After the Prince and Princess of Wales’s busywork theatrics in the past two weeks, I expected them to take a multiweek vacation to recover. I guess that isn’t happening yet – surely, the kids’ school has a half-term break coming up? So, dreadfully, William and Kate are back at work yet again, the poor exhausted sausages. They stepped out today – in what was an unannounced appearance – in Southport. Southport was devastated in July 2024 when a man with a knife violently attacked adults and children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. King Charles was sent to Southport to meet with the victims’ families pretty quickly, but William and Kate waited months to visit. Well, today was their second visit.
They visited the Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School. They pulled kids out of class to greet Kate and William (only Kate crouched down to the kids’ level). They also met with a victim’s family and her teachers and friends. Kate told the kids: “I’m very impressed with all of you and all the hard work you’re doing. What a fantastic thing to learn to raise money to help other people. Keep up your hard work.”
This kind of visit isn’t about clothes, and I don’t have the IDs on Kate’s ensemble. She wore grey trousers (with cuffs??), a grey overcoat and a pink pussybow blouse. I kind of think the pussybow ruins the look – a regular pink blouse would have been fine here. Even Kate’s hairpiece seemed subdued out of respect for the Southport community.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales during a visit to Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School in Birkdale, Southport, where Elsie Dot Stancombe was a pupil, to speak to teachers about how the school was impacted by the Southport attack in 2024, and the support the infant and associated junior school has given to pupils, staff and the local community. Featuring: Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Southport, United Kingdom When: 23 Sep 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School in Birkdale, Southport, where Elsie Dot Stancombe was a pupil, to speak to teachers about how the school was impacted by the Southport attack in 2024, and the support the infant and associated junior school has given to pupils, staff and the local community. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Southport, United Kingdom When: 23 Sep 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School in Birkdale, Southport, where Elsie Dot Stancombe was a pupil, to speak to teachers about how the school was impacted by the Southport attack in 2024, and the support the infant and associated junior school has given to pupils, staff and the local community. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Southport, United Kingdom When: 23 Sep 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School in Birkdale, Southport, where Elsie Dot Stancombe was a pupil, to speak to teachers about how the school was impacted by the Southport attack in 2024, and the support the infant and associated junior school has given to pupils, staff and the local community. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Southport, United Kingdom When: 23 Sep 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School in Birkdale, Southport, where Elsie Dot Stancombe was a pupil, to speak to teachers about how the school was impacted by the Southport attack in 2024, and the support the infant and associated junior school has given to pupils, staff and the local community. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Southport, United Kingdom When: 23 Sep 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
That awful wig again and her making faces at the children. What about the school run.
I recently bought a wig off of Amazon that looked better than that (Halloween deals, Kate … just saying).
Also 1983 called, they want their pussybows back.
13 years in and she still can’t dress herself. Gods gurl, stop with the DIY, and just put cash on the barrel head for a new stylist.
Kate is slipping into Ingrid Sewerd’s territory. This wig is THAT BAD.
Wonder if that hair mop slipped while she cocked her head & gurned at that innocent child – it is next level ugly.
I think the extensions and pussy bows are to hide how thin she is. She has always been thin, but never this thin. It makes me wonder if she has ovarian cancer, it causes extreme weight loss.
“What a fantastic thing to learn to raise money to help other people. Keep up your hard work.”
Shame one of the kids didn’t say back to that grimacing, tilted head: “It is indeed. You should try it sometime!”
What would be even better is getting the royals off the public dole so that the people can reclaim funds that rightfully belong to them. The fact that the royals hoard their undeserved money and act as greedy, deplorable landlords is a big part of why those with average or below incomes have to raise money for others.
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“You mean what Harry and Meghan are doing, *right now*?”
Its funny to me how KKHate is the princess while Peggy is just William, don’t you just love it? LOL
Well a lot of articles are saying Prince William and Queen Camilla but only Kate Middleton. This must be her childishly lashing out. She can get over it though. William will always be a Prince by blood, she is only by marriage and more dispensable than ever.
Why does she make those faces????? It makes me wonder if she’s drunk
KP are heeding the warnings from Fail columnists that PoWs should get back to basics with serious community engagement visits. The sparse workload dominated by Sports finals and glitz has attracted much deserved criticism. Half term doesn’t begin until 17 October so they have weeks to fill in with renewed dedication to royal duty.
If they would take maybe 3 days in the week where they do 2 bread and butter engagements a day, and then the other 2 days to focus on the “passion” projects, their engagement numbers would soar. But that is what somebody would do who is actually used to working 5 days a week.
All these visits look the same. I actually thought I was looking at old photos for minute!
There’s a certain irony in Kate telling the kids “keep up your hard work”.
I am mortified at the following statement right before the ironic hard work lack of self reflection.
“What a fantastic thing to learn to raise money to help other people. Keep up your hard work.”
As if having a classmate brutally murdered is good way to learn to raise money.
Keeping her with kids minimizes issues as no unforeseen hiccups like rain. Slightly older kids don’t work because she seems to annoy them.. this is good.
Yes little children know how to fundraiser money to help others Peg and it’s a shame you have not learned that lesson. Photo ops are not fundraising that is just PR for your lazy selves.
She even told them to keep up their hard work!!! I guess, someone’s got to do it since they don’t.
That bow is sooooo horrible , it holds your focus it’s so bad🫣… I do wonder if Chuck finally lit a fire under these two or if they will disappear again at the end of the month. Very strange to still see them going out when Prince Harry has returned home to California.
Yeah, the grey is fine and nice but the pink bow is a no. Hope those at the visit enjoyed their presence and encouragements of keeping up the hard work.
Harry and Meghan was at a charity event over the weekend. The Wails have to keep up.
Pepto-Bismal pink is definitely not her colour and why is she wearing 6-inch heels on a visit with little kids? Clueless as usual! Also, in a photo on the DM, you can clearly see the blond wig literal stuck onto the back of her head LOL! Amateur hour…
I think the color pink of the blouse is part of the problem. When I wear pink and gray together, I wear either a barely there shell pink or a full on fuchsia pink.
The color of Keen’s blouse is a weird coral pink and looks cheap for what I’m sure is a very expensive garment.
Seeing online that blouse is Burberry. So yep, not cheap…I don’t mind a pussy bow, not my style but whatever, you do you. But she has no personality to carry it off with any style, of course.
Commending children for raising the money you yourself should be raising is insane. When will people realise the Windsor’s are one giant con?
Agree that the bow is horrible in theory, but at least it gives the outfit some visual interest. Kate does what my then-4 year old son accused me of: “Mom, why do you always dress me matchy-matchy?”
I’m curious if they have any pre-planned events in the CC or is everything they do a “surprise.”
Meant this for eurydice! The bow is very visual Daisychain, lol, for better or worse.
It’s kind of hilarious how their visits are always a “surprise.” There’s something so unironically ’80s in her look. And I don’t know about those heels with those cuffed trousers – maybe if the legs were much narrower or wider?
Kaiser, her kids school holidays are in about 4 weeks or so and it will be for between 2-3 weeks . Some of the schools are getting 2 and some 3 but I suspect hers will get 2. So vacation is around the corner.
Yup they get two weeks at the end of October.
17 October until 3 November 2025 so another luxury holiday somewhere hot and paid for by someone else!
The long, pink pussy bow is locked in battle with the long, doll-like hair for attention. Someone, please stage an intervention.
I hate the bow but I hate bows like that in general. Otherwise this is a fine look for Kate and the kind of classic basics she should lean into more often.
do we think that’s a different wig, or her hair and extensions/wiglet and the wig has the day off? I can’t always tell but it certainly is a different color than two weeks ago lol.
Agreed on the clothes. If it weren’t for the strangle bow I’d really like it. I think the shoes would be dodgy for meeting children, she’s already going to tower over them, but the pants are hemmed for that height.
I think it’s a topper wig, but I have no specialist knowledge. Just seems to be a line on her hair at the bottom.
On the fourth picture down from the top Can’t is doing that maniacal smile thing and the little girl second on the left looks so very uncomfortable poor girl.
You’re right. She always seems so awkward around children.
And kids are either frightened by her or give her galactic levels of side eye.
Makes you wonder what she’s really like around her own kids, when the cameras are gone. Ditto Bully Idle, I imagine he’s either an absentee parent like his father, or an in your face tyrant. School runs, as if.
I think the vacation has to wait a little bit longer. I believe Kate will turn up on Saturday to the women rugby world cup final. The English women rugby team got into the final with the Canadian team. I am wondering if she will bring one of the children with her. It would be such a great opportunity for the whole Wales family to come out to support the English women rugby team.
She’ll bring Charlotte because the boys can’t go to women’s sporting events.
That’s so true.
”Keep up your hard work”? To a group of 7 year olds? *Is* Kate having some cognitive issues?
She’s always had those issues. It was a selling point to the monarchy at one time. No charisma, can’t upstage. Unburdened by intelligence, can’t expect the grey men to do anything approaching a full rich work week.
This is what the press really means when they crow that Kate is nothing like Meghan. It’s because Kate is a cytokine storm of stupidity and arrogance. The rota are still mad nearly 10yrs on because the princess they lauded turned out to be a human potato, while the one they drove off in a fit of unparalleled racism, was the real deal.
Why are almost all of the events “surprises?” Are they that unreliable? Looking at the photos, I’m wondering if the children are cold? Kate is wearing what looks like wool coat and the children are wearing light school uniform sweaters. Mind you, if you are as thin as Kate, you might feel the cold more than other people. I think the bowed blouse fills in the neckline of the coat nicely, although it seems to be the wrong shade of pink or coral. I think a short jacket and flat shoes would be a better choice for a school visit. I wonder if there are any picture of William interacting with the children, or was he acting as Kate’s minder?
I think its that they are that unreliable and that a lot of these events are thrown together at the last minute. so they call them “surprise” events because then its easier to pretend they weren’t just thrown together to deflect from criticism or Harry etc.
Unlike all the other senior royals, their calendars are empty. If you searched the court circular for Anne, you would see events booked into the future.
That is not the case with these two.
And if it was for security reasons it doesn’t explain why charles also has events booked into the future.
They just do everything last minute and as a reaction to something else.
Ha ha ha ha,.. Prince Harry made a substantial donation to Children in Need, to tackle, in part, knife crime and the effects on young people, so wouldn’t you know it? The brain trusts at KP decided to send these two vacuous middle-aged performative idiots to visit an area which was the scene of a horrific knife crime and spout platitudes. That way, the papers in the future can link them to his work and speeches and the Children in Need events regarding knife crime. Obvious cloutchasing is obvious.
Did they even try to tie this in with Aaarly years bs? Keenie always misses an easy opportunity. They could have spotlighted the need for therapy for kids who experience trauma and loss, had the actual therapists/ mental health professionals there to speak.
Ugh.
but if their events are last minute, it might be difficult to get others to join. their schedule, or lack thereof, is unbelievable. will it be last minute when he’s king?
Stop giving them idiots your good ideas.🤣🤣
The outfit is fine minus the pussy bow. Like buttons, she loves frilly pussy bows. Why? It makes her look like a 1980s secretary. I also don’t think those dark colors work withe light pink.
Also this community suffered an unimaginable tragedy a year ago and they haven’t been back since last October? I know Kate was dealing with chemo in 2024 but William could have come on his own way earlier. They couldn’t have shown up this summer for the one year anniversary of the attacks? But no, their summer vacation is so sacred apart from Kate popping out for Wimbledon. I mean for all we know they’ve kept in touch with the families who lost their kids in the knife attack privately but somehow I doubt it.
William promised to return to Grenfell and never did.
She really must be cold all the time if she wore that coat indoors.
(I was anorexic as a teenager; I remember wearing layers and layers of clothes in a fruitless effort to stay warm.)
Kate needs help, stat.
It’s great that they are taking an example from Harry and Meghan. “Show presence and do good.” The second part of the statement needs a bit more content and practice. Otherwise, the country could do with anyone who really wants to do good. Not for the sake of a damn ideology, but for the sake of the people themselves.
I wonder what prompted the arrangement of this visit? I have an idea.