren’t necessarily connected to W&K. “Insider” could mean anything – some guy who works inside the People magazine office, and “a friend” could be anybody’s friend.
How about Burger King not being upset and wishing his only sibling and his family well? This is something he has never done, which any public relations professional would advise as a good move. Trying to ruin H& M and feeling constant incandescence because you keep losing is a choice.
I’m sure William’s rage was difficult to be around, yes.
That was my first thought, too. It was hard because he turned into even more of a rage-monster.
Meghan: “i was suicidal”
Kate: “poor us! Meghan and harry won’t be our scapegoat! We are so distraught”😢
Get over yourself kate
@Chloe: So much for Kate being a mental health advocate.
What Else ! is not a sign of strength,
Nope, it’s petulance. Strength would have been letting the children say what they wanted to say.
It would have been so easy for her to give a throwaway about how Harry and Meghan have a new baby, and immediately gone back to herself and the relationships between her own children. “What else?!!” was a panicked, bitchy reaction.
Especially in the tone she used….
Exactly. Anyone who watched that clip heard it — the way she said it in that snotty tone of voice. That was NOT her being “strong” or “not a pushover”, that was her being a bitch.
and the eye roll that accompanied it.
She’s going to have to stop using kids for her photo shoots, they will never stop mentioning H&M. Maybe they need to stick with little ones like in Scotland when they didn’t even know who they were. ‘I’m the duchess of Cambridge!’ Good going mrs KEEN early years.
I feel like the inclusion of that and the multiple times they mentioned the full time nanny, by name, is a little bit of shade thrown into these articles. All the “fluff” is basically quotes from Kate’s “insiders” and “friends,” and then the writing around it by People seems to directly contradict, or at least makes sure to put into context, the simpering quotes. Quotes about how she’s such a hands on mother are met with copy about how she has a full time nanny. Quotes about how sussexit was so upsetting for them and hard to deal with bc it made William sad are met with the mention of “What. Else.” It’s nice to see even that little bit of pushback and context. For those of us with critical reading skills that allow us to differentiate between the actual words written by the journalist and the quotes that are given by Kate’s sycophants, we can actually see that the things that the people around Kate are saying/thinking do not match the actual facts of what Kate is doing in real life. Unfortunately, many people who read People won’t see that and it will go right over their heads, and they’ll think that Kate’s mommy saying she’s the best, most hardworking wife and mother and princess is a true fact because they read it “in the news.”
I never would associate rudeness with strength. The writer of the article has no clue. Strength involves being gracious and diplomatic not behaving the mean girl like Kate did.
And mean girling children, no less. The facade crumbles pretty fast when the commoners don’t follow the script, it seems.
“Everything with Harry and Meghan has been hugely stressful, but if anything, it’s pulled [her and William] closer together.”
Maybe that last part of the sentence is why William was so upset. I think he had to lean more on Kate after Sussexit and we’ve seen that Kate’s PR status went in overdrive after that, putting William in her shadow.
That the camBiiitches bonded over their mutual smear campaign of the Sussexes is not new information. #CamillaTomineyIsALiar said this months ago, tho not in so many words, but she did say that it gave them something to bond over. Seems to me that say s a lot abt the state of their marriage-of-convenience.
As if. This… woman was probably rubbing her hands together with glee, like a fly on sh1t.
Too bad it’s all gone wrong eh Kate. “What. Else?” you ask? Well. You just hold onto your little Madam Duchess Pinterest boards and pray William doesn’t eviscerate you too badly in the tabloids when the time comes.
LMAO at “Madame Duchess Pinterest boards”!
I love your take Cate, it’s spot on!! Let’s see how Kate handles it when she becomes the ire of Baldingham. It won’t feel too good, but she should have stayed out of the smear campaign. Karma is a bitch and she’s coming back with a vengeance!!
So eye-rolling, passive aggression, and ignoring questions from children are the epitome of inner strength???!! Sure, Jan.
If she is like this in public towards other children – what is she like to her own?
I mean, sure, I can see how working together to drive your more popular SIL out of the country could bring a couple closer together.
Same between william and charles in my opinion
I think early on in the smear campaign it might have brought them together a bit, but that has long since passed. William has been unable to conceal his annoyance with kate in public for about a year now.
And the what else comment was pure bitchiness no matter how they try to spin it otherwise.
Yeah kate went from refusing to let William touch her shoulder on camera to working together
This really has CarolE’s fingerprints all over it. Is William cutting Khate out of his Big Life again/more? This seems to be the playbook whenever her (in)significance has to be fluffed up. People has lost any credibility it ever had with this dreck.
I was wondering the same thing
It absolutely has Ma Meddling finger prints all over it!! She sees that Baldingham despises her daughter. Baldingham has consistently looked at Buttons Mutton’s with disgust and everyone sees it, in public. Imagine how he is when they are not in public, IF they are actually living together.
Ma Meddling is trying to force the public narrative that her useless daughter is the one that will save The Monarchy and Baldingham!! She just keeps putting out the same bullshit in all of the other puff pieces.
All this puffery around the keen one reminds me of the old adage about Christians: “Don’t tell me what you are—show me.”
She never will, because she can’t.
She has shown us exactly who she is. We should believe her.
She can’t show us what the fawning media is trying to tell us, because she doesn’t have the goods.
See, it reminds me of my Grandmother’s saying: ‘Empty barrels make the most noise.” Kate is nothing if not a Very Empty Barrel.
The fact that People Magazine mentioned the “What else?” video means that it was indeed real (I had my doubts) and that the royal rota all saw that video and sat on their hands. The invisible contract in action. It also says that if the bullying allegations against Meghan were really true we would’ve seen examples in the press.
They conveniently omitted the eyeroll, which proves once again that People is a party to the Invisible Contract, but fascinating that they went there at all.
This is standard MO for the Press trying to promote some celebrity. If this celebrity was caught on camera making some misstep and this was spread in the media – don’t be silent, give an explanation favorable for said person. Preferably plausible explanation, sure, but this isn’t the necessary condition.
So, if somebody was in doubt what this “What else?” meant – we got the explanation – this is the sign of inner strength of Keen.
(I wonder, are people really swallowing this drivel?)
Exactly. The press don’t have any details of how she bullied staff because what they are alleging bullying wasn’t the case. Some of the KP staff & people like Angela Kelly didn’t want to take direction from Meghan.
From 2018 to 2020 the rota told us that the palace staff called Meghan mean names, were gossiping about how long the marriage would last, looked down on Meghan for being a US cable actress they didn’t want to work for. If anything sounds like Meghan was the one being bullied. Tom Bradby even said in January 2020 H&M felt pushed out by William’s bullying attitude. So the bully claims were just flipped to smear Meghan on the eve of the Oprah interview.
A few of Kate’s puff pieces will say things like she’s not a pushover& believe it. They’ve also said she was wary of Meghan from the start & I feel she saw threat of Meghan & Harry overshadowing before William.
I think the smear campaign ran away from the palace & I think ultimately it was to get Meghan to leave alone not not Harry too so if they are actually upset about anything it’s that, plus H&M’s freedom away from the palace.
I think it’s true, as you say, she saw Meghan as a threat from the start. She was everything Kate wasn’t: accomplished in her field of choice (actually WORKING and earning money AND praise from co-workers), talented, driven, ambitious, had a DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS, and (to me, MOSTLY) that Meghan had a man who ADORED her, who *LISTENED* to her, who felt she was an *EQUAL PARTNER* in life. Meghan wasn’t/isn’t content to be “arm candy” or a “clothes hanger” like Kate.
IMO, THIS is what drove/drives Kate’s hate.
@Amy Bee, the eye-rolling video was on the DM for days. You can probably still find it in their archives.
If Harry & Meghan are so stress-inducing why is it all the RR ever talk about? Let’s be honest – unless they are actively doing something here in the US, they aren’t really mentioned (which is why they live here.)
anyone else noticing the reference to “friends” in recent leaks? I feel like that’s new, and I’ve always wondered if she even has friends. You just never hear of any informal get-togethers…not even w Pippa.
The “friends” are either royal rota press hacks or is someone from the palace. They turn it into friend to make it sound more… intimate… real i guess.
As for kate actually having friends— she doesn’t.
I think Middleton PR spend a lot of time on social media poring over criticisms of Kate. Then they write puff pieces about her to counter those criticisms…much like what Chris Pratt did with his birthday message to Katherine. Hence, when people rightly say Kate is weak, they write articles saying she’s a source of strength. When people rightly point out that Meghan is a woman person with many life-long female friendships, Middleton PR then have to write articles trying to show that Kate has friends too. All this propping up for a mediocre, wicked individual! Still, no one is fooled! Actions speak louder than words!
All those “friends” are really just one person, and that’s her mother, Carole. If you read enough of these fluff pieces on Kate, you’ll notice that literally all of the friends who are quoted sound pretty much the same. The only time her actual acquaintances were contacted for any comment in recent years was the Tatler article, and none of the people quoted there had anything nice to say about her at all.
I’ll say it now. They know next year the two main topics for the royals is…. Is Harry and Meghan coming to the jubilee and the main point will be if they are, are they bringing the kids. If they’re not why. They’ll be stories for weeks so Harry and Meghan will stay winning.
just on those points if they come or don’t-which will still overshadow anything the Cambridges and they’re kids do. The stories for the Xmas card focused mainly on the kids so will and Kate have to do mass pr cause the rota has moved on from them.
Second earthshot will they go to California. Kate let everyone know that she won’t. So we already know this tour will focus on the Cambridges so they can get all the press talking about them. To encourage it I bet they bring the kids out. But I want to be the first to say. Harry and Meghan won’t be at the jubilee
I’m gonna agree with you on that. Harry and Meghan ain’t going to that stupid jubilee. The next time Harry goes to the UK it will be for Liz’s funeral. And I wouldn’t even hedge my bets on Meghan attending with him when that happens. I seriously believe now that after all this it would take a miracle for her to willingly set foot in the UK again, and that goes for the kids as well.
Its also my belief that the Sussexes WONT be in england during the period of the jubilee celebration. (Altho, its gonna be a whole year of marking the jubilee so I dunno…..)
Consider: One of H&M’s #1 motive for leaving was that they didnt wish to work with the RotaRats and suggested to the royals that they widen the press pool that covers the royals and withdraw the exclusive arrangements they hv with the Rats.
The royals said no.
The jubilee will be a RotaRats bonanza. Therefore, H&M, even if theyd planned a visit to england during June, for a private family visit, they would NOT take part in any PUBLIC events for the jubilee. Therefore, why wd they plan a private family visit during a time when the family wd be involved in so many public-facing events?
So……no visit to england in June for the Sussex family.
Maaaaybe……peeeeeeerhaps, on their way to or from The Netherlands in April for IG, they miiiiiiight stop over for a private visit to wish betty a happy birthday & congrats on jubilee, etc.
I have a feeling that this jubilee thing won’t go ahead as planned due to the queen’s health lately the woman has barely been able to get up and meet people in her own palace all her outdoor activities of late have been canceled ..
Oh fuck off already Kate. You know who was probably distraught? Harry, after discovering his pregnant wife weeping and suicidal because of the disgusting smear campaign these two assholes launched against her.
Whine into your gin and tonic.. I can’t even believe how they actually think they are the victims. When they and there staff are orchestrating so much of this between the rags, courts and social media.
Wait….Is this UK People otherwise why would a future King and Queen of England continue to curry favor with an American audience. What arrogance William has to think that he could win any war against Meghan on American soil….not going to happen
They’ve always had royal stories as long as I’ve known on People but they got a British editor over a year ago I believe so he’s just part of their propaganda machine.
Is this the royal edition of People? I wonder how well it does in the US. Kate doesn’t sell magazines here but of course they have included the Sussex’s to try and get noticed.
Once again its amateur hour at KP. Who thinks this line of thinking actually makes either Karen and/or baldingham look good? I mean shouldn’t you be above it all by now? The fact that Charles who is seems to have been born a pr disaster is better at addressing Harry and Meghan then these two idiots should make all royalist wary of the future. Imagine if this “source” (see: Carole and company) had said something like both Kate and William wish the sussex’s well, but are focused on the future yada yada……Of course people would have known it was all crap, but hey at least you could give KP credit for trying. Ill say it again Kate is trying and failing to postion herself as head of the firm even at the expense of her idiot husband, but considering she has spent the last 10 years with no real projects, and avoiding showing up to various patronages like they were the plague, its bound to blow up in everyone’s face to which I say happy new year everyone!
I agree that she’s ‘no pushover’, esp given the stories of bullying other women over the years before and after marriage. She’s one of those women who in front of men act docile but is a total b!tch to other women.
My god the whining. It. Never. Stops. Not only has ‘never complain, never explain’ NEVER been her motto but it seems Keen and husband never shut up.
Once upon a time there was a ff king with no clothes and a ff queen with a poison apple who fear their sky if falling . . . fixed it for you People mag!
Dear People, Why on earth are you putting this much support behind the British royal family, especially the Cambridges, in your American magazine? Even though Meghan (a fellow American) and her husband have left both the royal family and Britain well over a year and a half ago, they are still regularly unjustifiably trashed in the British press. Much of this animus behind the Sussexes comes from the Cambridges themselves–the BBC (!) even had 2-part series titled The Princes and the Press, which subtly explains how this works. Perhaps, dear People, it would be far more helpful to print the reasons why Kate and William should justifiably feel stressed and distraught due to their own rather nasty treatment of Meghan and Harry instead of giving the Cambridges a positive platform with which to deceive the American public.
I don’t think People is much of a source of celebrity news like it used to be. When I go grocery shopping, no one buys People or any magazine tbh. I’m Gen X and gave up on People 20 years ago. That magazine is for older people who struggle with tech and likely don’t like bitchy gossip.
Every time we’re in the midst of a keen American PR campaign, I’m reminded that W&K will really get away with all the grimey things they’ve done. The machine is too big and powerful to fail.
Too big and powerful to fail? Like Goliath? Lol
Unfortunately she’s right. The Uk media, UK government and royals all don’t want the royals to fail. The media may love the drama but they are currently protecting William especially because the system running as is benefits them all. It’s why so many Tories are also working for William. They use each other
I think more stuff will come out in regards to Williams secrets as Meghan’s win wraps up but ultimately some of the media will insure he’s still standing just like they are doing with Boris Johnson despite all his mess.
Harry and Meghan are definitely up against a few goliaths BUT God will see them through and give them the right tools to stand victorious. I believe it.
I agree with Polo that the monarchy is “too big to fail”* and I think that’s why the media is so desperately covering up for William. I know my Tinfoil Tiara is a little snug some days lol, but the cover up and protection of William makes total sense if whatever it is that they are hiding could significantly damage the monarchy** and renews calls for a republic, or even just significantly affect how the monarchy is funded, how the finances are reviewed, etc. I’m just not sure what that could be – its more than affair, its more than just some financial misdealings.
*lets not forget what happened to the big banks though.
**I know the arguments people make on here about why the UK will never ever go to a republic – but its always a possibility and I think its one that the Firm is very worried about even being seriously discussed. They like that people accept the monarchy as inevitable, with no other choice but to have a monarch.
Oh I don’t know about to big to fail, I am reminded of 1776.
Even if Harry had stayed & married someone from his “set”…this crap would be happening just without the racism because Harry has that “It” factor from his Mama & William does not…William got that “hater” gene from his Daddy…and he’s doing the EXACT same thing his Daddy did with his Mama…only difference is that Harry LEARNED from history & was able to get the hell OUT…thanks to his Mama
All.of. THIS.
Kate was thrilled when Harry and Meghan peaced out of that bullshit for many reasons. One of them was that if Willy was truly going to give her the heave ho, this thwarted it. Sussexit ended up being a far bigger scandal than it needed to be (it didn’t need to be at all, but someone had to distract from Andy) and a Cambridge divorce on the tails of that would never happen. She better be sending those kids the biggest fluffiest stuffed animals she can find and thank her lucky stars.
What are the chances that as with the crying story, the real culprit of the bullying story is kate?
Nic919, I think it is kate…and Willie…and other members of the family. They’ve really played themselves with accusing Meghan of bullying. She didn’t bully anyone. If the law firm looking into this for the Firm is just looking at procedure it’s because the brf knew they couldn’t start looking at real bullying allegations.
Oh absolutely Kate is the one who’s responsible for the bullying allegations as well. I bet you anything she got inspired from the dress fitting incident, which was instigated entirely by Kate, who got her panties all bunched up bc she saw a black woman asking her own damn employees to do some work, and Kate decided Meghan was acting above her station and needed to be dressed down.
I’m betting she probably did something like go up to William and inform him that she saw Meghan behaving poorly to the staff, without specifying exactly what “behaving poorly” meant, and counted on the KP staffers to be racist enough that they’d honestly think a biracial Black American woman asking them to do their jobs = bullying. Given what we know about the crying story, I’m willing to bet that Kate was the creator/instigator of the bullying story as well.
William was anti Meghan when he started giving his brother unwanted advice to “take things slow.” Kate caused trouble for Meghan from the get go with the “crying story” gossip. I wonder what Kate’s classmates thought about the way she behaved at St. Andrews’. Maybe one or more will come forward.
@Tessa, some of them have, in these comments too. At least one person who attended St. Andrews ran into Kate every once in a while. What they said, I think, was that if you weren’t useful for her, she wouldn’t acknowledge or remember you at all. She only kept within a circle of posh toff friends who conveniently also happened to be a part of William’s friend group.
Well when I see mama carole smearing meghan, I get it must really put her panties in a twist, to see harry marry a woc, when he publicly declined pippa. She will never get over that. I am betting her and pippa have sm accounts trolling the Sussexes.
Kate is upset that Harry is completely in love with his wife and that Kate means nothing to him. She is upset test william won’t treat her like she hung the moon the way Harry treats Meghan. She upset because Meghan has the man and the love and self assurance and the ability to get things accomplished that Kate wishes her mutton buttoned ass had.
The thing that keeps coming to my mind is the picture of William side-eyeing Meghan so condescendingly, and his recent and many pictures of looking at his wife condescendingly. To do this means that the person being condescending to another thinks that they are superior. He must have an inflated ego. (I’m temporarily overlooking at the moment how awful Kate is, and focusing on William.) This just contrasts so sharply with the open-faced love and goodwill that Harry bestows on others. Wilh William, all roads lead to him: with Harry, everything steams out of him to others.
I remember that whenever Diana was on a cover, the magazine flew off the shelves. The Kate/William magazines are dust gatherers. I don’t know anyone who finds them remotely interesting or relatable. Their story lines are always the same — William is angry, Kate is coming into her own, Kate is the power behind the monarchy, etc. Other than the William being angry stories, who really believes this nonsense?
True. William and Kate do not sell. Harry and Meghan do.
Hello magazine have been walking a tightrope, they would prefer to feature Meghan alone on covers but used to split the front page between the two Duchesses in order not to get on the wrong side of the Palace. But Meghan is their winner.
This is why I think they will ultimately divorce at some point. Willnot has no respect for Cannot, which has been scientifically proven to end in divorce most of the time. She likely no longer respects him either. His father survived divorce and Diana was LOVED by the public across the world. That was a epic scandal. Kate has no real public love just approval. It will be far easier for them to divorce than Chuck and Di.
I really really hate this PR narrative they’ve crafted for Kate, where she’s like…this weird Jen Garner-lite super sympathetic, compassionate do-gooder, who is just a pillar of strength for her family to revolve around, and who everyone relies to be dependable and reliable and maternal and what not.
Like, is this really the sort of womanhood the BRF wants to say it’s youngest generation represents? A do-nothing woman subsuming her interests for those of her husband and children, and nothing else? I know people will argue that this is what Kate herself actually is, and people aren’t entirely wrong, but like, we all know she’s a woman with some teeth. She has some dark corners and rough edges that lend her some humanity. None of the other women in the BRF project themselves in this way to the public, and it’s such a weird look when the youngest among them behaves in the most old-fashioned, buttoned-up sort of way.
People like Princess Anne, or Sophie Wessex, never went around trying to portray themselves like this. These women are older than Kate, but have gotten their fair share of bad publicity for showing their asses in public, figuratively rather than literally, but they seem much more whole and well-rounded with their warts and all. And they seem much more modern and forward-thinking than Kate, who was supposed breathe some fresh air into this stale, musty-ass family. What she’s become is this old-fashioned, fake-ass mean girl Stepford wife who’s too much of a coward to be called out for what she actually is.
Like. Just lean into the fact that you’re a status-craving, social climbing, mean girl and a b-tch already. I guarantee people would respect Kate so much more for it if she just started being herself. It’s a lot worse when you put on a facade of being some kind of nice person, when you’re really not. Imagine if she just leaned into that sh-t instead of trying to scrub herself clean all the damn time. I know I’d have a lot more respect for her, at least. Just don’t say you’re one thing, then behave like something else.
It would certainly make her far more interesting if she leaned into her real personality. The rr would love her too, it would give them more to write about
I really felt that kate is feeling hopeless over william feeling about the sussexes.
They used to bond on their hatred over H&M.
Now all of william feeling of hatred intensified and fall on her.
I hope william stuck and cant divorce her. May they live in miserable for the rest of their live.
Buhahaha… I still don’t understand how these clowns with access tl endless 💰 can’t seem to get the msg!!! They’re so far out swallowing their own lies! You’d think that by now that they’d try another tactic or at least pretend to be nice people but nope they’re adamant in portraying themselves as the villains
That said, Keen should tread lightly now or she’ll see herself cut from more events soon. Her continued attempt to paint willy as uncontrollable manchild that needs continuous attention/soothing will end up pushing him to finally make the decision to dump her
You know what’s the absolute worst about them admitting that she said to the child that asked about Harry and Meghan what else? They are here saying in one breath that she is ready to be queen, never mind Charles and Camilla are before her, but she is so prepared and professional and keen and yet, when a child asks her. Question, she the keenest queen ever , can’t answer a child and do it without being a massive Eye rolling B—— ch
@OVER IT
Poor kate, she didnt do interview with reporters because the firm didn’t want her to embarassed them.
She never have interaction (meaning meaningful conversation with words not jazz hands) with other royals from other countries.
Now she will be afraid to talk or interact with teenagers, children or toddler too.
Poor poor kate.
I was thinking about never ending smear campaign the Keens are encouraging and fueling. We sometimes wonder here, like why this campaign continues when Keens got what they wanted – exile Harry and Meghan from Britain.
IMO, the main reason – fear. Keens and RF in general are afraid what H&M can reveal so they try every way of character assasination and smear – just to lessen the impact of the possible reveleations. They know they have all the reasons to be afraid. This is the same MO as with “Meghan the bully” campaign.
Jealosy and meanness are at work too, of course.
Jealousy, meanness and racism. It’s not William or Kate behind things. It’s both. Neither was duped by the other. Knauf would not have put out the bs bullying story (and active smear campaign) on only Kate’s say so. It looks like someones is trying to revise history from incandescent with rage to distraught. We’re suppose to forget about William laying his head on Carole’s lap for comfort too.
I don’t remember this story back in March-pre Oprah interview. It does seem rather telling how the DM likes to leave William’s/Knauf’s names out of leaking stories. Considering we know of Jason’s leakage and Will’s implicit approval. Will & the BM seem good with throwing everyone else under the bus. The DM story is titled ‘Duchesses at War: Meghan blamed Kate and Camilla’ from March 4th/5th. I don’t want to share that link because I’d rather share this one about Henry the VIII and McCleod’s syndrome. Does Basher have the same syndrome and that’s why Harry was so needed (outside of scapegoating)?
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/henry-viii-kell-positive-blood-type-and-mcleod-syndrome-part-two-guest-post-by-kyra-kramer/
So it was not “tough” for her to see Meghan having to be subject to a false story by the media (crying story).
Kate and William’s relationship matches that of Elizabeth and Phillip. She’s in it for life and the sake of the children, and he’s in it because it’s what the Crown requires. Besides, he doesn’t want to be like Charles. “Whatever love means.”
Meghan was an imminent threat, and getting rid of her was necessary. Harry immediately recognized that she was the missing link and was unwilling to miss the opportunity that she might be his last. He’s very age conscious and sees himself as getting old. They didn’t notice how happy Harry was, nor did they care. They thought it was all about sexual gratification. Hot black woman! The idea of an emotionally fragile spare being in love never entered their mind. Look at Harry now, a businessman with a job and family. Who would have thought?
This!
Seeing Kate and Meghan photographed together feels so anachronistic now! Just a couple of years ago but already seems like another lifetime
KP knows their baseless claims of Meghan being a bully won’t amount to anything so now they’re playing the victim. “Distraught” is a very intentional choice by Kensington PR because they’re using white woman crocodile tears (once again) to make them look helpless while making the Black American woman look ~*calculating and conniving*~ As if she’s stolen their white prince and left them with nothing. It puts all the blame on Meghan instead of their historically toxic royal family dynamic and makes them look like the victim (and distracts from Andrew, distracts from the Cambridge’s lack of diversity in staff, distracts from climate hypocrisy, etc…)
The British press is creating a pity party for Kate the victim. Why didn’t they ever report on Meghan being distraught about the shabby treatment she got from the RF, specifically from William and Kate, during the time she was still with them? Projecting Kate as the victim now won’t stick onto the public’s mind because they’ve seen how mean/cruel she was with Meghan. She and her husband are at the forefront of bullying Meghan and chasing her out of the UK. And it’s all because of jealousy and envy.