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| | Prince William plans to fly to Switzerland to watch football on Wednesday | | Added 13 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron?s state visit to the UK began today. Several days ago, Buckingham Palace released a lot of information about who will do what for the state visit, and we got to play one of my new favorite games, ?How Many Events Are William and Kate Being Excluded From?? The royal reporters went on and on about the Prince and Princess of Wales having a ?starring role? in the state visit, but really, they?re just doing a couple of hours of ?work? today and that?s it. They?re not even confirmed to appear at the state dinner at Windsor Castle, and they?re certainly not hosting the Macrons for a private lunch or tea, nor are the Waleses being tasked with ferrying the Macrons to any events beyond the welcome ceremony. King Charles even had to ask the Gloucesters to host the Macrons at the Guildhall tomorrow:
Kate Middleton and Prince William have a busy week ahead. On July 8, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, will travel to Windsor for a State Visit. The Prince and Princess of Wales will be assisted by two unexpected senior members of the Royal Family, who have been given a more prominent role while hosting the French visitors.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will accompany the French couple to a Guildhall banquet hosted by the Lord Mayor and City of London Corporation on the evening of Wednesday, July 9, GB News reported. The Duke of Gloucester is Queen Elizabeth IIs cousin, making him perfectly placed to carry out official engagements on behalf of the Royal Family.
[From Marie Claire]
No disrespect to the Gloucesters, but this really doesn?t sound like Britain is rolling out the red carpet for the Macrons. Sophie and Edward couldn?t even be tasked with hosting duties? Yikes. So, obviously, I wondered why William and Kate weren?t planning on doing anything else for the state visit this week. And lo and behold, I got a partial answer William plans to travel to Switzerland tomorrow? to watch football.
Prince William will leave the UK on Wednesday as Kensington Palace has confirmed the royal will travel to Switzerland in his role as Patron of the Football Association.
The Prince of Wales will attend the UEFA Women?s Euro 2025 group stage match between England and the Netherlands. The game will be played at the Letzigrund in Zurich.
The trip to Switzerland comes just one day after Princess Kate and Prince William will take centre stage in welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte when they arrive for their State Visit to the United Kingdom today. The royal couple will greet the French President and Mrs Macron at RAF Northolt on behalf of King Charles III.
[From GB News]
I can?t believe I looked this up, but William actually skipped one of the group-stage matches already the Lionesses lost to the French team over the weekend and William (the patron) wasn?t there. But he?s making a point to go to another group-stage match in the middle of a state visit? The Lionesses are also scheduled to play on Sunday, but that?s the Wimbledon men?s final. William skipped Wimbledon last year (because of football!), but I wonder if he?s planning to go this year.
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| | Wales friend: Prince Harry 'ain't the sharpest tool in the box' & was 'manipulated' | | Added 24 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last week, the British media was obsessed with a Substack piece written by Sally Bedell Smith, a royal historian/reporter. Bedell Smith?s big exclusive was that Queen Elizabeth II?s cousin, Lady Liza Anson, talked sh-t about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex frequently in the years before her (Lady Liza?s) death in 2020. This was not even a second-hand account from a dead woman, it was a third-hand account of one dead woman putting words into another dead woman?s mouth, all to denigrate Meghan in particular. As it turned out, the coverage of Bedell Smith?s Substack piece mostly left out the most important part: Liza wanted Harry and Meghan to hire her for their wedding (Liza was some kind of events-planner), and when the Sussexes turned her down, Liza immediately ran around to every royal reporter to bitch and moan about how much she hated them. It?s weird that none of the royal reporters are complaining about Liza breaking the Windsor omerta by gossiping so openly with Bedell Smith too.
In any case, the royal reporters were still furiously stroking this worrystone all weekend, like ?finally, we have a platform with which to criticize Harry and Meghan,? like they haven?t done that 24-7 for the past seven years. I wanted to excerpt some of the Daily Beast?s coverage, because wouldn?t you know, a ?friend of Prince William and Kate Middleton? had a lot to say about how much ?the family? despises Meghan.
The late Queen Elizabeth II was extremely suspicious of Meghan Markle and ended up being profoundly unhappy with Prince Harry and Meghan after they wed, Sally Bedell Smith revealed in her Substack column this week, prompting several sources to deliver fresh accounts to The Royalist of their own understanding of the queen?s dismay at her once-favored grandson.
One source, a former courtier, told The Daily Beast: ?Ultimately, the queen felt betrayed by Harry, and when he and Meghan attacked the institution that she spent her whole life serving in the Oprah interview, that betrayal was complete. It was absolutely shocking to those of us that knew him that he would do that, not least because her husband was on his deathbed?. The allegations of racism dismayed [the queen]. To accuse an unidentified person within the family of racism, thereby casting the shadow of suspicion over everyone, was unforgivable in her eyes. That was what ultimately prompted her to issue the ?recollections may vary? statement. Things were never the same after that. It was a horrific series of betrayals at the end of her life.?
Another friend of the royals told The Daily Beast: ?You have to remember [that] the queen was seriously ill for several years with bone cancer. She knew she was dying, she could hardly see, she could hardly stand, she could hardly move. And then she was completely let down by her grandson. It was utterly devastating for her.?
A friend of Prince William and Kate Middleton said: ?The family, of course, all blame Meghan 100 percent. As Sally Bedell Smith?s column made clear, he ain?t the sharpest tool in the box, and they feel he was completely manipulated and that Meghan saw him and realized she could become the most famous person in the world. Then the reality of what their boring royal life would be like sunk in, and she decided to ruthlessly milk it for all it was worth. That is their view.?
The revelations by Bedell Smith were based on interviews with the queen?s cousin, the late Lady Liza Anson. Bedell Smith said that, just days before Meghan and Harry?s wedding, Anson told her: ?We hope but don?t quite think she is in love. We think she engineered it all.?
The friend of William and Kate added: ?The family think it is a rerun of what happened with Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, and the only solution is to follow the same playbook. Exile worked before, and it will work again.?
[From The Daily Beast]
?As Sally Bedell Smith?s column made clear, he ain?t the sharpest tool in the box, and they feel he was completely manipulated and that Meghan saw him and realized she could become the most famous person in the world.? Might I suggest something bold? William and Kate are dumb as hell. All of this talk about ?Harry is dumb? is yet another projection from the royal courts because they know they?re stuck with two of the stupidest and laziest ?working royals? in history. William and Kate can?t strategize their way out of a wet paper bag. They can?t problem-solve their way out of the lightest PR fumble. Whenever they fk up, they panic and lie their asses off. Harry continues to look like a genius for getting the hell out of there. Harry is living his best life in a beautiful mansion with his beautiful wife and children, and these people are so sick with jealousy over it, they keep trying to convince everyone that Harry is deeply unhappy AND he was manipulated by that American harpy! Please.
This is also how I know that Will and Kate are dumbfks: they?ve never made one move to shut down this kind of commentary, even though it makes them look terrible. They?re still sending their ?friends? (Jason Knauf) out to obsess over all things Sussex.
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| | Princess Kate had a surprise event today, her first since skipping Royal Ascot | | Added 6 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Wimbledon began on Monday, and people were keeping an eye out to see if the Princess of Wales would come out for one of the early rounds. Kate decided to go in a different direction for her first public appearance since she suddenly withdrew from appearing at Royal Ascot two weeks ago. In the past fortnight, I feel like Kate and Kensington Palace would have been better served by simply providing one digestible ?reason? for her withdrawal. The squirreliness around it led to reports as varied as ?Kate didn?t feel like going out on a hot day? to ?Kate is lucky to be alive, did you ever think about that!!? In any case, Kate stepped out today in Essex and visited Colchester Hospital?s garden.
Kate Middleton returned to public duties with a meaningful visit to a hospital garden, where she spoke candidly about the challenges of her cancer journey, even after treatment ended. The Princess of Wales, 43, traveled to Colchester Hospital in Essex on July 2 to spend time in a specially designed well-being garden that offers a restorative space for patients, NHS staff and visitors.
She said, You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatments done, then its like, I can crack on, get back to normal, but actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult. Youre not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but youre not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to, the Princess of Wales continued. And actually, someone to help talk you through that, show you and guide you through that sort of phase that comes after treatment, I think is really valuable.
Princess Kate called it life-changing for both the patient and their families.
You have to find your new normal and that takes timeand its a rollercoaster, its not smooth, like you expect it to be, she said. But the reality is you go through hard times.
[From People]
Sure. This is Kate?s new normal, as royal sources have been insisting for some time. Anyway, I?m glad that she was well enough to go to a work event, her first in sixteen days. I honestly kind of wonder if someone thought it would be a bad idea for Kate?s ?first event back? to be ?going to Wimbledon,? and that?s why this was arranged. The thing is, people already accepted the idea that Kate would perk up for Wimbledon and that she would be ready to attend some matches. Still, the optics matter and this was a good call by her staff. They even let her wear Big Blue!
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Quinn: Princess Kate often says that she has to treat William 'like her fourth child' | | Added 106 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In 2023, royal biographer Tom Quinn was promoting Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family. We got several interesting headlines out of that book and Quinn?s promotion, like this story about the Princess of Wales treating Prince William ?like the fourth child because he?s prone to tantrums.? Again, this was 2023, when the royalist press was full of rumors of the Waleses? strained marriage. Quinn also said, at the time, that William and Kate ?do have rows. It?s not a perfect marriage. They have terrific rows. But, where some couples have a row and throw heavy vases at each other, William and Kate throw cushions at each other. It?s always kept under control.? This is like ?sure, they?re violent with each other, but they keep it POSH.? Anyway, Quinn wrote another book called Yes Ma?am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants. In it, he has returned to one of his favorite topics: William is a tantrum-prone child who is ?parented? by Kate.
Kate Middleton is said to be such a major influence on her husband Prince William that she treats him like her fourth child. The claim was made by royal author Tom Quinn, who has written a new book, Yes Ma?am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants. Quinn spoke to hundreds of former and current palace staff members to learn what it?s like to watch over the House of Windsor.
Occasionally, William has little tantrums and irritations if things aren?t done the way he wants them done [as heir to the British throne], Quinn claimed to Fox News Digital. But Kate is very good at managing that in the same way that she manages the tantrums of their three children ? Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. And so, there?s a joke among the staff that Kate treats William as the fourth because he occasionally behaves like one.
According to the book, a member of staff told Quinn, I don?t know where William would be without Kate ? she hasn?t had everything done for her throughout her life, so she calms him down when he gets a bit fractious. She says he sometimes has to be treated as her fourth child!
The insider claimed that Kate?s non-royal upbringing makes her easygoing to work with, and a favorite among staff, in comparison to William and his father. Suits must be pressed and laid out after a period of consultation the night before; shoes must be polished, ties chosen, a staff member claimed to Quinn in his book about looking after King Charles III and his heir. Baths must be run at precisely the same time each day and both King Charles and the Prince of Wales, Prince William, are prone to tantrums if things are not done to their liking.?
?They both get irritated very quickly,? a former member of staff claimed, adding that the king and his heir are used to having things done for them, making them very picky.
People who have everything done for them from childhood tend to be rather spoiled and prone to bouts of irritation because they have no idea how much work is involved in washing and ironing, polishing and sewing when they have never done any of it themselves, the aide claimed, as quoted in Quinn?s book.
In many ways, William has had an emotionally damaging childhood, Quinn explained to Fox News Digital. I don?t just mean because his mother, Princess Diana, died when he was 15, which is enormous in itself. Everyone could understand that that was very damaging to him.
But before that, the split between his parents was very public. All the unpleasantness between his parents was played out on the world stage. Meanwhile, he was looked after by paid staff. For much of that time, it created an adult in William who was very needy.?
?He loved spending time with Kate?s family because, unlike his, they were very warm, very close with each other, very emotionally aware. When Kate and William first got together, William tended to have tantrums if things didn?t go his way because he was still this emotionally needy child who grew up into an emotionally needy adult.
As far as those alleged temper tantrums, they?re less so now, Quinn claimed, thanks to Kate.
[From Fox News]
These are literally the same people who wept in staff closets because Meghan would clearly state a preference or issue a correction. ?Actually, my name is Sussex? and they screamed ?BULLY? at her for years. Meanwhile, Charles and William are throwing full-scale tantrums over bath time. Anyway, I don?t actually think William was or is ?emotionally needy.? I think the ?emotionally needy? tag is preferential to what he actually is a childish, tantrum-prone loser and unfaithful jackass.
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| | Eden: In 2007, Kate Middleton already had the discretion of a royal woman | | Added 116 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Back in January, Carole Middleton turned 70 years old and there were about a dozen major articles about her life and times. The British press praised her, but they also left enough room to let everyone know that Carole has manipulated, schemed and defrauded her way into the top echelons of society. One of the most interesting pieces was the Daily Mail?s Richard Eden ?remembering? how he spoke to Carole once back in 2008 and he repeated what they discussed at the time. It was a curious admission that Carole had long briefed the press personally. Well, now Eden is remembering another incident, this time from 2007. He and then-Kate Middleton attended the same event and he chatted with her AND overheard her conversation.
Her impressive appearance this week made me think back many years to the first occasion I met Catherine ? or Kate Middleton, as she was known by everyone then. It was at the launch party for Simon Sebag Montefiore?s biography Young Stalin in 2007, when Catherine had briefly split from Prince William.
Catherine, then aged 25, attended the event with her sister, Pippa Middleton, and chatted to me in a group with Sebag Montefiore?s sister-in-law, the TV presenter Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who sadly died a decade later at the age of 45.Tara, the daughter of two of King Charles?s closest friends, Charles and Patti Palmer-Tomkinson, had known Prince William since he was a little boy and was not shy about speaking intimately about him to Catherine at the party at Asprey jewellers in Mayfair.
While I made small-talk to Catherine about Montefiore?s book and how she knew the author, Tara, typically, got straight down to what everyone really wanted to know about: Catherine?s break-up with William. The split had been a big story since it was disclosed a few months earlier.
?How are you doing?? Tara asked her.
Catherine replied, ?Fine?, and started blushing.
?It must be so hard? Tara persisted.
?Really, it?s fine,? Catherine replied, firmly, if uncomfortably.
She made clear with her body language that she didn?t wish to discuss the subject, and the conversation moved swiftly on to happier and less fraught matters. At that time, Catherine was seen as a party-loving girlfriend of William, but my first encounter with her taught me that she was a tough cookie who wasn?t going to be inveigled into saying something she didn?t want to say.
Indeed, she reminded me of members of the Royal Family, much older than herself, who have the uncanny ability to make small-talk with anyone (even tiresome social diarists) without giving anything anyway. They usually manage to turn the conversation around and force the questioner do the talking.
Fortunately for the future of the Royal Family, Catherine was reunited with William a couple of months after I met her. Although she has changed in many ways since our fleeting first encounter becoming, for example, a confident public speaker there was a hint of that inner steel which has stood her so well in the years since.
[From The Daily Mail]
Just for some royal history and Waity history, when William dumped Kate in early 2007, she ran straight home to Carole and they worked out a ?get him back? plan which ended up being pretty successful. The plan involved Kate stepping out constantly in London, attending every event she could get into, going clubbing with William?s friends and projecting a ?I?m not heartbroken? vibe. Kate knew what she was doing by fending off ?sympathetic? questions from a close associate of the Windsors she knew that it would get back to William that she was unbothered and fine, and that she was out and about without a care in the world. Of course, I also believe Kate knew what she was doing by chatting with a Daily Mail reporter.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, WENN.
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| | Princess Kate told a cancer patient that 'she didn't have to have' a cold cap | | Added 172 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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On Tuesday, the Princess of Wales visited the cancer ward at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Kate?s office confirmed that Kate had been treated at the same hospital last year, and that?s where she had been ?smuggled in? to receive chemotherapy treatments. Kate made some strange comments during her visit with cancer patients, but royal reporters quickly swooped in to do damage control and massage the message. The message? Kate is fine, she?s in remission, but her ?new normal? means that she?s still not going back to work in any way, and how dare you question any part of this story. Interestingly, People Magazine has published several exclusives about Kate?s visit, and I suspect that Kensington Palace organized these pieces with palace-selected people and palace-enforced talking points. One woman who met Kate declared that Kate doesn?t have to tell people what kind of cancer she had:
Kate Middletons visit to a London hospital where she had cancer treatment last year made a real impact, but one cancer patient says theres no need for the royal to disclose her diagnosis. Angela Terry met the Princess of Wales during her emotional stop at The Royal Marsden Hospital on Jan. 14, and exclusively tells PEOPLE that Kates presence provided a huge boost.
She was there to say thank you to the people who had looked after her, talk to patients who were in a similar situation, Terry tells PEOPLE. It was a great message of hope because she looked so well. We don?t need to know what cancer she had. We just know she?s been through surgery, she?s been through chemo ? and one year later, my goodness, look, she is here.
Terry, 71, was diagnosed with EGFR-positive lung cancer in 2019 and serves as the non-executive chair of EGFR Positive UK, a charity for mutation driven lung cancer. She was at the Royal Marsden for treatment on Tuesday when she met Princess Kate, who unexpectedly stepped out there to show her gratitude to the incredible team, but also highlight the world leading care and treatment the Marsden provides, a Kensington Palace spokesman said.
[From People]
?It was a great message of hope because she looked so well. We don?t need to know what cancer she had.? Eh. Kate and King Charles have both declined to talk specifics about their cancer diagnoses, but Charles has done a lot more to show that he?s receiving treatment and that his cancer and the treatment has knocked him on his ass. Charles, to me, is more realistic and relatable than the conspiracy of silence around Kate for the past year. Meanwhile, People Mag did another exclusive about Kate telling a cancer patient that she didn?t use the cold cap:
Kate Middletons hair has long been a hallmark of her style, and during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, a cancer patient revealed that the princess shared she didnt have to have cold cap therapy?a treatment that helps reduce the risk of hair loss?during her cancer treatment.
Katherine Field, a patient undergoing cancer treatment who met Princess Kate during her visit, tells PEOPLE that they discussed cold capping ? a scalp cooling system that can help reduce hair loss during chemotherapy, according to the American Cancer Society. Field, who was wearing a cold cap at the time, said the conversation added a personal connection to their encounter.
I hate it, but I think it is working. Today there is a little bit of hair coming out, but I?m just trying to delay it, Field, an art historian and curator, tells PEOPLE. When asked if Princess Kate mentioned using a cold cap, Field shared, She just said that she didn?t have to have it. For her to lose her hair, which is so iconic, would have been awful. Everyone loves her hair!
[From People]
In retrospect, I think one of the craziest parts about Kate?s situation is that she actually looked quite ill in 2023 and her use of wigs was quite noticeable, and then when she ?came back? to public view in June of last year when she was apparently going through chemo she looked worlds better and a lot healthier. She was practically glowing at the Wimbledon men?s final last July. And yes, the situation with her hair is certainly interesting.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Avalon Red.
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| | Princess Kate's Christmas event sort of got overshadowed this year, right' | | Added 211 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In years past, the Princess of Wales?s Together at Christmas event has guaranteed at least three days of royal gossip, usually about clothes and the Wales kids. This year was different Kate?s McQueen coat was a repeat (she added a giant bow for some reason) and there didn?t seem to be a send-a-message-to-Meghan color coordination. This year, Kate?s husband stepped all over her newscycle Prince William went to Paris on Saturday and met with Donald Trump, and that became a much bigger story this weekend. It frankly overshadowed Kate?s thing. So People Mag?s new exclusive should absolutely be read as ?don?t forget about meeeee!?
Kate Middleton?s carol service was about a lot more than singing seasonal songs. On Friday, Dec. 6, 1,600 guests fill the pews at Westminster Abbey in London to attend Kates fourth annual Together at Christmas concert, which recognized hard work done to help communities throughout the U.K.
Jenny Powell, who helps people with disabilities in her town of Abergavenny in South Wales, tells PEOPLE, It was like saying, ?We do acknowledge you. Since the COVID pandemic, Mrs. Powell set up a group, The Gathering, to do craft-making, provide sensory spaces, offer cooking opportunities and partake in bingo. ?In our group, everyone understands everyone else,? she says.
At Kates Together at Christmas concert, the royal placed a letter on each seat that summed up the theme of love and kindness. ?It was a gorgeous letter,? Mrs. Powell says. ?It really showed her appreciation of what we?re all doing. It was quite touching and brought tears to my eyes. These things that I?ve been doing have impacted the lives of people I?ve been supporting, but knowing that the royal family is aware of these little things is lovely.?
Mrs. Powell recalls the steel drum band playing and servers handing out mince pies at the event, as well as a ?kindness tree, which was positioned near the door. There, helpers handed out red labels and pens so you could write a note to hang on [the tree] before you went in, she says.
When Princess Kate, Prince William and their three children ? Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis ? arrived, ?They looked so happy together, Powell says.
?It?s been a hard year, but she put that brave face on and she looked absolutely gorgeous, she adds of Kate, 42, who recently completed chemotherapy after her cancer diagnosis.
[From People]
I?ll say some nice things, actually it?s wonderful that Kate invites local activists and advocates to this event. It?s nice that each attendee gets a letter from Kate. It?s nice that this event is organized as some kind of thank you to people like Jenny Powell. The thing is? when people like Powell are invited, do they have to pay out of pocket to go to London and attend this event? Like, take off work, drive to London from South Wales (or take a train), probably stay in a hotel for a night? We never hear about who?s picking up those costs, probably because the guests pay for it themselves.
This is a compilation of all of the videos of Kate at the event, and you can hear her talk/mumble to various performers and celebrities. I saw some people noting that she arrived separately she always does that, so she can have a separate moment to greet various VIPs. It?s basically the only time this happens at any event.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Princess Kate 'held an Early Years meeting at Windsor' on Tuesday | | Added 293 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Since that cringefest ?cancer free? video and subsequent backlash, the Princess of Wales has been trying out different talking points. In the immediate wake of the video and statement, the talking point was: fk the haters, fk the media, I?m going to do what I want. Then it was: of course I?ll eventually be back, I just need more time to rest and recover, but don?t hold your breath. There was an undercurrent to the backlash too, something about ?Kate can grope ferns in the woods but she can?t do some Zooms for charity?? Well, Kate heard the criticism and she organized a ?private meeting? at Windsor Castle, something about the fakakta Early Years.
Kate Middleton has officially returned to work, just a week after announcing she was cancer-free and had finished chemotherapy in an unprecedentedly personal video. Wednesday?s Court Circular, a bulletin published by Buckingham Palace every day detailing the official activities of the royals, said that the princess convened a meeting for her signature ?Early Years? project on Tuesday. She has previously described the cause, which focuses on raising awareness about the importance the first five years of life for children?s development, as her life?s work.
The statement read simply: ?The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this afternoon held an Early Years Meeting at Windsor.? It marked Kate?s first appearance in the Court Circular since December last year and will be seen as a huge milestone on her path to recovery.
The meeting was conducted behind closed doors and no images have been released.
Kate is only expected to make two public, official appearances this year, with attendance at the national Remembrance Day service in November pencilled into her diary, along with an appearance at an annual carol service which she sponsors in December.
[From The Daily Beast]
Im glad shes well enough to do this. What?s slightly funny to me is that ?sources? have previously insisted that Kate was doing some work from home, that she was reading emails or briefing papers or what have you. But I guess none of that counted it only counts when it?s on the Court Circular, right? The Daily Beast also referred to this meeting as a ?special project.? Meaning what, exactly? Is she going to commission another ridiculous claymation video? Another survey? Another relaunch of ?Kate is keen about Early Years, no follow-up questions needed.?
The photos in this post are from January 2023, when Kate wore a McQueen tuxedo jacket to a big Early Years meeting at Windsor Castle. She met with her ?Early Years advisors? and carried a small notebook, to doodle pie charts.
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| | VF: Princess Kate's summer vacation began the second she left Wimbledon | | Added 357 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Following the Princess of Wales?s successful appearance at the Wimbledon men?s final, there?s a sudden rash of speculation about when Kate will be seen again. As everyone knows, her Sunday appearance was only the second time she?d been seen in public this whole year. As royal-gossips know, the Wimbledon men?s final is usually Kate?s last public event before her summer holidays, which can sometimes last for three months. Trust me when I say that it?s completely asinine to claim that Kate will be seen again anywhere before October. Probably November. That?s what Katie Nicholl?s sources are saying as well:
Kate Middleton?s appearance at Wimbledon on Sunday delighted tennis and royal fans, but it may be some time before we see Kate in public again.
According to royal sources, Prince William and Princess Kate are planning to spend most of the summer ?below the radar? at their Norfolk bolthole now that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are out of school and Kate continues her course of preventative chemotherapy.
While Kensington Palace would not give details on the family?s plans for the summer, a royal source confirmed that the Wales family are now ?on summer break.? Sources close to the family say that although they will not be traveling abroad this summer while Kate undergoes treatment, they are excited to visit King Charles and Queen Camilla in Scotland next month.
Sunday?s appearance at Wimbledon is likely to be Kate?s last official engagement until later this year.
[From Vanity Fair]
?They will not be traveling abroad this summer?? They say that like it?s a new thing, when really, Kensington Palace has claimed for years that William and Kate spend all of their downtime in Norfolk. When they?ve actually jetted off quietly to various overseas vacations. Half of which we?ve never even heard of, because the British media selectively keeps their secrets. Anyway, yes, Kate?s summer holiday began as soon as she got in the car and was driven away from the All-England Club. That?s how it traditionally works for Kate. I wonder if she?ll even bother to make the trek to Scotland. I also wonder what excuses, if any, we?ll be given in the fall when someone bothers to ask where Kate is and whether she?ll be seen in public again before Christmas.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Princess Kate skipped the Wimbledon women's final, but will attend the men's final | | Added 359 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Barbora Krej?kov and Jasmine Paolini played a wonderful Wimbledon final on Saturday. Barbie K won, but Jasmine put up an excellent fight and Jasmine also had the crowd support. I had no idea that the Wimbledon crowd would basically adopt the Italian as one of their own, but her great attitude and beautiful smile won people over. Still, Barbie was tactically brilliant and she played another great final and picked up her second major singles title (and twelfth major titles overall, because she?s also a badass doubles champion).
All in all, it was a great day for women?s tennis. The day was not enjoyed by the Princess of Wales, at least not in the Royal Box. She might have watched at home, but she didn?t tweet any congratulations to Barbie and her staff didn?t think to do that either. Before the women?s final began, Kensington Palace did pull focus by announcing that Kate would attend the final? the men?s final today, Sunday.
Kate Middleton will be in the Royal Box at Wimbledon this year.
The Princess of Wales, 42, is set to attend the men?s singles final at Wimbledon on Sunday, July 14, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
However, she will not be in attendance to see the womens champion crowned on Saturday, July 13 at the famed tennis tournament, which is held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
Princess Kate, 42, has stepped out at Wimbledon most years since marrying Prince William and traditionally hands out the award to the winner in her role as the patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. She has only made one public appearance with the royal family in 2024 as she continues her cancer treatment largely out of the public eye.
[From People]
All of us, myself included, predicted this weeks ago. We all knew that she would skip the women?s final but she would magically recover to attend the men?s final. It makes zero sense if she actually feels like sh-t the women?s final was a bit over two hours long, while the men?s final will probably be four hours long, give or take an hour. If she?s ?well enough? to sit in the Royal Box for four or five hours, surely she would have been well enough to attend the women?s final? Or, you know, Zoom with some of her charitable patronages? Anyway, the All England Club chair Debbie Jevans handed out the women?s trophy (the Venus Rosewater Dish) and the runners-up plate. That was ?why? Kate sent out the press releases on Saturday morning she told Wimbledon at the last minute that she wouldn?t show up for the women?s final, and she was only coming to the men?s final. I will update this post with some photos when we get them, and we?ll have more coverage tomorrow, of course.
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