Just know that this story reminded me of an old gossip conspiracy, and I just spent too much time looking up the old story – in 2007, Katie Holmes allegedly “ran the New York marathon” the year after she gave birth to Suri Cruise. Many people did not believe her and there was A LOT of gossip (spurred by Gawker) that it was all a stunt. Well, nineteen years later, it looks like the Princess of Wales quietly trained for months and was able to pull off a huge physical feat. Kate completed the Three Peaks Challenge, where people climb the three highest mountains in the UK all within 24 hours. The three highest mountains: Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scarfell Pike in England and Snowdon in Wales. On Saturday, Kate apparently completed the challenge in Wales, where she was met by her husband, children, parents and brother (Pippa skipped).
The Princess of Wales has completed the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge in a bid to spread her deeply personal message about life during and after cancer. Catherine, 44, started the endurance event on Saturday night and finished it 24 hours later cheered on by her family including her husband and three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and little Prince Louis, as well as her parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, and brother James.
A new picture shows her beaming with delight at the summit of Ben Nevis, the highest peak in Scotland, dressed in walking gear with her famous sapphire and diamond engagement ring on display.
She did the challenge solo and was supported on the route by Mountain Rescue, with her family meeting her at the last stop at the base of Snowdon in Wales.
The Three Peaks Challenge sees participants attempt to climb the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours: Ben Nevis, the highest peak in Scotland and the UK, standing at 1,345 meters; Scarfell Pike, the highest peak in England, standing at 978 meters and Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), the highest peak in Wales, standing at 1,085 meters. It has a total walking distance: 23 miles (37 kilometres), an ascent of 3,064 meters (10,052 feet) of vertical climbing and a driving distance between the peaks of approximately 462 miles. The princess was driven between the peaks – Scotland, then England and finally Wales – by her team. It is not believed that any other member of the Royal Family has completed the Three Peaks Challenge, also making the Princess’ triumph a royal first.
In a personally-penned message, the Princess said: ‘Every year, hundreds of thousands of people in this country hear the words no one wants to hear. What follows is a path that tests every part of who we are: physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. The challenges ripple outwards, touching families, friendships, work and the quiet moments we spend alone with our thoughts.
‘Cancer doesn’t just affect the body. It changes how you think and feel and profoundly affects every aspect of life. I know this personally, and that the journey through and beyond treatment requires more than medicine alone. have taken on the National Three Peaks Challenge, not simply as a physical endeavour but as a chance to explore life beyond diagnosis and to give something back. The Royal Marsden is a place that holds great meaning for me and whose care and expertise are life changing for so many people.’
‘Through this challenge, I want to raise awareness for the deeper impact of serious illness and the importance of holistic healthcare. Every individual is different, and ensuring there is a whole person approach to care enables those living through cancer to manage the deeply personal challenge of diagnosis. Holistic therapies complement clinical pathways and support patients’ ability to maintain their wellbeing, resilience and quality of life during an exceptionally difficult time.
‘We have an opportunity to reshape what the future of holistic cancer care looks like, enabling more people, nationwide, to access the kind of personalised support that can help make a meaningful difference during and after medical treatment.
‘This challenge will support the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, helping to transform access to, and understanding of, holistic care that will enhance recovery and healing for patients across the UK. Healing, whether personal or collective, is not just about fixing what is wrong. It is about finding balance in how we live. Between effort and acceptance, between control and trust, between thinking and simply being. Because in the end, bravery isn’t just about pushing forward. It is about knowing how to stay grounded, connected and present, no matter the terrain, or landscape you are walking through.’
‘Together, we can stand alongside everyone navigating life with cancer, ensuring no one faces this disease feeling unseen or unsupported. Please know you are not alone. C’
The princess also wants to use her challenge to raise funds for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, which is launching a specially designed fundraising page for people across the nation to donate. The funds raised for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity will support more people with cancer to benefit from holistic care.
One could argue that this might explain why Kate has done so few work events in the past month – she was likely training for this, I guess? But conspiracies abound, especially as other Three Peaks climbers shot videos where it looked like Kate getting tons of help from her bodyguards and at least one videographer. My personal opinion? I actually believe that Kate is physically very strong, and she’s a very capable hiker who enjoys this sort of thing. The problem for Kate is that her royal brand is that she is too delicate and fragile to work two days a week. She can’t have it both ways – either she’s physically strong enough to hike three mountains, or she needs to be coddled indefinitely because of her health recovery. Pick one, because it can’t be both.
The National Three Peaks Challenge. ⁰⁰Together, we can stand alongside everyone navigating life with cancer, ensuring no one faces this disease feeling unseen or unsupported.⁰ ⁰Please know you are not alone.
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) June 28, 2026
Photos courtesy of Kensington Palace.
Keen can do this but work wears her out. She should not get taxpayer money if she doesn’t work. So fake.
“The National Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing the three highest peaks of Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours. The total walking distance is 23 miles (37km) and the total ascent is 3064 metres (10,052ft)…The total driving distance is 462 miles.” Estimated time for completion is 13-16 hrs, exclusive of the 11-hours driving time between the peaks. Is she helicoptering between peaks, ie cheating? (Without consideration of the ‘cheating’ indications in Nanea’s comment #10 below).
Anyhow, the fact that this story is showing up now is a strong indicator that the Wailses certainly believe the story that the Sussexes and the children are heading to the UK. For a #s based lowdown of Kancerous Kitty’s Fakery, see Feminegra https://feminegra.com/kate-middletons-charity-hike-raises-awareness-but-her-low-engagement-count-raises-questions/
@kirk – Great article, thanks for the link
@kirk – That’s such a good article. The author is SPOT-ON: “If Kate is well enough to take part in a physically demanding charity challenge, then the Palace cannot keep using recovery as a blanket explanation for why she can only do limited public duties.” Bravo!
I’ve seen a slew of articles on Kate and thr kids today — the hike, Wimbledon, George visiting a military jet. It seems the Wales are scared spitless of the Sussexes’ visit overshadowing them.
Will and Kate are such shallow, empty, petty, mean people
@kirk, thanks for sharing. The last 2 paragraphs, especially, are SPOT ON!
If the Sussex’s had not planned to be there this month she wouldn’t have been climbing any mountain but on a holiday somewhere hosted by some name that more than likely appears in the Epstein files.. funny how she can never work a full week but has all the energy in the world when it comes to the Sussex’s showing up and for holidays. I highly doubt she actually did the full hike this seems like a “look at me” stunt.
Someone wrote the message for keen. Imo
It sounds like AI helped.
You could make a drinking game out or how many times she says holistic.
We remember KKhate laughing off the idea of holistic medicine to Meghan. I do at least, regarding Bulliam story in SPARE. IF she actually feels that way about holistic medicine (knowing *maybe* Bulliam didn’t), she would have responded differently to the story Harry told in SPARE. She didn’t. Kate is not someone who knows how to/or is willing to defend other women.
So I’m not trying to discount how difficult an challenge like this would be to complete, but if you can do this why have you done sub 40 engagements this year? At this point you’re like a deadbeat parent that shows up with presents on birthdays and Christmas and is gone the rest of the year. Harry went to the South pole, and food banks, and on International tours.
They can do both. If they want to do engagements that have high impact they can do regular nine to five work, and major events like this. So I just am not feeling like this deserves congratulations, for someone whose husband was just acknowledged as being a billionaire last week. Give some of that money to charity.
And at this point it’s impossible to miss, but typical British journalism malpractice to not acknowledge that you only do stuff like this when someone’s sibling and their wife are going to be in town or doing something major themselves very soon. And now I suppose people are supposed to give you a standing ovation in 2 weeks at Wimbledon, and just ignore that from March to July of this year you have frequently disappeared for weeks at a time.
Or why not do the hiking as part of a charity endeavor? Put together a fundraiser and let people root for you. Rather, she brought a videographer so we will get some Patagonia commercial videos out of this. For absolutely no one’s benefit.
It seems weird to be fundraising after the hike but perhaps there were security issues so it wasn’t announced in advance.
I didn’t even clock the “charitable” part of this story until I read your comments! I thought it was just more of a personal quest. Maybe people will donate on this special page that’s been set up…after not being engaged at all and after the challenge is finished. But it might have had more impact if people had known about it and been able to follow her progress. Or if the royal foundation had made a push to match donations?
Or maybe if Kate’s husband didn’t flood the zone with crazy stories about Harry and ravec all weekend, it would be more successful.
This. I’m confused. How will her hike help raise funds for charity after the fact? Is there a clear plan for that? Bc right now, it just looks like a cool thing she did for herself. And yes it can also just help raise awareness of how strong someone can be after fighting cancer. Sure. But how is it now going to raise funds?
There will certainly be a standing ovation in Wimbledon after this. There was one last year and the year before that without having done anything at all about cancer. At least now, she took part in a fund-raising (sort of, anyway), although I have my doubts about whether she could pull it off by herself with her fragile frame.
The Kent family members so well remembered. Marina. Her daughter in law Catherine and the duke of Kent. They did not have to parade around with look at me walks. Like keen does They were great. Billie Jean king remembers how gracious marina duchess,of Kent was to her.
From the excerpt I don’t get how the cancer fund got money from this stunt other then being named by Keen in her keen message. Did she donate? Is she gonna keep releasing footage from the hike to encourage people to donate? Mentioning the fund in the SM post is in itself more than what the KP staff usually do
Agreed. She can do this but cant work more than once or twice a week because of “good days and bad days?”
Spare me. She wanted to do this bc she likes hiking and she likes praise and attention.
At this point, it has to be clear. She does not do many work events as a choice and not due to any physical strain from the work itself.
Don’t you know. She has good days and bad days. On a good day she can climb three mountains.
@Monlette 😂
LMAO!!!
Hahahha 🤣😂
But the school run! And her tiny little children still need her to wait at home while they’re in school all day. You monsters!
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The number of excuses they make up for this privileged middle-aged woman with every resource in the world is mind-boggling. She’s just a spoiled, lazy manipulator like the rest of them.
Of course you’re confused by the charity aspect of Kitty’s Kancer Klimb. “How will her hike help raise funds for charity after the fact?” Let’s go through the steps here.
1. Take video of Kitty telling people that she wants to “give back” and “in particular, to support the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.” Publicize the Kitty video.
2. Recognize that the Royal Marsden Hospital is part of the NHS. Also recognize that the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity is a separate charity that exists solely to raise money to support the NHS Trust.
3. Recognize that the “NHS Trust is an organizational unit within the National Health Service in England and Wales that provides healthcare services to the local population. Trusts manage hospitals, mental health facilities, community services, or ambulance fleets, and receive funding directly from the government to deliver free care” (Wikipedia).
4. Realize (implicitly) that Kitty’s Kancer Klimb video message is to ‘donate money to the NHS.’
5. Take more videos and pictures of people’s backs and sides doing the “Three Peaks Challenge.” Publicize said videos and pictures as images of the famous Kitty (who is amazingly unrecognized by other climbers).
6. Realize that Kitty’s billionaire husband controls the Duchy of Cornwall. Also realize that the “NHS pays rent to the Duchy for land and properties used for healthcare purposes” (Feminegra).
7. Belatedly recognize the circular nature of the charity message to make NHS donations, a substantial portion of which will wind up in Willy’s Duchy pockets.
8. Belatedly realize you’ve been encouraged to donate money to Willy, on the basis of a government-funded PR campaign to improve Kitty’s public image.
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What are these people doing?? You’ve been building up the fragile Kate message for years now and then you brag about your athleticism? Maybe don’t brag about it on SM? And Peg was only present because they added him to the picture in photoshop.
Kate fcked up big time. She or her team are just trying to be in the news because of the Sussexes media train rolling. This is a dont forget meeeee stunt but they forgot that kate is supposed to be fragile and someday yes someday no, depends on the doctor, depends on if williams will let her or not, depends on if she wants salt or pepper that day. This is going to come back biting her in the azz because this makes noooo sense for the persona they are trying to present and preserve so she can lazy around. But bravo to her if she did it, bravo for raising FUNDS and not just wind of conversations in the wake of the Sussexes coming. She didn’t need to train for this, she trains like mad everyday anyway and absolutely loves loves loves the cold plunge everyday to be and stay this cold.
Same. I was like….I thought she was too weak to do anything?
How long is she going to use her cancer scare for headlines, excuses snd talking points. Exhausting. Me and thousands of women, including celebrities, have had cancer and no one milks it like this.
Peg should have been on the hike with her, that’s what loving husbands do. I know husbands who shaved their own hair and wore wigs during their wives’ cancer treatment. Barring that, it would be great if she had a friend or three to do the challenge with her, but oh well, instead her photographer and security team got drafted.
The aloneness is what I find so weird. She’s the Princess of Wales! Why is she so alone?! Not one friend to go along with her?! Nobody from her family, the famous Middleton crew who did everything together?! Just bodyguards & photographers, so weird. Also, that short bit of film another hiker shot? My goodness, that’s a busy trail! Is it always like that?
To contain the fallout if their falsehoods get revealed and limit the damage to spin it as being ‘her fault’ at the outset, maybe not indefinitely based on KP’s previous weirdness.
I actually believe the alone part. It’s pretty clear William is not there and Pippa has dumped her too. We know it’s a toxic marriage and she has been isolated but I suppose she thinks with help from Carole that they can escape the usual consequences of toxic relationships. She’s visibly shrunk and only looks worse. At some point things will catch up if they haven’t already.
It’s a miracle.
LOL! Too bad she’ll be claiming a relapse to her sickly state in 3-2-1 as soon as Harry and Meghan leave the UK. The grift is real and she needs to be called out!
Oh, she definitely needs to recover! A yachting trip should work out quite nicely.
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“It’s a miracle.”
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Lol 😂
It’s a 4th of July Independence Day MIRACLE! 😝
She was showing off big blue ring also. She’s so phony.
ABSOLUTE MUST
How would people recognize her without it? She is big blue
It’s a very necessary accessory since her face changes drastically from image to image
When I do outdoor activities I certainly wear my ring with the largest stone in it………NOT! That’s where she messed up. That is the first thing I noticed in this picture that set off my bullshit meter. Diana never wore her engagement ring when she did workouts and Kate does actually leave that ring at home on occasions. I can’t believe that Kate wore that ring under the gloves she would have had to wear.
At least hopefully something good will come out of this in that she MAY raise funds for cancer awareness or treatments. Since she hasn’t stated what type of cancer she “has”, I’m not sure how effective it will be. The other good thing is that she can no longer claim she is too weak to cut ribbons.
Kate has been on a whirlwind publicity campaign of work since she found out that Meghan may be coming to the UK. It’s interesting how active she gets at the thought of Meghan stealing her thunder.
I have a problem with believing that story. Every pictures I have seen so far show only low res images with a background so fade out that it’s impossible to confirm the location with certitude. I find it also hard to believe that the family who was waiting for her at the end are not photographed. Low res and fade out are typical of doctored images.
The weird part to me is why not have a photo of her family waiting for her at the end as they claim. Maybe one will be revealed later but it’s…strange. That would be a cute photo? Why are just getting her face at the end. Not a very dynamic image for a dynamic event.
Absolutely – that would have been much more interesting! A photo of them holding a sign for her or surprising her after her climb. Maybe they’ll put out a video showing the behind the scenes of her training and talking about why she wants to do it. Not just a sort of bland press release. That kind of vulnerability would be unheard of for the royals, though.
As a non-British person, I have never heard of the Three Peaks challenge, but it seems like it’s quite well known and used for fundraising efforts. I don’t think it’s a bad thing that Kate is attempting to raise awareness and funds for cancer research in this way, it just seems like it could be more impactful.
That’s what I thought. Husband always by her side but never seen around. This was a 3 climb challenge, who will frankenphotoshop the arrival with the family waiting and did the participants have a tracker like legit races so we can track the performance?
Who wears their honking huge engagement ring hiking for 24 hours?
I would think they brought it with them specifically for the photo and she put it on for the pose but she was seen scuba diving with it on.
Definitely not the original…..just look at the way she displayed it as if to show proof that it is actually her.
I’m not sure Kate was ever allowed the ‘really real’ original, (Diana might have also had a dupe…?) but I agree this is definitely a dupe situation, especially if ‘Omid Kate’ was made to wear it.
Big Blue front and center. I don’t know any serious hiker who wears jewelry (or seemingly makeup) like this while undertaking a major trek. Your fingers swell, among other things.
My thoughts as well. Additionally, jewelry, especially rings are a hazard.
The general consensus among the Squaddies — not her.
At least not all the way.
We all know the Wisteria Sisters have asses as flat as pancakes. One of these “Kate from behind” videos has someone who’s at least 2 sizes bigger than Kate. One pic showing her profile looks… not like her.
This thread has a few interesting finds
https://x.com/Rimmesfk/status/2071506990128349231?s=20
… and for the video of Kate with the muscular buttocks
https://x.com/ShakeLS/status/2071511022574174606?s=20
Seems they pulled a “Kate at Windsor Farmer’s Market” stunt again.
There’s no way she’s the one in the second link…no way…There’s a video of her speaking to another group and her legs are super skinny…
That profile pic is not her. How do they get away with this constant lying? Surely someone wants to spill the truth.
That looks like her flat butt walking up. Is the second shot even real though? Looks like another person.
Love the big teeth and thicker lips on the first link profile pic.
Hand on heart, if you told me the profile pic with the cap on was Omid Scobie I might have believed it.
The person supposed to be “Kate” has a different profile and larger teeth.
Kate is much skinnier than the person in the second video. Sorry but that side profile pic doesn’t look like her. Kate is EXTREMELY skinny. The side profile pic doesn’t look like her either.
https://x.com/ZandiSussex/status/2071570381140562041?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
We’ve also returned to true brunette in that pic rather than all the blonde Kate’s hair has had recently 🤔
We’ve seen her waist recently, in various dresses, she photographs slimmer than her daughter. And, again, why these incessant ’Oh! There’s her back!’ ‘Oh! She just turned her face away!’ pictures? Back in the day the rota was there every step of the way for something like this -you SAW THEM because royal activities are meant to be placed as part of the continuum of an historical record.
Who can take this sort of thing at face value when all the international news agencies said outright that KP was untrustworthy in their media?
She is also wearing braids under her hood in one photo and in another her hair is down and very thick and color and wave are different.
Eh, the clothing change is no big deal. It’s a 24hr event with lots of driving, so different outfits for each peak would be my guess. Each is different, so each may require different clothing. The different backpack is weird, though, but maybe she had multiples? She is a princess, so packed & ready to go would be some good planning & prep.
What a freaking joke! Sure, it’s an admirable feat but then you can barely do work events because you’re such a delicate English rose? F her.
I don’t understand what’s so admirable. She lives such a cosseted life, wanting for nothing materially and has all the time in the world to train for and eventually climb three big rocks. Admirable would be refuting the lie that your SIL made you cry. Admirable would be publicly apologising for failing to do just that.
And explain why she put out eleventy different versions of ‘she made me cry’ when she knew it wasn’t so.
Wow, Kate, that’s nice of you. Big blue is living his best life, hiking around Scotland. That’s what I do with my jewellery as well…
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Big Blue 2.0 that Kate gets to take on hikes in the mountains, sailboat trips and ziplines in Borneo.
Big Blue’s been scuba diving, too!
As always this is misleading
She was DRIVEN by her Kensington team between the three peaks AND was assisted by mountain rescue. With that assistance Anyone will complete this in 24 hours.
There’s a video out now of her speaking to a wonderful boy who is in a wheelchair (Invictus) who was carried over the three peaks by his family. They did it in 30 hours.
Not diminishing but look at the timing. Who’s getting All the attention in Britain right now. She was sending out thank you letters for her “treatment” and visiting the 🏥 in 2025. She just did a charity dinner with Charles for cancer but NOW this comes out in 24 hours.🤔
She’s doing this, having an engagement with George, William is sending a video out on the queen 👑 the real one. Will they do something everyday until July 6
George will probably be brought out more since his parents are lazy
They’re saying driven. She was likely helicoptered in.
The total driving distance between the peaks is about 400 miles. Were you expecting her to walk that in 24 hours?
Now THAT would be a challenge.
This is how it’s usually done though, you are driven between the mountains.
How’s this going to square with the “if her health allows” messaging from KP?
Well, she’s now so physically exhausted that she will have to cut back her “work” schedule. After Wimbledon though because she desperately wants another standing ovation.
Sorry, Kitty, nobody cares about this feat. She doesn’t have the ability to hold anybody’s attention no matter what kind of stunts she pulls.
From what I saw, people were eating it up.
Will the photo of all of them greeting her at the end come out when the Sussexes start their events? I wonder…🤔. Otherwise they certainly miss an opportunity here…
Right? Maybe it will come out at a later point. Bc yeah that’s a missed opportunity but releasing it during the sussex visit might be a possibility. I have a bet they’re technically gonna be doing circus tricks during that whole visit.
Maybe it’ll be this year’s Christmas card. And next year’s set of birthday photos. And Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
exactly lol
I believe it is her – she loves anything outdoorsy and exercise-related, and the conspiracy theories are reaching a bit. She is very fit, and loves to play tennis and spend time at the London sports club that she and William are members at. I think this is what she spends most of her time doing, in-between the infamous school run… she works out. The issue I have is 1) why not just donate the money, they are millionaires, why did she need to ‘raise’ money for this? 2) This article is right in pointing out that Kate is a delicate little sapling when it comes to scheduled engagements, but a strong, fit and healthy woman when it comes to skiing holidays, tennis, sports club visits, and mountain climbing.
She got a lot of help with this being driven to each mountain. She made this about her,posing for fashion photos.
tbf that’s how it’s usually done. Noone walks to get to each mountain. You are dropped off each time.
Driven between them is normal in these types of challenges. Though she wasn’t driven, I guarantee. Much easier being helicoptered in.
Re the driven between each mountain. The peaks are in 3 different countries, Ben Nevis in NW Scotland, Scafell Pike in NW England & Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon in NW Wales. How do you expect anyone to scale these in 24 hours without the aid of transport?
I fail to understand the fundraising aspect of this stunt. Usually when someone wants to fundraise they hike, bike, run, and have people watching and cheering either at the road or livestream so people can follow them, and donate for every mile achieved.
Posting a picture of big blue (Kate attached) on the peak of a mountain? After she finished? No official videos of her actually climbing? No photo of the loving family celebrating her?
The side effect of turning the frail cancer survivor who has to decide day by day if she is strong enough to sit in a coach and wave (Ascot) or look keen and interested at a 30 minute event every 2 weeks, into a sporty young woman climbing 3 peaks in 24 hours, resting only in the car driving her? Wonder how KP will spin this in the coming months. We will see her preening at Wimbledon (still wish Meghan would go, too!) and after that there is the sacred summer vacation until September. They need time with George after all, which cannot be interrupted. Months for her PR team to invent a relapse after this show of strength.
I didn’t have the stomach to read the word salad she posted.
I don’t think that anyone is saying this isn’t her because she’s physically incapable of physical activity. They are saying that it doesn’t appear to be her because the physique of at least the one photo on the right is a lot bigger than Kate is and the clothes are completely different for climbs that happened in 24 hours. No one is questioning her physicality because most of us have argued that the excuses for why she doesn’t work because of her being in remission for going on two years is a lie when there are photos of her doing very strenuous things like hiking, skiing and playing tennis. As most have mentioned, they have spent nearly two years telling us that the reason Kate’s engagement numbers are so low is because of her not being physically capable of it, then out of nowhere a photo shows her doing very strenuous things that would be too much for the healthiest person. So what excuse will they have now that we now have verifiable evidence that she’s more than capable of doing strenuous and physical activities?
This is what the royals consider work— drawing attention to various causes to increase donations (and promote themselves). That describes most of their public appearances.
Invictus anyone!!!!!
Lets remember she is someone who works out 2 hrs a day with a personal trainer and has done for years – she’s very fit and has a v toned physique so doing this with support and the right training wouldn’t be a big issue for her. Also we should remember this is the women who in Butan hiked to the top of a mountain and stopped half way up to get a glow up.
Also I would have had more respect for her if she had done it publicly instead of the usual stealth approach – we she does events months/weeks ago and then when she needs a PR boost out comes the evidence.
Also she would have gotten a lot of help to get to the top in the name of ‘security’ hence why it wasn’t done publicly with a group of cancer survivors.
Well I’ll say something nice, she( finally )did something related to cancer.
But as everyone has said you cannot be to fragile to do the mundane events and then do this. Nope.
She was already zooming around on the ski slopes early last year. Yet work is just too strenuous
I don’t really doubt that she could meet the challenge, she and her sister were very athletic growing up. Pippa actually participated in the Race Across America bicycle race many years ago. She was on a team that came right by our house. So, I know those girls were/are fairly athletic and fit.
But, like one other poster, I just don’t know about this. I just spent 2 weeks hiking out west and there is no way that I could wear my wedding rings, no way, my fingers were like sausages. However, she is tiny and very thin so I guess it’s possible, but why would you want that thing on your finger while hiking? I’d be afraid I’d lose it. Or maybe she just had it in her pocket and pulled it out for the photo op 🙂
Yeah, I used to hike all day for work, I was always fat-fingered by the end of the day; she must have pulled on Big Blue for the photo ops. And maybe she has it in multiple sizes.
I don’t understand why the narrative went from ‘having preventative treatment for pre-cancer cells’ to ‘Kate had cancer, she is a cancer survivor’ and using cancer as her entire personality now and as an excuse forever to do nothing but what she feels like doing and not working.
The C card is also to protect her from any criticism. “How could you criticise a snow skiing, scuba diving, three rock climbing cancer survivor”? “Don’t you know it could cause a recurrence of the C word “?
The original talk about cancer from that bench was about the cancerous cells found. The pre-cancerous cells came later. Somebody simply got it wrong and it was grabbed. The opposite happened with the crying. Kate sent flowers to apologise and a few weeks later someone decided that it would sound better the other way round, I hold either Carole or William responsible for that (I guess) Probably encouraged by the Daily Wail. But I do remember the report of the flowers being sent.
In the video, she said, cancer WAS found, though unlike Charles, there were no shots of going to treatment which is her right. William said pre-cancerous cells were found to a journalist.
Several cancer patients commenting here at the time said Kate’s words and actions were at odds with real cancer treatment, eg she talked about how important it was to spend time in the sun. She also had a deep tan at the first Wimbledon when she’d supposedly just finished treatment (I’m not sure of the timeline exactly). She didn’t seem to know anything about cancer treatment.
Kate said “cancerous cells HAD been present.” Months later, Rhiannon Mills said that William told her pre-cancerous cells were found, which matched up with Kate’s statement in her video. She didn’t initially say she had cancer, the rota turned this into a cancer battle and she’s been leaning into that ever since.
I have no idea about her fitness level. I only know that she is painfully thin and looks like she might faint just from the strain of public appearances. Apparently, most days she is too weak to do nonstrenuous engagements. But now she’s hiking mountains wearing a large, expensive, iconic sapphire ring. Color me skeptical. But if she can climb mountains, she can do what counts as work for royals.
Yeah this is what I keep coming back to. I’ll buy that she exercises obsessively but it this point in her life that doesn’t appear to equate to fit and healthy.
But, if they want to shout about her health then great, get working lady. No more excuses.
At least the Wail will now have to stop talking about how delicate she is after the cancer. We knew that after the two skiing holidays, but they still kept it going, Now they have dropped themselves right in it.
Interesting wording: “The Royal Marsden is a place that holds great meaning for me and whose care and expertise are life changing for so many people.” Why not say something about her actual experience there? In fact the whole thing is worded in very vague ways. She is not beating the allegations.
Exactly.
Think of the young photographer
Think of Kate planting a rose
Think of Kate lauding Royal Marsden
Think of Kate’s valiant hike
Featuring her in the press clinging to OTHER PEOPLE’S STORIES keeps Kate and cancer firmly linked while shoving all the hinky BS around ‘Kate’s Missing’ (and Royal Racist) in the memory hole cupboard.
It is so weird. She essentially says: The RM is very important because they treat a lot of OTHER people. Why not say she remains eternally greatful for the RM oncology team who treated her? Did she ever say she was actually treated there, or it was just implied by the press?
@Ciotog
She couldn’t say otherwise, because she hadn’t been treated for cancer there—or anywhere else—and the hospital knew it.
Her badly injured head was treated somewhere else—though it is not known where.
Didn’t Pippa and James have a stunt like this, where they appeared, immaculate, at the peak of the Matterhorn. It was pointed out one can be choppered in for the final bit and the valuable photo op.
I actually believe all their outdoorsy adventures. In Pippa’s various writing endeavors she’s mentioned multiple times how the family used to go on these hiking trips in the Alps–the kind where you’re staying overnight in huts; and then she herself has participated in multiple long-distance multi-day things, with her boyfriend then husband whatshisname, the almost not quite rich guy.
If you’ve got the means, you’ll have multiple sets of clothes for this challenge; you’ll wear thicker warmer clothes on some peaks than others, you’ll have extra clothing in your pack, extra socks, etc., extra gear in your vehicle, a place to lie down & nap when your team is doing the driving, and so on. Her way was made easier, but I do believe she did the challenge. The bigger issue, as many have noted, is her skipping out on work due to cancer & how she feels on any given day, etc.
So while Meghan is doing international travel, making inspiring speeches, fundraising, donating, networking and running a very successful business, Kate is what? Hiking? Princess material for sure.
Listen, she went down a slide in Denmark, “played” the piano on THREE separate occasions, took family photos until the issuance of a kill notice, etc. Why can’t you just admire these stunts? I mean, she’s a cancer survivor. Everything she does (or did) you now have to admire. It’s crucial to her (PR) recovery.
Well here I was worried about her being fragile and instead she’s strong as a horse. I guess that explains the thinness. Maybe this marks some kind of turning point where she’s going to work more and be more involved.
Yawn
There’s video of Kate talking to climbers on one of the treks. So I believe she did it. Where the doubts come in for me is the detail that she was driven between all three peaks. I think she used the royal helicopter to get all peaks. I hope she also donates money to this cause.
This is where KP and the rota have shot themselves in the foot. They all doubled down insisting the Frankenphoto was ‘little forgivable tweaks’ and that the farm shop video wasn’t fake and ‘William dropped her off at an appointment’, etc. Kate may have done this hike but presenting it after the fact on social media in the same wonky blurry SHADY manner of edited video just makes it hard to credit. The trustworthiness of all of them is out the window
Now that she’s confirmed she’s fit, it’s time for her to do way more engagements per week where most aren’t remotely physically taxing.
But those engagements are just sooooo bah-ring! Interacting with the unwashed masses, yuck!
My first question is how did she get from one mountain to another? Must have been helicopter, right? The UK is small but not that small.
Also, not to be jingoistic but as an American it is kind of funny to think one could climb the three tallest mountains in the UK in 24 hours. Say what you will about the USA, it is stonking huge and has some big ass mountains.
Anway, I think she did this. Good for her. Now she should do more “royal work.”
24 hours wouldn’t get you too far on the Pacific Crest Trail or the Appalachian Trail either. But bless.
This was my first thought, as a Colorado hiker I was curious so I googled how high these mountains are and had a good laugh. I love the UK and would love to hike there, no shade on them for having only small mountains, but it was amusing for sure.
So I know it was Reddit but many saying they did the challenge and you don’t need to be in expert shape for it. Some said they were in their 50s and moderately fit.
I mean regardless, kate needs to do more work. Shes claiming this is a huge deal so the slowly getting back card is done.
I’ll give credit where credit is due: this is the first time she’s done anything substantial in terms of fundraising. Or at least the first time in years. This is absolutely the sort of stuff the royals need to be doing more of if they don’t want to do the museum openings.
That said, if she’s fit and healthy enough to do this, she’s fit and healthy enough to do work the rest of the time.
She just doesn’t want to.
I’m just unclear about the fundraising. Is it that her climb is meant to inspire people to donate after the fact? Will she keep posting photos about it with a link to the charity?
Admittedly it’s not clear. There’s a lot more talk about fundraising and a charity is actually mentioned which is more than they’ve ever done.
But it’s still pretty vague. To me at least.
That’s how they operate— they show up and cut ribbon or do jazz hands about a cause and hope it brings attention and increases donations. QE II did this her whole life. Never hear any questions about whether she donated her own funds but the answer is no.
I’ve just never seen any charity challenge event where you announce you’re fundraising after the fact. That’s just weird & ineffective.
So how exactly is she supporting the Royal Marsedn Cancer charity? Just raising awareness as she likes to do or did she raise funds?
There is a link on the marsden site under her statement to donate. They have also said the wales via the duchy are matching donations. The BBC said today 10milljon pounds have been raised since it was posted yesterday.
Any publicity on how much devoted husband donated? I mean he donated £1k towards saving a pub recently so does he love her as much as that pub? Surely he’s made a sizeable donation to prove his love and pride in her achievement? Or is it just Joe public who gets to donate? Surely Carole has donated as well ?
Why doesn’t billionaire Willy just waive some of the rent they’re charging NHS “via the duchy”?
I categorize the following statement as FALSE: “They have also said the wales via the duchy are matching donations” There is zero confirmation of any donation-matching from the Duchy of Cornwall. I have also not seen any news of personal donations made by the Wailses in their individual capacities. Instagram of royalreporterlydia indicates “The King and The Queen have congratulated The Princess of Wales…We’ve also made a donation through the Princess’s fundraising page” but does not report amount of donation.
I climbed Snowdon, so that at least isn’t really a major feat. (Seriously, if I could do it, ANYONE can.)
This is the sort of thing Kate should be doing — she likes physical activity and nat-cha, supposedly. But yeah, they have seriously undermined the good days/bad days narrative that they use to excuse her work-shyness.
My spouse and I (in our 50’s) climbed Scarfell Pike (in an absolutely miserable day of rain and wind) and I would say that it also is quite doable as we saw families with small children, seniors, etc. We took a longer route that was more than 8 miles of hiking and set an easy pace as we had a day free, interested to know what route she took as my recollection is that there are many options and some can be up and back within 3-4 hours only.
She and her gear look so shiny! Not a speck of dirt anywhere! LOL
This is so weird. Like, if Kate did this, it feels like the kind of project that should have had a lot of public advance notice and interest built up beforehand. Like, her journey towards working to become fit enough for it, tied together with some cancer awareness fundraising initiative, and the hike itself having some live coverage as it was happening.
Instead the public gets a surprise picture of her at the top of a mountain saying she did this thing out of the blue while the public narrative about her for the past couple years is that her health is fragile and that’s why she barely does any public events, becuase she had to feel healthy enough to be up for it first. And we’re told her family was there to meet her but no pictures or video of them cheering her on at the end?
This honestly feels like complete bullshit.
I’m a keen hiker and have done the 3 peaks challenge and I absolutely do not believe she did it.
If she really did this the way it is being claimed she did it, there would be footage of every minute of it and every second of it would have been publicized to the max. Can you imagine the number of work events this could have counted as to boost her numbers the way the royals pad their numbers with travel/meet and greets besides only counting actual work events? Me thinks she better be careful with the frail waif claims to dodge work if she is actually fit enough to do this. The Wails are crashing out because of the attention a brief Sussex visit is getting and will do anything to snag a few headlines. Most of the furor around Keen’s “disappearance” wasn’t that people cared that she was out of the public eye or concerned that she had cAnCer. Most of the uproar was the clear lies kp was spouting rattled the public’s bs meter and made them more curious. Willy is gonna keep spewing bs until it starts getting thrown back into his face.
Hard agree.
I had to laugh when I saw the photo – they’re trying to spin it like she climbed Mount Everest – or even the Alps or Canadian Rockies.
While I don’t know what the trails are like on those “mountains” (and I’m sure there are different trails that vary in difficulty) let’s be clear – as we say in eastern Canada – these are hills. They’re the highest they’ve got in the UK but they are HILLS in comparison to actual mountains. The height of the highest mountain listed would be akin to climbing up Mont Tremblant in the Laurentians in Quebec.
To put it in perspective, the height of all three of them put together would be like hiking Whistler/Blackcomb in BC. But there they’ve got her with her hood up and walking sticks like she’s ascended to base camp or something – and of course her hands strategically placed to show off big blue – GMAFB.
So it is the same as walking at a ski resort. Yeah I can see her being able to do that since she trained at a few ski resorts last year.
@nic919 -ha – I didn’t mean to say it’s like hiking a ski resort (although Tremblant has some pretty good hiking trails that are separate from the ski/snowboard trails!). I was trying to compare height-wise (which might not have been clear) and that these aren’t huge mountains. They’re hills in comparison. There might be some challenging stretches as anywhere depending on the route you take but none of them are giant massive mountains like the Alps or Rockies. And the terrain wouldn’t be as challenging as the Rockies or Alps either.
I’ve climbed the 3 peaks and lived in the alps and climbed lots of mountains there. The 3 peaks challenge was the most physically and mentally grueling thing I have done in my life. Please don’t diminish it. Your mountain climates in US are far more predictable than here in UK. Don’t like Keen, ok fair enough but please don’t be ignorant about the enourmous challenge that the 3 peaks challenge involves. Sometimes it is hard to be part of this community when people in US are so ignorant about UK. Yes i love Meg she’s my black Queen but I am so proud of my 3 peaks achievement please don’t diminish it just because we don’t like Keen
Not sure what you mean about our mountain climates being more predictable. Usually snow in the winter & snow-free or patchy snow in the summer, depending on altitude & latitude, but I know every year Mt Rainier is rescuing people due to weather changes surprising people. Ditto Mt Hood. And on and on. You cannot generalize across the Rockies, the Cascades, the Sierras, the Siskiyous, the Appalachians, & etc. I’ve lived and worked in these mountains, and while yes the UK challenge is legit a challenge, it’s just not the same.
Justin Trudeau’s brother died in an avalanche in the Rockies and his body has never been found. Are we seriously going to pretend that the hills in the UK are the same thing? They even created a notification system because how unpredictable avalanches can be in the Rockies. Maybe instead of accusing others of being ignorant about the UK you can learn some Canadian geography.
I think it’s also worth pointing out that while the UK’s highest peaks aren’t that high, the main reason people get into difficulties on them is because they underestimate them. There are frequent incidents such as people twisting an ankle because they were wearing trainers instead of proper hiking boots, or underestimating the time needed and then losing their footing when it gets dark, or stag parties thinking it’d be a laugh to walk up Snowdon in flipflops and sombreros and then having to call Mountain Rescue when they can’t go on. People dismiss these hikes as an easy walk at their peril.
And doing the Thrre Peaks in 24 hours *is* hard work and a major achievement. C’mon guys, we can criticise the BRF and their tone-deaf approach here without running others down.
Mountain climates are not predictable regardless of whatever continent you live in
That’s the golden rule of being in the mountains.
So can we drop the whole my mountains are rougher, tougher than yours. (I lived and worked in the mountainous region of Nepal in the 80’s for a few years and climbed a few peaks in my younger years in N. America.)
I deplore celebs using diseases and catastrophes to raise their profile. But hey it works. Kate is-now St. Kate., Maybe we can have her work harder at being a saintess queen or getting a Nobel Prize for the most pitiful or something because we plebs are so lacking in heroes and heroines evidently. And we need more cancer patients/survivors to be more glamorous and athletic. I dunno what one says to those families whose loved ones didn’t survived their cancer……. What would Kate say…..
Or perhaps they deserve silence and anonymity. They didn’t make it. Didn’t become accomplished while looking glammed.
@nic919 & beaniebean – this exactly. There’s different levels of challenging – and I say that as someone who has hiked eastern Canada, the Rockies & the Dolomites – and the defensiveness on this thread around that is bizarre.
And @jilly, in future try not to confuse Canada and the US please and thank you.
If Kate actually did this as a personal challenge and then decided to make it into a fundraiser, it’s a good thing. However, the way this thing is coming out is weird. When people do things like this to raise funds and support causes, they announce it ahead of time so that people can pledge. Then they do it publicly, or there is a video of it for the record. Now, a really good idea is if Kate led a group to do this challenge, composed of other cancer survivors, say, and a whole camera crew was along to record it, and all of this had lots of publicity ahead of time so that people could donate or sponsor the whole “team.” It would be fabulous publicity for the Windsors and for cancer research. But there is no “I” in team, and Kate is obviously not a team player, and clearly lacks any leadership skills because with her it seems to be “me, me, me” all the time. I do want to know, however, exactly how challenging this whole thing is so we can have some perspective. The timing is interesting. When was this executed? BTW, I have always been of the belief that Kate’s fragility is mental and emotional, in addition to the fact that she is a drama queen.
People get pledges when the fund raising is a condition of participation. That is not the case here.
A real press buildup for keen. The bestest princess ever. And does not put a foot wrong
One goes on a hike like this, with their ‘big blue’ expensive ring? Me does not think so. Sorry, but not buying it.
Sophie raised money for a cycling challenge a while back and she publicized it before the actual race. That’s normally how you raise money for something.
This was last minute and not properly organized.
Beatrice did something similar for her London Marathon. That’s how everybody does it.
James will attend the opening of an envelope if he gets to be seen in the general vicinity of William.
Kate doesnt like to lose. Naturally kate is a physical strong well built person. I think if William decided to do this she absolutely could. She would need to eat well a few weeks before but i think she could make it, maybe not in 24 hrs.
William did not climb therefore she did not do the whole challenge. I just want to know how she did it. Lol.
I think most people have read an old article about her chickening out on rowing -she blamed william. Same thing.
So many questions! And I’ll go back up to read comments, but—‘you’re not alone’?? Except if you’re a princess & you go to your infusions alone, and when you go mountain climbing alone? And she did this ‘challenge’ in hopes of raising money? Don’t you raise money BEFORE you do one of these athletic challenges? Get pledges then complete the challenge? And ‘give back’, Kate?? Please, what are you giving back?
Also, y’all go mountain climbing in the dark in the UK?!?! What, do you have lights strung up all along these trails? Or do you just wear headlamps? Oh, right, you have no predators to worry about–no bears, no mountains lions, idiots with guns, etc., but still. Seems like a broken ankle waiting to happen.
Oh, and one more thing–Scotland’s highest peak is only 1345m/4413′?! That’s it? The storied Scottish Highlands only reach 4400 feet?! I’m weirdly disappointed.
12 hours driving. So no, there was no driving, she was helicoptered.
Next, not hiking at night, obviously. So that’s many hours lost.
So she zoomed up each one in a couple hours, helicoptering between, and arrived fresh as a daisy in the top pic,,?
I’m just skeptical.
If she choppered in between that would decrease her rest time and make each climb harder, right?
She had people carry the equipment in huge bags. So she wasn’t doing this challenge like the poor folk who don’t have staff, bodyguards and cameras.
Besides we know she can handle skiing so this was the same level as that.
I feel like this is another PR stunt that the public is quickly debunking and Willy will soon throw her under the bus.
So let me begin by stating not usually a Kate fan (of her or her team), but I think this is a uniquely positive, inspiring, and pro-active choice by Princess Kate. Too many people are felled by cancer and its aftermath, and regardless of whether she had some help (that link to the video imbedded in the article her – I don’t see her being helped – maybe I’m missing something?), it’s fantastic to see a woman be strong and determined. Yes, it’s completley antithetical to the weak and fragile persona her team has been trying to present. And yes, not quite sure how money was actually raised through this endeavour. But that picture of her being sporty but also royal with that ring is very inspiring – I can imagine sick people around the world turning to that photo to inspire. Maybe this will be a new approach to royal duties for Kate going forward – she’s not the best spoken or most charismatic, and does a lot of silly busywork. BUT – she seems to be really sporty and physically strong and is a supposed cancer survivor. Leaning into sport and cancer would actually be meaningful and help people. Here’s hoping her dumb, fakakta team actually continue on this route!
Yeah. No.
One of the worst things that the royals and other celebrities have done is using cancer to augment their popularity and to draw attention to themselves rather than the actual disease. Her cancer has been used to excuse her poor work ethics and people gushed how great she looks and is able to wear her ginormous ring showing this is how cancer survivors supposed to look after a grueling hike fest. Is that telling cancer patients and survivors you need to look like her to be considered “successful” after working an 8-9 hr. day, a 2 hr commute home to face a house of hungry kids, dirty dishes and laundry, lawn that needs mowing and a dripping faucet.
I don’t understand the need to make superwoman out of these celebrities. Kate has a great life. Yeah she has a sh*tty husband and FIL, but she chose to stay in that marriage for all the benefits. It’s hard to cheer this snafu on while Britain has a stagnant economy, upteenth PM, rising COL, white nationalists bent on making England white, Protestant and only white male in charge again.
Cheers to self-delusion.
People aren’t fell by cancer. They survive it, and maybe beat it. Life goes on regardless. That’s it. It’s not a glamorous drama made for bad reality TV crap.
Her team are working hard with all the i don’t usually like Kate but posts. I don’t like Kate but she was so inspiring to all while walking up 3 hill and will help people who actually did or do have cancer. All while wearing big blue and being a perfect princess? Omg. That’s the best yet!
I thought the comment on how its harder than actual mountains because of weather 🤣🤣 was the best one. Climbing hills while princessing perfectly. This is my favourite.
Michelle M., And regardless if she ever had cancer? Sorry, that’s the devil’s advocate in me.
I really want to believe this, but there are a couple of things that make me question it: 1. that she’s wearing the Big Blue. I always wore a substitute wedding ring for outdoor activities like hiking, climbing, mountain biking, camping. People don’t usually wear a beloved ring when they climb (although maybe she wanted to lose it so she could get another one that she could pick out). 2. Climbing gives you an AWESOME booty. There’s no way she would look “flat” with the training for her hikes.
And yet, I still want to believe that there’s something honest about her.
Yonati, good calls.
My home in the mountains of Southern California is located at 4900 feet. I was surprised to learn that I dwell at a higher elevation than the legendary Scottish Highlands. It’s amusing to think that California’s majestic Mt. Whitney stands over 10,000 feet taller than the Scottish Highlands.
I am gobsmacked by that, I tell you! Gobsmacked!
Beverley, And it’s amazing that Kate just leapt over those mountains like a billy goat (not). Lying liars love to lie.
😁😆
I wonder if for a finale, Kate will “swim” across the English Channel and set a new world record. Amazing how athletic she’s become now that Meghan and Harry are visiting next month. Just amazing.
Right? IIRC, a couple of years back, Keen revealed that she enjoyed cold water swimming at night. So maybe you’re not too far off the mark. 😄
Yesterday NZT I came across the article while looking for something else in the DM, lo and behold the majority of the comments were along the lines that Katie Wails was faking it.
Many comments just flat out did not believe it, others wanted proof, others asking how many protection officers were there to carry her up for the photo shoot, but the overwhelming thread is the blatant workshy laziness. Many people were extremely irate about the fact if Katie really did this with all the energy it is supposed to take then how come she won’t do the ” bread and butter” work that is expected.
The rest of the comments raged on about Meghan which totally infuriated the carole/Katie Sycophants because more was said about the Meghan than Katie’s “supposed” climbing effort.
The funniest part of the whole thing was that so many just called Katie Wails out, wanting proof that she had real full blown cancer then had a back and forth about her only having pre-cancerous cells etc.
This was like sitting and watching the Wimbledon matches that she can drag herself to with the “men’s games” being the only ones that she was really interested in along with making a spectacle of herself by turning up late with a round of applause.
Skeptic that I am now, only if they make a full documentary from the first step to the last climbing these hills, her saying exactly what type of pre- cancerous thing she says she had and can prove it then I just do not believe any of it. Especially considering that hit piece smacking her and Charles for missing the opportunity to really help by opening up Truthfully about their cancer/treatment journey to make others aware, instead of another “feel sorry for me” PR stunt.
Apologies if I have hurt anyone’s feelings by adding my jaded thoughts however, the half- truths, re- writing of stories and downright lies make me sick because Katie Wails and her useless husband are treating us like fools.
So I am happy to “Complain” and I expect her to “Explain” –
The Three Peaks Challenge is not without controversy: https://services.thebmc.co.uk/three-peaks-challenge
[quote]Richard Palmer, National Trust Property Manager for the Lake District Western Valleys, describes the numbers involved in the Challenge as ‘colossal’ and claims that ‘the mountain simply can’t take it’. The engineered path up Scafell Pike, which the National Trust was reluctant to build in the first place because of its artificial appearance, cost £125,000. Already it is being seriously eroded by walkers, beside it there is now a gash in the glacial moraine up to 15 metres wide and 2 metres deep.
The Challenge adversely affects communities as well as the environment. Residents of the Wasdale valley regularly have their summer nights disturbed by large Challenge groups whose conduct Richard described as ‘totally antisocial’. Nor does the Challenge have any positive effect upon the local economy. Challenge groups do not stay in local hotels or even buy drinks in local pubs, since they arrive in Wasdale in the middle of the night and leave in a hurry in their minibuses the following morning.[/quote]
Although, to be fair, much of the criticism applies to participants doing the challenge in large groups which presumably was not the case with Princess Kate. It should also be noted that there have been some changes to the Challenge since that essay was published over 20 years ago. My understanding (not that I’ve done it myself) is that it’s more common for Three Peaks Challengers to ascend Scafell Pike from Seathwaite in Borrowdale rather than Wasdale: the former is a longer ascent but the starting point is better equipped to cope with large numbers of vehicles.
If meghan had done this the entire British media would say she’s deliberately destroying the UK environment and costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands.
Just the short bit of video we had of Kate on one of the mountains shows just how crowded it is. I have no doubt there’s quite a lot of environmental damage on all three peaks.
Listen, I can’t say anything bad. Cancer sucks; I’ve lost many loved ones to it. Any awareness or fundraising I will take it.
Do people need awareness of cancer? This isn’t about cancer, this is raising awareness about Kate. It’s pr for Kate, not cancer research or treatment.
Maybe she should auction off big blue for cancer research. Swap it out for something simpler.