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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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| | Duchess Kate is both 'the jewel in the crown' & the 'savior of the monarchy??' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are leaving (or, halfway leaving) the royal family for very good reasons. I applaud them and wish them well. But there is part of me the gossip blogger part of me which is not looking forward to covering the Windsors post-Sussex. This weekend, we got a preview of what the next decade is going to look like: a breathless exaltation of the Duchess of Cambridge for A) existing, B) being white, C) not rocking the boat, D) not divorcing Wandering Willy when he cheats on her and E) did I mention that she?s white? If you thought Kate had a perfect foil when Meghan was around, just wait until Kate is endlessly compared to The Duchess Who Shall Not Be Named. I know that all of us royal-watchers are like ?haha, chickens come home to roost for the Cambridges,? but the truth is, the Royal Rota will be and already IS all to eager to embiggen Kate even more. Case in point, this Sun article:
Her Maj may well be saddened and disappointed ? and Charles and Wills left fuming ? but they know they have an asset that will ensure this is all merely a blip. That asset is Kate Middleton. She is the jewel in their crown and carries the hopes for their future on her slender shoulders. Kate doesn?t put a foot wrong. She has coped with difficult pregnancies, rumours about her marriage and accusations of being dull and boring, always gracefully and with dignity. She is a sweet-tempered, gentle-natured woman but has a core of steel which has helped her survive the negativity. And she is now flourishing at the very heart of The Firm.
[From The Sun]
That?s all I could manage to excerpt because my eye was twitching so hard. While I?ve never been Kate?s biggest fan, I could find a way to compliment her in a realistic way. It?s the over-the-top fawning that gets me. I mean, ?the jewel in the crown? R U SERIOUS. I?m old enough to remember when INDIA was the jewel in the crown. Because literally, those British colonizers stole the Koh-I-Nor and they refuse to give it back. But I digress. Not content to merely state that Kate IS THE CROWN, the Daily Mirror went further: Kate will single-handedly save the monarchy.
Kate, the future queen, has clearly realised how the weight of responsibility to save this institution is now firmly on her shoulders. She must be the strength behind the throne of King William V. And she must raise her eldest son to face up to his duty too, while helping her other two children lead as normal lives as possible. It is a balancing act that would be tricky at the best of times, but one that has become even more onerous now.
A Palace source said: ?There?s a genuine worry over how much this could affect the Cambridges and the strategy that has been carefully crafted for them. William has been taking on more responsibilities at home and abroad ? working in the Middle East is a great example, and also his strides into the climate-change arena. With Kate, she has arguably had her best year as a royal, looking very comfortable and relaxed in the role, working with major issues that she will carry on doing for years to come.
?Harry and Meghan deciding to up sticks and leave without any thought about how it could affect them is pretty selfish. If the Sussexes are only here half the year then it will fall to William and Kate to pick up the slack with more engagements, more pressure, and that has not even been considered.?
But her affection and admiration for the Queen means that Kate will never shirk. She once spoke of how she was ?struck by the Queen?s sense of duty and commitment?, and she clearly hopes to follow her lead and help William do his duty.
[From The Daily Mirror]
Ah, yes, Harry and Meghan are super-selfish because now Kate and William can?t take credit for their work or throw them under the bus whenever Cambridges-critical headlines happen. My guess is that there is real concern in Buckingham Palace and Clarence House these days about Kate, and that?s why there?s a rush to embiggen her even more, because Kate is all theyve got. My guess is that the concern is that Kate will just go back to being lazy as fk because she no longer has any ?competition.? If anything, all she?s learned from this entire Sussex debacle is that all she has to do is sit around and be white and everyone will fall all over themselves to kiss her ass. She can coast like this for years. We?re never going to see the Early Years launch.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Avalon Red and Backgrid.
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| | Robert Jobson: Prince William & Kate will become a 'new-look Charles & Diana' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Back in the day, Prince Charles and Princess Diana were wildly popular at home and abroad. Even in the early days of their marriage, Diana was always the star, and that?s when Charles starting feeling so emo about his place in the world, as he was being constantly outshone by his charismatic young wife. So as their marriage crumbled, they continued to put on the show of a stable marriage as they toured the world. Is? that what William and Kate should try to emulate? According to Robert Jobson, YES. Will and Kate are set to become the nouveau Charles & Di.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are a new-look Prince Charles and Princess Diana, a royal expert has claimed. Robert Jobson, author of Charles: Our Future King, said the position of Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 37, in the royal family will continue to evolve in 2020. Speaking to Hello! magazine, the Essex-born commentator added that the couple are set to become a major force in the UKs soft-power diplomacy.
I believe the Duke and Duchess of Cambridges position will continue to evolve, with them resembling more of a new-look Charles and Diana in their hugely successful early days on the world stage, becoming a major force in the UKs soft-power diplomacy, he said.
Mr Jobson added that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will use this year to continue to push their own agenda and charity work through their new Sussex Foundation. I would expect them to spend more time in the US and maybe make an official visit to Canada, he predicted.
Mr Jobson said he expects Prince Charles to take on the bulk of the Queens major overseas visits and will play a central role at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Rwanda. He will probably tour another African country too, he added.
[From The Daily Mail]
I?m going to take what Jobson says at face value for a moment and ask again: should that be the goal? Should British peeps WANT William and Kate to be ?new-look Charles and Diana,? touring on a worldwide Keen Tour? I don?t even think that?s what the British people want, nor do I think it?s what William and Kate want. The Pakistan tour last fall was so wildly successful for the Cambridges because it was such a rarity they had stage-managed every photo-op, they didn?t try to claim that the tour was ?private time,? and Kate didn?t flash anybody. They needed months to prepare for all of that. So, no, they can?t do that full time! Really, Jobson is just telling us that William and Kate are keen to be seen as the future king and future queen. That?s all it is.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Duchess Kate is taking private tennis lessons at a posh, exclusive club | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Duchess of Cambridge is quite sporty and athletic. She always has been, even in her school days. These days, she loves walking/hiking, swimming and tennis. I suspect she also does yoga and she probably does some kind of light-weight-training too, but hiking, swimming and tennis are the activities we know about for sure. In fact, the whole Middleton family is into tennis. They?re quite friendly with Roger Federer (Carole is in love with him) and William and Kate used someone?s ?private funds? to relocate their tennis court at Anmer Hall. Now it looks like Kate is quite keen to improve her tennis skills she?s taking tennis lessons at a private club.
While Kate Middleton works on her ace serve, her three kids are working on their tennis skills as well! The royal mom and Prince William have been seen taking tennis lessons at the exclusive Hurlingham club in Fulham, south London ? and sometimes, the whole family comes along. The kids ? Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte, 4, and Prince Louis, 1 ? have been on the playground outside, having fun while their parents hit balls. Even when Kate was pregnant with Louis, she still found time for some lessons.
?It wasn?t hard-going tennis ? they weren?t rushing around. They are obviously choosing to improve their tennis,? a source at the club told PEOPLE. ?She hits the ball with nice top spin. She is a good minor athlete.?
Kate and William, both 37, have also been seen having lunch at the club with their two older children ? without their nanny. The source said George and Charlotte ?looked perky and alert. It was a normal family of four. They were enjoying the sport and some lovely, natural family time.?
Prince George is also getting into the sport! On Wimbledon Morning Coffee, a show released on the famed tennis tournament?s Twitter page to recap the previous day?s events, the hosts chatted about Kate Middleton?s outing to watch a few matches this past summer. The royal mom of three sat with British tennis player Katie Boulter and retired British star athlete Anne Keothavong, who told the host that talk turned to George?s interest in the sport. Kate reportedly shared that Prince George?s favorite player is Roger Federer ? and the little royal has even played tennis with the sports star!
[From People]
I mean? I don?t begrudge Kate her tennis lessons. I do think it?s odd that she barely pieces together two events a week and yet she finds that she has enough free time for tennis lessons at a posh club. Maybe this is part of the deal that William and Kate struck though he gets to trim rose bushes and she gets to take ?tennis lessons? at a posh club. I would be very interested in seeing her tennis instructor. Basically, the Cambridge marriage is fine, because they both have their posh little ?escapes.? Also: this is the same club where William works out with the yummy mummies, correct? Hm.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Avalon Red and Backgrid.
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| | Duchess Kate is 'doing the dutiful thing & putting the royal family first' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Personally, I don?t think the Queen ever *disliked* the Duchess of Cambridge. I think the Queen questioned Kate?s work ethic pre-marriage and post-marriage, absolutely, but the Queen has always been generally sort of fond of Kate. We can see now, in retrospect, how the Queen and the palace courtiers really coddled Kate for years, especially in comparison to the treatment the Duchess of Sussex got in her first two years with the Firm. But according to Katie Nicholl who is a Middleton hagiographer the Queen has only recently become close to Kate.
The Duchess of Cambridge has a very easy relationship with the Queen and is expected to join the royal family at Sandringham this year, a royal commentator has claimed. Kate Middleton, 37, who tied the knot to Prince William in 2011, is thought to have developed a stronger bond with the monarch since the birth of her three children Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, four, and Prince Louis, one.
?Both women are actually quite shy so it?s taken time for them to get to this stage, but they have a very easy relationship now they?ve both made the effort, said royal commentator Katie Nicholl, speaking to OK! The Queen loves seeing Kate because its an opportunity to spend time with her and hear how her great grandchildren are doing.
She went on to say Kate has a made a conscious effort to make the Queen feel as involved as possible in the childrens lives. Katie also told how the Duchess of Cambridge is expected to attend the royal family gathering at Sandringham this year.
The reports come after Buckingham Palace confirmed Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, will not be spending Christmas at Sandringham. A spokesman revealed they will instead spend the festive season with Meghans mother Doria Ragland and their baby son, Archie, at an undisclosed location.
I imagine that spending Christmas at Sandringham with her grandchildren and great grandchildren will be something she?s very much looking forward to, she said. So Kate and William are doing the dutiful thing and putting the royal family first.
[From The Daily Mail]
?So Kate and William are doing the dutiful thing and putting the royal family first?? Unlike those years that they didn?t put the royal family first and they went to Bucklebury to spend the Christmas holiday with the Middletons, but why even bring that up when the Sussexes will be spending Christmas away from Sandringham this year?! The comparison is clear and obvious: Kate is a dutiful Future Queen because she isn?t going to Bucklebury for Christmas this year, and the Sussexs are anti-royal, anti-Queen because they are doing what Will & Kate did several times. As for Kate making a conscious effort to include the Queen in the lives of the Cambridge kids? Prince Charles literally had to publicly shame William and Kate into letting him spend time with his grandkids, so? this narrative is probably going to change once the Cambridges understand that Shadow King Charles is in charge, you know?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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| | Duchess Kate says Prince Louis is talking & 'he wants to come everywhere with me' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I still say that the Duchess of Cambridge looked super-cute at her Christmas tree event yesterday. I so rarely want to own anything from Kate?s outfits, but I would love that sweater and that puffer coat. Both are cute as hell. The jeans though? lord. I sometimes confuse skinny jeans with jeggings based on the fit and the stretch of the material. Kate has many pairs of skinny jeans which have more ?give,? but these totally look painted-on and stretchy as hell, so excuse me for thinking they were more on the jeggings side of the equation. Anyway, I mostly just wanted to write some more about these photos because Kate looked cute.
Kate also spent a lot of time chatting with the kids and helping them pick out Christmas trees for their families, and write letters to Santa. At one point, Kate complimented a little girl on her crimped/wavy hair and asked how the girl achieved the look. The girl told Kate that she puts her hair in braids at night and Kate said she might try it. She also chatted about Prince Louis:
Kate Middleton?s little prince is growing up fast! The royal mom spent Wednesday at Peterley Manor Farm helping young children pick out Christmastrees for their classrooms ? and one little boy, who held her hand up saying ?me, me!? reminded her of Prince Louis. She also revealed that her 1-year-old son had hit a new milestone: talking! Kate stroked his cheek, saying, ?You remind me of my little Louis, he keeps saying, ?Me, me, me.? And he wants to come everywhere with me!?
During the outing, Kate also shared what kind of fir Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte, 4, and Louis find their presents under on Christmas morning.
?She was asking about the trees which drop their needles and those that don?t, and which ones smell nice!? farm owner Roger Brill said. ?She said that they normally have the Nordmann Fir inside that doesn?t drop the needles.?
[From People]
I don?t have an opinion about real trees because I haven?t had a real tree in years. I have a plastic one and it?s really nice. I was going to get a real wreath but then I was in Pier One this week and I ended up buying a fake one (it?s SO pretty). I bet Kate is the kind of person who has real everything real tree, real wreaths, and I bet she gets real poinsettias too. Sigh?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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