The Duchess of Cambridge made a surprise visit to Sunshine House Children today. It was not really a surprise for royal reporters: they were told to show up, but the information about the event was “embargoed” until Kate arrived. I still don’t know why Kate does so many of these “embargoed” events. I’m sure an argument can be made about security and all that, but for a duchess who needs to be seen DOING events, surely she would want the added press that comes with announcing these events in advance?
Anyway, according to Rebecca English, Kate visited Sunshine House Children and Young People’s Health and Development Centre to “further her research and engagement with the Early Years sector.” She was meeting with the Southwark Family Nurse Partnership. Do you remember how Kate was made the patron of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists last year? She’s also still in the midst of promoting Nursing Now, a campaign to raise awareness about the profile of nurses. Why can’t they just say that Kate is doing some work around some of her existing patronages? But no, the talk is still about Kate’s “research and engagement with the Early Years sector,” aka her Broken Britain program/initiative/campaign that will never really be “launched.”
As for Kate’s look here – trousers and a blouse! Good for her. Kate really has been workshopping the trouser-and-blouse look over the past year, to some success. Some people think the blouse is Equipment. Kate also looks super-slim in these trousers. No sign of a bump, which is what a lot of Kate-watchers have been looking for.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited @EvelinaLondon Sunshine House to meet the Southwark @FNPNationalUnit, as part of her research and engagement with the Early Years sector.
The Family Nurse Partnership is a voluntary home visiting programme for first time parents aged 24 & under. pic.twitter.com/TwKJQY3RuB
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) September 19, 2019
Videos courtesy of social media, additional photos courtesy of Getty and Avalon Red.
This is exactly the type of engagement that Katherine, Duchess of Cambridge needs to do more of.
Also, I think the Duchess looks great in that outfit.
I agree with everything but she looks so thin. Not body shaming just wondering because she looks healthier when she has some curves to her.
Kate has terrible posture and worryingly thin.
Yes, she looked great before she lost all that weight – not that she had weight to lose imo. It’s worse when you see her standing with other women. Invariably, she stands out and normal sized people seem so much bigger.
It’s always the fatties who say she’s too thin.
Nah. But nice try.
I’m about the same height as Kate and no one would ever all me fat, and I think she is too thin. I don’t like to overly comment about it though bc I’m pretty sure its a sign of something else and it makes me sad for her.
I think she is definitely thin. But, I don’t think she’s sickly skinny. I think she just likes fashion and fashion looks better on a stick thin coat hanger woman like models. I think if she were anorexic or had nervous issues it would probably show in her hair and skin. Kate’s hair and skin are fabulous. So honestly, I think she just likes how she looks in clothes being thin and as long as she looks healthy than it’s OK. (I purposely started each sentence with “I think” so that it was evident that this is my opinion not some judgmental statement.)
I was at University with her, she had a skinny phase then also and according to student gossip this was due to her involvement in the student fashion show. St Andrews had a lot of self-absorbed, anorexic model wannabe types. Sometimes I tihnk she hasn’t really progressed much from those days because she’s never really had to develop as an individual through building a career or identity beyond being Wills’ trophy. That’s why she still seems very stilted and girlish in her public speeches. I don’t think she has any real engagement with or appreciation of the issues she is advocating.
Not to shame her, but the posture!! Surely they have enough money to try and improve that. 37 years old…
I think she’s gotten thinner since Meg arrived. She wants to make sure she’s the only one with a high fashion body.
Lol MilanTorin. She’s too thin FOR HER. She had a great athletic figure back in the day.
I think she looks best after her pregnancies, when she still hasn’t shed all the weight, her face looks much more softer and younger as well. Not shaming, just an observation.
I like the outfit, but she sometimes has an Amal Clooney issue with her posture. I kind of wonder if at some points in your life if you are tall it makes you self conscious and you slump over for lack of a better word. I am large busted and I know I sometimes hunch over when I don’t really mean to.
She’s really tall and thin. The tallness adds to the thin picture too. There was an article she is taller than William. Kind of weird that would be an article, cause who really cares, and it’s also a bit obvious she’s not. Stupid article, but it’s better than what she used to get, and better than what Meghan gets so probably shouldn’t complain.
Kate’s skin isn’t great and it’s partly because she is too thin. She chose body over face and now she needs fillers and Botox to make up for the lost weight. She always looks younger right after giving birth when she has an extra five or ten pounds. As for the hair, well she wears extensions so we really don’t know what it looks like without a blowout and hairstyling.
Milantorin, you are right. We all saw her healthy legs and thighs when she wore shorts for the first time in the summer. That is allll muscle on her body. She’s slim but she isn’t “worryingly thin.” Those types of comments just make me realise women are getting bigger, not smaller. Being a size 6 or a size 8 is normal where I’m from. Sadly, the unhealthy plus sizes of size 14 and above are becoming the norm in the western world so I guess people forget what women looked like decades ago – slim and in proportion.
Botox and fillers don’t have anything to do with ones body weight but nice try. I’m in my early 30’s and I have preemptive Botox. I know women in their mid to late 20’s who do the same too. Fillers plump out your face and give women chipmunk cheeks, Kate has baby Botox but I don’t see signs of fillers. Extensions are also normal, especially after multiple kids and all the hair shedding that comes after pregnancy. So what’s wrong with women choosing to wear extensions ? Better than that LadySass on twitter who apparently says she’s Kate’s generation lol sure jan looking like a legit 60 year old. I meannnn everyone wants to throw stones at both Duchesses without looking at their own lives. So whatever.
The fact that you even had to explain that you are not body shaming means there is no good intention behind your statement. People really need to mind their own weight and supposed health that you can tell from someone’s weight.
People underestimate how much weight the camera adds. You’d be shocked at how tiny and bird like celebs are in person.
I’m a UK size 6 (which is the equivalent of an American size 2) and have met Kate. She honestly makes me look like a big fat dumpy elephant. She’s insanely skinny in person – a size 6 would be tent-like on her.
LOL that Kate is what women used to look like. Have you ever seen pictures from the 40s, 50s? Not just movies or tv shows, but pictures of your family or others? That is absolutely not what the average woman looked like. What a strange argument to make.
ITA with everything you say @BayTampaBay. I would totally wear that outfit.
At least she is out doing something.
The trousers are a poor fit on her, I don’t mind the wide leg and the shorter length, but they are baggy in the rear end. Get a tailor, Kate.
Her posture makes my back hurt just looking at her.
That was my feeling too: Her posture makes my back hurt. Why is she doing this to herself? She could have a pilates home setup, for goodness sake.
I can’t judge her outfit because as usual her posture is so bad it ruins everything.
My personal theory on these surprise visits is due to her laziness. I’m convinced that she prefers these surprises because the less the public is informed, the more room she has to not actually do them. The more an event is stamped and planned, it means she HAS to show up. But if nobody even knew about an event in the first place, well….ooh, I need new highlights…I’m free Wednesday at 9am! Just my theory…
As for her outfit, those pants don’t do her a lot of favors. The length of them makes her torso look extra long.
This feels uncomfortably close to my own personal attitude with regard to social activities. 😂
LOL, mine too. But I’m just a peasant and not a Duchess. Nobody cares if I don’t show up! 😉
Or someone explained that Twitter trend to her (still laughing at the Hidden Figures one) and how she was getting burned for that ridiculous Sun article.
The capsule launch as great for…you know.
I hope she saw the Twitter burn. I think she needs to see how she isn’t always going to benefit from Meghan getting tossed under the double decker bus.
Did that hashtag trend? I don’t think it got as much attention or traction as #princewilliamaffair. I didn’t see any other media outlets covering it except for this site and Lainey’s. Kate knows that she has paid her dues and that she is protected by the Palace and by the media. I think the only thing Kate is feeling is annoyed because now she and William have to do more work and up their game so that they look just as busy and innovative as Harry and Meghan.
@M I don’t know how much it trended, but it was enough to tick off the Cambridge stans, bc they started a hashtag for #thechildrensprincess or something that was supposed to show beloved Kate is by children, and then the Sussex Squad took it over with pictures of Meghan.
the whole thing is making me laugh.
Cathy stans vs. Meghan stans:
This Kate vs Meghan spat has become ridiculous driven by the commentariat. Both women ambitiously married men with money and status. That’s what they wanted, they worked their asses off to get it, and they got it. Whatever. They are two very different woman. Kate wants to be a full-time SAHM and a part-time Junior League volunteer. Meghan wants to be a humanitarian and writer. They both are succeeding no matter who or what has tried to hold them back.
The Princes, though, have done squat—not even squat—for their riches & privileges. Not a thing. William is holding his wife back and Harry with desire for privacy, that does not exist, is making everything worse for his wife. Lazy Normal Bill and Must Protect My Family Harry deserve your derision. They have mine.
Oh trust me BayTampaBay, I have plenty of contempt for all of them. Especially William….Rose who?
None of the royal family have worked for their riches and privilege.
The idea William is holding Kate back is interesting. Growing up with the Charles and Diana drama must have been horrible and they did loads of engagements in the UK and abroad so I can see William wanting a more hands on dynamic for his family. However, there is a lot of PR around Kate’s work as has been mentioned – do you think this is just William/their handlers behind this and she really has no agency in any of this?
I don’t think Harry demands more privacy than other BRF members. The Queen herself said in the 50s that she wanted to give her children as normal an upbringing as possible so didn’t want to expose them to the cameras too much. There were no pictures of future King Charles released until a month after his birth. At just 4 months public have probably seen pictures of Archie more than any other baby in the royal family at same stage. I can understand godparents not wanting to be disclosed -not only to protect the relationships from press hounding/bribes etc but journalists who have written articles defending her have commented on SM about the awful responses they have received and some royal photographers have to turn off their comments when they post photos of her on SM such is the negativity.
A lot of the press backlash is because the PRESS have been limited in ability to make money of them. However the press have been vicious to Meghan right from the start and deliberately stir up hate e.g. just this week the Fail had article about who is more patriotic dresser – Kate or Meghan where of course they priced all of Meghan’s items but had no prices for Kate’s. So I don’t blame them for limiting press access at the wedding and at the christening. CNN and Sky both had reports about the violent nature of the trolling against Meghan. There is somebody in jail for plot against ‘race traitor’ Harry and who knows what kind of other threats they receive which aren’t reported on. So I don’t think Harry deserves any derision for wanting to protect his family.
I actually wonder if she IS pregnant, or is trying to get pregnant, and that’s why these events are embargoed like this, in case she has to cancel if she is sick again? That way they could cancel with relatively little fuss and not have to announce. Its not like she has been working steadily since they announced her pregnancy with Louis so if she goes a few weeks or even a month without being seen, no one will really notice.
She may as well have just had another baby because she sure as heck seemed to go out on maternity leave with Meghan all summer!
I don’t think she is, she’s botoxing and is she was pregnant or trying to she would not be doing it – she also tends to put on some weight when she’s trying. Just look back at her behaviour with the other 3.
They are embargoed as its easy to cover up if she decides to cancel at the last moment – she has previous for doing this (only to be spotted sneaking off an a vacation).
She’s also dyeing her hair many shades lighter. She tends not to dye her hair as much while trying to get pregnant.
Someone asked Rebecca English about why some events are embargoed and her answer was: “They (being all MRF) do if it’s somewhere where it would cause issues in terms of security/crowds close to a main road with little pavement etc. There’s normally a fairly good reason…”
I tend to think a lot of it is how well they think a place can be secured and if they believe someone could take advantage of having advanced notice to stage something. I also think they’re sometimes embargoed because she does a lot of engagements with young children and there could be other considerations associated with that.
TQ’s and other royals events are announced in advance, its only embargoed if said royal wants it to be for various reason. Pretty much all of her engagements have been like this recently and there is no real reason why – she ain’t that popular where she’s getting 10 people deep crowds.
It is to make her look busier than she is. Oh look, she’s popped up for another engagement. See, she works so much more than you think.
Quoting myself from a comment above but I was at University with her and sometimes I don’t feel she has really progressed as an individual beyond her student days. I was part of her art history tutorial once through some kind of tutorial enrolment error but it happened to be the one where she was giving her presentation; I almost fell asleep because even this was the famous Kate who was associated with Wills, yet her presentation was devoid of character, or finesse. Her public speaking has not improved much to this day and I feel she is out of her depth when it comes to doing more than smiling and shaking hands in a nice outfit.
OOOHHH Are you new? I don’t recognize your name (I don’t mean that in a snarky way, more in a “how did we miss this tidbit before” kind of way LOL).
I agree with what you said above and here about how she has not progressed because she has never had to build a career or identity.
Any more tea???
What are your thoughts on the jezebel comments from a few years ago that she would copy off of other students in her classes? Had you heard of that being discussed amongst the students?
Hahahaha. Man, I always ignore posts like these from the anti Meghan’s because I know they are BS, but the other anti Kate’s on here can lap it up if they wish. The Jezebel rumour included a bit about Kate being a skinny girl in her uni days. We know Kate was a bigger atheletic size during her uni days so that went out the window as far as gossip goes. Oh yes and someone claiming they were at the same honeymoon resort as those two Lol. They booked all the villas on a private island in a private capacity so that wasn’t true either. Then again, I guess you believe everything you read in the Sun and DM about the Royals soooo
She said Kate went through a skinny phase, not that she was always super thin.
I don’t know what the Jezebel article is.
Exactly. I said a “skinny phase”.. Believe me I wouldn’t get much out of pretending that I went to University with her other than if I wanted special attention. She was not the only one…imagine multiple self-absorbed 18 – 20 somethings all being in the public eye of the student arena, and competing with one another. And, back then anorexia was literally a ‘thing’ and super skinny was very popular, remember the weight loss on shows like Friends and Ally McBeal?
Re the Jezebel article, I have no idea if she copied but suffice to say I don’t think anyone who majored in Art History was that serious about work. I did it as a third subject in my 1st year (you get that flexibility at Scottish Uni’s)a nd promptly dropped it for something else in 2nd year.
First of all funny a lot of people relate to this kind of thinking. I do too. I think you might just be misplacing your own thoughts on these kind of things a bit. I doubt that you are right though. She may be lazy, but this isn’t part of it. She’s a duchess and comes with an entourage. There is always planning on these things. Neither the Cambridge’s nor the Sussexes can really do the side trip and just show up kind of thing for events. Sure they might be able to sneak out with the kids to a pub with security at another table. Still bet those are planned pretty well by the security. Sorry, my guess is it’s a security issue.
They announce engagements for every other royal in advance including the queen who is way more important than Kate. Somehow the other royals don’t have these security concerns as much as Kate. It’s not like she was going to be in an unsecured open area. She was going to be in a building that could be secured and have controlled entrances.
In the absence of a legitimate security issue, maybe it’s a “cold feet” issue.
I wonder what they do with the obligatory bundle of flowers the Duchesses get on every damn outing…
I think I read they throw most of them away.
Actually they donate them to local hospitals and charities.
Nice! I know a lot of the gifts are disposed of. Wasn’t sure about flowers.
I always wish there was a blog that talked about the flowers. Some of the bouquets the royals get are stunning!
I wish that too.
She looks so happy these days. I honestly think she loves that Harry is married, it takes so much pressure off of her. And she obviously loves kids. I used to not care for her but she is growing on me.
Of course shes happy. She does hardly no work and gets praised like it’s the 2nd coming of jesus. Meghan’s the best thing to happen kate 🤷♀️
This is so true. Suddenly her every move is celebrated.
Lol Guest – so true.
I hate the length of those trousers with a vengeance!
NOOOO. Culottes/wide leg crops are the best! I’ve just gotten on the bandwagon this year. Happy to see Kate embracing pants that aren’t jeggings!
As a long-legged woman who spent her teens and early adulthood having to wear slightly-too-short pants because no, 32 inches are not long enough for everyone!!!, I hate hate hate this look.
this. i hate hate hate this look too for the exact same reasons
Yeah, I could never do it. It reminds me of growing up and being afraid of too short pants, because then you were teased for wearing “floods.” Uck no.
I do too and I was right there with you with the short pants! I used to buy men’s, which was not perfect because I couldn’t find a great cut. I remember telling a guy once that all women’s jeans came in one length, and he was like, “but people are different sizes…?” and I was like, exactly
She has to buy a small enough size, so the lengths are off. Cropped pants are shorter than this. If they’re ankles, they’re too short, as they sit above. This length looks like they were shrunk by mistake.
The pants she wore with that (backwards) orchid coloured pussy bow shirt were perfect, as were the ones she wore getting off the plane (with her Smythe Duchess Blazer (yes, that’s it’s *real* name). These pants just look “off”.
And her posture is AWFUL.
Nice note: GORGEOUS hair, and I like that she went light on the makeup for a daytime event.
This length is very on trend. My coworker wore a pair of trousers like this with a French tucked blouse and a topknot this week and looked fabulous. I would look like yesterday’s laundry 😂
Can we credit Meghan for the little advance on Kate’s style? Or no?
Oh yes, definitely. If I saw another coat dress, I might throw up.
Lol when they talk about her “research and engagement” I imagine her in a fake pair of glasses and a pot of coffee in the middle of the night, poring over scholarly tomes.
I do not have that much imagination!
She never looked better than this year. Very beautiful and looks a lot younger than she is.
Would the amount of press the charity get be bigger if it was announced? I mean the reporters were invited anyway.
” looks a lot younger than she is.”
She looks good, but this statement has never been true ever, lol.
I think she does. A lot of women I see around me that are nearing 40 look older than Kate. The thiness and hair make her look younger IMO. I would but both her and Meghan around 32-33.
The thinness is unnatural and the harsh dieting and smoking have left her skin dull and heavily lined. The hair is supplemented with extensive hairpieces. Nothing wrong with what she wants to do with her own body, but unairbrushed pictures show her to look a good ten years older.
Interestingly, extreme dieting can lead to looking older – that famous quote about having to choose between your face and your bottom as you get older is not inaccurate.
Oh come on now, I know she isn’t loved on this site but the woman does not look close to 50, let’s be real.
Meghan I could see as 32. She has a great dermatologist, who ever they are. Kate looks early 40’s to me, to be honest.
Eh. Candids of her engagement with William at the Barbican in 2016 and this year’s Commonwealth Day service show a lot of premature aging.
That said, her Botox is nice and subtle and makes her look fresher. I wish she’d wear a darker rosy lipstick, it would compliment her skin tone more than the nudes.
I am no Kate fan and I think she could do with some fraxel and botox but smoking? I have never seen a photo or heard a rumor of Kate smoking? Anyway I smoke occasionally and am 41, and my skin looks great – because I take super-good care of it. I think this is a British thing – they don’t seem to take quite as good care and that ‘weathered’ look is a sign that they’re not vain, though of course they are! 🙂
NessaBee- I am pretty sure they all smoke or have smoked except for maybe Meghan. I read Meghan was trying to get Harry to give it up as well.
Maria, I’ve never seen photos of Kate smoking, but there have been photos of cigarette packs in her purse when she was younger. I HAVE seen photos of Meghan smoking, though it could be weed. Paps caught her when she was on vacation in Italy with Jess Mulroney. The photos used to be a lot easier to search for and have since been scrubbed, but you can still find at least one if you search “Meghan Markle smoking tumblr.” I don’t want to link to it directly because it’s on one of the awful hate sites.
Both Harry (numerous times) and Meghan have been photographed smoking. although I suspect that Meghan was a light/social smoker. AFAIK neither William nor Kate have been pictured smoking, but Kate was photographed during the girlfriend years with an open bag and pack of cigarettes was visible. Even though he has not been photographed, (again AFAIK) it’s been reported that William smoked.
I think that at the present time none of the aforementioned smoke.
ETA:
Just read Lexa’s comment, yeah perhaps Meghan wasn’t smoking a tobacco cigarette and my suspicion that she was a light/social smoker is incorrect.
The pap photos of the French vacation (the topless photo ones) included pics of her smoking at the airport.
FYI these Getty pics are photoshopped.
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The clothes look lovely but her posture, my god!!!! It looks painful
I used to think her posture was permanently horrible until I started looking at other outlets and while she sometimes does hunch to accommodate her height compared to those around her, she doesn’t hunch nearly as much as it appears she does here.
Not related to your comment but the level of body shaming going on with her in this comment section is really appalling.
+1
No one can tell me that it wasn’t Meghan who opened Kate’s mind to the possibility of proper trousers. Kate was all about jeggings until Meghan descended from the heavens in her wide leg pants and showed Kate the possibilities.
Didn’t need to be embargoed.
Needs to occur more.
Outfit is meh.
But not shading her for not mentioning an unaffiliated patronage. This organization is pairing young mothers (under 23-24, i forget) with a nurse who will help provide support from pregnancy through 2 years old. These types of programs should stand alone and not be folded into other causes because they’re similar in theme.
I don’t know why so many of these events are embargoed either. Its kind of odd to me. Unless they don’t want to have to deal with the public waiting outside at an event like this?
I was totally on board with this outfit until I saw the length of the trousers. Not a fan. But I like the blouse, her hair looks good, and she gets to add another event to her already super busy September so good for her lol.
If these had been full length trousers (like the lovely ones she wore off the plane in Greece), this would have been a beautiful outfit. But no.
There is no reason for an event like this to be embargoed because there is no obvious security risk. I suspect they are embargoed to hide how they are organized last minute. When the queen and Charles can have their schedules publicly known for months in advance, at least in a general way, there is no reason for Kate not to do this.
@Nic919,
I would think they would want crowds to meet with the public too. Diana loved walkabouts because she got to meet with the public and they felt she was a warm approachable woman.
This may seem silly but I wonder if Kate is intentionally “popping up” just to have a “surprise” factor. If it’s like she’s playing off Meghan and Harry’s ability to surprise or dazzle the public with fully completed and noteworthy projects instead of months of unnecessary build up. She’s just suddenly out and about a lot lately, it feels like anyway. Maybe this is her angle. Or perhaps I’m thinking too much on this.
I do love her outfit and she’s in her element in this area. It’s a shame she does not work harder. I do like her and find her relatable and she could do well with more events like this and more bread and butter “everyday” events where she has the chance to connect with her people. She could do it. I wish I she would.
I read once where Kate noted that she has anxiety issues. I wonder if more press would make her more anxious.
She could still announce an engagement and have it closed to the public. Besides she never looks anxious during trooping where there is a huge crowd.
That word research in the caption is an interesting choice. Which royals do you think does research? I’m thinking more like they have a team to do it…
Andy does online, no doubt
Why is she always hunched over?
I think it might be a tall girl problem. Maybe she’s still uncomfortable with her height? It sucks, but I can relate.
She’s not that tall. 5’8″ in real life, no shoes. She adds high heels to be level with Normal Bill.
@Deedee
I guess someone’s idea of tallness can be subjective, but i’m only almost 5’7” and was always deemed too tall for most of the men I knew/know. Most women I know are under 5’ 6” and the average American woman i think is 5’ 4”. So when wearing heels, which is something i’m guess kate does a lot to appear more “professional” or w.e, we tend to tower over a lot of people. You don’t have to be 5’ 9” + to be considered tall to most others.
If she’s uncomfortable with her height then why add to it by wearing 5 inch heels?
I’m 5’1″. To me, a 5’8″ woman is pretty tall.
Yeah, I don’t think 5’8 is tall…but I’m 5’11, so someone doesn’t register to me as tall unless they are at least 5’9.
It’s not her height. She likes to wear really high heels to appear even taller than she is, so she does not appear uncomfortable with her height (if anything, her discomfort is in the opposite direction, and she wants to be *taller*). But maybe her bones are starting to be affected by her lifestyle (diet).
Yes, whether someone’s “tall” is subjective. Her height was exaggerated in the press when she first got married, trying to match Diana’s height of 5’10” I believe. I don’t consider 5’8″ to be so tall that one would have to stoop on a regular basis to get through doorways or be self-conscious. I have friends much taller than that who don’t hunch over or stoop. Perhaps height has nothing to do with posture, if one cares about it.
Exactly. My posture needs some work, but it isn’t because I’m 5’11. It’s because I sit at a desk all day it is not ergonomic.
She doesn’t have the background and ladylike etiquette and bearing comes principally from female influence. Mum Carole was not that posh and I guess Marlborough did not teach posture. I was mainly state school educated but my mum was conventionally speaking a posh mother and yapped on at me about posture the whole time, the same way as her own mother did.
The words posh and state school don’t go together, MazAzaria. Oh look a bit of classism thrown in to boot. Hmm I’m guessing you’re from the average British middle class because anyone above you is secure and we don’t feel the need to social shame.
It’s not poor posture she just has a hunch in her back.
She looks okay, but how nice would it have been for her to wear the Smart Set capsule trouser. That could have been a great way to quiet the rumours of a feud between the duchesses.
No one seems to think that far at KP.
It would have been great for her to wear something from the capsule! Seriously, KP has idiots working there. It doesn’t take a PR whiz to know that her wearing something from the capsule would have been a home run–they need us on payroll :).
I like the blouse. It has buttons, but they make sense. 😉 The pants aren’t my favorite style, but I like that she’s wearing pants instead of a skirt/dress.
The blouse is fine, but I hate the trousers. You know what would have been a great choice in more ways than one? The Smart Set trousers.
So many of Kate’s engagements are about research and learning about something that I can’t help but wonder what she’s going to do with all this learning. And when.
I’m wearing trousers today too!! Thanks Kate!!!
It would have been great to see her wearing a pair of the Smart Set trousers.
Agreed! Would have shown support for Meghan, instead of the pettyness she showed with the “budget” flight fiasco.
Kate looks amazing and I love love her trousers. Culottes are so on trend and I have a couple of them and love wearing them to work.
I don’t like the pants at all. I prefer full length trousers. But I’m glad to see her switching it up from those prairie dresses and the coat dresses. The blouse is pretty. Over all, it’s a decent look for her.
At this point pussy bows=Melania supporters #NoThx but on brand with Kate The Trump years (If anyone thinks that all the silent complicit passive aggressive supporters of this administration around the globe are not going to be grouped together based on their behavior in the past years are crazy. The days of hiding stuff is over and it won’t be looked on kindly from the future lense.everyone will be like it wasn’t justvTrump look how all these other people acted horribly too. Seems they haven’t realized THEY are the one and only true minority in humanity – Hateful humans. and that look she’s giving the poor child in the last photo ks she smiling or gnashing her teeth?! Lol
Dorothy…you had to go and say it! No amount of fawning, thank goodness, will change the fact that hateful, misguided people appear in the minority.
@Dorothy
I am a black woman who loves pussy bows and I am definitely not a supporter of Melania Trump.
I think her outfit is very appropriate for her visit. Not a fan of the culotte, but she looks good in her outfit and well put together. I love her shorter hair and that she changed up the color. Better make up too. I’m glad the sausage curls and heavy eyeliner are gone.
Still though, I’m not a fan of culottes. I was around when they first became popular. Hated them then, hate them now, will always hate them.
I don’t mind the trousers, as least they are not skin tight. Not sure the shoes work.
All you people who wanted her in pants were right. She looks amazing in pants, wow! I would like to wear this kind of outfit but I don’t have any comfy heels that high and my hips are wide. These pants are great when you have narrow hips like Kate and Megan
How come secretary extraordinaire Catherine Quinn does not recognize the benefit of the incredible support Kate would get wearing something from Meghan’s collection? She’s supposed to be bright, I’m sure she understands how good PR works, so why isn’t she suggesting Kate wear something from the capsule collection, rather than wasting her skills by urgently trying to get a little girl to wave for a picture?
Kate is always learning. I hope one day she actually puts it to use.
All these years later and she’s still doing “research”…. eye roll. The pants are tragic and she looks 50. Her hair is gorgeous as usual. Maybe Kate should focus on sports and hair, two things she literally loves!!
Kate should have a degree in psychology or nursing with the amount of learning, researching and keeness.
Comment of the day! She should have a phD by now.
Serious question: is it at all possible that Kate struggles with severe anxiety, and that it contributes to her reticence to make consistent public appearances? It would also tie into to the initiatives around mental health because she may very well relate. She does seem like someone who really enjoys being a mum and being around children. Not saying she’s above criticism (who is??), but my gut tells me she struggles with anxiety.
I think she has some issues for sure as well.
I keep thinking of Masako, the Empress Consort of Japan, and how she had a lot of issues which she struggled with for years.
Now mind you, Kate isn’t trapped in the really, realllllly archaic imperial trappings of Japan, but I wonder if there are mental issues which aren’t fully being disclosed to the public about her. Having to deal with that man-baby Wills might also be making her problems worse.
I cringe with embarrassment everytime I hear kate is researching and learning once again. The fact that her PR thinks that perpetual learning keening, researching is sufficient for her role, shows that they have accepted that that is all they can get from her. IMO Sophie Wessex is doing what Kate should be doing or aiming to be doing.
Sophie recently gave a great speech that should have had more coverage. She’s been doing engagements and raising kids and hasn’t played the same games at all.
A total embarrassment that this woman could not execute anything meaningful after all the years of keen learning and research.
I know this comment won’t be posted, but for those commenting on Kate’s posture, keep in mind she may have scoliosis or a nerve disorder. I have 12 degree scoliosis (which is considered “there” but mild). While to look at me you’d never think I have a “deformity,” but you’d definitely comment on my “bad posture.” It’s impossible for me not to hunch forward a bit bc my spine is curved. Obviously I don’t know her situation, but just sayin.’
Posting as the rare pro-Kate, pro-Meghan person who also thinks the BRF is ultimately pretty toxic and I don’t get the obsession. I appreciate her attempt at trousers, I really do. Can’t with the polka dots, but it seems … her. But these trousers are just not good. Honestly, as an American who cannot really “get” the BRF, I would’ve loved it if Kate had shown up in pieces from Meghan’s capsule wardrobe for SmartWorks. I like both of these women and would love to see them join forces. It probably won’t happen, because this family is pretty toxic, but I can dream, can’t I? I mean, my family gets on my nerves sometimes, but seriously. I can’t imagine my grandmother siding with a pedo son and encouraging a rift between brothers. I just can’t with QE. Toxic, toxic, toxic af. No wonder Diana suffered.
And please miss me with the “Kate’s lazy” narrative. My mother was a SAHM and at her happiest in that role. She’s shy, she just wanted a family. People called her lazy but nobody could make a better, cozier home than her. That narrative really works my nerves, sorry. Meghan’s amazing, but Kate has make a choice that she has every right to have made.
@Shannon nothing wrong with being a SAHM& their kids look happy and from pics she seems like a lovely mum. But Kate’s marriage comes with certain duties attached so not sure being a total SAHM is possible in her case. She’s a future queen consort& has a public role.
@Nic9 Sophie’s speech was great. I like the work she does and her focus on gender violence in conflict. It’s nice she can talk about gender equality without being accused of being “political” or “preaching”
Kate is called lazy because Kate is lazy. If she wanted to be a SAHM with no other responsibilities she should’ve been like Pippa and married a rich, non-royal man.