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| | Duchess Kate made a surprise visit to a university to check in on the Covid situation | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As I?m writing this, there are no photos and I?m not sure there will be any photos, but the Duchess of Cambridge did an unannounced visit to the University of Derby today. The point of the trip was to talk to students about how coronavirus is affecting their student life. Which is bizarre on so many levels. Obviously, none of this is ideal the reality of students returning to schools around the world in a middle of a pandemic, and the fact that these campuses and school zones have become viral hotspots, leading (at least partially) to another coronavirus wave. And there?s Kate, doing drop-bys in a mask, disrupting a university which is already under strain. Whew. Why couldn?t THIS have been a Zoom call?
The Duchess of Cambridge surprised students at the University of Derby on Tuesday, as she visited the campus to hear how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted university life. Kate spoke to first-year students, sports societies and nursing students about the effect that COVID-19 has had on them, and the ways in which the university is supporting their mental health and wellbeing.
At the University of Derby, initiatives such as peer mentoring are provided as part of a whole university response to mental health. For example, nursing students are ?buddied? up with fellow students in the year above to provide them with peer support during challenging clinical placements, and the University has given training to its sports societies that will enable students to support their teammates? mental health.
Kates visit comes ahead of World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 October, which she and the royal family have long supported. The Duchess visit on Tuesday came as Universities UK, which represents 139 institutions including the University of Derby, published a new checklist to help universities support student wellbeing during the autumn term. Universities should ensure that students have access to basic necessities during self-isolation, including food, laundry services, cleaning materials, bin bags, tissues and toilet rolls, the guide says.
A surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks has led to thousands of students having to self-isolate in their halls at some universities, with some hanging signs out their windows saying they did not have food. More than 50 universities in the UK have confirmed cases of coronavirus as students return to campus, with students self-isolating at Manchester Metropolitan and Glasgow University.
[From Hello Magazine]
I just? I mean, I get that some people in the palace probably thought it would be good to send out Kate to deflect from the barrage of headlines coming out of Robert Lacey?s book. But they literally sent her into a (likely) coronavirus hotspot! And all for what? Was this even a photo-op? She literally could have talked to students over Zoom and achieved the exact same thing without putting herself, her staff and university students in any danger.
She did wear a mask. Still, this was unnecessary.
? The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton made me late for my lecture ?? pic.twitter.com/SGQlB52W0S
chi_yed_za (@chiedza_mutasa) October 6, 2020
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| | Duchess Kate broke protocol, accepted & wore a free pair of earrings | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Some fashion notes on Duchess Kate?s appearance at the Scouts event on Tuesday: she wore skinny jeans by ULTRA and her boots were See By Chloe, and her vest thing was from Really Wild. I maintain that Kate?s ?casual? looks are generally much better than her evening looks and even her array of blue coatdresses for professional day events. Beyond the eyebrows, she looked cute at the event. So why are we still talking about it? WellI came across this cheeseball item in the Daily Mail and I found it SUPER CURIOUS. It?s about the earrings Kate wore to the Scouts event.
Kate Middleton donned a pair of 44 delicate gold earrings gifted to her by a female designer as she visited a London Scouts Group yesterday. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, dressed down in jeans, a favourite gilet and added a touch of glamour with the gold hoops from All The Falling Stars to meet Cub and Beaver Scouts in Northolt, west London.
The 44 earrings were crafted by Irish designer Aisling OBrien and gifted to the Duchess during her visit to Ireland at the start of the year. Online, the brand is described as including pieces that are modern and simple, designed to let the wearer?s natural beauty shine.
But its not the first time she has worn the affordable independent Irish jewellery brand. Last week she stepped out in a personalised gold necklace from the brand engraved with the letters G, L, C in honour of her children, Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, for an outing in Battersea Park. The pieces were commissioned in March, with the Duchess going on to write a note of thanks to Aisling expressing her gratitude and love for the pieces.
[From The Daily Mail]
First of all, the Duchess of Cambridge is breaking protocol. This is not even the first time she?s broken this particular protocol. The protocol is that royals can physically ?accept? gifts (because they don?t want to be rude) but they should not wear those gifts. Royals are not supposed to accept ?freebies? in the form of jewelry or clothes. The Daily Mail even ran a huge, nasty story in 2017 about how Meghan Markle LOVED freebies as a celebrity, how Kate was so much different because Kate knows protocol and the perfect white duchess would never! So I find it curious that we?re supposed to think it?s perfectly fine for Kate to take a gift of earrings and then just add those freebies to her jewelry collection.
As for the necklace and Kate?s general jewelry vibe lately? personally, I?ve never really thought that Kate knows what to do with jewelry. She gets to borrow big, important pieces but she doesn?t know how to style them or showcase them and I think those big pieces make her uncomfortable. Pre-Meghan, Kate seemed to prefer semi-precious stones in simple settings, mostly tasteful drop earrings. That kind of stuff was what she bought for herself (with Charles money). But Kate has tried to copy Meghan?s jewelry aesthetic by adding some very small and delicate pieces like the necklace and these earrings.
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| | Duchess Kate wore M&S trousers in London to talk about the lockdown | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It?s really *something* to see how little additional reporting or commentating happened around the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?s legal threats towards Tatler. Four months after the publication of the ?Catherine the Great? cover story, Tatler finally ?succumbed? to the Cambridges? threats and removed large chunks of the cover story online. It was meaningless given the fact that those hilariously bad sections had been out in the conversation for months. But still, it gave Will & Kate a ?win.? And now they?re pretending like it never even happened and the royal reporters are letting them. If that had been Meghan and Harry? well, the commentary would have been drastically different.
So, let?s just pretend that the Tatler debacle never happened and that Kate didn?t go dark, out of nowhere, for a month and that she?s Zooming herself into an early grave and there has never been anyone as keen and hard-working as Kate. On Tuesday, Kate did an event! It?s her first solo, public event in a while, I think? She met with other parents in a London park.
Kate Middleton is continuing to support the wellbeing of parents and children amid the coronavirus pandemic. The mom of three met with a set of parents in a London park on Tuesday to hear about their experiences over the past six months and to learn how other moms and dads have been passing along their best advice to cope in challenging times.
Kate, 38, who has focused a lot of her royal work in the last few years on the needs and wellbeing of families ? especially young children ? wanted to highlight the parents who use their time, experience and knowledge to support other families, whether as professionals or trained volunteers or through informal parent networks.
It was fitting that the meet-up was held in Battersea Park ? Kate, who was casusal in a white shirt and dark Pink trousers, believes that spending time in the outside greatly benefits the wellbeing of children as well as their carers.
[From People]
In case you want an ID on the trousers, they?re from Marks & Spencer, they retailed for 29.50 and she?s worn them before. She loves a Capri cut and a cropped leg for some reason! I personally can?t stand that style, but I don?t have the ankles to pull it off. When oh when will palazzo pants come back into style?? I will say this it?s sort of nice to see Kate in simple, inexpensive trousers and a t-shirt for an event at a park. Four years ago, she would have debuted a $2000 McQueen coatdress and a head full of sausage-curl extensions.
Across the UK there are many thousands of parents who use their time, experience and knowledge to support other parents and families.
This morning The Duchess spoke with representatives and volunteers from seven different organisations who run peer-to-peer support programmes. pic.twitter.com/1emTYGBKOB
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) September 22, 2020
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| | Vogue: Duchess Kate defined herself in 2020 by hiring the Sussexes' social media guy | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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American Vogue is running a very curious feature called ?Kate Middleton?s Quiet Power: How the Queen-to-Be Defined Herself in 2020.? First of all, I hate it when we?re like ?let?s assess someone?s year!? and it?s only mid-September. Even in a normal, non-pandemic year, Kate would only *barely* begin thinking about being keen about various annual projects at this point in the year, just ahead of a ?flurry? of pre-Christmas events. So, clearly, I came into this article thinking that it would just be another vague embiggening fluff piece. And it is? but it?s also kind of shady too? Vogue summarizes Kate?s Hold Still photography project (while subtly pointing out that Kate didn?t even really do a ?launch? for it), they embiggen Kate?s Zoom calls, but then these sections happen:
That?s not to say nothing went wrong, publicity-wise, for the duchess during this period. In late March, Tatler published a story about the duchess, claiming, among many things, that she was ?furious? about her larger workload after Harry and Meghan?s departure. [editor's note: the Tatler piece was actually released in May.] Palace shot back at the publication: ?This story contains a swathe of inaccuracies and false misrepresentations which were not put to Kensington Palace prior to publication,? said a spokesperson?and it sought legal action. (In a statement, Tatler stood by its reporting.)
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It?s pertinent to mention that another under-the-radar, yet significant thing happened in April: The Cambridges hired Harry and Meghan?s old social media manager after the Sussexes left royal life. While other royal accounts were filled with routine stock images, @sussexroyal had been, well, interesting. There were candid iPhone pictures of Harry and Meghan holding hands, black and white shots, quote cards with aesthetically pleasing typefaces. One day they even posted an artsy picture of Archie?s foot next to some flowers. For a time, the Sussexes account was the fastest-growing on Instagram.
Sure enough, similar social media techniques cropped up on the Cambridge?s account, @kensingtonroyal. There?s William and Kate with their backs to the camera, Kate?s hand tenderly on William?s back. An iPhone picture of a pint of beer and some curry, to plug William?s appearance on That Peter Crouch Podcast. A screenshot of an email sent by the duchess, informally signed ?C.? Then there was the viral post that juxtaposed two pictures of Prince Louis: one, of him peacefully finger painting; the other, smearing said paint all over his face. They captioned it with an internet catchphrase: ?Instagram vs. reality.? The couple gained more than 8,400 followers on Twitter that day. Slowly but surely, the couple, and transitively, Kate, have been compounding an incredibly valuable currency: invested followers, the 2020 version of loyal subjects.
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Yet with polished reserve, Kate Middleton has trudged on in L.K. Bennett heels. ?Kate understands what she is expected to do,? says royal historian Sally Bedell Smith. ?She grasps that hers is a lifetime commitment.?
Bedell also points out that the duchess has figured out how to make the near-impossible possible: ?She also has a natural ability to blend accessibility and dignity with a royal mystique that shields her privacy?a tough line to navigate,? Smith says.
[From Vogue]
The royal mystique thing is interesting I?m reminded again of how little Kate actually has to do, and how her constant disappearing act and her blankness lends itself to magazines, tabloids and royal commentators projecting all of these queenly aspects to her character. She?s basically lazy and quiet, and by embiggening her so much, the world is telling little girls that should be their aim in life too: marry rich, be lazy and quiet and everyone will think you?re God?s gift. But yeah, Vogue was having a little bit of fun with it. They?re not wrong either the Cambridges? social media game has gotten a lot better since they hired the Sussexes? social media director. And yes, the Cambridges were copying the Sussexes. And the Tatler debacle was one of the biggest Cambridge stories of the year. Let?s see what happens in the last three months of the year though.
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| | Prince William & Kate are raising 'the most well-adjusted generation of royals ever' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve said this many times before, but I genuinely think that the Duchess of Cambridge is a great mom and she loves being a simple upper-middle-class stay-at-home mom, doing the school runs and doing projects with the kids at Anmer Hall and that kind of stuff. While so much of Kate?s image is a carefully crafted persona, that has never felt false to me. She loves her children and motherhood is basically the only thing she gives a sh-t about. On the other hand, I?ve never bought into the image of William as a doting father I think he?s largely tapped out and he leaves Kate to do the bulk of the child-rearing, despite the fussy, sugary narrative to the contrary. I think William has other country pursuits, you know? But because none of the royal reporters will actually talk about rose-bush-trimming, William gets credit for being the best royal parent ever, and raising the most well-adjusted kids ever:
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge saw lockdown as a rare gift because royal children are usually unavoidably denied the privilege of prolonged time with their parents, a royal expert has claimed. Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 38, spent the majority of the last six months at their Norfolk home of Anmer Hall with their children, Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two.
Now royal commentator Victoria Arbiter has claimed the period gave the Cambridge children a privilege generations of royal youngsters have unavoidably been denied ? prolonged time at home with just Mum and Dad. Writing for Australian site 9Honey, she said the children would likely be the most well-adjusted generation the royals have ever known, adding: For George, Charlotte and Louis a lifetime of duty eventually awaits, but thanks to the relative normality their childhood affords, their royal calling will feel less like a prison sentence and more one to be proud of.
The royal commentator said the couple have set a royal parenting precedent with their techniques. Victoria wrote that Prince William has long strived to provide his children with the stability he once craved.
Meanwhile, she added that Kates parents Carole and Michael Middleton have remained at the heart of the Cambridges existence and offer a stabilising force to the family unit. She wrote: Given his admiration for their solid middle-class values and hands-on style, its hardly surprising Carole and Mike play such a significant role in their grandchildrens upbringing.
She commented that the combination of Kates focus on early years education and the Middletons nurturing presence, alongside Prince Williams focus on mental well being and the Windsor traditions, would lead the Cambridge children to be the most well-adjusted generation the royals have ever known. Meanwhile Victoria added that Prince William and Kate are paving the way for royal children of tomorrow with their parenting techniques.
[From The Daily Mail]
I mean, Princess Diana was really the one who changed the way royal children are raised. Diana and Charles both wanted William and Harry to have real childhoods too, and they tried their best to keep the kids out of their own dramas. I think ?stability? is an interesting word choice there the stability William craved, meaning no divorce, no tabloid war, etc. Fair enough. But what William and Kate have actually created is just a throwback to the way most aristocratic families operated for centuries. The wife at home with the kids while the husband gallivants around the countryside, trimming rose bushes.
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| | Duchess Kate wore Beulah London to an NHS anniversary party: cute or no? | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For the first time since March, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did a joint event together in public. They attended the NHS?s 72nd birthday event at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King?s Lyon, which is apparently pretty close to Anmer Hall. They spent some time meeting with the hospital?s medical staff, operational staff and catering staff and the whole event was set up like a tea party (although it doesn?t look like Will & Kate enjoyed any refreshments).
Kate wore a dated, high-neck, collared dress from Beulah London. If you told me that she was cosplaying a particular look from Princess Diana?s wardrobe, I would believe you. If you told me she was actually wearing a vintage dress once worn by Diana, I would believe that too. This is Kate?s style not glamorous or modern. She likes things that are dated and performatively ?prim.? The Daily Mail says she has this dress in two colors too, and that she wore the red version for one of her Zoom calls.
Late last week, the Daily Mail had another fluff piece about Kate and how she?s ?more similar to the Queen than Princess Diana.?
A royal expert has claimed that Kate Middleton is more similar to the Queen than Princess Diana, due to her introvert nature and love of the outdoors. Speaking about the Duchess of Cambridge, 38, to Yahoo News, royal author Victoria Murphy said that she was still more of a team player than leader, but had grown in confidence since joining the Royal Family almost a decade ago.
The commentator noted Kates quiet self-assurance and ability to compartmentalise, and predicted that those qualities would suit her future role as Queen. Royal author Angela Levin also observed that the Duchess has become more relaxed since her start with the royal family, and believes that becoming a mother helped her confidence grow.
Victoria Murphy told Yahoo UK: There is no doubt that Kate has hugely grown in confidence since joining the Royal Family. I think she still remains more of a team player than a leader though and perhaps more of a listener than a talker, but I think these qualities are well-suited to her current and future roles. Ive always thought that Kate has more in common personality-wise with the Queen; not an extrovert but quietly self-assured with a love of the outdoors and the ability to compartmentalise.
Royal author Angela Levin added: Now she knows the ropes she is more relaxed. I also think that being a mother has made a huge difference to how she faces life as a royal.
[From The Daily Mail]
More and more, I can feel these royal commentators reaching and struggling to turn a sow?s ear into a silk purse. Kate is what they?re stuck with, and they have to embiggen her. But that Tatler piece was quite eye-opening, right? For all of these ?Kate is just like the Queen? stories, most people see Kate for who she is.
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| | Duchess Kate's photography is one of the royal family's 'superpowers' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As we all know, the Duchess of Cambridge is a keen amateur photographer. One of her few pre-royal ?jobs? involved something with photography for her parents? company Party Pieces, although we?re obviously never going to see the receipts on that. When she became a mom, Kate began photographing her children and releasing those photos on their birthday or to mark certain occasions. It?s fine she?s no Annie Leibovitz, but she enjoys photographing her kids and it?s cute that Kate has made it into such a thing and that she photographs her childrens birthdays. But apparently, Kate?s photography can now be designated as a ?superpower.? OMG. To be fair, the woman who said this was speaking in more broad terms about the power of photography for the royals.
Kate Middleton?s family photographs have warmed the hearts of millions during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the images of Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte, 5, and little brother, Prince Louis, 2, spending quality family time together during isolation at Kate and Prince William?s Anmer Hall country home in Norfolk are far more than simple family snaps. Instead, they form an integral part of what royal historian Lucy Worsley calls the royal family?s ?very own superpower.?
?For 200 years the British monarchy has used photography,? she adds in a new BBC documentary Lucy Worsleys Royal Photo Album, which airs on PBS on August 16. ?From creating a new sovereign to affairs of the heart, majestic moments to everyday life, when monarchy wants to send a message it uses a photograph.?
Worsley highlights this by profiling the way that key royals, including Prince Harry, Princess Diana, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth, have used photographs to send a message to the world. It is all part of the royal family?s ?soft power, she says.
You would think that the weapons of a king and queen were perhaps their armies or centuries of tradition but what they have is the power of the media,? Worsley tells PEOPLE. The visual is almost more important than words because they dont have that many opportunities to speak. So, they have become very adept at using photo opportunities: dressing, body language, who they are photographed with ? all that sort of thing ? to express their influence. Because they dont have power, but they do have influence.?
?It makes them relatable and therefore builds affection,? says Worsley. They work in exactly the same way as a soap opera does. These are people whose lives sort of mirror your own. They progress. They have births, deaths and marriages. You get to know them over time. You feel like they are your friends ? sort of!? She adds, People talk about it (the royal family) as a high brand institution, but it so isnt. Its really, really adapted. They use Instagram and what have you, but they reference the past. They make decisions that appear consistent with the past.?
It is for this reason that Worsley says, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge now dominate my Instagram feed!?
[From People]
There was also an aside about Prince Albert and how he loved photography and knew the photos of his family would help the monarchy. Which is true it?s from the Victoria-and-Albert era that the ?royal family as a normal, middle class family? branding really began. I would also say that more than any other 20th century royal figure, Princess Diana understood the (soft and hard) power of imagery and photography. She knew how things would photograph and she learned how to use that to her advantage, time and time again. That?s something I always thought that the Duchess of Sussex would get too, but the Sussexit happened and God knows. As for Kate and whether or not her photography qualifies as a superpower? I think she mostly photographs her kids because she doesn?t want to invite professional photographers around constantly. She wants to keep the kids? childhoods more lowkey.
Photos courtesy of Kensington Palace.
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| | Duchess Kate has been wearing rainbow colors because she 'loves literal dressing' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Because we?re bored and we always enjoy talking about the Duchess of Cambridge?s Victorian Button Cosplay, several outlets are doing crazy in-depth pieces about Kate?s ?quarantine fashion.? Kate has not done a public event since March 20th, when she and William visited an emergency call center and didn?t practice social distancing (nor did they wear masks). After that, Kate took several weeks off, but lately she?s been doing more Zoom events from Anmer Hall, and to her credit because she?s literally praised for it she?s been wearing real clothes and not sweatpants/jeggings and stained t-shirts. And the colors! Apparently, she?s been wearing all of the colors of the rainbow:
Eagle-eyed fan account @CambridgeMums pointed out that the Duchess has actually been wearing the colours of the rainbow, which has become a national symbol of support for the NHS during the crisis. Kate is known for her love of literal dressing, and regularly gives a nod to the event she is attending and countries she is visiting with her clothing.
[From The Daily Mail]
LMAO @ ?Kate is known for her love of literal dressing.? I?m sorry, but did the Daily Mail really write that, I AM DYING. That?s Daily Mail-speak for ?Ol? girl is simple. So simple that this literal dresser cosplays the Irish flag in Ireland and thinks clown ruffles are the height of fashion. THAT KIND OF SIMPLE.?
Meanwhile, Us Weekly also had a ?let?s praise Kate for wearing clothes again? story:
Kate Middleton is just like Us! She?s the queen ? or duchess ? of recycling outfits for special occasions, because a great outfit should never go to waste. On Friday, May 8, the Duchess of Cambridge wore a red L.K. Bennett dress to celebrate V-E Day over Zoom alongside Prince William, an elegant number she previously wore to a Wimbledon match in 2015.
?Like most people, Kate doesn?t think twice about recycling clothes,? a royal insider reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. ?She thinks it would be a waste to wear something once and then throw it away. And as the UK taxpayers contribute towards the royal family?s upkeep, it wouldn?t be a good look if she spent a fortune on clothing.?
The list of Middleton?s iconic fashion repeats goes on and on, to the surprise of many. ?Everyone thinks that the royals live like wealthy celebrities, but if the truth be known they?re actually pretty frugal with money and don?t lead an extravagant lifestyle? the royal expert continues. ?They try to be as normal and relatable to the public as possible.?
To retain the semblance of normalcy, the duchess doesn?t ask for help from a stylist on her days off. ?She usually throws on a pair of jeans and a shirt or sweater,? says the source.
If you?re anything like Us, then you?re probably desperately wondering what her closet must look like. It?s certainly complete with designer labels and exquisite formalwear, but some of the affordable brand names in her closet might surprise you. ?Kate doesn?t have a closet full of haute couture gowns? says the royal expert. ?Yes, she has some designer pieces, but she mainly wears high-street brands like Zara, Marks & Spencer and TopShop when she isn?t attending a posh event.?
[From Us Weekly]
Except that Kate does spend a fortune on clothing. Just for the Irish tour, she spent 26,420 on new clothing and that doesn?t even include that hideous vintage clown-ruffle dress she wore. Kate has always spent too much money on clothes (so did Meghan). And now she?s being praised for re-wearing those expensive clothes on Zoom calls at home? I would sigh, but I?m still giggling to myself about Kate being a ?literal dresser.?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, KensingtonRoyal social media.
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| | Duchess Kate launches a photography competition for portraits in lockdown | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve been thinking a lot about photography and the quality of video-conferencing during the lockdown. There have already been some startling photos taken by professional photographers of American life during lockdown, but I can?t help but think that if there were more photos and high-quality videos of what life is really like during a pandemic, perhaps there wouldn?t be as many crazy-ass anti-lockdown protesters who don?t believe that all of this is REAL. Speaking of, the Duchess of Cambridge has launched a new photography competition in association with her patronage with the National Portrait Gallery. They want submissions of British life in lockdown during a pandemic:
Kate Middleton announced a new photography project on Thursday that asks people to send in photos that capture the spirit, the mood, the hopes, the fears and the feelings across the U.K. amid the coronavirus crisis. In collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, the royal mom of three is inviting people from all over the U.K. to submit a photographic portrait that they have taken during these extraordinary times. Participants are also encouraged to provide a short written submission to outline the experiences and emotions of those depicted in their photograph.
The most poignant portraits will be selected for an exhibit called, Hold Still, which will be shown in a virtual exhibition in early summer.
?We?ve all been struck by some of the incredible images we?ve seen which have given us an insight into the experiences and stories of people across the country,? Kate says in a statement. ?Some desperately sad images showing the human tragedy of this pandemic and other uplifting pictures showing people coming together to support those more vulnerable. Hold Still aims to capture a portrait of the nation, the spirit of the nation, what everyone is going through at this time. Photographs reflecting resilience, bravery, kindness ? all those things that people are experiencing.?
The project will focus on three core themes: Helpers and Heroes; Your New Normal; and Acts of Kindness. Kate, who is patron of the National Portrait Gallery, will take part in the curation of the exhibition, which she and the National Portrait Gallery hope to be able to show around the U.K. when the time and circumstances allow. Completely free and open to all ages and abilities, the images can be captured on phones or cameras and each image will be assessed on the emotion and experience it conveys rather than its photographic quality or technical expertise.
The collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery came from discussions between Kate and the museum. ?It is something she is really driving,? a royal source says. ?It focuses on the human story of lockdown and their experiences. It hopes to capture a moment in time.?
[From People]
It?s a good project? And of course Kate is getting credit for being the ?driving force? or whatever, like she?s the only person in the world who thought ?we should do portraits in lockdown,? like every single magazine editor across the Western world hasn?t had the same idea. And this goes to what I was saying before: the more this catastrophe is shown for everyone to see, in all of the vulnerability and fear, the more ?real? it will be for people. I think most of these ?call me a Grandma Killer? aholes simply don?t think any of this is REAL. Or they?re ?bored? with it and so they want to move on.
Completely free & open to all ages and abilities, #HoldStill2020 will capture a snapshot of the UK at this time, creating a collective portrait reflecting resilience & bravery, humour & sadness, creativity & kindness, and human tragedy & hope.
Take part: https://t.co/yn9rmErfVv
Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 7, 2020
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| | Duchess Kate is 'very strict on screen time' with the kids, wants them to do crafts | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ll be honest: I cannot believe that Kate has not done more on social media during the corona lockdown. I?m not saying that as some kind of hyper-critical nastiness. I?m honestly flabbergasted that the Cambridges? staff have not realized that Kate would have been applauded for doing the bare minimum in the comfort of her own country home. She could have provided a reading list for kids and parents. She could have done a few Instagram videos of simple outdoor and indoor activities to do with kids. She could have done more than one bloody Zoom call with kids or frontline workers. All it would take is maybe 30 to 50 minutes every other day, providing a touch of whimsy and ?everywoman? mom-ness to the lockdown. Instead, Kate has just been largely in the wind, like usual. (Update: over the past 24 hours, there was a flurry of activity from Camp Cambridge, how odd!) And in lieu of Kate actually getting off her royal bum, her staff are left to merely push these kinds of stories to Katie Nicholl. Did you know Kate limits her kids? screen time? Oh.
Kate Middleton is very strict on screen time and wont allow Prince George, Princess Charlotte or Prince Louis their own devices, a royal expert has claimed. Katie Nicholl told Okay! magazine that the Duchess of Cambridge, 38, is keen to encourage creativity in her children during lockdown, and said they arent permitted their own mobiles or tablets.
She revealed: The emphasis during this time will be on arts and crafts, painting and doing things that aren?t screen-orientated. Kate is usually very strict on screen time and keeps it to a minimum.
The royal expert added that the lockdown at the Cambridge family home on Anmer Hall was providing a great opportunity for Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte, 4, and Prince Louis, 1, to get outside and explore nature. Katie revealed: They?ve got climbing frames, swings and a pond, and each of the children are in charge of their own little patch of the kitchen garden.
The family, who have been living in Norfolk for several weeks amid the coronavirus crisis, are currently preparing for Prince Louis 2nd birthday next week. And Katie revealed that despite the current restrictions, the family would do all they could do ensure he had a great day. She said that Prince George and Princess Charlotte were very likely to make their own cards and gifts for their little brother during one of their arts-and-crafts sessions. Meanwhile Prince Louis is most likely to be found playing outdoors, with Katie revealing that he was happiest when exploring the grounds of Anmer.
[From The Daily Mail]
I wonder if Kate is discouraged from doing those cutesy videos at Anmer Hall because someone, somewhere in the Kensington Palace office is actually genuinely concerned about the optics. The optics of a barely employable woman parading around her extensive grounds and her large family mansion. But? if those optics are uncomfortable and they invite scrutiny, then why even prattle on and on about how Kate is such a normal middle-class mum with her country mansion, pond, gardens, tennis court and miles of acreage for the kids to play? Also, I feel like this is a moms-judging-moms thing. ?Well, Kate doesn?t allow her kids any time on the iPad, so you?re a bad mother if you?re harried and overworked and you aren?t monitoring your kids? screen time!?
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