Bond: Prince William & Kate are ‘too busy’ to spend time with European royals

In June, the Prince and Princess of Wales went to Jordan to attend Crown Prince Hussein’s wedding. The Jordanian wedding was very well-attended by European royals, and many of the attendees were “heirs” and their spouses. Will and Kate weren’t treated like they were special or more important than the other royals in attendance, which might explain why William looked so miserable. William and Kate have historically avoided those kind of royal social events in other countries, so it was notable that they even agreed to go to Jordan in the first place. Then, just a few weeks ago, Denmark’s Prince Christian turned 18 and his grandmother threw him a huge party which was well-attended by European royals. There was even an official photo of Christian with all of the young future European queens. No one knows if the Danes even invited any of the Windsors, but it sounds like William and Kate would never have gone, even if they were invited. Several royal commentators suggested that W&K should actually try to be friendlier. But here comes Jennie Bond to insist that Will & Kate should continue to disrespect European royals.

The European royals all attended British events like the Coronation and the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. However, the Prince and Princess of Wales did not attend Prince Christian’s birthday celebrations which attracted some criticism. According to a royal commentator, attending the celebrations would have “given the wrong impression” and the couple did the right thing by staying in the UK.

Jennie Bond said: “Most people have had experiences of trying to get a big family reunion off the ground. We are all so busy that it can seem impossible. So I don’t see anything strange in our Royal Family struggling to find time to meet up with their European cousins.”

Bond also told OK! about the negative optics of attending a royal ball during a cost-of-living crisis. She added: “I’m not sure it would give the right impression to have a bunch of royals jetting off to Europe to join in lavish celebrations for someone’s birthday. We are still in the middle of a cost of living crisis and I think our royals do much better to spend their time on the campaigns that mean so much to them at home. I would much rather see William and Kate in their casual working clothes, visiting a charity or talking about mental health rather than dressed up to the nines at a ball somewhere in Europe.”

[From GB News]

The same weekend as Christian’s birthday, Kate and William flew separately to France to watch two rugby matches and then did absolutely f–k all after that for two weeks. Kate even missed a very important Rugby World Cup semifinal, where her patronage (England rugby) was playing (England lost). Don’t say that W&K were too busy – they are never too busy, they haven’t been seen in two weeks, they disappeared for two months over the summer and they’re just mean and lazy. Too mean and lazy to show respect to other royal houses. It reminds me of how Charles demanded that all of the royal houses show up to his fakakta coronation – who will show up for Peg’s coronation, besides his Tory handlers and the Cholmondeleys?

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  1. Tessa says:

    They don’t want to make the wrong impression yet William has that needless trip to nyc . Kate and William have 5 lavish homes and William takes helicopters all the time.

    • StillDouchesOfCambridge says:

      They are radioactive. If I was a european royal I wouldn’t want to be seen in public with them because they cause so much divide, and I wouldn’t want any narrative to possibly be spun being officially seen with them, because to me, clearly the world is team Harry. The EU royals must hate them with all they’ve done to little brother n wifey

      • Megan says:

        Since Queen Margrethe recently stripped four of her grandchildren of their royal titles, I very much doubt she is “Team Harry.”

      • eve says:

        I am actually not quite sure how high they rank on the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

    • Megan says:

      They clearly feel snubbed, but why would a couple in their 40’s be invited to an 18yo’s b-day party? Lady Louise is the only Windsor age-appropriate for the event and she has he horses and studies to focus on.

    • ELX says:

      Remember when Kate went to Denmark to clout chase a person of real accomplishment (CP Mary) and then proceeded to keep CP Mary and the QUEEN of Denmark waiting for an hour?

      • Where'sMyTiara says:

        She saw photos of CP Mary in the local mags and had to do last minute emergency notes for her lookbook…

  2. seaflower says:

    Some global statesman PWT is

  3. Miranda says:

    “I would much rather see William and Kate in their casual working clothes, visiting a charity or talking about mental health rather than dressed up to the nines at a ball somewhere in Europe.”

    Oh, would you, Jennie? Maybe pass the word on to whoever manages their social calendars, because right now, they don’t do that shit, either. But I think I speak for most people when I say I’d rather just not see or hear them at all. They have nothing to say that we haven’t heard more eloquently, and with more action to back it up, from Harry and Meghan several months earlier.

    • Leslie says:

      Spot on, Miranda. I don’t see them making a huge impact on any of their charities, and on the rare occasions when either of them does show up, it’s only for a short time and always empty-handed. With the cost of living affecting everyone everywhere, a contribution to those causes they apparently support would no doubt be greatly appreciated. Instead, K&W turn it into a photo op for themselves.

      Off topic, but Kate’s face in the second photograph looks very strange. Her teeth are clenched and she appears to have been crying. I don’t think things are going well in Windsorland.

      • seaflower says:

        Good pick up re the glassy eyes and clenched teeth. Do we know the date the photo was taken?

      • Becks1 says:

        That’s from when she was in Denmark a few years ago. That’s part of the same event with the other pictures in this post, where she looks like absolute hell, in the cream sweater and green jacket. You can tell that one was touched up even slightly and the others……weren’t.

      • Robert Phillips says:

        And wouldn’t it be a good thing to have good relations to other countries who are not in financial troubles as England. You know maybe get some trade going with some of those other countries. You know like a global statesman might do.

  4. Amy Bee says:

    Hopefully the monarchy will be abolished so the European royals wouldn’t have to attend William’s coronation.

    • seaflower says:

      If he has a coronation, are we taking bets on all the women wearing tiaras or only Khate?

      • Kittenmom says:

        Kate, Charlotte. And you know Carole and Pippa will worm their way into tiaras too.

      • SarahCS says:

        @Kittenmom IF she gets that far I can’t see her sharing the limelight with anyone. She is absolutely the woman who will be jealous of her daughter.

      • Tessa says:

        And alizee middleton will have a tiara.

      • equality says:

        No, Kate won’t let Pippa and Alizee have a tiara to potentially outshine her. They might worm their way onto the balcony or into the ceremony like Cam’s relatives did.

      • HeatherC says:

        She doesn’t want to risk Rose showing up in the family’s stunning flower tiara.

      • BQM says:

        Alizee has style. She’d look the best in a tiara out of all the Middleton women.

  5. Boxy Lady says:

    The real answer is that the other European royals don’t lavish them with gifts and money.

  6. Maxine Branch says:

    Because the European royals treat them as just another royal couple nothing else. They are accustomed to the gutter British press fawning over them and believe this nonsense they spout. I think all of this royal mess is nothing more than mess whether European or British. All of these royal houses are living off of generational stolen wealth.

    • Couch Potato says:

      Ehh, about the last part; the norwegian kings grandfather was the first king of Norway for centuries. When he was asked to be king, he wouldn’t agree without letting the people decide because he’d seen what’d happened in other countries. The majority votet for a monarchy and Haakon as king. The norwegian RF is probably the least rich RF in the world and their wealth mostly stems from gifts from the people/government etc.

      • BQM says:

        Haakon, who you refer to not the current CP, had an extremely wealthy mother (Louise of Sweden, her father’s sole heir) and his wife was the daughter of the British king. They have a fabulous jewelry collection largely because of Louise.

        Louise was the daughter of King Charles (Carl) of Sweden (part of what made Hakon aka Charles of Denmark so appealing when electing a king) and while his brother succeeded him, Louise inherited his money and her mother’s fabulous jewels.

  7. Beverley says:

    Pegs wants the world (and especially his European cousins) to know that he’s the bestest, most important of all the fancy hat posers. If you won’t treat him more special, he’s not gonna come play.

  8. Brassy Rebel says:

    I still think it’s because the European royals are so much better looking.

    • Beverley says:

      Undoubtedly

    • paddingtonjr says:

      @Brassy Rebel, not to mention harder-working, more educated, more accomplished, better at “soft diplomacy”, etc.

      • Geegee says:

        All the european royals are glamorous, well educated and multilingual. Hard for will and kate to throw their weight around with them. Also the knowledge that Peggy does the bidding of brexiteers won’t leave him very popular with europeans

  9. Becks1 says:

    LOL they’re not too busy and everyone knows it.

    they didnt have issues jetting off for the Jordanian royal wedding, wearing diamonds and tiaras etc. So its not like W&K are afraid of dressing up in stolen jewels during a cost of living crisis.

    If they were SO BUSY with charity work, then Bond’s argument would make more sense. But they’re so incredibly lazy and my guess is at this point the RRs are super over it. they WANT W&K to attend things like the Danish reception (if they were even invited.) It would give them more to talk about. But instead, they get to talk about……how Kate is going to be the Keenest Queen that Ever Keened Queened someday.

    • ArtHistorian says:

      There really has been quite a lot of talk about their non-attendance at a party that is long over. It is clear that the royal commentariat is not pleased about it. And I think some are a bit embarrassed about it since they try so hard to explain their non-attendance away.

      • Becks1 says:

        I can’t decide if they just weren’t invited (just because this seems to have been more of a birthday party for an 18 year old and less a big royal gathering), or if they were invited and just blew it off and didn’t even offer an explanation.

        Either way, I feel like the RRs are embarrassed on their behalf – embarrassed if they weren’t invited, and embarrassed if they just didn’t go.

      • Geegee says:

        I heard one of the rr say themselves that the European royals think of the windsors as dumpy frumpy middleclass people. They are dull and uneducated. Kind of feels like the windsors are the white trash royals.

      • Lorelei says:

        Seriously, the RRs publish a ton of nonsense but this article is particularly full of horseshit. No one has seen them in weeks; they’re not “too busy” to do ANYTHING. And yeah, it’s obvious that even most of the people who are paid to write about them as if they’re literally god’s gift can tell that they’re lazy and dull— and it’s getting harder and harder for them to pretend otherwise.

  10. Izzy says:

    This is not the flex they think it is. They keep drawing attention to the fact that the Lamebridges are disengaged from the other royal families in Europe.

  11. Mslove says:

    Oh please. Jennie Bond doesn’t want to see the Wails mumble & sneer at the peasants. She would rather write about fancy balls & Keen’s clothes, I bet.

  12. Nice try with this. The lazy leftovers don’t know what busy is. They were doing a photo op in France to cover for not going to Australia to see the women’s team.

    • The Duchess says:

      And both visiting separately too. I think the ‘busy’ angle is laughable considering these two dullards don’t do anything! The only thing they’re busy at is living separate lives, whilst trying to keep up the pretence of still being a married couple. No wonder they are so woefully exhausted! *tiny violin*

  13. equality says:

    I think this is more of the strategy they use about H&M: “you’re not snubbing us; we’re snubbing you.”. Bet there was no invitation.

  14. Concern Fae says:

    Looking at that group photo, it would be extremely obvious that Will is so much less attractive than the European royals.

    • BQM says:

      Except for Amalia of the Netherlands and the Duchess of Brabant they are all heirs to the heir. William wouldn’t be in it. But he’d be next to CP Frederick of Denmark and CP haakon of Norway and THAT is a duo he does NOT want to be compared to in looks (or education, accomplishments, etc).

  15. Lizzie says:

    She’s just doing her job, cleaning up after the Wails Fails.

  16. Cessily says:

    I don’t think I would cultivate a relationship with a family who does what these people have done to a family member, I imagine that inviting the BRF is also inviting their media in and no one sane would welcome that toxicity.

  17. Lizzie says:

    Didn’t then Duchess Kate make a solo trip to Denmark last year, walking in front of CPMary then posing with CP Mary and the queen? You mean they didn’t find her hogging the limelight endearing? I think Kate is to blame for this snub because she would love to polish up her tiara and go to a ball if she got the invite.

    • Becks1 says:

      And she was late for her meeting with QM.

      • K says:

        I remember that and I also remember thinking, “the absolute balls on this woman for visiting other royals in their own country and then you’re fucking late??” But then again, these two assholes pulled the same shit at King Charles coronation, they were late for that too and blamed their kids. And I can’t recall the exact event, but I remember another time where they were late and arrived AFTER Queen Elizabeth and made her wait because the Queen is always supposed to be the last to enter. Over and over again, these two just display a combination of arrogance and disrespect that is breathtaking in its execution. I imagine the European royals think of the Windsors like those shitty extended cousins that we HAVE to invite to weddings and reunions, but collectively all roll their eyes and try to come up with ways of getting around hanging out with them.

      • Nic919 says:

        It was an Easter service where they made the queen wait. Seeing as only kate gave a curtsy to the queen, it is more likely that kate was at her parents and then headed over late to where William had been staying at Windsor castle.

    • Geegee says:

      No one wants to be mistreated by these miserable pair of people

    • The Duchess says:

      Yes! Keen leaves a sour taste in people’s mouths wherever she goes, just like her immature husband. They are not popular in the slightest.

  18. Eurydice says:

    Wrong. The public wouldn’t mind seeing W&K looking royal at a royal event. Where the “cost of living” argument comes in is the constant helicopter rides, the excessive number of homes, the international trips solely to embiggen Willam, the long vacations…

    • Shai says:

      Lol exactly. People would expect a royal to attend events for other royal households, but W & K overspend on dumb stuff like the helicopter rides and whatever Kate keeps buying. They’re not transparent with funds and frankly, don’t do much anyways.

    • TigerMcQueen says:

      Exactly. It’s not like the RF would be paying for all the jewels, those were stolen eons ago. Khate also has more than enough ball gowns in her wardrobe that she could ‘recycle’ one, so the ‘but the cost of living’ excuse is obvious and lame.

  19. Amee says:

    It’s like Brexit. Remember, most of the media that supports the BRF were also in favor of Brexit. The European royalty is basically saying, “How’d that work out for ya?” as they party together.

    • lanne says:

      The European royals are probably wary of the British royals and the clown show they are becoming. The Brits are increasingly associated with right wing causes, the world knows that the King wished he were a tampon up Horsilla’s hoo-haa. The Invictus Games (and Harry and Megan’s silence after they said their piece) shows the public is on the side of the Sussexes, and the royals keep defining themselves as “Against the Sussexes.” That’s their only core message. The Brtish royals have become the toxic Qanon aunt and uncle you don’t invite to Thanksgiving because they will spoin the event for everybody.

      • Geegee says:

        Couldn’t have said it better myself. The British royals are the toxic right wing trailer trash royals now. Qe2 cultivated relationships with European royals considering them extended family. Charles and William are to arrogant and entitled. And expect to get special treatment. Toxic.

  20. Belli says:

    Classic British exceptionalism. Same attitude that made Britain vote for Brexit. The British royals think that they are the best royals, somehow superior to the other European royals.

    I do hope someone is saving all these ‘William and Kate are just soooooo busy’ articles for when the annual engagement numbers come out at the end of the year.

  21. Kim says:

    “Too busy” = joint appearances/engagements make it too hard to hide they’re living separate lives. They apparently cant stand each other enough to travel together, so their options are to show up in two helicopters/different modes of transportation (begging the question of “why?”) or just not going to the same place together. And it would be weird for William to go to these things by himself, just like it’s weird he’s going to Earthshot by himself, so the least suspicious option is to not go with some vague non-excuse.

  22. Draadje says:

    Jennie, dear, look at a map. You *are* in Europe.

    Her arguments are ridiculous. There was already a cost of living crisis going on when W&K jetted off to ::checks notes:: JORDAN for a wedding. Furthermore, W&K are barely going out and supporting their causes. I think the other royal families look at the BRF with amusement because they see it as a house of cards desperately being held together but no real reforms to make it stronger.

  23. aquarius64 says:

    I’m still Camp No Invite. The House of Windsor give monarchy a bad name. Monarchies have bad colonial histories and personal scandals but the BRF is off the charts. The BM only worsen the British royals’ image.

    • Jais says:

      I’m leaning towards camp no invite too. All these explanations by the rota about why they’re not there is very “We didn’t want to go to your little party anyways” vibes.

      • Christine says:

        If they were invited, it would already be out there. There’s zero chance KP wouldn’t be furiously briefing that they couldn’t go because of x, y, or George has a test. This makes the Wails look utterly pathetic, and they can’t possibly fix it, because they weren’t invited.

  24. Lauren says:

    Speaking of the European Royals, Spain’s Princess Leonor looked fierce in a white pantsuit for her 18th birthday celebration today. https://twitter.com/ChristinsQueens/status/1719297198280548566?t=7cE3TJLizJalmTq1Xe6pQw&s=19

    • Christine says:

      She looks awesome in that pant suit!

      • aftershocks says:

        Of course, Queen Letizia is a style and fashion icon in her own right. Princess Leonor will likely follow in her mother’s footsteps, in that regard. Leonor looks great in her white suit. I’m thinking that Duchess Meghan provided some style inspiration (i.e., with the striking oversize white suit Meg wore to the Invictus Games in The Netherlands, plus the stylish white suit with asymmetrical blazer, Meg slayed in The Cut photo shoot). More recently, Meg wore a white pantsuit with off-the-shoulder blazer, to the Archewell mental health conference.

        Prince Christian of Denmark’s sister, Princess Isabella, wore a flattering white pantsuit on her 16th birthday. As well, weeks after the Sussexes’ 2021 family photo Christmas card was released, Frederick and Mary of Denmark released a family photo in honor of Mary’s 50th birthday. Aside from Mary’s tan slacks, the entire family wore stylishly comfortable jeans with crisp white shirts (echoing Archie’s look and the overall casual, modern-chic sartorial theme of the Sussexes’ holiday greeting card).

        https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/denmark/new-family-photos-revealed-as-crown-princess-mary-turns-50-172204/

  25. Jay says:

    This would be a better argument if the British media hadn’t fallen all over themselves about the “glamorous” Kate and William showing up at mere movie premieres (remember Will’s special velvet airplane slippers?), as well as the wedding in Jordan. The rota loves to pretend that the Wales are in the Sussexes’ league, and I think they are sour about missing a chance to crow about the Wales “showing up” their “rivals”. Undoubtedly glamour sells – there’s a reason why Hollywood has red carpets and award show fashion.

    It would also be a stronger point in their favour if the Wales had, in fact, done what Bond suggests here and done some actual charity work instead of jetting off to France for rugby! It’s like they are trying to embarrass their defenders.

  26. kelleybelle says:

    Holy fresh botox, Batman. Wow … her smile isn’t even straight.

  27. Lau says:

    If at least they had tried to appear busy and put more than a rugby match on their schedule for that day but these two are just too lazy to even think that it will make them look terrible.

  28. tamsin says:

    Considering that Denmark had a birthday party for their 18 year-old heir to the heir, and invited and other European heirs and Danish youth around the same age, it would be reasonable that William and Kate weren’t invited since they are old enough to be their parents. It was an official Danish and Danish royal family celebration. Also, the European families invited are all friends and socialize across generations beyond official functions. Charles and William don’t seem to be in any European social group and don’t seem to socialize with any of the continental European families. I think it’s true that the Windsors consider themselves superior to other European royalty because of their vast empire of the past, and coined the word bicycle monarchies for their “cousins” on the continent. However, I imagine it’s hard not to see what a nasty, messy family the Windsors are to each other.

  29. Blithe says:

    Apologies in advance. I’ve got an earworm. I glanced at this article and immediately started hearing the Pointer Sisters….

    They’re not invited
    They’re so benighted
    They’re about to lose the throne
    and maybe get indicted

    They’re not invited
    Their stuff is blighted
    They’re about to lose control
    And they just can’t hide it

  30. Marivic says:

    This Bond woman just cannot accept the fact that Kate cannot hold a candle to any of the European queens and princesses. She cannot string a sentence and cannot put across her thoughts eloquently. Her lack of intelligence will surely be highlighted which the RF and the British government, with the aid of the royal rota, are trying to hide and airbrush to maximum levels. Even her husband is embarrassed by her deficiency that he prefers her to stay behind and not accompany him to Earthshot in Singapore. This Bond woman is Kate’s paid hack who will do everything to embiggen her patron.

    • Jais says:

      Jennie bond has been out of the rota for a while as @mary Lester says below. Agree @marivic that Jennie bond seems to have availed herself to the Middleton cause. Seems smart to get a in foothold there bc, if there is a split later, it might be worth some insider info.

  31. Mary Pester says:

    Give it up genny, it won’t work (a bit like Billy and botox) you have been OUT of the circle of rota rats for a long time now, and no amount of grovelling sycophantic little stories like this will change your “non”, status. William and Kate are lazy money grabbing, vain grifters, just like her parents. It’s won’t work, shan’t work with these two, unless the clamour from outside their gilded cages gets to loud to ignore, hence the upcoming trip to Scotland.. They aren’t that popular in the UK, so why would other European Royals want to be seen with them, especially when you look at the Denmark fiasco

  32. BeanieBean says:

    Nobody wants to hear these two speak about mental health issues.

  33. Nic919 says:

    They only went to the Jordanian wedding because there is some kind of money exchange going on. Same with the free family trip they got but didn’t reveal until the Christmas photos went out.

    And the photos of William walking miles ahead of kate in all parts of the wedding events only made divorce talk louder.

  34. Alicky says:

    I think the BRF hates to be reminded that they are not the onliest, biggest, bestest monarchy in all of Europe.

  35. Cerys says:

    William and Kate are bone lazy and anything that requires the slightest effort on their part will not happen. Also, they will not be the stars of the show among their royal peers so their egos couldn’t handle it.

  36. tenzing says:

    we have a saying here in holland; even if the monkey wears a beautiful ring it still is an ugly thing. their rep is in tatters and their laziness and lack of real warmth and interest and misbehaviour (something that has been badly hushed up after the wedding in jordan but enough to keep the tongues wagging for quite some time in royal circles , details are still a bit sketchy but it seems they strung quite a few faux pas together being the worst that they showed up unexpectedly, unclear if they declined and at the last moment reconsidered or they wrangled their way in but they caused a lot of hoopla in a tightly arranged event and caused a big mess with transport, security etc ) they have gotten their brexit. they are on their own and can peg around without their continental cousins, they are no longer invited for anything social unless it’s a ceremonial must i have been reliably informed

  37. Proud Mary says:

    For the love of God! How much money do royal hacks like Jenny Bond get paid to make vomit-inducing statements like, William (the Heir to the British throne!), attending a royal event would give the wrong impression? William is a no-talent, mediocre shlub, whose only claim to fame is that his father was a first born son of a monarch, and so is he. As far as giving the wrong impression, that ship sailed the day William was born, and began suckling off the public teats, while becoming the heir to a billion-dollar fortune.

  38. Mrs.Krabapple says:

    Actual possibilities:

    (1) They weren’t invited.

    (2) They’re too old.

    (3) Kate (and maybe William?) got work done in anticipation of her “Christmas is all about ME!” concert, and she needs to let it settle before having her photo taken by tabloids she cannot control.

  39. VilleRose says:

    Kate and William don’t hang out with the other European royals because 1) they aren’t friends with them or know them well 2) they aren’t likeable and the other European royals don’t like them.

  40. paddingtonjr says:

    Busy doing what? I’m genuinely curious – what do WanK do all day?

    • Christine says:

      It’s the question for the ages, like Schrödinger’s cat.

      Are they only lazy because we can see them being lazy? When will other people recognize they are failures to launch? Happily, no cat has to theoretically die, and they will never do a day of work in their lives, while people who can’t feed their children are paying them.

  41. ales says:

    Wondering if there is a bonus paid by the brf to a gossip writer for the most destructive story of the day. Totally based on hate articles are not journalism and not reality. The brf appear to believe they are superior to the European Royals, plus there is K’s hate session over the Danish media refusing to photoshop her. K’s obsessive copying of Princess Mary’s wardrobe, whilst claiming Mary copies her. Publicly, insulting Princess Mary over QEII’s funeral. Why would anyone invite these two extremely lazy and openly narcissistic, middle aged brf royals, who seem to be very unpopular outside of the UK, to a fun 18th birthday.

    • Macky says:

      I agree with denmark than. They are suppose to be historical figures. They shouldn’t be photoshopped to death.