Today is the Princess of Wales’s 44th birthday. Happy birthday to the Capricorn Millennial Future Kween Kate. It’s so funny to think that they’ve tried to make “Millennial queen” stick and no one buys it. Probably because Kate has never felt “of” her generation. She’s always been a throwback to another era, an Edwardian era or even a Victorian era. Which is basically the point of the Daily Mail’s birthday keenery for “Kate at 44”: Kate is going to stick around because she knows the rules and she’s always been willing to do what it takes to get the ultimate prize. Some highlights:
Stepford Keen: In November 2023, she was viciously reduced to a ‘Stepford-like royal wife’ by Omid Scobie in his book Endgame, where the Sussexes’ biographer decried her ‘cold’ persona. His analysis was that Kate had ‘never challenged the system with public struggles or oversized aspirations’ while fitting neatly within the mould of a ‘princess’. What’s more, Kate has also had to contend with constant comparison with William’s mother Princess Diana.
Kate’s legacy: ‘She is not likely to emulate Diana who reached out to others brilliantly but was also brittle and deeply unhappy. They are too different to be compared,’ he explained. ‘Catherine’s legacy will be one of total loyalty to her husband and the institution of monarchy.’
Kate’s renewed purpose & pitiful work numbers: Kate appears to have a renewed sense of purpose as Mr Fitzwilliams noted she is ‘happily in remission from cancer and increasing her public engagements’. Data from the Court Circular revealed the mother-of-three undertook 68 public engagements after announcing she was in remission during an emotional visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where she received treatment.
The Early Years busywork: Mr Fitzwilliams said royal fans can expect to see Kate at even more ‘high-profile’ engagements that support the cause when she becomes Queen. ‘She has said that her work on early childhood is her “life’s work”. Expect this to be a project she will continue to support when she is Queen, just as Charles has with inter-religious understanding and the environment. She has founded the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood and given it an extremely high profile.’
Fewer projects: The royal commentator also noted that Kate, like William, was seemingly choosing fewer projects to sink her teeth into – rather than performing cursory duties for a wider variety of causes. That’s not to say that Kate doesn’t understand – or want to uphold – the traditions of the Royal Family.
Kate’s style: Mr Fitzwilliams elaborated: ‘She is regal yet also has a contemporary look, her fashion choices are iconic and she will be known as one who was fashionable and famous, but in a relatable way.’
The Sussexes’ defection: One of her most important jobs when Prince William becomes King will be revamping the Royal Family’s reputation for a new generation of Britons – in part due to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s defection. ‘Partly owing to the antics of the Sussexes, a majority of young people currently favour a republic. However the same group shows poll ratings of 70-75 per cent for Catherine, and I believe her legacy will include changing the attitudes of many of this pivotal group.’
Kate’s shampoo commercial/cancer-free video in 2024: As a staunch advocate for mental health and wellness, Kate could help shift the narrative of ‘work-life balance’ that resonates with millennials and Gen Z. In another moving video released in September that year, the Princess said her focus was to remain cancer-free while making a gradual and ‘measured’ return to public life. The poignant video underscored another key part of what Mr Fitzwilliams believes will become Kate’s legacy. Mr Fitzwilliams said this showed how ‘one of Kate’s legacies is certain to be as someone who, together with William, prioritised a work-life balance successfully. She together with William, brought up three children, ensuring they were shielded, save on special occasions, from the glare of the international media in an age of social media. This will have been a challenge. As for Mr Scobie’s ‘Stepford wife’ jibe, today it only shows just how far Kate has come.
“Catherine’s legacy will be one of total loyalty to her husband and the institution of monarchy.” I mean… in some sense, this is correct, although I think it’s more nuanced than that. Kate’s “total loyalty to her husband” is her protective shield and William’s protective shield too. No matter what he does and no matter what she does, they are committed to the image of their marriage. Their shared goal is promoting the fiction that they are a loving couple with three well-adjusted children. Obviously, it’s been clear for years that William and Kate live separate lives. Still, that falls under “loyalty to William and the crown.” She’s fine with all of these arrangements, especially the one made in 2024 after her mystery abdominal surgery.
What else? They’re trying to put lipstick on a pig by talking about Kate’s Early Years busywork and her overall work numbers. And I’m surprised by how little energy is being given to Kate versus the Sussexes for this birthday. I remember Kate’s 40th birthday articles, which were almost ENTIRELY about how much she hated the Sussexes.
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- The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Natural History Museum, and The Prince of Wales visit the Museum’s newly transformed gardens and meet children and young people taking part in learning programmes which see them connecting with nature and boosting biodiversity in urban areas Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: LONDON, United Kingdom When: 04 Sep 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Natural History Museum, and The Prince of Wales visit the Museum’s newly transformed gardens and meet children and young people taking part in learning programmes which see them connecting with nature and boosting biodiversity in urban areas Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 04 Sep 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Princess of Wales during their visit to the Natural History Museum’s newly transformed gardens in London, and meet with children and young people taking part in learning programmes which see them connecting with nature and boosting biodiversity in urban areas Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 04 Sep 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School in Birkdale, Southport, where Elsie Dot Stancombe was a pupil, to speak to teachers about how the school was impacted by the Southport attack in 2024, and the support the infant and associated junior school has given to pupils, staff and the local community. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Southport, United Kingdom When: 23 Sep 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales arriving for the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 19 Nov 2025 Credit: Yui Mok/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Offensive dig at Diana. Charles was the disloyal one and later said he did not love her. Keen is hanging on to the marriage for all its worth. With scooter looking annoyed with her. Diana worked and had more rapport with the public than keen
And at least Diana had enough dignity and self worth to not want to put up with a cheating husband. Kate is the ultimate doormat, putting up with anything – cheating, being screamed at and having things thrown at her – to keep her title because she has nothing else going for her, and unlike Diana, Kate is lazy a.f. It’s an insult to Diana to compare the two.
Yikes what a load of shit!! Yes she will be loyal to the monarchy because a deal was made after her mysterious illness. Seems she has some goods on a certain heir and she and Ma Midds have used it to their advantage. I believe if the deal in any way goes south you can be assured she and Ma will try their best to get a better deal and if that fails monarchy be damned tea will be spilled but not before Ma reminds the monarchy in private and through some well placed articles that they need to fall back in line.
Just saying that the word loyalty here was chosen for the article, but what they really meant for us to read is SUBMISSION. TOTAL SUBMISSION. This one is just waiting for her arise moment. One thing khate is, is patient. But she is not the soft, kind person she wants us to believe. She’s Cam2, another mean girl bully.
They balance work and family. What work. There are parents that need to.work to bring in money to the household and save for their children s education and family. They trot out the kids all the time. And included them on her shampoo commercials.
@Tessa, I disagree. I think everyone working multiple jobs and/or long hours isn’t doing it to put food on the table or a roof over their heads, they are doing it because they enjoy it, or they hate their families, or they just don’t understand there are other options.
So I, for one, am grateful that these billionaires have shown the rest of us that we can enjoy a better work/life balance and achieve greater mental health if we just stop working, or only work a total of a few weeks out of the year, while we continue to rake in millions of pounds in taxpayer funded salaries. All you have to do is explain to your employer that you have to do the school run sometimes, and they should process the paperwork to excuse you from work duties immediately.
Plus their pro tip to just buy bigger homes when we make bad memories in our current home (but still keep all the older homes too of course, one can’t live in merely one mansion or palace after all) is really helpful.
So please stop slagging them off for simply trying to share their wisdom and helpful hints about how to live properly with the rest of their citizens. You should be ashamed.
(Oh wait. That’s all sarcasm and maybe they should feel shame at how out of touch this all sounds, and all their “actions” are, given the current state of the UK and world.)
Her legacy? Jeez, they make it sound like she’s nearing the end of her life!
It seems odd the Fail wrote an article about, basically, Omid Scobie’s Stepford wife comment. And why even mention the pitiful figure of 68 engagements, why not just say she’s “steadily increasing her workload” and leave it at that. This article is a back-handed compliment.
Omid nailed it with the Stepford wife comment because it is true. And then the article proceeds to say her defining feature is to be loyal to William, which is exactly what the robots do.
They also better watch the better than Diana stuff because Kate does not look happy. She looks medicated with her fake exaggerated smiles as she is physically shrinking and looking brittle.
I think they know exactly what they’re doing with the Diana comparisons.
I can’t tell from this excerpt how far the Scobie quote reaches. Is he the one who said Kate was completely loyal to William? I dont think so bc he doesnt call her Catherine but its hard to tell here.
Either way – I DO think Kate is completely loyal to William and the monarchy. her lifelong goal is to be queen and for that to happen, she is willing to put up with a lot of negativity and possible abuse. She’s not loyal to William the way Meghan is loyal to Harry or other loving ways are loyal to their husbands, she’s loyal to William because that’s how she reaches her goal. She’s loyal to the monarchy and the Firm because that’s how she becomes Queen.
With the 68 engagements – you notice he says “68 engagements after announcing her cancer is in remission” without mentioning that that announcement was in January 2025. Fitzwilliams makes it sound like she did 68 engagements in the last two months or something.
She literally was away on vacation (not just not working) more than she worked last year. And I’m not counting days she worked, just engagements. Between Mustique, two skiing trips, and the yacht trip, she was likely away on vacation for more than 68 DAYS. and she only did 68 events.
Yeah. It’s so silly, with all the oversized flattery, that it starts to feel shady.
Hanging on to her marriage also means lots of perks. Mansions. And vacations. And she gets to be queen
Legacy of being a pick me who was a doormat to her husband and a lazy bum.
THAT is Keen’s legacy.
And the saddest collection of ill fitting budget wigs.
Starting to think that Ma might want to consider avoiding tunnels, sea swimming and helicopters for a while.
Windows. Heights, in general.
The antics of the wails drove out the sussexes who actually worked instead of shirking like keen.and scooter. Keen let a falsehood about Meghan stay in the media and scooter tried to break up the Sussexes. Talk about antics
they make her sound like a) a labrador, b) a doormat and c) a lazy liar. the mail readers will likely take this at face value although I have noticed the comments are less than favourable these days.
Well, if the shoe fits! Kate is doing herself no favours. If she thinks this image is at all appealing to anybody, then she’s totally on the wrong track.
Hey leave labradors out of this
I’m so sorry Cheesecat, I love labradors. they are the goodest of good dogs (apart from my dane cross lady love).
She hasn’t brought up three children, she is bringing up three children with the help of a nanny. All three of them are still children.
A nanny and full contingent of staff, even if they don’t ‘live in’.
More than one nanny. Maria is just the public facing nanny. Wasn’t there an article from a nanny saying she read the children their bedtime stories? I think if I had three children and a nanny, the reading of bedtime stories would be a duty I would insist on doing myself, because I dearly loved when my parents read me stories as a small child.
Yesterday I passed a poster for the Kings Trust on a bus stop and say what you will about the awful parenting styles of the queen and Charles, he grew up knowing he’d be PoW for a long time and he got on and got sh!t done. He wanted to make his mark and do something with his role so he did, much like Phillip with the D of E awards.
There is a SUCH a chasm between this and what William has decided to do with his life.
Maybe, just maybe if Chuckie had been an even semi-involved father, Willie might have turned out better.
Give Charles some bandwidth, he likely did good parenting (co-parenting with Diana) but that all went to pot when the Middletons got hold of William. That’s why W is like he is now.
Charles was a bad father but at some point adults need to take responsibility for their own actions. Harry managed to do so. William never has and it’s why he’s so miserable now.
I don’t feel sorry for her but what a sad existence. I get that she has a level of wealth and privilege that few can compare to but what an empty life. In ten years her kids will be grown and independent and likely far from her. George will have the duchy money at a young age so they will not be able to control him the way that Charles controlled his sons. Her parents may be gone or elderly and needing care. Charlotte or the boys’ girlfriends will be the ones on all the covers. Where will William be? Where are her friends? What passions does she have? I think the idea of a monarchy is so outdated but there’s lots she could do with her position but she has no real interest in it. I just picture her roaming around an empty forest lodge. Was it worth it?
Agreed Tina. I picked up from Oxfam a copy of a biography of Kate written just after she’d married Will. Photos from school with girl chums showed a happy, strapping lass. She had a good education which she has never used and very little life skills because she has never held down a variety of jobs. She has dwindled both physically and emotionally and been reduced to a pitiful shadow of the person she could have been. She is a cautionary tale rather rather aspirational. She and her mum choose very poorly.
The wealth is absolutely not worth it. I would not switch places with her for anything, there appears to be nothing enjoyable about her extremely vapid existence. I can’t even imagine what she is going to do when she doesn’t have kids at home. I guess wander around on her land she stole from people who paid to have access? With her zero friends?
Mr. Fitzwilliams is absolutely right. Kate really mastered the art of keeping the work-life-balance persistently on the “life” side. You have to give her that.
How is she loyal to the monarchy what with the arise queen Kate articles. She can only get to be queen if her father in law is deceased. And then her husband talking about when he’s king.
Her legacy will be her silence.
A door mat.
She will leave no lasting legacy other than being the laziest queen consort in recent history. Her children do not need her as they did when they were younger so she can add more engagements to her schedule. She is supposedly ‘cancer free’ and if she is healthy enough to sit in the hot sun for hours at Wimbledon, she can work more.
I’m afraid that what’s meant by this- Kate, like William, was seemingly choosing fewer projects to sink her teeth into – rather than performing cursory duties for a wider variety of causes- is a way to cover their butts so they can do as few engagements as possible while keeping all the perks of the crown.
And there’s my favorite couple with super powers- Harry and Meghan. Not only do the have the ability to ‘give people cancer’, apparently they can influence a younger generation not to favor the monarchy. It couldn’t be because they see the future king and queen consort appear not to care about the lives of their subjects and seem to be so out of touch, right?
Why is it weird to me that they’re bringing Scobie back up? And saying he called Kate a stepford wife. Ummm, no he didnt. He simply said she didn’t challenge the system and then the rota screamed, see, he called her a stepford wife! Um, they’re the ones that filled in that blank.
It is really weird that the Fail kicks off by bringing up Scobie and somebody’s Stepford Wife comment, and then goes straight to saying she’ll be remembered for nice clothes and loyalty to her husband and the monarchy (hi, Camilla). With a detour to unnecessarily drop the pathetic 68 engagements figure. She’s coasting off cancer and her fangirls, for now. The monarchy’s future popularity really seems in peril, and this Mail article actually seems to be hinting at that.
I forgot that he never called her that, but even if he did, it wouldn’t be wrong.
I am going to bring up Hilary Mantel again because she nailed it years ago. Kate is a doll where people place many clothes. There is nothing there.
Now I would disagree a bit with Hilary because we have since learned there is something there, but it is only envy and jealousy of other women more successful than her.
Someone mentioned yesterday that Camilla is reading one of Mantel’s books for her reading club. Which is kind of deliciously funny.
WHAT!?
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OMG how shady!
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The problem is that Kate is easily forgettable unlike Princess Diana, hence the need for the British media to heavily factionalize her life to the public with varying versions of who she is on a near daily basis, but none of the versions stick (one day she is ‘stoic’, the next day she is ‘engaging’, another day she is ‘steely’ another day she is ‘fragile’ and so forth).
Consequently, the British media will soon shift focus to the Wales children and the character arcs that will embody their ‘public persona’ for royal branding.
I think she’ll soon (likely within 2 years) fade into the background of the Windsor brand when the children become the prime focus of the British media’s attention for content and clicks. 😔 The lack of oomph in this and the other 44th birthday ’tribute’ articles reveal the inevitability of what’s to come for Kate. 🤷♀️
That’s a lot of words but they still can’t say what Kate’s done since she married William. Sure, they call her “fashionable, famous and relatable” but they STILL can’t describe what Kate has done since marrying William (or indeed before she married him). They wrote that she’s founded the Early Years Center for wayward youths, but what has she done with the center, or accomplished through the center? The best they could come up with is saying, “she’s given it a really high profile.” Really? Oh, well then…
I always wonder how kate life will be moving forward after Carole death because Carole is narcissists mother who doesnt allow her adult children function without her. I will be curious how well william and kate relationship will after Carole because as of now she is band aid their marriage.
Hope Kate doesn’t cling to poor Charlotte. Or even to her boys–William has said how he didn’t like being Diana’s blanket.
Scooter said his mother was paranoid. I never heard him say he was Diana’s “blanket.” Diana would not recognize Scooter today. It seems that only the Charles people accused Diana of “over confiding” in Scooter. Diana had adult friends she confided in. And was known to correct William’s bratty behavior. Harry never spoke of Diana acting that way “clinging” to William. Diana loved both her sons. Diana was not a “clinger” she wanted out of the marriage and to find someone she loved who loved her and possibly have more children. Keen clings to that marriage for all it is worth
Unlike Kate who appears to have no women friends, Diana had close friends she confided in like Elsa Bowker, Carolyn Bartholomew, Rosa Monckton, and others. She did not sit home with Scooter. He was in Boarding School and unlike Keen, she did not shirk work for “school runs”–she did not use the kids as an excuse not to work. she had a full schedule even after the separation and divorce. Diana and Keen had totally different lifestyles and outlooks.
Replying to @Shonnata – as W&K continue to permit endless discussion about their roles as future king and queen consort all while the King is alive and seemingly successfully battling cancer, I feel it’s not unfair to consider the impact on KM of Carol’s eventual departure from the scene.
So….. I don’t believe that KM is capable of functioning without her mother, aka the puppet master, around. So, for me, at that point KM will retire from public life. Completely.
Her legacy will be presiding over the ongoing diminution of English power, just as it was for Queen Elizabeth. She and William likely have another 40 years on the public stage. The Windsors are a blip in the history books.
Since it’s Kate’s birthday, I’ll give her a gift, some advice. Those Cruella DeVille veils she seems to like are not doing what she’s hoping for. She has not got the face for it.
Yes, I truly believe that the last memorable monarch was Victoria, everyone that comes after her is destined to be a blip in history and so will there consorts. Elizabeth might get a few lines in the history of this era because she was monarch for so long, the others will be forgotten.
I agree, the entirety of the “Windsor” era will be a paragraph about the longest reigning monarch in British history. The end. None of these people have done anything remarkable, other than live a long time.
They look so dreadfully old fashioned.
I never heard Diana described as brittle but Kate looks awfully unhappy and brittle to me.
“When she becomes queen” blah blah blah. They said that same thing about becoming the POW. So temper your expectations because it will be more, or even less, of the same
I found that odd too. Diana went out and worked and was not brittle. She was actually interested in her work and the public going to her. Keen looked brittle when she was caught glaring during church events and was openly rude to Meghan
Edit public took to her.
Diana stood up to an institution by divorcing the Prince of wales. That is braver than anything Kate has ever done. It took strength to leave that place.
Meanwhile Kate will shrink into nothingness and live in a miserable existence which of course will affect the kids, and William will set her aside as soon as he can.
Diana said “my life is torture”. Charles was openly contemptuous of her and would make “put down” remarks to her in front of others. She wanted out, And talked of possibly remarrying (she did not want to rush into anything as she said) and having more children.
@Al . About watching her children grow . I wish I was a fly on the wall to see what hands on mothering this self obsessed, entitled female has ever done. Breast fed ? Changed a single diaper ? Spent sleepless nights over colic or teething or childhood illnesses? Prepared and fed them a meal with her own jazz hands ? Apart from the so called school runs which nobody has any photographic evidence of , the only times we see her with her children are these highly choreographed and photographed occasions ..on the palace balcony , in an audience, on a church walk, weddings, funerals, first day of school . The childrens body language is tense around her ..they seem much more normal around their father .@Tina who talked about the future girlfriends ( and boyfriend ) of these same children ..I wonder what kind of mother in law Kate would be . I hope i am around to see it . Thats going to be the last straw to drive her kids away .. Loyalty and allegiance my foot, the only thing narcissist Kate cares about is herself
And being Queen.
The other thing about the “once she becomes Queen” comment is that he is referring to what is supposed to be her “life’s work”, yet “her fans can expect to see her doing more engagements that support the cause once she becomes Queen”. So a woman who’s life work is early childhood but she truly won’t focus on that cause until she receives a title in 5, 10, 15, 20 or however many years it takes before Charles dies. How is that someone’s life work, when in an entire year when she was “in remission” or no longer ill or having treatment, she was only able to do 68 engagements, most of which had nothing to do with early childhood causes?
Basically, she’ll suffer in silence while William gets to have all the fun. Her only real joy will likely be watching her children grow. I can only hope she experiences exactly what she once wished for Meghan.
I hope KKKeen gets EVERYTHING she hoped for Meghan. Every. Damn. Thing.
Kate looked like a fool after saying that the hardest thing she ever had to do was walking beside a Black woman and then getting cancer. I’m getting the feeling that someone within the Royal Comms teams has determined that all the endless whining about the Sussexes-who are after all just quietly getting on with it. It’s been THREE years since Spare was published-is making the RF look like the bunch of unhinged assholes that they are. Someone told Keen that whining about a woman living 5000 miles away who hasn’t mentioned that family since 2022 probably isn’t a good look.
Under his eye. May the lord open.
I don’t think she’s happy or content. She said you sign a contract and then you deliver. That’s what she does. She delivers what the palace, her husband and her father-in-law want. With reservations, but she delivers the well-behaved, conformist woman who blends seamlessly and silently into her surroundings. Perhaps she is compensated by the feeling of being at the top of an old society, or by the luxury of the things that surround her. Perhaps she enjoys not having to worry about a household, a career or her children on a daily basis. But I believe, or rather, I am convinced that she goes through phases of deep despondency and despair. A deep dissatisfaction – that is what I think I see, and a personality that has never learned to free itself, to be generous, loyal and affirming towards other women. In many ways, she seems like Camilla, just from a different generation.
The Queen wondered what Kate “did”. Keen is not delivering, she is still lazy and avoiding work.
This is the second time that they have compared her to 2 women who were famously cheated on by their husbands. One, Victoria Beckham, she is compared to as having a similar marriage where VB stayed even after he cheated on her. The other, Diana, they compare her to as her being different because of a loyalty to her husband and the institution. Fitzwilliams (in his own comparison) wants us to stop comparing her to Diana, who had a voice and refused to stay in a loveless marriage where her husband cheated and disrespected her. A marriage and institution that Fitzwilliams apparently believes that Kate is so loyal to, that she is okay with generational damage and trauma that has plagued that family for centuries and has a very real probability of impacting her and her children, if it hasn’t already. Staying in an unhealthy relationship out of loyalty isn’t something to pay anyone on the back for, especially a mother. Do they not see how horrible it sounds that a woman is more loyal to a toxic husband and institution than she is to the wellbeing of herself and her children? Do they not see that what they are saying is that regardless of how flawed or damaging this marriage or institution is, she is willing to risk giving herself and her children a healthier life to appease William and the firm? I can’t stand this woman, but I definitely feel for her children who are forced to trapped in something that they have no control over.
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Agreed @Nerd this is a very unhealthy environment for mum dad and the three kids. The adults have chosen for themselves but the children haven’t and have had secrecy imposed on them. They spent holidays together and the kids are forced to appear in public and act as buffers between warring parents. They are aware of the tension between mum and dad. If the adults choose to maintain a facade in public then they both need to renegotiate ground rules. He could be friendlier and include her in conversation and acknowledge her presence and in return she could give up attempting to grab his ass. Just behave decently towards each other in public and the tongue wagging would abate. Although the video of the older kids arriving with overnight bags at aKP with dad and no mum and Louis was very sad confirmation that the kids shuttle between parents over the holidays. There would be a lot less stress if they just officially separated and kept it discreet: after all in essence they have simply drifted apart? Plenty of people divorce and manage to co parent well and it really isn’t the end of the world for a relationship to end? Yes sad when there are children to shield but not unthinkable if staying together just makes everybody miserable?
I’m not sure if I’m correct, but two things: I thought Majors government after announcing the original separation, that Diana will still be officially Queen when Charles became king, and that it was the Queen who ordered a divorce after the duelling interviews. Regarding the interviews, people often forget that Charles gave an interview first.
There were gasps when major said this. It was hard to believe Diana could be queen. The media never mentions Charles confessions In the dimbleby interview and book.and the huge impact it had. The book is still available.
Diana was deeply unhappy at first because of C&C, mostly Charles, but she had smarts and agency and served others and sought to be happy. She was resilient and therefore not brittle and deeply unhappy. That did not define her. Kate, however, is brittle and deeply unhappy. She is embarrassing when she is allowed to speak. And I just keep thinking that there are others she could have set her cap for who have more wealth than William or the Royals.
So basically she’s Ofwilly.
Sad.
Such a sad sad life. What on Earth does she do with her days? Who with? Apparently no one? Maybe Carol?
Rattling around her palaces.. miles. Was it worth it to throw your life away, Kate?
Make videos?
@Wolfmama – to KM and Carol the answer will be ‘yes’, it has been worth it. They’re terribly socially insecure, so to reach the heights is all there is. Anything along the way is to be endured and they’re both as hard as nails, so as long as there’s a good cushion of money they’re up for it.
She needs to eat if she wants to be around long enough to become queen. She probably got new teeth because they fell out from anorexia issues. It’s frightening to see photos of her. She’s beyond thin.