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| | Prince William & Duchess Kate are taking next week off, will probably go on vacation | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve mentioned this in several posts, but this is the the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?s ?fastest start? to a year in the history of their marriage. Since early January, they?ve been doing events together and separately with regularity, even traveling for ?a day of events? in various towns several times. Kate launched (?launched?) her Early Years initiative at long last with the five-question survey, and she did solo events to support it. They both have dozens of events under their belt in 2020 and it?s not even two full months into the year. It?s historic! So of course they?re going on vacation next week. I?m not complaining about it because look at that, they actually ?deserve? it this year!
Kate Middleton and Prince William have had a busy few weeks, from the royal mom traveling to the four corners of the U.K. to promote her new initiative for early childhood development to the couple joining Prince Charles and Camilla on a rare joint outing. But their schedule is much lighter next week ? so they can spend time with their three children.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte?s school is on half-term break from Monday, Feb. 17, to Friday, Feb. 21. As they typically do, Kate and William slow down their royal schedules during school vacations so they can spend more time with their children. And of course, 1-year-old Prince Louis will get to spend some more time with his older siblings!
Princess Charlotte, 4, was accompanied by her big brother, 6, and parents on her first day at Thomas?s Battersea in September. Now that she and Prince George are at the same school ? Charlotte previously attended Willcocks Nursery School ? there?s no need to worry if their days off will overlap. There?s no word yet on how the family of five will be spending their week off. Kate, William and their children may leave London?s Kensington Palace for Anmer Hall in Norfolk. They often escape to their country home ? and it?s even where they chose to pose together for their super casual 2018 Christmas card photo.
[From People]
A seven day or nine-day, really block of time off probably isn?t enough for a jaunt to Mustique, but it probably is enough time for a ski holiday. That?s my prediction: a trip to some Swiss ski chalet with the kids and Carole Middleton, probably. Or maybe they?ll do something new, like? I don?t know, what?s a popular European vacation spot in February? I think skiing might be their best option. Anyway, just an FYI: the Cambridges will be on vacation next week! That would be a great opportunity for any kind of big announcement from the Sussexes, honestly.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.
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| | The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge will likely do another Australian tour | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their 2014 tour of Australia. This was their first and only South Pacific tour as a couple/family, although William has returned to Australia and New Zealand since this tour. This was the tour where they brought Prince George, who wasn?t even one year old, and we got tons of photos of him punching babies and looking like he wanted to play with all of the native Australian animals. Going back to these old photos, it?s really remarkable how much Kate and William?s appearance has changed in just six years, right? William?s looks have, frankly, faded. And I forgot how dark Kate?s hair used to be! Anyway, there are reports that William and Kate will do another tour in Australia:
Kate Middleton and Prince William are set to visit the areas in Australia that have been ravaged by the recent bushfires. The couple is expected to be invited by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia media reported Tuesday, following preliminary discussions with the palace. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the states of New South Wales and Victoria, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Other areas might be added.
William and Kate?s office at Kensington Palace didn?t have a comment ? as is protocol until a tour or visit is confirmed and plans are made. Last month, William and Kate joined other members of the royal family, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, in expressing their sadness that the fires ?are destroying homes, livelihoods and wildlife across much of Australia.?
Six years ago, the couple visited an area that had been hit by fires when they toured the country (with son Prince George) in April 2014. There is no news yet on whether the couple would take any ? or all three ? of their children.
William and Kate are said to have made their availability for a possible visit known to their office and the governments of both the U.K. and Australia. And, while sympathetic to the emergency work and rescues under way in Australia, the royals would not want to go there too early and divert energy, resources and attention away from the urgent missions to save people, livestock, wildlife and the countryside.
[From People]
The bushfires were raging a month ago, but I thought most of the fires had been put out by the widespread rain in mid-January? That?s the way it sounded when they were talking about it during the Australian Open, but maybe I?m wrong, maybe it?s still a situation where first-responders cannot divert attention away from the situation. Considering the Cambridges? wide-open schedule and their habit of hyping their sh-t months in advance, I wouldn?t think that this tour will happen before April or May anyway.
Also, of course they want another bite at the ?Australia loves us? apple, especially considering the reception Harry and Meghan got during their tour in the fall of 2018. It was during that tour that Prince William, Prince Charles and their offices began to freak out at the Sussexes? global popularity and thus, the smear campaign was born. I hope Oz is ready for the Cambridges? new vibe, The Kiss Our Feet, We?re All You?ve Got Tour.
Oh, and this was just confirmed yesterday: the Cambridges will go on a three day tour of Ireland next month, from March 3rd through March 5th.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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| | Duchess Kate is 'so happy' that 100,000 people have taken her dumb survey | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As many have pointed out, it really does seem like the Duchess of Cambridge (specifically) has been tasked with doing as many photo-ops as possible with people of color in the wake of Sussexit. Even more specifically, Kate?s been spending a lot of time posing with black and mixed race children. Kensington Palace often sets up events so that Kate will be photographed with kids of all races, but ever since you-know-who left, so many of the kids chosen for Kate?s events and photo-ops are children of color. It?s becoming quite obvious and notable.
Is it possible that it?s especially notable for the past week because of Kate?s Struggle Survey and the half-assed launch of her Early Years initiative? Perhaps. Kate?s done a steady stream of appearances to promote the survey in the past nine days or so, and many of the events have involved various kids? programs. It?s absolutely a good thing that Kate is highlighting and drawing attention to those programs. But it kind of sucks that the programs are only getting highlighted in association with the Struggle Survey. But good news, the survey is working! Or something.
More than 100,000 people have already answered Kate Middleton?s groundbreaking survey about early childhood ? in just one week. The royal mom of three is polling parents, caregivers and professionals about the early years of children?s lives. The U.K.-wide initiative, called the 5 Big Questions on the Under Fives survey, was launched last Tuesday and Kate, 38, promoted it again on Wednesday as she visited LEYF (London Early Years Foundation) Stockwell Gardens Nursery & Preschool in London, where she helped prepare the children?s breakfasts.
There, she said she wanted ?to hear society?s views about raising the next generation,? adding, ?I?m so happy that over 100,000 people from all across the U.K. have already completed it, and I can?t wait to see the results,? PA Media wire service reported.
The survey is active for a month, and experts from Ipsos Mori will then use the data to formulate a report for Princess Kate and the Royal Foundation. The findings are expected to help guide Kate in her public work in the area for many years ahead.
Palace sources say they don?t have a target number in mind, but are thrilled that so many people have already participated.
?The more people who take part shows there are more people engaging in the conversations across the country,? one source tells PEOPLE. ?The more people who are thinking about this issue and talking about it, the better.?
Kate has spent eight years immersing herself in the research and new thinking about the early years of childhood development.
[From People]
I? still can?t believe that the official story is that Kate spend EIGHT YEARS ?immersing? herself in early childhood development and all we got is: A) a five-question trash survey, B) some photo-ops where children are mostly used as props, C) the disturbing sub-argument Kate has consistently made that children?s development and mental & physical health comes down to affluence and two-parent families.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Will Duchess Kate adhere to the 'sustainable' dress-theme for this year's BAFTAs' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Prince William has been BAFTA president for one decade now. Hehas done very little for this prestigious patronage. Every single year of his presidency, he?s refused to attend the pre-BAFTA dinner held at? Kensington Palace, his home. One year, he skipped the BAFTAs because he had just come back from vacation and the poor sausage was too exhausted from all that leisure time. William was criticized for that and for phoning it in with the BAFTAs for many years, and the criticism finally got to him. He and Kate have attended the BAFTAs three years in a row now. Last year, their BAFTA appearance was actually quite glamorous, because you-know-who was around.
Anyway, William and Kate are confirmed to attend this year?s BAFTAs, coming up Sunday, February 2. William will present and introduce the Fellowship (an award for producers) to Kathleen Kennedy, who has screwed up the Star Wars franchise, but hey, she?s hired a bunch of British actors and they film the bulk of the SW films in England, so there you go. The biggest news will be Kate and whatever she?s wearing though, let?s be real. Kate really doesn?t do many big red-carpet evening-wear appearances, although she?s increased her tiara-wearing palace appearances. So, the hype around the BAFTAs FASHION has already begun:
Kate Middleton and Prince William?s upcoming date night at the BAFTAs comes with an unexpected fashion twist! The royal couple have confirmed that they will once again attend the glitzy event, but there?s a new dress code in place this year. Guests attending the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards ? the British equivalent of the Oscars ? on February 2 have been asked to ?dress sustainably,? according to the London College of Fashion.
?This awards season BAFTA are doing more than ever before to consider sustainability across its awards ceremonies, including inviting guests to ?dress sustainably,?? the style guide reads. Guests are being encouraged to be a ?voice for change? by re-wearing, renting or wearing vintage. If guests do insist on buying something new then a list of sustainable brands, including Reformation and Stella McCartney (coincidently both favorites of Meghan Markle), have been suggested.
The guidelines are part of the academy?s plans for their first-ever carbon neutral awards ceremony. ?Sustainability is very important to BAFTA, and we?re doing more than ever before,? a spokesperson told Harpers Bazaar, adding: ?The goal is that the EE British Academy Film Awards 2020 will be carbon neutral, working towards having a net positive impact on the environment. From travel and food, to branding and materials, BAFTA is ensuring the awards are as sustainable as possible.?
[From People]
People Mag points out that the last time the BAFTAs tried to do a specific dress theme, Kate didn?t participate that was 2018, after the sweeping Me Too stories and after women decided to dress in all black at the Golden Globes. The BAFTAs tried to replicate that all-black theme a month later, and Kate opted instead for a muted green dress. I wasn?t super-offended, but I wondered why Kate didn?t simply wear a black dress, you know? It wouldn?t have been a massive political statement to adhere to a theme and sartorially say ?rape and sexual harassment are bad things.? But given all of the Royal Family?s environmental moves as of late cough, cough my guess is that Kate will probably do something on-theme. God knows, she already has plenty of frocks she could rewear. I would love to see her try a vintage look though, how cool would that be? But would she try a Stella McCartney look? God, I hope not.
Photos courtesy of WENN and Avalon Red.
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| | Prince William & Duchess Kate are 'still reeling' in the wake of Sussexit' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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We?ve finally reached a point where the Sussexit drama has died down significantly, and we?re just left discussing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Pussybows, busy-work, buttons and five-question surveys, oh my! At long last, Kate launched her Early Years initiative this week, following about 18 months of hype about how Early Years would be her legacy project, that it was the culmination of EIGHT YEARS of duchessing, that it would be full of groundbreaking? stuff. Vague stuff which would be super-important. And it turned out to be a basic survey, the results of which would inform Kate where to go from here. Katie Nicholl at Vanity Fair emphasized that while attempting to embiggen Kate?s struggle-survey.
Speaking about the new survey and the work she is spearheading, Kate said, ?As a parent, I know how much we cherish the future health and happiness of our children. I want to hear the key issues affecting families and communities so I can focus my work on where it is needed most. My ambition is to provide lasting change for generations to come.?
The Duchess has spent months doing a deep dive in to the early years for children, and the importance of positive experiences and a secure upbringing for pre-schoolers. The new online poll, conducted by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Royal Foundation, is thought to be the biggest survey of its kind and aims to encourage a nationwide conversation on early childhood. Parents are asked to answer five key questions about child development.
[From Vanity Fair]
It?s ?thought to be the biggest survey of its kind and aims to encourage a nationwide conversation on early childhood.? Well, that?s appropriately vague. Is the survey supposed to inform Kate about what she should do next, or is the survey the beginning and the end, because Kate started a ?conversation?? Seriously, Kensington Palace half-assed this so badly.
Meanwhile, Katie Nicholl has been talking a lot about the emotions Kate and William have been going through post-Sussexit. Earlier this week, Nicholl said that the Cambridges got a ?huge boost? from their joint appearance in Bradford and ?They?ve stuck to the tried-and-tested approach, promoting a united Royal family and it?s a success.? They literally shoved Meghan and Harry out the door out of jealousy, but go off. Now Nicholl says that the Cambridges are ?still reeling? from Sussexit:
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are still reeling from Prince Harry and Meghan Markles decision to quit the royal family, according to a royal expert. Commentator Katie Nicholl revealed Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, were still coming to terms with the reality of the Sussexes choice.
Speaking about Prince Harry, 35, and the Cambridges on-going relationship, she told Entertainment Tonight: I think the severity of what?s happened has had a huge impact on his brother, on his sister-in-law.
Katie went on to say Meghan and Harrys shocking decision to step back from had left the Cambridges stunned. She said: Both of them are still reeling from the news, coming to terms with the reality of this situation.
[From The Daily Mail]
I do wonder if the Cambridges are feeling a bit like ?be careful what you wish for.? William clearly wanted to exile the Sussexes for more than a year, and he was working steadily towards that one goal. But did Kate want to see them gone? Kate?s press was never better than when the press had Meghan as their favorite punching bag. Anyway? get used to this, all we?ve got is this dull couple now.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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| | Duchess Kate felt 'so isolated' in Wales after she gave birth to Prince George | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are more photos of the Duchess of Cambridge in Cardiff yesterday, the second stop for her big Early Years initiative, which (at the moment) consists of a basic five-question survey. Yes, it?s kind of embarrassing that this is all Kate has to show for EIGHT YEARS (that?s what they claim) of work in this field. I still don?t understand why they had to hype the hell out of this to the point where people were expecting? a lot more than a five-question survey. They could have just said ?Kate is focusing on early childhood development and she will do many events around this particular interest.? That?s it. Because let me tell you, the photos are better than the initiative. Kate looks engaged with the parents and the kids here, at the Ely & Caerau Childrens Centre. So, just do that. Anyway, Kate also spoke about how ?isolated? she felt when George was a baby and she and William were living in Wales:
Kate Middleton is speaking out about the ?isolation? she felt as a new mother. The 38-year-old royal spoke with workers from a children and parents center in Cardiff, Wales, on Wednesday as she promoted her new groundbreaking survey on the early years of kids? lives. She and husband Prince William lived in Wales when they were first married, where he was stationed with the Royal Air Force.
?It?s nice to be back in Wales,? Kate said. ?I was chatting to some of the mums. It was the first year and I?d just had George ? William was still working with search and rescue ? and we came up here and I had a tiny, tiny baby in the middle of Anglesey. It was so isolated, so cut off. I didn?t have any family around, and he was doing night shifts. So?if only I had had a center like this.?
The mom of three was visiting the innovative Ely and Careau Children?s Centre in an economically challenged area of the Welsh capital, where parents can get support as well as enroll their kids into the kindergarten.
?I see amazing work you?re doing here in so many areas,? she said. ?It?s just bringing it to light. The critical work you?re doing has a massive social ? and economic ? impact later down the years.?
One of the center?s workers talked about how they tried to accommodate the concerns of parents who have questions raising their kids ?this way or that way.? Kate said with a smile, ?That?s why I wanted to do the survey. Unless parents are supported, it makes the job that much harder.?
[From People]
I remember when she had George and she spent a lot of time that first year in Berkshire with her parents. She even moved in with her parents for about eight weeks so that Carole could help, and William stayed there off-and-on too. And? I just looked up the timeline, actually by the fall of 2013 (Kate gave birth to George that summer), William had left the RAF and Wales and they were mostly in London. That?s when William started auditing classes at Cambridge University, remember that? It was his ?gap year.? That was all during George?s first year. What I?m saying is that I believe Kate absolutely felt isolated when George was a baby, which is why she went to Bucklebury so often. Also, it was like William was trying to isolate her when she was a new mother. Poor Kate.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | VF: Would a memoir from Prince Harry be more in-demand than Meghan's memoir' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For the most part, the conversation about how and where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will make their money has been dominated by bad-faith actors, like the Daily Mail and other British tabloids. They?ve been near hysterical at the thought that Meghan and Harry would become celebrity-royals for hire and end up doing milk ads in China or something. Harry and Meghan have their own money, first of all, and they?re getting financial support from Prince Charles for a year, so they have time to figure out their financial futures. And I trust Meghan?s judgment here she?s a planner and she has a good handle on celebrity-royal branding. She will understand instinctively what is acceptable as far as business arrangements are concerned. Plus, she?s got contacts all over Canada and America. I trust her. So what will the Sussex Royal brand be? And what ventures will they enter into? Vanity Fair?s business section had a better and more comprehensive look:
The SussexRoyal IG: @sussexroyal, which has become the definitive platform for Harry and Meghan?s messaging since its creation last April, has now caught up with @kensingtonroyal, the official Instagram account of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As my colleague Kenzie Bryant noted, ?In less than a year, the Sussexes made up the difference, plus a few mil. They are now tied for the most followers for a British royal account.?
The Obama playbook: The current thinking is that Harry and Meghan are poised to replicate the Obama playbook, with the potential to build out a media portfolio similar to the one that has netted tens of millions of dollars for the former first couple through publishing contracts, stadium tours, and production deals with streaming-entertainment titans like Netflix and Spotify. As one London-based talent agent suggested this week to the Associated Press, ?They are 100% more valuable than the Obamas. The Obamas aren?t royal. They are.?
Going to Netflix? There was that video of Harry schmoozing with Disney chief Bob Iger, and Ted Sarandos seemed to open the door during a recent event in Los Angeles. Asked if Netflix would be interested in doing something with the couple, Sarandos told the Press Association news agency, ?Who wouldn?t be interested? Yes, sure.?..?There really only is one choice for them given the global reach of the royals,? said media analyst Rich Greenfield of LightShed Partners. ?It has to be Netflix. Everyone else just doesn?t make sense.? In other words, Greenfield explained, none of the other streaming players that would be obvious contenders?never mind Meghans supposedly forthcoming voiceover work for Disney?have the international footprint and genre flexibility that Netflix does. ?If I think about Meghan and Harry?s global appeal, which mirrors a show like The Crown, I literally think there?s only one place on planet Earth you?d want to be if you wanted to maximize your celebrity. They?re a global franchise, and there?s just not a lot of ways to truly penetrate the global reach of the crown, pun intended, other than Netflix.?
How about some memoirs? Harry and Meghan may choose to start a little smaller?say, with a book or two. Publishing sources put the likely price tag of a Harry memoir in the ballpark of $15 million, worldwide rights. ?I think it would have to be a memoir by him,? a senior industry source told me, ?since writing it together would probably be unwieldy and would look tacky and opportunistic. And there might not be enough there yet for a memoir by her, as much as people want to hear from her.? After the hypothetical best seller, what comes next, and what could it look like? ?I literally have no idea,? said Greenfield. ?But I have to believe that leveraging their global visibility into some form of production entity would make a tremendous amount of sense, and the Obamas have kind of blazed the trail both on the video and the audio side.?
But maybe the Obama comparison doesn?t hold up: ?The idea that there?s an Obama analog here strikes me as a real stretch,? said a high-level Hollywood source. ?Mrs. Obama is a proven public intellectual who had a highly deserved reputation, as first lady, for being an advocate on causes that are important to her, and also for being an excellent communicator of those things. Then you go to the 44th president, who is just a world-class rock star, who knows as much about myriad different things as anybody on the public stage. They?re both just filled with knowledge and the ability to communicate. With the greatest respect to Harry and Meghan, what do they know about anything??
[From Vanity Fair]
I think it?s interesting that there might be a bigger market and a bigger paycheck for Harry?s memoir rather than Meghan?s. That might even be true? Especially given the fact that don?t hate me Sussex Squad Meghan isn?t a great writer? But here?s my larger question regarding memoirs and interviews: is there a shelf-life? Would Meghan and Harry need to give an interview in the next, say, six months for it to be relevant and newsworthy? Could Harry get a book deal and then, while promoting the book, give those kinds of guts-spilling interviews? What I think is that there would be more interest in a BOOK from Harry and there would be more interest in a tell-all interview from Meghan. But, again, they have a lot of options and I?m sure Meghan Thee Planner is working everything out.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, WENN and Backgrid.
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| | Duchess Kate visited a women's prison as part of her Early Years survey launch | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I have some ideas for what we should call the Duchess of Cambridge?s whirlwind promotional tour for her five-question Early Years survey. We should call it The Keen Survey Tour! Or maybe the Eight Years/Five Questions tour. Because yes, she still wants us to believe that she?s been toiling away for eight years on this extensive body of work, which amounted to? a very simple and nonsensical five-question survey. Anyway, Kate?s last appearance on the Keen Survey Tour was at a women?s prison in Surrey. Kate previously visited the same women?s prison in 2015 as part of a sister-program with her patronage Action on Addiction. I said at the time that it was great to see Kate do an event that wasn?t so ?soft? and apolitical. Kate spent time, in 2015, talking to the inmates about addiction and their families. She did the same thing during this visit too:
Kate Middleton?s new mission centers around children under the age of 5 ? and the last stop on her 24-hour tour of the U.K. showed the impact early years can have on a person?s life. The royal mom headed to the women?s prison HMP Send in Surrey, England, on Wednesday to reconnect with former and current inmates she previously met during a 2015 visit. She learned how some of the women are rebuilding their lives and families after being successfully rehabilitated and released.
Palace insiders say that Kate?s mission to help women and children in the early years had been partly inspired by a previous visit to Send in 2015. It and other experiences have contributed to her view that adults with problems can normally trace them back to childhood and often pass them on to their own children. Kate heard about the work done by the Forward Trust to support clients in improving their relationships with friends and families, including reuniting with children. She also spoke to women currently at the prison.
?It really shocked me when I came here last time how early the challenges were that you faced,? Kate told a group of former inmates, including three women she met in 2015 when they were serving sentences. ?How early you could take it back.?
In the prison visits hall, sitting around a coffee table with mugs of tea and a cake, she talked to five ex-offenders about their childhood traumas ? problems with alcoholic or absent parents, family breakdown, domestic abuse ? and how they believed it had triggered their offending. She also had conversations with four women currently serving sentences at the prison who told her stories about parents separating, drink and drug addiction.
One current prisoner, Francesca, told Kate that she got on drugs and started offending after her parents split up. At Send, with the Forward Trust program, she has started to resolve many of her issues going back to childhood. ?What they have done here has literally changed my life. It?s a miracle,? Francesca said. She added: ?Coming to jail is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.?
The royal mom said, ?It?s so often I hear that. Why does it have to get to that point before people receive the help and support??
She told the women: ?I?m hugely passionate about trying to really help get into this crisis trying to help provide that prevention mechanism and that support system in our communities. Particularly that support in the early years of life.?
[From People]
It was so nearly something, you know? All of that time and money and unlimited resources and unlimited access to the best scholars and advocates and research in the world. Think about what Kate could have done. Think about how powerful it would have been to actually put everything together in a comprehensive way, to talk about addiction and modern parenting and early childhood development and where resources could and should be deployed. Instead, we got a five-question survey and Kate saying vague words about how she?s keen to try to do something, maybe.
I also continue to take issue with the undercurrent of Kate?s nebulous thesis, which seems to be that kids who grow up in a crappy, poor family will turn out to be crappy people with tons of problems and kids who grow up in stable, happy, wealthy families will turn out fine. There is more nuance to the conversation and she hasn?t really found it? Maybe that?s what the survey is for, I guess.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red and Backgrid.
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| | Katie Nicholl: The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge 'promote a united Royal Family' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did their events in Bradford last week, did they look particularly keen? How about when they attended Monday night?s palace reception for the UK-Africa summit? Still no? Don?t get me wrong, they didn?t look ?un-keen,? they just didn?t look particularly engaged, particularly happy or like they were basking in a newfound spotlight with Harry and Meghan?s exit. You could make a case for Will and Kate treating everything like ?business as usual.? But are they secretly elated now that their plot mostly William?s plot to exile the Sussexes has played out? Katie Nicholl seems to think so.
A royal expert has claimed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been given a boost following the Duke and Duchess of Sussexs step down as senior royals, but thinks Prince Harry has secretly been left heartbroken. Commentator Kate Nicholl claimed Kate Middleton, 38, and Prince William, 37, were thrilled at the warm reception they got during a royal engagement in Bradford last week. And indeed a beaming Kate appeared extra animated when she arrived at Buckingham Palace alongside William, for their first major joint engagement without Harry, 35.
Meanwhile Harry, who returned to Canada to be with Meghan Markle, 38, and eight-month-old Archie, has been putting on a brave face amid heartbreak, Katie claims.
Speaking to Ok!, she said of the Cambridges: The warm reception William and Kate received has given them a huge boost. Theyve stuck to the tried-and-tested approach, promoting a united Royal family and its a success.
Speaking about Harry, she continued: He might be putting a brave face on but I suspect Harrys heartbroken. Hes a sensitive soul and hes a sweetheart. The past week must have been incredibly hard. With William busy performing Royal duties, hes not got his brother by his side right now and his father, Prince Charles, has returned to Scotland.
[From The Daily Mail]
So? Harry is heartbroken and William is pleased. Harry is sad because he was exiled and William is happy that he exiled Harry. That?s what I?m getting from Nicholl?s words. Personally, I think Harry probably did have some feelings? last year, when everything was reaching Peak Bullst. But the way Harry has conducted himself in 2020 tells me that he?s beyond happy about the choice he?s made. As for the Cambridges? as I said in the opening, they didn?t strike me as notably different (keen or un-keen) in their post-Sussexit appearances. Kate in particular seems to have only just realized that she lost her ?competition? and it?s back to the drawing board, personality-wise. Also: ?Theyve stuck to the tried-and-tested approach, promoting a united Royal family?? They literally exiled Harry and Meghan. They bullied the Sussexes out of the country. So much for a united family.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Duchess Kate on having a fourth child: 'I don't think William wants any more' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As the beginning of 2019, I predicted that the Duchess of Cambridge would announce a fourth pregnancy. I was wrong! I thought that Kate would be especially baby-crazy following Meghan?s pregnancy and the birth of Archie. Maybe she was, maybe she wasn?t. But we can surmise that Kate probably does want a fourth kid. She was the one pushing for a third child, while William was reportedly fine with just staying with two, George and Charlotte. But Kate pushed and she got what she wanted: Prince Louis. I figured that it would be the same last year, and that William might actually be keen on having a fourth just to put a bow on his wholesome family-man image, plus it would change the subject from all of the rose-trimming. But alas, no pregnancy announcement came. In William and Kate?s first events of 2020, Kate did make a reference to how William still doesn?t want another kid:
Kate Middleton and Prince William?s family is complete! After meeting with leaders from various different faith and community groups at Khidmat Centre in Bradford, Yorkshire on Wednesday, Kate, 38, chatted with the crowd and revealed that William, 37, doesn?t want any more kids.
While chatting with royal fan Josh Macpalce, who excitedly told the duchess that he has sent cards congratulating her after each of her three children were born, she revealed that it is unlikely she will become a mom of four in the future.
?I don?t think William wants any more,? Kate told the 25-year-old as she and William stepped out for their first outing since news broke that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be stepping back as senior members of the royal family.
Macplace, who is autistic and has DiGeorge syndrome, which is caused by the deletion of a small segment of chromosome 22, held out his arms to Kate, who bent down and gave him a hug. ?Thank you for the hug,? she told him.
[From People]
What?s up with William? Doesn?t he realize that if he and Kate have another, it?s a great deflection from rose bushes? The sycophantic British press would actually frame it as ?William and Kate reconnect after a difficult year.? Just goes to show that William?s PR instincts are crap! I?m being crazy cynical, I know. To be fair, I think on William?s side, having a fourth kid would be a cynical PR move. On Kate?s side, I think she just wants a fourth kid. She just wants to keep having babies. I?ve said this before, but I think it?s true: she?s happiest when she has a baby in the house. Lou is coming up on two years old! She needs that new-baby fix.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red and WENN.
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