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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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| | Duchess Kate spent two days 'secretly' working at a maternity ward in London | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Did you know that the Duchess of Cambridge has some ?secret work experience?? I swear to God, those are like half the headlines about this story, because it?s part of the narrative about Kate: she barely works, and she has barely worked throughout her life. And now suddenly, it?s a story that she secretly (shhh, it?s a SECRET) worked at a hospital. For two days. And basically, it sounds like she just went to the maternity ward and held babies, which in America is called ?volunteering.?
Kate Middleton spent two days quietly getting some work experience on a maternity ward of a major London hospital, it has emerged. Royal mom-of-three Kate, 37, secretly shadowed midwives and other professionals at the hospital to learn more about children?s early years of development.
The work was revealed by the palace on the daily list of activities ? the Court Circular ? which said Thursday: ?The Duchess of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, today completed two days with Kingston Hospital Maternity Unit in London.?
Tackling the challenges facing kids in their early years is the defining theme of Kate?s royal work. Last year, the mom of Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte, 4, and 1-year-old Prince Louis set up a steering group to advise her on child welfare and the challenges faced by parents and carers.
[From People]
Kingston Hospital is not where Kate gave birth to her kids she gave birth to all three Cambridge children at St. Mary?s in Paddington. It?s still not really known what Kate was doing? Yes, her Early Years project whatever the hell it is is about early childhood development, but I thought that was more about toddlers and little kids, you know? Not newborn babies! And it?s not like Kate was spending that time at one of her patronages I?m sure one or two of her patronages might have some kind of overlap with a maternity ward, but she?s not the patron of this hospital or anything. Oh, wait in 2018, she became the patron of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Nursing Now campaign. Maybe that?s what it was? Something to do that? But? why not just say that?
Also: Kate and William have submitted plans or someone in the Royal household submitted plans to build a royal education center at the Orangery within the Kensington Palace ground. And yes, ?royal education? is just what it sounds like. I guess kids will be invited to KP and they?ll sit in an Orangery-adjacent classroom and learn about British royal history. According to the Daily Mail: ?Plans have been submitted to build the education centre at Kensington Palace, where a two-floor extension to the Orangery will allow enough space for a lunch and afternoon tea restaurant, catering facilities and an outdoor terrace. A new garden will also be created linking the Orangery to the Cambridges home.? And that?s not all. A source told the DM: ?Education is a very important thing and they want to be able to teach younger children about the monarchy. William and Kate are very much the idol royals and having the new centre here will be the perfect backdrop for students to learn. They are trying to give out a positive message through this project, they are widely appreciated in society.? ?Very much the idol royals? the fk? What is this?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Duchess Kate attends $15 'Monkey Music' classes with Prince Louis | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It seems like all of the Cambridge children enjoy the dance! Princess Diana would be proud Diana loved to dance, any kind of dancing. She loved ballet, she loved ballroom dancing, she loved modern dance. Prince George reportedly loves his ballet classes at school, and Charlotte also takes ballet classes outside of school. And now Prince Louis is getting some dancing in? sort of. It?s more of a music class for toddlers, but dancing is involved:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry?s son Archie isn?t the only royal baby loving his playgroup! Kate Middleton has been bringing her son Prince Louis to a musical toddler playgroup ? and the duo loves to sing and dance alongside the other families. The royal mom of three and her youngest son attend a children and parents music group that features a cheeky monkey puppet. ?Kate attends the weekly $15 Monkey Music sessions with 1-year-old Prince Louis,? reports the Mail on Sunday, adding that Kate ?gets stuck in? during the toddler class.
Monkey Music has been hosting classes across the U.K. for 23 years and offers educational music classes to children from the ages of 3 months to 4 years. Focusing on live singing and playing percussion instruments, parents are encouraged to sing and dance with their child in a group circle. The instructor will often call on the monkey puppet to take part in the various activities, which change theme on a weekly basis.
Kate and Louis likely take the Heigh-Ho class, which is recommended for babies 12 months and older. ?Colorful props aid visual memory while repeated actions reinforce a feel for the ?steady beat,? ? according to the official website. ?Moving and dancing freely around the room with Monkey encourages your child to express the music that they hear with their whole bodies.?
[From People]
It sounds like a nice little playgroup/toddler class. It sounds like Kate actually cares a lot about early childhood development and maybe (??) the Early Years initiative she?s been working on is just about Kate applying that knowledge to raising her kids??? No, I jest. I?m sure that we haven?t been keen-baited for more than a year about something like that! In truth, I hope every parent exposes their kids to music and dance and the arts. It helps kids later in life.
Also: it has to be said, but Kate?s ?just like us/middle class? branding continues to pay off. It not only pays off ?in comparison? to the Sussexes, but it pays off in general when the other members of the royal family look rotten to the core, and here?s ?the future queen? just doing normal mum things with her kids.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Kensington Palace.
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| | Is Duchess Kate lining up a 'secret TV project' with the BBC' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As we discussed last week, the Duchess of Cambridge apparently had a ?private event? at the BBC following an appearance at a Remembrance event. Private event meaning that it ?counts? as some kind of event on her schedule, but there were no photos, only a confirmation that she did a meeting. Plus, some royal reporters promised that Kate would be announcing something big very soon. So what is this mysterious project?
Kate Middleton is thought to be lining up a secret TV project, after meeting with the director-general of BBC. The Duchess of Cambridge, 37, had a private talk with Tony Hall at the Broadcasting House, in London, on Thursday, the Mail reports. The meeting comes after her brother-in-law Prince Harry, 35, joined forces with Oprah Winfrey for a new show on Apple TV+.
It wouldnt be appropriate to discuss the content of the meeting, Lord Halls spokesman told the Mail. Kensington Palace explained Kate met him in her capacity as a patron of The Royal Foundation, meaning any project would be for charity.
[From The Sun]
When Harry signed up for the mental health thing with Oprah, the British tabloids went into meltdown because he was suddenly so ?Hollywood? and HOW DARE HE and he was breaking every single royal protocol. And when CopyKate does it, I imagine the headlines will be about how Savior Saint Kate?s BBC Brilliance. And we don?t even know what it is. Kate?s uncomfortable on-camera and making any kind of off-the-cuff remarks, so whatever it is? she?s either not going to be on camera, or it will be some kind of brief, rehearsed statement.
I?m brainstorming what Kate?s keen BBC project could be and I?ve made a list:
Inside Kate?s Keen Charity Garden
How to Make Kate?s Log Chair: A Tutorial
Little Drops of Heaven: A BBC Tribute To Buttons
How to Care About Mental Health, But Not When It?s Your Family
The Embiggening: Kate Sits Somewhere & People Praise Her For Existing
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| | People: Duchess Kate is a 'pioneer' for talking about addiction & mental health | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve said this many times now, but it?s worth saying again: I?d like to get to the point where we can treat the Duchess of Sussex like we treat the Duchess of Cambridge. We can actually GOSSIP about Kate, and tease her for her buttons and wedges and keenness, whereas the conversations around Meghan have become so toxic and nasty that when I have a minor, mild criticism of Meg, it feels like I?m siding with racist C-U-Next-Tuesdays. I?d like to add something to this larger conversation about the differences in the way we discuss the two duchesses: if the PR around Kate wasn?t so breathlessly sycophantic, we might actually have room to give her some genuine praise at times, rather than laughing at how she?s Future Queen material just because she sat there for one whole meeting.
Kate?s Back to Nature garden was a good example of all of that. The garden was a good effort, and Kate should be praised for talking about how kids should spend more time in nature, and spend time away from various screens. That?s a good issue and she legitimately cares about it deeply. But the over-the-top ?keen? PR around it just kills me. Speaking of, Kate has been a patron of Action on Addiction for years. She?s keen enough to do a handful of events around the patronage every year. I believe Kate actually cares about how addiction affects families, and I also believe that the issue of addiction was probably not one that the royal courtiers would have chosen for her, they would have wanted something more fluffy and less about drugs and alcohol. Kate should get praise for her work on a tricky subject. But much like the Back to Nature garden, the praise is so fking over the top, it becomes absurd. People Magazine devoted an article to her work with this patronage called ?How ?Pioneer? Kate Middleton Is Bringing Addiction and Mental Health ?Out of the Shadows?.? Ugh.
Kate Middleton has helped bring the scourge of addiction and how it?s wider effect on families into the forefront. Seven years of involvement with one of her key charities, Action on Addiction, was a ?catalyst? for her keen interest early childhood development, the royal mom has said. Kate, 37, is now sending out ?a really important message that addiction is not something that should be hidden away behind closed doors,? says Graham Beech, chief executive of Action on Addiction. ?The more people talk about it, the more they can find the help and get the treatment that they need.?
Kate has ?helped us to bring addiction out of the shadows and encouraged other people to rally ?round and support what we?re trying to do at a time when addiction is becoming ever more complex and growing in volume,? he adds. Out and about as she meets people through the charity, she ?has this almost innate ability to enable people to feel at ease,? Beech tells PEOPLE in this week?s cover story.
He joined the duchess as she met with around eight people who?d been through one of the charity?s treatment programs. ?They talked to her very, very naturally,? he says. ?And they were keen to share their stories. She made it very easy for them to do so and was very, very engaged in the conversation.?
For Phil Caine, a recovery coach from the Cumbria Drug and Alcohol Service who met Kate and husband Prince William in Keswick, northwest England, in June, that rings true. ?I felt like I was speaking to somebody who had an equal understanding of what was going on,? he says. ?She had empathy for the people and the situation. I felt that she was very present in that moment. That?s what I mean by presence. Not presence as in, ?Wow, a princess is walking through.? ?
Describing Kate as ?a pioneer,? he says, ?For someone of such a high profile willing to look and evaluate a situation that society is struggling with and go into communities like ours brings it to the mainstream. It makes it real.? He praises the royals? Heads Together (an initiative that was Kate?s idea) project for giving young people ?a lot of hope. Their taking responsibility to teach people about mental health shows great promise. She?s definitely got a lot of drive and is definitely very informed about the issue.?
After meeting, the teens gave Kate and William a sneak peek of their latest short film, Boy. Within hours, the couple?s social media posted a link to it. ?They?re obviously true to their word,? says Robinson. ?They said they?d take a look and they obviously liked it so much that they posted it.?
[From People]
A ?pioneer? who is apparently the first person ever to be keen to listen to people talk about addiction? in 2019. Again, I want to be clear: it?s great that Kate cares. It?s great that she took on a trickier patronage. It?s great that Kate gives a sh-t about how addiction affects families. Her keenness is great. But people are literally trying to ?embiggen? and canonize her because? she yacht-raced for an addiction patronage and she listened to some people.
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| | The Middleton family's business, Party Pieces, is apparently firing a lot of employees | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Even before then-Kate Middleton married Prince William, I was convinced that there was some shady stuff happening with the Middleton finances. The Middletons made their fortune with Party Pieces, at least that?s the official story. I never doubted that Party Pieces was a profitable start-up company from Carole Middleton, just as I never doubted that Carole has a true entrepreneurial spirit. What I doubted was this idea that the Middletons amassed a reported 40-million-pound fortune from selling cheap party supplies. I think they probably made enough for a comfortable middle-class life, but this whole ?the Middletons are rich AF because of Party Pieces? idea was just PR. I still believe that the Middletons? keeping-up-with-the-Joneses lifestyle was supplemented quite heavily by shady Uncle Gary. Well, now the Daily Mail (and The Sun) has an interesting story about how Party Pieces might be facing some hardships. Huh.
The party supplies company run by the Duchess of Cambridges mother has dismissed some of its staff amid fears for its future, it was claimed last night. Party Pieces, run by Carole Middleton, is said to have laid off at least three of its staff on Wednesday and a fourth worker was told they were at risk, although there were claims up to half of staff members were let go. The abrupt dismissals come months after three warehouse employees were laid off before Christmas.
The companys web designer, PR agent and search engine optimisation employee were among the recent firings. A shocked source told The Sun: There is a terrible air of doom and gloom about the place.
Another source told The Sun: There wasnt so much as a Christmas tree or festive decorations in the office. Morale is at rock bottom.
[From The Daily Mail]
Well, that?s certainly interesting, isn?t it? I always thought James Middleton noted supplier of Nazi marshmallows was the black sheep of the family because he has no head for business. But maybe Party Pieces was always something of a shell game. I?m being too harsh, I know it?s more than possible that Party Pieces was a well-run and profitable business for years and years and because of the changing dynamics of this particular niche market, Party Pieces is failing right now. I wonder if Party Pieces does go under, will royal reporters start telling the truth about the Middleton family?s finances though? They were never as rich as they claimed. Prince William even gave the Middletons a significant chunk of money to buy their upgraded home in Bucklebury.
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| | Duchess Kate 'has no issue with Meghan,' is making 'a real effort' to get along | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Cambridges and Sussexes? joint appearances at the Commonwealth Day church service at Westminster ended up being kind of non-story from a gossip perspective. Sure, we talked about Meghan?s fug nurse?s hat and Kate?s buttons, but there was no real scandalous or controversial moment between the couples. It reminded me a lot of the Christmas Day walk at Sandringham Kate and Meghan were doing all of the heavy lifting of going along and getting along, and they were both definitely trying to be SEEN getting along. Meanwhile, the vibe between Harry and William seemed similar to Christmas too like Will and Harry have had a serious falling out and it?s still not okay between them. Anyway, Meghan and Kate greeted each other with a friendly cheek-kiss at Westminster, which was enough for Katie Nicholl at Vanity Fair to point out that ?sources? insist that Kate and Meghan have completely buried the hatchet.
The kissy greeting at Westminster: According to a Palace source, Kate Middleton?s unusual public gesture was deliberate?she hoped the warm embrace would be captured by the world?s media and finally put an end to the rumors of an ongoing feud.
Meghan?s last event? Vanity Fair has been told that the Commonwealth Day service was the last official royal engagement that Meghan Markle, who is believed to be eight months pregnant, will carry out before she gives birth, although she will continue to take private meetings, and Kate was keen to send out the right message before Meghan and Prince Harry have their baby.
A source claims Kate wants to keep everything professional: ?They might not have a huge amount in common but Kate has no issue with Meghan. She wants them to get along, not just for Harry?s sake but because two royal sisters-in-law at loggerheads wouldn?t be good, and Kate knows that. For Kate, it?s about keeping their relationship professional and putting on a show of togetherness.?
The Sussexes & Cambridges have been getting along better: As Meghan nears her due date, she and Kate have apparently been in regular touch. There has long been reason to doubt the reports of a feud between the two women, though there was indication last fall that Harry and Prince William were experiencing some tensions. Now they?re said to be getting along well, and there were no sign of any distance between William and Harry on Monday. However, joint appearances between the ?Fab Four,?? as they have been known, won?t be frequent from now on.
Kate has been making the effort: ?It?s not always been easy, there have been issues behind the scenes, but Harry and Meghan want to leave on good terms and Kate especially has been making a real effort,? says a second source. ?There are no bad feelings and I think Kate was keen to put an end to these rift rumors. She has no problem with Meghan and she has made it clear to Meghan that she?s there for advice or whatever Meghan might need.?
[From Vanity Fair]
I enjoy this story for the subtext most of all ?Harry and Meghan want to leave on good terms and Kate especially has been making a real effort.? I suspect William has not been making a similar effort. Possibly because it was never really about ?the duchesses at war!? as much as it was about William and Harry?s falling out. That being said, this is such a dumb way to position this story, like Magnanimous Future Queen Kate is a brilliant internal-politics diplomat who is the only one who understands that she has to get along with her sister-in-law. I guess Meghan didn?t have any agency in the whole ?duchess feud? thing, huh?
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| | The Queen 'sees Meghan as a very useful tool' for securing the future of the monarchy | | Added 6 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Before the smear campaign, before the Royal Sussex Tour, before all of it collided into shambles, I said that it was notable to see how quickly Meghan Markle was being folded into the royal family. Meghan and Prince Harry?s courtship was fast for royalty, and the Queen seemed especially keen to accept Meghan quickly, and to show her the ropes and do events with her. I said at the time that the Queen was making a point of accepting Meghan and being SEEN accepting Meghan. The Queen is crafty and smart she knows that there will be hell to pay long-term if the royal family wages a racist and hateful campaign against the first woman of color to marry a blood prince. The Queen also knows that it?s good for the monarchy, long-term, if the family actually starts to look like the racially diverse people who recognize the Queen as THEIR Queen. It sounds obvious. But ?royal experts? get paid to say this sh-t on camera.
The Queen sees Meghan Markle as a very useful tool for the monarchy, a royal expert has claimed. Her Maj is said to be very fond of the Duchess of Sussex despite reports of a seething rift between Meghan and sister-in-law Kate Middleton.
But a royal expert says that the Queen also views Meghan, 37, as a useful tool for modernising the royal family. And she claims in a new documentary that the former Hollywood actress who married Prince Harry in May may have helped secure the House of Windsor for decades.
Imogen Lloyd, Royal Contributor for US station ABC, appears in the new documentary Meghan?s New Life: The Real Princess Diaries. In the programme, Ms Lloyd says: The Queen is incredibly smart. The Queen sees Meghan as a very useful tool in securing and symbolising the future of the monarchy for decades to come.?
[From The Sun]
I think this is true and also? it?s going to be more difficult than the Queen initially thought. It seems like it?s going to be a more delicate balance than previously believed, with the racist press smearing Meghan at every turn, and Work-Shy Will throwing tantrums and the Keen Defenders wanting to classify Meghan and Harry as ?minor royals? now. Oh, well. The Queen did what she could.
Meanwhile, this clip has gone viral allegedly, William is giving Meghan the cold shoulder here. I don?t doubt that he?s given her the cold shoulder in general, but I don?t think that?s what?s happening in this video.
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| | VF: Seven years on, Duchess Kate's 'golden era' is finally upon us, or something | | Added 6 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Vanity Fair published a very interesting and slightly suspicious article about the Duchess of Cambridge. The article is called ?Welcome to the Golden Era of Kate Middleton,? and the point of it seems to be that Kate is coming ?back? from six months of maternity leave, and she?s ready to queen this bitch. After more than seven years of watching her duchessing, I can?t say that I really buy any of this. Is it true that Kate has seemed more relaxed in general? Sure. Is it true that the sense of ?competition? has made Kate more keen? Perhaps. But if you take away Meghan?s entrance into the royal fold, what are we really left with? Yet another story about how Kate *plans* to be super-keen very soon. These stories crop up about three times a year, on average. We?re always hearing about how this time, she really means it, she?s totally going to be keen now. She never is. You can read the full Vanity Fair piece here. Some highlights (yes, this is a really long piece, so I?m editing out some of the dumb fluff):
Kate?s turning point: Post-maternity leave and with Meghan around, ?It?s a huge turning point,? said Susan E. Kelley, the owner, editor, and Middletonian obsessive behind What Kate Wore. ?I think this is where Kate gets to make her markA couple of years ago, you might still have seen her being a little bit timid. Now, she seems like she?s in a more take-charge position. I?m beginning to see the person who?s going to be the queen emerging.?
Kate is a senior royal now: Kate is ?no longer the ?commoner? who married into the family but the future Queen Consort and mother of the future King. The role of princess-in-training has been passed on to Meghan?who, as a former actress and longtime humanitarian, is already perfectly comfortable in the public eye, but is just getting started with her own royal family and working with her chosen causes, including girls? education. Kate has graduated to an unspoken Level Two, where she is more free to pursue her own passions?including mental-health issues, underprivileged children, and art?in a more targeted way.
Kate finally knows what she wants to do: ?She found her role as a working member of the royal family through bringing up her own children and realizing what?s important to her,? said ABC News royal commentator Omid Scobie. ?One of the things that we?ll see her really focusing on for the months ahead is working to help support disadvantaged children in the U.K. . . . Kate has this plan in place to really work with a number of organizations, including the Royal FoundationIf you look at Queen Elizabeth, she has that strength without really saying much, that has held this country together through some of the the fiercest wars and times that we?ve faced. I think Kate has the ability to do the same.?
Katie Nicholl?s take on Kate?s ?work-shy? label: ?She?s a mother, first and foremost. Her children are going to be her priority while they are young, and she will juggle her work commitments around the kids. The Duchess of Cambridge has been labeled work-shy in the past. But, actually, she?s taken on just a few patronages, things where she?s really made a difference. Early intervention with young children in primary schools, putting mental health on the map with Heads Together, was her idea. She?s been very instrumental.
Nicholl believes Kate is ?quite grateful? to Meghan, not jealous: ?People who are often saying ?Well, is she jealous of Meghan?? She?s really not. Kate is happier in her life now than she ever has been. She has everything she wants. She has William, she has three beautiful children . . . she is where she always wanted to be,? Nicholl said. ?The fact that there is a new glamorous sister-in-law in tow is not going to worry her one bit. I think Meghan came at the right time for her, because it was at a time when Kate wanted to step out of the spotlight.?
[From Vanity Fair]
Sigh? I understand that Kate is more conservative and she has to be more conservative, because she?ll be a Queen Consort eventually. But I?ve never understood the point of waiting around and doing next to nothing just to avoid controversy because you?re going to be queen in 25 years. The argument seems to be ?well, different people are different, and Kate just wants to have a quiet life with her kids and her shopping, she doesn?t want to change the world.? And maybe that?s good enough for some of the British subjects. But if you?re paying for all of this upkeep, don?t you want a bit more? Don?t you want someone who understands their soft power and has passions beyond her kids? I don?t know. Anyway, we?ll be back here in another five months with another story about how Kate plans to be super-keen eventually.
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| | Duchess Kate will make her first post-summer maternity leave outing next week | | Added 6 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In case you forgot, Prince William is in Africa this week. Kensington Palace?s Twitter has been full of photos of William doing work mostly conservation work in Namibia, Kenya and Tanzania. It feels like William?s trip has been mostly ignored by the British and American press, which is both a good and bad thing. It?s a bad thing because William also has a vein of ?don?t forget about meeeee? in the wake of the Duchess of Sussex?s entrance into the royal fold, and I bet he?s irritated that his trip is barely being covered. It?s a good thing because William is still William, and he actually doesn?t want to provide a full accounting of what he?s actually doing every day during his trip, which is why the KP Twitter is stage-managing the rollout of information to make William look consistently busy (when he?s probably hanging out with Jecca Craig as we speak).
Anyway, I bring up William?s trip because his wife made a point of stepping on his messaging. While William was away, Kate announced her first big event since her summer-long maternity leave. Kate will visit Sayers Croft Trust Forest School and Wildlife Garden next week, on Tuesday October 2nd. Don?t forget about meeee?.! Quite honestly though, I think Kate is genuinely feeling more relaxed than ever. Yes, there was the Don?t Forget About Me Tour late last year and earlier this year. But I think Kate also realizes that with Meghan on the scene, Kate doesn?t have to worry about ?getting her numbers up? by the end of the year. Everyone is focused on Meghan?s events now, which means Kate feels free to still be on partial maternity leave until next year.
Kate Middleton is getting back to work ? now of three! After stepping away from royal duties ahead of the birth of Prince Louis on April 23, the Duchess of Cambridge will visit the Sayers Croft Forest School and Wildlife Garden at Paddington Recreation Ground on Tuesday, marking the end of her maternity leave. Kate will learn how the school exposes thousands of urban students each year to nature and meet children participating in outdoor activities.
The 36-year-old royal is set to take part in sporadic engagements during October and through to the end of the year. She will return to her usual busy schedule come January.
[From People]
?Her usual busy schedule? LMAO. After seven years of duchessing, we know that Kate?s schedule has always been ?sporadic.? The only difference now is that Kate isn?t this year?s big show, so there?s less pressure and expectation for her to be anything other than what we already know: someone who really couldn?t care less about duchessing.
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