Last Friday, the Duchess of Cambridge attended Day 5 of Wimbledon. She played around in the AELTC’s kitchen, she watched a men’s doubles match on the outer courts, plus she stuck around for some of the Center Court matches, sitting in the Royal Box. Kate actually followed the All-England mask rules, which is that club members, guests and players have to stay masked up as they walk around the courts and the grounds, but everyone can be maskless while they’re seated courtside to watch matches. The mask rule doesn’t make much sense, but I guess most people attending Wimbledon have already been vaccinated, so it is what it is. Except that during her day at Wimbledon, Kate was exposed to Covid and now she’s self-isolating.
The Duchess of Cambridge is having to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus, Kensington Palace has said. Kate was due to spend the day with William celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the NHS at two events but will now spend a period of self-isolation at home.
The couple had planned to attend a service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in honour of the health service, and in the afternoon host a “Big Tea” at Buckingham Palace for NHS staff, in their roles as joint patrons of NHS Charities Together.
Kensington Palace said: “Last week the Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently tested positive for Covid-19. Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home.”
Kate’s last public event was a visit to Wimbledon on Friday, when she toured the venue, meeting staff in the museum and the Centre Court kitchen and sitting with the former tennis star Tim Henman to watch Jamie Murray play in the doubles. The duchess, patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club and a keen tennis fan, is now likely to miss the men’s and women’s final at the weekend.
Well, they don’t say it was the trip to Wimbledon specifically. The only other “event” Kate did last week was attend the football match with George and William. If she was exposed at the football game, George and William would have been exposed as well and they would also be in isolation, correct? So I guess they’re saying it was definitely her trip to Wimbledon. I wonder if Tim Henman is isolating too? And the Duke of Kent. Kate was seated next to both of them at various points on Friday. Anyway, sad that she probably won’t be able to attend Wimbledon again this year.
And although last year didn't take place, the AELTC have continued to do incredible work within their local community. Through Wingfield Kitchen, they were able to provide 200 hot meals per day, for a whole year, to those in need. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/A38cmzs9Dv
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) July 2, 2021
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Maybe it wasn’t at Wimbledon either but in a private capacity? I feel like if it was at Wimbledon sources would say that because so many others would have been exposed as well.
She’s been vaccinated. She doesn’t need to isolate if exposed…unless her vaccine photo ops were all for show…
That’s not what the rules say. They may change but they haven’t changed yet
Did she get the second jab? I know the UK was doing long periods between first and second jab which has been changed in recent weeks due to the Delta variant
They confirmed she had both doses, which would have been sooner than anyone else under 40 because they were supposed to wait 12 weeks for the second dose. It was just changed to 8 weeks for the under 40 today. After this news came out.
@Nic919 that’s not quite true. When you book your first vaccine, they automatically book your second one 12 weeks from the first, but it is super easy to reschedule that booking to a closer date once you have the first jab. I got my first one last month and I managed to move my second appt from 12 weeks to 8 weeks extremely easily 2 weeks ago – I am in my 20s.
It’s all about availability of appointments, so of course Kate will have better access than the rest of us. But let’s not pretend this is a big conspiracy.
GA, their official SM account stated Kate got her first vaccine 31 May.
Tell us again how they are 1) telling the truth or 2) not jumping the queue and getting their shots early. They’ve been caught in their lies, and are backpeddling because of her COVID exposure.
Yes, it is a big deal when taxpayer-funded useless government employees get their shots before everyone else.
Kate got her second shot 5 weeks after the first one and everyone else has to wait 8 weeks. So how is it fair that she gets to skip the line? Johnson just announced today that the under 40 can move their second dose appointments from 12 weeks to 8 weeks. In none of these scenarios does Kate wait 8 weeks.
When I received the Pfizer shot, my first and second doses were two weeks apart.
That’s not what they’re doing in the UK though. Royalty or not, Kate should have stuck to the rules.
@Bess, are you sure you don’t mean 3 weeks apart? According to the CDC, the schedule for both doses of Pfizer (which I also got) is 21 days apart, while for Moderna it’s 28 days, and that’s what was followed for everyone I know who was vaccinated (am in US). I assumed that was what was recommended by the manufacturers, at least for the minimum interval between shots. Believe I did read that vaccinations would still be effective with longer intervals between shots, which seems to be how some other countries are doing their scheduling.
Still doesn’t mean Kate etc. didn’t get preferential treatment.
@ Windyriver unfortunately the UK has decided to do it differently in trying to get as many first doses as possible into the population so increased the gap, against the manufacturers instruction, to 12 weeks.
I’m luckily in a non surge area so that means I still have to wait until 12 weeks, but I keep checking appointment dates to see if I can move it earlier. Seeing as the PM thinks we are going back to normal in a few weeks time and I still might not have got my second dose I’m not too impressed. Fingers crossed we can avoid crowds until we are double dosed plus a fortnight.
So Carole has the kids, nice. Unless PWT decides this is a good time to really trial publicly the single dad vibe. Could be interesting!
Or she got a bit too much in the botox and filler department and needs an excuse no one can argue with for it to settle.
Is it a front for BaldAdder not wanting her around? Timing seems suss.
That was my first thought.
If the Duke of Kent goes to Wimbledon today, it wasn’t there she made contact with the person. The bigger question is how come William is not self isolating, hmm?
You only have to self isolate if you came into contact with someone who tested positive. Unless Kate tests positive William, the Duke of Kent, the kids etc. do not have to isolate.
But if she came into contact with somebody at the football match, William would need to isolate, too, I imagine.
Would be interesting if it was one of the kids who had been exposed and therefore she had to officially self quarantine.
shouldn’t prince william be self-isolating too then? Because i’m assuming kate came into contact with him.
Only if Kate develops symptoms or tests positive.
They’re probably living separately …. for precaution.
sure … for precaution 🤭
They knew something like this might happen 😂
Maybe this is a punishment for all the Kingmaker articles she pushed earlier this year? Maybe this is William’s way of starting the single dad vibe for all the upcoming royal engagements that she’s now been forced to withdraw from? Of course all of this is just a theory, but it’s something to think about…
Like Kaiser stated, if she was pinged at Wimbledon, shouldn’t Tim Henman & the Duke of Kent be isolating too? If she was exposed at a private event instead, then why aren’t details being revealed? Something stinks imo.
I agree. I think this is subterfuge that allows her to avoid work/the public for whatever reason.
This is definitely the new “we couldn’t find a babysitter” excuse they’re going to use for the foreseeable. It’s very easy to say you’re self-isolating without providing any direct evidence that you’ve potentially been exposed to the virus itself. Many school kids here have been faking positive tests to get the full 10 days off 🤣
I definitely wouldn’t put it past Kate to use this as a way to skip work.
Don’t think it’s just about avoiding work. Thinking it’s her response to not being asked to go to the statue unveiling. She gets press attention, some sympathy for possible Covid exposure (since she didn’t get any for being left out of the statue event), plus embarrasses Will/KP by cancelling her participation at the last minute. We know going as far back as her stunt with the Irish guards right through some of her patronages closing she feels zero responsibility towards any of the organizations involved in what’s supposed to be her “work”.
I don’t buy it one bit. Had there been an outbreak of people being exposed, it would have affected more people than Keen. Keen is throwing a fit for having been put in her place for not being at the statue unveiling. At let’s face it, after 10+ years of getting out of work, this fit into her narrative of not having to do something md she is letting her husband know she is pissed she wasn’t “allowed” to continue her Keen The Peacemaker dribble!
What if it’s William AGAIN saying he doesn’t want to do events with her? She was scheduled to do church and tea with William. Maybe he can’t stand to sit next to her without someone as a buffer (George last time).
I’m actually surprised that they didn’t use this at the start of the pandemic more. Like, they could have faked her exposure twice and used that as an excuse to keep her out of the public eye.
Was she pinged? Sad to say, I’m not sure I buy this. It’s an excellent way to get headlines, ‘sympathy’, and leave William holding the bag with the tea crowd, etc. There’s just so many lies, half truths, and manipulation of the press coming out of House Cambridge anymore, it’s hard to think this is not just another one where she’s crying wolf.
Yep, I don’t think this is legit. Sounds like a case like Princess Charlene in South Africa with her months long “sinus infection”, wink-wink.
The question is was Kate sidelined by others or is she pulling a Charlene and faking ill in revenge for not actually not getting anywhere near the statue unveiling. Is this her showing William what for!? Her punishing him by now making him do duties alone.
I don’t buy this one bit. Is this another demotion? Because wouldn’t her isolation window interfere with attending the key Wimbledon matches?
(Also, that solo shot does not appear to have any Photoshop. Is that on purpose?)
Yep to me it’s crystal clear it is her revenge !
Nobody else has announced they were isolating from that Wimbledon spot. And William — who is supposedly in the same household — should in theory be isolating as well but he’s carrying on as per. And it makes no sense for Carole to have the kids because they’re part of Kate’s household and should in theory be isolating with her as well.
And before anyone jumps on me about it, I’m only following the guidelines I had to follow when my app got pinged — my kids couldn’t go to school and I had to stay home. Hubby had to as well. Got checked on by the Track and Trace service and everything.
So–it’s either one rule for them and one rules for the plebs, or something is fishy in the state of Cambridge.
I don’t really understand the british covid rules at the minute. Why do the rules state that you can only get your second jab 12 weeks later? That is a long time.
They have brought a lot of second jabs forward to 8 weeks. But the reason for that is because the government wanted to prioritise first doses and get as many vaccinated with at least one dose
Same as Sofia says, also there was some study said that the longer the jabs were spread out the more effective they were, or some rubbish like that. Either way, they’ve moved the waiting gaps up because of the spread of the Indian variant of Covid.
The UK mostly uses AZ as a vaccine and they found that it is most effective to wait 8 weeks minimum for the second dose.
@Jessie Quinton, please, it’s called the Delta variant, NOT the INDIAN variant. Calling it the INDIAN variant is synonymous to Trump and his minions calling COVID the Chinese virus.
Canadians were doing this as well. They have 78% now have had 1 dose. I got my 2nd dose 5 weeks after the first because they sped up second doses but some got their 2nd 2-3 months after the first. They were following the UK studies.
I have a friend in the Republic of Ireland who hasn’t gotten dose 1 yet because of her age (32). So it could be worse.
In Canada if you got AZ as your first dose you still need to wait 8 weeks. Only the mRNA vaccines let you book within 28 days.
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The current guidelines are that your household or support bubble do not have to isolate if you have contacted by Test and Trace and you have no symptoms so I guess the rules must have changed since you were contacted.
She still loves showing off the ole engagement ring, I see.
That’s nice.
I noticed that! Could it have been exposure via school? I know my grandson ‘s school has given out tests for parents. Trust Carole to benefit. What about the nannies? I guess they get sent ‘home’ with a big pay cut.
Oh, no, Kate can certainly isolate in one of her humongous homes, while the nannies & kids live in another part of one of those humongous homes.
Yep. She’s reminding everybody that she is still the FFQ and William had better treat her better.
Well this is what happens when you don’t mask you – interesting that she’s had both doses, I thought she only had her first one a few weeks ago.
And yeah, why isn’t Wimbledon taking the necessary precautions if she was exposed there. V suspect, either she was exposed at a private event or its a PR stunt for sympathy after last week.
I think those pictures we saw of her and her incandescent husband were their second doses. Just my opinion though
It probably was, which means they lied and didn’t wait their turn like they said they did.
I think Wimbledon wants people to be maskless during the games. It’s part of an Events Research Programme being run by the government – the event is allowed to go ahead at something like half capacity, but all spectators have to test the day before and a few days after. Then everyone goes maskless while they’re there, to see if/how the virus spreads in large outdoor events like this. The results will affect policy going forward. Whether it’s a good idea or not, Wimbledon (and Kate) are following the right procedure.
If everyone who attended Wimbledon had to be tested to attend, then they would have stopped anyone with a positive test from attending. So she couldn’t have gotten it there.
Besides she was next to the Duke of Kent and Tim Henman without a mask for several hours so they should HBB’s isolating as well if the source is Wimbledon.
bub244: What? They’re using citizens as test subjects? Do they inform people that this is part of a public health experiment?
@BB the spectators are aware of the testing. It’s how they are allowed to attend and not wear a mask.
exposed doesn’t mean she has it. someone she was around must have had a positive test.
I think, if she was exposed anywhere, it was at the soccer game on Tuesday. She was in the midst of forty thousand screaming fans vs the polite clapping at Wimbleton, makes it more probable. Or, like you said, it’s just a sympathy ploy or she needs a week away from the public eye. Either way, it’s sad that we have to assume an alternative agenda from this lazy underachiever.
If it was the soccer game, Wills and George would be isolating too, right?
It’s possible she wasn’t in contact with someone at Wimbledon but somewhere else. Like going to a shop or a restaurant. Or even one of her staff members.
As for William and the kids, they might not have to isolate as long as Kate doesn’t develop any symptoms? I really should know the UK guidelines since I live there but I’m fairly certain this is the case (after reading the government website and comments here)
Or in someone’s private home????
We have this idea that we all chuckle over of Kate sitting around KP doing nothing but waiting for William to come home. I really do not think this is case. My guess is she went to someone’s private home/ private party and was exposed there.
Btb- a private home works. We joked Wills caught covid from a mistress, but what if Kate was exposed to it from a side piece? 🤔
I don’t like Kate at all but I hope she does have a side piece. Those aristo style marriages only work if everyone is allowed to get some.
she must have had her hair done before attending Wimbledon – maybe it was a hairdresser or someone like that
The likelihood is that this is a lie to get out of going to the event.
I thought Kate was vaccinated?
Being vaccinated doesn’t protect you from getting covid, it prevents you from dying.
I think she only had the first jab? Can anyone confirm if she’s had the second yet?
Being vaccinated slim your chances of contacting the (any) virus. And the more people in your environment have been vaccinated, the slimmer the chance. Thats why for a vaccine to be truly effective about 70% of the population needs to be vaccinated. However, there’s still a slim chance you can get infected.
@Amy Bee, correct. I know two people who are vaccinated and caught COVID. Medics all said the vaccine is doing its job: keeping them off ventilators and out of hospital.
Yeah I know 2 fully vaccinated people who got COVID.
As Amy says, you can still get covid and you can still pass it on, but you won’t get very sick or end up in the hospital.
You can still catch COVID and die of it, even if you are vaccinated. Your odds are decreased but not eliminated.
The Fail is saying she has had both jabs. Which is fine in theory… Thought BoJo was announcing double jabbed people can just go on with business as usual? Or is that only from July 19th?
And again, if she knew Friday, why didn’t she call the NHS to let them know she wasn’t coming today, so they could amend the program for today’s event she was supposed to attend?
It hasn’t been 8 weeks since her first jab has it? It’s possible it was brought forward but that was probably because she’s a Duchess. It isn’t right that she gets her second jab earlier than everyone else.
@Sofia I think a PP is right, the pictures we saw were of their second jabs. Many of us speculated that it was weird she went to Scotland without being vaccinated. My guess is she had her first jab already. But it was “early” for her age group so they didn’t share it until she got her second jab which was OK time wise.
@Becks1: If that’s the case then that’s not any better either (but I know you don’t think that or are saying it). It’s just frustrating to me that she gets to jump the queue while the rest of us had to wait
I’m fairly certain the Cambridge’s people were able to get them categorized as ‘essential personnel’ so they could get their vaccinations earlier than others in their age group. That’s the line they used for their COVID-tour of Scotland, right?
I am vaccinated and yet I am currently isolation cause I was in contact with someone who tested positive last week.
Unfortunately the new Delta strain shows signs of being a “breakthrough” virus, i.e. it’s still possible to be infected, although the symptoms would be mild, and at the very least you would be a carrier.
So it’s safe to say the Keens live in separate households otherwise wouldn’t William be isolating too?
Think it’s pretty safe to say that…Yes.
No, you only have to isolate if you came into contact with someone who tested positive. So if Kate was the only one who was in contact with the positive case she’s the only one who needs to isolate.
First off – I hope she is ok and does not come down with any symptoms. Second, why is she the only one in the family to be isolating? Are we really supposed to believe that she hasn’t had any contact with her children and husband since her initially suspected first contact with the virus? If she hasn’t in fact had any contact with her family… it starts to feel like her and William may in fact be on the verge of separation. This is all very strange.
That’s what I am saying, if they’re in the same household and they’re running in the same circles, surely it stands to reason he’s isolating as well?
I hope she is OK too but it begs the question about why Little Willy isn’t isolating if they live in the same household???
Even if she is double jabbed as they say, and she’s following guidelines, you’d think he’d isolate with her just in case because they’re in the same household?
I’m not British and I don’t know how they handle things there, but in my country if you were in contact with somebody with covid, you have to go into quarantine, but your family (or your contacts, people you live with etc.) don’t have to, unless you develop symptoms.
So this might also be the case with her and her family.
Brits?
Yes, in Britain if you have been exposed, no one else in your household is required to isolate unless you develop symptoms or test positive. So we can’t deduce from this that Kate and William live separately.
If William isn’t isolating as well, I’m going to be forced to assume that he paid someone with COVID to hang around her, just to give himself a few more days of freedom.
Oh Miranda!!🤭😂😂😂😭
Oh, I just can’t. My first thoughts were they were coming up with some really novel ideas to avoid each other. Then this😂😂
Hahaha this comment. 😆
Honestly, this doesn’t feel too far off the mark for me. What I find strange is that the The Guardian is reporting this.
William and Kate’s PR has diverged for quite some time and they each have their preferred mouthpieces but as far as I’m aware, The Guardian is not one of them. It makes me think that this story came from an event organizer within the NHS as a kind of jab against Kate— she can be bothered to go to Wimbledon, but she won’t show up for front line workers. Her public humilation over being banned from the statue unveiling is, I think, implied.
And why isn’t Camilla Tominey all over this in some puffy piece about Kate’s… great desire to be there but unfortunate timing? Or the Middleton press in overdrive about… something or other to make comparisons of Kate and Elizabeth, duty something something, publicly written note or video expressing her regrets and sending flowers and extra goodie bags full of thoughtful things (which is what Meghan would do)?
Timing aside, I kind of wonder if this is another convenient part of shunting Kate to the side and phasing her out of public relevance. Making way for another woman to take her place.
@Laraw The reporting in the Guardian is definitely strange. This was also written by one of their proper news reporters, not one of their culture/royal people. So how did he get this story? Something is rotten in Denmark.
Pre separation announcement between Sarah Vine and husband Michael Gove, she used her weekly Daily Mail column to dump a bucket load on powerful husbands dumping long term wives for courtesans. She began by praising David and Sam Cameron and included a reference to Rather like the Duchess of Cambridge is to Prince William, she was his barometer, his weather vane, his anchor.
It turns out Sarah and Michael have been quietly separated for ages and it made me wonder if she is covertly sympathising with a fellow dumped? Social media just saw it as shading her ex but I think it is a lot more than that: Daily Mail act like they own RF, so maybe Will is being warned not to unbutton!
As an American, I donate yearly to the Guardian to be able to fully access their articles. To me — even if I disagree with what I’m reading — the Guardian stays away from gossip, taking sides, or towing the “party” line. They’re my go to source for English news.
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Are they Diana’s earrings she’s wearing at Wimbledon?
Hahaha! Miranda the look on his face while Kate is grinning like a loon to try and look happy to be with him…you might not be far off 🤣🤣
I was thinking her own version of rosebushing was the cause but this is TOO GOOD.
Just think of the queries to fix the monarchy she’ll be able to work on during isolation! A true queen.
Well Willy won’t need to isolate because their relationship is obviously space. Also what if there isn’t really anything wrong with her but this is an excuse for why she won’t be doing an appearance with Baldimort. Maybe things really hit the fan between them recently.
The NHS Staff at the engagement were still under the impression that she would be attending today with William, until the obvious news broke this morning. If she was informed on the Friday, wouldn’t she then inform the press so the NHS Staff would be made aware in advance? The fact all of this is so last-minute and rushed is suspicious as hell.
The fact William isn’t self-isolating either is another telling sign, but of course the press wouldn’t want the public focusing on that.
She could have been informed any time between Friday and today. We don’t know when the person tested positive, only that she was exposed on Friday. I’m not saying that it makes this all true. I’m just saying that we don’t know when she was informed. Apparently, everyone at Wimbledon had to test a few days after they were there. So, she might have only found out this morning.
See, this is. Fishy as f. Something stinks in this story.
Rebecca English tweeted that Kate was ‘alerted’ on Friday afternoon to isolate – which makes you wonder about such a hurried cancellation of the NHS event literally hours before it was supposed to start.
“ The NHS Staff at the engagement were still under the impression that she would be attending today with William, until the obvious news broke this morning.”
Ugh, Duchess, if that’s true it just reinforces the belief many have that Kate has no real interest in her work or those it supposedly benefits. To find out on Friday, but not alert the coordinators of the event and let them hear about it today with the rest of the public is really disgusting. Of course, perhaps Kate — being so keen to do right by her staff — didn’t want to bother any of them with a call or text late Friday or over the weekend. Thus, her staff must be excused — as must Keen FFQ Kate —- that her non-attendance reveal had to wait for the big reveal in this morning’s newsfeed.
@schlussel – I didn’t realize that It was confirmed that she was told on Friday. I somehow doubt she was exposed at Wimbledon and found out the same afternoon. That would be a very lucky catch unless the person was being tested daily or was already experiencing symptoms. So, either it is a poorly thought out lie, she was exposed earlier in the week with no connection to Wimbledon, or Rebecca English misunderstood. Either way, I now understand why people find it fishy. It would be such a stupid lie though. To say she knew Friday, but didn’t announce that she couldn’t come until just before is a really bad look. You’d think they’d be smart enough to say she found out that morning that she had to quarantine. The other option being that she potentially exposed people at Wimbledon and didn’t tell them. Which is even worse than canceling something last minute. For everyone potentially exposed, I hope it’s either a bad lie or Rebecca’s mistake!
Ainsley7, that would be very interesting. Did she say, visit Pippa or Mummy, and get exposed there? Then went to Wimbledon and become the focus of a new spreader event? We’ll likely never learn the truth of when/where she was exposed and by whom.
Or maybe she’s using it as an excuse to avoid engagements, period. There are only a few good things about COVID: 1.) We all learned pretty quickly which of our friends and family were self-absorbed idiots (other than the ones who had already outed themselves by voting for Trump). 2.) Sourdough starters! And best of all, 3.) We lazy folk finally had an unquestionable excuse to avoid social responsibilities.
William must be thrilled to host an event today all by himself. Will get all the attention to himself.
I think she just doesnt want to be seen in public because of the weekend coverage that William/KP was actually leaking against H&M. Specifically planting stories about Harry’s mental health during their African tour. scobie said it, i know ITV cut it from their documentary bit it got big coverage on DM. And alot of commentors believe it.
Same. I think between this and the embarrassment of getting axed from the statue unveiling, I get the feeling she wants to hide out for a while.
First I a hearing but I get all my royal news from Kaiser.
Plus let’s not forget that when rage monster had COVID she didn’t, which in my humble opinion meant those two were already living separately.
Those two are never going through the same thing at the same time. William had his covid first and now it’s Kate’s turn. Kate has problems with getting babysitters but William never does. Their relationship is nonexistent.
Why would William have trouble getting a babysitter when he has Kate? Like, William might refuse to stay home with the kids, but I doubt Kate would.
As if they take care of the kids by themselves lmfao.
That’s why they are so suspect. There is no reason why either of them would have babysitting issues and yet that was used as excuse for Kate canceling an event. Kate is exposed to covid all of a sudden from someplace that nobody knows, while Will had a bad case a year ago from wherever because again, nobody knows. It’s like they are playing tag with their problems. Their excuses just don’t add up.
Have three nannies but cannot find sitters. Sure.
i don’t know what to make of those rumours about w&k, but even i have to admit something’s a little fishy here. or maybe not. i don’t know…
Not that I disagree with the overall trend in any of the speculation….something is definitely suspect in that marriage. Just because W had it doesn’t necessarily mean K should have had it…I live in NYC (tiny apartments) and had Covid in March 2020 when it was the epicenter, my husband somehow never got it. We had literally had ‘relations’ the day before I started feeling sick. He was antibody tested multiple times and doesn’t have them….It’s such a strange virus…
I hope that she’s okay and that the kids are too. That is my something nice for today. Stay safe peeps.
Hope the person who came down with covid is ok & hope she doesn’t develop symptoms or anyone in her household.
Something in this story isn’t adding up though. KP says she’s had both jabs now even though the first one which was publicised was 5 weeks ago& in U.K meant to be 12 weeks wait approx although it was sped up for older or vulnerable people. So has she jumped queue which is what I always assumed for the royals & was surprise when they promoted their shots.
Secondly last night they announced she was hosting something for the NHS with Bill. Why would they announce her attendance when rota says on Friday she was notified about coming into contact with someone who has come down with covid. Strange
She came into contact with them Friday. We don’t know when they tested positive or when she was informed.
I’m going to assume that their shots were likely their second and their treatment was even more special than people realize. I thought it was weird that they were made to wait their turn. That’s not how it usually works for literal royalty.
Rebecca English said she was notified on Friday. So didn’t make sense KP announced her attendance at the NHS event last night only to cancel this morning.
I always assumed they had had shots earlier than publicised & the images released were to encourage people to vaccinate. Their inconsistent mask wearing especially around children never made any sense. Didn’t believe for a second the royals weren’t in a VIP vaccine Lane.
I didn’t realize that Rebecca said Kate was informed on Friday. I assumed that if she was exposed at Wimbledon than she was unlikely to have found out that day unless the person was symptomatic. Since people were being tested the day before they attended and a few days after, finding out this morning made perfect sense. It’s either an incredibly stupid lie because it makes her look really inconsiderate, she was exposed earlier in the week, or Rebecca has it wrong. So, Kate looks really bad in 2/3 of the scenarios.
I feel like duchess wiglet has the face she has earned. Old girl isn’t aging well at all.
So so true. It’s more than the wrinkles and the cheeks that look like they’re collapsing in on themselves in certain pictures. It’s an overall quality. I won’t compare to Meghan-who-glows, as that’s not fair. But let’s compare to Camilla, Sophie, or even the Queen. All much older and more wrinkled, but infinitely happier looking. Isn’t it interesting! I can’t stand to look at her anymore, and it’s really only the case since 2018.
I don’t buy this story. It seems like this is a distraction from the story about Will’s staff leaking that came out Friday. And a way for Wills to keep her away from him.
Same here. Something is up.
Yeah, something seems off about this. We all could be making a mountain out of a molehill of course, but it’s interesting timing. I know some people are thinking this is her reacting to recent events in some way, but I wonder if this was even her choice. Again, could be exactly what it says on the tin but KP (and the BRF as a whole) has form for being deceptive.
Cancelling last minute when she was told on Friday is a bad look no matter how they spin it.
This is how I feel nic 919. If she was alerted on Friday, why did KP say she would be there and then tell everyone last minute. Maybe it was an eff-u to William but it’s sh*tty to those expecting or relying on her. Kinda think at this point a lot of these organization don’t expect much, as we’ve all said but this was a thank you to nhs. Like no need to cancel last minute when you’ve known since Friday(assuming that’s true). So the story given still looks bad in terms of last min cancellation either way.
This is why Kate’s events are mostly embargoed because she cancels like this all the time.
It’s pretty clear she had some kind of fit this morning and told them last minute she wasn’t going. No way William would get rid of her for this event after it was announced yesterday. He was clear in saying she wasn’t going to the statue event well before the day of the event. This is Kate trying to push back after some sort of fight. And Carole took the kids as part of that power play. If she doesn’t have symptoms and tested negative then there is no need for the kids to leave.
Anyone believing this nonsense is a gullible as hell They’re on the outs and William doesn’t want to be around her. I say William because the Middleton PR is always desperately trying to solidify Kate’s place beside him. William threw a tantrum and their staff threw together this covid ridiculousness which doesn’t even make a lick of sense. They have a history of lying about illness with her in order to get people to want to be polite and not ask questions.
Doesn’t Will have another exciting football/soccer game for England coming up this week? Maybe Kate is trying to get him quarantined too so he ends up missing the big game. That’s her tit for tat revenge for not allowing her to go to The Statue Unveiling.
I don’t think William told her she wasn’t attending this. He doesn’t do last minute day of cancellations like she does because it’s very rude. He’s not the hardest worker but we have never heard of William cancelling any engagement the day of. Kate has a long history of doing this though. And it’s a sad little power play attempt on her end using covid exposure to try to get some pity.
Meghan said nothing is as it appears.
They’re quick to announce her exposure, but not that William actually HAD Covid? Something doesn’t add up.
To be fair, they have to admit she was exposed because she’s missing a scheduled event. When William had Covid, he didn’t have to cancel anything. So, it’s out of their hands.
Or maybe this is just an excuse because after the statue event, things with Willy are at a new low (so the public opinion).
I think windyriver upthread hit the nail on the head – Kate’s not willing to play happy families anymore after being shut out of the statue unveiling and Will acting like a hands-on dad at Wembley last week. announcing her self-isolation on the day of a scheduled engagement ensures her face, not Wills’, dominates the headlines – and she doesn’t even have to turn up and play pretend at the event itself.
I think Kate knows which side her bread is buttered on. She’s not playing chess; she can barely comprehend checkers. Now Carole thinks she’s a chess player, but she’s actually closer to Tic Tac Toe.
This is the second event Kate’s been bumped from. I don’t know what happened to the link that was here a minute ago but I clicked on it and it said Kate moved out of KP two months ago? Is that connected to the house in Bucklebury story?
Various news sources have been reporting that “William and Kate” (coughkatecough) are planning to move out of KP. It’s a rumour that’s been floating around since January but I haven’t been able to dig up anything conclusive. The story about “them” (coughkatecough) looking for a school and residence near Bucklebury is a newer story. I think her so-called covid exposure is a cover up for the royal sh*t hitting the royal fan in their marriage — Kate’s still apoplectic about being banned from the statue unveiling, and it’s possible Will forbade her from attending the NHS event. Their marriage is not just circling the drain anymore, it’s gone down the drain and I wouldn’t be surprised if they announced their separation by the end of the year.
Becky English has tweeted that Kate was told on Friday. So it’s likely that she didn’t come into contact with the infected person at Wimbledon. It does beg question why she was still included in the announcement made late yesterday that she was going to attend the NHS church service and tea party at BP?
I wonder: did she go to Wimbledon after she was told of the exposure? Or before?
Given that her son and husband were social distancing from her on Tuesday evening at the football game I think she knew BEFORE she went to Wimbledon. We all commented on how odd it was she wasn’t sat next to them – this news explains that. It also explains that she does not have a bubble with either William or George.
I’d bet before.
DU- nah, the story was she learned on Friday, which I believe, because if she knew Tuesday, that would’ve been used as the excuse for her missing the statue unveiling. Just my opinion.
@DU if she knew before Wimbledon, how was she allowed to sit right next to people at the doubles match? They really were breathing all over each other, even if it was outdoors, lol. I’m beginning to wonder if the whole story is fake? Just an excuse for the Keens not to appear together? Its weird.
I think the social distancing at the Euro game was just William being petty.
That is pretty strange.
She also tweeted that she didn’t believe that Kate was pinged by the NHS app. That makes it seem like it was a private event where she was exposed or it’s fake to get out of work.
Was she told after she had returned from Wimbledon? And have the other people she was interacting with Also been informed because she was without mask sitting all up in that man face
I have a very very strange feeling about this. I hope I’m wrong and that Kate is ok
Care to elaborate Nina?
I wish her the best of health. The timing is a little suspicious with the stories in the UK about Omid Scobie disclosing that KP planted stories in the press about Harry and then that getting pulled. Something about this tells me it’s distraction. Everyone at Wimbledon had to test negative or be double vaccinated so I feel there’s something up.
FWIW, I live in Holland, but am an expat American. I’m jealous of how the US has handled some of the safety regulations in the Northeast and California, where I have relatives, in comparison to the Netherlands. On the other hand, I feel that Holland has kept more people safe than in the American South and Texas, where I also have relatives.
In Holland the rules state that if you’ve been in contact with someone who has tested positive, you need to self isolate from the rest of your household and get a PCR test. Or go into quarantine for 10 days–most people here cannot deal with being closed up in their bedrooms for that long. The other family members are allowed out and about. If the person does come down with Corona, then the rest need to go into quarantine and get tested, or stay inside for 10 days. If positive without symptoms, you can get tested after 5 days to see if it’s gone. Up to now, this has been the case of the people I know. If you have symptoms, you need to stay inside until 48 hours after all the symptoms have gone. If you’re one of the unfortunate people to have long covid, you’ll be getting tested again and you’ll be in touch with your doctor.
Most fully vaccinated people here don’t test positive in Kate’s circumstances, so I presume that she’s staying home until she gets her PCR test results.
Apparently, according to below. Kate moved out of KP 2 months ago because she and will had a fight. I put the link below. Take that as you will 🤷🏽♀️
https://www.globlett.com/post/duchess-catherine-moved-out-of-kensington-palace-two-months-ago
Exactly how reliable is this website? And has there been any Twitter chatter to it? I say Twitter because I didn’t see this in any media but people on Twitter sometimes do hint at things (like they did with William’s affair and the Michael Gove-Sarah Vine divorce)
Interesting…Carole and Wills had a fight which led to Kate and Wills fighting? That could explain the desperate Carole is Will’s second mum PR. But I think if they had a fight and she moved out in late April, it was more likely due to Keen’s preening at Phil’s funeral.
And I do not believe at all that Kate is seeking ED treatment. But I suppose a 14 day Covid “isolation” could be cover for something else health related.
War of the (future) Wales, Part Deux. Interesting….. verrrry interesting!
Carole has been going rogue with her desperate Kate is the lynchpin PR for a while now. I would not be surprised if William got fed up with it and told her to cut it out and it spiraled from there.
I’m not buying it, at least with the linked website as the only source. It has a grand total of three posts and says it originates in San Francisco, CA.
Yeah me neither. Marriage issues don’t surprise me but I don’t believe this story either.
There has long been rumours of how nasty/bad their fights have been – stories dating back to the GF years.
The fight with Carole is interesting – seems the wannabe Queen Mother has lost control of her meal ticket.
Their marriage has or is imploding and I don’t think it all about the situation with the Sussex’s. I think he’s found someone else, someone he is serious about and someone who could potentially replace Kate in the role of FFQC. This is what has the Mids in a total panic – the big prize is slipping from their fingers.
Interesting, if true, Zara. The Palace walls are beginning to show cracks that we’ve all been alert to for awhile. Of course, most of us noticed a change in their interactions with each other a lot earlier. I mean, Kate may have moved out of KP only 2 months ago, but we all think William has been living at Sandringham for almost a year. I guess —- if true —- this is the Firm trying to control this very messy story. Notice how the slant is already on the Middleton’s behavior (and Kate’s frailty) and not on William’s infidelity. Shades of Diana! Has the Firm learned nothing? Answer: No.
Sounds like House Cambridge has just done a deep dive into the 🐀Rota shark tank. and there is blood in the water. As a fellow celebitchyite said here last year……. “ Karma is a bitch with puppies.”
While this DOES seem suspect as well, it’s also interesting because you’d NEVER see stuff like this floating around the internet even a year or so ago. Folks are getting bolder about leaving crumbs about what they know…
Given the amount of articles that came out where she was desperate to go to the unveiling, this article stating that she herself requested not to be there strikes an odd chord.
All of this actually seems pretty plausible – but I guess we need confirmation from another source. (It also says “UK media” are reporting on this but I don’t think they are). Maybe Wills had a big argument with Carole cos the Middletons were angling (via the press) for an invite to Philip’s funeral. But whatever the reason, it would explain why the Middleton PR machine seems to be all over the place at the moment. It would also explain that ludicrous article last week about Carole being a better mother than Diana (there was an odd sentence in there about how William could “say anything” to Carole, which read like a veiled threat to me). And it would explain the rumoured move to Bucklebury.
Hmm ..
It makes sense Carole had a fight with W then Kate did.. I think the Middletons are going bankrupt with their company losing big money my guess they are demanding W to help them financially and he said no.. It’s easy to see the connection between the news of their troubled financial status & the recent PR of Carole as a better mother than Diana..
It reads like fan fiction, TBH.
I have seen tweets with the same information under different names which looks a lot like bot activity. I really doubt Kate moving out could be kept quiet except for an unknown website. I think the Buckleberry house hunting story is the UK media telling us something because it’s more their style to be indirect that way.
I don’t think that particular story about a fight is true, but realistically Kate could live away from KP way more than we realize. She spends most of her time at Anmer or in Bucklebury, helicopters in for the very few engagements she has done over the past few months, and William is at Sandringham or KP (kids are at KP for school though so are they just staying with the nannies?)
Point being though that I think Kate could live the majority of her time away from KP and we likely would not know.
She was at Buckleberry quite a bit when she was supposed to be living in Anglesey. Locals knew because the security gets ramped up when she was there.
I think it’s a perfect excuse not to see william as to me there seems to be a conflict between them at this time. I was surprised to have kate break the brother’s news cycle (unveiling) with a wimbledon match? Even if she did a charity there, the news could have came out like a week after like she sometimes does? Weird. I think kate and her team are unhinged lol. This is not normal behaviour for robot kate.
Yeah, odd there were no cries about “overshadowing” like we normally get when the Sussexes do something, lol. I think its all hitting the fan now. Kate was pissed at being pushed out of the statue event.
There were people whining on Yahoo about H&M announcing hiring Rebecca Sananes the day after the unveiling. Of course, Kate got a pass on her events because she was “working”.
I’m sorry to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but this feels highly suspicious to me, given the recent spate of Kate absences at events.
I know that one theory has been that this is coming from William and either A) punishment for her PR follies or B) phasing her out in advance of a separation announcement, but is it possible that she’s physically not well and that’s being covered up? I hate to speculate, but she has looked pretty frail lately.
I don’t take any of these stories at face value. There are a LOT of holes. That said, I hope she doesn’t catch COVID and stays healthy.
She looked fine at Wimbledon, or at least as fine as she usually looks. I won’t comment further on that. But this feels weird, especially after all of the back and forth about her going or not going to the statue unveiling.
IDK, I think she’s looked as well as she normally looks — William’s the one who has been looking rough lately, IMO. Now, is this a good excuse for her to dip out and stay out of sight for a while, for whatever reason? Absolutely…..
I think she didn’t feel like being with William today and so this comes out.
William is not quaranting so I guess the press wants us to fill the hole by speculating that they are not living together. I think the H&M smearing will be coming to an end soon with royal rota not having access to them – the coverage is quite boring lol. They need a new cash cow, and so the british press is startig to building their new new soap opera with Kate/william couple problems and they will throw in rose bushes whenever it’s time. oh boy will Chaz be absolutely incandescent with rage when the press will comparing will and rose with chaz and camilla. It is going to get so ugly, and real fast too, I think.
Maybe she should stop wearing those child sized masks. Start there Kate.
I don’t believe a word that comes out of these people’s mouths. She hasn’t been exposed to a damn thing. If this were real, this would be a huge story at Wimbledon about how the FFQC and everyone around her was exposed and how they’re all isolating, and were any players exposed as well, etc. All those people yet no one else around her at neither Wimbledon nor her home has to isolate? It’s a lie. The truth is that she’s been benched because William is sick of her and doesn’t want to do engagements with her and this nonsense is all their stupid and unimaginative staff could come up with at the last minute as an excuse.
I think I agree, Nyro.
It’s so clear what’s going on here. They already live apart and now William is getting sick of playing happily married with her in public. He was completely over it and checked out emotionally and physically in Scotland, where it seemed like he had to summon every ounce of inner strength just to crack a smile at her while on their engagements. And now he doesn’t want to do it anymore and he likely had one of his legendary bitch fits this morning and so they had to come up with something to save face for her.
I agree as well. This story doesn’t add up no matter how you slice it, even when factoring in inconsistent quarantine rules. The NHS had every expectation that Kate would be there and only found out when everyone else did. That doesn’t make sense at all.
@Nyro +100
I also agree that something’s hinky with this and why does someone who’s fully vaccinated (supposedly)? having to quarantine from exposure?
I didn’t read all the comments so forgive me if this has been addressed….but if she’s had the vaccine, why does she even need to quarantine? At least here in the states, if you’ve been exposed to someone but have been vaccinated, there’s no need to quarantine. Or is it that she might not have gotten her second shot yet due to the UK spacing them out? Like others said, if there was an outbreak at Wimbledon with high-profile spectators and players being exposed, wouldn’t this be bigger news?? It all seems highly suspect, whatever the reasoning behind it.
Because you can still spread it if you are vaccinated.
Yes, this is true. The whole situation all still seems very odd though.
The World Health Org says people who are vaccinated should still wear masks. You can still catch it, spread it, get very sick, and even die of it. Even if vaccinated. Kate wearing her child-size masks then sitting close to others without her mask on? She’s following the wrong medical advice.
Unfortunately having both vaccines doesn’t guarantee you won’t get the Delta variant which is spreading rapidly in the UK. You can still get sick because it’s a “breakthrough” virus and even if you don’t get sick you can still be a carrier. That being said, there’s something extremely fishy about this story, there are just too many holes in it, and I think it’s another feeble attempt to cover up the fact that the Cambridges are living apart.
This feels suspect. Not to be a conspiracy theorist but….this doesn’t all add up to me.
Does anyone think that the reason K didn’t reveal she’d come in to contact with a COVID positive person on Friday was because she & W didn’t want the news to overshadow the hatchet job that was airing on ITV on Sunday?
They didn’t reveal it because she didn’t come in contact with anything. If she had, they would have informed the folks at today’s engagement, who were still expecting her to walk through the door with William.
What hatchet job may I ask? I don’t have ITV I don’t live in the uk
just me over here sighing that she STILL wears her child-sized masks upside down.
Also, William had full blown Covid at the height of the epidemic and they didn’t inform the public until months later because they didn’t want to “scare” people. Yet Kate, who’s halfway vaccinated, is supposedly merely “exposed” to Covid and their staff still put this out there? So they didn’t want to scare the public when William was actually sick along with the rest of the world but they’re not afraid of possibly scaring people off of getting the vaccine by announcing that the halfway vaccinated FFQC could possibly be sick? Make it make sense, folks.
This is also a very valid point. Although they are saying that it’s been confirmed that Kate has had both shots. Even so, why keep it so hush-hush about William but be so quick to share about Kate — and you know there are people who will use this to be like, “see, the shot doesn’t work!” (Which is NOT the case) Would’ve made more sense the other way around as far as sharing this info.
With how much they lie about everything else, I’m not sure William had Covid.
Oh, they could very well have been lying about his Covid. The point remains about what they chose to hide from the public and what they had no hesitation in announcing.
Unless it was easier to hide William’s Covid since people weren’t supposed to be out in public doing engagements?
Yes, as others have said, I find this fishy. And that she dropped out of an event so quickly beforehand, which is the Kate we all know and love, lol.
My opinion:
Either she’s pregnant (which I highly highly doubt given her weight and Botox at the moment not to mention Will doesn’t seem to want to touch her with a ten foot pole and can’t even be bothered with their youngest);
she’s hiding out because she doesn’t want to be seen after the statue drama and in he midst of the staff stories and is sick of it (although I have to say I am surprised she would willingly retreat into a PR situation where the “isolation rules” mean she couldn’t go back to Wimbledon again, one of the few events she can be relied upon to show up to)
or they are continuing to actively sideline her for the purposes of preparing for a public separation/divorce.
I think if she were pregnant (which is a 0.0001% chance IMO as well), they would just come out and announce it like they did all the other times. All her other pregnancies were announced crazy early because they said she suffered from HG. I don’t think this would be any different, and they’d welcome the opportunity to share news like that for a myriad of reasons. It’s definitely due to something else — your options #2 and 3 are both FAR more likely.
I have always why Kate didn’t think to use her condition with being sick during pregnancy as a platform her one of her royal project. The good press would have respected. It could have educationed women about it and she could talk about what she did to helped her cope with the effects. The challenges she faced as a working royal with this condition. How this condition effected her role as mother
She could had made a difference and made an impact on women but she’s lazy and don’t want to work to hard.
She didn’t use the HG platform, because she never had it. If she stood up in an room of real sufferers, they’d tear her ‘symptoms’ to shreds. ‘I had to drive past two hospitals to get to the one where my pap was waiting’. ‘I had to suffer through three weeks on a beach in Mustique, hours from a hospital, after two long flights’.
Ehem, finally the communication person that KP hired had finally did their job.
William hired them to divorce kate and carole is not cooperating.
I hope for the best for the kids, this genetic pain need to be broken. Those kids deserve better than these two. All of them need counceling.
Wherever she was exposed, has she not been unmasked around her husband since? They are definitely living apart. Also, I’m not sure i believe this. They’ve never been this upfront about covid. I think it’s an excuse for them not to be around each other. She’s probably still salty about the unveiling. Couldn’t figure out a way to embiggen her with this event so she’s skipping it.
According the the Fail Kate has had BOTH vaccines, so her pic from just a few weeks ago were from either her second jab or were taken ages ago. Either way the narrative that she ‘just got her first vaccine’ has turned out to be fake.
Anyway I wonder if this is more benching from Willie, cos he literally can not spend another second in public with her? I don’t think kate cares to attend anything, except for the Diana statue unveiling, so atleast she gets out of working. But to miss Wimbledon must be devastating, it’s literally the only thing she likes doing.
But funny how her husband wasn’t exposed.
So she’s fully vaccinated. They lie about everything with such ease. If the Firm is talking, it’s lying.
Hmmm. Well I admit to being a bit of a cynic but this does seem extraordinarily well timed to get her out of the NHS event with William today. From their joint Scottish tour to now, something fairly major has clearly been going on behind the scenes.
Could she be pulling a Melania? Not showing up until a new post nuptual agreement has been reached?
No. Melania and Keen may both be shiftless bird brains, but Melanie does have enough fight in her to make demands for herself when it comes to protecting herself financially. Kate’s obedient and would never step to William and his family like that.
Possibilities include:
She refuses to do this event with William.
William refuses to do this event with her.
She has some other health issue preventing her from attending.
One of the children has a health issue (what if George, as a child too young to be vaccinated, contracted covid from exposure at the football game?)
Betty has barred Kate from Buckingham Palace.
Certainty is:
The way they announced her absence was quite rude to the NHS.
Khate didn’t get to go to the statue unveiling
Khate didn’t get a preview before anyone else
Khate didn’t go to Scotland with the queen and the elegant prince
Khate suddenly dropped from engagement at the last minute
The elegant prince yelling about that bloody woman.. I think that was Khate or Carole, not Meghan.
Maybe when William went to pick Kate up for this event, he saw that she was dressed in an identical outfit to the Diana statue, complete with short blond wig, and decided to put his foot down and say she couldn’t come. LOL
OMG! It’s giving me Norman Bates.😂😂 Now all I can see is Kate in her very own Revenge Dress and a blond wig, lunging at William with a huge knife in her hand and William’s like, “Mother, noooo!”
I think it was after Kate shamelessly hijacked Philip’s funeral, brought her own photographer and then sent that disconcerting picture to all the press. I’ve never seen anything so selfish and disrespectful at a funeral and believe me my brother and I almost came with other family members at Dad’s funeral. Strong emotions get stirred up at funerals, not just grief but jealousy and vindictiveness. Here’s what I think happened : Carole and her family expected to be invited and let it be known. The Family wisely told them no hence Maleficant. Uncle Gary’s terrible outburst about Meghan and Harry plus ‘Will and Kate should rule’ was the final desperate straw. He also claimed he was ‘offered a wing of Buckingham Palace’ which the truly delusional Middleton’s think is their due. Plus the titles bestowed by King William. Previous monarchs would have ‘cut off their heads’.
@ChattyCath, Your comments about the funeral might be pretty close to the issue. She preens and poses, she gets the Alexis Carington style photo released by her own photographer, she apparently couldn’t take her eyes off Harry during the service. Then she ambushes Harry for the walk back to the castle with Will, but there were stories that Will snapped at her. Hence the drop-back from walking with them, Sophie seems to commiserate with her, and Kate is seen dabbing at her eyes with a hankie. Her behavior that day was appalling, and I can see this as the beginning of the now obvious (to the general public) estrangement between them. All the talk of the Middletons angling for an invite, then the story in the unsubstantiated link about Will fighting with Carole; the desperate 10th anniversary “television ad” video, and the ice cold Scottish tour – it all adds up to a possible announcement of a separation on the horizon.
And remember the 10 anniversary ad was actually filmed during autumn 2020. They used images from that one shoot for their Xmas card and for several other instances since then. With the way they have been known to pull from that shoot for like “stock Cambridge media”, I have to wonder if William was even aware that the anniversary video was being put together. Hmmm. Maybe be had no idea about it and that could have set him off as well.
“the drop-back from walking with them, Sophie seems to commiserate with her, and Kate is seen dabbing at her eyes with a hankie. Her behavior that day was appalling, ”
@Babz . . . agreed. I think this was her second big mis-step though; your astute write-up immediately made me think of her smirking-at-Rose pics. She thought she had the upper hand there and made an arrogant, obvious, public move that backfired when she had no support. All these years and she still doesn’t understand her position – I think the RF are done with her.
@babz – I had no idea who Alexis Carington was before your comment. I googled, I snorted with laughter, she was totally on Kate’s Funeral Fashion Moodboard
No Uncle Gary did not claim he was offered a wing at the palace?! Lawd, I can just see the uproar over that one, lol! They did not want poor Doria to have a room in Frogmore Cottage with Meghan and Harry but sure Uncle Gary, just move right in! He must have been smoking his inventory when he said that one!
That is actually old gossip. It is a reference to a joke that Uncle Gary told a reporter during an undercover sting operation: “I’ve got my own rooms, the Goldsmith Wing [at Buckingham Palace]. I’m going to be the Duke of Slough.” (that was before William and Kate married).
I think the funeral was the last straw as well. 100 percent on everything you said about her behavior. It was disgusting. And the whole week after, it was all about her perfect queen-like behavior, the “peacemaker” nonsense, and that staged photo plastered all over the British tabloids. Everyone was saying you’d think she was the widow with the way she was carrying on. And that’s something because Sophie was on a huge PR campaign that week as well. Keen made Sophie look downright subtle. At least the Ford Fiesta had the good sense to not stage an Old Hollywood glamor shot.
Some people were saying at the time that they were certain that it looked like William barked at her on the walk after the service. Didn’t buy it then but maybe they were right.
Somebody, Eugenia I think, was walking ahead of them and something stopped her in her tracks and she turned back to look. That could well be when the elegant prince elegantly screamed at his wife.
This is just a cover up. She’s already vaxxed. Probably some excuse for her not to attend something with William. He doesn’t want her around.
We will see less and less appearances of them together. Divorce imminent.
I believe those posters who say that it’s her convenient excuse to hide from the public after her big humiliation from 1) being left at home while her husband went with the Queen to Scotland as if telling her that her royal presence during her visit didn’t generate interest and didn’t impress the Scots enough to persuade them to remain with the monarchy; 2) being disinvited from Diana’s statue unveiling which is considered to be one of the most highly-anticipated events of the year; 3) being snubbed in public by William all throughout the Aston Villa game. Never was there a photo or a video where he gazed at her even for a second.
Oh dear , this marriage is sadly crumbling.
One of the BBC articles mentions the royal households get tested twice a week, and it also repeats she was notified Friday afternoon. What did she do/ where did she go in between the England match and Wimbledon where she was around people that William wasn’t? That ridiculous biking report during the statue unveiling is the only thing I recall.
I went to the nhs website (the UK’s health site) and what Kate is doing is 100% legit. According to tatler, she got pinged by the app while at Wimbledon and had to leave immediately to self isolate. In Great Britain, you must self isolate for 10 days no matter what. (Vax status irrelevant.)
This doesn’t make sense. They imply because she was pinged that she had to leave Wimbledon early. Which is nonsense, she attended a match, then helped prepare strawberry desserts in the kitchen (blech), then went to the museum, then to another match.
And if she was pinged Friday there was no need to postpone informing the NHS of this until the last minute when they expected her to be at their event.
Thank you. None of it makes sense. The math ain’t mathing. It’s such an obvious lie that even her supporters are trying to say she’s pregnant and they just don’t want to announce it yet. Nobody believes what KP are selling.
I would imagine if she was pregnant they would just say it outright no? They’ve never really hidden her pregnancy announcements and Kate tends to announce early because of her HG. Like, why hide a pregnancy announcement behind a COVID isolation?
Agreed @Nyro and @Sofia. If she were pregnant, they’d either straight up announce it or at least use a far more simple excuse for her absence. Lord knows the RF desperately needs positive PR and they’d be eager to announce a 4th Cambridge kid. The masses might roll their eyes like they did with Louis, but the media would be happy to do its duty of propaganda and draw parallels to Elizabeth.
Not only did she get fully vaccinated (after claiming she got her first dose just over a month ago), she also knew about this exposure since Friday and STILL had people thinking she’d make an appearance for NHS today. Those are quite the inconsistencies and it opens the door for easily avoidable scrutiny. Personally I feel like she’s being sidelined and this absence isn’t her choice.
CNN just reported Kate’s COVID exposure a half hour ago, and on air. It is putting exposure at either the soccer match or Wimbledon. If it’s at the soccer game that’s really bad because the succession would be at risk due to William and George. And that is probably why she was not at the statute dedication because Harry and his kids ( numbers 6,7 and 8 to the throne) risks exposure. And explains the physical distancing at the unveiling. I hope Harry is isolating at home.
Unlikely to be both. If it was Wimbledon, we would have heard the Duke of Kent was isolating. Also I think the test results for going to the match on Friday wouldn’t have come back that quick. And if it was the football match then William and George should be isolating because they’re one family and most likely would have been in contact with the same people (unless Kate bumped into someone in the bathroom or whatever). And Kate was pinged on Friday. The statue reveal happened on Thursday. So how did she know to self isolate the day before?
I wonder if George and William were tested.
Kate was never invited to the unveiling. It was always supposed to be William and Harry. That unveiling has nothing to do with Kate and her being around someone with Covid.
I’m curious I assume marriage stays unless William falls so hard for someone else that he wants out. I have not seen hints of that just possible affair near home that seems over. I don’t think he’d opt out just because tired of marriage cause actually makes it easier for him to present image that makes his life less scrutinized. I assume Kate does this stuff to raise her profile to discourage him from dumping her or if he does gets her a better deal in divorce.
@aquarius64 what you are saying makes no sense. The soccer match took place before the unveiling and It had already been noted that she was to be sidelined from the unveiling so her absence would have had no connection to her purported exposure. As for the tennis match odd no one else surrounding her at the match has claimed to have been exposed. Tbh I don’t believe she has been exposed.
This is similar to that Ireland event where she did not show up so people should not expect her every year.
To me this rings closer to the Tusk awards event a couple of years ago. Kate pulled out last minute with the infamous excuse of being unable to find a babysitter, then I think the explanation changed to one of the kids being sick.
The Tusk awards are organized by Jecca Craig and it is the one event William never fails to miss. I guess Kate that year didn’t feel like dealing with Jecca. Because nanny Maria lives with them full time and so they never have baby sitter issues.
She pulled out of a fund raiser at KP years ago,a big one where the invites went out with her name on them. We were told her name on the invite went out without her permission. When that fell apart, we got some line about a sick child. So many excuses for her laziness, so little time.
She’s Out.
Here’s a thought: what if this timeline makes no sense because Kate discovered earlier and hasn’t been isolating?
Like, the exposure happened and she went to Wimbledon anyways cause she loves her tennis, and was planning on the NHS event for a happy couple photo of, but then someone/something was going to out her, so she made up this story? Would explain why NHS event got changed so last minute.
Perhaps she didn’t tell anyone about the exposure because it was somewhere and with someone she should not be. Ooh, I’m really starting to lean in to the rumors of Kate having a side piece. Like, Rose pissed her off so much she went HAM on Wills and got her own garden to play in.
I’m not saying this is anything similar, but I’ve seen a situation where “COVID isolation” was a family’s cover-up for a person’s mental health problems. Obviously in certain pearl-clutching social spheres, mental health issues are too “inelegant”. That being said, while I don’t think this is what’s going on with Kate, I have no doubts that the COVID exposure story is a cover-up for something, probably being purposely sidelined by William.
The Queen will not grant their divorce. They have to wait for Charles to allow it, or when William takes the throne. She would also lose access to George as he belongs to the holder of the throne since he will one day be king.
This monarchy is just so toxic. I hope Canada leaves the commonwealth before she dies!
Three of her children are divorced. Her nephew is divorced. Several of her cousins are divorced. Her sister was divorced. One of her grandsons is divorcing.
When Kate and this marriage become even more of a liability? She’ll order the divorce just like she did with Charles and Diana.
I’m surprised Keen didn’t try to use this as her “Reason” for not attending the statue unveiling.