Garden Party Season is in full swing, and on Monday, the Prince and Princess of Wales were the main hosts of a Buckingham Palace garden party. This is Kate’s first garden party appearance since 2023. She skipped the garden parties last year, saving her first official public appearances for a tree-portrait and Trooping the Colour. At least William and Kate had good weather for Monday’s party – the last time William hosted one of these things (last year), there was a torrential downpour which literally put a damper on the festivities.
For Monday’s garden party, Kate did yet another repeat. This is the same Emilia Wickstead dress she wore in 2022, to the Jubbly service at St. Paul’s Cathedral. I remember those photos vividly because the body language between William and Kate was awkward as hell. The body language has not improved in the past three years. The hat is a repeat as well – this might even be the same hat she wore to the Sussexes’ wedding? Lemme double-check… it definitely looks like the same one. I genuinely wonder if Kate’s constant rewears are connected to King Charles’s refusal to allow her to issue royal warrants. I also wonder if it’s connected to William possibly limiting her budget.
Hilariously, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were co-hosting the garden party. Poor Will and Kate need back-up at a party! That’s how incapable they are. Sophie’s dress is especially bad, but whenever I say that, the dress usually retails for upwards of $1500. Zara Tindall and Princess Eugenie were also there!
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales stand at the top of the Garden steps before the start of a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 20 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales (left) and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh stand at the top of the Garden steps before the start of a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 20 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales stand at the top of the Garden steps before the start of a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 20 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, William, Prince of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 20 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales talks to guests during a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 20 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Kate’s clothing budget has been cut and Sophie’s dress is hideous.
Looks like the hat she wore to Meghan’s wedding when she wore that White/cream dress.
I’m fascinated by the fact that she’s wearing the same earrings that she wore to Meghan’s wedding. Along with the same hat style she wore to Meghan’s wedding. Just days after the Sussex wedding anniversary. You’d think she wouldn’t want to reference back to a day she so clearly did not enjoy. Bizarre.
I do believe those are the earrings Kate wore to her own wedding.
Really? Whoops. I strait up thought it was the same. Just kidding then.
If it was the same thing she wore to the wedding it’s a little creepy to have a rewear right when the Sussex’s anniversary is getting headlines all over , but Waity does creepy stalker often enough it wouldn’t surprise me if it was intentional.
Well, look who’s hugging everyone now!
Something definitely looks “off” in her lower facial area. Her nose looks more bulbous and her lips look…odd. She looks medicated frankly.
Sophie’s dress should be burned immediately! And WHY do they wear them SO LONG??? Sophie’s can’t even be considered “tea” length. With that sillohuette, and hitting at the ankle is NOT a flattering look for anyone.
See, Kate, THIS is a yellow dress. She is this so we would all start talking about how she wore white to Meghan and Harry’s wedding. Again, some more. She is the worst.
@hypocrisy, legit I though she had brought out the same hat and earrings cuz it just felt like something she would do. But I was wrong. Just the hat and she’s worn that style a lot although I’m assuming she also wore this same one to the jubbly? But at the same time, sometimes she just has similar stuff.
@Jais she did not wear the same hat to the jubbly. I know this will shock you, lol, but she wore a new hat to the jubbly that is almost the exact same as this one. (I know bc I checked that post and the first few comments were about this being the same hat and then someone pointed out that it was just sightly different.)
LOL, I am shocked and shook. I don’t wana be putting misleading info out into the world😂. But they look the saaaaaame! Ish. Le sigh. So this is the same hat from the sussex wedding but not the same hat from the jubbly?
It’s like how Kaiser can spot the differences in the coat dresses. How? Why didn’t I get that sort of attention to detail? Most of the time, I can’t tell when it’s a re-wear, but I will never forget any detail of what she wore to Harry and Meghan’s wedding.
Sometimes I can spot differences but man these hats and earrings are really throwing me. I’m going 0 for 0 today, lol.
Spring?
Would make for a nice tablecloth.
Yup. Those are her wedding earrings too, with the acorns, so no new jewelry either.
The sad part – although fitting for someone with no personal style or sense of self – is that she can’t even style the repeat dress differently. The hat she’s wearing is almost identical to the one she wore to the jubbly that Kaiser linked to. So she’s styled the outfit exactly the same. Why not wear a different color/style hat to switch things up a bit?
Her budget is cut, and yet both Charles and William have more money than ever before.
My guess is her clothing budget has gone to helping her parents. It’s the only thing that makes sense to me. No one wanted to help them out, so Kate had to give something up.
I would say the same thing – her budget went to save her bankrupted parents who have a huge Manor House they can never afford to live in, they have to eat and pay utility bills too. Their state pension won’t be enough to pay for them, unless they have private pension w/c I doubt as they did not have enough money for their business to carry on.
I’ve wondered the same thing. It’s pretty obvious that her clothing budget has been cut drastically since whatever happened in December 2023, and given the state of her parents’ finances, it makes sense. Her hair budget has been cut, too.
I more wonder if she’s just given a lump budget and has to decide how to spend it. Clothes, hair, make-up, helping out her parents. The assumption though is that it would be more and she could easily spend on all of those things. Especially considering her husband’s wealth. And if she’s going to go archival it would be cool to see her at least bring out some really old stuff from her first few years married or something. Rewearing more recent stuff isn’t as interesting as pulling out something that’s truly out of the public’s mind.
i also think that’s what’s going on – william is giving her a lump sum and she’s giving it to her parents.
Charles probably just got the bills from the various designers and clothing stores and probably didn’t bat an eye. I mean this is a man who buys Camilla serious bling, he was married to one of the biggest fashion icons in recent memory – I think it probably takes a lot to make him question fashion spending (as long as its not the black woman asking, of course.)
Her parents finances aren’t in any more trouble than they’ve always been.
They dodged 2.4 million in debts owed to small businesses. They are not legally accountable for that debt. They walked away owing nothing because of the shady way they changed the business structure while no one was looking.
If any royal reporters wanted to look into something that matters? They’d look at carole’s possible illegal behavior around that business changeover. All of which disappeared without comment when Kate declared she had ‘cancer’. As did all the Kate is a royal racist talk. That disappearance wasn’t about Kate’s health, it was a pr move.
@Hypocrisy
This is like her. Right after the announcement that Harry had a son, Kate dressed Louis in baby Harry’s clothes on the balcony, which if anyone were to wear it, it would be Archie, not Kate’s son.
She does things like that.
Spiteful (and sick).
Horrible woman
Kate looks aged and dried up.
Far too much eye makeup.
Can’t imagine what the garden party guests thought who had to meet her. Outside in broad daylight make-up should have been minimal.
Her face is so thin. I think we might see her even more gaunt because of the pale lip color. I have the same issue. I look like a ghost, especially in photos when I don’t wear any color on my lips.
Her neck looks gaunt.
I thought her face looked even thinner too. She looks like she’s on a very severe diet.
Prune. Too much in the sun. Did she get back from Mustique?
Kate definitely does not look well. The unretouched photos tells the tale. Skin looks dry and she looks tired and frail.
It’s because she has that frail type of thinness that that signals old age and osteoporosis. I’m not trying to body-shame, it’s just that there are slim people who are wiry and muscular and you recognize that they are that way because they are exercising and fit, whereas with others, often a more elderly person, they just look so fragile as if the wind could blow them away, and that is more the way she looks now. It’s worse in the video as you can see how the dress hangs off her when she moves.
It’s jarring how different she looks from the VE Day concert pics from 2 weeks ago
It’s a little shocking how drastically kate has aged, and yellow is definitely a color she should remove from her wardrobe.. every shade of yellow from pukey to pale is a bad color choice on her.
She looks older than her mother.Her extreme dieting is certainly taking its toll on her now.
Her face is starting to look like leather.
She looks sad and tired. Her smile doesn’t reach her eyes. Being the Princess of Wales doesn’t seem to be the job she always dreamt of. Neither will be the Queen Consort-job.
I’m not judging the looks of a person who has cancer.
Oh but she’s “cancer-free” now, if she actually did have cancer. No, she’s veering into anorexic territory.
Even when you’re cancer free, treatments can age you. Also it seems that she hasn’t been using Botox since she was diagnosed with cancer so she has more lines. But everyone here used to criticize her so much for using Botox. I wish as a society we would allow women to age – instead we tend to criticize women for using Botox and-or other treatments to look young, but we also criticize them when they don’t. People age in different ways due to genetics, lifestyle (smoking, drinking, sun exposure etc), and environmental things (like cancer treatments even). Personally I’ve noticed that people with asymmetrical faces to begin with also usually tend to have more noticeable aging (including myself!). I wish we’d all let both Kate and Meghan age, it’s the least interesting thing about both of them, it just is what it is.
@Claire people criticized her botox because it was bad botox, lol. It did funny things to her face.
but like I said below – no one would really care about her aging if she and/or the press wasn’t so obsessed with photoshopping her pictures and touching up her face to hide the fact that she IS aging. If we always just saw her natural face, this wouldn’t be a topic of discussion. no one ever says that Anne looks old or that QEII didnt age well or whatever. (we do make comments about camilla but thats more based on personality.)
by trying so desperately to hide her aging, she actually makes it worse when we see her “real” face.
We’ve been told that she is cancer-free. So the assertion that you don’t want to talk about the face of someone who currently HAS cancer is false. That said, I generally don’t talk about her face. I’m fine to discuss her actions towards Meghan bc to me that is the true ugly. And as many commenters have said, it becomes an issue though when some photos are so photoshopped while others are not bc that causes reality to get distorted. It becomes in your face obvious. It also becomes about propaganda and pr and image. I sympathize with anyone, especially women, aging in the public eye. This reality distortion is happening with actresses to news anchors and to so many women in the public eye. Kate is no different. Wanting to look our best mixed in with ego and expectations. Whatever health issues she may be facing, wish her well. Her kids need a healthy mom.
@CLAIRE. She can do all the botox and wigs all she wants, if only she has not PUBLICLY DENIED using both. People’s problem here with her maonly is not her aging or having some cosmetic helps, it’s her hypocrisy that people object to, hence some people mucked her.
Comparing to all the hateful messages & intentional photoshops from the derangers & BM towards Meghan (and her children), the CB readers’ comments here were mild & true.
P.S. She had used botox since her reappearance at Trooping last year.
Jesus, she looks terrible — like, sickly. Her color is all wrong, and I’m worried more than snarky. I don’t wish poor health on anyone — especially when she still has to rely on her BRF overlords for everything. I know I’m in the minority, but I feel pretty bad for her in general. She has no agency, no options other than cowing to Wills to maintain a livelihood for her and her family.
If not for her treatment of Meghan, I would feel awful for her. There is nothing enviable about her life, it looks like an utter misery, and now she actually looks unhealthy on top of just frighteningly thin.
I bet Charles just paid her bills and didn’t give her money. Now that Will has the duchy he can get the money, so they are probably putting it in offshore accounts somewhere.
That’s a good point that Chuckles probably just paid her bills, no questions asked (while insisting there was no money to support Meghan). I wonder why she wouldn’t just order things and either let The Other Brother feel guilted into paying an overdue bill, or just stiff the vendors like her mother and the queen mother notoriously did. You’d think she could get away with still ordering things and then just dine and dash.
I wonder if that’s what led to the alleged fight/facial scar back on that fateful December, a fight about clothing budgets or huge designer bills.
There is no scar,there never was. That whole thing is a conspiracy theory faked up by a Kate fan.
Just as the ambulance video in London had nothing to do with Kate. All made up and posted online by a fan who wanted attention.
I’m wondering if she gets a budget of some sort from William but is having to give it to her parents. Not that I think her parents are paying back their debt but they might be needing money for other reasons.
Yeah, I bet that’s it, too. Whatever she gets, she’s giving to her parents because they have no income now. I can’t see any other reason why she wouldn’t be buying more now that she’s Princess of Wales, rather then obviously less.
It’s the only thing that makes any sense. William must have given her some kind of allowance when he finally got his fingers on some duchy money, and he’s definitely not as generous as Charles.
It’s time to announce their separation. The woman who has hundreds of coat dresses did not just decide to stop shopping, someone took away her access to money.
Jais as I wrote above, they have no debt related to pp. No personal debt and no business debt. They secretly changed the legal aspects of the business while no one was looking. That legally absolves them from owing anything either personally or business wise.
Probably an illegal move that will never be investigated because of Kate’s very convenient ‘cancer’
While they may have no debt, which is why I said I don’t think they’re paying back any debt and your’re right bc they technically don’t have any, they do still need money just to maintain a certain lifestyle. That’s what I’m talking about.
That’s always been my thought as well. She just sent the bills to Charles and he paid them. William is not as generous and I do wonder if she’s having to use her money to help her parents maintain their lifestyle as well.
She looks really thin and tired in these photos. But again, this is where the obsession with photoshopping her hurts her – I don’t think she would stand out to me as looking so tired except that the press or photographers go out of their way to edit her photos, so when you see one thats not touched up, its jarring.
That dress is a nice shade for a garden party, but i always found that seam going down the front (off center) a little weird since i think its just decorative. the dress zips up the back so its not like its hiding buttons or anything.
You know I wonder how it is for people who meet her in real life. I’ve been up close to a few celebrities and I’m usually shocked at how thin they are, or how tall or short they actually are but their faces never really shock me.
It has to be jarring to see her in
person when every official photo that you see of her in newspapers, and even the photos that they put on social media are so touched up.
Here I thought, and she’s looking really gnarled but then like you I thought, would it seem that big of a deal to me if they didn’t spend all this time making her look like the same woman that stepped out of the Rolls-Royce going into Westminster Abbey 15 years ago?
It really does her a disservice, because I feel like when people meet her in person they’re probably disappointed in her looks and if her self-esteem is an issue that has to hurt more. I can’t imagine that everybody can fix their face instantly enough not to look shocked when they see her.
I agree. After seeing all those edited photos, the unedited ones become shocking. Also, the natural lighting is really brutal for a lot of people. It is always sunny events we are getting this kind of photos of Kate.
The switch to thicker eyebrows and heavy makeup does not help either. There is a side by side of her with a photo of her wearing the same hat at Meghan’s wedding in church and the change from 2018 is drastic. She had a fuller face and her eye makeup was less harsh and the eyebrows were more shaped.
But it really shows how she lost so much weight post Louis and it’s not like she wasn’t thin at the 2018 wedding.
Her hair and make-up was really good at the Sussex wedding. She actually did have a little glow in her cheeks.
@Jais, I actually think the Sussex wedding is the one public event in her married life that she didn’t get her hair done and I think she did it deliberately, as though it wasn’t important and she just threw herself together in her off-white coat dress and a pale yellow hat to try and get away with it.
The only reason she looked good is because she was 3 weeks postpartum and Kate has always looked her best when pregnant/right after pregnancy
It’s kind of funny then if that was her trying to look undone bc it ended up being a better and softer look.
There is literally so little of interest that all I see is that the angles on both Khate and Sophie’s hats are just so off. This family has become so dull.
The look on Sophie’s face in the top picture? Man, if looks could kill… Of course, if she had been even a little bit decent to Meghan she might of had the day off.
I had so many questions, like why do Edward and Sophie look so teeny in the first photo? Isn’t he supposed to be 6′ tall? It’s like they’ve been photoshopped in. And why do those sideways hats even exist? And why is Sophie wearing my grandmother’s shower curtain?
But then I scrolled down to the close up of Kate. Yikes! She looks like there isn’t a bit of energy left in her. Maybe cut back on the frolicking in nature and get some good sleep.
I think it’s the perspective – they are standing way back near the flower urn while the Wailses are standing more forward. Because, of course, they outrank the shrunken uncle and tablecloth Sofiesta so need to stand in front of them.
I agree that Keen looks horrible. Wrinkly neck, tired, dry skin and lips. And her makeup is so aging. It’s wild that after all this time she has no sense of daytime vs nighttime makeup, or different makeup for an outdoor event vs one inside in a dark theater.
Edward looking wee was what jumped out at me too … it also has the effect of making Bill look like an outsized giant.
I had the same question about the photo of all four – the proportions are very off, if we looked at some picture on the balcony tall or less tall, everyone has same proportions. If they photoshopped the four together, I care less why, but where’s the professionalism, I am often wondering.
This, Eurydice!!
Someone used the “Honey, I Shrank The Kids” ray on them.
It’s Bidens with the Carters levels of weird perspective. Edward and Sophie look like literal miniatures in the picture, it’s so strange.
And if Kate wasn’t photoshopped to hell in every picture, her actual appearance wouldn’t be so shocking. But her neck looks frighteningly gaunt, she needs help from a nutrititionist.
Good lord, health issues or not, this family is ageing like milk. A lot to do with their horrendous style I’m sure but… yikes.
I think Eugenie looks great in the video. I know she is a few years younger, but her skin, makeup and figure are lovely. So is her polka dot dress. The big black hat covers too much of her face, but she is still lovely.
She really does look good in that polka dot dress.
At least the hat is offering some sun protection! She does look very good.
She looks lovely even though I find those polka dots so dated, the hat is a nice touch that balances them out. Zara looks good, too.
It is a little dated but in a glam way. Eugenie is serving as my favorite 80s murder mystery guest this time and I’m here for it. I’ve always loved her hair color.
Maybe karma is finally catching up with all of them and, while Harry and Meghan are looking younger and happier than ever!
Does she have a stylist who hates her? This is so matronly and dated
That Wales woman looks so unhealthy.
Kate is supposed to be a year younger than me and she looks the same age as Sophie. Girrrrrl let yourself gain 5lbs it will take years off your face!
Actually, she looks older than Sophie to me.
Lazy looks dated and her skin is sallow. She needs to eat. Someone give her a Big Mac.
Edward looks ill. He’s shrunk.
Someone commented here recently that he has long covid. I have no idea if that’s accurate
They look miserable and she looks especially haggard for someone without a job and full time help.
I was going to say how old Mother Haggard looks. Sophie is giving her a run for her money and she is 60 years old. She looks unhappy too even when she is smiling to her audience.
I think she looks lovely. The color suits her, the outfit is appropriate for the occasion, the accessories work, the hat is great and the makeup looks fine from afar (close up it’s way too heavy but that’s our Kate). A lone quibble, I’ve never liked that wrap front on the dress but I loathe Emilia Wickstead’s designs so that may just be my preference…
As for the other royals Sophie looks appropriately frumpy (so as not to detract from the higher ranking Kate) and quelle surprise, Eugenie looks FAB. Perfect hat and chic polka dot dress, gorgeous…Zara looks, well, like Zara. I don’t expect much from her so fine.
Otherwise, a rare “well done” for Kate for me
I agree on all points, the details on the dress are not well done, but the styling is nice for a garden party where she is supposed to be the center of attention. My only problem is the makeup. As I said above some lip color would do wonders. It looks like they forgot to do her lips, they even look dry when she smiles wide.
I agree, though I will say that I love Sophie’s look. It’s kind of terribly fun in its frumpiness and the hat just tickles me. It’s a crazy outfit, but I sort of like that. Oddly, it’s bizarreness makes it feel authentically “royal” to me. Like only a duchess would wear such a thing because of weird protocol (not upstaging higher royals) and somehow it makes sense in coocoo royal world!
I like Sophie’s dress as well. It’s very “royal at a garden party” to me lol. I think the issue is that Sophie loves that length and its not very flattering on her. a few inches shorter would make a big difference .
agree on Sophie — it just looks so typically British to me and I ADORE her hat.
I think Kate looks good too — I know the party line is that everything was faked with her health, but- I’m going to lean on the side of not talking about a woman’s weight, skin or wrinkles.
I am also a sucker for yellow and I love morning suits on the men.
One thing about Sophie is she sometimes really loves a busy pattern. Which is at least visually interesting.
That just says ‘English’ to me. Flower print dress of indeterminate length & shape, high heels for walking around in grass (why???), and stupid little hat.
I’m just annoyed that her styling is so identical I thought the photos were old instead of a new event
Kate’s dressed like an 80 year old.
Sophie always looks as if she has been drinking vinegar.
She looks washed out. Too much makeup and lines around her neck. He is not returning her festive glances.
Sophie should not give that outfit to Louise. Very frumpy
And poorly constructed. The inner lining should not be longer than the dress itself.
The aged neck caught my attention but once I zoomed up her face shocked me. She’s looked haggard before but I was shocked at how haggard Kate looked in these photos. William looks awful. He’s aged but I still say that he’s has always looked as if he’s the one who was actually sick last year and that hasn’t changed. She was looking unhealthily skinny for years but he has lost a substantial amount of weight and his face looks as if he’s malnourished or something. It’s not good at all. In the photo of them standing at the top of the stairs, Edward and Sophie look like a mini version of the Will and Kate from the past. Edward having that bald head and long neck sticking out of that suit is too close to what William looked like over a year and a half prior. It’s very Dana Carvey as Turtle Man whenever I see either of them in these suits lately. Sophie with that hideous floral dress.
That closeup shot is shocking.
Smoking + sun + underweight.
Don’t know how you can even fix that with surgery.
+ drinking
That’s a drinkers’ face.
She needs to gain 15 lbs STAT.
Why have none of those people learned to smize?
Why always so droll at a PARTY!?
They don’t need to be giddy, but at least look pleased to be there.
So I guess that’s my answer, they aren’t pleased to be there!
Kate looks nice, in that her hair is tidy & she’s put together . Pretty colour, though too pale for her. William is a joke. So miserable looking, all the time. It’s a party for god’s sake.
The other two are so bland I can’t be bothered.
They hate these things. Willie wants football season to return, Lazy wants to go back to nature.
Can you imagine putting up with these miserable people as king and queen for x amount of years?
Someone the other day made a really good comment about how much william seems to hate the public bc of his mother’s death – he had to walk behind her coffin as millions who never met her wept, begged for him and his brother to comfort them, etc. That has to leave an emotional scar. Factor in that I’m sure he’s aware of the fact that the paparazzi wouldn’t have been as obsessed with her if pictures of her didn’t sell bc the public bought them. We know that he hates the press (current bargains aside) bc of their role in her death, and we know he probably has a lot of bitterness towards his father over her death. why not the public as well?
that could explain why he always acts like doing anything with the general public pain him. It very well might.
One of many reasons I enjoy following the Swedish royal family is how happy CP Victoria always is at events and the enjoyment her daughter Estelle so often shows put a smile on my face
Vicky married for love, Willy settled for whoever would have him.
And Vicky works harder than Willy and doesn’t resent doing these events.
I love their Nobel Prize ceremonies. Lots of tiaras on display.
Gawd her neck. 😳 I’m not making a snark remark, she looks either starving — literally suffering from malnutrition — or prematurely aged, which given her access to the best personal care available, and medical care, just sits ill with me, no pun intended. WTF is going on? I might merely be lingering in my own mood as I attended a funeral yesterday for a person who had coped with cancer for a long time before passing away but are we sure this woman *isn’t* suffering a relapse of her condition? I was skeptical about her diagnosis as specifics were missing, updates were terse, & her treatment seemed to be remarkably fast & free of side effects like hair loss. But she’s clearly suffering from something, & by the looks of it, so is Edward. They both look genuinely unwell.
Agreed. I gasped aloud when I saw that close-up photo of Kate yesterday. Edward has not looked remotely healthy for years now. What in the world is happening here?
I quite like this outfit. It’s appropriate for the event and seems to fit her. The unphotoshopped pictures are not flattering but, as others have already commented, if her previous images were not heavily edited, the current pics wouldn’t be so startling.
Sophie continues to look like a very frumpy mother of the bride. She seems to be wearing longer length outfits at the moment and they do her no favours.
Kate and Edward look sick. Kate looks like a bobble head on a sick and the close-up pictures make it seem worse. Does anyone care enough about her to seek help?
Willy with the beard is god-awful. Ugh. No charisma whatsoever and it makes his head look long. Hence, why he is called egg; for his egg-head.
The bear d makes his face look dirty
I think it makes him look like a molting bird.
Kate needs to put on at least 5 pounds.
She has access to best doctors and nutritionists. A healthy diet and supplements could improve her health. She should put that first instead of working on nature videos
Her photos from afar look nice with the dress which is appropriate for a garden party…however, once I saw her close up…omg! Her skin is rough and dry and her neck….she tries really hard to hide it with heavy make-up but she has the opposite result…she needs to gain a few pounds to look less emancipated…and, as far as her budget is concerned, I don’t think it’s being cut…remember, this is the woman who decided to wear repeats when Meghan was crucified by the press for her clothing budget..no, everything is a game for them and she wears repeats to avoid talking about her deteriorating appearance or to cause discussions such as the ones we are having here to provoke William or something…if Sophie has a new dress, I can’t believe the mother of the future heir, divorce or not, is not allowed to buy new clothes.. something is definitely up..
Kate looks so old
When my husband finished treatment for throat cancer, the hardest part for him was the waddle he developed underneath his chin and the 90 pounds he lost on the PEG tube— he tries to hide it, but often people mistake him for my father instead of my husband.
Wishing your husband well in his recovery @wendy.
Wishing wendy and Jaded well.
she looks so totally different in the close up!
Is it just me, or in the pic at the bottom where they are looking at each other, does she look ready to smack him? Like he may have just said something that was so stupid, she may not be able to take it.
And thanks to the commenters above for pointing out that Sophie and Edward seemed to be standing 5 feet back from bill and kathy- making them look tiny.
Wonder if that is one of those- we’re more important- we stand further up hierarchy things.
I assume citizens who get invited to the parties enjoy getting dressed up and going, so, that’s nice.
By their expressions, they look like they had some sort of a “tiff.”
I think their marriage must be a constant “tiff”.
Kate, in recent years, has favored dresses like this one, with some kind of embellishment to create the illusion of a fuller bust. It kind of did the trick at the Jubbly, but it’s not working at all anymore.
Eugenie looked the best. Very pretty, elegant, and not frumpy. I don’t know why, but Zara always looks “stuffed” into her clothes. I think Kate looks like herself. This kind of styling is entirely hers. It gives her an identity and she should stick to it.
I agree with all of this.
Eugenie looks great. And yeah, Zara doesn’t wear her clothes well.
Kate used to be at a healthy weight years ago & very athletic. It’s shocking to see her like this. Did she not look better health wise in the video released last Aug? She might be drinking & not eating.
If she were drinking too much she’d still have bloat around her waist. My late sister had eating disorders and drank most of her calories — she was thin as a stick but thick through the middle.
@Sharon, I am pretty sure all her videos are edited just as her photos from friendly media. There is no way they wouldn’t airbrush everything the palace releases regarding Kate. Even Kardashians use that tech, the BRF with all of their propaganda tools would have better versions of it.
Pray tell, is that ‘butter yellow?’ asking for a friend.
That is a proper primrose yellow rather than the ‘gaslighter white’ of her dress for H&M’s wedding.
(Hat tip to the CBer that coined that phrase)
The fact that she’s wearing that hat from the Sussex wedding with an actual “primrose”/”butter” yellow is what gets me. Cuz yep, this is actually yellow. This dress just makes me think of when she wore it for the jubbly and was caught turning around on tape and making a nasty face, presumably as the Sussexes either entered or had just sat down. It was just one more example of Kate being unable to act well in a church.
Okay, she apparently did not wear this for the jubbly😂
Ford fiesta has a decent clothes budget, lots of Italian and French designers.. However wtf is she thinking with that hot mess. Maybe she’s trying to suck up to Kate? But it’s all bad
What’s with the hem on Sophiesta’s dress?!!!?? That’s a mess!!!
And as Kaiser pointed out, that dress probably cost a pretty penny. It should NOT have the liner peeking out from beneath.
There is a belt tied above where the liner is showing, maybe it is something to do with that.
Comparison between this recent photo in full sun and pictures wearing the same hat at H&M’s wedding-when Kate still had weight in her features from being pregnant, underline much of the difference ‘post disappearance’:
The teeth she returned with are different to her teeth in earlier photos
There is even a dent by the ‘scar area’ (!) not just the scar
The comparison to her Wimbledon appearance, in which her cheeks, both at rest and smiling, looked as round as a Kabocha pumpkin and her close ups preternaturally smooth, is stark.
The photo of Kate with weight gained naturally through maternity do not match her ‘Wimbledon face’ and that look vanished afterwards so it wasn’t some kind of side effect of medication.
That wasn’t just photoshop at Wimbledon, or ordinary cosmetics, they built up her face prosthetically.
Right? Even her teeth are different. My goodness.
Interested Gawker, your post just took my breath away — because I think you are right. Bang on the money. My god. I used to work on a TV show in the US where we used prosthetics very sparingly, *rarely* mostly to simulate injuries (it was a cop show) and it takes *hours* but FWIW it is a form of magic. With enough time, lighting, methodical, patient work, makeup, they can do *anything* and I think you are right — that is what they did. I suspect she had reconstructive surgery (probably several procedures, over an extended timeline) and on the outings where we saw her, she was sporting prosthetics. Do you remember how they trailed “William Harry Potter scar” by way of SEO optimisation shortly before Trooping the Colours? …so anyone who googled “scar” would get filler forms as a result? …..it explains the paranoia about her being seen in public for months.
“Do you remember how they trailed “William Harry Potter scar” by way of SEO optimisation shortly before Trooping the Colours?”
The BM has always known (or surmised) more than they are allowed to disclose and taunt KP with odd references at times.
Some of the close ups and the way the light behind her accents the planes of her face, indoors when she is talking to the tennis player, have no resemblance physically to other images of her and if it was medication that filled her face to that degree she would have worn a hat, not sat out in the sun with only sunglasses.
We may never be told the real events that set off a campaign of false images and ‘sightings’ of her in public that remain unproven and unverified to this day but there are definitely marked differences in her physical appearance that can not be explained away by photo retouching or video filters.
In the side profile there is something a bit off with her chin. And the one photo does show a scar above the left eye. In some it looks a bit like a flap scar.
Yeah, there’s something noticeably different about her chin. I dread to think how this happened.
Kate looks truly terrible — her dress is fine even though the color washes her out. But her face and neck … yikes … She looks to be in her 50s.
She just looks rough.
I’m in my 70s and do not look anywhere near as aged as Kate does. Smoking, stress, too much sun and not eating enough takes its toll.
That’s for sure!
I wonder if she is really sick. She looks terrible. Or is she just terribly unhappy?
Apparently BP invited the family of Liz Hutton, the 17-year-old who died of cancer. Kate spent 2-3 minutes with the family (doesn’t seem like much time?) and leaned in for a hug photo-opportunity. I wouldn’t dare to judge any family that’s lost a child, and the garden party was probably a wonderful occasion for them. But it does seem like even more cynical PR from Kate and her handlers.
The dress is fine, although yellow is a hard color for anyone. I don’t think her neck looks bad, except it may be reflecting that her body fat percentage must be around 0% and maybe also bad lighting. My god is Kate thin. William must like his women that way (see: Rose). She’s starving herself for him and her own self-image, not for us. Otherwise, Kate’s family would be doing something to get her help.
Lort. That outfit and her accessories look nearly identical to the infamous photographed white pale yellow outfit she wore to the Sussex wedding close to their 7th anniversary. The Sussex wedding/anniversary has been getting loads of Windsor induced rota coverage for weeks. Ick to wear a similar look to reinforce that biased coverage. Who is picking out her clothes and encouraging this creepy cosplay? Also. She is a middle aged woman who has birthed 3 kids and is somwhow smaller than she was in her early 20s. Something is terribly wrong for her to be this painfully thin. She just looks so miserable.
Maybe it’s a “touching nod” to the Sussexes? An olive branch? Truly doubt that. Yes, she is painfully thin, and I hope her family get her help, whether it’s psychological or medical.
It reeks to me of “yeah, I knew that dress wasn’t yellow” to me.
Conspiracy theory here: she does NOT look well. Maybe that’s part of the plan: make her life so miserable that she bolts, and then hey, William can say his wife was crazy and now he can start a new life for himself. They did it to Diana, they did it to Meghan, why not Kate too?
I can guarantee you that KM will never bolt. She’s a jealous, vindictive woman obsessed with status, and thwarting any attempt on W’s part to form a new relationship. Both obsessions require that she remains attached.
She used to look so much healthier in her younger days when she had more weight on her and a glow in her cheeks. That was before she joined the firm. Now she looks too frail and like she has the life sucked out of her.
I’ve always liked this yellow dress on her, both dress and hat are re wears that I’ve liked before. Kate does not choose her own outfits for public events. She has a “dresser” I have read who is also keeper of the clothing archive. She coordinates outfits with events. I read this on this site some years ago from someone who knew an employee at KP. She looks tired here and the no lipstick look is terrible. Maybe this is her no Photoshop look .She appears thinner now in this dress than during her previous wear. I wonder if she’s experiencing other health problems.
No there is no one else to blame for this.
Kate chooses all of her own clothes for every event. Kate shops for all her clothes. Kate personally demands designers make bad changes to clothes because she wants them. Kate chose to wear white to Harry and meghan’s wedding.
A dresser is responsible for keeping track of what kate chooses to wear. She makes sure it is cleaned, recorded, rehung. But the dresser does not choose Kate’s clothes for her.
I have been observing Kate’s pics this year and I keep thinking she doesn’t look well. Not healthy. Something’s off. Her expression is weird, despite the smiles (forced), her face is thinner, she is thinner. Pics above even more so.
Ohh well…Karma does have a way of announcing herself, and the ravages it slowly causes will show regardless of fancy dresses, fancy palaces, fancy videos. Can’t hide.
Picture: Dorian Gray…
Why do the hats have to be “tilted” that way? It looks silly and as if it’s required to have your hat leaning in the direction as Kate’s. Dumb. The lot of them together look as appealling as cold margarine.
I love Kate’s hat and dress. I think they are very flattering, elegant and pretty. Don’t like Sophie’s dress, but better than the Cow’s housedresses. And then I focused on Kate’s face. It was jarring and shocking. And it just makes me sad. There is so much going on there.
Why do they all look so stiff in the first pic. Also, I notice Kate’s face isn’t photo shopped in her close-up. I wonder if Charles took photo-shop away from her too?
Can they not wear these silly tilted hats? Why can’t a hat just be worn sitting on their heads?
What I immediately noticed was that at the end of the anthem, William starts off down the stairs and Kate is a step or two behind him. Edward courteously helps Sophie down the stairs. What a difference in treatment.
I’m struck by how odd this whole thing is. They look like throwbacks from another era. Also can Kate do any other makeup than “smokey eye”? That’s not a daytime look.
Those garden parties look so boring, painful in fact. The fake smiles, the awful outfits and don’t even get me started on those hideous, ridiculous looking hats! Brits really need to ditch those silly hats, they are sooooo outdated and dumb. Sophie’s dress is an absolute crime, and please would they get Sophie and Camilla some decent foundations, get those girls up past the elbows where they belong! That clip had them saying Kate looked stunning, stunned is more like it. She is painfully thin and her face is aging faster every day. I almost feel sorry for them, imagine having to wear such tasteless and boring dress up clothes and smile while making boring small talk. I just can’t do this British garden party BS, give me a good BBQ, pool party or beach party. Everyone looks like they have a rod up their butts. The men in their morning suits with tails & top hats, just too funny. I know, Brits love this and it is tradition yada yada, but it gives off moth balls not fun and forward thinking energy. Stuck in the past with terrible fashion and bad taste. Oh but wait, they are naming a rose after Charles! Whew!