The Duchess of Cambridge was out and about today for her second day of work in a row! She has now worked four days in 2022, how special. Today, Kate was out with her father-in-law Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. Usually, when Kate does an event with Charles and Camilla, William is there too. Not so for today’s excursions, which makes me wonder why William was absent and why Kate has seemingly done more “work” at the start of the year. But I digress.
For this outing, Kate repeated a Catherine Walker dress. She’s worn this a few times, including her first public outing with the Queen in 2019, just the two of them. A strange symmetry then – this is the dress she wears when she does events with her in-laws, without William or any other buffers.
Kate, Charles and Camilla’s outing was to see the work being done with some of Charles’s Foundation projects at the Trinity Buoy Wharf. They met students from The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts. The students showcased their artwork to the royals, and then the royals visited one of Charles’s special interest projects: the Future Textiles Studio. Charles loves to support the British textiles industry and handmade artisanal crafts. Speaking of, they also met people from Charles’s Modern Artisan project. All of this artsy and artisan stuff is why Kate was invited, because she is “artsy.” But it’s kind of weird that William didn’t tag along too, I think.
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I don’t mind this dress but that is the first thing that I thought of when I saw these pics – “is this her ‘working with the ILs dress’??” It’s not my favorite but overall its fine – better than a lot of her coat dresses or sister wives dresses.
I wonder if she went to this because of her interest in textiles, remember that 🤣🤣 Because otherwise yes, I do think its weird that she went to this with C&C and without William. Maybe the royal family is showing their support to Kate in their way and telling William that she’s it?
My first thought was ‘oh look, it’s the old Kate again’. While I am not a fan of this particular dress, I have to admit I much prefer to see her in stuff like this because I think it’s a lot more “her”. Copying Meghan’s looks do nothing for her because it’s obvious and looks half-assed. But in my opinion, while Kate’s style has always been about cosplaying other people, I still think her queen cosplaying suited her more. She should stick with looks like this.
Camilla looks like she raided the wardrobe of a Dickens play.
Exactly! I had a weird “awww look at her actually looking like the Kate we knew” moment. This seems so much more authentically her. And it actually what looks best on her. But she’s surrounded by incompetence and is so jealous and unoriginal she’ll probably never realize this.
Okay now as I’m turning this over in my head, I bet its because of Harry’s public event today with BetterUp. The BRF knows that will be a big story so they’re trying to get ahead of it by
1) getting Kate out again (because she gets more attention than C&C) and it was easier to shove her into an already planned engagement like this one than to set up something new and
2) setting up the narratives of “how close Kate is to her ILs” especially if the BRF thinks Harry is going to mention his father again or something. (I don’t think he will, why would he, but you know how the Firm thinks….) The BRF thinks that Kate with C&C will steal the spotlight from Harry because they are betting that “awww look how close Kate is with Charles and Camilla, bet Meghan is so jealous, there is nothing wrong with C&C they are so welcoming to their DILs” is going to be the storyline and it will knock harry out of the news cycle.
Sorry, but two boring people plus another boring person don’t make something more interesting than Harry lol.
Great theory, and you’re probably right. Kate is their “big gun” these days. 😀
This sounds about right. Poor Kate, again being dragged out like a top CEO because of Harry and Meghan. I saw video of them posing for photos on Twitter–the body language is, uh, interesting. Camilla and Charles close together and Kate off to the side at an awkward distance.
I think your theory is a truthful fact.. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Would also add that C&C being part of this makes it more high profile, to compete with the fact that Harry will be doing an event with Serena, if that makes sense…
At least with Charles there, People covers a bit of what’s actually going on at the location they’re visiting, vs the usual Kate saga of “learning and listening”. Believe a couple of those Foundation projects, like the Modern Artisan project, were originally headquartered at Dumfries House, which some time back started a program to train students interested in careers in fashion. Interestingly, Charles announced the initial hookup with YOOX, and the capsule collection they planned (ultimately 10-12 pieces of high end, theoretically sustainable pieces), shortly after Meghan’s capsule collection was done for Smartworks – and I assumed at the time that’s where his inspiration came from.
@ L84Tea, if they think that CopyKeen is their new “big gun”, they will sadly be mistaken as she has it out for Charles more so than Cam. You can see her cat that ate the canary smug look of her face in that sole photo.
@BothSidesNow, exactly. Joke’s on them.
Love your theory but I think this meeting could have a simpler explanation. All of these moves in the last week seem pretty last minute but since Cam and Cathy picked up these new patronages it is understandable, to me, to have them both out and about together to garner good press. What I find interesting is that Billy didn’t attend. He has been tagging along to everything else Cathy has done – why not this? Bill didn’t want to be around Chuck?
+1
I’m pretty sure this is all more Kate hand-holding. It seems like they are not letting her out to speak with the public at large without supervision after “WHAT.ELSE”.
They let her exercise with rugby players by herself, so yay?
I don’t think there is any love lost between Kate and Charles/Camilla.
+1 that this fact is probably spot on. Could also explain the repeat/THIS repeat if she had little to no notice. She doesn’t have to “think” and just pulls out what she wore with the in laws last time and rinses and repeats.
They spent 45 min at this event…… 45 minutes. I doubt seriously Kate has an interest. She’s doing what they usual do….Pretend to work. Can you imagine a job that would give you the right to be above all citizens in your country, have them bow/curtsy to you, spend their money to live a privilege lifestyle and all you had to do was spend 45 min “working” whenever you wanted to be seen?…..Dumb Brits
@ Becks1, do you truly believe that C&C are giving the public and/or Bitter Brother the signal that CopyKeen is “it”? I find it hard to accept that theory as she has been publicly pushing for her despicable husband to be crowned king and Charles to be skipped. I agree with your interpretation that they brought CopyKeen solely for publicity purposes. As for her relationship with her In-laws, I don’t think that there is any love or compassion towards CopyKeen. Bitter Brother uses his children as a bargaining chip with regards to Charles.
so I don’t know. I’ve always been of the opinion that there is no love lost between C&C and Kate, and that the instant William says “I want her gone”, she’s gone, with Charles fully supporting that.
But someone said something last week – and I can’t remember the comment – but it made me think, what if we have it wrong? What if William wants to divorce NOW, but Charles is the one saying “no”? Charles is still in charge of William, at least financially. It might not have anything to do with Kate per se, but what if Charles is the one who is saying that William has to stay married, that there can be no divorce, that the Firm needs the Cambridges to remain married. We all assume that there will be no divorce as long as the Queen is alive, and maybe that’s true, but maybe its true bc right now Charles still calls the shots and he’s calling this one. when William is Duke of Cornwall, even if he has to use his own money to fund the divorce, he still has the duchy money to live, and won’t need to ask his father for money, so that might be what gets him to leave her.
I dont know, it was just a random theory that popped into my head last week. We all have asked “why didnt Charles stop William and his staff from running Meghan out of the country” (charles wasn’t innocent but I think we all agree W&K were the main ones) and why doesn’t Charles control William etc. Well maybe he is controlling him by denying William the one thing he actually wants right now – a divorce from Kate. It could even explain why Charles is letting some of the stupid stories about how perfect Kate is and the FFQ stories etc go – because he’s using that to punish William. “here’s your queen, you’re stuck with her.”
So anyway this is just a new theory on my part that I’m turning over in my head, lol. check back next week to see what I think haha.
@Becks1 – likely she’ll chime in herself, but IIRC @nota’s previously put forward the idea that Will was all set to dump Kate, but those plans were sidelined by the blowup with Harry and Meghan leaving (for which ironically he was probably largely responsible). That and a divorce couldn’t both happen at once, hence why William’s been especially incandescent the last few years. If that is what was going on, Charles probably has put his foot down for the time being on anything happening with Kate, given Philip’s death, TQ’s possible ill health, and now, especially, Andrew. Right now the RF can’t afford any more big disruptions, and meanwhile, Charles needs people to get to work…
@windyriver – yes, that’s been my working theory as well. I think I might have given the idea to Nota lol. That explains why William seems to be taking Harry’s departure SO personally and why there’s all this nonsense about his rage etc (which we haven’t heard about with Charles….Charles is sad, he’s disappointed, he’s hurt, he’s not angry according to the RRs.)
But like you said that works with Charles saying “no” to a divorce bc of Sussexit – its just that many of us have said/thought that it was the Queen who said no, but I’m thinking now its Charles who’s saying no and that could explain a lot of what we’ve been seeing lately. Maybe there is a lot more William v. Charles going on in the press than we think (the leaks about Charles’ foundation, even the concern about “what Harry might say about Camilla” could be about William wanting people to think that Charles is concerned so we start thinking “what did Camilla do?!?!”) I don’t know! these people aren’t that slick so I can’t get too drawn into the weeds, you know? they’re not Machiavelli lol. But still…..we need a new theory now and again haha.
@becks the body language today didn’t look great between Kate and C and C, especially with Charles. Those two were a unit and Kate was almost always off to the side.
I don’t know if charles would interfere with delaying a divorce if William wanted one. To me it would only make things better for charles because he wouldn’t be the only divorced future king out there.
I agree with this theory and it could explain why she did not GET to wear a tiara for her photos….
Camilla would have no say in the matter considering she married Charles when Harry and William were grown up. I don’t think Camilla cares for either Meghan or Kate but she has to make nice with Kate even though C and K probably don’t really like each other. I think William might want out but he needs to think about the Family Man image which seems to suit him fine.
The dress is wearing her….
The dress feels too short in the waist and is wrong around the shoulders.
It is dress hell.
She has a great fashion figure – why not get a stylist that showcases British fashion?
The dress is hideous! Camilla always looks terrible. Charles looks better and better as he ages. He’s a pretty bad person, but in my opinion he does have a few redeeming qualities (dresses well, works a lot, interested in arts and such).
The waist is deliberately too high as Kate has a long torso and short legs. She frequently has things remade/butchered to put the waist far above her real waist. See the old article KatePedia to see it detailed.
Sporty and artsy both this week. Are they FINALLY – after 10 years – learning to lean into Kate’s strengths and interests? She looks good in this dress, so I would wear it a lot too.
But can we discuss Camilla and that horrid peplum she’s wearing?
It does seem that way. After all, what other strengths does she have?
I don’t think it’s the peplum per se – that actually gives it some shape – but the jacket doesn’t fit her well in the upper back and shoulders. A common basic alteration (that can be found easily online) will fix this, which makes me wonder if this is off the rack? Because if it isn’t, she should fire her tailor.
The peplum itself is fine, but would look much better with a straight skirt. All those pleats are incredibly unflattering, and make the peplum pop out in a manner it wasn’t intended to.
That peplum is from hell. If the straight part of the jacket continued down longer, resulting in a smaller and less floppy peplum lower on Cam, she might stand a chance. Might.
Camilla needs a stylist. That peplum is horrendous.
I don’t think that Kate is artsy. I heard that she was on a visit to the portrait gallery and she really appeared out of her depth when trying to converse with guests about art.
Wow she actually looks really nice. I cant fault anything. I also belive someone must have told her to Cut Out her keen copying and go back to her usual.
It’s the shoulder pads that are killing me though, but at least she looks like herself.
Shoulder pads and the waist is too high. Awful.
I just said similar above and I hope so too. I haven’t always liked everything she’s worn, but she still had more of her own look when she dressed this way. I cannot stomach her trying to look like Meghan because she cannot pull off the cool, easy breezy professional looks that Meghan can.
The Meg SWFing was legit keeping me out. I found it so disturbing on so many levels, especially when you consider the fact that Meghan’s style was deemed trashy by the press and Kate’s style was regal.
@JT, it really has gotten bad. When she did her back to back cosplay last week, I legit felt uncomfortable even looking at her, it was just so blatant and not normal, and it felt like she even crossed a line with it. I am crossing my fingers that she paid attention to the backlash over it, because she got called out everywhere for it, and is retreating away from that nonsense.
@Jan Kate IS twee and despite being a 40 year old woman, she has never seemed like a woman to me. Everything about her is childlike. This is a woman who is very proud of the fact that “William takes great care of her.” She went from her mother’s home, to William’s and that’s what she’s done for the past 20 years. Kate is very much a case of arrested development. She isn’t professional and the only time she looks like a 21st century woman is when she’s SWFing Meg. I wouldn’t be caught dead in this ensemble but it is Kate’s actual style, so she should stick with it. She is also lazy so she should stick with that and quit with the Early Years, Keen Center lies and leave the big projects to Meghan.
*spoiler alert for tomorrow’s headline*
PW was home taking care of the children so she could work, he is such a devoted dad 😉
Was the nanny sick or was it his visitation day?
You nailed it Cessily!
Cessily, I agree with @ FancyPants! You called out the obvious play here. Hopefully it’s a sign of things in the Lambridge household that Bitter Brother is dumping her lazy ass!
Maybe a Family Man picture where he brings out the other two children along with George.
No William? Now this is a first.
4 days of work so far for the year, I am impressed, keep this up and she could meet 200 by year end .
I don’t know who she is looking at or listening to in that picture with her scooting down, but it’s definitely not the little girl, because the little girl is looking at Kate but Kate isn’t looking at her.
Let me tell you, I am SHOCKED to see her getting out two days in a row.
@Over it – Well, 4 events and it’s February 3, so be generous and say 4/month, she could hit 50 at this rate. 200 would require advanced math I can’t do first thing in the morning, plus remember there’s that whole traditional summer-off thing she has to fit in somehow. Yeah, 50 is about right.
If it involves the media trying to show how “a great daughter in law Kate is” compared to Meghan, I think Kate is all for it.
William is scheduled to go to Dubai next week. He must need a few weeks off beforehand as comp for the travel time.
I see that KKKate is taking a break from copying Duchess Meghan on this “work” outing. Good.
Too handle bags are out in full force today #trendsettermeghan
This is a very traditional Duchess look. I guess no business casual trousers for an event with the in-laws. It is nice to see them out together. I love Camilla’s green suit and black boots.
Shoulder pads aside I see this on an eight year old in 1954. About right for the BRF and the endless infantilisation of this ‘woman’.
You’re not joking SarahCS. This is a take on the standard 1st and 2nd year primary school (5-7 year old) pinafore/jumper dress complete with pleated bottom. She even has the Peter Pan collar that’s usually on the blouse. Forget the pants, what surprises me is that a skirt suit with a button down shirt or blouse isn’t part of her wardrobe repertoire, since it’s the standard secondary school uniform. She doesn’t understand professional suiting seen in traditional office workspaces, because she has never worked or operated in that environment. She’s never been a young professional or even an office intern.
Wednesday Addams!
Kate looks nice in this repeat, and it coordinates with Camilla’s suit well, but the injectables are really getting distracting at this point. I kind of shudder to see what the long term effects will be as Kate ages. 😖
The green is a good color for Camilla, but I’d edit out the peplum … I get why she’s gone with that style, but it calls *more* attention to her midsection, it doesn’t camouflage it at all.
I now I hate myself for commenting on their clothes, not the content of their “work.”
So many of her dresses remind me of dresses I wore and loved – when I was 10. She isn’t that much older than me and I really scratch my head to understand her “little girl’s fancy party dress” style.
Agree. I think she looks awful and prissy in this but at least she’s not wearing a hat to match like when she went out with the queen.
Why does she dress younger around the senior royals, is it for contrast. I think this is a good dress for Charlotte.
It looks like a cross between her Diana cosplay and her American Girl Doll cosplay. Perhaps a good look on a 4 year old but not for a 40 year old.
Oh look, it’s big blue…
Did you notice big blue? Ok, let me just walk around with my hand out so you get a photo?
Yes, I wear it every day so my husband knows it’s me… Pippatips#69
I wonder if Charles and Camilla feel a little weird seeing her wear it.
@Becks If they were to feel weird I wonder why they just didnt put it in a vault long ago. Firstly its said Charles couldnt even be arsed to pick the ring himself and William then gives his girlfriend the same ring. How unromantic from start to finish.
@Noki, I said something similar yesterday. How on earth anyone can think that gaudy harbinger of doom is a grand romantic gesture from William is beyond me. I would NOT be happy if my fiance gave me a ring that was a famous symbol of my mother’s anguish and pain to mark our engagement, that’s for sure. He couldn’t even take the time to pick out something with meaning for HER, but then again in his (minimal) defense I doubt even William knows what Kate’s actual taste and style is.
Dang, that girl worked hard to get that coveted ring despite the baggage it carries, and she will not be denied wearing the living daylights out of it!
She is literally walking with her hand in that position so everyone can see she got the ring? That makes no sense to me. She is waving something she’s had for ten years like it’s new and she’s the victor. Does she really think the masses want/need to see it? Does she think she has to prove she’s married each time she’s in public. Or is she just flaunting it in C&C’s faces? Every picture of the three of them has big blue prominent in it.
Lady D, yeah I did wonder if the prominent ring modeling was done as an FU to Charles and Camilla. Like y’all are making me tag along and do an extra day of work so here you go.
Camilla wrote a note that she wanted to see Lady Diana’s Ring when she left the note for Diana at Buckingham Palace. They went to that infamous lunch where Camilla asked if Diana hunted (meaning she could get some time with Charles without Diana there)
Now she can see Diana’s ring on Kate’s finger.
Whenever that ring is mentioned…I think about the fact that sapphires (blue stones) are considered very powerful by those who work with gemstone powers. They can be either really, really (like fatally) bad for the wearer, or more rarely, good/neutral. To the point that I believe some jewellers in India won’t keep large sapphires in the showroom…Will bring them on request. I always felt that stone was terrible for Diana. Even without astrology etc, it has bad vibes to give out again to a spouse
All of what you guys said, and it’s just f*cking ugly. Yeah, I said it. Lol. I think I would be disappointed if I got this ring. It’s just not cute.
I have two in my engagement ring 😬😐 he knows my favorite color is blue so he had the diamonds replaced and I love it so much. But not gonna lie this Is stressing me a bit
During the engagement period, I was surprisingly sat at a table next to the Midd ladies. Saw big blue up close. It’s say 8 carat center stone is a dated setting as you all agree. Love the insight on dark stones. I live jewels so scoped out all their jewelry. Momma Midd had a low end Rolex and a rather small diamond (IMO and remember I prioritize jewelry more than most). They get a lot of sun and are very thin. That’s about all.
I’d have smudged the sh*t out of that stone — get rid of the bad juju.
I was actually in India the summer after their wedding, and I was looking at some jewelry with my grandma. Blue is my favourite colour, and I was asking her about a sapphire ring, but the jeweler looked uneasy almost immediately and mentioned that they don’t really recommend putting sapphires in jewelry bc it can be detrimental to the wearer.
I’m not superstitious, so I still want one. 😂
The Prince’s Foundation is in the middle of a cash for access scandal yet Charles can do an event for it without that being mentioned. Meanwhile the Sussexes can’t do anything without the price of their house being mentioned. In fact there has been no mention of the scandal since they tried to implicate Harry.
Looks like she stole the dress from Camilla. It’s so matronly.
During the engagement period, I was surprisingly sat at a table next to the Midd ladies. Saw big blue up close. It’s say 8 carat center stone is a dated setting as you all agree. Love the insight on dark stones. I live jewels so scoped out all their jewelry. Momma Midd had a low end Rolex and a rather small diamond (IMO and remember I prioritize jewelry more than most). They get a lot of sun and are very thin. That’s about all.
@JustBitchy what an interesting comment. I would have been eavesdropping the entire time. I’m assuming it was at a restaurant?
Was Big Blue sparkly at all? The sapphire looks so dark and maybe even lifeless from photos of Keen wearing it…it looked more lively on Diana’s hand. Do the surrounding diamonds sparkle? I mean, they must, but BB never looks as pretty as I think it should.
@Harper , yes it was at a restaurant in Kensington. Like a fancy pub! They were seated before we were. I almost fainted. My hubby had no idea. There was an RPO duo she texted who were seated 15 meters away (I was like 6 meters – surprisingly close especially given that they have no idea who/what I am. Good lord my grandmothers brother fought in for Irish independence in the early 20th century- and that is a white wash of what he really did. Just goes to show you that if you “look” the part (meaning white, well dresssd in the right neighborhood) they won’t question you. How wrong they are!!! So what deets I do remember is that they were going over copious lists and checking stuff off !!! Slainte!!!
@red*…. Big blue was surprisingly disappointing. It wasn’t as big as I expected. It is in NO an 18 carat center stone. I say 8-9 carat plus 8-10 carrots of diamonds in the surround. Again, I know stones pretty well for a lay person (I’ve been engaged a bit (the getting is always better than the having I used to say)) and have a large sapphire from one of those engagements. Big blue is large and dark. I just can’t see it being 12 carats or so.
Very interesting.
unreservedly loathe this dress. it’s sooooo terrible and twee. and yes, looks like a 5 year old in the 1940s/50s
it is however a familiar look for her.
Kate’s fashion thinking, ‘I am a Princess so I should wear a dress with princess seams!’
It looks like a dress I would have put on my Samantha American Girl doll for a tea party.
yes!! this is why I hate it for a grown woman. it’s so objectively terrible.
I will add that I was too poor to have a Samantha doll when they came out and I might start collecting the legit stuff on eBay for my inner child.
@gah, for what it’s worth, my parents could not have afforded American Girl stuff for me when I was a kid, those were always my big Christmas gifts from the non-poor grandparents (how very Samantha to have the non-poor Grandma give you nice things, lol).
Eh, it’s a cute/nice professional dress….for a 20-25-year-old. The twirly skirt and prim collar is a bit too cutesy for a 40-year-old woman (at least for my taste), but it’s more “her” than the Meghan cosplay she keeps insisting on. Agree with the theory that she’s out and about with C+C today so they can push the “oh look how well she gets along with her ILs….MEGHAN must be the issue!” These people are so predictable.
THIS. It’s so girlie, and the shoulder pads, I might add, don’t do it any favors.
It’s not a horrendous look to me, and it doesn’t look bad on her per se. But it’s still just wrong on so many levels.
If anything @swirlmamad all this does it point out exactly what CC’s “issue” was with Meghan. #vErYmUcHnOtArAcIstfAmilY
EX-actly.
Ok so I went back and read comments from the first time Kate wore this in 2019 (mainly bc I was pretty sure she had worn it before then, but no her visit with the Queen in 2019 was the first time we saw it) and Notasugarhere said she looked like the American Girl doll Samantha and my response was that I could not unsee it.
And now that I read that comment again, once again I can’t unsee it. It’s a perfect combo of Ssamantha’s plaid dress from Meet Samantha and her buster brown dress from Samantha Learns a Lesson (the OG books/outfits, I don’t know if they changed anything since my day.)
@Becks1, AG cosplay! Brilliant! 🤣
And she and William married in 2011 and she didn’t do a solo engagement with the Queen till 2019?!?!??? Oh, Betty LOOOOOOVES Kate all right. Sure.
@swirlamad – meanwhile, TQ took Meghan with her to a day of engagements via the royal train, not long after H&M’s wedding in 2018. Kate & Will got to use the train on their Choo Choo Covid tour in 2020, but as I recall, Kate was never on the train with TQ herself. (And right after that train tour was when TQ blanked Kate at the Magnificent Seven photo op.)
That is hilarious! I was always a Molly girl myself.
Kate did do an engagement with Philip and the Queen early on, but I believe that where she was told to stop walking ahead of the queen and other protocol mistakes from miss “never puts a foot wrong”
Yes that event where she wore the teal miniskirt peplum outfit that looked like stewardess gear. Flashed the crowd when she climbed out of the car.
Yes. This dress looks like someone in their 20’s would wear.
I’m not getting why Kate was invited to this but anyway…I’m guessing that Charles frowns on women wearing pants that’s why she decided to wear a coat dress to this event. Apparently, Charles is a stickler for tradition just like his mother.
Camilla IS allowed to wear pantsuits. She has worn that white or off white pantsuit (or several of them) on appearances.
They are all so fake, Kate and her family literally campaigned to skip a generation and yet here’s Charles and Camilla propping Kate up as the greatest daughter-in-law ever. They all deserve each other.
There’s a story out there that Charles had invited Meghan to one of his outings and she either cancelled or refused and he was pissed. I’m sure at this point they were treating Meghan badly and wanted to parade her out there as a PR stunt to give a false impression that everything was honky-dory with the fam. Meghan clearly would have none of his phony hypocrisy and left Charles hanging. Reportedly, he was upset as all hell. LOL
Charles and Camilla don’t look terribly happy that Kate is there. All fake smiles from the three of them. This is just an easy opportunity for Kate to raise her engagement numbers. They are all so boring.
I think the Queen Mother rejected Kate’s coat dress for looking too old.
Also… told you guys they’d be out in full force on Harry’s scheduled appearance. These losers are too predictable
I agree and its already at the bottom of the fail right before the newzit articles. No matter how hard they try they can’t keep interest long. Watch how many articles there’ll be on Harry and Serena with all the morning shows talking about that and then before they close will go back to the talking points for the jubilee and then how copykate is the future
This dress looks good on her because it hides how slender she has become, which is exactly why Camilla asked her to wear it, so as not to invite harsh comparison.
Kate looks like a care taker for two elderlies who want to go for lunch and need assistant.
Was she there to appeal to the younger participants? Whatever. The 3 of them together don’t look any more compelling than any one of them alone but hey, it’s the job. Hope the traditional arts students and tradesmen do well.
I just cannot understand why Kate had to tag along to yet another London event. The Sussexes are gone, there are more charities for them to handle, the Queen can’t do as much anymore and the three of them are attending the same event. Just ridiculous, looks like they really don’t know the way forward at all.
They must be trying to get photos for tomorrow’s papers to distract from the shambles of the UK government. Ofgem have increased the capped on energy prices, prices are up by 54% starting April and then another likely increase in October, amongst other things. I’ve not seen prices like this in years. I’m trying not to panic about how we can afford all these horrendous increases not just for energy but water, broadband, council tax, national insurance, motor insurance, mortgage, home insurance, food and the like. We’ve already tighten all that we can.
This is the kind of thing that the Royals wanted to do with Kate after she married William. Pair her up with all the working royals and teach her the ropes. Also make it look like they weren’t making the same kinds of mistakes that they made with Diana. William wouldn’t allow it. He got particularly pissed off when they did it behind his back in like 2012 while he was off playing soldier somewhere for a few months. So, it’s definitely interesting that it’s happening now and I wonder if it’ll continue.
I think this might be Kate going into business for herself. I think she may know she needs Charles as an ally against her rage monster husband.
If she was smart that’s what she would be doing. If she was really Machiavellian, she would have cozied up to Meghan who would’ve been an even more powerful ally. I can’t believe she was too stupid, envious, and jealous to see it. She could’ve actually been the peacemaker that she portrays herself to be by attaching herself to the real stars of the monarchy. Could you imagine if Kate still had contact with them now and was taking trips out to California to see them? PR gold. The same for Charles. Harry had been the most popular royal for years, so popular that the press was too afraid to go after him according to the Princes and the Press doc. Charles should have been on him like glue but they just have too much ego to think strategically.
Word, JT. None of them recognized the goldmine they had in Meghan. Not one.
Kate mean girled Meghan all by herself. I think it was not just to follow what her husband did, she never had any close women friends of her own and her behavior towards Meghan was par for the course. She would have been smart to get along with Meghan but Kate’s real self came out when she behaved badly interfering in Meghan and Harry’s Wedding.
Oh yes l agree. They all have really messed up. All because of petty jealousy towards the Sussexes.
Diana unlike Kate liked to work and was eager to learn. She also realized there was room for improvement. Kate never tries to advance and learn. I doubt ‘lessons” would really help her.
Katie Keen keening up with her keenlaws
I’m surprised the story isn’t “The future Queen Consort and her father-in-law and his wife were out and about today.”
I guess the future Queen Consort’s husband is the only one who gets that treatment. I’ll bet that’s part of why he’s not there.
Kate looks business as usual. Fine. Meh. Whatever. She looks professional and crisp, older than her years. Charles is as usual, turned out impeccably. A lesson in how to wear a well-tailored suit. Love that color of blue fabric. It pops and matches Big Blue (ha).
But Camilla? She should, sigh, rethink it all. That peplum, the color, and those bulky boots make her look, well, bulky. She should get a stylist and some help. Honestly, would anyone fault her if she got a little work to refresh her face? I’m not shaming her, but think as a public person she would look and feel better.
Camilla might be one of those people who doesn’t care all that much about how they look. There’s a bit in Dorothy Sayers where she described a British university function as “moving with slovenly dignity.” I can see that in the upper class of a certain age.
Tbf, all aristocrats “move with slovenly dignity.” Apparently a great many of them don’t place that high of a premium on personal hygiene….Camilla most notably included.
Gross.
I agree with your comment on Camilla. I think because she was dragged all them years over Diana and Charles she’s trying to not make any news unless its on her engagements. I think every now and again she’ll have a nice outfit that will suit her well but like Kate will always return to these boring outfits. Kate got called out for copying Meg and I think so far she’s dressing like her normal boring repeat self. But soon she’ll be back to copying Meg especially as everyone is counting down to her first appearance of ’22. Also can someone look at the daily fail article on this”dutiful daughter n law” the third or fourth pic up close on kate even with the makeup on. Her face and neck and hands she looks older than forty. Is it just me?
Camilla seems to me to have tailors designing her outfits, the same pattern and cut. Different material. Camilla rarely leaves that pattern except when she wears the pantsuits (for the Summer). Camilla I think has been rude, laughing inappropriately at the singers on that tour, and smirking at Harry and Meghan’s wedding.
Everyone likes this dress, but all I could think of was how she looked like a school girl on an outing with her parents. It’s…a look. I’m not a fan.
I don’t like it particularly, but it definitely matches Camilla’s outfit – the fabric, the pleats, the velvet collar, the black stockings – a family portrait.
I like the dress. Yes it feels a bit twee but at least it’s very “Kate”. She’s not trying to dress like someone else.
OK, I checked out the Daily Fail story and I have one question:
What is so f’ing funny? Why is she laughing and smiling maniacally in every photo? I don’t understand.
It is nervous laughter. I don’t think she is really coping with what she is expected to do. Going with Charles and Camilla on this event is absolutely ridiculous. With the Sussexes gone there is more work to be shared out so why on earth are three of them all attending the same event??
I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembered that she was “keen” on textile. About 3 years ago (?) she did an event where textile was featured and we were told that there would be more to come regarding her interest in textile. Nothing more came of that. Russell Myers covered it on his podcast since he cover the event back then and even he sounded incredulous.
If she wore this dress for her outing with the queen maybe this is her acknowledging Camilla as the future queen. You know how these Royals are with symbolism.
Maybe she’s finally getting some on the job training or maybe a sign of Charles reigning in the Cambridges. PR wise I think this is good, let see if they can keep it up.
Is there anything that can be said about this woman other than what she is wearing?
@Athena – I’ve referred to Kate’s “learning about textiles” before, thinking she did it at the National Theater, but looks like it was at the Royal Opera House which also houses the Royal Ballet. Charles is the opera’s royal patron; someone here mentioned Andrew was the ballet’s royal patron, but the website currently lists TQ. (Is Kate now hoping that will be passed on to her, since the National Theater patronage has gone to Camilla?)
Anyway, when checking back on the textiles reference, I found this article from People, and check out what Kate is wearing. Camilla’s not the only one with an eye for peplums…
https://people.com/royals/kate-middleton-royal-opera-house-outing/
@Lucy Lee – there might be, if Kate ever does anything besides pose for pictures. Seems like her listening and learning phase may be over, but no concrete work appears to have resulted.
Her black Aspinal Mayfair top handle bag is almost exactly like this Mulberry one! She loves to waste other people’s money.
Today on Jeremy Vine show one of his guests, Nina Myskow, journalist said she wasn’t happy about Kate’s over promotion especially by the Fail as a way of bashing Meghan. Andrew Pierce of the Fail disclaimed all knowledge of any campaign instead stating both women got the coverage they deserve!! I appreciated a the fawning coverage of Kate being questioned and why in 2022 is the silent, dutiful role model and all white duchess being preferred over the charismatic, assertive, intelligent and effective biracial duchess?
I saw that clip and was surprised the woman said that she was tired of the promotion of Kate and that it was shoving her in their faces. Makes you wonder how many other non sycophants feel that way.
That clip was funny. Vine asked the female guest if she liked Kate. Silent pause and then she says no, not really. He seemed really surprised that someone was just like no I don’t really like her.
I think the guest paid enough attention to see how fake kate has been from day one and she’s not a royalist sycophant to pretend that kate is anything special.
Andrew Pierce never misses an opportunity to say negative things about Meghan while embiggening Kate. He is on the editorial board of the Fail and he knows exactly the nasty game his rag has been playing and he is one of the main cheerleaders of the attempts to destroy the characters of the Sussexes.
I am just so sick of looking at her tonsils and the tendons in her neck from her fake smile. I get that some people have big smiles, but no one smiles like that naturally. And when I see photos of her with that mouth open while people around her are either not smiling or smiling naturally, it makes her look even more ridiculous.
THIS is what they rolled out to compete w Harry and Serena?!? Three twee racists?
Anyone else notice Keen toned down her jazz hands and guffaw for this outing?
Yup, no giant guffawing faces coming out of her today. I guess life just ain’t funny when you have to live it with the in-laws.
Yes! I did notice the lack of obvious jazz hands. There was the ring posing but def less splayed fingers. Guess we’ll see if it returns on her next solo engagement but apparently life with the in-laws is a more serious affair. Is there a mime or circus charity that needs a patron? God, that would be awesome. The royal patron of circus clowns but there would be no way to narrow it down to just one royal patron. They’d all be so deserving.
All she needs is white tights and Mary Janes to complete the 5 year-old going to a party look. FFS, she’s 40. She needs to lop 6 inches of sausage curls off, stop wearing it half back like I did when I was 8, maybe with an elegant French twist the outfit wouldn’t look so silly but jeez, dress like a professional.
Why not go full schoolgirl and put on a bowed hairband, Kate? And maybe carry a giant lollipop?
I like the collar and the cut of the dress, but as always, she’s soooo literal. Just imagine this dress with some kickass boots or hair/earrings that weren’t so prim. I think she’s trying to emphasize her role as the “young” royal and dialed it back a bit too far.
Agree completely. A cool pair of boots with this would have offset the twee. I mean it’s winter so why not.
Is there anything that can be said about this woman other than what she is wearing?
Zero. Zilch. Nada. Nyet. Non. Niente.
I admit I loved the “schoolgirl” look when I was in college and grad school, though I did it with a twist. I would have worn this dress because it’s classic and cute. But I did it with a twist. I had a micro-pleated Watch Plaid mini skirt I bought at Daffy’s (I miss Daffy’s!) that I wore with opaque black tights like those, and a fitted black turtleneck sweater.
It’s a cute dress and suits her style, but a bit too youthful. Still, at least it fits well, unlike Camilla’s. I think those who are into the Royals sometimes prefer them to dress a little twee and staid, right? There’s no real glamor, unless you count Kate dressing like a gold statue a few months back.
Even though Camilla appears to have outfits made just for her figure, they still don’t fit well.
I miss Daffy’s too! I loved Daffy’s, not Syms, not Century 21. Daffy’s was my store!
Was it Meghan who introduced the small handbag with the top handle to the royal ladies’ handbag repertoire? She certainly brought variety to that department. No prim clutches for daytime engagements for Meg. I agree that a pair of stiletto- heeled boots or even booties with the leotards would kick the styling of Kate’s dress up a notch. The top picture made me smile. Charles looks like he’s left the two women in the dust.
Kate’s dress is nice but boring. So much is wrong with Camilla’s. Good shade of green though. Sweet little girl in the photo.
Pictures pictures pictures the Brits love taking pictures
I think C&C are coaching Keen how to do this without the jazz hands and guffawing. Maybe Chaz has had enough of keen acting the clown and being mocked.
And filed under They Never Learn, they also picked today believing they could rival Harry.
Charles has his little quirks too, like much pointing and guffawing. Those two together with the quirkiness makes for interesting pictures.
Yes, l was always told it was rude to point your finger but the royals and especially Charles and one of his brothers do it all the time.
Just as some posters have predicted here, it was spun on the DM as Kate being the “good” daughter in law.
The Fail always has to make oblique references to Meghan otherwise nobody is interested.
When I look at pictures of the people above, all I keep thinking about is “Where is all the ‘stardust’ they keep talking about?” No wonder the BM concentrates on what’s going on in Montecito, CA.
First picture, Charles making faces, Camilla looking a bit confused and Kate standing there. They seem very disconnected.
They very clearly do not have a warm and close relationship with Kate and the fake smiles can’t hide it.
I wish I could see video of you moving around with her left hand frozen like a broken mannequin appendage, jutting out in front of her constantly.
Does it move? Are her fingers incapable of anything other than perfectly-stacked-for-optimal-Big-Blue-photo-ops, or splayed-wide-for-emphatic-jazzy-gestures? Is it like a Barbie hand?
So many questions.
Plus, I’d love to see the confusion on Chaz and Cam’s faces when she had one of freeze-frame gawp moments, mid-sentence and lasered in on the nearest camera.
I was just thinking, is it me, or is Kate showing off her ring a lot more lately?
It’s pretty clear that she loves this particular silhouette bc of how it shows off how small her waist is. It’s also easy to manipulate so that it seems like she has a shorter torso, longer legs than she actually does. This dress does that to better effect than some of the other things she wears.