Wow, even more new photos of Kate Middleton! Here she is with her mom Carole and her sister Pippa, arriving at the Goring Hotel. I don’t see Kate’s dad, but I’m sure he’s around. But he pays attention to the father of the bride, especially when you’ve got the bride and her mini-coterie of girl power? Kate looks appropriately tan, and she got a good pre-wedding blowout for some reason. Why do you need a blowout the day before, ladies? I truly don’t know. As for Carole and Pippa… well, they look inappropriately tan. Like, fake-bake tan, at least from here, in these photos. Which is a problem. The mother of the bride cannot be orange! Neither can the maid of honor. It’s distracting!!!
Also, I know I get too hyped out reading the body language in some of these pics, but here’s how I’m reading the ladies’ body language:
Kate: It’s here. Finally. Nine long years and My Day has finally come and there’s no turning back. All it took was willpower, shiny hair and patience. Huzzah for me! Oh, are the cameras getting a shot of MY RING?! It’s My Ring now, people. There it is. AND I’M SO GLORIOUSLY THIN. YAY!!!!
Carole: Nine long years. She deserves it. I’m so happy for her! I wonder if there’s time for me to get in another tanning booth session. I want to pop on all of those cameras!
Pippa: [Seething rage.] I’m happy for her. Whatever. I hope the bitch trips.
Anyhoodle… this is your Open Post for the wedding eve. I’m probably going to end up updating this later on, because I’m sure there will be some wedding-eve announcements coming later. I don’t know if the Queen is going to announce Kate’s new title tonight, or if it will come in the morning. It should be good though, and I’m sure there are lots of things to talk about. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, we’ll be doing another open post with a live feed, and we’ll have lots and lots of separate posts for stuff about Kate’s dress, Prince Harry, Chelsy Davy, the orange mother of the bride and all of that good stuff.
UPDATE #1: Oh. Dear. God. CODE RED!!!! Waity is going to do her own makeup for the wedding. Just call her HRH, The Duchess of Eyeliner, Raccoon McWaity. Apparently, all this time, Waity has been taking makeup application lessons…? Is this a British thing, where you take lessons to put on too much eyeliner?
UPDATE #2: Waity’s last dinner as a singleton was… steak, salmon and “seasonal veggies.” Who believes that Waity actually ate?
UPDATE #3: Lots of new stuff. Apparently, William was talking to some peasants and he admitted “I’m a little bit nervous!” RUH ROH. No, he’ll be fine, I’m sure. Fingers crossed. But the best part is that while Will was mingling with the commoners, Prince Harry was with him. Here’s what Harry was saying to the ladies: “Do you have nibbles and snacks? Do you have a drink? A little something to keep you warm? This is such an exciting night!” OMG, Harry is such a stud. Those are SO his pickup lines. “Are you warm enough, love? Do I you need to get closer to my ginger dong, gorgeous girl? Would like something to nibble on?” Also – Raccoon McWaity is officially wearing her hair DOWN, people.
UPDATE #4: Sources are now saying the dress is totes Sarah Burton for McQueen. If it is, I applaud McWaity. But my gut says it won’t be McQueen.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
OMG I’m so freaking excited. I can’t wait until 4 AM (and I’m as serious as a heart attack).
I think that this is all fairly exciting. Awake to watch at 4 a.m. anyone?
But where did she put her ass?
Wait, it’s tomorrow? Didn’t they just announce it yesterday? She must be pregnant. 🙂
Kate looks lovely and genuinely HAPPY. And that’s the cutest I’ve seen Pippa photograph so far. 🙂
I’m glad she looks all happy and relaxed, unlike the scared, deer-in-the headlights look that Diana had. I love your “thoughts of the Middletons”, but I think Pippi-Longstocking Middleton is probably thinking “Yeahhh… I get all the royal connections now without having to do any glorified ribbon cutting or charity visits”.
I’m with you Franny! SO EXCITED (seriously)! Can’t wait until 3am!
Why’s she covering her belly like that? What a weird way to posture yourself. That dress makes her look preggs.
lol, all 3 of them look ECSTATIC!!! 😀
And orange! hehe!
^ she’s subconsciously afraid her skirt might blow up in front of the press?
she’s self-conscious about a non-existent tummy?
waha, she’s so practising her Queen Wave 🙂
I am guessing she’s afraid that her dress might fly up. Also, if she’s got a blow-out, maybe they want second-day hair for an updo.
No, she holding her arm that way so the photographers can get a shot of her ring. I think that’s fine for the first few weeks, but that little habit of hers is starting to grate a bit. Still, bitch got the ring. I guess that’s what she’s saying to the world: “HAHAHA, I gots it!”
@Kate: I read somewhere that body-language experts think she’s still not comfortable with the spotlight because of the way she holds herself — clutching purses in front of her, holding her hands in front of various body parts, etc. They said that could be her way of shielding herself in light of all the newfound attention. So that could be it, but yeah, I thought the stomach-holding was weird too! Unless it’s pre-wedding jitters and she feels pukey. 🙂
Look, she’s wearing the same wedge sandals in the “cool as a cucumber” post as she was almost 2 years ago.
http://www.celebitchy.com/66938/kate_middleton_gets_a_job_as_photographers_assistant_-_for_2_weeks/
CUCUMBER post:
http://www.celebitchy.com/153933/kate_middleton_looks_cool_as_a_cucumber_in_her_last_pre-wedding_appearance/
That makes me like her. 🙂
True about the whole nervousness and ring photo ops. But personally if I wanted people to take pics of my ring, I wouldn’t be holding my hand down near my coochie! Wave with your ring hand, dear!
I’m happy for them. I hope this is real love and ends up all fairy tale happiness. (One can hope!) I’m even going to try to wake up at *three* central to watch this craziness. I know. Oh well.
wow i think she looks happy and many a bride has waited years to get married….
honestly, if she got married after a short time, ppl would have said they are too young, it won’t last, or why the rush, etc, etc.
i’m sure being a princess is part of her ambition, but i think it’s an added bonus, b/c i think she loves william.
oh, a nd sure, she would not have married him if he was a pauper, most likely, but who would have?
ppl generally marry someone they feel is on par with their lifestyle or desired lifestyle/level of success.
ppl dont go out of their way to find the least successful partner out there.
and her chances of meeting someone w/o money were pretty slim, owing to her upbringing and school choices, etc.
i’m not into the royals at all, and wont be getting up to watch the wedding, but i am not getting the snark towards her.
and if she is self conscious, so be it. she has royal duties and a public role; that does not mean she has to be totally comfortable from the get go.s he will do her best, considering she wasn’t raised to do this.
remember that julia stiles movie ‘the prince and me’?
better than i expected it to be-and this reminds me of that movie.
Hope she’s given the nod to Chelsey to:
1. not smoke in church during the ceremony
2. wear a bra and cover the puppies up
3. not get caught giving Harry a beej in the men’s room at Buck Palace
Woo hoo it’s finally upon us! I’ve got my snacks and drinks ready & I’m going to try and have a nap after Bones tonight. It all starts at midnight for me so a 4 hour nap should be good!
I don’t think she’s pregnant. I was a nervous wreck before I got married about getting pregnant prior to the wedding. There was no way on Earth I was going to walk down the aisle pregnant. Not that it’s wrong to be pregnant on your wedding day but it was something that I didn’t want. I stopped having sex for a like a month before because I really didn’t want to risk it. I have a feeling, as the future Queen, she’d feel the same way.
She’s probably really excited and anxious. Her stomach has to be all over the place knowing that 1) she’s getting married tomorrow & 2) 2 billion people are going to be watching.
god, pippa is not cute.
and i didn’t know fake bake tanning was popular among the english? they’re looking very orange jersey shore.
oh and what time does this thing start?
Oh no – I hate the blown out hair – Kate go back to the real you! Please. There I feel better now.
Loved your Pippa comments! Made me laugh out loud.
I truly hope Kate and William are happy together and have a wonderful marriage and beautiful, smiling, intelligent babies!
I am sure Diana-in-the-Sky is smiling for William and Kate!
(Jaysus, she always wears truly appalling shoes!) Don’t those chaps lined up look just delighted to see her? Poor things, W & K have got a lot of criticism for this lavish do, but does anyone think they have any choice? Good luck sweetie, get a good night’s sleep tonight, and I hope tomorrow is as wonderful as you could wish. Yours, an Irish Republican and republican x
Is it over yet? She, along with her mother and sister, does look pretty smug. I did it! Good luck to her, she’s going to need it.
It should be an exciting day! Since Leann thinks she’s “America’s Sweetheart” is her statement “I was definitely a little bit of a sexier bride, but it was still beautiful and sweet,” for Kate and Brandi? Talk about delusional.
I’m with Franny. Cant wait!!!!!
can you remind me of what the deal is with the title? is it that she wants to be princess and she might not be?
OMG i cannot. wait. for the wedding !
I’m so happy for her!
I’m getting tired of being bombarded everywhere by the wedding..Too much of anything is not a good thing!
I have to say, she has been looking prettier that last few weeks. Not sure what it is. The big smile and glowing skin maybe?
Can you tell me why with all the attention and stess and Murphy’s law she hasn’t gotten a big zit on the end of her nose or in the middle of her forehead or something? Because that would totally happen to me.
Hilarious that people are so excited and going to get up at 3 am to watch.. wth???? Everyone here in NYC is like .. puh-leeze who cares… happy for them. However, it still cracks me up people who are ‘so excited’.. but to each his own.
Haha, it’s like a rule in England (and here in Ireland) that people do the fake-bake thing for weddings. FB photo albums of friends I grew up with are amazing testaments to the power of fake-bake and bleach. All the weddings are interchangeable but for the colour of the bridesmaids’ dresses! Would have hoped from a little more from the Middletons but I guess that’s their “nouveau riche” showing through 🙂
I want her day to be perfect. The world should be a little brighter tomorrow….okay, maybe it’ll be just a distraction but we need it.
@Islandgirl My brother-in-law is Irish. When his family came over for his wedding to my sister, they were all tanned. My sister and I couldn’t stop laughing. Glad to know it wasn’t just them.
What the f#$% is going on? Is someone getting married?
It’s amazing – and as the Middletons demonstrate, not just restricted to chav/Jersey Shore type people. Even more fabulous when it’s streaky self-tanner instead of salon fake-bake :p
What Islandgirl says about Ireland is worryingly true, but it isn’t just for weddings. Girls fake tan here all the time. It’s actually got to the point where I don’t even notice it unless it’s Snooki orange.
@gobo totally agree! think the difference is that for weddings, *everyone* does it (even well-educated, otherwise tasteful persons like my sister who is an MD!)
They are a nasty smug Snookilicious orange bunch. Pippa looks like a skinned monkey. Lord I’m sick to god of them.
She looks so confident….
The ‘porcelain look’ is much better than bright orange!
Those fake orange faces will exist in photos for eons to come.
Good god she looks so ridiculously thin. Maybe it’s just the angle, but wow she looks scary thin.
So I am completely alone in this in that I do not care? I stayed up to watch his mother. She was the last real princess.
YAY WAITY!!!!
@ Meg lol! there is definitely something skinnedmonkey-esque about Pippa!
She’s lovely and looks so happy. Good on her.
Well her and her mum and sister smiling like that.. they look like “I got a secret” or finally we’re on the map…or like the cat caught the bird smile…as for her hair more a blow out extensions! Her top head is way heavier and fuller I guess to hold on to that heavy diamond tiara….When her and William finally head to their honeymoon and spending time alone..They probably going to laugh like kids, put their drink and smoke on..Until it hits them the reality of whats ahead.. Good Luck and makes lots of babies William and Kate.
I think it all starts at about 10pm tonight for us Kiwis?
I think Kate looks beautiful, yeah she is a bit too thin, but she looks radiant and very happy, good for her. I wish Kate and William nothing but the best. 😀
A life of (tedious) duty and living in a fish bowl is a difficult one and takes a special kind of person (unless you are born into it of course).
@Darla, you’re not alone. Believe me. I had to filter out all references to William, Kate, Royal & Wedding to free up my twitter feed. I’m less stabby now.
@islandgirl, oh wow. i had no idea. why do people think this looks good?!
@kazoo – who knows? Ask Snooki! I remember growing up though constantly hearing about getting a “healthy tan” or looking better with “a bit of colour”.
Maybe cos the weather is typically not great and it’s difficult to get a natural tan here, it became a status symbol (showing you’d been on vacation overseas), and from there came to be seen as attractive. That which is hard to achieve (fatness in times of famine, thinness in our culture of unhealthy food and excess) becomes desirable, right?
Whatever the reason, Irish girls (and many English too in my experience) are now quite preoccupied with the dreaded thought of looking “pale” and “washed out” at important occasions!
odd! yeah, see…snooki has bad taste in life. LOL. but it generally surprises me when someone who normally looks well put together suddenly turns to the orange. and why would you want to look so unlike yourself on your wedding day?!
maybe because i’m not white, but i really don’t get the fake bake. i think nice, healthy skin is best, even if it’s snow white. LOL. although your theory about it being a status symbol does make sense.
okay, so sarah burton was spotted at kate’s hotel. if she’s wearing mcqueen, i will be SO shocked. and happy!
Sweet lord I hope someone hides the black eyeliner! Kate needs to learn to go subtler on the eyes, it is aging her. I’m hoping they have just applied their Fake Bake and half of it will wash off, an orange princess is not classy. She is the least orange of the three though.Hope it’s a nice day though, should be interesting!
Looks like the hem of Kate’s jacket has come undone. First picture and waving picture. God I am picky!
I’m surprised no one has made the observation that Kate gets her makeup tips from old Diana pictures. Princess Diana was the Queen of raccoon eyes. Check out pictures of Diana from the infamous Martin Bashir interview. Kate lines her eyes exactly the same way. Does anyone else think it is creepy that Wills wants his wife to look like his mother?
She looks so pretty and tanner right? Its weird shes doing her own makeup. WHY? When you have access to get the best makeup artist available, why would you do it yourself? Oh well. Setting the alarms!
Kate has a bulbous nose and thin poor white lips.
And yes Meg, Pippa does have simian features.
UPDATE: SARAH BURTON WAS SEEN ENTERING THE PRE-WEDDING HOTEL. OMG OMG OMG OMG.
…..I need to dry hump some off white silk right now….
I seriously doubt she ate much, if anything. I was so nervous I was going to forget to breathe and pass out that the thought of food made me ill. Luckily friends made sure I had some almonds and a smoothie so i wouldn’t actually pass out. Good times.
She’s DOING HER OWN MAKEUP?????
I mean, she’s doing better these days (nice rosy cheeks, less raccoon black) but it’s THE ROYAL WEDDING – you bring in the best the country has to offer – you wear….uh…..the crushed powder of straight-up diamonds on your eyes and your eyeshadow better have pieces of 24 karat gold in it, and you’ve better have a team of at least 50 people responsible for nothing but the individual application of mink hair lashes, because you are going to be the most talked-about bride in recently history.
You do NOT “do your own makeup.”
This “girl of the people” thing is only good for ingratiating yourself into the cold, cold hearts of the gossip mongering public – NOT for handling wedding day makeup.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! I adore this post! And so spot-on, IMHO. All the females in that family look like the cat who ate the canary. ‘Racoon McWaity’- bwahahahah!!!
The girl isn’t even nervous, just insanely excited. That is so wrong on every level. She’s caught the gold ring.
I would kill for McWaity’s hair, though.
And me without my “give-a-damn.” I’ve really tried to care about this royal wedding, but I just don’t.
It’s not the same as Lady Diana’s wedding. Though I do sincerely wish she was alive to see her eldest son wed.
(I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing, when Diana died. Just like when the space shuttle exploded. I guess it’s like the JFK assassination, which was before my time.)
Noooooo on the doing her own makeup!!! No, no, NO!! Oh, please tell me we aren’t going to see raccoon eyes tomorrow morning!! Boooooo!!!!
Kaiser, ROFL! Hilarious commentary. I do think she looks great and I like her style.
Islandgirl is absolutely right. Irish women have become addicted to fake tan, especially for events. They like to look tanned, or more accurately, “odringe [sic]”. Even I can, and do, succumb occasionally.
I’m fairly sure that Irish women use more fake tan per capita in Europe. And it’s not just the fake tan that we use to hide our pasty skin. Inappropriate foundation abounds. Some damned fool keeps telling sales people at beauty counters that Irish pinkish white skin needs foundation with a yellow base to “liven up” the skin a bit and “add some colour”. All it does in reality is make you look either jaundiced or like a satsuma. 🙄
On Kate – I think she’s just conscious about the skirt blowing up as well. But like everyone else, I want to use her eyeliner pencil for kindling.
I too am seriously looking forward to watching the wedding. I know that Camilla at least will break out the Philip Treacy millinery-p0rn 😈
@ Mairead – SWOON! I think I love you. My Mom is Irish, and so pale she’s transparent. Sensitive skin and freckles abound in our family, but I’m able to tan (courtesy the Indian in me)! I bought her a whole “fake-n-bake-” kit, complete with exfoliator and moisturiser. She’s tried to “fake-n-bake” God love her, but she has eczema. It just doesn’t work for her.
And I am so weary of those cosmetic counter wanna-be’s who try to convince us that our colour base isn’t actually our colour base. The best ladies I’ve encountered are at Lancome.
oh. the Ring! i missed that. doh!
omg, she’s such a showoff!!! look at her trying sooo hard to subtly show off, bahaha!!! Yeeah, it’s definitely an I GOTS IT! 😀
does anyone remember when Diana was interviewed when her eyeliner was horrible? I think it was from the same guy that interviewed Michael Jackson…it was after the Andrew Morton book. Maybe it’s a princess thingy…
Kate took three or four professional makeup lessons recently. For her engagement photo she was professionally done, hated it, wiped it off and did it herself. She needs to show some restraint with the bottom lid eyeliner. But her makeup should not be too subtle either or she will look washed out in the photos. I don’t know – maybe she should have gone with a professional.
Pippa is looking quite lovely in these photos, the best I’ve seen her.
Oh sheesh, her eyeliner is not THAT bad. And what was with that ‘thin white lips’ bash? A little reverse prejudice?
I’m happy for them both, they do seem VERY happy and well suited. I shall live vicariously through them for awhile. 🙂
Am really looking forward to it. Coverage starts at 1:00am on the US west coast and will end 5:30 or 6:00 when they do the balcony thing at Buck Palace. I’ll be watching the whole thing drinking tea out of my William and Kate wedding mug my mom got. She’s going to a party — I can’t believe how many people are having one!
The Middletons. I suspect there will be some bad press in the future about Carole and Phillipa (as she now wants to be known). Kate had to ask her mother to take some stuff down of their party website.
Pippa looks like a pretty ambitious person like her mother, and I bet they get called out at some point about behaviour. Carole got what she wanted, and William wants to spend time with them and not have Kate cut her family off as most do when they become royals. Understand Kate’s brother is going to take advantage of connections too. I also understand he has a daughter? I never heard about that, and I wonder why she isn’t a bridesmaid.
But awesome about Sarah Burton! I just wish Alexander McQueen was still around to do it. LOVE him.
I luves me somem Irishes~!
Kate looks bloody gorgeous here! Her hair is rockin. Bet she got some extensions.
Also, you people don’t know how to record a wedding to watch later?
Raccoon McWaity. OMG, I love it! I hope she shows a little restraint. She looks like she might actually have pretty eyes, but I’ve never been able to get a clear view…
I want to care but I can’t seem to make it happen.
Perhaps the orange sister and mom will liven things up for me.
harry <3
do you think it’s poss they had burton go into the hotel as a decoy then….?
She’s going to have her hair up – that’s why she got a blow out today – day old hair is easier to put up!!!
Kate looks different ……. Hair extensions?
@Darla
My thoughts exactly. In past generations, Kate would have continued on as a mistress after watching her royal lover marry an approved spouse. Lucky for her entire family the Queen learned from the past mistake of Charles, Diana and Camilla. Hopefully this will be a true marriage and they will be happy, although not the fairytale we imagined for Diana as we watched her wedding.
She’s seems pretty adorable. I think it’s sweet and down to earth that she’s doing her own make up. My ceremony is this coming fall and I was planning to do the same thing with a lil help from my sisters.
She seems to genuinely love Will and vice versa too, which makes this an extra happy occasion. How many monarchs in the past have had to do this against their will??
So excited…can’t wait (seriously) and coverage starts here in New Zealand at 6pm, wedding itself at 10pm! Woohoo…all the best to the happy couple and haters can just suck it up LOL
Harry asked if they had “nibbles and snacks?” Why does that seem to work with British men but when I picture it coming out of an American guy I just giggle?
–Do you think she had to get her dress style approved by the Queen first? Or does she just go by certain rules, like no bare shoulders, etc.
I get why she wants to do her own maq. I’ve had pros do my makeup three times before and hated it. I think there are few really good makeup artists that understand subtlety. However, this is about a damn Prince marrying Cinderella in London for petesake.
Too many women overline their eyes. Makes me sad they are raccooning themselves like that.
I’m not sure what the deal is with everyone hating on her eyeliner? I think it looks fine. Conservative, even. It is strange that she’s doing her own makeup. If I were in her position I would SO have someone else doing it up: the works!
For all the people dissing this girl for doing her own make up….GET A LIFE. Who cares! Also, please take note that she did her own make up for the live engagement announcement and all the engagement photos….and in both cases she looked absolutely beautiful!
Poor white trash women always have super thin lips.
She’s a pretty girl, but for the love of Pete, put down the black Wet & Wild kohl pencil! She would look so nice with a glossy berry lipstick and some subtle champagne-colored shadow and cream eye liner, but smudged to make a softer line.
PS – or maybe a plum shadow in the crease. That would look great with her eye color.
@tmbg – agree, a softer gray or navy liner on top w/a bit of a smudge underneath would look SO much better than the garish thick black stuff. What I really want to see THE dress, now rumor is the design is an older McQueen with Sarah tailoring it, found a few pics, wonder if Kate will go more soft and ethereal, or simple and tailored. Can’t wait to see it 😉
http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/RoyalWedding/archive/2011/03/07/the-dress-is-mcqueen.htm
http://alexandermcqueen-.tumblr.com/post/3668717860/mimi-van-wyck-in-alexander-mcqueen-wedding-gown
I’m now debating if I want to get up, or wait and watch my DVR when I get home. It’s late here. I’m a bit sleepy.
Crash
Sorry but there is no REVERSE prejudice. Thats like saying white prejudice is the real thing, and anyone with melonin in their skin is some sort of weird hybrid. Sorry but that sht is offensive as hell to me. Case in point…
Luis,
Umm… just gross. Would you really say something so nasty and trashy if you couldn’t hide behind your computer? If you would than you are a true troll.
Now having rained on the royal parade, I think they are adorable.
God bless ’em.
So, has anyone from over the pond woken up yet? I don’t have a TV, so I’m counting on the comments section for details and juicy bits.
Kate’s title: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.
I think I want a fascinator.
Some of them are so chic looking.
Chelsy Davy just walked in two hours early, and her hair is an absolute mess. Like she rolled out of bed and happened to chance upon the biggest media event of the decade.
Saw Chelsey, she is wearing something emerald, but not sure if there is any bra.. And she has a fascinator. Her hair looks horrible.
Just caught a glimpse of Chelsy’s green taffeta-esque monstrosity. Wide boat neck to cover the shoulders, richer sleeves and a seam straight down the bust. Nude fascinator.
She is such a hot mess.
Now Guardian UK has a reader survey of possible dress choice – an ivory, vintage-inspired bias cut by Sophie Cranston’s Libélula is the favored choice, she worked with McQueen and later Temperley before starting her own label.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/28/kate-middleton-wedding-dress-crowdsourcing
She’s gorgeous!
Not so much her mother and sister, too orange!
Ruched sleeves. Not richer. iPhone won’t let me edit the previous comment.
I like Victoria’s hat. Love the effort she puts in NOT SMILING. So amusing to watch.
Becks and Posh in line, she looks like my little, crabby, navy blue, pony, lol. She’s got a fascinator perched smack dab in the middle of her forehead, a high ponytail and no smile (of course).
I’m sooo excited!!! Kate looked beautiful and truly happy…as she should the day before her marriage. I truly think they are a love match and a good fit for each other. Plus I love Great Britain and revel in the chance to watch or talk about anything to do with that wonderful country.
I don’t see how that hat stays on her head like that! Looks like the glued it there or something.
Who cares! Get over it! Write something about THE VOICE and XTINA.
In the fifth pic it looks like she’s saying “Hello, I’m going to have a bun in the oven before you know it”. Lol.
@curmudgeon: Of course you are right. Prejudicial comments are just that. I’ll be more careful in the future.