On Thursday, the Princess of Wales had an “event” at Windsor Castle. Considering Kate is now fully doing meet-and-greets and events within Windsor Castle, my guess is that William and Kate were truly measuring the drapes the day after QEII’s death. Kate barely even moved into Adelaide Cottage, and she put the move off so long because the family all had the feeling that QEII would not make it to the end of the year. William and Kate knew that Windsor Castle would be theirs soon enough, and here we are. My theory is that William and Kate will take different wings of the castle, and that Kate will keep up some kind of appearance she sort of still lives in Adelaide Cottage, but not really.
Anyway, this event on Thursday was Kate meeting the HMS Glasgow’s company. The HMS Glasgow is a battleship and Kate was appointed the sponsorship of the big battlegworl last year. It was a weird moment too, because Kate wasn’t actually there when she was appointed the sponsorship. QEII made her take it on and then William accepted it on Kate’s behalf when he was in Scotland (without Kate). I don’t believe the HMS Glasgow is fully functional yet (much like Kate). They’re still building her and making her sea-worthy.
From the airbrushed and hyper-selective photos, I can tell that Kate’s staff just told her to show up at a certain time and she waltzed in, gurned for a few minutes, posed for some photos and then it was off to raid the Royal Collection jewelry.
Photos courtesy of Instagram.
She probably brought in her personal decorator the day after the Queen died.
The real reason she didn’t go to Balmoral.
That’s why I’m not sure they’re going to officially move into WC in the next year. It just screams “we were just waiting for the Queen to die and now we get the big house, wahoo!!!” My guess is if they do move officially in (as opposed to William just moving in while Kate stays at AC), it will be announced next year in a “the Wales need more space than Adelaide and with all their work taking place at the castle this makes more sense than having to walk 5 minutes.”
Or maybe they’re waiting to see what happens with the economy and the cost of living crisis over the winter?
I’ve been wondering about the Adelaide Cottage thing. They pulled George and Charlotte out of their old school with the excuse that after moving, the three children would be able to attend the same school, as it is coeducational. I said at the time that was bollocks because the school Charlotte and George attended WAS coeducational. They must think we all came into town on the last turnip truck… Maybe they’ll stay in AC for a little while so they don’t disrupt the children again/too soon. And that’s as much generosity as they will get from me.
Imagine, they are now going to actually work. There is no one to hide behind now.
Adelaide Cottage is their Air BNB. They are staying there so they don’t look like ghouls moving into Windsor before the queen is cold.
Not to speak of that suspicious glow on Karen’s face since the Queen died. Is it me or is she lording over the place, already?
I heard Adalaide cottage inside is decorated with the old interior of a royal yacht that was redecorated. I heard there are even gold dolphins in the master????
Twitter is f-ing wild these days.
“I don’t believe the HMS Glasgow is fully functional yet (much like Kate). They’re still building her and making her sea-worthy.”
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Oh, the shade!
My favorite part 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That is the quote of the day for me. Well done Kaiser.
I think Kaiser has to get Comment of the Week for this on the pod.
Coming from the place where the word, “sardonic” originates, I really appreciated this snark! 😂😂😂
“ I don’t believe the HMS Glasgow is fully functional yet (much like Kate). “
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@Charfromdarock, I also died at that comment 😭
LOL! So true, but will Kate ever be functional?
I don’t know about moving into Windsor Castle, but I think this was always part of the plan – that once they moved to Adelaide, the Cambridges (now Wales) would use Windsor for formal meet and greets like this, events that might otherwise have happened at KP or BP. (I actually wonder if part of the push to move out of KP was because they didn’t want to have to keep hosting events, even small scale ones, there? they wanted outside “event space?” Which is stupid bc Charles hosted events at Clarence House frequently.)
Anyway, is part of the new PoW gig/post QEII life that Kate can dress modern? because this is another pretty modern look from her. Two in a row! do we think the navy and white is theme dressing?
As for just waltzing in at the last minute and staying for 10 minutes – that’s what they all do, but its more understandable when they’re staying for 10 minutes because then there is another event or another meeting or something, since the royals like Anne and Charles tend to schedule a lot of events in one day (and then take a few days off etc.)
Even if they have other events they tend to stay more than 10 mins.
This is kHate and her drive past events. She’s been spending less and less at events for the past several years.
@Becks, definitely theme dressing because look how many military-ish buttons are concealed by her jacket 🤣 (I hope the link goes through)
https://www.katescloset.com.au/holland-cooper-white-shirt-bodysuit.html
@Lorelei: I wonder how bummed she was that she couldn’t show off the gold buttons on her shows, because you know she wore them special for the Navy.
And in case anyone else is counting, that’s her third McQueen suit; she’s got the exact same suit in white & pink. Are pantsuits her new coat dresses? Buy one in every color they make?
@BeanieBean, I totally thought that when I posted this earlier! “She must be so disappointed that all of those buttons are going to waste.”
Well, spending 10 minutes cuts down the need for her to speak and display her lack of polish and knowledge. Just walk in with a big open mouth grin, wave hands, pose, leave.
Kate wore navy to meet with representatives of the Navy. Doesn’t get much more on theme in my estimation.
But why do they get Windsor,is it cause Charles doesnt want it or it Was always suppose to got to the Wales 2.0 ?
It’s meant to be the house of the monarch. It’s never been meant as the home of the Prince of Wales. Charles lived at KP as Prince of Wales (with young children) and then Clarence house.
I think the then Cambridges decided they wanted it and were willing to take Adelaide as a stopgap, I would not be surprised if the Queen had said “no” to windsor for them but Charles is more like “meh, whatever, i’m not living there.”
But we’ll have to see how this shakes out.
Great! Now they can really drive home the point that the Sussexes live in the servants quarters and she lives in the Massas house.
I don’t think there will be any obvious move to Windsor castle until next year.
William is like already there though.
Supposedly Charles does not want to live in Windsor because it’s under a flight path and noisy?
Those shoulder pads in her jacket look really massive. They ruin it. That’s all I’ve got to say.
Talking about her clothes. Is Kate going to get a MUCH larger budget for her wardrobe now that she is the princes of Wales? My point is that if she spent exorbitant amounts of taxpayers’ money before, now she is going to spend a lot more right?
In addition to whatever they get from the Sovereign’s Grant (through Chuck), they now have the income from the Duchy of Cornwall, which produces about 20+ million pounds of income yearly. I’m sure there are now no limits on a wardrobe budget.
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Kate always looks like she is wearing a costume in a play.
Those poor sailors this will be the only event she does for them. Hope they made the most of it.
The smug has become very strong with her recently. Regardless if they divorce she has the title dreamed of.
Yeah, she looked ticked at points during the mourning, maybe that was just her fake-sad face? Or maybe that was because Meghan was around? But in a lot of other pics she looks…way too happy. Like the pics with Camilla at the reception before the funeral or the pics from Wales or these pics.
i’m not saying she needs to hide under barrel for the next year and only wear mourning weeds etc.
But like you said…..she’s starting to look very smug, and its not a good look. I wonder if she’s been assured there will be no divorce. (or that there will be one?)
The ship is supposed to have a complement of over 150, so these 14 sailors can call themselves lucky.
I think a lot of the angry face looks during the funeral and other events were because Meghan was there and it bothers her when a woman with more charisma and better looks is present.
The smug is pretty indecent, but I think Charles is setting both of them up more than they realize. Neither will be able to hide as much from work as they did before. Charles did a significant amount of events as PoW and even Camilla has a decent amount. Now that the official mourning period is over the expectations will be higher for them and I wouldn’t put it past someone like Camilla to brief to the DM about their laziness if they don’t pick it up soon.
She was appointed this last June and did nothing for almost a year in a half. That’s just beyond lazy, especially for a brief photo op.
@Nic919, I agree. Unfortunately we ae talking about a woman who has shown to go out of her way to be a ‘mean girl” to other women. Those who make her feel insecure. I always lament the platform that has gone to waste with her being DoC, POW and maybe FQConsort.
I’m sure we can all recall how close she and Harry were? There were regular photos of Kate, William and Harry at various events. At the time, much was made of how close Kate and Harry were.. Indeed, in a lot of photos, she was shown next to, or walking with Harry, rather than being physically close to William. That all ended as soon as Harry met Meghan. I think that’s when *mean girl* showed up.
Also @nic919 bear in mind, Kate and Sophie can’t copykeen Meghan while she’s around them, they need to wait for her to be Mike’s away and only then can they start dressing and acting like her
@AnnaKist I don’t think they were ever that close, I think that Harry was just nice to her in public and she made a lot out of that. When W&K got engaged, he made a comment about “looking forward to getting to know her” or something.
Harry is social and he interacted with her as much as he did with any other family member or other person on an engagement. The problem was that since William ignored her so much, kate would just desperately stare at Harry knowing that he was the one who would interact with her because William wouldn’t.
Outside of seeing them at engagements you would never hear of Harry hanging out socially with Kate in anyway, even when he was between girlfriends.
The media was trying to portray kate as the older sister he never had but Harry had different friends.
So the royal navy is majority male and white? Or that is just the ones who get sent to the palace?
Ooh, good question. Maybe they could only round up this many, in this particular color way, for this occasion. Everybody else had other commitments, like maybe working a second job to help their families get through this winter (not actually sure that’s allowed in the military). Or mowing the lawn. Washing their hair. Helping the kids with homework. Doing the laundry.
It’s interesting that the Cambridges are now using Windsor Castle now. When Harry and Meghan asked if they could use it after they moved to Frogmore they were told they couldn’t.
I get the feeling that William often vetoed H&M;s suggestions bc he had not thought of them first. Kate and William are truly the jealous mediocre sibling who can’t understand why others don’t like them as much, even when they copy the golden sibling.
@Flower
On point, it went further to include him trying to take the over a proposed idea e.g. conservation.
When William’s jealousy was spilling over like the summer after Archie was born and Travelyst was being introduced, do a stunt by travelling commercial to Scotland and having the baying hounds of the tabloid media go on about the Sussexes use of private jets.
Spot on.
There were situations whereby William used to try to piggyback or outright demand being seen as the originator of the idea eg conservation.
Then there was an added tension as Travelyst was being first introduced culminated with an attack on the Sussexes for their rather limited use of private jets and the horrible stunt of flying commercial to Scotland.
The HMS Glasgow will be decommissioned and rotting in a scrap yard and Un-Keen will still be promising to do more.
In this particular case, I don’t see what she can do at all. It’s not like the royal navy is a charity that needs royal patronage. This seems a useless appointment. Is there some kind of tradition that naval vessels need a royal patron?
You’re forgetting the endgame. When this thing launches, she gets to break a champagne bottle on it & declare it the HMS QEII. Probably coordinating her wardrobe & jewelry now.
Back in former times, royal ladies were gifted jewelry upon launching a boat. I wonder if that tradition is still in use and if Kate will get a shiny new bauble to add to her new collection.
Seriously? So she’s named “patron” of a boat by her husband’s grandmother, shows up for one 15-minute (probably) photo op in a new McQueen, then the next thing she’ll need to do is get dressed up again when the ship is completed to break a bottle of champagne, and for all of her trouble, she might possibly also be given new jewelry!?
FFS, this is such a racket. I would be irate if I had to contribute toward paying for these people.
Condolences to all British Celebitches.
I kid you not. Princess Anne received her festoon tiara in 1973 from the World-Wide Shipping Group when she christened one of their ships. The Queen and QM also received brooches when they launched ships. This won’t be Kate’s first launch, she christened a cruise ship in 2013 while she was pregnant with George and l don’t believe she received a shiny bauble. But now as POW, who knows? In these times, they should just give her the bottle of champagne to drink rather than pouring it on the ship.
Empty suit. Empty patronship. Empty brain. Empty gestures. Empty hands. Princess of Wails. She could at least get a suit that fits properly. I may never get over her being called by Diana’s title.
@Southern+Fried, I get what you’re saying but I now think the last PoW was Diana – and she shattered the fairytale image surrounding the BaRF and brought it’s dysfunction to light. Kate can have it.
If Cannot continues with her workshy ways and her endless shopping habit (esp her need for a 10th wool coat called “Spencer”, for example , she should be compared negatively to Princess Diana’s workload and accomplishments for the greater good e.g. AIDs and landmine awareness etc. I’m hoping that the financial crisis in the UK will help to bring Cannot’s upkeep costs vs her output into the spotlight. No one begrudged Diana her designer clothing or vacations because she more than pulled her weight work wise. She provide good value vs Kate’s perceived unnecessary shopping obsession. Her coat collection must run in the hundreds by now. SMH
Navy outfit to meet The Royal Navy…
Ground breaking
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Meghan’s taught Kate how to dress!
Yep I noticed that.
Kate now wears protocol breaking suits.
Kate has so much to thank Meghan for but mostly her melanin that allowed Kate to operate so mediocrely under the radar.
The new wiglet is a terrible color match to her actual hair. It also looks about as thirsty as Kate herself.
It matches her color from the Sussex walkabout, but I think she has darkened her hair since then. The poor wiglet just can’t keep up!
Is that why the one section of her hair is more of a bronde at the ends while the rest is darker? Is that the wiglet?
I have wiglet blindness (#findacure). Everyone else can see them so clearly— and I believe you that they’re there! — but I just cannot tell what is or isn’t her regular hair.
There’s her photographer going all out again. Always does a couple of edits where she alone looks as though she is standing in a halo of light, and then not bothering with others where she looks pretty bad. I know this event will have been in the diary, but I bet the press office are glad to get her away from her cost of living escapade.
I wonder if someone heard the criticism of the Red coat from the Wales event. This is a far more muted, “the Queen just died” style of outfit. Much more appropriate right now.
She is dressed professionally and appropriately for once.
Agree. For once, she’s wearing an outfit that’s appropriate and modern. And she’s wearing it, it’s not wearing her.
It is a nice outfit. I also liked it in the white. And I liked it in the pink. With those three colors, she could mix & match this McQ suit quite a bit. She won’t, but she could.
I am hoping she does not go in for hitting piano chords at that concert this year again posing with that huge grin
See if they were smart they would have them move into Windsor and then announce that they were going to be using Adelaide as housing for a family in need. Say they are working with a local charity to identify a family who needs help, especially with the ongoing cost of living crisis and start a program where a family can live in Adelaide for one year rent free.
They are given the time to get a job that pays better/pay down debt/find affordable housing/save money for that year and then at the end of the year should be in a better position. Then the cottage goes to a new local family and so on.
That way you can say Adelaide is being used for charity(also a tax deduction) and take some of the wind out of the sails of the how many home do you own thing.
Truly they should do that with a lot of those type of residences. Make a whole program about it and people can apply, but only those who live in the area of the house so that they are truly helping the local community.
And here is reason #65 that I would be better at this job than these idiots.
Well she’s dressed appropriately and there aren’t any sailor details or bos’n’s whistles hanging from her so I guess this is a good appearance.
I like how Kate has worn the exact same Alexander McQueen pantsuit Meghan wore back in 2018 in at least three colors with nary a word from the fashion press.
Thank you.
When Meghan first wore hers , she had to endure that word ” protocol”.
But Meghan’s had an edge, feminity and a certain sophistication.
It is a lovely suit, and I don’t even like pantsuits (on me).
Three copies of M’s suit?! Khate has a broken brain. A new title but absolutely nothing has changed – she is still copying M. What a weirdo.
As soon as they announced they were moving into Adelaide Cottage I knew they were just waiting for the Queen to pass so they could move into the castle. They won’t do it immediately but I absolutely believe they will do it soon. They wanted the kids in a school together nearby.
They won’t move until CarolE has worked her magic on the interior of Windsor. Then they could let some of those rooms out. Just like a hotel…
To all those who believe that Kate has to work more: you can see how a half an hour (max) photo op event is counted as an engagement in RC for this week in addition to the half day spent in wales visiting 3 or 4 places (meaning 3-4 events) …and voila…Kate would become the most hard working royal by the end of the year.. mark my words… prepare yourself for numerous articles that would praise her for “stepping up.
Oh that’s exactly what she’ll do; the sad thing is why hasn’t she done that all along? She could get her numbers up quite easily and get praise for being so hard working, but instead she does the absolute bare minimum.
it will be interesting to see what happens next year.
Right now the goal is to make sure she clocks in more engagements than the Queen.
For a while the queen had done much more than Kate.
Yeah she’s going to focus on the queen’s engagements in the past year or two, which overlooks the fact that before the pandemic, the queen was regularly around 300, I think? And that was a big change from 5-10 years prior to that.
They’ve probably never moved into Adelaide Cottage, they’ve been at Windsor Castle all along.
Food for thought.
I though bodysuits were against protocol or something… oh wait…..
Anyone who thinks Charles is going to give Windsor Castle – the main jewel in the RF’s Crown – to William, must be off their rocker.
I do enjoy seeing the lush interiors of these palaces. Windsor’s interiors are way nicer than Anmer’s or Sandringham’s. Too bad about the occupants.
Let’s take a moment to point out that of all the rooms she could have chosen for her first Windsor engagement. She chose the Green Drawing Room. The place where Harry was christened. Harry and Meghan’s formal wedding photos were taken. And where Archie was christened. Also. William’s Earthshot video message was recorded at Frogmore House. IMO. The move to Windsor was because the Sussexes had moved there and then retained Frogmore cottage after Sussexit. The Cambridge’s are pathologically obsessed with trying to compete with/outdo the Sussexes. And William in particular is obsessed with Harry. Also. IMO. It’s just tacky that they are using the Castle so soon after the Queen’s death. The obvious glee on their faces for their new “status” reveals so much about them.
I don’t know if the use of this room is so significant. Granted, it’s a huge place–it is a castle!–but it’s likely this room gets used a lot because of its location & how it’s accessed by non-royal visitors as well as the press. It’s probably already set up, probably takes a quick clean, & there you go. Other rooms may take more work to get photo op ready.
I still think she is much too thin. Notice the shoulders of her jacket are purposely filled out to give her some bulk. They’re pads. She is so thin that she’s frail.
kelleybelle, I guess we are the only two people who see just how frail and desperately unhealthy this woman appears, even as others focus entirely upon the style, cut, and color of Kate’s clothes. I feel like saying, “how can her outfit be the first thing worth mentioning when she is obviously so unnaturally thin?”
I think they better be using a lot of the rooms in a lot of the houses/castles they own.
Isn’t there something about The Monarch must live or be in residence at BP?
It is a huge tourist stop with the daily changing of the guards, etc.
I’d just like to say that I hope the gen of royal kids gets more privacy.
And Kate i
I don’t know or really care if she and Will are happy in their marriage but I do know that the tabs, rr, press will continue dog them, and their family as long as they can make $$.
Is it just me, or do her wiglets seem to not match her new hair color very well? Maybe it’s the lighting in the photo.
Also: bets that someone told her she was meeting with some battleship people and she thought, “the Navy? I know just what color to wear!”
Perhaps partly why she wears wiglets etc is, maybe some of her hair has fallen out due to stress, health problems or general aging? This happened to me (don’t wear hairpieces but can’t use things like scrunchies etc I used to as my hair is much thinner than before – the hair accessories either hurt or fall out). Stress could also be from the fact her life beyond getting big blue maybe not as great as she thought it was going to be…
Anyone that’s interested can easily find pictures of Kate from college and when she and William were in the early stages of dating and see she’s quite a bit smaller…
As for this outfit, I honestly thought she had epaulets on her blouse and that’s why her jacket fit as it did. I’d forgotten about shoulder pads…with that said, the suit is quite an improvement over the coat dresses.
Never mind ANYTHING else. The woman needs to eat a sandwich! She looks like one of my best friends who ended up in treatment for anorexia.
She looks stunning here! Her hair is perfect. Much more relaxed these days.
Really, I think the suit is poorly fitted and her smile vasilates between manical and ketamine-like, so yeah maybe more relaxed.