Princess Kate will spend her 42nd birthday at her mother’s home, being ‘spoiled’

Today is the Princess of Wales’s 42nd birthday. This year, we were not gifted with wall-to-wall briefings in which Kate promised to be especially keen, nor were we told endlessly that Kate is absolutely perfect and never, ever puts a foot wrong. Instead, the birthday stories are leaning into the idea that Kate will spend the day with her grifter mother. The Mirror suggested that Carole Middleton will organize a party for Kate at Middleton Manor, and the Sun claimed that Kate would spend the day at her parents’ house as well, being “spoiled” by Carole, Mike and Prince William. LOL. The Sun also claims that 41 was kind of a rough year for Kate, which is probably true.

Kate Middleton will mark her 42nd birthday today with homemade gifts from her three children and a birthday cake courtesy of her mum Carole, we can reveal. The Princess of Wales is expected to spend the day celebrating with husband Prince William, their children Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, Prince Louis, five, and the Middletons at her childhood home in Bucklebury, Berkshire. There she will be showered with craft themed gifts from the children and will be made “a fuss of” and “spoiled” by William and her parents Carole and Michael Middleton.

Speaking exclusively to Fabulous about the princess’s celebrations, royal expert Jennie Bond said: “Luckily the children don’t go back to school until the 10th, so the family can celebrate the last day of the Christmas holidays and Catherine’s birthday at the same time. Last year her birthday coincided with all the publicity about Harry’s book, which was about to be published. This year things are looking much smoother for Catherine and her family. She has also weathered the storm of Omid Scobie’s book and I’m sure William and the children will want to spoil her with cards and special gifts.

“There is no doubt that the Princess would value nothing more than some handcrafted presents from her children. Perhaps their granny, Carole, will help them make a birthday cake for her – after all, Catherine has always enjoyed helping the children learn to bake. I’m sure Catherine’s parents would love to make a fuss of their daughter and it may be that William will want to treat his wife to a romantic birthday dinner, but with school starting the next morning, they are more likely to spend the evening sorting out uniforms and school bags ready for the start of term!”

It has been a year of ups and downs for Kate since her last birthday. She was accused of being cold towards her sister-in-law Meghan in Harry’s book Spare, and he further claimed she was “disgusted” when Meghan asked to use her lipgloss. In his book, he also partially blamed Kate and his brother for his decision to wear the controversial Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party in 2005, claiming they both “howled” when they saw him. And more recently, Kate was named along with King Charles as the two royals who allegedly questioned the tone of Prince Archie’s skin.

[From The Sun]

Bond keeps going, claiming that Kate is enjoying her 40s and she won’t let a little thing like her own racism get in her way to future queendom. It’s interesting that people think that Kate goes to her mother’s house for her birthday? I’m sure it’s true, but I wonder if William is even around.

Buckingham Palace also published this photo of Kate at the coronation for her birthday. It’s a funny choice – while it’s a flattering photo of Kate, it’s interesting that no one in the family is looking at her.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.

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  1. Andy Dufresne says:

    They probably mean, Carole AND Michael will spoil her. William ain’t stepping foot in that house!

    • Lia says:

      What a terrible and pathetic life this woman must have if she has to spend her 42nd birthday with her mother…

      I almost feel sorry for her. Almost..

      • MY3CENTS says:

        Time to break out all those party pieces Carol’s got stashed in the basement.
        I bet Khate will excel at Pinata.

      • Emily says:

        My mother died when she was 36, like Diana. I was 15, like Will was, and my sister was 12, like Harry was. That was 1991. Now I’m five years older than Kate, and…I’d give anything to spend my birthday with my mother.

      • Brittney says:

        Thank you, Emily, for driving home the point. This comment wasn’t it.

        I am not exactly Kate’s biggest fan, but spending your 42nd birthday with your mother (the whole reason you have a birthday at all) isn’t pathetic, it’s a profound privilege.

      • Christine says:

        I bought a duplex with my Mom, so she is always downstairs. I really get your point about loving your mother and grief, but acting like Kitty is having her best day because she is with Carole is not it.

        She has no other people who want to celebrate her, anywhere.

      • StillDouchesOfCambridge says:

        Spending any occasion with a parent is a blessing but in her case, I think she has absolutely no friends. When you get invited to a party by your husbands mistress, it’s kinda wtf – that was in 2023. I understand why her mom would want to make a point to celebrate her. I think the base would be for eggplant prince to at least organize her an adult dinner party, with friends, but who would he be inviting (besides Rose)?

    • acha says:

      my question is, spoil kate with what money? i think we figured out in the Kate wardrobe budget post that she’s been giving them money from her budget to fund their lifestyle these past years…

      • Emily says:

        Motherless daughter here. Being able to spend your birthday with your mother is a luxury, a spoiling. No money necessary. I can imagine no greater spoiling than spending my birthday at my mother’s house. I never got to talk to her as a grown-up (I was a teenager when she died), so I’d feel quite spoiled to get to know her and spend time with her as a grown-up.

      • Kit says:

        This isn’t a case of poor, motherless Kate though. That’s the BIG difference.

        Plus not all mothers (or fathers) are good at parenting. Motherhood, just like fatherhood, is not a syrupy Hallmark card.

        Reality is for many people, parenting is complicated, full of stress, grace, joy, heartache, and more importantly, it’s a very tough job. As a parent, I stay as far away from parenthood idolatry (or of one’s child for that matter) as possible.

        Carole Middleton could very well be the good mother that Kate needed. It still doesn’t make her a good person to others.

    • Minnieder says:

      Why do they always refer to it as “Kate’s childhood home”? I thought her parents bought that house a few years ago???

    • StarWonderful says:

      I agree. W is probably a no-show for K on her Bday, or if he does show up it’s more like a drive-by. K can expect the same for Valentine’s Day.

    • Melissa says:

      Exactly. First thought was “LOL William ain’t coming”

    • 1960tlm says:

      Why is this such a hard birthday year for Kate? Harder then any other year? Because her husband’s a louse? Her family is bankrupt? Her in-laws run a thousand year old cult? Her in law uncle is a known rapist? She got called out as a stalker, who is psychologically abusive towards & copies anything & everything her mixed raced sister in law does? Is it because everyone knows Kate herself is a racist, yet no one is discussing that bit. Is it because she has absolutely no friends, especially female friends and doesn’t even hang out with her own sister? Or is it the fact that the one woman who would have actually been a friend to her (Meghan) she eagerly threw to the wolves and the wolves devoured Meghan like candy? Or could it be she’s aging terribly because of all the guilt, anger, hostility & jealousy of her sister in law? Or is that she has never had any direction in life, has none now, has absolutely no voice & is painfully lonely & possibly afraid for her future? I would be too if I were her. Which is it Kate?
      I don’t feel sorry for Kate. She created this life herself and it’s up to her to change things. If she had been descent to Meghan I’d have more compassion especially knowing that Harry was nothing but kind to Kate, until she started mistreating Meghan. I don’t care what Kate does on her birthday with or without her family or friends or William. I just care that Kate & British Media keep Meghan & Harry out of their mouths for once!

      • Debbie says:

        Funny that the writer went to the trouble of including Prince Harry and Meghan in the article supposedly about Kate’s birthday, but they neglected to mention her mother’s Party Pieces bankruptcy and the fuss made by vendors left hanging with their loans unpaid by Kate’s mother. How do they just miss that, unless it appears elsewhere in the article, but it was not included in the excerpt. One would think that this more than anything would have stressed the poor puddin’.

      • andrea says:

        its making more sense now

  2. Beverley says:

    42, looking like 52. Maybe her attentive husband will gift her more Botox, and better wigs.

    • Honeybee says:

      Yes that’s why she avoided a photo op with black pink. South korean first lady is 51 a decade older than her but looks a decade younger than waity. Anyway pegs bald d*ck never going to penetrate her parnties. Because it is now aunty’s parnties.

  3. Anna says:

    Spoiled… for a change, right? If a narrative about me would present me as this infantile woman-child I would be mortified. Why stress she goes to mummt? Why not “with her husband and children”? Because this is what comes to mind when I think about celebrating 42 birthday – being spoiled by immediate family and spending time together. She is weird.

    • Brassy Rebel says:

      This whole article is very infantalizing. She sounds more like a four year old than a forty two year old. Being “spoiled”, Mummy baking her a cake, lots of presents. She should be embarrassed by this but isn’t.

      • Chloe says:

        This is better than what she did for her 40th birthday though. That whole roll out was some mean girl sh%t

      • Lady Esther says:

        ikr? Can you imagine QEII at forty-two years old clapping her hands about a quiet kids-included party where she was fawned over by the Queen Mum and was happy for lots of balloons and presents? At the very least Philip would throw her an elegant dinner party (even if he ran off to Penny afterwards) with lots of top-drawer friends, Margaret and the Queen Mum, with dancing afterwards and loads of champagne….

        The description for Kate always reads like nursery school copy…no mention of any guests other than the Middletons, William will “be there” but not host, things like cakes and presents instead of good company, glamour and dancing. My how the mighty have fallen…

      • Harper says:

        @Lady Esther I said yesterday that even CRex will fete Camilla like you described above, a good, old-fashioned, glamorous party with dinner and dancing, champagne, a band and the in crowd. The kind of party the royals have been known to throw for each other when the occassion allowed for it. But Will and Kate? Other than hanging with the Middletons, it’s crickets.

    • Meghan says:

      I mean, my mom throws my birthday “parties” and I will be 37 this year. She takes my son with her to buy an ice cream cake and he picks out a design for the cake and hides it in the freezer and body blocks me from going in there saying “THERE ISNT ANYTHING IN THE FREEZER MOM.” She’ll cook my favorite dinner and then I’ll get a gift from my son and from my mom and stepdad, though I wouldn’t say I am spoiled. Then at some point in the month around my birthday I’ll finally get to hang out with friends and go out or whatever. So I’m not going to hate on Kate for spending her birthday with her parents and her kids, but I certainly don’t think there should be articles about it, just spend your birthday how you want!

      • Lady Esther says:

        But you aren’t the Princess of Wales. People literally bow and curtsey to her because of her supposedly greater qualities as a human being, as the second most senior member (even if married-in) of the Royal Family. She is not, and is not supposed to be, “one of us.” That’s one of the reasons why this story is so aggravating (in addition to the infantalizing).

        Kate due to her status is supposed to “lead society” (whatever that means today) in, among other things, celebrations and festivities such as birthdays. That’s part of why she receives millions in taxpayer funding.

        What you do with your private life is, of course, your own business, because the two of you are not comparable.

      • TIFFANY says:

        But Meghan, you have not mentioned a husband or partner in your events and I think that is what everyone is pointing out. The clown she is married to can just pick up the phone and have an event or dinner planned for her, invite her family and friends and just have her enjoy it. Whether he is there or not.

  4. seaflower says:

    Weird how they refer K as spending the day in her childhood house, not the village she grew up in given Ma and Pa got PWT to stump up for a new house for them

    • CC730 says:

      Or with Will and the kids…
      Or with friends….
      It sounds like a she’s single and lonely.

      • The Duchess says:

        That’s because she is. She doesn’t have a single friend to her name, her husband wants to be anywhere but near her and the kids will be in the background when they aren’t needed for photo ops. The emphasis oh how she will be at Karole’s house for her birthday is very interesting. It’s been rumoured for years that she runs to Bucklebury when her personal life is in turmoil…

    • Daisy says:

      Yes …certainly true what you have posted..Ma &Pa Middleton had smaller house in village and they used to shop at second hand shop in village for kates hats for her to attend weddings with Peg.
      The Manor House we think was bought my Diana’s inheritance that Peg had..
      They are certainly grifters who have spent loads to get daughters with millionaires..same as brother we think it was set up as his wife seems pretty well off..

  5. Jais says:

    Honestly, in public, Kate is almost always looking for the camera or mugging for the camera. People around her have experienced that for years and probably have given up trying to interact with her in any real conversation. Just saying it must be hard to even bother interacting with her when cameras are around. That said, they probably wouldn’t anyways.

  6. Home so mother can spoil her. She is spoiled 24/7 my god. Got to include Harry’s book in there with the nazi uniform she and her brother encouraged and also the FACT the she is a raging royal racist. Maybe the poster people can put up some Happy Birthday your a racist posters around town to make her feel even more welcome.

  7. Sunday says:

    “at her childhood home in Bucklebury.” It’s not her childhood home, they bought it in 2012 and it was reported at the time that Will used some of the money he inherited on his 30th to pay for it. So many lies piled on top of each other to build this house of Wails.

    • Interested Gawker says:

      How can they persist with this fiction that Kate and her family were grand somehow when everyone sees how skint they are after the Middleton smoke and mirrors party goods empire dissolved?

  8. Digital Unicorn says:

    The lies/shade in this article. Middleton Manor isn’t her childhood home for a start. Secondly Peggy ain’t gonna spoil her, she’ll be lucky if he’s even there, Thirdly, what’s happened to the ‘tradition’ of her family moving into Amner Hall for Jan to help celebrate there. Fourthly, why does a 42 yr old woman need ‘spoiling’ by her parents? Fifthly, are they giving her Party Pieces stock as birthday presents?

    I could go on……

    • Chloe says:

      I actually don’t think william will be there

    • Becks1 says:

      I actually loved the line about how William would totally take her out for a nice meal but he just can’t because the kids have school the next day. Sure, that’s the only reason, LOL.

      • First comment says:

        Yeah, I laughed hard at this…it’s just like us..they couldn’t find anyone to be with the children so they can go out…

      • Jay says:

        I read that as trying to publicly push William to take her out for dinner! Hint hint, it’s your wife’s birthday etc. Not gonna happen, Carole and co.

    • Unblinkered says:

      It’s only to be hoped that Carol has paid for the ingredients for said birthday cake.
      She may have a 90 day tab with some unsuspecting farm shop.

  9. Harla A Brazen Hussy says:

    She’s not going to spend the day in “her childhood home”, that house was sold years ago when her parents upgraded to Middleton Manor. Is there no one who proofs these articles before publication?? Is the British press so unintelligent that they can’t even be bothered to check a simple fact when writing their articles?? I know the answers to the questions I posed but it drives me crazy to see such ridiculous mistakes time and time again.

    • Proud Mary says:

      In journalism, a Newspaper published mistake is usually followed by a correction, published in the same or similar manner as the error. Proganda, that is, an attempt by the paper to make the public believe a lie, is never corrected. In the strange case of the royal family’s quid pro quo with the British press, the latter is merely the former’s stenographer. I therefore beg to differ with you Harla: this was no mistake.

  10. equality says:

    That is a weird photo choice from BP. If she is so close with KC they couldn’t come up with one of just him and her and not one where he is talking to Ed? And they have to get things ready for school? Why do they have a nanny then? What are they paying her to do if W&K and Carole are doing all the work?

    • CC730 says:

      Plus the school day is the day after…. they can totally have a nice night (notably because of nanny) and be there the next day….
      It’s Will that don’t want to be there lol

  11. Libra says:

    Look at the terms being tossed about: no doubt, I’m sure, will want to, ; this is just made up drivel. I do not believe one word.

    • Chaine says:

      Exactly, it’s a complete fiction. My money is on her being on some tropical vacay as we speak.

    • Lucy says:

      Bingo. Completely made up.

      It is interesting she’s not flogging a campaign right now, I think she did for two years in a row maybe? I think last year might be the last time we see any Arly Yars push, anything more than a reference to it in articles. Be prepared for the most underwhelming work so far.

    • BeanieBean says:

      Well, it’s an ‘exclusive’ from a ‘royal expert’ so…. Yeah.

  12. Ginger says:

    Kate looks like she crashed the coronation in that photo that the RF used

  13. Teagirl says:

    The article is full of could, should, expected, and likely … in other words not a word is true.

    • First comment says:

      The part about spending her birthday with her mother is the only thing that I could believe…

  14. Kt says:

    makes sense, Carole does have all those party decorations left over, can’t let them go to waste 😉

    • Eurydice says:

      Omg, hysterical! Coronation banners, Jubilee paper cups, black bunting from Elizabeth’s funeral…

  15. First comment says:

    What I find weird is the fact that nothing has been posted till now in their Instagram about her birthday (a photo, a video, anything just like previous years). Absolutely nothing..deafening silence…not to mention that there is nothing announced about her EY project (lol). Usually, January is the month for Kate’s projects and embigenning…

  16. Amy Bee says:

    Jennie Bond is a fantasist. Embarrassing.

  17. Eurydice says:

    What’s interesting to me about the birthday photo is that Kate is at the coronation, festooned in royal regalia. All the sashes, ribbons, medals, pendants…plus her own specially crafted tiara. And they’re wishing the Princess of Wales a Happy Birthday, not Kate. If William is thinking about a divorce, that’s not the message this photo is sending.

    • The Duchess says:

      It is interesting, but in the grand scheme of things I don’t think it matters at all to these vultures anymore. If they want to get rid of her, they will. The entire world still aligns the ‘Princess of Wales’ title to Diana and she’s been gone nearly 30 years.

      The ‘grandeur’ of titles went out the window the moment Cowmilla was made Queen, imo. Keen is in for a long fall if she isn’t careful and no title on earth will be her safety net.

      • Eurydice says:

        Sure, if she puts a foot wrong in the future, then they’ll get rid of her. But, right now, I think this choice of photo shows that they want to establish Kate in everyone’s mind as Princess of Wales – which is the actual reality, no matter how much the world loves Diana.

  18. Harper says:

    I wonder, is Bucklebury Manor nicer than Adelaide? Some of the previous photos of CarolE posing seemed to show the interiors in the background and it looked pretty grand to me…wood panelled, expensive furniture. I can see Kate being really angry that her parents live in a nicer, bigger place than her right now.

  19. Moondust says:

    Will she wear a tiara?

  20. aquarius64 says:

    No big party = no close friends coming? And no Garter robes for a birthday present. That photo from BP may be a signal Kate well not become a Royal Lady of the Garter anytime soon.

    • Debbie says:

      Odd that there’s not even a mention of her sister in this pretend scenario. It reinforces the narrative from some people that she and Kate are not as close as they were reputed to be.

      • VilleRose says:

        Pippa has a husband and 3 kids now and I think lives on some fancy big estate now? She isn’t running around London as a single woman going to different events like she did when she had that events based job and she isn’t free as she used to be to hang out with her sister. Maybe they did have a falling out but I think it’s because they both have young kids and Pippa is probably busier than her sister (we know she got a MA in PE in the last few years so who knows what else she could be doing!). We know Kate doesn’t do much.

  21. Marivic says:

    I still get disoriented with the title Princess of Wales. Until now I still associate this title with Princess Diana. That she’s the only Princess of Wales. So every time the title is attributed to Kate, for a second , I get confused and lost.

    • Smices says:

      That’s how I get when anyone references the Queen doing something. I’m like… “but she’s dead.”

  22. Lau says:

    That twitter photo is not that flattering once you see that wonky eyebrow of hers.

    • gah says:

      ITA. it’s a CHOICE because no one is looking at her, her facial expression is jacked and what is going on with her eyes??? even with the Chris Jackson photoshop special he can’t make her eyes right. I wonder what they look like in person!?

  23. Lulu says:

    The fail just about ghosted Kkkate yesterday unless you went to the royals tab. Quite striking, something is definitely up. Kkkate’s only been seen on the stupid Christmas walk in the last month. Did shouty and the racist have a big blow out? Is he been with a gf for the last month?

  24. QuiteContrary says:

    William isn’t even in the photo the RF used to wish Kate a happy birthday — there’s no way he’s going to be at Kate’s birthday party.

  25. SIde Eye says:

    So…no plantation style Walmart version of Scarlett O’Hara colonizer portrait reveal then? Or is that only for ringing in a new decade?

  26. JaneS says:

    We could all use a day of being spoiled.
    Kate has an easy life. I will ignore her.

  27. kelleybelle says:

    Gosh, that haggard face at only 42 … and that’s with a lot of botox and fillers already. Her neck looks like that of a 60 year-old when it’s untouched.

  28. Mary Pester says:

    Sooooo 42 going on 4 just about sums this vapid little woman up, she she is sat next to a snake in one picture, BUT she is not going to be happy with this birthday post from the Palace! I see camzillas hand in this, notice how the king is fully involved and laughing with Sophiesta, and keen is hanging around with her rictus grin that says look, look I’m here too and I have tinfoil on my head, aren’t I clever, can’t you just hear camzilla saying “no, now fk of” 😂

  29. Renae says:

    I’m sorry but that woman is soooo boring I can’t get thru the article.

  30. Saucy&Sassy says:

    Eurydice, I think they would love it if they could replace Princess Di with Khate as the Princess of Wales. I don’t see it happening simply because too many years have passed that she’s been called Kate Middleton. I don’t know if it’s possible for her to get beyond that. Twenty years of one name is a long time.

    I want to know who Jenny Bond writes for–is this Carole? The article starts with “we can reveal” and then goes on to a lot of qualifying statements that show they don’t know anything. What I found most interesting about the article is that they kept naming William and Carole. Huh, isn’t that interesting.

    • Eurydice says:

      They certainly have been trying, haven’t they? Too bad Kate is the immovable object – nothing seems to move her to work.

      And this does seem to have the Middleton fingerprints all over it. Like – let’s not forget that Carole is a second mother to William. (more replacing of Diana?)

  31. Masquarra says:

    Has Kitty locked herself in her “childhood home” toilet once more? Because Willy clearly is mentally gone and gallivanting in other _______ 😂🫢

  32. Cersi says:

    Does this woman have no friends? She is the Princess of the UK and her parents are throwing her a party. No mention of her other relatives showing up, or her friends; just William the kids and her parents where William and the grandparents will spoil the children? It’s her birthday, but they are spoiling the children and making a home made cake and homemade gifts. Something about this just seems a bit odd. I mean, if she likes it that way, good for her. I guess this is their way of making her more relatable to the masses. This is her first year as a Princess and she isn’t taking the opportunity to show off one of her fan’s favorite items, a tiara, a gown she copied from Meghan, and a fancy party with dignitaries from around the world.

  33. VilleRose says:

    Anyone else find it odd the Prince and Princess of Wales social media didn’t wish Kate a happy birthday? The official BRF one did but I feel like this is the first time in a long time Kate’s own social media hasn’t wished her a happy birthday. William tweeted about the death of a Welsh rugby player but total crickets about his wife’s birthday (yes I know he’s a patron of the Welsh Rugby Union). I guess you could argue they had Charles wish Kate a happy birthday so William could make a statement about the player’s passing and not wish Kate happy birthday on the same day out of respect to the player’s family. But given how we think William and Kate’s marriage hit a rut some years ago and there was that weird blind item about a royal couple divorcing… are we going to get a separation/divorce announcement this month???

  34. Kristin says:

    I absolutely LOATHE this woman, but I will say this: unless that top picture is photoshopped to hell and back, she genuinely looks lovely there. I love the deep purple color on her.

    • Nic919 says:

      Look at the bottom photo and you will see that yes there was some photoshopping because she’s wearing the same outfit and she doesn’t look the same.

    • spankfd says:

      Totally agree with you, Kristin. 1960TLM nailed K’ s many, many issues, primarily around deep seated entitlement and poor life choice. However, khate wore that purple color like she was doing it a favor. Gorgeous color. Would have looked even better if she had a bit of melanin (or grit) in her skin …

  35. Izzy says:

    Sounds about right for an infantile brat.

  36. Nic919 says:

    KP didn’t post anything about her birthday. Has that ever happened?