People are still buzzing about the Princess of Wales’s two public appearances this past weekend. On Saturday, she attended the Festival of Remembrance with her husband, and on Sunday, she watched the wreath-laying at the Cenotaph from a balcony, alongside the Duchess of Edinburgh. Kensington Palace must have issued talking points on their royal rota WhatsApp, because everything is about “Brave Kate” and “completing chemotherapy” and “everyone was there to support and center Kate.” From a PR perspective, it’s interesting to watch the push-pull of how this whole saga has played out over the year. Even after Kate’s weird “prancing in the meadow” short film in September, it felt like reporters were itching to call her out. Anyway, here’s the latest, from People:
The royal family was there for Kate Middleton during her first major set of events after completing chemotherapy treatment. The Princess of Wales, 42, stepped out for her first consecutive royal events this weekend after announcing on Sept. 9 that she completed chemo —six months after revealing her cancer diagnosis and treatment. Her family’s unwavering support was evident through their subtle, supportive gestures.
On Nov. 9, Princess Kate appeared at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, for what marked her first major outing with the royals since completing chemo. From the moment they arrived, Prince William’s protective energy toward his wife was clear. He gently placed a reassuring hand on Kate’s back several times as they entered the venue in a loving gesture of support. The sentimental gesture was a rare display of PDA from the Prince of Wales, 42, who described 2024 as “brutal” and the “hardest year” of his life as his wife, Princess Kate, and his father, King Charles, were each diagnosed with cancer.
Decoding the PDA on Saturday, royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith tells PEOPLE, “He was putting his arm around her and being very protective. It is connected to what he said about this being a ‘brutal’ year.”
“He is not known for expressing his emotions in that way,” Bedell Smith says about William. “It was solicitous and protective in a very understandable way. There was a reason behind it, she was going into a big event where she was going to be on display. There was an element of reassurance in the way he was behaving.”
Princess Kate has never missed a Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph since she married Prince William in 2011, and Sophie showed her support as they stood together on the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The two women shared a soft smile at one point during the solemn ceremony, and Sophie put her arm around Kate as they exited the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
We’ve actually seen William put his arm around Kate at public events here and there. He’s usually trying to steer her somewhere, or get her to stop talking and jazz-handing. Is that “reassurance” and support? I don’t know. In their few joint events this year, he’s mostly looked annoyed and over it. But I agree with many commentators: whatever has happened behind-the-scenes, I think William has been told and convinced that it’s easier and cheaper to have Kate around.
Also: Apparently, Kate’s name was left off the signed card on the Remembrance wreath. Usually, William and Kate “sign” the same wreath. Her name did not appear this year.
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attending the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince William Where: London, United Kingdom When: 09 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince and Princess and Wales with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attending the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince William Where: London, United Kingdom When: 09 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
The sycophantic response from the press is positively nauseating. “Brave Kate”, really?? At an event honoring the sacrifices of so many, who literally gave their lives for Queen/ king and country. Sickening.
Yes. It should have been the veterans and bereaved families who were receiving that “unwavering support”.
Brave is usually reserved for someone who served their country or in cases of people with cancer, those still dealing with the harsh symptoms and possibly won’t make it. To use brave months after the cancer free meadows video is insulting to people enduring cancer right now. And without the private health care and tax payer staff and servants.
Those negotiations must have been incredibly detal oriented! Must touch her two times but can be to move her from here to there. Say some borderline good things to the press about her , especially if one has done something that has been revealed to make one look like a slum lord, once in a while.
Sally b Smith fawns over Kate and William
Time for her to retire. So William touching Kate on the back is sign of devotion. I doubt they spend much time under the same roof. I knew people magazine would gave syrupy keen coverage. And once again it’s all about kate.
Princess Kate gets a lot of support in general. The Celebitchy commentators have so much negativity towards her that I don’t see anywhere else. My British Mum adores her. The Canadian media cuts her a lot of slack. I think she plays the role of Princess in the shadow of King Charles and Prince William perfectly.
Not everybody likes Kate. The way she treated Meghan was appalling.
Kate is in nobodys shadow. It is annoyimg that she is made the star of a memorial service.
My British Mum is completely uninterested in her and thinks that the sycophantic coverage she receives is ridiculous. Don’t let the propaganda fool you that she universally adored. Lots of people are annoyed by the way she is infantilised and given over the top praise for things that other people do every day without fanfare.
That’s what I see too.
And the Middleton clan I’d say are pretty widely despised: the debtor parents, the sharp elbowed sister out for what she can get, the feckless workshy brother, and foul-mouthed Uncle Gary.
“Princess in the Shadow” ?!?!?! She only retreated to the shadows when she was identified as one of the racists worried about the skin color of Archie! This is a woman who literally pushed her way in front at several Royal events and performed other actions to be the center of attention – even at a funeral FFS! She repeatedly tried to steal Meghan’s style while actively harassing her and working to drive her away. And if you think this is only because we support Meghan there are images that can still be found in the internet despite her attempts to scrub them off where – long before Meghan – the world saw her bare ass (a few times) and her bare pubic region . For the butt shots , once is a mistake but several upskirts sans underwear is deliberate.
Especially when she has already been told to have lead weights sown into her hems, as the late Queen did.
I think it’s the ways it’s stated that she does things perfectly. It’s over the top praise. And not realistic. Doing something even close to perfect would mean correcting a hurtful like the one that Meghan made another woman cry during her own dang wedding. That’s low.
Like layers of an onion, start stripping away and there is a well hidden , “mean girl” with a long history of dispatching other women who stand in her way, noticed at St Andrews but also at Marlborough college according to old acquaintances. Kate is a public person and fair game to criticize her abhorrent behavior.
Oh please🙄. Kate is nothing but a royal Stepford wife.
The Canadian media is completely disinterested in her, she is meaningless here and coverage is minimal. She does absolutely nothing for the luxe lifestyle she leads and has always been like that. She is totally unsuited to the role and clearly has quiet quit into a sham of some vague illness, a marriage that exists in name only and as little work (if you can call showing up for the odd event work) as possible.
Exactly. And most Canadians, even boomers question why there is still any royal nonsense here at all. Diana was popular here but Kate matters not at all.
The Canadian media mostly doesn’t cover Kate at all because royals are irrelevant in Canada. The only time she was a story recently this year was when she hadn’t been seen and then the cancer video. The American election covered most of Canadian news along with potential Canadian elections. And when Harry and Meghan are covered, it also tends to be positive, especially with Invictus games.
Only the British media gets involved in the daily soap opera of that family. No one else cares unless there are dramatic events. There are no articles today in Canadian mainstream media about Kate. She just doesn’t matter.
@Ms Single Malt – Why would she need “support” to carry out her duties? If a doctor has signed her off, then she should be able to stand there and pay her respects to those who have fallen like everyone else. She had a health scare, and we’re led to believe everything is ok with her. If she’d had a nervous breakdown then I can understand the need to tell the world the Windors are supporting her (especially when we heard how they treated Meghan’s suicidal ideation.)
Oh, and this Celebitcher is a UK taxpayer and is pretty peed off with our money being used to fund this lazy woman, especially, when her husband is scamming millions off the taxpayer. I’m also disgusted that our Future Queen had concerns with the colour of an unborn baby, that sent a terrible message to people not only to her future subjects in the UK but, also to countries across the globe. Kate may be liked by some but, believe me if her slumlord husband divorced her tomorrow those same people will like her replacement just as much. In fact, if her replacement started to do the bare minimum of public attendances, I guarantee people would be saying “Kate who?”
Also British expats need to stop bringing their sycophantic shit to canada. When is the last time a royal did a tour in Quebec? They don’t because they are hated there. And no one has acknowledged the role of the British crown in the genocide of indigenous peoples in Canada. A lot of the atrocities started well before 1867.
You’re brave poking the hornet’s nest! 😆
Honestly I think, just like politics, there’s confirmation bias. Especially online. If you only come here I think there’s a perception she’s widely reviled. But I’m on several online royal history groups and the perception is much different. She’s generally well liked or seen as inoffensive. And then there are the large swaths of the general public who don’t care about any royal at all and are just 🤷♀️
The only thing I can say is that there’s almost no overlap between people who like Meghan and those that like Kate.
I don’t know why the press is acting like this is the first time she’s been seen. She was at Trooping and Wimbledon and she was at that visit with William in September.
Is every appearance going to be about her “public return” and “bravery” for standing on a balcony?
Readers might be forgiven for thinking this event was a celebration for Kate rather than a remembrance day event. I guess the sacrifices of the fallen soldiers were all worth it because just look at that shiny mane of hair! What bravery Kate shows, to honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice with her brief presence. They gave their youth and their lives, but we must never forget that she did just a tiny bit of the job she is overpaid to do and made sure to center herself in every narrative.
@Jay – The BM is making it all about Kate, instead of what Remembrance Sunday/Armistice Day is all about. The fact that she appears to be happy with them doing it is disgusting in itself.
@Jay, this: “I guess the sacrifices of the fallen soldiers were all worth it because just look at that shiny mane of hair!” would be hilariously funny if it wasn’t actually how the event is being reported on. Jesus H
@Becks1 – The Daily Fail is claiming this is the first time she has been seen wearing Big Blue since Christmas. Nonsense! What about Trooping the Colour back in June and Wimbledon in July? The fawning BM is getting on my nerves.
She seems to be wearing it as a dress ring rather than an engagement ring. Bit of a downgrade.
It is insulting to the people who served for them to call Kate’s fourth public outing brave when she’s more than confirmed she is cancer free.
And of course they are silent on her name being excluded on the wreath. That is a public message from William, especially when her signature was there last year and the year before. William is signalling something. After all didn’t they make a huge deal about Harry not having his wreath placed there? Camilla got one placed in her absence but Kate is excluded. They all place their own meaning on this stuff but of course the NK style rota stay quiet.
So Meghan touches PH on the back and she is controlling. Harry touches Meghan and it is too much or performative. Will or Kate touch each other and ahh, how sweet. But no double standards or racism in the family.
I don’t understand the “brave, heroic Kate” narrative. Wasn’t her “cancer” treatment preventative not an actual cancer diagnosis. Whereas Charles actually has cancer and he barely gets any sympathy or praise. It’s really weird.
The whole thing is so, so strange. If Kate didn’t really have cancer after all, then this entire year has been a lot of fuss about nothing. The messaging has been garbled and confused, and not in a fun way. Going back to last year, and using Occam’s Razor, I’m going to assume that all of this stems from Kate being fingered as the royal racist by Omid in his book and wanting to go into hiding. But the book has already long been forgotten–what was their plan for this year? And what about for the next 50 years? Something is wrong with Kate and William, but it’s not cancer–so what is it?
“Something is wrong with Kate and William, but it’s not cancer–so what is it?”
Like most of racists in the UK, I doubt she cared about being named as a racist. More likely it’s the marital problem of the WanK & their hatred & jealousy of Megan.
The Wails have been at odd with each other before the pandemic.
You seem to forget that the whole, “Behold, Kate was NOT diagnosed with cancer!” announcement was disclosed. It was after months of her disappearance, then body doubles, photographs and videos released in lieu of proof of life. Then came the Frankenphoto when everything was exposed and they looked like fools, so KP decided that cancer was a good cover, and all of a sudden their yearlong shambles disappeared from the international headlines and was replaced by this “pre-cancerous cells found/but not cancer/preventative treatments/cancer-free but never said she had cancer” being used as a PR device. It’s all a ruse and, to me, the revolving “cancer” stories are very similar to the revolving Kate “sighting” stories we had beforhand.
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Here’s my take. She goes in for abdominal surgery of some type. Once performed they find cancer was present in whatever they found/removed. Maybe this was even the reason for the surgery in the first place. With further testing they see there are still worrisome signs in that there are precancerous cells remaining or forming. Given that cancer had already been present, and removed, the decision is made for preventative chemo, also called adjuvant (sp) chemotherapy to both kill those cells and prevent new ones and avoid any further surgery or recurrence.
But KP is secretive, overly so, and their comms office sucks. Plus there’s a high handed attitude and sense they don’t owe anyone an explanation of any sort. And they’re cagey when they do say something. (Just look at Charles and his team. No one knows his exact treatment or type of cancer but no one is demanding more answers and no one is left confused either. There doesn’t need to be a trade off of privacy.) There are vague timelines and even those shift.
So months go by between hospitalization and the video and the video and any public appearance. You get false reports, half truths, conspiracy theories, rumors and people zapruder-ing every piece of film and parsing every word.
But I do think she had cancer. I think they found signs it could easily and quickly recur. I believe they decided to undergo this course of treatment. And I believe there’s still a large fear that, while she’s finished chemo she may not be entirely out of the woods. I also believe the narrative and rumors are so much a mess of their own making.
This makes no sense. Why are they acting as if supporting your wife is an unusual thing, especially after cancer treatment? And why wouldn’t Kate receive “unwavering support” from the RF?
When is poor Kate going to start grabbing her husband’s ass in public again?
Well, not across-the-board support, if you read Sykes’ newest column. Looking fwd to @kaiser’s analysis of that bombshell, and who’s behind it.
The Sky news report? A bombshell for sure.
Perhaps that explains the lack of Kate’s wrath?
Ah, so it’s the new “festive glance”! Except for that all of the photos of this event show that Sophie is the one who put a gentle hand on her back, not William. I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but every photo they’ve included here just shows the same old TOB – walking in front of her without glancing back, looking away from her, and standing to her as if social distancing rules were still being enforced. I don’t see any difference in his behaviour at all! So if there’s a new agreement in place, he’s unwilling (or unable) to keep up appearances.
@Jay – William put his hand on Kate’s back as they were arriving at the Royal Albert Hall for the Festival of Remembrance concert on Saturday night. It could be interpreted as ‘he was pushing her along’, as is his wont. It was noticeable that as they ascended the stairs at the entrance, she walked several paces behind him. He offered no help to her going up the stairs. I also noticed that when the same hymn was played to the one played at their wedding, which was said to be a favourite of theirs, Kate started to snivel. Something is very wrong between those two.
I watched the video of them getting to the concert venue with the empty barriers. In it Kate tried to touch William’s back after they got out of the vehicle and then he turns away. He then does the brief hand on back to point her toward people to speak with them. After some chatting William takes off im the stairs not even looking back if Kate is behind him. They need to stop with the PDA analysis because it is obvious in video form they barely tolerate each other.
What a load of steaming bull. And again, I totally disagree with the “cancer diagnosis.” The lies, my God, the LIES!
Kelleybelle, you may not be alone with that thought.
If it is lies then in my opinion it is absolutely disgusting.Using cancer when you have not got it as an excuse not to “work”.She is insulting to all genuine cancer suffers.The lowest of low behaviour.
Despite this there are fools around who still think she is perfect.
1. “I think it’s the ways it’s stated that she does things perfectly. It’s over the top praise.” The press convince “forgot” her “Flashing” tendency.
2. From these November events we saw the differences between the left-behind and H&M.
After H&M’s activities, people were talking about preventing violence against children and here on CB, I got an education of the origin of poppy pins. People & press mentioned Scotty’s Little Soldiers. Harry participated in Pat Tillman Foundation’s Annual Tillman Honors Gala (raised 1million dollars) & discuss session.
In Britain, it’s all about KKKATE (and what she wore), not the fallen soldiers whom were these two enents aimed to honor.
P.S. & OT: “Spare” was No. 1 on The Sunday (London) Times Bestsellers List in General Paperback category.
Of course they support the racist white married-in, that was never the issue or problem. There is nothing that family loves more than a dull white woman with sub par looks who won’t outshine anyone else.
I think this only highlights that Meghan was not supported even when she was suffering from suicidal ideation. Charles said he couldn’t afford to fund Meghan and the support that Kate has received raises the question why the Royal Family didn’t want to support Meghan?
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I think it’s pretty appalling that in the UK rags, Remembrance Sunday is all about Kate, so in that sense she’s pretty powerful. But how disrespectful to the families of members who have sacrificed with their lives and living veterans who are still serving. This ‘brave Kate’ is getting a bit nauseating. How can anyone even write this drivel? An event dedicated to remembering the war dead, and they’re discussing Kate. I can’t believe it- absolutely gobsmacked.
It is so annoying to make this about Kate. Why don’t they just change the name to Kate recognition day. And get it over with.
Kate is not powerful. A powerful woman would not make this event all about her.