It’s been clear for a very long time now that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge absolutely hate that Harry and Meghan are so glamorous, hard-working and charismatic. William and Kate have done everything they can to smear them and drive the Sussexes out of the country out of pure, naked, petty jealousy. Of course it was interesting to see the “timing” of the Cambridges’ Ireland tour, but I shrugged off the coincidence because who really knows? But I can’t shrug this off: for the first time in years, Kate was mysteriously “pap’d” out and about in London. These were not photos taken by some bystander who caught a glimpse of Kate grocery shopping. No, this was a set-up pap stroll, done with a friendly photographer and sold as an exclusive to a photo agency. You can tell because the photographer got clear and close photos of Kate with all of the important labels sticking out. You can see the photos here:
Kate Middleton leaves Waterstones with a bag full of books as she is seen for the first time since returning from her royal tour to Ireland https://t.co/185xGMGaxf
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) March 7, 2020
Someone pointed this out on Twitter, but isn’t it INTERESTING that not only did Kate get pap’d for the first time in years, but she did her pap stroll on the same weekend that Meghan and Harry had events, AND Kate wore the same shade of blue as Meghan’s notable and outstanding Victoria Beckham dress? Someone please tell CopyKate to make her single-white-female-ing less obvious the next time. As for the coat, it’s a Mulberry coat which has been in her closet for four years or so. She must have gone through her wardrobe to see if she had anything in the same shade of blue.
In addition to the pap stroll, obviously someone in Kate’s office had to confirm some details to the Daily Mail: Kate went shopping for books at Waterstones. She bought a stack of history and military-themed kids’ books. And she opened her own car door. So many broken protocols! I eagerly await all of the articles about it.
Meanwhile, did you hear that William and Kate might NOT go to Australia now? They were loosely planning a tour in Australia to visit the areas affected by the devastating bushfires. But now it looks like the loose plan is under review, mostly because of the coronavirus. The same coronavirus that William was hee-hawing about it in Ireland, because people dying from a massive flu epidemic is HILARIOUS.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
I’m embarrassed for her.
That’s what I was just coming to post. It’s just embarassing at this point. It’s so obvious and lame.
Waity Katie is so jealous of beautiful Meghan!! THAT is the reason for so much hate and racism against Harry and Meghan. It is soooo obvious. She and Billy boy should be ashamed, in my opinion, of course.
Embarrassing yet….but why? What was she trying to prove. H&M conducting their final engagements as Royals and still she can’t contain her jealousy. Give them their moment …she will have the British Press to herself in due time…good luck with that. Additionally, Kate looks old. Meghan glows while Kate looks void/empty.
I do not think Kate is jealous. I think Kate did as she was told by the courtiers. The courtiers used to Kate to try and upstage Meghan.
Oh for crying out loud, please quit infantilizing Kate Middleton. This is a 38 year old mother of 3 kids. She’s been married to William for 9 years now. This is NOT a 38 year old going onto to 6; this infantilizing of an almost 40 year old woman is so very annoying. Kate can’t just “do as she is told”, nobody forces her to do anything she doesn’t wanna do. Kate is not on drugs that she was high and was put up to this while high and out of it. She did this pap stroll because she wanted to do it. She is equally as thirsty for attention as her mother and she is equally as jealous of the Sussexes as her husband, period.
Kate was not ordered to do a pap stroll. She chose to do this.
Because ‘don’t forget about meeeeeee’!!!
For Kate’s sake, I really hope this was some unhappy coincidence and not deliberate. Otherwise, it makes her look completely unhinged at this point.
It was deliberate. She went through her closet on her own and picked what she wanted to wear on this pap stroll. She did all of it on her own; I don’t believe a gun was held to her temples. She is doing what she wants to do, not what someone else orders her to do.
We were just told there is a blanket of protection for the royals when in the UK and a gentleman’s agreement for the UK papers not to publish paparazzi photos of them while in the UK. So which is it? And when is the last time Kate was photographed that closely for a non work event and the photo was published?
I don’t know whether I’m just being very naive here but I see all these people yelling it’s deliberate, right down to the colour of the clothes she’s wearing but I don’t understand the point? It’s not a big story. I’ve seen these photos in a small article in one other place. They would surely have known that a pap stroll with a Waterstones bag wasn’t ever going to be big news so what actually would be the point of setting this up? I just don’t get how this could be deliberately aimed at Harry & Meghan. If I had to guess what it was about, other than actual photo’s from a member of the public, I’d have said it was to push the idea that Kate’s a great & normal mum who buys her kids tons of books.
@Nahema – my guess is that there was an expectation that this WOULD be a bigger story, or at least take some of the press away from H&M, even if just to push the idea of Kate as a normal mom. but we know it was definitely set up bc we rarely see pics of Kate out and about, or pictures get taken down very quickly, etc.
Totally agree with both your comments Nic919 — I wish I could be embarrassed for her, but I hope the karma bus picks her up soon. I used to really admire Kate, In the last few years — irregardless of what is going on in her private life — Kate has shown herself to be a real bitch when it comes to Meghan and her ‘dear’ BIL Harry. She may love babies, but I see no love for Archie given the way she keeps trying to F*** over Meghan. I loved Kaiser’s description above of Kate’s ‘single white femaling’ of Meghan. And I definitely think that blue coat photo op was staged and beyond pathetic for the future future Queen. Here’s my tin foil Tierra theory — I wonder if ONE of the many reasons Kate has deliberately come at Meghan is that — at some point early on — William may have made a comment about finding Meghan sexy or too sexy. I really think Kate is that petty to turn her anger and insecurity over William onto Meghan and then Meghan’s work ethic and charisma took it from there. Just wondering. 🤷🏻♀️
My initial reaction too. Cringe. Honey you’re a princess too! Don’t be so thirsty!
Meghan’s green dress though after Kate’s when she was in Ireland? Maybe she fired the first shot?
Its not her personally. She is a pawn in the establishment, whose job it has been to put out the sparkle of those bigger than the monarchy, or too big FOR the monarchy, on behest of the Queen.
She cant compete—shes both the cause of this problem (not making the monarchy look good enough all these years) but also the solution (try to outwork the Sussexes now that they steal the show naturally) and shes just doing her job trying to get headlines.
Believing this is on her personally is like believing all the tabloid articles were spun by them personally as well. Its an institutional thing that she is carrying out, likely a direct order of the Queen to step up her game and be present or not get paid as much anymore.
Kate does color so badly. I cringed at her in that green outfit. It’s awful. Meghan understands color a lot better. It’s probably from being an actor. She always looks so beautiful and glamorous. She also has an effortlessness that Kate can’t match. Meghan never looks like she’s trying hard.
I was half expecting this to be a bump reveal pap stroll.
Reeks of desperation. I thought she was above it all? (/sarcasm) Apparently not.
You know it’s moments like these that I just wish Meghan would be a lil petty and show them what a superstar she is in front of them. I’m sick of Kant and Bill the Gardener cosplaying as the poor man’s Meghan and Harry.
Meghan breaks the internet wherever she goes. She doesn’t need to show off her star power to the Cambridges: she IS star power
And she was wearing a blue coat.
“Look everyone! I can wear blue too!”
I fully expect to see her wearing a bright red coat tomorrow while she shops for toilet paper and hand sanitizer to heroically save her children from coronavirus!
Don’t give Carole and the KP PR team ideas!
You didn’t even have to wait so long as until tomorrow. She wore her bright red to the church service.
She wears blue alllll the time. I also don’t think she’s wearing makeup here. I honestly don’t think Kate wants to be a fashion plate, and I think she demonstrates that over and over.
If she didn’t want to be a fashion plate she would stop getting designer outfits that are bespoke and do what the Queen does and have outfits made directly for her without any fashion label connection. She has shown since day one she likes fashion and the millions that have been spent since her marriage show she clearly does care about being a fashion plate. She just happens to mostly be bad at it.
Example one… she was recently wearing vintage oscar de la renta with the clown collar from the 80s, she can’t both be wearing something on trend and yet not be a fashion plate. People need to pick a lane.
Ok. I just think she’s required to dress in type A for event A, B for B etc and she does that. I know I try to look nice but never claim to be a fashionista and I don’t even know all the trends- but I want to look ok? Some people do their best, some have a style they feel comfortable in and don’t stray, and some want to be the #1 stunna.
Yeah I’d buy the pap stroll to show what a wonderful parent she is if (a) she wasn’t wearing blue and (b) any of her security could also be seen in photos. They must have clearly been told to stand back so that photographer could get clean shots of Kate. No security or other shoppers blocking line of camera vision or photographer’s access to these photos.
She was clearly trying to upstage Meghan and it went down in flames and exploded on impact. Plus Kate chooses the most horrendous clothing in what she wears! That fuscia frilly dress in Ireland was appalling! Everything that she wore in Ireland was horrendous, it was an entire wardrobe of green except for the frilly nightmare that she stole from Nancy Reagan! WTF was she thinking? She has designers at her feet and could choose a top notch stylist, but she doesn’t. It boggles my mind how bad she looks all of the time! The only time she looks well put together is when she participates in athletic activities. She needs a stylist and she needs to put on some weight! Also if you notice in one of the pictures, she looks directly at the photographer 🤣
I noticed that there were no RPOs in the pictures as well. I think this was done deliberately. No way would they not be opening the car door for the Duchess of Keen, the FFQC. It just isn’t done, dontchaknow! So staged and pathetic. We see you Kate.
Sorry! Posted on the wrong page.
Remember Kate is a MUM who is educating her CHILDREN and buying books for her CHILDREN isn’t she a saint?
Wearing light blue was a terrible idea. It just highlights the stark difference between her expression and Harry and Meghan’s in that magical photo.
I think the books will be especially enlightening for her eldest child, William.
I’ve noticed that Meg looks a tad pregnant on this latest tour and she is obviously glowing. I think Kate (who is NEVER caught on royal duties with her coat hanging open) is posing to look like she is hiding her pregnancy with a coat and sweater…and hiding her ignorance with a bag full of books.
@ Dr Mrs. YES! to the pregnancy hunch. Baby Sussex no 2 before Christmas is my bet.
Please, don’t you all know that the books are research for her next big survey, in oh 8 years time?
OMG. I’m at home today, hence posting more than usual (nothing virus related btw) and I humbly thank many of the posters here today. Currently bowing my head to @Dr Mrs The Monarch and @My3cents for the laughs. Also grateful for celebitchy in my times of need on all topics (which is why I think trolls target here too – gotta surpress where possible).
Kate should take more style notes from Meghan because this casual look was better than any formal look she had in Ireland.
She still looks really haggard and actually makes the color frumpy and dull.
Yeah she looks shockingly close to my age and current state of decrepitude. What the hell is going on in that marriage? Take that cursed sapphire off Kate and auction it off to raise money for one of your struggling patronages.
She looked sad to me. I can imagine QM Carole pulling a stage mom move and telling her to get her butt up, get dressed in Meghan blue, and go out and ‘represent’ House Cambridge.
Ya…she’s got really bad resting haggard face. She needs to gain 10 lbs stat.
Now I’m wondering if that’s why she has a manic grin at all her official outings — maybe it “lifts” her face so it doesn’t appear as saggy?
I thought that too…everything else aside, we can see when Kate is dressing just as Kate (or as Kate copying Meghan) she looks so much better. She’s wearing loafers!!
Yes, she always looks better when dressed casually and not on an official engagement.
She suits her hair straight like this however her makeup is still bad.
Straight like Meghan has been wearing hers
+1
yes definitely. surprisingly great look
You would think for this coordinated pap stroll she would have managed one picture not looking like a zombie. She seems to have two expressions now hyena manic or quaalude.
Or the media outlet picked these frowning pics deliberately. They are not beneath playing these women against each other. That would be my thought.
That’s true Stripe.
I actually feel sorry for Kate… She looks miserable and probably revisiting why she made it her lifes mission to snag Will. I know they have been together for 20years so the honeymoon stage is over but damn he is so cold to her it must hurt. There is loneliness about her.
Things really seemed to go downhill after the Rose Hanbury situation. Kate hasn’t seemed right since then and the strained relationship between Harry and Wm then Sussexit hasn’t helped. She and Wm have really put their foot in it big time and the stress really shows on her.
I do not see misery in Kate. She is exactly where she wants to be.
Yeah, I don’t see misery or unhappiness either. What I DO see is a poor attempt at playing coy for the cameras.
She can’t even be pap’d properly. Those pics are awful. If you want people to notice you, shouldn’t you smile & make eye contact??
When Carole scheduled the pap, she forgot to tell her daughter to smile and look happy.
This.
Well smiling and looking into camera would be a dead giveaway, even Kate must get that.
@Cindyp
I think in planning this pap stroll Kate failed to realize the reason why the H & M Endeavour photo in the rain didn’t blow up for just something as superficial as the color of Meghan’s dress (yes, it popped, but it wasn’t all) what really resonated with people all over the world was the joy and love in their faces and that they had that for eachother. I’ve seen the picture in black and white, and it’s just as beautiful cause you can see two people really in love and in respect and admiration for eachother… but of course how could Kate possibly understand that seeing as how William has never show her that (at least not in public) so she has to settle for a budget recreation of the only thing she could control and that’s looks based.
Agree, that pic was magnificent. Kate & Wills can never replicate it.
Interesting to me is that the Queen comes closest to actually “being in love”
She met Philip when she was a teenager & was totally infatuated
She looks radiant in old pics from back then & when they were first married
Not an arranged marriage, her family were initially opposed, she wouldn’t back down & marry a boring aristocrat
Can’t fathom why she can’t relate to Harry & Meghan
I think this face was by design and if she was ‘annoyed’ she was papped while being a Mom. I think she looked like this on purpose so that people would not think that this was arranged by Jason and his ilk.
Stunts like this are only going to get more common once the Sussex’s are free to do what they want. It’s only a matter of time before we get some new awkward Cambridge PDA’s giving the stories about their chemistry that even the bitter RR’s have been commenting on. I also expect a super surprise visit to a school from Kate as you just know she saw the good PR Meghan got from her visit to that school on Friday.
Both Cain and Unable are very competitive people and cosplaying and copying is only going to get worse.
Cain and Unable!! Move over Bill and Cathy, this is my new favorite nickname!
It’s perfect…although without my glasses I read it as
“Cain & Unstable” HA 🤣 HA 🤣 HA 🤣 HA 🤣
“Cain and Unable” is perfect.
Coined and commonly used by the sussexsquad fan group on Twitter.
I personally like:
Their royal “hiney “- nesses, the Duke and Duchess of “Came-and-Went”- bridge.
Both Cain and Unable are PR challenged people. IMHO, this pap stroll was not Keen & Gardener Bill’s bright idea but the idea of some stupid courtier.
Do you really think Cathy would go to a retail store to buy books when she has a handful of servants she could send to run this errand?
Do you really think she picked those clothes herself or do you think some courtier laid them out then told her to get dressed and ready for a photo-op?
I’d say Carole not courtier. I think this blaming the courtiers and “grey men” thing is old and misleading. They aren’t the ones freaking out about being overshadowed. Lay the responsibility on the shoulders of the people who are.
Its not a courtier behind this but William and Carole.
Kate is very competitive on her own. She CAN arrange for such a pap stroll to compete with Meghan. She doesn’t need Carol or William, she is as vain as they come.
The comments, though, on the Fail. The ‘beautiful duchess who walks among her people unlike that American trailer trash who brainwashed Harry’. Ugh.
Ugh yeah, and the Fail praising her for “not needing her security to open the car door for her” *eyeroll to the max*
Mostly paid trolls, racist trash and mouth breathing knuckle-draggers. Not very credible sorts.
You go girl!
You know that scene in Devil Wears Prada when Anne Hathaway is an ugly duckling still and Meryl calls out her cerulean blue bargain bin sweater? That’s what what her turtleneck reminds me of. Kate actually looks cute here though. Much better than that vintage mess she wore in Ireland.
I do hope the Cambridges fobt ho to Australia.
Waste of time and money.
Australia really has suffered enough.
@Andrew’s Nemesis word. The comparisons would have them calling predator-in-chief for tips on how to whitesplain the difference in crowds. They could make a donation instead and link to it on their wildly popular IG account.
Harry’s work is going to focus on the military and the event that night involved the military and was his last time wearing his honorary uniform.
Here’s Kate buying her kids military-themed children’s books.
Remember Kate putting Harry’s old clothes on Louis and wearing Diana’s earrings to Archie’s christening? I’m surprised they haven’t leaked the godparents yet.
Yes, considering the timing the “military-themed” books seemed a real dig at Harry. Too bad Harry doesn’t give a duck. Would not be surprised if Harry’s title is given away soon despite the public comment it would be held free for his possible return.
We were talking about it last night. Queenie or Cain is going to make sure Harry’s military titles are given to someone else before she passes, so Charles can’t give them back to Harry.
That’s a cute outfit even if turtlenecks are the worst.
This is definitely a bit suspect. The blue coat just seems like something she’d wear anyway, but for the people that always think the two duchesses are competing, it doesn’t look good. I wonder who told her to do this? I’m fairly certain she doesn’t come up with these things herself. Kate seems passive. I think that’s why she’s easy to mould. Maybe William, or her mom… But the thing that bugs me is that Kate can and does shine on her own. It’s her partner that is the damp smelly trash at the bottom of the bin.
I’m so over the poor poor pitiful Kate storyline. I truly don’t think Kate is passive. I think she is strong and resilient. I think she knows exactly what she wants, knows how to get it, and more importantly how to keep it. I just don’t see her as this sad little victim being led around by everyone else: William, Carole, or courtiers. She’s been in family for 9 years and saw up close and personal how game was played for 10 years before that. That’s almost 20 years living in this toxic mess: Kate is a survivor. Diana got it wrong — she said herself to several friends in the last year of her life that maybe she should have played her cards differently. Kate knows how to game it for the long run and she she wants to be in it for the long run.
Remember that passive aggressive is still aggressive.
The photographer wasn’t too friendly- they didn’t photoshop her face this time.
Oh, Kate. Don’t you know when sh– hits the fan, obvious papa strolls like this will be used against you? You are leading the gun for incandescent rage monster Will to shoot you with. And he will when he believes it’s expedient for him. This marriage is not likely to survive the next decade.
This is an obvious pr stunt, for the blue I don’t agree: she has been wearing blue coats and blue dresses, and blue everything to match Diana’s ring for ages.
The pap set up was so obvious and Kate looked uncomfortable.
Another hint it’s a pap stroll: normally the Daily Mail gets quotes from people to tell them what they witnessed if it wasn’t planned, for example when she went shopping with her kids and it was people in the store who mentioned what she did in it. Here the Daily Mail didn’t need to interview any other shoppers or get any quotes because I suspect they were told exactly where, when, and what she’d be doing there.
Sadly, this pap stroll is Kate taking a page out of Diana’s game book and tipping off the press. It sure didn’t work for Diana in the long run.
That coat is turquoise? Looks light blue to me.
I agree! It reminds me of the old “cornflower” color from my childhood box of crayolas. Lol
Yeah, it doesn’t look like the same shade of blue to me at all. But that might be because of the way monitors display blue? Colors can look different on different screens….
Or it might just be a different color.
I think the color is close enough in tone so that you can’t mistake the motive in her wearing it.
Nah, it’s a different color. Meghan’s was turquoise, this is a sky blue / cornflower blue. And the first photo showed a teal. The jacket just doesn’t have enough green tones in it to be turquoise.
Definitely cornflower and light blue over here too. Is she up to something with the planned stroll? Yes. Is she on something that dulls her sparkle and she overcompensates? Possibly. Did she 100% copy Megs with this coat? Nah. It just is a stand-out color in a drab sea of London blacks to help the photog find her
Then why not wear pink or red or green? If the purpose of the photo is to show “Kate, the people’s Future, Future Queen out among the commoners” then why craft a look that is so blatantly copying Meghan? I don’t buy the “she just happened to be out and she just happened to be wearing this all blue outfit” for one second.
If they are so jealous of M&H, they could, oh I dunno, try working harder, seem more engaged during visits, and at least pretend to give a crap about their roles?
Seem to care if one of their patronages goes bust?
I have my doubts on Kate being active participants in the great smear campaign but in boy this pap stroll absolutely proved it. Also kate does call the papa before the engagement but her stupid fans says that paps stalked her . She leaves the same time for work to get pap if she really hate being paped that she should have leave in different time to confuse the pap but she leave exactly the same time. It’s illegal to get pap photo of royal family beacuse of diana mess. But still we are getting paps photos means that they are approved by the BP or ch or kp. Some of her fans doesnt know that all Kate and William pap photos are approved by palace to published. Without the palace approval they cant publish beacuse Willileaks love to sue the press. William and kate tried to create public sympathy for Kate like look how Kate being treated in press or how Kate being stalked by paps but public didnt fall for that bullshit. If Kate and William really bothered by press and paps Kate would have easily sue the paps and press beacuse before marraige she is normal EU citizen where privacy law is very strick instead we got daily dosage of her falling out of club in very drunk mode. Cambridges deserve each other.
Yes, but who’s Instagram has more followers?!? 😉
Yep billy bot, betty bot, bob bot, becky bot…
@MjM
Lmaooo 😂😂😂
EXACTLY! lol
I noticed this earlier this week. Somehow the KP account ALWAYS has 100K more.
This is such an obvious set up that I almost feel bad for Kate. She and William are that insecure that they stage a pap stroll when she’s buying books. she can go YEARS without being photographed on the street like this. But she just happens to be papped the weekend Meghan is in town, dominating the royal news? Like I said, its so obvious that its almost painful.
She even wore blue!
Ugh, I’m embarrassed for her.
Single White Duchess.
So budget.
So embarassing.
An obvious pap stroll…
The non-visit to Australia could be down to coronavirus, or it could be down to the recent poll whereby nearly 70% of Australians voted to not have them visit as Cain and Unable wouldn’t add anything to the rebuilding effort, practical help and funding would be much more beneficial than these 2 getting in the way and trying to look interested and compassionate…
and Ireland was such a fail….
As usual, I should have read down further before commenting above. You both said it really well.
Is she wearing a wedding band? I was trying to see one? She and William have had the tucked-lips look a lot lately.
I can see why she had it hidden in her closet for 4 years. It looks scruffy or moth eaten. I realize that’s just the texture and but because it’s only obvious on the sleeves and not the rest of the coat it makes the coat look worn out.
I like the overall look on her, though, I mean the color of the coat with the sweater and jeans. It sets her hair off nicely. I was thinking it would look lovely with Diana’s sapphire but I can’t see her ring in any of the photos. Anyway casual is a good look on Kate and this outfit comes together nicely except for the coat sleeves looking scruffy.
Thank you for making a post about this because I had heard about it but didn’t see any pictures. Everything on my newsfeeds have been about the coronavirus, which is now in our area. My husband and I are both in our 50’s and caretakers to parents in their 80’s so we did not at all appreciate William’s joke about the virus.
Anyway, I am sure normally Kate has assistants who buy books for her children, otherwise we’d have seen her buying books for them before. Obvious desperation is obvious. And weird.
Will and Kate are two really weird people. I actually think I prefer my own brother-in-law and his wife. Maybe. I’ll have to think about that one and get back to you. Lol.
The budget flight was sad but this downright pathetic. And obvious. Their PR people SUCK.
yup this is strike two for me. the budget flight really proved everyone’s point now this. #abolishthemonarchy
Now let’s not criticise her too harshly. Poor poppet hasn’t had an original thought since about 1992.
A few weeks ago when the paparazzi got that pic of Meghan hiking in Canada, the Royal reporters were saying how that would never happen in England bc there’s a law against it (unless of course its with the subjects permission and a setup)
And yet here we are with Kate. An obvious pap picture is not only taken, but printed in a major newspaper and they know where, what and why she was there. The competition and need to not be overshadowed by Meghan is strong.
We may see a “surprise” visit to a school for her. So she can interact with teenagers this time and we may get images and moments to try and replicate Meghan’s at the school on Friday.
Excellent receipts Lyn. Thanks for reminding us all.
Oh, Kate. You don’t want to play “who wore it best ” with Megs.
Remember when the RR said the UK doesn’t have a “paparazzi” culture? Also I doubt KP is bothered by these pics (probably encourage it) otherwise they would have asked them not to be published
Also, the Australia isn’t another reason why is because the Aussies weren’t that enthused about them visiting. There was an article last week where it had a poll which said two thirds of Australians didn’t want to want for them to tour.
Then I came across an Aussie commenting on hiw they hadn’t even extended an invite to the palace so weren’t sure why the tour was scheduled. Not sure how they knew though.
All of it doesn’t really paint an inviting picture anyway, so the Coronavirus may just present a convenient excuse. But I think they want something that gains goodwill on a global scale and in the commonwealth.
Like Cathy taking Meghan to lunch at one of Diana’s favorite restaurants? LOL! LOL!
This is pathetic.
I’m not so sure it was a passive/aggressive move by Kate anymore. They have caught a lot of flack since Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan’s impending departure. And when she opened her car door, maybe trying to show some solidarity with the Duchess? Then queenie comes out with her powder blue yesterday. Think they know they put their foot in it.
A little OT, but will someone tell me where the name Katie Keen came from? I remember a character with that name back when I read Archie comics. I remember her always looking classic 80s, so if that’s the origin of the name, it’s perfect.
Its because once a year, sometimes a few times a year, there’s an article about how “keen” kate is. She’s keen to learn about X, she’s keen to start working as a royal full-time, she’s keen to learn more about being queen, she’s just always KEEN and then nothing ever happens. The comics probably play into it the specific nickname but whenever you see jokes about being keen – Keen Kate, Katie Keen, whatever – that’s why.
Ah, thank you! The comics predate Kate by far. I found out they were around in the 50s, but if you look at the 80s version, the main character, Katy Keene, kind of reminds me of Kate in some ways.
How embarrassing…for Kate.
I would hardly call that the same blue that Meghan wore. Kate looks tired. Kate, William, the whole bunch — they’ve forgotten how to just be themselves (even if being themselves means “being boring”). Now everything is “scripted” or “forced”. Congrats to H&M for getting out early and saving themselves, their marriage, Archie, and any future children they may have.
The desperation is palpable. I’m certain the attention Meghan has gotten versus the drab Ireland tour has left William AND Kate quite bitter. Anyone who was truly a happy, confident, and secure individual wouldn’t stoop to such laughable stunts.
Quite desperate. Sad really.
I have to say I don’t see the point. It doesn’t take one thing away from Meghan that Kate was papped. Put your buttons on and march around town, who cares.
I don’t know. That’s what everyone thought about melania trump, too, but she’s really shown who she is lately. There’s just so much evidence that Kate, and her mom, work with the tabloids A LOT. I can’t believe that a nearly 40 year old mother of 3 is such an idiot and so naive that she doesn’t make a single decision for herself. I think she’s lazy so she lets other people, like her mom, so the planning and heavy lifting, but I also think she’s a willing participant and a mean-girl who is obsessed with “winning” and status. I just can’t believe that she’s truly such a “nice girl” and just does what everyone tells her to do. If that was the case, why doesn’t she work? Why did she let her charity go under? Why did she pull out of doing the St. Patrick’s day event every year? None of those things make the RF look good or seem like things anyone would tell her to do. She’s lazy which is why it seems like she doesn’t do much and take a lot of initiative in her own life, but her values are the same as everyone around her, which is why she lets them be in charge. They do the hard parts of getting her what she wants.
It’s like people have magically forgotten how she was during the dating years. Like…she courted the paps a LOT. The club strolls during the big 07 breakup alone should tell people that she’s quite experienced with these stunts. She also had a reputation for being “competitive” with other women (to put it one way). She had infamous tension with the York sisters. She wasn’t exactly a “girl’s girl”.
The argument that she was only in her 20s doesn’t fly because there’s been no real evidence that she’s changed much. I’d argue that the way she’s tried to play queen bee against Meghan alone shows that she hasn’t changed at all. She might be miserable thanks to Will’s extracurricular activities, but she’s definitely no shrinking violet with pap setups like this.
Ah, this was meant to be a reply to Amy Too. Oops.
Absolutely this.
Once an attention-seeking fool, always an attention-seeking fool. She’d be better to get a jester’s hat than any tiara.
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Right! She hasn’t changed from her waity days. All she’s done is halt the ass flashing, put on some conservative clothes, paint an autistic-like smile on her face, and people think she’s a whole new person and so innocent. Everything EVERYTHING she does is very conniving.
Exactly @yinyang. Kate apparently learned the conniving from her Mom, Carole, who counseled both of her daughters to ‘Marry Up,’ just as Carole’s mother browbeat into her too. Like mothers, like daughters. Everyone in the aristocracy not-so-secretly called Kate and Pippa, ‘the Wisteria Sisters.’ Why? Wisteria is described as a plant that is “highly decorative, terribly fragrant, and has a ferocious ability to climb.” There are lots of articles still available that discuss the sisters’ well known moniker.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/04/meet-the-middletons-201104
I agree with the below article’s contention that of the two sisters, Pippa got the better deal! As the younger daughter, Pippa got to upstage Kate with all the ‘rear end’ media nonsense, wearing that famous, well-fitting bridesmaid dress to Kate’s royal wedding. Plus, Pippa got to date many handsome, well-heeled society boyfriends prior to settling down with her millionaire hubby, James Matthews, whose new money Dad was a self-made striver, just like Carole’s family.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/kate-pippa-and-how-to-spot-old-money-and-new-money/
Kate has the old money prince, but he’s balded badly, and his entitled personality sucks. Plus, the archaic, dying institution he came with really isn’t worth all the waiting Katie did. She can enjoy wearing tiaras and dripping in diamonds and pearls, and raising the babies she loved giving birth to, but the perks are rather empty when the marriage is empty. It’s even worse when you have to work harder than you really like and ain’t all that competent at doing.
Not only has William balded badly, his entitled personality sucks. So in reality, he ain’t really such a great ‘prince of a catch.’ Being Future Queen isn’t worth putting up with a thin-skinned cheater, who makes bad jokes about he and his wife contributing to the spread of a pandemic.
You make good points @Amy Too. I have also felt that Kate relies a lot on her mother to tell her what to do, and to pave the way. I’ll bet Carole Middleton was all up in on guiding Kate in exactly how to nab William, and that she counseled Kate at every juncture, especially the two times when Wm broke up with Kate. As well, Kate’s parents did the softening up of Wm to the point where he views them as his second parents.
I don’t see Wm and Kate as being passionately in love, ever. Kate was the patient helpmate and the pliant girlfriend who was always there ready to be overlooked, and then ready to forgive when Wm came back to her because she was the reliable and patient one who was always there for him, no matter how poorly he treated her. And Kate’s close-knit family with doting parents was always the tempting icing on the cake for Wm, since he grew up in a broken home.
God it was painfully obvious that they set it up!!she was practically doing a cat walk!!🤦♀️
I agree with you Kaiser about her running back to her closet as soon as she saw what Meghan wore🤭 I feel embarrassed for her.
It takes a person with real LOW self esteem to behave like these two. They couldn’t handel being overshadowed for a second knowing they have a lifetime of being superior (hierarchy) to the Sussexs🤦♀️ now that pathetic hierarchy is gone(Meghan & harry will NEVER have to bow to them😎)so all that is left is visibly copying Meghan whilst telling their paid operatives (AKA Rebecca English) to write about Meghan copying her!!🤦♀️
Oh, COME ON. Full body cringe
Congratulations on whoever called it Kate is Lady in Red ! Megan looks like Irish eyes are shinning on her today,stunning and both very happy looking and interacting well with Camilla and Edward !!!! Face on de other two !!
I know most people think the Cambridges are competing with the Sussexes and that’s why we are getting so many stories about Kate the great, but it seems to me that someone within the family is pressuring her to step out and do more. Suddenly her previous way of fulfilling her duties is not enough for them.
So many buttons. So little time.
There’s something really wrong here. She’s married to a guy who is going to inherit, at a minimum, two duchies, two giant estate properties with castles on them, priceless art, and the right to call himself king. Outward facing labels on a pap stroll- she has sponsors now?
I know it’s just semantics, but in this case it matters. People are not dying from “a massive flue.” COVID-19 (a coronavirus) is NOT a flu at all. For some it may look or feel like something it, but it’s literally something else entirely and is not even remotely related to influenza. I know…I’m annoying…but it actually does matter to be as accurate as possible with this for the sake of passing along correct info and this helping to save lives.
Of course the blue was intentional – it’s hard to say which dimwit was behind this brilliant idea, but the coverage between the Cambridges and Sussexes has been so competitive that any competent PR strategist would realize that replikating anything even close to what the others were doing would be perceived as intentional. So there’s no way it’s just a coincidence she’s wearing a similar bright blue on the same weekend in an “accidental” pap pic. EVEN IF she desperately needed to shop for books in the midst of a pandemic (LOL), anyone with an iota of common sense would say, ‘hmm, those rabid reporters will think I’m copying Meghan if I wear the same color as her, better put on literally anything else.’ Even if she did it out of “solidarity” (she didn’t), the media would never take that angle, everyone knows it, and so it would be avoided… unless it’s an intentional dig. Stupid, petty, ineffective, revealing, and intentional.
But isn’t that same bad PR reasoning also shown by House Keen leaks via Wooten and the direct chain back to their director of Communications? They should have their PR people study how Charle’s team operates. Or, they should just stop all this and live their best lives for a change.
Precisely – it’s either complete incompetence at every level, meaning they don’t realize how obvious this all is and therefore how bad it makes them look, or they know and actively don’t care. Both are equally baffling.
Why does she feel the need to do this pap stroll. I agree with BTB that this is with the full approval of the courtiers. I also agree with the one who said because she is thirsty for the spotlight she went along gleefully with the proposal. It is obvious the dislike runs deep with the two houses and it’s quite sad that it has come to this.
I’m honestly surprised she didn’t find matching turquoise shoes to NEVER PUT A FOOT WRONG.
Whether she and Normal Bill came up with the pap stroll idea to try to upstage Meghan or if some little grey men decided she had to do it, it looks petty AF and reveals them all to be pathetic, small people.
How has Meghan been calculating from the beginning? Perhaps Meghan forced Kate to dig in her closets past all the red and green coats and dresses and pick a light blue coat to do a pap stroll?
She needed to buy a big bag of books? LOL I find that hilarious.
So did she do anything for International’ Women’s Day? I don’t check their Instagram so did they even acknowledge it. Thought it was a weird pic, but whatever.
C’mon give the woman a break, she just went to the local bookshop to buy some books for her kids! I can’t help but feel if Meghan had done this some of you’d be proclaiming her the UK’s new literacy czar or Poet Laureate, not objectifying her style or motives!
Also for those of you not based here in the UK the pictures of Kate were taken on Kensington High Street which is basically London’s Rodeo Drive – you’d be hard pushed to walk down the street here during the weekend and not see a pap. I’d say some pap waiting on Simon Cowell/Rita Ora/one of Jude Law’s kids coming out of Whole Foods in Kensington probably thought he’d hit the jackpot when he spotted Kate! Now if Kate happened to be out walking with her kid in a badly-fitting harness in the Canadian wilderness and a pap miraculously appeared from nowhere behind a bush then yeah I’d agree…definitely staged! But central London…c’mon.
If that’s the case then why doesn’t KP ask for the picture to be removed? Why doesn’t KP issue a statement telling them to back off like Meghan and Harry did?
So she had to go to one of the busiest streets in London to buy books. Is that the only bookstore around? Yeah, it’s not that big a deal overall but seems a bit weird, especially from security point of view.
“The Canadian wilderness”….Vancouver Island…lol! Cripes, you’d think they were living North of 60!
@Christine, are you for real? This is for “a person like you” (I’m not saying people because there don’t seem to be many as ignorant as you) who don’t live in Canada and have no idea what you talking about. Victoria is not wilderness, Victoria Island is the 8 largest island in the entire world and that’s where Victoria the capital city of BC is situated. Please try and educate yrself.
They happen to know the types of books she bought and who they were for which would not be the case if it was a happy coincidence.
I really hope that Kate does not think that she has the capability to overshadow Meghan. To me, that would be an insult for her or any one else in her camp to insinuate that Kate and Meghan are on the same level. Le sigh…
How utterly pathetic to so blatantly copy her sister-in-law:
‘She wore sky blue and everyone loved her. So I’ll wear sky blue and everyone will have to love ME and look at ME.’
Sad, pathetic, and deranged enough to cause real damage. Oh wait – she already has.
I don’t think she’s copying. For starters, it’s a different shade of blue. Second, meg looked hot in that form fitting dress. Kate is just wearing casual clothes. If she were copying, i would think she’d wear something sexier. It’s not the colour of Megan’s dress that made everyone swoon, it was her figure, her glow, her energy with Harry… This doesn’t come close at all. If she were copying id expect more effort.
When most famous people are out in public, they try to go somewhat incognito, wither wearing a hood, hat or sunglasses. Kate has none of that, you can see her face as clear as day, not to mention her outfit is colour co-ordinated meaning she thought about that she was going to wear. I don’t know is she was trying to cope meghans look, but she still put that look together, because she wanted to be seen and knew she was going to be photographed. Seems a little OTT for a trip to Waterstones. She’s so desperate.
This was planned pap stroll don’t let her fool you, new shoes, new coat, new sweater, new botox, her hair and makeup look professionally done too. She’s showing us her casual Kate looks, she loves playing dress up even when she’s dressed down. Megs been glamming it up lately, so Kate’s using this opportunity to show us her practical side. She’s trying to be the antithesis to Meghan right now.
The most hilarious part of these obviously set-up pap photos is how Kate is clinging to her purse like it’s about to be snatched away (probably by a black man, is her thinking).
I am not sur that the British tabloid press is allowed to use photos from the paps, so it can be assumed that it was authorized. The only question is – who made the requested ? Her?or daily Fail? Although choice of attire screams “triggered”.
For a few seconds I felt sorry for Bill. Just a few seconds then I realized that they were made for each other. Just happy to see the Sussexes move away from this toxic environment.
I borrowed this phrase “privileged dispair”. Catherine is not a nice person.End of.