Prince William, Kate & the kids went to the coronation rehearsal at the Abbey

On Wednesday morning, senior royals went through a coronation rehearsal at Westminster Abbey. Princess Anne, King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Wales family were all in attendance. Photographers even got pics of Prince William and Prince Louis, and I’m simply going off reporting that Kate, Charlotte and George were there as well. George will be a page at the coronation, and one of the youngest pages in history, so I’m sure his parents wanted to make sure that he knows what to do and all of that.

You’ve got to wonder if William needed some rehearsal time too. William is the only one in the family who has to go up to King Charles and make a public oath as heir to the throne. William has to recite these words: “I, William, Prince of Wales, pledge my loyalty to you and faith and truth I will bear unto you, as your liege man of life and limb. So help me God.” I can just picture his tightly balled rage-fists when he makes that pledge. There still isn’t confirmation about what Kate will wear either, and whether she’ll get to borrow a tiara.

After the rehearsal, the Wales family got the f–k out of there and they weren’t seen for the rest of the day. Meanwhile, Charles and Camilla did a garden party at the palace later in the day. William and Kate had to rest up, the poor, overworked sausages! They’ve got an event together today at the Dog & Duck Pub in Soho. It’s being billed as their first appearance of “coronation week.”

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  1. Kel says:

    Ugh I can’t stand their smug faces. Charles and Camilla surrounding themselves with black people at the garden party to try and erase their racism. Trash family!

    • Pajala says:

      Agreed!

      I wasn’t going to watch the clowning of the king, but all the hilarity on CB has kept me going this week and I think the entertainment value will be sheer gold!

    • The smug nasty look on William is so off putting.

  2. Harla A Brazen Hussy says:

    From what I’ve seen and read the Wales aren’t doing any of the post-Conanation volunteer events on Sunday. Lazy, lazy, lazy.

    • Amy Bee says:

      According to Becky English their engagements will be announced later in the week.

      • Chloe says:

        How much later exactly? It’s already Thursday

      • Kit says:

        I heard today these two are not going to de pre coronation banquet, due to George birthday ??

      • Becks1 says:

        Charlotte’s birthday but her birthday was Tuesday. If they scheduled something for her birthday so they miss the pre coronation banquet, that seems very very deliberate IMO.

      • BayTampaBay says:

        Cannot someone tell The Peggington and Wiggington of Wails that it is THEIR JOB to be at the pre-coronation banquet and as many coronation events as they can possibly attend?

      • Christine says:

        Nah. George and Charlotte are old enough for this to be a permanent memory. If Willnot ever makes it to king, those two will give him some well-deserved karma.

  3. Jais says:

    It would be funny after all this speculation if the women ended up wearing tiaras but it does seem like they won’t. Except for Camilla’s crown or whatever.

    • Concern Fae says:

      Charles really does seem to be trying to pull a curse down on his head.

    • IMary Pester says:

      @JAIS,, if I’m feeling well enough tomorrow, I will give you all my take on LUIS at the clowning lol

      • Jaded says:

        We shall be waiting with bated breath!

      • Blithe says:

        @IMary Pester, now I have Multiple reasons for hoping that you’ll be feeling much better soon. I truly enjoy your posts, and I’m guessing that the BRF and their minions will be giving you LOTS of fodder for brilliant posts over the next few days.

        My fingers are crossed for a small hailstorm or two — at a time that won’t spook the horses, a clap of thunder and a whiff of brimstone when Cams gets anointed, and a decided lack of enthusiasm overall from the spectators. I do hope that all of the kids involved thoroughly enjoy themselves.

      • Jais says:

        I hope you feel well❤️. The coronation is finally upon us and I am here for the comments, especially yours @ Mary Pester! May Luis be joyous and himself. May he finally wear pants and not shorts. May he jump in every rain puddle he passes and splash Charles and Camilla’s fancy robes.

  4. Veda says:

    If Kate, Char and Louis don’t have a role in the chubbly, what are they rehearsing?

    • Snuffles says:

      I’m sure Kate wants to make sure George gets it right. And maybe they need to get Louis used to the situation so he don’t act a fool again.

      • Tessa says:

        Louis is too young. I hope they don’t have him sit through the whole thing and at certain point the nanny quietly leaves with him

    • AmB says:

      Camera angles. Just guessing here.

    • Renae says:

      Kate is there to scope out camera placement.

  5. girl_ninja says:

    Gross. Charles really did ruin Diana just to be with that disgusting woman. Peg is beholden yo them and has no dignity at all. At least Diana has Harry to carry on her true legacy.

    • Sms says:

      While sympathetic to Diana who was young and very naive when she married, Diana herself had several affairs with married men and broke up at least one marriage. I think they really were not a good match and it’s sad she was never able to find a real partner.

      • Tessa says:

        Diana broke up no marriages never named in court papers. One alleged married man did not leave his wife. Diana had serious relationships with single men. Her most serious was with Dr khan which began after the separation and lasted through post divorce. They were not a good match because Charles wanted heirs. Diana fell in love with Charles and Camilla stayed in the picture. Diana was 23 when Charles left her. Diana broke up no marriages. Carling publicly denied an affair. Julia never named her co respondent.

      • Tessa says:

        Camilla. Interfered in the marriage from the get go. It is not the best scenario when the other woman is running the marriage. Diana did not want Camilla around Charles did and too weak to give her up. Charles married to get heirs.

      • Sms says:

        Julia Carling did accuse her at the time. I remember it because I was living in London then and it was said she was persuaded not to name Diana in the divorce. There was also Oliver Hoare who was married, her bodyguard Barry Mannatee, also married and even Dodi Fayed was engaged when they began their relationship.

      • Jaded says:

        Yes, Diana had affairs with both Will Carling and Oliver Hoare, and harassed Hoare incessantly after they broke up. Interestingly, Hoare’s French wife never threatened divorce…c’est la vie! About Barry Mannakee, she said that from 1984 to 1986 she’d been “deeply in love with someone who worked in this environment” and “I was only happy when he was around” and that “his death was the biggest blow of my life.” Maybe it was platonic love but I doubt it.

      • A says:

        Nah, we’re not doing this both-sides sh-t today. It doesn’t matter if Diana had affairs, bc the issue with Charles wasn’t his affairs. It was his disrespect. He could have remained faithful to Diana, and that still wouldn’t change the fact that he had nothing but contempt for her, and treated her with enormous disrespect. He was jealous of her popularity and sought to bring her down, by putting her down and offering her zero support. He lied to her about his feelings for her, and married a 19 year old bc he had to settle down and produce heirs. He was unkind, unsupportive, and lacked empathy and compassion for the teen bride he’d picked up, and when she called him out on all of that, he went to the press and made her sound like a crazy person.

        Charles’ affair with Camilla is a symptom of the enormous amount of contempt and disrespect with which he treated Diana constantly. That’s how little he cared about Diana’s feelings, on anything. And Camilla eagerly joined him in disrespecting her, when Diana hadn’t even done anything to Camilla to warrant that behaviour.

        So no, we’re not doing this both-sides stuff today. Diana would have never been unfaithful in her marriage if she hadn’t felt lonely and awful, an issue that was caused by Charles. Her infidelity was motivated by the lack of compassion and kindness from her husband. Charles’ infidelity was motivated by nothing but disrespect. The two are not equal, they never were, they never will be.

    • Mrs.Krabapple says:

      At least we know that “vows” mean nothing in that family, so William won’t have to feel bad any time he breaks his loyalty oath to Charles. I mean, Charles flat-out LIED to God in church when he promised to love, comfort, honor and keep Diana, forsaking all others as long as he lives, and now he’s the head of the church!

      It’s not even like William who, maybe, to give him the benefit of the doubt, intended to keep his vows at the time he married. But we now know Charles was unfaithful, and planned to remain so, throughout their engagement, wedding ceremony (where he lied to God), and marriage. So yeah, oaths mean nothing to that family.

  6. Brassy Rebel says:

    Apparently, none of these people live together. They all travel in separate cars.

    • First comment says:

      That was my first thought!

    • L84Tea says:

      Not to mention someone was using the helicopter yesterday–Elizabeth Holmes showed it in her stories on Instagram. No idea if it was William or if it was Kate, but it was at Kensington Palace.

      • Becks1 says:

        My guess is whenever they leave windsor, they take a helicopter, even if just going from windsor to an engagement/event in London.

    • sparrow says:

      I think they’re travelling separately because of raised danger levels. Someone threw explosives, or was in possession of them, outside Buckingham Palace the other night; perhaps individual cars minimise the potential to take the whole lot down in one go. I do believe however that Kate and William could be living separately. I never held to this view before. My mind changed with the recent stories about their arguments, inc thrown objects and staff witnesses. I wonder whether they’ve been told by Charles to live apart, discreetly, before serious stories leak.

      • Jay says:

        I think security is more like the excuse for why they are coming separately, because we know they have all travelled together before.

        Even if security were the real reason, let’s pause for a moment and think about what that really means: Louis, the youngest, is sitting right next to his father if, god forbid, something were to happen. George, the hier, is more “valuable” than his four year old brother, and so he has to arrive separately because the most important thing is the continuity of the line. That’s some really dark and f#cked up thinking, isn’t it?

        Hopefully it was just that Louis was being sulky or having a rough day and needed some time away from his siblings.

      • Christine says:

        Exactly, Jay. I am seriously side-eyeing the articles that came out that said QEII demanded the Wails not all fly in a helicopter together, a few years ago. Hindsight being what it is, they were already floating the fact that Cannot and Willnot have been separated, for years.

  7. Seraphina says:

    How much is being spent on this event? An event for a symbolic monarch at best. Once who also is head of the CoE and will his mistress-turned-wife next to him? Let’s call it what it is and stop insulting the masses.

    • Mary Pester says:

      @SERAPHINA, at the moment it’s £250,000,000 and going up every day 🤐

    • The Hench says:

      The word is that costs are spiralling but estimates are that it will be over £100m – all paid by taxpayers. It’s obscene given the whole thing is unnecessary. Charles is legally King without a ceremony to stick a hat on him.

    • Seraphina says:

      Imagine if he stated that he will do away with a fancy coronation – set the limit at something reasonable – paid for by him (if that is possible since he himself is on the taxpayers’ wallet and then do a week of charitable giving and works. Imagine what that may do for him and his image.

  8. Becks1 says:

    Why did William and Louis arrive separately from Kate, Charlotte and George? I could see William and GEORGE arriving together, separate from the other three, since they have official roles and maybe needed to be there at an earlier time or needed to stay later etc. But William arriving with Louis seems….odd.

    also I’m rolling my eyes that their first event of the coronation week is a visit to a pub. I feel like that’s always a “tell” for how much W&K are refusing to work…..if their first work event in a week (or longer) is to a pub or some sort of sporting event or activity….it feels they have to be bribed “come on, it wont be that bad, its at a pub!! You can have a beer afterwards!”

    • First comment says:

      Poor sausages! They were overworked during their two days visit at Wales!! They deserve a treat!!

    • Nic919 says:

      There are pictures of William and Kate walking in the Abbey with all the kids so the separate cars to get there is very interesting (and of course not reported).

      As for their event at a pub in Soho, that’s clear they just want a crowd even though it would be like holding an event in Times Square and pretending the entire crowd is just for them.

      • Chloe says:

        @becks1: maybe they didn’t all fit in 1 car?

      • Christine says:

        Speaking as a member of a family of 5, every single car on Earth fits five people, who aren’t in car seats.

    • Laura D says:

      @Becks – they arrived separately because they didn’t want the two heirs in the same car. The reason given was security.

      • Chloe says:

        We already know that that rule is bullsh*t because George and William have ridden in the same car, and plane, before.

      • Becks1 says:

        Ditto Chloe – that excuse is BS bc we have seen George and William in the same car before, and we’ve seen them on the same helicopter, and the same plane. We know Charles used to be in the same car as William; hell Harry talked about it just in Spare before he married Meghan, they were all in the same car together. William and George rolled up to KP together in 2019 by themselves for the “heirs only” photoshoot. So no, its not because they dont want the two heirs in the same car. That may be the official excuse, but its not the reason.

        And if the excuse is they dont all fit in the same car – what, they travel in two different cars every time they do something as a family? They should just invest in a minivan at this point FFS. Two cars every time they travel as the close knit family they are is not very environmentally friendly, Mr Earthshot.

      • Laura D says:

        @Chloe and Becks – Don’t shoot the messenger! Yes I know the rule is BS but, that’s the reason given to the world and the media. 😆

        When I was growing up it was unheard of for the heir to travel with the monarch and would have been cause of great concern if they did. Over time that rule has slowly been eroded to the point where it’s now a shock when they do travel separately. I believe “they” reminded the public of the rule because the monarchy is no longer important to the lives of the people who are supposed to bow down to them!

      • Lizzie says:

        Diana broke tradition and insisted William travel with her and Charles when they went to Australia. I assume it will go into effect at a certain age for George, possibly already has.

      • Nic919 says:

        They have given the age of 12 in the past as to when George won’t be able to travel together with William. So it doesn’t apply yet anyway.

        The Abbey and surrounding areas probably have more security right now than anywhere else in the UK.

    • KFG says:

      Why does Wills always look like he’s constipated and smells something bad?

      • Lady D says:

        He has to deal with the peasants.

      • tamra says:

        I believe deep down he knows what BS it all is. He also knows that the rest of his life will be EXACTLY like this. At some point in his life he had to of had dreams about his future before they were stomped. Like Harry said they are all trapped! I have no pity though. They could change things and help their subjects much more!

    • QuiteContrary says:

      Dozens of clowns can fit in the same car. W&K are nothing if not clowns.

    • Barb Mill says:

      My guess is security. William and George are the 2nd and 3rd in line to the throne. Safer for them to travel separately.

  9. C-Shell says:

    Sigh. Good. Whatever. I’m just so weary of everything and everyone pertaining to this Clowning.

  10. FC says:

    I was combing through the photos looking for Rose and her son, but they either went in another door or didn’t need rehearsal? Either way things are getting fun.

  11. Indica says:

    I had to do a double take, that top picture of William is a dead ringer for a young Prince Phillip.
    Though one always had a work ethic and the other wouldn’t know what one was, unless you count doing everything to avoid work as ‘work’.

    • Tessa says:

      Philip did not have the egg shaped head and hanoverian features. Like william does. Harry got Philips good looks imo. And he has the strong resemblance to philip. Philip never had that smug look will has.

      • Maeve says:

        William’s getting a look of the Duke of Kent about him

      • Christine says:

        Agreed, Tessa. For whatever reason, Harry looks the most like Philip, but his heart and soul is Princess Diana.

    • Cairidh says:

      Both William and Kate are brilliantly talented at getting out of work and doing fun things and getting it listed as work.

  12. ThatsNotOkay says:

    William is a gigolo, bought and paid for. Beholden to stolen wealth and unearned grandeur. He’d sell his soul and sell his kids out to keep the crown and all its properties for himself. And he has.

    • Tessa says:

      He called his mother paranoid now will read a speech about his devotion to Camilla. What a sellout

  13. Amy Bee says:

    I saw a clip on Talk TV talking about this and presenter asked what’s Harry’s role in this? I can’t wait for Harry to overshadow this event.

  14. Naomi says:

    I get that we come to this site for the tea, but just fyi, the coronation is problematic on SO MANY LEVELS, including apparently giving free reign to the UK police to crack down on protestors in ways that international rights groups have called out: https://twitter.com/libertyhq/status/1653777349563895809

    So, like, for Charles & the monarchy it’s not just about optics (making it look like people care) but the actual infringement of rights, which is *much* more problematic and concerning

    • Becks1 says:

      @Naomi I’ve been seeing some stories along those lines. It seems like the uk police are just looking for any excuse to crack down on protestors. I hope people planning to protest are taking whatever precautions they can.

      What a great image to start Charles’ reign…..the police cracking down on people peacefully protesting…..

    • QuiteContrary says:

      It’s just appalling, Naomi.

    • Bee says:

      They shoved that through in a hot-ass hurry too. And after someone got arrested for holding up a BLANK sign! It’s wild. Hopefully the next general election will bring some change. Can’t happen soon enough.

  15. Jay says:

    I know it’s uncharitable of me, but after Camilla’s hairdresser’s comments yesterday about William and his unfortunate monk’s tonsure that’s all I can see. It looks like 75 year old Charles has more hair than his 40 year old son. Is it just this photo?

    Why does “coronation week” supposedly start on a Thursday???

  16. Mary Pester says:

    @JAY, Because it’s local elections today, and as the RF are tory puppets, they are trying to ONE hope people don’t get to vote, and TWO, take people’s eyes of the terrible anti demonstration, and right to strike bill that’s been pushed through parliament

    • Digital Unicorn says:

      And also the fact that they have introduced photo ID with very controversial rules i.e. only using old people can use their oyster photo ID card everyone else has to use their passport or driving license. They’ve clearly been reading from the GOP play book.

    • Jay says:

      Oh, I didn’t know that! Thanks @Mary Pester and Digital Unicorn! I thought it was some weird posh people thing about not having a normal working week 😂.

      Are all the seats in parliament up at once? Does that mean the Tories might potentially lose control of the government? That would somehow be a fitting end to the shiny hat ceremony. Maybe there will be something to celebrate after all?

      • BayTampaBay says:

        I think the elections are for ‘Local” offices but I could be wrong.

      • BayTampaBay says:

        05 May 2023 UK Election Explained for the Yanks – Voters went to the polls in local elections for English councils, with 8,000 seats up for grabs. The Conservatives are hoping they will lose less than 1,000 seats, while Labour has got to win more than 10 per cent more than the Tories to demonstrate it can take power in a general election.

    • BayTampaBay says:

      What is an “oyster photo ID card”?

    • Jais says:

      Did not realize the local elections were happening today! Well, I’ll toast to less torys 🤞

  17. So going to have your picture taken at a pub is called work? Wonders never cease.

  18. Tessa says:

    Camilla plays to the cameras. Will has a stupid look on his face. What a farce.

  19. Tessa says:

    I hope Louis is not expected to sit through the whole thing. He is still too young. Will Kate dress him up in suit with shorts.

  20. Rackel says:

    William is ddebatingabout leaving. I know that look. He is resolving himself to stay. If there was a way to get out of it he would.

    Charles must have seen some hope in the crowd. Maybe a stylish face.

    Anyway this coronation is going terrible. But it really is a tourism event. The u.k doesn’t have a lot going for it right now. The torys are destroying things and who wants to party with them. If outsiders don’t care about the monarchy then tourism dollars will shrink. English hotel package prices have climb since brexit.

  21. Harper says:

    For Kate’s Coronation outfit, I am predicting she will CopyKeen the emerald green Emilia Wickstead from Meghan’s So Long, Farewell! tour’s last appearance at Westminster Abbey for the Commonwealth Service. It’s an iconic look that Kate has yet to bastardize. Photos of the Coronation will be quite historic, so Kate may be planning to expunge Meghan from the number one spot of wearing emerald green at the Abbey. Plus the cape; if Kate can’t have a tiara she’s going to need a dramatic cape. And gloves. Don’t forget the long gloves.

    • Becks1 says:

      oh man we should take bets on what Kate wears. I could see emerald green. who do we think is going to design it? Catherine Walker or McQueen? Definitely a coat dress, right? some sort of dramatic headpiece and yes, I bet you we see gloves.

      • MerlinsMom1018 says:

        @Becks1 @Harper

        Y’all didn’t mention buttons!!! Anybody think there will be buttons? Can’t have her show up without her buttons. Maybe a headpiece made entirely of buttons instead of a flower wreath or a tiara?

      • Jay says:

        My money is on a new “Cambridge Blue” coat dress that looks exactly like her twenty other Catherine Walker coat dresses. With a brooch that references Wales (a gold daffodil maybe? a dragon? Kate loves a theme) And a fussy hairband to which she can attach her finest coronation wiglet.

        Royal blue is a flattering colour on her, it matches big blue and more importantly, she’ll stand out amidst all of the bright red robes and the white/grey floor of the Abbey.

      • IMary Pester says:

        @beccs, white dress (because all the others will be in bright, blending colours, especially the overseas guests) so she can be easily spotted! BUT, emerald green sash or bandau style top to the dress, Loooooooong gloves, loooooong earings, BIG, BIG necklace, and flower covered (hidden tiara) on her wiglet covered head. Oh and 50 shades of botox 😂😂😂

    • one of the marys says:

      Now I’ve got The Sound Of Music in my head with a montage of Meghan’s outfits hahaha

    • Rackel says:

      Is that what’s this is about “expunging”. At the very least it’s tying their names together through dress. This is crazy. What makes it eye-popping is megan wasn’t there that long. So in the next year Kate will have worn a version of everything megan has worn. Terrible.
      The real question is will Camilla enforce a royal dress code. If I was her I would.

    • Dee says:

      Kate loves to wear white at other people’s important events. She’ll try CopyKeening Margaret at Elizabeth’s coronation.

  22. sparrow says:

    They’ve done some nice photoshopping on Camilla there. She looks less fraggle rock than usual.

  23. one of the marys says:

    William looks as happy as usual

  24. Krista says:

    Willie is pissed that Pa is going overboard as it only ruins things for Will’s future Kingdom.
    These two are going to clash, especially now that Harry can’t be the scapegoat.

  25. Blue Nails Betty says:

    Disclaimer: I don’t like Kate.

    However…

    How hilarious would it be if Kate showed up to the Chubbly in the Spencer tiara just to stick it to King Camilla?

    • Dee says:

      Incandescent William would never let her. He’s saving that for his next wife.

      • Becks1 says:

        It’s not William’s, it belongs to his uncle.

      • Dee says:

        We know it is a Spencer tiara. Please read the sarcasm in my comment.

      • Becks1 says:

        Definitely could not read the sarcasm, lol. (and lots of people don’t realize that it’s not William’s to loan out, hence my comment.)

  26. QuiteContrary says:

    Nothing says modern monarchy like this clause in William’s pledge: “as your liege man of life and limb.”

    How do people keep a straight face? As even Eric Idle tweeted about the “stone of destiny,” “you can’t make this shit up!”

    And Idle made a living making sh*t up!

  27. HeyKay says:

    Bore-A-Nation practice.
    Gotta practice staying awake. Practice keeping the kids in line by any means needed.
    Honestly, I would not put it past “someone” to dose those kids lightly so that they just sit.

    What a complete waste of taxpayer money and everyones time.

  28. Ameerah M says:

    Camilla’s smugness is palpable. I loathe her. And I hope it rains the ENTIRE day. Complete with claps of thunder. And hail.

    • Chrissy says:

      I’m thinking a violent thunderstorm with gale force winds causing wiglets/ hairstyles, hats, dresses and robes flying around outside the Abbey. The photos of the disheveled RF would be priceless. Just say that Diana will have the last word!

  29. Teagirl says:

    Charles looks as though he is about to conduct a piece of music. Perhaps he’s practising conducting the mighty vow of allegiance he wants everyone to utter…..all together now ….

  30. HeyKay says:

    This list of celebs who have the talent to play King better than Charles. It’s a joke, y’all.

    #1. Young Sean Connery. He was famously tight with money. Which would be a nice change from Charles the Spender.
    #2. Young Michael Caine. Because Michael Caine, ‘nough said.
    #3. Younger Keanu Reeves. He did Shakespeare + well known to donate to charity.
    #4. Younger Al Pacino, in full Michael Corleone mood. “I know it was you Fredo/Camilla”
    #5. Mick Jagger. He is also famously tight with money, known to love the spotlight, sings OK.
    #6. Keith Richards. He is known to have zero regard for Royalty, he’d be more than pleased to be declared King, accept and within minutes declare the entire situation “Bollocks! Shut this down.”
    #7. Freddie Mercury. Freddie had talent, looked great in royal crown and ermine robe + he seemed a decent, hard working Fella. Plus it would tick off Brian May, the boot licker to royalty.
    #8. Ozzy Osbourne. Oz has been walking around for years, looking confused, and constantly saying “Whot?” very much like the current bunch.
    #9. Sharon Osbourne. She is a big mouth, bossy as hell, never seems to change her mind, thinks she is always the VIP in the room. She could give Cam a good run as Witch in charge.
    Basically, anyone could take over. Turn off the lights and lock the doors. 👍

    • BayTampaBay says:

      Keith Richards – King Richard IV except you pronounce it King Richard EYE-VEE

    • Rackel says:

      @heykey lololololo “I know it was you Fredo/Camilla”

      I haven’t watched 1 prince Harry interview completely. However, I have seen clips and read blurbs. From SPARE Camilla sounds like a Fredo. Yeah Charles knows and probably asked her to do stuff. BUT SHE GOES ROGUE. You can tell she does it a lot. Like embarrassing Biden when she knows Chuck wants that man at a coronation/events.

      • Tessa says:

        Kim. Of course they were not compatible as long as Camilla was lurking in the background. Diana and Charles were not exactly buddy buddy after the divorce.diana was not a mess and Charles fans gaslight her. Charles has a lot to Answer for. So does Camilla. Diana had bulimia which she got under control. Diana moved on after Charles ditched her. Camilla was around the whole time.

  31. Robin Samuels says:

    William only wishes he could be as handsome as a young version of Prince Phillip. He is 100% Windsor and will most likely resemble Prince Michael of Kent in his senior years. Presently he appears as though he eats and drinks too much.
    Three young children and two adults can comfortably fit in a standard car. I agree the riding separately was another photo op. Few things Will and Kate do together are real.
    Whatever Kate wears will be downplayed by her cheap hair, over-arched eyebrow, and unhappy face. It must be hurtful that Wales’ must step back and allow Charles and Camilla to absorb all the spotlight. This is what Will and Kate wanted, Harry and his wife gone, not realizing they would become the new set of tools for the King and his Queen. I couldn’t be happier and wish them more of the same as time progresses.
    If Tom Cruise attends the concert, Kate will likely be there.
    Why do people justify Charles and Camilla’s illicit affair by labeling Diana as a cheater, as though that makes it proper? Diana was a nineteen-year-old virgin that fell in love with a man nearly twice her age that was already sexually active with another man’s wife. What was she supposed to do, bite her nails and cry herself to sleep every night? I’ve never seen a report accusing her of breaking up a marriage. Had Charles not been so envious, he could have allowed her affairs to move forward quietly, but he was too determined to be rid of her. Pulling her security (yes, I said it) left her completely vulnerable, and no affair would be peaceful unless with a wealthy suitor. Charles will never know peace.

    • Jaded says:

      @Robin Samuels — Ignore Kim.P’s rudeness. I agree and hope he never knows peace either. He was a selfish, heartless and jealous husband, and he’s treated his second son just as badly, no doubt in large part because Harry reminds him of Diana.

      • Tessa says:

        Jaded what married men. Carling denied an affair with Diana. Julia carling did not man Diana co respondent. Hoare pursued Diana
        . Hoare and Diana never spoke publicly and both are dead. Hoare and his wife never divorced and stayed married. Diana denied to settelen that she had an affair with harry m a n n a k e e. Her serious relationships were with 3 single man . Yet Charles had another married mistress and he broke up dale tryon marriage. Charle said whatever love means and thst is the nature of his relationships with harry and Meghan.

      • Tessa says:

        Sorry jaded I meant that comment for Caroline d

      • Bee says:

        Charles has made racist comments. And he entered into marriage in bad faith. With a 19 year old.

        Some of these comments are ridiculous.

      • Jais says:

        Yeah, @bee, as you say, he entered into the marriage in bad faith. It’s one thing for people to marry and consent to the fact that it will clearly be an arranged and open marriage. Charles was not upfront with a 19 year old about that and likely love bombed her. Diana did not consent to the type of marriage that these 30 year olds, Charles and Camilla, knew full well it would be. They were sneaky. After years of a cold and loveless marriage, and surrounded by people who have affairs regardless of marriage status, Diana had affairs. And? Charles and Camilla were trash then and as @jaded said, Charles has been trashy with his son. They took advantage of a teenager from the beginning while they were in their 30’s. They knew what they were doing.

      • Tessa says:

        J a i s . I notice that on some comments sections some say c and d marriage was arranged. Matmybe Charles thought that but Diana didn’t. And even if both considered it arranged it did not give Charles permission to cheat.

      • Jais says:

        Agree @ Tessa.
        Charles did not tell 19yr old Diana that he was going to cheat on her throughout their marriage imo. He let her think it was something else or told her it was something else.

  32. HeyKay says:

    Robin Samuels, I agree 100%.
    I hope Diana haunts him every day.

    • BayTampaBay says:

      I say Diana is doing a jolly good job haunting KFCIII and has been for last three weeks. Carry on please.

  33. Monlette says:

    What’s sad to me is that they are already casting Prince Louis as the Royal Rascal that will be replacing Harry as the “interesting one.”

    You know, the court jester who is supposed to cut a caper to distract from the misdeeds and scandals of the more senior royals?

    For gods sakes, he’s FIVE! He should be concentrating on learning his three R’s, and that’s not Royal Rumor Rescue.

    • Tessa says:

      There are some on comments sections with posters all excited that Louis is going and how entertaining it will be for him to be there. He is only 5.and it is not a good thing that he is typecast already. It is a very bad situation for him that he has to be scrutinized that way.

  34. j.ferber says:

    I hate the “both of them did wrong” comments about the Diana/Charles marriage. Not only was Charles a disingenuous philanderer when he married Diana, poor teenage Diana was set up by one of Charles’ mistresses to be his brood mare and nothing more. He never loved her, undermined her, let his horse-faced lover leak to the press against her, leaked stories attacking her sanity, gaslighted her, was jealous of her charisma and good deeds overshadowing him and at last pulled her security, ramped up the hysteria against her and had her dead less than a year after the divorce. The both sides people have an agenda and it is NOT neutrality or fairness. There is a clear wrong doer and a clear victim here, not in every single detail, but in the gestalt of their marriage. To deny it is to support a lie and to support the villains, yes, villains, who caused her death.

    • Monlette says:

      I think a lot of the “both of them did wrong” narrative was spurred on by Charles’s biographer’s claim that Charles was faithful for longer than Diana was.
      Total BS.
      The biography would have you think that Charles gave Camilla a bracelet to say goodbye, and then cut off almost all contact for five years. Okay then.
      First of all that is totally ridiculous that he would move into a house a stone’s throw from his exgirlfriend’s, that his wife absolutely hated (both the house and the exgirlfriend) and not pop over for a cup of sugar every chance he got.
      But even if it were true, wouldn’t the moment he reunited with his lost love after a five year absence be a big moment in his life that would rate a paragraph in the bio?
      No mention of it. They were screwing the whole time he was married and only people brainwashed by Camilla’s high priced charm offensive think differently.
      If not for tampongate, I bet he would have insisted he was caste as a monk until the divorce.

  35. j.ferber says:

    Tessa, I agree with you. They should just let the little boy stay home with his nanny and avoid all the boring hoopla. I don’t believe in the least that Kate and Will have become better parents since the Jubbly and I would so hate Louis to get bad publicity again at the tender age of 5 because his parents don’t know how to set him up for success.