Duchess Kate has returned to England following her two-week Mustique vacation with her family. Prince William did join Kate for the vacation, he just came there days after she arrived. I yelled about the “tone-deaf” PR of the vacation, but in the end, I took some of it back. It was probably nice for William and Kate to get away together (with her family) before William’s six-week training session in the Falklands. But don’t think that Kate and William were trying to get pregnant during their vacation – British sources are still claiming that it will be another year before any royal baby-making goes down.
So William has officially left his duchess wife for the Falklands – I thought he was going to be on the base there, but People Mag says that he’s serving on a warship. It’s almost the 30th anniversary of the Falklands “conflict” (war), and there are some concerns that the UK and Argentina could be entering into another “conflict” – I don’t know what William’s presence means for the politics of the situation, but whatever happens, I seriously doubt William will see any war games or action. But that’s the point of this story – as William departed for the Falklands, Kate returned to London. All of last week, while Kate was on vacation, the palace was telling every media outlet out there all about Kate’s plans to do a mountain of charity work while William was away. So what did Kate do upon her return? She spent several hours at the hair salon. She went shopping. Seriously.
She’s known for her chic, yet affordable, wardrobe, but not every item in Kate Middleton’s closet is budget-friendly.
After returning from a Caribbean vacation — and saying goodbye to husband Prince William who’s currently serving in the Falklands — the Duchess of Cambridge, 30, was spotted in jeans, knee-high black boots and a gorgeous brown suede coat with fur lining in London on Monday. She carried her favorite Mulberry Small Polly Posh handbag in Midnight, which retails for $1,050.
Middleton first showed off the pricey purse back in June and took it on the royals’ North American tour during the summer.
For her first public outing since William’s departure, the style icon spent three hours at the Richard Ward salon and picked up groceries at Partridges.
[From Us Weekly]
ONLY three hours! Because Kate’s hair is a national treasure! I mean, I’m sure she needed a visit to the salon because of all of the vacation wear-and-tear on her hair. I’m not saying she’s an awful person because she spends hours in a hair salon. I’m just saying that the palace should really stop trying to convince us that Kate is so diligent, hard-working and “normal”. She’s just a spoiled rich girl who spends the bulk of her time on vacation, shopping or grooming herself. Also: CB just said that the only reason Kate would spend that much time in the salon is for extensions. I AGREE.
Oh, and here’s a days-old story in The Mail that just cracked me up – it’s all about how the Queen is trying to gently encourage Kate to, you know, do something.
The Duchess of Cambridge is being offered the perfect preparation for her life as a working Royal – a series of ‘training sessions’ with the Queen.
Kate will take on a handful of solo engagements while Prince William is overseas and will then tour the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Malaysia and Singapore with him in September.
Now the Queen, who ascended to the Throne 60 years tomorrow, has invited her to Buckingham Palace for regular chats to boost her confidence.
‘The Queen has developed a great affection for Kate and wants her to feel fully supported,’ says an insider. ‘She knows how big a step carrying out official duties will be for Kate and has offered to have regular meetings to make sure she feels prepared.’
The 30-year-old Duchess is to accompany the Queen on two Diamond Jubilee engagements next month, and a courtier says: ‘The Queen is taking a very close interest in the Duchess’s development. The engagements they will carry out together promise to be invaluable learning opportunities for Kate, as well as being a real honour.’
[From The Mail]
I would love to know the Queen’s real opinion of Kate. I remember hearing that the Queen was very pleased with Kate and William’s royal tour of Canada, but beyond that, I have to wonder if the Queen is a bit displeased with what kind of a royal bride Kate is turning out to be. As the Queen would say, “We are not amused.”
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
3 hours is not very long in the salon. I have hair about Kates length and it takes around 2 hours for a cut and color. So if she was having corrections done to her color plus a trim and styling 3 hours seems about right.
When I get two process color and a cut it takes 3 hours. But I still think her hair is fake.
I don’t think it’s fake. I sometimes can spend that much time getting my hair cut and colored and mine is pretty much the same as Kate’s in length. It depends on the salon and the employees really. However, could she not have a “royal stylist” visit her so she could avoid the negative publicity?
Maybe in the US they’ve learned to be super-fast when cutting / styling hair…otherwise I don’t really get what’s gotten everyone in such an uproar about spending 3 hours at a hair salon. I live in Eastern Europe (!!!) and have chin-length hair, and whenever I go for a haircut / colouring (or sometimes highlights) it takes about 2 and a half hours, easily…what with the washing, cutting, colouring / highlighting, deep-conditioning treatment, styling & blow-drying. I go to a rather fancy hair salon, admittedly, but not the fanciest one around.. So, 3 hours for someone with hair that length sounds pretty OK to me.
ya, beginning to believe she has extensions.
i was rooting for her, but now i am just finding her rather useless. hope she can change it around.
She’s British royalty. Of course she’s useless.
Now, a certain amount of my attitude is simple Irish schadenfreude, but uselessness is pretty much par for the course with royals.
I think the meeja just went a little overboard promoting her.
One would think that a ‘commoner’ would roll up her sleeves and get to work. Sadly, amongst commoners are the social climbers, more likely to be attracted to the cushy, glamorous lifestyle. Social climbers are not known to give a toss about humanity or work (except whatever appeals to their greed). Instead of shining a light on the wonders of every day people, the spoiled and privileged Waity’s behaviour has concentrated focus now on royals, Wills in particular. Some of the royal family have always managed to give the impression that they care and that they ‘work’, had a sense of noblesse oblige. Now, not so much.
Waity comes along and is shining a gigantic spotlight on the present royals, the wastrels, the hedonists, the dimwitted, the venal, the spoiled. She’s a symptom of the current crop. She is a celebrity and carries none of the noble traits that we expect from nobility. She’s a millionaires daughter not a ‘commoner’. As such, she’s just common as dirt. And it seems so are a lot of royals.
Before, I didn’t mind them. I don’t mind Chuck who still remains earnest and knows his duty. But after that….Waity is the “rough beast slouching towards Bethlehem”. She symbolises the disintegration of all that was useful and noble about the monarchy; at one time it had its place. We finally get to see behind the curtain. I can’t imagine her as Queen consort, this mercenary waste of space. Can you imagine having to curtsy to the likes of her???
And frankly, I don’t care if people keep yammering on that is was always thus. Now, it’s in the open, and subjects now are not the subjects of previous times. It’s a whole different ball game and the palace has certainly fumbled the ball where Waity is concerned.
So, yeah, I agree. The royals are pretty well useless, even as symbols.
Agree. What on earth would she and wills talk about at the end of the day?
Kate: How was your day dear?
Wills: Gruelling training, princely duties, afternoon tea with Gran, walking the corgies etc etc. And you?
Kate: oh you know…shopping, coffee with Pippa, hair appt…
Wills: Again?
They’re probably a really nice couple. I’ll always have a soft spot for Wills n Harry for being Diana’s boys but yet Kate is proviing to be extraordinarily dull.
Some folks here should maybe read something other than Celebitchy before they go off on people in the posts:
From the Telegraph:
On the day that her husband arrived in the Falkland Islands to begin a six-week tour of duty with his RAF Search & Rescue squadron, the Duchess spent several hours at the headquarters of Action on Addiction, one of the four charities of which she is Patron.
So it’s not all about getting her hair done and shopping. She’s also a serious photographer and is supposedly working on a photography exhibition.
Jesus, give the girl a break.
@sophie Thank you. That has been my point. Just because she does not have cameras following her 24/7 documenting every move she makes does not mean she is not making any moves.
Kate has been given a break for the past ten years, how many more fricking years does she need to get it together and develop a work ethic?
No she does NOT deserve to be given a break or cut anymore slack. The press should be calling her boney, anorexic look butt on everything from vacations to not working to hairsalon visits to shopping. I’m so sick of this woman.
She’s a stupid WAG, she looks like crap lately, what is her problem, why is she always wanting to run on holiday with her family or shop.
Now Pr.William is gone and she probably hates being around the other royals, especially the Royal women, because they probably don’t cut her slack or fall for her defenseless duchess act, it’s getting old and she is a waste.
Also how does Pr.William still have boudiour experiences with this stick insect, she looks positively anorexic?
well said!!!!
I guess you failed to read the part where it said ‘secret visit’. Don’t you think that it is contradictory that the media reports such secret visits unless there is an agenda to it? Kate needs all the positive PR in the world after that Mustique vacation. A visit to one of her charities is a good step, however saying that it was a private visit is saying like she is taking a break from her monotonous routine by getting up off her butt and visit her charities.
And a serious photographer?! YEAH RIGHT. So what exactly was her background experience- taking photos of catalogue for Party Pieces?
Don´t understand these “secret visists aka secret charities”. I remember 2 articles in the DM about Kates secret charity (from an unknown source?)…
SECRET? What does it bring to the charity-organization? Royal+Charity means ONLY that the royal brings MEDIA ATTENTION to support the organization´s work and mission! That´s Kate´s job!
I saw that Mail story the other day and was just waiting for Kaiser’s take on it! And ITA that she’s getting extensions: My hair isn’t as long as hers but it’s still past my shoulders, and a single process, highlights, shampoo, cut and blowout takes two hours at the absolute max. So she has to be getting something done besides just a cut and color.
Not agreeing here…simply because my hair is at my shoulders and a cut and colour (I bleach a patch on my head then re-dye it) takes three hours easy (not including the wait time). I also don’t spend a lot of money when I get that done.
I have thin hair and a cut, colour and blowdry takes three hours. And I bet her hairdresser is more attentive than mine!
I recently got my armpit length hair highlighted (and that’s all). It took 8 hours…. So yeah I believe it
Being broke sucks sometimes, but at least it provides an interesting life. Home girl does nothing all day.
Who cares. She’s not running for political office. She’s a princess. Are we supposed to be shocked that she doesn’t look at price tags? Her mother-in-law is the QUEEN OF ENGLAND! Geesh!
ITA. These reactions are pretty amusing – and mostly from Americans, curiously. I don’t think British people are fazed.
She’s an upper middle class gal who married into the British Royal Family. What exactly did people expect from her?
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From what I understand she’s not a princess, just a duchess. She can’t be a princess because she is a commoner and her mother in law isn’t the QUEEN though she is an inlaw, her mother in law is the FUTURE queen.
You beat me to it! I will be the first to sit behind my computer and judge someone, lol trust me, but really? Because she had her hair done? Who gives a crap? She must be doing something right if that is what people are finding to bitch about concerning her! 🙂
I was just going to say the same thing. If anyone is allowed to live like a princess, it’s an actual princess. And Victoria Beckham’s handbags cost way more than Kate’s mulberry, I can assure you.
@lolas:
“And Victoria Beckham’s handbags cost way more than Kate’s mulberry, I can assure you.”
Well, I suppose you could make the argument that Beckham has bought those with money that she and her husband earned, as opposed to being funded by the British taxpayer.
But that’s an argument against monarchy in general, not Kate herself. The people who cooed over Kate before, and still revere the sitting Queen, don’t really have a case against her.
@Lis, who do ypu think pays for First Lady Mrs. Obama’s hair? Um, us! Like it or not, it is reality and she is not the first nor will she be the last. Please.
It’s not a ‘bitch’ about her hair. It’s a ‘bitch’ about her character. But then, if character is not important and useless as a standard for human beings, her constant (and public) self-absorption is not going to faze her fans, is it?
@Lis: I believe the poster is talking about the bags Victoria Beckham designs, not owns. (Although she owns half of Hermes).
VB’s bags are gorgeous and eye wateringly expensive.
@hmmm, at exactly what has her behavior shown? You have no idea what she does off camera. She could be doing all kinds of good without feeling the need to do it in front of a camera. So, yes, it is an argument. You do mot know her by pictures or videos. If we were talking about a reality show, you might be ok with YOUR argument. Have a nice day
@barb333,
Behaviour is all we have to observe and judge by. It’s a fact. Longitudinal behaviour is very telling. She’s been around for over 10 years in the spotlight. One can infer pretty validly from that, not from BS. Not from projecting good stuff onto her. It is what it is. Unless standards have no place in the world.
barb333: Did it bother you when we paid for Laura Bush’s hair or Nancy Reagan’s hair. Jeez.
“…Her mother-in-law is the QUEEN OF ENGLAND!” Where do you live? The grandmother-in-law of Duchess Waity alias “Princess William” is the Queen of Great Britain…
@hmmm, you see pictures and video of her. You. Do. Not. Know. Her. Not one of us know what she is really like. She could be the nicest person in the world. Or the biggest bitch. 😉
@barb333,
I don’t know her? What kind of argument is that? We know people by their behaviour, not by their BS, or the palace’s BS.
@juliem, you totally have not been following. Go back and read the threads between @hmmm and I, my comment about Michelle’s hair was in response to her complaint about British taxpayers paying for Kate’s hair sweetie. I said that it is a reality. Keep up
Actually, her mother in law is Camilla. The Queen’s William’s grandmother.
I almost feel sorry for her…. I dont know what people expected from her!!
So what if she does her hair and shops after a vacation? i would soooo love that luxury by the way.
I just dont get the hate on this woman and I dont think she could get anything right with people being so critical of her at all times….
I agree, but it’s her Grand-mother in law…Wills Grand-ma.
Keep running, you’re almost there.
Duchess Dolittle is living up to that title
She’s as useless as tits on a nun as my old dad used to say. I REALLY wish William had chosen a more vibrant woman to marry, and she seems to have a fixation on her hair. It’s way too long and unprofessional looking despite the 3 hour appointments (and yes, I agree she’s got extensions), and she fiddles with it endlessly. Very annoying habit. She’s got to get off her bony ass and start doing something of substance soon.
But William didn’t want a “vibrant” woman – he wanted something much more dependable. The palace couldn’t afford another divorce, another Diana who took over the spotlight. So Middleton is perfect as a no-risk princess.
Someone once wrote about Will looking for mothering because Diana died when he was young. So maybe that’s it. They seem happy enough together.
And at the end of the day isn’t that what is most important? They are happy together.
Will chose her. She’s a reflection of him. We finally are getting to know the real William.
3 HOURS AT A SALON??? She got her head rotated and spit-shined and extended! She’s a LIAR!
SHOPPING? (…for groceries – so fake!!!! She never eats groceries!! She only snorts $1K teeny bumps of coke!!)
Burn her! Burn her! She’s an evil woman/duchess/bride!!!! She’s fake about her charities because she didn’t start work on the tarmac!! BURN HER!!
I mean, what else is she going to do? She’s pretty useless. 🙂
The entire Royal Family is useless in my opinion…. so why just single out one person??
Well they promote money for the country, if anyone has a problem with it the people of England would /should stand up to get rid of the royal family but to my knowledge ( my father was raised there) they seem ok with having royalty.
It seems more Americans are in a uproar over them and what they “do” or how they spend the tax payers money etc.
The American govt wastes much more $$ than the royals will.. so it’s really stupid to keep beating a dead horse. I am so over it. Don’t like royalty? Then don’t live there.
I’m going to have to agree, not necessarily extensions, a cut and color done well can take quite some time.
However, she needs to step her game. She’s got some big, beautiful glass slipper shoes to fill, and to deem herself worthy of such a position, I hope she starts putting her best knee high boot forward and start hustling.
I think she is going to probably have a few kids first, and then maybe, possibly, devote a little time to her charities.
If she doesn’t “have time” now, she certainly won’t have more time after she has a couple of kids….
3 hours in a salon is the amount of time it takes to get a full highlight, blow out and trim on my hair. Its not that big of deal. That said, I’m sick of seeing this girl just look nice… get your f’in hands dirty and do something of substance! I bet the queen is torn between wanting Kate to be a responsible Duchess and wanting her to just remain the quiet girl she is. Too much exposure to the real world may give the girl ideas!
I’ve spent close to three hours with cut, color, and then lowlights and highlights. Don’t know if she has extensions or not but I would think over time it would really take a toll wearing those.
Oh, how happy I would be to have just returned from an island vacation and instead of facing an inbox full of annoying customer requests – spend 3 hours being pampered. It sounds like absolute heaven to me. I would love a life like that. I’m happy for her. It would be so nice.
If she just married a rich guy and spent her days like she does now, it wouldn’t be a big deal. No one would give two hoots. There are plenty of rich, spoiled women out there who vacation and take care of themselves. There’s nothing wrong with that either.
The problem is she wanted to marry a Prince and with that comes certain expectations and responsibilities that it’s obvious she simply cannot meet. If all she wanted to do was be a pampered wife she shouldn’t have gunned for royalty and not expect backlash from the public.
But it has been reported that THE QUEEN herself suggested she gradually add on royal duties and enjoy being married similar to when the Queen was a newlywed and spent time with her husband. If the Queen told Kate to jump she would say how high. Kate is just married to a Duke who is’nt even the heir yet, they are not going to push her like they did Diana who was married to the heir.
But the Royal family doesn’t do anything really important, they are just “icons” and a giant PR show for the country. They don’t write laws or govern anything, they have no tangible political power, it’s more of a tradition for England. So, besides serving in the military (men) or charity (both) there is really nothing else they are there for, other than “symbols”.
So on that note, I really don’t care if she hasn’t pored over a ton of charity work yet, and IMHO I don’t know why anyone else would either. She is having a hell of a time being a princess and I say “Good for her!” She is still going to log in a lot more hours of charity work and unwanted scrutiny in her lifetime than any of us ever will. Give her a break!
I’ve yet to hear Brits whine about her as much as us Americans do, it’s weird…
I’m with maemay. I really, really think the Firm is doing everything that they can to avoid a Diana-esque meltdown so they’re easing her into daily life as slowly as possible. Of course, I’m beginning to think she’s a bit lazy and could being doing more.
Duchess Dolittle doing what she does best: shopping & getting her hair done. And someone needs to have style icon defined to this writer because she ain’t it.
3 hours… if she hasn’t extensions, there is only one reason: extra brown colour for a native brunette. Idleness = grey hair?
Haha- I love it. You can hate on her all you want but she’s the symbol of the monarchy- pointless, useless… but we love the glamour and the idea of it.
And what would everyone say if her hair looked awful? This girl is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t.
If she looks bad or ungroomed, she is attacked, no win win situation.
Yep. Please see my reply to Jen34. 🙂
No big deal, if I could afford to go on a two week vacation, followed by a day at a spa, I would. But as I can’t afford it, I will be jealous of Kate instead.
I’d buy the extensions story if I hadn’t seen photos of her when she was younger with the same thick head of lustrous hair.
I have heavy blonde highlights and a bob and it usually takes 3-3.5 hours at the salon. My hair takes a very long time to lift for some odd reason (it’s only a light brown naturally).
Anyway, maybe she gets deep conditioning treatments in addition to cut/color. That could take some time.
If she had her hair cut, colored, maybe deep conditioned, nails done…it could rack up the time – you know they’d spend lots of time on her making sure everything was done perfectly.
The sad thing is, with stories like these, she won’t be able to go to a salon anymore. She’ll have to have them come to her house. Diana used to wash her own hair and then have her hair stylist come to Kensington Palace to style it for her every morning – or at least the days she was making an appearance.
So if you don’t see it, it does’nt exist? Kate recently spent time privately meeting with one of her charities after returning from vacation. So its not that she has’nt been working, she does’nt have a camera on her 24 hours.
Kate is shopping and getting her hair done after returning from a holiday. What else is new?
I see woman more self-absorbed in suburbia..and they are not royalty, or scrutinized all day long. Kate is expected to look impeccable. Her mother could have bought her the purse. Kate had a priviledged lifestyle long before she married William.
Plus that purse is not even that expensive! I’ve spent more on my LV bags than that and she is only carrying that one! If I had access to $$$ like she does, I’d carry nothing but Chanel & Hermes!
If I were princess, I bet everyone on here would hate me too, cause I’d out-shop her by miles!!!! Ha ha
Amen.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but she came from money before she married Will, and she also worked for her parents company. Money is money, and if she can afford to buy a $1050 bag, before or after she got married, she’s allowed to do so. She’s a princess, not a middle class woman working day to day. Also…the queen probably doesn’t know/care because she is/was the same way.
Yeah she should waste the money her parents paid for her art degree and then work for minimum wage answering phones while secretly reading up on celebrities behind her bosses back. Oh and she should call them all useless too. Thats not useless at all.
Ha ha! Love this!!!
Mocking people who make minimum wage — not very cool. They’re working to support themselves which is more than can be said for your little idol.
Oh and her art history degree was kind of a waste anyway since she didn’t even know that Faberge eggs aren’t made anymore. Kate and waste seem to go hand in hand.
I don’t understand the fascination with these painfully useless and average looking people. England needs to abolish the monarchy already.
she got her hair done and went grocery shopping since she was away. I dont see the problem but whatever…
I read (somewhere)that she gets keratin treatments for her hair. They can take 2 1/2 hrs. That doesn’t include color or cut. I don’t think she has extensions but she does have great hair.
I got extensions last night, and it took about three hours. It doesn’t look like she colors her hair to me, so I’m buying that she has extensions. The thing is that almost everyone has them, and her hair is naturally thick and long but she does get help. I mean, our idea of what constitutes “pretty” hair is changing due to the massive use of hair extensions. A girl in the public eye has to keep up, y’all. 😉
I say, congrats to the Queen! 60 YEARS!
If I were a princess jetting off on vacations and spending hours in the salon is exactly what I would do. Sorry about it.
Takes me three hours to get my hair done so I guess I can’t see this as something to hold against Kate.
She was definitely getting new extensions glued to that calculating head of hers. After all, all the saltwater in Mustique must have done a number on her luscious locks.
I love the royals! I also love how they irritate people so easily! 🙂
She had her hair done. Holy crap! Cuz nobody else does that! She is so bitchy. And she does not do anything and we know this for certain, because like so many of the people we know who do charity work, she did not make it into a reality show and have cameras follow her around so we would all know! She is sooo lame. I hope you hear the sarcasm. Seriously, she is probably doing all kinds of things and does not feel the need to announce it to the world.
Yeah, under that swath of glorious fake tresses beats the heart of a humble saint.
Again with the hair? Holy crap, move on woman. Maybe you are just bald and jealous. Sorry, but hair is not the issue and does not make the person. Sorry, you are probably young and ignorant so I will not hold it against you. 😉
@barb333,
LOL! Yes, because discussing the hair is more important than conferring sainthood on her. How about not getting personal?
@hmmm lol bye 🙂
She’s probably been spending 3 hours in the salon at pop for years. I bet it’s her socializing time. I think it’s common in her circle.
It is probably not great PR, but I don’t think it’s horrible or even unusual pastime for someone in her position.
I disagree that the ONLY thing that would take 3 hours is extensions. Even in my hair appointments with a dye job and cut, it takes at least 2 hours. So if she was dying, cutting, doing a treatment and obviously a blow out, it would take 3 hours.
Just had my hair done last night and I was there 2 1/2 hours. My hair is shoulder length, and it was for a trim and color. I can believe three hours – some stylists are really slow. I don’t think she has extensions. I don’t know how often she goes to the salon but I don’t think this is a big deal. She doesn’t seem that hard working but I think this story is trying too hard to find fault with her.
She is going gray. The hair salon appointment is for covering up the gray.
I wouldn’t be shocked if she has extensions, but for sure she is doing maintenance for the gray.
Just curious as to why you think that? I get my hair colored every time I go in and I only have about 3 grays. I like changing my color or getting highlights, and it does take about three hours for me to get mine done.
Don’t know why her hair is such an issue. Mine is halfway down my back and super thick and full. Not everyone needs extensions or colors to cover up grays.
It’s like we all expected her to turn into Diana once she married William. First off, William doesn’t want another Diana. Second off, neither does the Queen.
So they’re very happy with a low key Kate who loves her husband (yes, I do believe she does), and is content to stay in the background until asked. If she showed up on a visit somewhere with crappy hair, we’d all be trashing it, so she maintains it. Big deal.
Princess Diana went on 170 public engagements for the Crown in her first year, had a child and was only 19-20. And she is still an icon in the world of philanthropy. She was a hard and dedicated worker.
Kate Middleton has done very little, plays whenever possible and is a disgrace, especially considering how her Grandmother-in-law could use a little help at her age.
Diana was married to the HEIR, Camilla is now married to the HEIR. William is a helicopter pilot stationed in Wales. The royal family wants this marriage to LAST, unlike the previous marriages. They do not want Kate to be another Diana and overshadow the rest of the royal family hence the Queen giving Kate time to just be a housewife and spend time alone with William in Wales.
What a bunch of lies. Kate is not even living in Wales anymore. She’s always in London, hence being photographed shopping about once a week. She’s staying in Kensington Palace most of the time now. No more Tesco trips from her, since that PR scheme has tired itself out.
Not want another Diana and overshadow the Queen? Kate is already doing that, and she’s lazy as f*ck and hasn’t done a thing. She’ll overshadow the Windsors anyway, so why not just put her to work and let the public decide whether she’ll be another Diana or not? Who are they kidding with this Diana crap? If Kate truly wants to work, I’m sure they’ll give her something to do instead of just giving these, “She’ll be doing this and that for the next 2 months…” with vague information about what it is she actually does.
It’s Kate, and most likely William, who doesn’t want her to work. Once she starts working on her own, William will also be called out on his reluctance to do more royal duties. And no, it’s not because he’s a RAF pilot. You fans are so sold on that, aren’t you? A RAF pilot wouldn’t be getting as much time off and breaks as William does…and it’s all part of the perks of being the Golden Boy of the media and being a Prince. My cousin, who is a RAF pilot, would be lucky to be as “full-time” as William and still get to go on vacations whenever he wants.
Chances are, Kate won’t be another Diana, no matter how hard she tries. She’s even admitted to watching old videos of Diana to “study” her. Kate is overshadowing the Windsors for all the wrong things and the more she doesn’t work, the more the public and the media’s goodwill dwindles.
She’s a walking PR disaster and the Palace scrambling to excuse every little questionable thing she does will be their undoing if they still don’t put her to work. Soon the media will tire of the, “Give her some time to settle down! She’s new at this!” routine excuse and I hope that that time is just around the corner.
This is the f*cking 2st century, Princesses like Kate whose lifestyle only involve pampering themselves have no place in a constitutional monarchy. They’re being paid to do the bare minimum with millions of $$$ from the taxpayers such as myself, as well as enjoy a lot of perks that come with being a royal. The least they can do is try to live up to their new role: CIVIL SERVANTS. They don’t have to do a 12-hour job. What’s so hard about that? What’s so wrong about expecting Kate to stop being a lazy 30-year old with no work ethic and expect her to at least contribute something meaningful? It’s always “Oh, she’s met PRIVATELY with a charity, she went to an art gallery in secret” bullshit that their PR sells the public. How come it’s so easy to catch Kate shopping but impossible to see her doing these “private” meetings? Does she teleport from the Palace to the venue of the meeting? Does she put on a disguise so nobody can recognize her? When it comes to working, it’s always a “secret” with Kate.
And no, before you say Kate and William are not on the Civil List, they’re still benefiting from the taxpayers. I doubt Kate’s parents are still paying for everything she needs. Her money comes from William. Do you think William’s RAF pilot salary is big enough to cover Kate’s extravagant tastes? Think again. His money come from Charles. Charles money come from the Ducky of Cornwall and the government, which in terms get the money from the taxpayers. It’s all a trickle down effect. We’re still supporting Kate even when she does nothing and is not on the Civil List.
You know who else lives like Kate? Saudi Princesses. Why? Because they’re not expected to do anything. They’re considered “useless” in that absolute monarchy, so they’re not given a job to do. Then again, they’re rich as sin, so they don’t have the taxpayers paying for their lifestyles. If Kate wants to live a life like that, maybe she should have married a Saudi Prince, not a Prince of a constitutional monarchy.
Well said, Sachi!
@Maemae – my sister lives near Kensington Palace, a kate sighting on Ken High Street is pretty regular and normal.
William is still based in Wales, but i don’t think Kate is there anymore than she has to be.
She keeps throwing the palace Pr under the bus!!!
@LAK, I’ve seen her there and in Knightsbridge where Harrod’s is. Lived in Kensington the past two years.
@original tiffany – i found that one line in the report about her shopping at Patridges very interesting because isn’t whole foods and Tesco on Ken High Street closer to KP?
Patridges specialises in game from country shoots, and is so much more pricier in general than whole foods and tesco. So there goes the ‘ordinary person shopping in ordinary and cheap stores’ persona.
@LAK, yes, the whole foods is closer. Partidge’s is akin to doing your grocery shopping at Harrod’s itself. Crazy expensive, not something most normal people would do. WF is expensive enough or a Waitrose.
We are at that particular WF a lot as hubby and kids are at work and school at the RAH. I do a lot of hanging out around there since my time is pretty much free during the days. Right near KP. I love the Orangerie.
@original tiffany – We may have unknowingly run into each other. i live across the park in Nottinghill. My sister and i always meet at the Orangerie on the grounds that it is the mid-point between us.
@LAK, if you still are on thread. You ever eat at Muriel’s in South Ken? Great home made food and baked goodies and always packed with locals.
Did you come see the show at the RAH?
We are only living here another 10 days before the show moves to San Jose, Ca.
Should have met for tea. 🙂
In all fairness, comparisons to Princess Di are not fair (number of appts first year) because we all know now what a rough emotional time because she had so much pressure. Is there anyone who really does not think her next year is all planned out? I think William wants her introduced to royal etiquette slowly. I would not want to learn all the crap she is learning. 24 differents forks and their uses anyone?
lol 24 forks and their uses….
…but seriously, when it comes to etiquette lessons, that is taught at private school.
you can’t go to a top notch high school like she did, and not come out knowing 24 forks and their uses.
After 60 years on the job, most get a nice watch, if you’re the Queen of Waving, you get a four-month party. I’m not saying it’s time we pulled a Cromwell: Part Two, but as I live in a Commonwealth nation, maybe I end up hearing more about the ’24-Hour Party People’ aspect of the institution than do those who don’t. To those who say that only Americans get angry over this, I’d say that it’s more generational than regional and it’s largely Americans who wax rhapsodic about the pomp and circumstance. Where I live, it’s more of a ‘the chick on our money is throwing herself another party this week. *Shrug* reaction than anything else.
True, recent events have raised the profile even more, but then I think, ‘wait a minute, they really do make the planet throw a LOT of parties for them and for every imaginable reason. Didn’t we just serve out three consectutive months of midnight vigils in remembrance of that time when Snowden got his ankle caught in that sex swing for four minutes?’ Perhaps after a point it is just impotent mouth-foaming, but I still think that those who don’t understand and mock whatever sort of quarrel anyone would have with the monarchy is being willfully obtuse or trolling.
Maybe to some the royal burners are being pouty miserablists and it’s likely for a good reason, but the flip side reminds me of the kids wetting themselves to be allowed to enter into the birthday party of well-to-dos known to them only by name on any given episode of My Super Sweet Sixteen. It’s all pre-ordained: they’re there to be worshipped, we’re there to worship. Nothing about any of this is for or about us, it’s tradition and protocol and it’s left to us to decide if that’s fun or mortifying. The wheels of that Diamond Jubilee trolley are going to keep spinning whether we’re greasing them or under them, or what.
I don’t hate them, or anything, but I don’t really understand the sentiment of those people who like to prod the decidedly un-enamoured of the royals set. I think we can all agree on one thing, for all of the talk to the contrary, they don’t really want anything to do with us– raging anti-monarchists, or breathless royal watchers. ‘Duty’ is something you reference when talking about helping some down and out bloke change a flat during World War II, or forcing a woman to marry her long-term boyfriend before allowing her to become Governor General. Hey man, if she can make current dogsbodies wear uniforms used since the reign of George III (!!!!!) I can get in a punch.
I eagerly await the day when Beatrice introduces the world to her paramour, Kwame. THEN we’d see… ‘Prince Philip is in hospital after suffering nineteen simultaneous strokes and seems to be able to say naught but ‘not in my (wife’s) house.’ That’s a story I’d follow. I’d do horrible things to orchestrate the situations that would ensure that years down the line, Prince Harry would be presenting baby Vikram Hussein Aquanetta Lexus Windsor as the new Duke of…something. That would be the cat’s ass!
I wish I were in a position wherein someone were servicing me for hours on end over something more felicitous than my root canal tomorrow, but I know I’d just roll my eyes and bolt at the idea of stewing in my own chemicals for that long. Know thyself, I guess.
Marvellous comment!
Whatever story the palace spins is their business. I don’t think Kate herself is saying ‘look at me, I’m the new Diana’. So, I don’t really care that Kate is enjoying herself.
And you have to admit, that head of hair is INSANE. I don’t care if it’s extensions, it looks incredible. I don’t blame her for not changing her hair style either. If she got a bob cut and people hated it there would be a media shit storm around it. Kate’s hair is her ‘thing’, and if I had hair that looked so glorious I would probably keep it the same forever too!
I agree that Kate is not saying “look at me I’m the new Diana”. More like, “look at me, I’m the new Wallis”.
She’s getting her hair done?!?!?!?! Say it ain’t so! Who gives a crap? Honestly, these stories trying to build up hate for her are boring as f*%k!
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Her hair is REAL.
Three hours for hair her length to be washed, cut and styled AND for her to catch up on the gossip with her stylist is NOTHING. Extensions would take a LOT longer.
Her lifestyle reminds me of those on the Real Housewives shows on Bravo. She’s my first pick for Real Housewives of London.
Kate probably sees shopping and getting her hair done as her way of “contributing” to the British Economy.
that aside…boring, boring, with a side dish of boring….
If it wasn’t for all the tourism that the Royal family brings in, the taxpayer would have been done with this family. All they do is live off the taxpayer.
They live off of Americans too! The ownership of the Federal Reserve belongs to the British Monarchy aka the British Royal Crown. This family will never run out if money, all of our cars, houses, school loans, etc are through the FR. They own us & most Americans are too ignorant to even realize this. Not trying to offend anyone, but we really need to pay attention to how our government is handling us…it’s absurd
This statement always amuses me…lots of tourists come to GB because of the BRF. I have traveled to England, Scotland, Wales and at no point during my vacation did I attempt to “see” the royal family. No one I met on my travels was in GB to “see” the BRF. Many people like to travel to the Old Country but never because of the Royals. For goodness sake, if someone was intent upon “seeing” the Royal Family, they would do better buying a tabloid than to take a miserably long flight to a country that is often wet and rainy just to take a peek at someone in a silly hat and a snobby attitude.
The Old Country is a lovely place but no one goes there because of the royals. Just sayin’
I’ve been to the Queen’s mews (stables), but that is just to see the horses. Trying to see the BRF? No. I’ve gotten to sit in the Queen’s chair at the Royal Albert Hall, but that’s just because the hubby is in the production that’s playing there.
Far more interesting things to do in London, so many I haven’t nearly done what I wanted to see and do and I’ve lived here the last two winters.
It’s so funny to me how Kate’s fans try to excuse every little thing she does and declare that they’ll love to have her lifestyle. So those people would love to be as useless and lazy as Kate and be seen as a parasite by many people? What a grand and lovely dream. No wonder they’re all sold out on the “We’re just like you, we’re normal people” PR William and Kate have been selling. They must think that all royalty is only about spending money and parading around in jewels and tiaras.
I suggest that those who fancy Kate’s lifestyle take a look at the Spanish Royal Family to see how royals should adapt and work in the 21st century. The Spanish Royal family is the least costly among the remaining royal families. Their future Queen only wears the most affordable Spanish brands and is rarely seen shopping and spending lots of money. They only go on holidays in August, when they get about 3 weeks of vacation, while most royals take about 2 months off of Summer to indulge themselves. The Spanish royals even requested the government to not pay them any money due to the recession, and they haven’t been paid since 2009. So it’s not impossible for Kate and other royals to curb their lavish tastes and show some sensitivity. The Spanish royals are aware of their citizens’ plight, and they don’t flaunt their wealth just because they can. And after all is said and done, the future Queen of Spain works 300 days out of 365 since she married the Prince.
When Kate is reported to be indulging herself and spending money on expensive clothes and only attending fancy parties and VIP galas, her fans go: “Remember, she’ll be Queen. This is what is expected of her: to look good. This is what is required when you’re a royal.”
Fine.
What irks me is when it’s time to talk about work, the very same people who say that Kate’s role demands she spend lots of money on herself for her appearance because she’s now a royal, also say:
“Give her a break! She’s new at this! She needs time to settle down! The Windsors don’t want another Diana! Leave her alone! She’ll start working when she’s ready! The Palace wants her marriage to last!”
So she can buy all the expensive clothes, shoes, bags she wants because that is what is required from a royal, but she can’t be required to do some serious royal duties/work…because she’s a new royal? She’s not an invalid, so what’s stopping her from undertaking some duties on her own?
Kate’s lifestyle may be expected for some royals, but doing royal duties is also expected. She can’t just be preening and smiling for cameras. She must do some serious work.
I won’t begrudge Kate her lavish lifestyle if she actually does something to show me that she’s earned it. The difference in her lifestyle VS. the lifestyle of most Brits due to the recession is massive. Kate looks like an insensitive fool for jetting off on vacations while the whole country has to deal with cost-cutting from the government.
It’s all so rosy and peachy from outsiders who don’t care about the bigger issues and why some people are angry over Kate and William’s PR schemes, and only gush about Kate and moon over their delusions about royal life. But for those of us who must experience all of this first hand and see the problems the citizens must deal with due to the economy, seeing and reading about Kate enjoying herself while doing nothing to earn it, is vile and sickening.
I hope the monarchy goes after the Queen. Charles may do a good job, but I hope that when William’s time comes, the monarchy will be abolished. F*ck tourism. The royals don’t bring in as much money anyway. It’s just an excuse that monarchists love to use to justify why royals are “needed” in this day and age. Germany, France, Russia, and other countries who used to have royals are doing fine with their tourism. It’s the castles and historic places that draw the people, not the royals themselves.
I couldn’t agree with you more. The whole thing is so outdated and out of touch. They really depend on the subservient fools who are all too happy to bow and scrape and look up to them. Just sad.
Agree with you! This tourist-thing… just stupid. Maybe a royal wedding or the 60th jubilee of E2 brings more tourists. But between and after these rarely events? Tourists come for the castles, the historic places and they want to see the guards/ the changing of the guards etc. The royals don´t want to see us! No one comes to “meet” the royals! Without them, the palaces/ castles would be open ALL YEAR like normal museums = tourists would love it = MORE MONEY FOR GB! 🙂 As long as the guards stand in front of the palaces… no tourist-problem.
@Alti. This. ITA! If they were gone we’d be able to visit all those amazing places. Probably get more tourism.
You can’t visit many of the castles even if she isn’t living at it.
SACHI!Agreed.
You’re my hero,why aren’t the media talking about the body found in the queen’s garden. Why the police is not arresting her?
Is it Because she’s the “queen” of ENGLAND?And not a PEASANT?
Why Murdoch is not behind bars and the Megaupload guy is?
What are the opinions of the Argentinians on that visit WILL wants to make there in the Malvinas?
This is such a good description of the Kate dichotomy – and the problems with the royals in general.
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That is so true about tourism. 99.9 percent of tourists don’t see a royal, even from afar. Keep the palaces and the houses accessible, throw up a couple pictures of historical royals, keep one or two of the major royals on salary, and the tourist dollars would still keep rolling in.
All of you who think the British just love Kate should go see the comments under articles about her from the people who are actually paying for her ridiculous life. They make celebitchy look positively fatuous.
Will’s money comes from a trust left by Diana and Charles whose money comes from the duchy of Cornwall. Taxpayers only pay for security, so unless you want the Royal family go boom, just suck it up.
This is right, Charles money comes from the Duchy of C. Why? Only because he is the son of the Queen. This is the only reason why he owns this land! Where is Dianas (now Widdletons and Harrys) money from? It´s from her divorce from Charles! So, all this money is from the Duchy of C. Money, money, money, it´s a rich man´s world 🙂
Kaiser I’m curious, why did you suddenly change your tune about the vacation? You were correct on all counts, don’t let some negative feedback from the Kate worshippers change your mind.
The fact is, they could have gone anywhere in England for some vacation, yet they chose the sun-and-beach routine and went to one of the most exclusive places in the world (rub it in the faces of everyone who can’t afford such a sunny holiday in crisis) and with taxpayer-funded security in tow. That is a double whammy.
I’m not rich or anything but i don’t get why anybody with money is supposed to pretend they’re not rich just to make us regular people feel better, i find it patronising… If i won the lottery tomorrow do you think I’d be in a caravan some place in England instead of on a plane some place hot?
If I won the Lotto I would donate to charity and then be on the quickest plane to Paris and I would’nt think twice about the po folk on Celebitchy and I would go to the BEST hair dresser TIP well and NEVER NOT ONCE think about Po old celebitchy.
For goodness sake. Give the lady a break!
Her entire life is one long break — that enough for you?
From what?
Even though i think that Kate should be doing more charity work since William isn’t doing his royal duties yet professionally (as he’s in the RAF) isn’t Kate just living the normal (as far as royals go) military wife life just like the Queen did (though with more shopping/holidays/salon trips) when she married Prince Philip?
Also Kate nor William are funded by the tax payer, the only royals that are are the Queen and Prince Philip. Kate is supported by Williams private fortune (left by Diana and trust fund) and Prince Charles who gets his money from the Duchy of Cornwall.
All of their round the clock security is paid for by the taxpayer.
Any time they visit a foreign country, that country is financially responsible for security.
That little jaunt the Queen took to Ireland last year cost the Irish taxpayers 40 million pounds. She was there for two days.
I can see how these days, countries might discourage visits by the BRF.
Wow. Keep that envy in check, girlfriend. I have very long, thick hair with a texture and color very similar to Kate’s. When I get a color, highlights, cut, blow-out and style, it easily takes three hours. My sister has even thicker hair than I do and spends that much time at the salon routinely, even when she gets less done to it. Our hairdresser sets aside extra time for our appointments. Given Kate’s position and the visibility of her hair, I can easily imagine that her hair salon wants to be EXTRA careful and attentive while styling and coloring her hair. My sister and I are charged more when we get our hair colored and highlighted because we require substantially more product and time, and I imagine Kate pays even more for all the time and personal attention she receives. Sorry to break this to you because I know how badly you want to hate, but Kate has been in the limelight for many years now, well before the white girl weave became fashionable, and she has always had long, thick, beautiful hair. Three hours in the salon for a girl with lots of long hair? It’s not unusual in the slightest.
I don’t care what’s on her head — it’s the lack of what’s in it that bothers me.
She wears fur? I like her even less.
She wears fur and she hunts! She buys and eats foie gras, which is a result of cruelty to animals! It´s forbidden in many countries (sadly not in the UK). Protection of animals? Not for Kate, her family and the Windsors. There are a myriad of photos! Just google it…
“visibility of her hair”. Says it all now, doesn’t it?
@Lisa
Wow! It’s cool to have an opinion on this topic, but you sound on the verge of bitter and hateful towards this girl. Try to calm down, it’s not that big of a deal…her parading around doing whatever she’s up to is not hurting you personally.
Kate will still log in way more hours of charity work and scrutiny in lifetime than you or I will. I don’t decide to hate people I don’t know just based on what the media shows me, it’s kind of silly, don’t you think? Just saying…
Lissa —
Consider youself lucky you live in a country where your children have the ability to be head of state someday and aren’t, by accident of birth, expected to bow and curtsey to another human being. Consider yourself lucky millions of your tax dollars aren’t spent on the whimsy and protection of these vapid creatures. As far as charity and the spotlight it’s the only thing they have to justify their anachronistic, antidemocratic institution so you bet they’ll show up for it. And when they do they sure as heck can’t beat what Bill Gates has done and he MADE his own money.
Kate can do whatever she wants with that wig of hers if her entire life weren’t such an affront to merit and achievement.
On another note, why do you care so much what I choose to think of her?
Poor Queen. She’s now being dragged into the Duchess Dolittle Pr schemes.