Prince George and Princess Charlotte are out of school at the moment. It’s the “half term” break for British schoolkids, which just adds to my theory that British school schedules make no real sense to me, but whatever. The point is that the Cambridge kids have some time off, which means that Kate took the kids to Norfolk for their little staycation holiday. Having a home in the country is the only way to exist, people! We would have assumed that Kate and the kids were in Norfolk anyway, but now we have confirmation: Kate was seen and photographed at Sainsbury’s in Norfolk, buying cheap Halloween costumes for her kids.
The Duchess of Cambridge stunned shoppers today when she popped into Sainsbury’s to buy Halloween outfits for Charlotte and George. Kate was seen between 11am and 12am this morning at the self-service counter. Wearing a black ensemble, Kate even asked some children what they were going to dress up as for Halloween while shopping at Sainsbury’s in the Hardwick Industrial Estate, Norfolk.
Mum-of-four Kathy Whittaker, 53, was shocked to see Kate browse Halloween outfits while a brawny six foot bodyguard lingered close by. Kathy explained: “Another shopper said that Kate was in the shop near the clothing and pointed where she was to me. I just couldn’t believe it. She was with Charlotte and George looking at Halloween outfits but her bodyguard was kind of watching people with phones and telling them no pictures. I managed to get the photo as she was at the self service check out. I didn’t see what she actually bought. The lady that told me she was there had children with her and she said Kate was asking her children what they were going to be for Halloween. I think she bought some Halloween bits for her kids but I don’t know what.”
She added: “It was so lovely to see her doing normal stuff that you and I do. It was so lovely to see her, she is always beautiful. You don’t expect to see that when you go shopping. I couldn’t concentrate on my shopping. Kate was wearing black trousers and a black polo neck. Charlotte was wearing a little checkered skirt but I couldn’t see anything else. She was saying: ‘Come on kids’ she just understandably wanted to keep them safe. You just don’t expect it to happen, you think Kate would shop in Waitrose or Harrods. She just seemed so down to earth and beautiful as always.”
There are always sightings of Kate out and about, doing normal things. That’s been happening for years, and I don’t have any particular conspiracy about the timing or What It Means. I think Kate probably just brought the kids to Norfolk on Wednesday and then she popped out to buy some cheap costumes so they would stop bugging her about it. What’s funny/interesting is that Kate can simply do no wrong these days – the Daily Mail wrote this up using words like “relatable” and “perfect representative of the Crown.” Some bystanders snapped a few candid photos of her too, and those photos were initially published by the Mail and one or two other sites, but they’ve all been pulled. Kensington Palace is really quick out of the gate when it involves candid photos of Kate being regal and relatable. Not so quick out of the gate when it involves the smear campaign against Meghan though.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Avalon Red and Backgrid.
I cant take Kate anymore. Yawn. Yuck. Etc.
Amen
Pippa tip: don’t click on the posts. 😉
I snorted. Now I think I’m in trouble with my boss. *snorts again*
Surprised she didn’t pick up their Halloween stuff from Party Pieces.
😂😂😂
Or go fully down the Sainted Yummy Mummy route and handmake them.
Introducing 2019’s costumes, NEW for this year:
Rosy Maiden
Spoilt Princess
Keen Worker
Wandering Willy
undergalaxy, that’s deliciously rude. I love it.
I literally saw a picture of her and immediately had a negative reaction. Everything going on with the Sussexes makes the Cambridge’s look like villains, honestly.
It doesn’t help that her resting face nowadays makes her look like she’s the bad guy, what with the empty stare and extra dark eyebrows.
HAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!! Priceless. Spot on
Lainey had a piece up yesterday about William’s private secretary being close Dan Wooten and a few other of the most virulent royal reporters….
I just did Haloween costume shopping for my baby :/ he always wants to be batman, three years in a row!
I dont think there is anything shady about the timing or anything on Kate’s part. I think that the media is still the culprit here, making getting costumes seem like super hero work.
+1, I think she did the same last year, if I`m not mistaken.
Also, my sister is teacher and she has 2 week autumn holidays right now, while my niece (her daughter) only has 1 week off. So I agree, autumn holidays are a bit weird. 🙂
It depends on school
My son school only has 1 week off school down the road from his has 2 weeks off,throw in some onset days….on the top of it.
And I think its weary from county as well
She is so relatable though, the school run, the costumes for the little ones, the chutney, the palaces, the tiara’s, the pruning of an overgrowing Rose garden, she is just like us. A true representative for her people.
I too relate to her endless hours of exercise, daily professional blowdries, discounted Land Rovers and ability to drop several thousand pounds on a dress I shall wear once. Truly I try to emulate her in all ways, for she is the Perfect Modern British Woman, and I have much to learn.
Lollll fantastic!
Yeah, but she does have to live with William.
Yes, everyone has their own RPOs telling others to put their phones away when they enter an establishment. Truly a woman of the people.
And I’m sure she’s going to dragged because her RPO asked people to not take photos. Dragged for disrespecting the very people to whom she owes her fancy lifestyle. Oh wait. Wrong duchess.
@ProfPlum-this exactly.
Exactly what I thought too — RPO telling folks to put their phones away if they try to snap Kate: no worries! RPO telling folks to put their phones away if they try to snap Meghan: HOW DARE SHE?!!?
I think it’s because she had the children with her. We’ve seen plenty of photos of Kate at the market over the years, but not with her children.
The photo that was removed from the original article did not include any of her children. Just Kate. Still removed.
It’s so commonplace to have your bodyguard watching everyone with phones!
You are on fire Zapp! And all of the other posts under you, so true!
LOVING this mini-thread! You GO ladies!!! 😂😂😂😂
Someone asked the other day how I knew the Cambridges approved the tarmac pics. This is how. When they want privacy, they embargo pics.
Exactly this. They can make any images disappear, they have that power. It’s always on their terms.
I wonder if Charlotte pulled any faces or told people they weren’t invited to her house this time?
Excellent point. Obviously, if they don’t want us to see something, we won’t.
Bingo. this post should be “pinned” so that whenever anyone says “how do you know those pics were staged” we can point to this.
Exactly. I’ve had that same argument with Kate and Will Stans.
And yet everyone who pointed this out during the discount jet incident was branded conspiratorial. The kids are never put in the UK media without consent from KP. And in this case it looks like even Kate alone pics couldn’t stay up either.
This. Obvious PR is obvious. It smacks of the silly yarn about her and the kids at the pool, a couple weeks before the Rose Hanbury news was dropped.
Especially considering the kids were in the tarmac pictures. Pictures of the kids aren’t published without prior approval.
By that same logic though, the pictures of Harry, Meghan and Archie boarding private jet(s? I think they were photoraphed on more than one occasion but am not 100%) this summer would also have been approved. That is, if pictures of the kids aren’t published without prior approval – what’s good for the goose is good for the gander!
Jo, the point is that KP has the power to pull pictures because they have arranged deals with the media. H&M don’t have deals with the media, so the media drags them at every chance and will publish pictures if they can get them and they fit the dragging narrative.
Exactly. I’ve realized though that there are some who post here who will ALWAYS give the Cambridges the benefit of the doubt.
Oh yeah. At this point the evidence of Cambridge involvement is staggering and anyone who wants to think otherwise is being willfully ignorant. I tend to scroll past the usual suspects because they’ll come up with 1,000 ways to explain why W&K can’t possibly be behind the smear campaign.
I’m curious as to how were they able to get the pictures pulled? They were in a public place so there should’ve been no expectation of privacy.
A good friend of mine is a photographer and we recently had a discussion about taking pictures in public. He said he is not asking people for permission if he is e.g. taking picture at public events. So I also wonder how they managed to get the pics pulled.
“I’m curious as to how were they able to get the pictures pulled?”
KP ask the Daily Fail to remove the pictures from the online edition and The Daily Fail complied with the KP request. Bill and Cathy Cambridge are in bed with the Daily Fail.
I’m curious as to why anyone would care enough to go to the trouble to get them pulled? They were in a store looking at Halloween costumes. Nothing scandalous, like the topless photos. Why not just let the people who fund their lifestyles see the photo?! It just seems so stupid to me.
ETA The world, especially the UK at the moment, is a total shitshow, but people always enjoy seeing photos of the kids. Why not just let it be? KP is so bad at picking battles, jfc.
Because they asked them to.
Sad. Getting in bed with the seems like a slippery slope to me. The press is gonna have them by the throat till the end of time.
I think that goes back to Caroline of Monaco’s fight with a German magazine. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that pictures taken of celebrities doing private things are an invasion of their privacy.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/princess-caroline-of-monaco-wins-privacy-ruling
That’s the real question.
What are the tabloids getting from the Cambridges that gives them the incentive to comply with their requests?
The children. They have agreements in place of when the kiddos can be photographed.
I think there was an agreement made with the British press about Harry and William, They would be left alone until 18, except by prior agreement.
I’m gagging.
Ah yes so down to earth and beautiful for doing this staged visit mmhm.
Were the photos actually published? I saw the DM article right around when it went up (or so I thought) and it didn’t have any. I could only find one shot on Instagram of Kate checking out and it wasn’t a clear image.
The original article was from a more local paper and there was that one photo of Kate. It was removed quickly though and so it probably never made it to when the DM wrote their own version of the article.
That makes sense, thank you!
Just now on an image search of Kate and the name of the store, I found it linked to sites including Huff Post UK. It’s a not very clear profile shot of her in a black turtleneck sweater with her hair up.
Yes I saw it on Twitter. The Kate Stan who posted it put an emoji to cover Charlotte’s face, as if the entire world doesn’t know what Charlotte looks like. I completely understand protecting the privacy of celebrities’ children, but this really seemed like overkill. We all know who Charlotte is for god’s sake.
Further proof that the budget flight snaps were not only staged but approved by KP and the Cambridges – I still think Carole took those shots.
yes.
And the pics from H&M on their private plane? Also staged and approved? Im just wondering. Im not sure how all that works cause it seems some pics can see the light and some not.
Because W&K have the power. H&M do not. The media works with the Cambridges, and I believe that the Queen is used as a threat. Harry and Meghan don’t have that kind of bargaining power, nor the support of the rest of the family to push the press. That’s what these kinds of moves prove. That the Cambridges are able to get the press to shut it down.
H&M don’t have the same pull with the media to get pics taken down.
I don’t think this was staged or anything, but I do think it confirms a couple things I suspected. First that the tarmac pics were staged or at least allowed. Also, that the criticism of Meghan for not wanting to be in pictures at Wimbledon was unfair. If Kate can have her bodyguard trying to make sure no one takes pictures of her in a public place without any drama, why can’t Meghan? It’s almost like there is a double standard!
I agree the flight pictures were staged, but there could be a good PR reason for it. If the monarchy thinks of themselves as one entity, which pretty sure the Queen does, then she probably wanted the royals to be seen on commercial flights after all the publicity about Harry and Meghan’s flights, to counteract it, not necessarily put them down. Also, why we saw a pictures of Meghan holding Archie on their commercial African flight. Cause generally we don’t see pictures of any of them on flights. Normally that would be a good move, but the publicity of the infighting is just too much. This does seem to correspond with the Queen’s view of PR in how she tries to handle things. I remember this with Diana and Fergie the split years. She only seems to go directly at something when all hell has broken loose, i.e. Diana and Charles infidelity confessions on tv. This is why Harry and Meghan’s documentary is interesting. What will be her reaction. I mean the word “fragile” may be a bit much, but H & M don’t seem happy with this situation and legitimately so, and Harry did say he doesn’t want history to repeat itself like his mother, so I am interested in the Queen’s response to this. She got a lot of flack for how she handled Diana during the split, and I wonder if she will handle this differently.
The tarmac photos of the Cambridges were clear, The Sussexes photos seemed like paparazzi shots, very grainy, not clear. So the former was staged and approved, the latter, not staged and not approved; both the private jet photos and the commercial photos in South Africa, all long lenses.
Yes double standards in coverage is obvious but tabloids will tabloid.
At Wimbledon there was a picture of Meghan shaking a little boy’s hand and everyone had their phones out taking pictures. I think I even saw Wendy Williams producer had a pic of her where she had turned around and smiled. so not sure Meghan minded people taking photos (and it would be expected at a big event like that) but with the one guy who was was right in her face taking what turned out to be a selfie maybe the RPO was being cautious as he was very close.
I also saw the Kate picture in a local newspaper on SM. I do think it’s poor manners to take pictures of people just going about their everyday lives and I don’t like that smartphones allow those sneaky shots for that reason.
But didn’t something similar to this happen last year, when they were seen shopping in a discount store for children’s craft things?
Anyway l am old fashioned and hate the way nowadays everyone buys ready made fancy dress outfits instead of making them. I made a lovely Robin Hood outfit for my son, when he was in primary school, out of bits of old green clothing l had in the house. We also made a bow and arrow, that actually worked, out of twigs and string ,my greatest regret was that l didn’t take a picture of him wearing it.
I took a cardboard box and cut head and armholes in it, covered it with tinfoil and then I put that white dryer tubing on my 4yo’s arms and legs and he went as a robot. I attached glow stiks and put silver antennae on his head. He was the cutest little robot and he loved it.
In fairness, we don’t have photos of Meghan doing “relatable” things either, whatever that means. I am sure she does them too. Unless we are going to say polo matches and Wimbledon are “relatable.” That would be for both Meghan and Kate, and yeah I do that all the time. Actually, it is kind of odd with everyone attached to their phones now. We saw the grainy picture several days after the event of Harry and Meghan going to a restaurant, now that’s totally relatable, but you couldn’t see much, and that picture died too. Just saying if they let the stories stay why not the pictures.
I don’t blame her for going cheap with the costumes. I’ve bought pricey Halloween costumes and I’ve bought cheap ones, and the cheap ones are by far the kids’ favorites.
Ugh I agree. Last year little guy was batman *again* and we got the more expensive one that kind of blows up? So that its kind of puffy? Well he got hot halfway through trick or treating and took it off and just wore a black pajama set.
That’s kind of funny, Cidy. Here there is usually sleet in the air on Halloween and half the time it’s snowing. Everyone puts pajamas under their costumes for warmth.
Why on earth don’t you make them?
Not everyone can “make”. This does not make me stupid and I do have other talents.
My mom made me a couple of gorgeous Halloween costumes but it was always so cold in late October that I’d have to wear my winter coat, hat and gloves over it. I do recall crying crocodile tears over that injustice 🙂
If this were Meghan there would be endless column inches about (1) how American Halloween is (2) the environmental impact of a throwaway costume (3) deep investigations into the factory in some far flung destinations where the costumes are made by slave labour (4) How as future leaders of the CoE this goes against religious values … ad infinitum….
The word “tacky” would be thrown in there and commercialism of holidays would be discussed, with emphasis on how this is so “American” of her to do this.
Exactly they would say that Meghan was exploiting the people in sweat shops making the costumes.
Are we sourcing everything the Royals wear, do and use? Or just Kate?
In other news I hope Kate is ready to watch George throw Louis repeatedly under the bus one day…
That makes me so sad. They could break the cycle, but instead they seem to be leaning into it and their kids will experience the same thing.
I’m especially worried about Charlotte. She seems like a spirited little girl, but we know that as she grows up that’ll stop being seen as a good thing.
I think Charlotte will go down the Princess Anne route – she’ll work hard but she’ll be all “how dare you peasants touch me” if someone so much as extends a hand to her.
So Kate is relatable because she buys stuff that was likely produced in a sweatshop – exploiting women and maybe even kids, while probably shunning all kinds of security standards – somewhere in the region from where she’s just returned, if not the actual country –
So these people went to Pakistan for what exactly? Nice photo ops?
Relatable? Sure, Katie Keen!
Kate is relateable because she is white and Billy is paying off the RR’s.
These stories annoy me.
Oh, look at Kate doing mom things. This is why she can’t work, guys.
Oh okay.
She’s not “doing mom things” like it’s an act. She IS a mother of three little children who probably want to shop for their own Halloween stuff. It’s not like she skipped an event to do this instead.
I’m sure when Archie is old enough, Meghan will do this too, and will also not want him photographed in that situation.
Then you missed my point.
The narrative surrounding Kate is that she works very little because she’s focused on the children.
So we get treated to these little tidbits to show how hands on she is. And she clearly is hands on but not to the level that explains her lack of work.
Or maybe I’m just saying that because I was literally at two stores yesterday to get Halloween costumes for my kids after working a ten hour day.
Yes, I am sure when private citizen Archie is older, Duchess Meghan will take a break from her work to buy him a costume. Prince Harry would likely go too.
Remember, around these parts, Meghan is a saint and can do no wrong, Kate is awful and it’s totally cool to knock her down at every opportunity.
@Lisa, I don’t think that is it. Kate is a mom who does mom things–as we all do. But a lot of us also hold down jobs. Sorry, but when you’re incredibly wealthy and have a ton of staff, “motherhood” does not get to be an excuse for not performing your duties.
Funny she’s never been seen doing this before, eh?
Every time someone points out Kate’s poor work ethic, there is always the “this site is so mean to Kate” argument. The fact remains that Kate is not the only royal mother with young kids, but she is the only one who has really poor engagement numbers. Somehow Sophie has managed to raise her young kids while doing at least double the numbers and yet no one suggests that she has neglected her kids. We don’t even need to mention Meghan and what she does to show how Kate is simply not a hard worker which fits her entire life to date, as she never held a job for long and never did any significant charity work in the decade before marriage.
Yes, some real moms even have to work halloween. These kids will have both parents taking them trick or treating.
Two things about this story stand out:
First, how hypocritical is it that when Meghan’s security people told fans at Wimbledon NOT to take pictures, the media labeled Meghan a prima donna and ungrateful. Yet when Kate’s own security people do the same to shoppers at a discount store to “not take pictures”, it’s simply “protecting the family’s privacy”.
Second, the Cambridge kids won’t be taken trick-or-treating. They’ll stand in front of their own house while people bring THEM candy.
Nice common touch. I thought Halloween was not a thing in the UK..Watch Sussexroyal post a picture of Archie in costume for Halloween.
It’s starting to take traction. I’m not a fan of halloween but I’ve noticed that more shops have gone on to stock plenty of items for it (they love to find whatever holiday ex: halloween, black friday, national chocolate or insert whatever food week, they can push for commercial purposes, not that I blame them)
Also schools, nurseries and other small businesses are jumping on it too by offering themed halloween activities.
My 3 year old son recently started nursery and since it falls on the day when he goes to nursery & they are encouraging children to dress to fundraise for a charity, I’m having to find an alternative to halloween costume that he will wear and is comfy for him. Thinking of letting him go the Where’s Wally route or an F1 racing driver.
GI Joe is always a good choice for a little guy.
BayTampaBay, my son has never been interested in dressing up and has always ignored the costume box in playgroups and play cafe’s & refuses to wear hats/scarves/mittens so it will be challenge to get him to wear a costume. I’m looking for outfits that are simple enough and without a fuss, so where’s Wally type is perfect as it’s just a red and white stripey top and then jeans or joggers, no hat or cane though as I know he won’t bother with them. Hopefully I can find one his size.
Any chance of him wearing a simple rugby, football, or baseball jersey with jeans? Flannel shirt, jeans, suspenders, and hiking boots for a lumberjack. Something you could find at the charity shop, and only the baseball one would benefit from a cap.
Halloween is very old and Celtic in origin, not American. It is celebrated in the UK, but is becoming more commercialised, probably as a result of US influence.
Halloween comes from the UK and other European countries, it is our culture that has been appropriated and commercialised by Americans. Oh, the irony when people complain about Halloween costumes being culturally appropriated whilst merrily appropriating someone else’s festival and turning it into a fancy dress event.
grumpy that’s interesting, my partner who is born and bred British has never trick or treated his whole life and has never remembered celebrating Halloween, they’ve always viewed it as an American event.
@heygingersnaps Thank you.
Samhain is the traditional Celtic religious/cultural holiday that Halloween is based on. Samhain, which means “Summer’s End,” marked the beginning of the dark season. Celts separates the year into two seasons, the light season from May to the end of October, and the dark season, end of October to beginning of May. On Samhain, one honored one’s ancestors because Samhain was a time when spirits could make contact and come back to earth more easily. Fairies were also more active and were dangerous, so if you had to go out at night, you’d bring a lantern and dress up to confuse the fairies. Some people took advantage of the fear of the fae and would play tricks on people, pretending to be spirits or fairies, or demand offerings of food to keep bad spirits away from a particular house. Lights were put in window to guide ones ancestors home. Bonfires were built to light up the night and keep bad spirits and faeries away. Food and treats were left out on the porch or near the road for spirits and ancestors who didn’t have anyone to remember them anymore. A plate of food was offered at the table for the one’s more recent ancestors.
The church wanted to stamp out Samhain and made November 1 All Saints Day, which was still a day to remember the dead, but in a much more religious, Christian way, by going to mass and praying the rosary. People would go house to house and offer to pray for people’s deceased loved ones. They would be rewarded with “soul cakes” or some other food and drink. They were basically doing the same things but now it was Christianized.
When Irish immigrants came to America, they brought their Samhain/Halloween celebrations and traditions with them. Things like the jack o’ lantern, dressing up, and going house to house to collect food or offering either for the ancestors and spirits or to bribe bad spirits from coming in and bothering people. This all evolved into our current Halloween and spread beyond the Irish because America is a melting pot. What is interesting is that while Halloween became bigger and more commercialized in America, it began to be celebrated less in the U.K., which is why people say Halloween (kids dressing up to trick or treat and bob for apples and throw parties) is an American holiday that isn’t big in Britain.
Grumpy…you may not realize this but North America was colonized by UK and European immigrants who, believe it or not, brought their customs and holidays with them. So no, Halloween was not “appropriated” by Americans, it was brought here by people who continued to celebrate these events. No wonder you call yourself Grumpy…
Well they are not under Kensington palace are they…
Move to France. The schedule here is even more bizarre. Every 6 weeks there is a 2 week school vacation. Plus the normal July and August off. And some kids don’t go to school Wednesday. Most kids only go until 12pm on Wednesday. Some kids go to school on Saturday. And then there’s the American School which has American schedule so if both of your kids don’t go to the same school, one kid will have a different vacation schedule. It’s a manic chaos that is so quintessentially French.
Here in Britain the half terms aren’t always the same in neighbouring counties which can make it a nightmare for parents.
I honestly have nothing but negative feelings towards this woman. I have nothing positive to say about her. At all.
Same. I think W & K have shown their true colours, so i meet everything they do with skepticism. They just seem so hypocritical and self-serving.
She’s in “beautiful gowns” territory for me
Agreed. She might be a perfectly nice woman but the way she and her husband have not only benefited but contributed to the torture of another human being, stinks of sleaziness.
Torture? That is some accusation. How exactly have they tortured anyone.
I love her. Always have! LOL I can’t fathom not being able to go to the store without a bodyguard and having people sneak pics of me and my kids! Yikes!
So, baby showers are completely un-British but trick or treating on Halloween is perfectly suitable for regal Keen Katie. When I was a little girl, we celebrated Guy Fawkes day with sparklers. I hadn’t even heard of Halloween until we moved to Canada.
I’m leaning out my window but I can hear the shrieks of outrage over Keen Katie’s bodyguard preventing the taxpayers of Great Britain from taking pictures. My ears are still ringing from the howls over the Duchess of Sussex at Wimbledon. It’s nice when people don’t even TRY to hide their hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy is alive and well here, everyday as in for some everything one does is wonderful, everything the other one does is awful.
There is a massive difference between trick or treating (sweeties) and baby showers where people are invited to bring presents for the yet unborn baby (and personally I think it is tempting fate a little). I don’t know how old you are, but I would guess I am considerably older, and Halloween has been there all my life. And what have baby showers got to do with Kate anyway? She didn’t have anything to do with it did she?
Did you think it was tempting fate when pippa throw a baby shower for Kate or is it just Meghan I’m confused people have been throwing woman baby showers for centuries now . The only time people have brought all these suppose Tempting fate was when Meghan had her baby shower
@spooky, I don’t care how old you are, Halloween is a recent thing in Great Britain. I remember seeing some Halloween decorations in the 80s and most of the British people I spoke to would turn their noses up and say it was ‘mostly Americans’ who were doing it.
I have no problems with Keen Katie buying costume for her kids since that kind of thing is part of HER heritage.
If you read what I said a little more carefully (always important), I was commenting on the hypocrisy of criticizing an American woman for doing something that the British considered an ‘American’ thing (whether she’s ‘tempting fate’ is her own fucking business) and the drooling that’s going on when the regal Keen Katie does something that is VERY American. Not to mention getting her bodyguard to strongarm citizens who were taking photographs. I seem to recall the Duchess of Sussex being held responsible for the actions of HER bodyguard.
Hi Spooky, , baby showers are just a very common thing in theUSA. Everyone has them for expectant mothers & it’s not considered weird, or too fancy. Maybe you consider it tempting fate, but some consider it being optimistic and hopeful. They’re generally held pretty far along in pregnancy and mostly just for a first baby, to help provide supplies and clothes for the parents. The only reason people got so pressed for Meghan’s shower because she went back to states to do it and tabloids were caught off guard, it was fancy ( imagine that, for a duchess) and it showed her having fun (can’t have that), and she was with some big league friends. Been to so many showers for friend, family and work colleagues, it’s not a big deal at all. As for Halloween, my Irish husband said it was not a big thing at all when he was a kid. A few bonfires. That was it.
Halloween is NOT a recent thing in the UK. At any rate not in Scotland. I am old and I remember we used to go out “guising” in the early 1960s, round people’s doors to get nuts or apples and if we were lucky some other fruit and best of all, a sweet or money. It was not trick or treat but we used to sing a song or make a joke in return for the nuts etc.
@Carolind, I think the current cultural interpretation of it in the US is distinct to the US no? I mean, say what you want, but I doubt Halloween has ever been celebrated in the same fashion and with the verve that Americans have done it. This isn’t to say Halloween isn’t a *thing* in other parts of the world, or that it didn’t originate elsewhere, but it isn’t the same type of cultural touchstone in the UK as far as I’m aware, in the same way that something like Boxing day isn’t quite celebrated in the same way in the US.
Rubbish. Halloween is British (and Irish and other places where celts lived). Here you are, someone, recounting going to a Halloween party in the UK in 1940 https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/55/a3542555.shtml . Perhaps you have also heard of Agatha Christie’s book Hallowe’en Party written in 1969… I was trick or treating in the early 1980s along with everyone else on my street.
Exactly….double standards, Meghan would be accused of supporting non British things.
I feel I should point out here that Sainsbury’s is a nice but affordable supermarket here. Waitrose is posh, Iceland is the opposite end of the spectrum, then there are others in between. Of course you aren’t going to get Kate into a Lidl, but if she “pops into” Waitrose there’s the whole thing of being not relatable.
The optics of this are SO obvious to anyone in the UK.
But Kate has been spotted in Waitrose on many occasions and the DM articles were slanted to make her look relatable.
Ah yes, but now we have The Gauche American with her Rampant Spending. So Perfect Future Queen Kate must show us all the way, through affordable supermarket visits.
We all know if this is Megan buying Archie a Halloween costume the daily mail would have a field with this . Probably accused Meghan of being a devil worshippers but because it Kate everything she does is seem as amazing and wholesome but Meghan everything she does is seen as she scheming or she up to something diabolic . If people can’t see how the media is portraying Kate as this sweet white woman who just oh so perfect but Meghan is being portrayed as the devil incarnated
It’d be all about how Meghan is foisting her American identity onto Archie because she hates the British or something.
You mean to tell me Perfect English Rose Future Queen Kate did not hand sewn her children’s halloween costumes? The horror! This must be a mistake.
Did she come by chauffered car? Or did she just descend from the heavens like Katie Poppins?
Yeah the tabloids’ payback to Harry and Meghan is to write these nauseating stories.
This seems a bit beneath her, honestly. Couldn’t her mum send a box of costumes to her or patronize a small local business? If someone else did this ( we know who) , it would be considered either stunting, or buying cheap disposable things made by exploited factory workers in China/Bangladesh that will only end up in landfill. Think of all the fabulous vintage costumes they have access to.
You’d think she’d go to Party Pieces warehouse and pick a couple of pieces out. How can she expect to keep her inheritance and not have it go under as was reported earlier this year when she won’t even use the shop herself.
HOW ON EARTH does Kate not see that supporting, defending, and standing by Meghan would be the best possible PR? It sounds naive, but I mean it in the most scummy, good-press-seeking sort of way. Kate could garner extraordinary amounts of good PR if she spoke out in defense of her sister-in-law and condemned the racist smear campaign.
Ultimately, the royal family is throwing away an excellent PR opportunity by refusing to support Meghan. It’s unfortunate for them, and it really sucks to watch them stand by and let her be treated this way – or more accurately, to stand by and ENJOY seeing her treated this way. These people baffle me, and they’re not relatable. Not even when they shop for Halloween costumes at “normie” stores.
And see this is where I think people aren’t’ seeing the same thing I see. Both Kate and Meghan went to Wimbledon 2 years in a row together and this year Pippa tagged along . They hung out at the polo match and again seemed fine and were busy with their children but still engaged each other. They do the annual pap stroll at Christmas and they are both walking side by side, engaging one another as well as the crowd. Look and for this year’s coming up, I bet it will be the same. . They appear to get along fine in each of these scenarios.
Why do people want to pit and tear these two women against one another? IMO M&K are the only ones out of the 4 doing the work to appear they get along and do their job.
What about their husbands? Why are they always getting a free pass? No one is holding them both to the same standards that their wives are held to. Neither of these two are doing anything to resolve their issues. They are responsible for their relationship be it good or bad. They are brothers and that is their family and the Duchesses are trying to find their place in their husbands world.We don’t know what goes on behind the scenes and what efforts are being made and with who in the family. M&H have bigger issues then just W&K as they don’t answer to them. They all answer to Charles and ultimately the Queen. And neither of those two, Charles and the Queen has done anything to help this situation, nothing. Only William is to blame for everything wrong with what M&H are going through. This is the responsibility of the Queen as the head of the family and regning monarchy, IMO. But she chooses to do nothing. And Charles is the one who benefits from his two sons pitted against each other. And don’t forget Andrew, he also benefits, more than we likely realize. And it’s the scandal with Andrew is why I think no one will comment publicly. And if true then it’s ordered down by the Queen. She’s not a stupid woman she knows what she’s doing being seen with her pedo son, she believes he’s innocent and she’s standing by him. And that is where her loyalties lie and her focus is, she’s trying to ride this latest storm. The BRF has survived many things and storms but one of their own has never been publicly named as child rapist who was traficced by a convicted perdophile. This might be one thing the Queen can’t fix and could be very detrimental the monarchy going forward.
Charles has nothing to fear from Harry, because he is not next in line. He is more likely in competition with William for The Crown. There was a time when we all, me included, wanted a skip over Charles and give the crown to William. The Media wants to alienate The Sussexes from everyone in the Royal Family. ‘Not many have asked me if am ok’, means some have. Let’s get the comprehension right, but we don’t know who hasn’t. Let’s not speculate and create enemies for H&M in the RF. They could do with some allies. The Media wants more people in their hate club, lets not fall in their trap.
I agree @raindrop I think if Kate and Meghan were seen together more, doing normal things it would really help ease the tension. Their fan bases are polar opposites so if they showed more solidarity it would help bring their fan bases more into neutral. I do notice more positivity when they do interact with each other. Kate stans hate Meghan becuase they think kate hates her, and vice versa. I think William genuinely believes this divide has made him and Kate more popular and ruined Harry’s popularity, however all that has happened is that their fan bases have just split. William isn’t more popular, he’s lost about 50% of his fan base, it’s just that the other 50% that have remained now absolutely love them, rather than being indifferent to them like before. They both will gain if they did show solidarity and come back together. A couple of outings together and some pap shots would make all the difference.
It isn’t just William who benefits from these negative stories about Harry and Meghan, and Kate has been benefiting off Harry’s good PR for years. Now she benefits by continuing to be as lazy and inept as usual, but not being praised as “regal” by the racists and the RRs. She hasn’t changed, she hasn’t started working. All she’s had to do it sit back, enable her buddy at the Tattler and her mum’s folks at the DM, and benefit.
February Pisces, that is conveniently excerpting the obvious double standard at work in all coverage of Meghan. Ignoring the huge part of the old Kate fan-base who hate Meghan because she’s proven all their lies about needing to ease in to royal work to be lies. Also ignoring the “new” vehement Kate stans who are simply racists in bad disguise.
I agree @notasugarhere. I my point was that William and Kate would also benefit if they stopped their hate campaign against the Sussex’s, but are choosing not to do that. Rather than having a more neutral fan base where a majority of people think they are ok, they would rather stick with a hardcore racist fanbase who stan them hard just for being white. William and Kate have lost half of their fanbase to the Sussexs in a divine that they created, and those people, myself included will never like him again.
ITA, I have been saying this over and over again: TQ and Charles are calling the shots in the BRF. That’s were the lack of support for H&M is authorized and William etc. are doing what TQ says (just like in any company). And of course this is a strategy to provide cover for Andrew. And it works…
From what has happened so far IMO it boils down to the fact whether H&M can live with the fact that BRF is first and foremost a firm (with defined roles and tasks) and family comes second.
It’s hard to root for Kate, even though I do sometimes feel sorry for her, she seems so disingenuous. She is one of those women who are obsessed with being seen as ‘perfect’. She denies Botox and hair extension rumours in a hot second because it will ruin the illusion that she actually has to TRY to look good. It’s like her ego is really that fragile. I have long suspected she suffers from an eating disorder, plus depression and anxiety, but unlike Diana who spoke openly about her problems, I don’t think kate ever will, because it will make her look less that perfect. Her and William are like one of those Instagram couples who are so desperate to appear happy to other people, just to cover up how miserable they really are. To the outside world her only success is her ‘happy marriage’ and yet she doesn’t really have that. I’m not surprised she’s very insecure, her whole life is built upon William, and he could end it all for her tomorrow. I think that’s where her aloofness towards other women stems from, that anyone of them could catch williams eye, and heart.
I think you’ve hit it exactly, February Pisces.
Hitting my “like” button for your comment!
Aww thanks 🤗
Trashing kate article. Check. Next up. Meghan adoration article.
Deedee, you are so right. Why the **** does it always have to be a competition?
Obviously Meghan is in a league of her own! From her beauty all the way to her mind. Kate is no match! But until Meghan is given a break and space to breathe, Kate will get bashed since most of this is orchestrated by her childish, and tantrum throwing husband.
Kate is complicit in the racist treatment of her sister-in-law as well as being the laziest consort we’ve possibly ever had. So yeah, let’s call out her total lack of work ethic and her silence.
Meghan is thrice the force for good Kate could ever dream of being.
The Waitrose comment made me guffaw. Kate should be at Waitrose level at *least*, not slumming it with the plebs in Sainsbury’s!!1. 😉
You can bet your bottom dollar that no self-respecting posh person would be caught dead at a Sainsbury’s, shopping for Halloween costumes. A few years ago, Kate would have no doubt gotten snickered at for this exact thing from the folks over at Tatler. Ah, how times change. And how people who previously found themselves the target of such undignified ire suddenly choose to protect themselves at the expense of others.