Breaking Mustique Vacation News! My guess is that Prince William and Duchess Kate are going to try to make it to Mustique mid-November, possibly even late November. They won’t be able to put it off much longer, as we know it’s SO difficult to find some time to have a proper vacation for these two. The reason why they’ll have to put off their vacation until mid-November? Because they just signed on to do some events on behalf of Remembrance Sunday.
William and Kate will join the Queen, Prince Philip and other senior members of the Royal Family at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday November 7 for the British Legion’s traditional televised service. The following day, Remembrance Sunday, the couple will join other relatives at the Cenotaph, where Kate will watch from the Foreign Office balcony as William lays a wreath to mark the sacrifice of Britain’s War dead.
William, 33, will take the veterans’ salute on Horse Guards Parade after the wreath-laying ceremony which this year will also be attended by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife Queen Maxima in honour of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of their country from Nazi tyranny. Prince Harry, who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, is to join his grandfather Prince Philip at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on November 5.
Prince Charles and Camilla will be abroad on a tour of New Zealand and Australia during the remembrance period. They will attend commemorations in Canberra on Remembrance Day, November 11.
William and Kate have missed out on some significant events in the past year along these lines, which has given many people the impression that Will and Kate are lightweights, that they are only interested in “fun” events, like Wimbledon, yacht racing, movie premieres, hanging out with celebrities and anything that involves Ben Ainslie. The fact that Will and Kate have added these appearances to their schedule says to me that somewhere along the line, someone convinced them that they need to balance those “fun” events with some serious, remembering-wars-past events.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
My kingdom for a layered shoulder length cut on that woman.
Ain’t it the truth?
Amen!
And she should donate it to Silly Billy so he can make a wig to cover his bald pate
Nah. They happily added them because they need those numbers. O/T: Have you guys seen the PP Halloween costumes? The site itself has pulled the costumes but the DM has the pics. Ew.
Yes, I saw the article. The DM is now trying bury it because it can’t be searched under Carole’s name. I guess the Midds or KP PR complained about the association of Party Pieces with the sexualization of children. To appease them, the DM ran another article about Carole’s party advice.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3297541/Kate-s-mum-attacked-website-s-sexualised-party-Halloween-frocks-Campaigner-s-fury-Carole-sells-mini-skirts-red-bodices-scarlet-heels-girls-young-ten.html
That’s appalling. I was rolling my eyes and assuming it was DM pearl-clutching about grown women wearing sexy outfits… but ten to sixteen? Just very wrong.
Link please?
Wow I just saw the link. So so wrong
Harry connected with Michelle and the pres with veteran projects. Will wants to get in on the action – I think that he has rivalries with Harry. Will was very disappointed that as a future king he could not go to war – hence his piloting job. Instead of bringing additional depth to his character (like Harry), he found that he could be a spoiled little man when granny bought him a copter and Charles falsified a job. William’s “power” makes him look like a petulant prince and his need to control the press is even more unrepeatable.
You should check the KP post- DIY SOS statement: it was always “the Duke AND Harry”. Bill, up until DIY, had never gotten himself involved in such a cause. But good heavens there’s a televised special Bill is suddenly Mr. Interested.
unrespectable should have been the last word.
The ‘rivalry’ has been there since childhood – Diana once said that in order to get William to do something they would say ‘Well Harry will go and have all the fun’. Seems that hasn’t changed – Harry goes off and does his own thing, Willy sees the good press he gets and decides he wants a piece of it. Its worse in a way now that he has a similar SIL to carry as well.
This ‘new’ approach by the DoLittles won’t last – they will go back to their normal routine of nothing once the Mustique vacation happens. They have that tour (sorry free holiday, paid for by the tax payer and sold to us as a state visit) next year so am sure the delicate flowers will need loads of time to prepare for that – you know Katie just needs time to prep a whole new wardrobe.
Huh. So he’s always been pouty.
I don’t know about them making a special point of “adding” these appearances to their calendar. These events seem to be obligations that they’d have to attend anyway as senior royals – adding them to an official calendar is just a formality, not a last ditch effort to make them seem busy.
Exactly!
And they have attended this event before. Kate has had a good laugh on the balcony with Camilla and Sophie.
Yes, she has giggled, grinned, and hair-twirled her way through Remembrance Day several times.
Yes. Remembrance Day is not one they can duck out of.
Indeed. And the events may be serious, but all they have to do is show up, and all she has to do is work hard at finding a couple of more bespoke outfits to dazzle us with.
This was my question about them adding things to the official calendar, because I’m just really noticing this “adding” thing, (I’m a little slow). It’s long become standard procedure for Will and Kate to either wait until the last minute to “add” something and make a big deal of it, or announce an event that’s occurring in a few months (do very little work in the interim), and hype it to holy heaven until it’s happened. Do other royals employ either tactic from a PR standpoint and I just hadn’t seen it? (Doesn’t appear so and it wouldn’t seem necessary. The rest are always doing something.) Could they even do that? Because I’ve been lead to believe that their schedules are worked out waaaay in advance. It seems like Bill and Kate are the only ones with blank calendars who also get to sprinkle in these little flurries of “extra” activities and also pretend that they weren’t expected to do something because it was never made “official”.
Anyway and anyhow, Kate seems to love the “G’s” and “C’s” anyway. Gowns, galas, grandma, churches, coat dresses, carriages, celebrities, etc., Remember the late summer and fall months of Kate’s last pregnancy? No public appearances from August 7th through October 21st, and then it was like gala, dinner, Remembrance Day, luncheon, mini-break, and canceling all the charity appearances in the meantime. No, charity is not one of the “C’s”. Did you think it was? 😀 Anytime she can put on a coat dress, wave to the peasants, or simply sit in a church, she’s there. (Those events also tend to be as mandatory as it gets for Bill and Kate.) Anytime she can be in a photo with QEII, preferably on a balcony, she’s there. She was definitely not all there in 2013, but has she actually missed a Remembrance Day? It falls into the category of the obligatory, that she really has NO excuse to miss on top of it. The DoLittles skip some behind the scenes, “work-y”, more formal events. But Kate doesn’t miss many photo-ops like that or very royal, and very public get-togethers.
Amber: you are not slow, and yes, this is the WK’s way of royal-ing. It is apparently their version of modernising the monarchy.
I’ve noticed that some of the recent dresses she wore cost thousands of dollars each. I wonder if they were part of an incentive to get to working.
I think some of the events that W&K, especially William, have attended were piggy-backing on things that Harry actually worked for. In comes William for a photo op, while Harry put in the real commitment into the charity or organization.
BP has released a statement pertaining to the length of time standing (HM and vets) is shorter this year than previous years.
Well, at least they’re trying, right?
#poorJason is trying.
#poorjasonneedsamustiquevacation.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
So far they have been trying for a week or two.
Let’s see if their trying will last longer than weeks or a few monthes.
Yes, but I hate that the bar is SO low for them. I mean do we have to give them credit for trying IF this is all some big push that will eventually lead them to a vacation ? We dont even expect genuine work from them, just a beefed up schedule that appease the crowd so they can have good PR to take time off? UGH. Its just pathetic. Yes. Thats the word I was looking for pathetic. Its pathetic that people need to give them points for showing up. Its pathetic that Kate receives a small clap for wearing her hair back or finally wearing skirts of appropriate length. These are adults in their 30s!!!! And if there is any truth/transparency to their scheduling, its pathetic that they piggyback on some of Harrys events and hard work.
BTW – This is an overall statement. Im not attempting to blame anyone as Im just as guilty of giving them small golf claps for what should be meaningless gestures. Also, excuse any lack of punctuation. Im using a tablet keyboard thats annoying me. 🙂
People want them to do something, to attend more events and now that they do, people still complains. Same with Kate’s look. People were complaining how boring she looks or how bored she is and now she’s trying new a new look, people still complains about her new hairstyle and fashions choices, even reacts weirdly about her being animated at an event. They gotta start somewhere right? It seems like people are never going to be satisfied and will always looks for something to complain about them.
I don’t live in England so I don’t really care for these too. But like I said, they are trying. Who knows? It might be the start of them actually doing royal works.
@DASH – If this is in fact a genuine push to do more work then I’ll absolutely give them credit. But their past behavior has been to do a lot of engagements in order to gain some decent press prior to a vacation. I hope that chnages. However, at this point, I’m not of the mindset that any work despite the reason will do. I want to see genuine interests from them.
I agree with you DaSH. I hope you’re right. I thought they were gearing up a while ago, and it was a flurry of engagements before they went on holiday, I think. So I hope you’re right and they are finally starting to put in the time.
I guess their PR depends on people’s short memories. If you look at their pattern of behaviour, they do the same thing every year. And what did they choose to attend this year? Largely fluff and pap strolls. It’s cynical manipulation of taxpayers for their own self-interest; this year they even upped the ante by bullying the press and then laying on the sugar with a royal audience, sprogs included. Yet, every year people give them the benefit of the doubt for this abuse of power. When is enough, enough?
IMO, they are not trying to do anything other than to lie to save their own image as they have done in every other year. I can’t imagine spending all my energy and money to project a lie- the only intensive labour they do.
@ DaSH
If they didn’t repeat the same pattern of a flurry of work right before a vacation then long extended periods of doing very little then rinse and repeat over and over again, then people with a memory span longer than a goldfish’s wouldn’t be so skeptical and cynical about every PR campaign telling us how “keen” and “energized” they are to do long-term, serious commitments of work.
It’s like pretending to toss an imaginary ball over a dog’s head. Maybe the dog is fooled the first several times, but then it”ll soon stop looking for the ball and just sit and stare at you.
Yes, they are trying. They’re trying to change their image and get their numbers up without soiling their hands and/or getting down and dirty with the plebs. They’re trying to do all of this without changing a thing about themselves through the power of PR.
I think it’s Jason who’s genuinely trying. Post-privacy letter there *appears* to be a change in PR strategy & general image. I think he realized the folly of it & how it affected Normalbridge coverage. Personally, he’s really tried.
I’m with DaSH on this one. I hope that this is the start of them taking things seriously. I am sceptical for sure, and if this is just another BS attempt to get their numbers up to justify 2 weeks in the Caribbean, then my bitch flag will fly. But we won’t know for a couple of months, so right now it’s at half mast.
COSquared, you have got it in one. It is poorJason who is doing all the work. That man deserves a medal of some sort. Can you just imagine the life he lives trying to coax these two into some sort of sense of duty? I bet he is nearly bald from ripping his hair out with the frustration of it all. The worst part is that Billy was born into all this, and was raised to know better. If you can excuse Katie Bucket, maybe in the early years she would have taken a while to get to know the job, but she has been in this game for about fifteen years now. Her lack of work ethic is all that is showing now. For people in their thirties, they should be well established in their “careers” by now. The fact that they are intransigently work shy doesn’t bode well for the future, and no amount of PR from poorJason will help in the end.
Her style makes me laugh at this point. She’s one of those people you’d go shopping with and they’d ask “What do you think about this?” As they hold up a basic cardigan or standard sweater.
She is probably dressing under close advisement from the royal insiders. It wasn’t that long ago that they published nude photos of her while she was supposedly sunbathing in a private area.
I wonder if Kate has a set of guidelines for clothing, at least for public appearances.
Sophie is more fashion-forward, but Edward isn’t as close to the throne so she probably can get away with more.
Well… maybe NOW. But back in the days of her wedges, jeggings, and short skirts I would doubt the existence of such a list. But also Kate just has a basic style. And I don’t mean that term in a mean sense. She has never been one to branch out, pre or post marriage. I think someone exists to make sure she looks professional and polished, but she was a fan of wrap dresses before.
Diana was a risk taker, Beatrice is a risk taker as is Sophie. Why would Kate be the only one that has some sort of guideline? There is a protocol, but Kate clearly is not following it.
I remember that usually when Waity Katie attends remembrance day she usually has had a bloody good laugh with Camilla and Sophie on the balcony.
And flicking her hair, as Platell once said, as if she’s in a Pantene ad. Jeez.
She did that once. And it was in very poor taste — all of them.
Although from the pic I saw, Sophie wasn’t quite as amused as Kate.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpHRDgI9M8w/Un_MbEU7RfI/AAAAAAAAH7k/PRBzAbETV1Y/s1600/kate+at+remembrance+day.jpg
She’s shooting Kate some serious side eye.
That’s an awesome photo. 🙂
Good to see them more active. They need to keep it up.
I am trying to find the videos of Kate and Camilla and Sophie laughing and joking on the balcony during remembrance day but I can’t find a version where you see the whole laughing episode: that they were agitated as if they were watching some comedy.
Here is a little bit of their jolly time at the beginning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-b8o41D-k
Here just pictures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC48ePSMsgg
(silly coverup by the moderator à la “haters gonna hate”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfxKgcnhCdA (good comment by a smart girl)
Sadly the jolly joking videos are either gone or I can’t find them.
Probably gone. Wouldn’t be the first time. Thank you for trying.
Did I misunderstand a certain post I read some time ago in which there was a picture of Kate smiling it up at another memorial? This was an indoors one.
Anne
Maybe the NZ/AUS tour? There was a brief memorial where Kate was smiling, but it was out of context. It wasn’t her grinning during a silent prayer or anything of that sort
@ FLORC
Ok. Thanks for the clarification.
She did smile and giggle during the signing of the earthquake memorial book in NZ.
@ notasugarhere
Oh I see. Ok. Thanks. That may have been the event that was referenced in the post I read.
Sophie seemed annoyed. I put a link right above you.
Presumably then, Normal Bill will soon resign from the EAAA. It’s impossible to balance this UNFORGIVING* workload with a Normal Job. That is, if he hasn’t already,
*that’s how I heard it from #poorjason
Oooh, good point! When he announced that he was planning on only 2 years in the EAAA, people were predicting he wouldn’t even last that long.
Meanwhile, when was the last time he actually ‘worked’ his normal job? It’s been really quiet on that front. How many people has he inconvenienced? What is he really doing with his time?
Remember that they (the Queen?) bought a brand new air ambulance helicopter for him so that his royal protection officer could be seated with him …
Wann bet that that Air Ambulance service doesn’t even get increased donations because whiny Willi won’t campaign for them …
I say there’s <6months left for the job. Bill will "want to spend more time with his lovely wife and 2 kids" and "regrettably" has to resign from his "superhero" job.
I’ve wondered about that, Sixer. I won’t be surprised at all to find out that he “quietly resigned” his position, with the official reason being royal duties being too much.
I would be willing to bet he’s already AWOL most of the time and has already left in all but name.
I think so too. He’s been very visible lately, and will be gone for two weeks in November, so I think you could be right. I expect that working for a nonprofit with a budget is a bit different than what he’s used to.
Cue some pictures of Bill in his chopper outfit rescuing some poor soul whose misfortune will be shown large on the front cover of the Fail, for the delectation of the general public, and the exaltation of Bill. Then, on to the hols!
Not to mention effing up tight budgets by not being available.
I wonder if Normal Bill had gotten loads of photos and good press for being a hero in his co-pilot job, then he might have been incentivized to attend work on a regular basis? Would the lack of hero-worship over this job make him want to quit it? His statements at his first-day-at-work press conference seemed to expect that this would be a good PR move.
I wonder how he feels about Harry seeming to be King Midas in the PR department?
I live in Cambridge, and I find it very suspicious that I haven’t heard of any local sightings of the prince.
W&K’s Remembrance attendance was noted some time ago. Charles and Camilla are in Oz, so W&K may have been told/ordered to participate.
I wonder if C&C were still in the UK, would W&K have been pressured to join in? Would the latter have volunteered even if there was no pressure?
Also, I wonder that since Charles reportedly makes up his schedule a year in advance, did he purposely schedule to be out of the country during Remembrance day in order to force W&K to participate? Passive-aggressive parenting?
I wonder what’s going to happen with other events that Royals are expected to be at? Charles is going to coincidentally schedule in something else abroad so that he can’t attend in country and thus William will be forced to step up (screaming and kicking and complaining to High Heaven how put upon he is)?
I saw posts elsewhere hoping that Kate wouldn’t be smiling and laughing at inappropriate times like she did at a previous Remembrance event. Again, I’m going with the premise that Kate isn’t stupid, so her supporters should be appreciative of that. But if I say she knows what she’s doing, it basically becomes a back-handed insult.
I think William and Kate have always gone to Remembrance Sunday. William lays a wreath with his father and grandmother. If they missed one, it was because they were on tour I think. The other events, I could not say.
@ bluhare
Ok. Thanks for the clarification.
Anne – My guess is that the timing of Charles going to NZ includes 1. he likes visiting during November which is the best of their late spring weather and 2. BP has him tour NZ on a regular basis (every few years?) and it’s time for him to go again
@ MinnFinn
Thanks for that info. Oh well. Too bad that it wasn’t a sign of Charles pushing William to get more involved.
It’s enough to turn one Socialist . . . but then whose clothes would I look at?
I think the queen had a come-to-Jesus meeting with Will and Kate, showing the bad optics of mainly going to fluff events like the Spectre movie premiere. I still can’t get over Kate blowing off V-J commemoration so she can attend Wimbledon. She’s the future queen; William and her presence should be expected. What are these two going to do when Charles ascends to the throne? More will be expected of them at that time.
I agree. I thought missing the 07/07 memorial was even more so. This was a tragedy one would think Kate could have related to, instead there was some pictures from the same day of her doing yoga with the personal trainer in Kensington Park.
Appearances is the most important thing for Royal Family. To appear to care, to pretend to care. She is lazy even to fake.
I’m not sure how she could relate more?, other than being born in UK. Has she ever worked full time on a limited budget and count on mass transit to get to work every day?
@ Citresse
Maybe because it happened during her adult life time? Same thing with 9-11 for the currently living folks. People were immersed in real-time news of the tragedy here in the US. Wouldn’t she have gone through the same while living in the UK? Or is she not bothered by major tragedies in her own country?
Though I’ve never worked or lived in NYC and never have been to the Twin Towers, I still feel a certain way about those who died on 9-11. Does empathy rely on whether one was directly connected to a tragic event?
“Does empathy rely on whether one was directly connected to a tragic event?”
No it doesn’t. Empathy is bounded by country, nationality, etc. It is one of the finest things about humankind. That we can feel pain and sorrow for the suffering of strangers is, IMO, a huge part of what we are as a species. (and the facility for art ;-))
The mass media has made these world-shattering events effect people more directly than before, even if they take place on the other side of the world – 9/11 was brought into our living space in real-time through the mass media and that has had a profound effect.
anne_000: we had our 9/11 in the UK on 7/7/2005, and that was part of the commemorations, but apparently Kate wasn’t moved to attend that service instead preferring Wimbledon.
@ LAK
Yes, I meant 7-7 for Kate and 9-11 for us Americans. Re-reading my post, I now realize I wasn’t very clear in my writing.
Yes, I agree with you that the 7-7 event should have moved Kate enough to honor the memorials.
I don’t get the impression Kate is void of empathy. She seems to be a sensitive soul however she doesn’t appear to have much emotional intelligence; a trait Diana had in spades.
Was that Wimbledon or when Kate favored her appointment with her personal trainor over the memorial service?
How on earth is Kate a sensitive soul? I have never seen her display any emotion in public other than smugness or embarrassment. Harry has emotional intelligence, in spades. William does not but has learned to fake it. Princess Anne does neither but gets around that by sheer hard work (much like her mother). Camilla and Sophie do likewise. Just do the bleeding work, Kate.
There are comments on record from Kate stating she finds the hospice visits difficult, especially involving children. There are photographs of Kate crying at a hospice when she was about 4 months pregnant with Charlotte.
I have no doubt she feels compassion and empathy for those in distress but she lacks the maturity right now to confront her negative feelings. Some people mature much later than others. That’s one of the key differences between Kate and Diana.
Of course she’s capable of empathy!!! Otherwise she would be a sociopath.
However, relating to those feelings in a mature/productive manner or acting on it for the benefit of others is a different matter. That requires the will to make a difference in the lives of people (beyond family and cllose friends) and I don’t really think that she has she has that kind of drive and ambition. She even seems to lack any ambition for herself – other than marrying into the BRF (at she certainly accomplished that).
She received an education within an amazing field of study (ok, I’m am obviously biased) but she never seemed to want to work with art in the decade before her marriage, which I find very sad because she denied herself a chance to grow as a person. I myself certainly feel that I’ve learned a lot about a great many subjects by working with art.
Citresse,
I once saw a documentary on CP Mary’s work with her foundation that primarily focuses on domestic violence and anti-bullying. She said that she had heard a lot of horrifying stories but that she also felt that she had to exert control over her emotions because the women telling their stories needed her to listen and take them seriously, not break down in tears. It is about them and not her own feelings.
I think that is very good advice for anyone who find oneself the confidante of another person’s painful stories. Just listen and remember that it is about the other person telling her story/expressing her feelings, not about how those stories affect you! A lot of people get intensely uncomfortable when confronted with other people’s pain, which is why some people just withdraw. I have experienced this myself and it was something that fro a long time discouraged me from telling people how awful I felt, how painful my life was at the time – and that meant I didn’t get the help I needed at the time. If I had gotten treatment for my first depression then my life would most likely have look very different since early treatment greatly reduces the risk for subsequent depressions. The more depressions you have, the greater risk is that it can become a permanent condition.
Tearing up once while leaving a hospice after a 15 minute visit and joking that she was going to go home and cry. Not the best effort at showing empathy.
IMO, another time she attended an event for parents who had lost infants. It was one of her few engagements while expecting, iirc, and had people focusing on her pregnancy and not the point of the charity. Tone deaf scheduling on that one.
Good. They’re going to an event that they’re suppose to be going to. *golf clap*
IMO it’s not enough or that important to get those work numbers up. Make the standard events ofcourse like these memorials and make a few charity events in the year.
It’s not quantity, but quality.
If a charity needs attention go and help them. Promote them. And when you’re just meeting with them have something come from it. Something that shows you’ve done more than showed up, chatted, and left. Too much lipservice and most of that comes from their PR and not their own lips.
Remember, we are told she doesn’t just smile and wave! The gospel of poorJason.
@ antipodean
Yup, you’re right. As #PoorJason says, when Kate attends an event, she’s thinking very deep thoughts about all those other people and trying to figure out a cure for all the suffering. She’s a true activist.
I wonder if #poorjason knows we call him #poorjason???
@ Jib
That would be funny if he did. He needs that written on his coffee mug.
They always go to Remembrance Day events. Their work, such as it is, is seasonal and cyclical. And yes, I suspect a holiday in the sun before Christmas at Sandringham is in order, then a Boxing Day shoot at Balmoral, and so on.
Big WHOOP.
They are making a big deal over something that should be mandatory on each calendar year for these dolts. They get no hand claps from me.
Of course, I’ll tune in to see what the dear “Princess” is wearing and she if she can avoid fondling her mop, or holding yet another stupid clutch purse to her crotch. Until such time that she effectively gives a speech and actually works – I will abstain from any praise for this clueless woman. And that spoiled husband of hers – he’s even worse. He’ll resign from that helicopter job by the end of the year, if he hasn’t already. Then he’ll need to come up with some other scheme for having a few days away from his wife and children each week.
Maybe it’s because I’m old and my dad was a WWII vet, but I still get very choked up and teary on Remembrance Day. How she can giggle and primp during a solemn and emotional ceremony to honour and mourn those brave people who GAVE UP THEIR LIVES to keep the BRF sipping champagne and farting through silk underwear is beyond me.
I wish there was a “like” button…
me too. Well said, Jaded.
LIKE … from me as well.. excellent point and comment Jaded!
Well said!
I guess I’m the only one that thinks she shouldn’t be doing much right now with two little kids.
I agree. She should never have gotten herself those dresses costing thousands of dollars to attend those fancy galas, like the Spectre premiere. She should have declined Sir Ben’s invitation to the yachting visit, especially since the main event itself was canceled due to bad weather. She shouldn’t have gone for the whole/most of the day to the Wimbledon game(s). What’s she doing going to game after game for the rugby tournaments? And when she’s in Mustique, she shouldn’t take advantage of her scuba certificate but stay on dry land watching her kids.
Why is she doing all these fun, not-for-children events when she should be at home with the two little kids? I’m sure she’s smart enough to know better.
Bravo.
Standing ovation.
That’s fine what you are saying in relation to Kate but I hope you don’t think all mothers should give every single moment of their time to their children. We all need a bit of time off and to be truthful I have never known of a mother who has not taken some time out.
Caroline: @anne_000 is being sarcastic. a frequent defence of Kate’s absence from public life is that she is far too involved with the raising of her children to have time to do anything else.
it would seem helicopter motherhood is Kate’s prescribed condition and anyone who disagrees is heartless.
You must also forget any public appearances she makes that are clearly her own time out rather than royal duties.
She has plenty of staff and nannies, so even if she is absent for 6 hours then the kids will barely notice.
I kind of suspect that Kate sees her children more as little walking talking play-dolls. For example she likes to present her children in the most ridiculous way: Charlotte was put into an age-old laquered child pram for her christening. George is photographed in clothes that were fashionable for children decades ago. For example she described that George liked the ladybugs / ladybirds and the pigeons more than the contents of the natural history museum. Well, any little child can’t really grasp what is “behind” a giant dinosaur skeleton unless it is being explained. Otherwise it is merely an odd big thing.
Methinks Kate would be disinclined to spend 100% of her time with said kiddies even if she didn’t have royal obligations. Think of all of her other interests, pursuits and “obligations” : shopping, fittings, hair care, gym visits, personal training appointments, more gym visits, skin care maintenance appointments….
If you think she would give up any of the above for the kids, think again 😉
She also takes cooking classses, flying lessons, tennis lessons at the Harbor Club whenever she’s in London, sketches and photographs her kiddies, is very hands-on in decorating her 2 homes, makes Willy his favorite roast chicken dinner and makes plum jam to give as Christmas gifts. Like Martha Stewart she probably only sleeps 6 hours per night because she’s so busy. (snark)
There is an article in the Telegraph today explaining why Americans love Kate so much.
Because she’s pretty. And she’s a “princess.” And they don’t have to pay for her.
Well, I’m an American and I’m not impressed at all by her. But, a lot of women I talk to seem to be following her in People Magazine. UGH
William and Kate usually (always) go to the Remembrance Day Service but I don’t think they have ever been at the British Legion event on the Saturday evening before. This even is also broadcast on British TV.
There is a very famous photo of Camilla, Kate and Sophie all in gorgeous pale dresses around the time of the Diamond Jubilee. Could have been at a Garter ceremony. It was captioned the “Merry Wives of Windsor”.
oh, I remember a time when the “Merry Wives of Windsor” referred to Diana and Fergie…seems like such a long time ago. Does anyone else remember when they supposedly got in trouble with the Queen for using their umbrellas to poke people at Royal Ascot? LOL
imaginaryDK: Oi look Billy! That boy in the Office what cries so much has give us the most twee diaries! Mine says “Future-like Queen” on the leather in gold! an’ if you sets it down and forget it amongst your new coats or frocks, a little chime goes off until you pick it up and call the boy in the office to turn it off, and then he tells you a place fun to dress up for! And sends a lovely big car to take you there! Isn’t it a clever diary!
imaginaryPW: I say! it’s not on! Shan’t be told what to do by the Office boy! Little books! My mother died, eh, wot! Helicopters now, wot! Big ones, eh! Mine wot! Trips when I please! Beef and beer! Hunts and nannies, vicars and exes, har! Little book indeed! Winter flat in Oxford again if I so choose! Wear pants on my head if I please! Office boy! Bloody nuisance more like! Bad as when he makes my mobile shock me! Bloody whipping boy, aren’t I! Fly and save people, Bill! Wear a tux, Bill! Diary indeed! I say, bin it!
iDK: Cor! But mine — it has “Queen” stamped on it! It’s such a pretty thing! Queen! That’s practically me ain’t it just?! And it smells ever so nice! I want to keep it! It is filled with such jolly fun too! Look, it says I get to dress up on November 7 to celebrate a party! You can tell because the boy puts a balloon sticker on that page! I shall get a bright pink frock! I love wearing pink to a big party!
iPW: Bloody office blighter! working for Pop, eh? Premiere, indeed! Turn around and there’s bloody Ginger, wot, nicking the cameras straight off me! So — it’s work, after all! Not a party! Just more trying to make us seem to be working, by having us do work, aren’t they! November 7 indeed! Bloody diabolical!
iDK: Oi, no, I don’ think so, as when it’s a workington thingy, the boy says he’ll put a sticker of a’ awful wart pig on the page! See there’s the pig fer when I ‘ad me nasty girl sprog!! What ‘ave I done wiv ‘er, by’n’by? Ah well! Anyway, look — balloon stickers on me pages through the rest of the year! The office boy means me to have fun, see, Billy! Me mum told him we wasn’t ‘ere on this earth from the Divine clouds above fer spoilin’ our clothes wiv common work things! we is ‘ere for to bring great cheer to the poors what do work, to ‘elp ‘em imagine ‘ow it is to not work? So, all parties, wiv which to inspire the poors! Look! I ‘ave me four balloons afore the Bahamas and Mustique got a great sticker of Mr Sunshine! Ooh, ‘ere’s yours, count the balloons in it, Billy!
iPW: I say, look at the cover! “Possible Future King No. 1 of 3” in bloody pencil — I say! I say! Cocky rotter! Treason really! Threats to my realm-ness! Pop, of course Putting the office boy up to it! Bloody office boy! Squealing weasel! Piffering commoner puke! Have him shipped! Banished! Done off with! Quartered! Bugger it all! Heir aren’t I? Shan’t be tricked, wot! Work! Trickery! Deception! Diabolical scurf! Chimes indeed! Diary indeed! Sod it til the scepter is in my fist, wot! Quitting flying too! Bags! Pack ‘em, old thing ! Holidays start Nov 7! Skirts up, eh! No thong, wot? Show them!! Sod them al! Diary! Indeed!
iDK: Oi, look, me sister gots a pig too on ‘er birvday, wiv a note the office says we mustn’t be seen ‘andin’ frocks out the back lawn windows to ‘er or me mum anymore! Cor! It is a diabolical thing, ain’t it, Billy! Whatever shall we do!
I don’t care what they do at this point. They obviously don’t care about these issues, and their interest painfully feigned at best. They did themselves in over the last 5+ years of laziness.