The Prince and Princess of Wales go by the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when they are in Scotland. We just haven’t had many chances to use their Rothesay titles because they’re rarely in Scotland. Well, William and Kate are visiting the Isles of Mull and Iona today and tomorrow, staying overnight at a little cottage rental for their 14th wedding anniversary. These are photos from their first event. This is also Kate’s first work event since St. Patrick’s Day, unless you count that bizarre Scouts video (which was filmed in March). William has barely worked in the past month as well, although he did have an event late last week.
Fashion-wise… well… the skin-tight jeggings are back. We saw a pair of those in the Scouts video too, I really hoped that she had given up that look. Skinny jeans and jeggings really throw off Kate’s proportions! Otherwise, I’m fine with her look here. She looks well-rested and “fresh” or freshened. Her blazer is from Holland Cooper and it retails for £549. She wore her Cartier watch which was supposedly a gift from William for their third anniversary. I think it’s interesting that Will and Kate are doing coordinated blazer looks too.
The Daily Mail noted that the Rothesays were “around 15 minutes late, having arrived by helicopter on the island.” For what it’s worth, this is one of those rare trips where I think the helicopter was probably necessary? All of the choppering back and forth to Birmingham and Norfolk are unnecessary, but not this.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- Prince William and Catherine, The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, visit the town of Tobermory Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Tobermory, Isle of Munn, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- Prince William and Catherine, The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, visit the town of Tobermory Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Tobermory, Isle of Munn, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- Prince William and Catherine, The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, visit the town of Tobermory Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Tobermory, Isle of Munn, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- Prince William and Catherine, The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, visit the town of Tobermory Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Tobermory, Isle of Munn, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- Prince William and Catherine, The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, visit the town of Tobermory Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Tobermory, Isle of Munn, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
Oh look the happy couple are wearing the same blue shirts together. Were they late so he could berate the love of his life? Or was it because they were picked up a different places.?
Being late is right up their alley. There is a lot of space between those two, where is the body language person 🤣🤣
And the fake smiles! Willie grows uglier everytime I see him.
They never hold hands. It’s rather strange, protocol be damned.
Someone posted a search of the flights for the kings helicopter for the 28th and 29th under the Matt Wilkinson story about this and it looked to be circuitous. Very odd for a couple that is supposed to be living in Windsor together.
Kate looks her absolute best when she is casual.
Yeah, I like her in casual style.
Personally, I think they both look OK here.
Agree. I don’t love this particular ensemble because it’s just…boring? And the colors are kind of depressing for spring, IMO.
But I will say her hair looks good, and way less ridiculous than it usually does!
It seems more relaxed with less doll ringlets at the end. Which is overall a better choice for just about anyone unless they’re in a period piece.
That looks like the J Crew chambray shirt that Meghan had on her ShopMy a few weeks ago. And I bought it.
Also, is it possible her thighs look a little less toothpick-like? If so, that’s a good thing and kudos to her.
I got it too! But I feel like she is probably wearing a more expensive version. I’d laugh though if it was the jcrew factory one.
Thought the shirt was a Meghan cosplay too. As is the Cartier watch.
WTF did Lazy do to her cuffs though? Better for her to have worn a Harris Tweed jacket. The shiny buttons 🙄
Kate has worn that cartier watch for years, i think the article says she got it for their third anniversary. I doubt william bought it for her but she has had it for a long time and wears it semi-regularly.
the chambray is more meghan cosplay to me than the watch.
the jacket is Holland Cooper and they are all about buttons… need I say more? A very expensive ‘country /horsey’ brand.
Yeah, she’s been wearing the Cartier watch for years, since way before Meghan arrived on the scene. Kate’s probably annoyed that she didn’t get Diana’s— it seems like the kind of thing she thinks she’d be entitled to.
I bet she wishes that at least her Cartier was a tank watch, so she could be like Diana and Meghan 🙃
She’s back to those horrible skinnies on the bottom and slapped on a bunch of wiglets. It looks like they tried to coordinate by email (wear a blazer and button down) but weren’t together so they don’t actually look coordinated.
In Masterchef Australia (and possibly other ones) they have a fun challenge where contestants are paired up and have to cook the same dish but theres a huge set of shelves between the two rows of cooking stations so they can only shout to each other. Sometimes the dishes are amazingly similar at the end and sometimes not…
Looks like somebody forgot to ask ‘are we hiking?’
that’s what I think is throwing me off @beaniebean. Are they going hiking? her bottom half looks like they’re going hiking and her top half is more business casual.
These people have VALETS for the love of god (well, I guess technically Kate’s is a “stylist,” but still!). They have no excuse for leaving the house not looking impeccable.
I notice Big Blue is back, it must be their anniversary!
Oh boy, she’s really leaning heavily back into the jeggings look huh? Her wiglet doesn’t look too overdone here. Will looks haggard per usual.
Happy Anniversary you crazy racists!
hahahahahahahhahahaha-you made my day
Oh, my goodness – your post was hilarious!!! Hahahaha.
Lmao!! “You crazy racists” ☠️☠️
I detect no lies here.
They look and look, but never at each other. You could fit another person between them. So much for the “Great Love”. Don’t @ me: I know PDA isn’t for ever person/couple. But you can *still* see a warm look, a shared smile, even just plain old eye contact that lets you know that this is a *conected* couple. These two have all the combustion of a wet, soggy match.
And Susan, I agree with your last sentence. I’d bet dollars to donuts that they *were* picked up separately, or at the least had to wait for one to arrive (late).
It’s the eye contact, for me. It is completely bizarre how they never look into each other’s eyes. It’s always a little to the left/right, and completely uncomfortable.
They have completely stopped to even trying to do eye contact because 1. The other one doesn’t look back because there isnt enough complicity between them to get it right, 2. When they manage to get it right and have eye contact, Kate gives him that fake loving look for photo op, and he returns the favor with a wtf-you-looking-at-look or with a simple, cold nod you would give any stranger. That is how close they are
It is also funny how Chris Jackson can find a photo angle that makes it look like they might be looking at each other but they aren’t really.
Everything is an illusion with them.
I really like the shirt and blazer, and I’m iffy on the jeans, but I think the combo of shirt/blazer with those jeans and boots doesn’t work overall. something in the proportions is off to me.
anyway, hats off to kate for her first public appearance in 5 weeks. I think we’ll see her less than a dozen times before her summer break after Wimbledon – garden party, trooping, two wimbledon appearances, and then a few other random events. I’m saying this so we can go back and count in July, lolol.
Agree. It’s cute. But the jeggings do mess with the proportions and I say that as someone who likes jeggings more or less. But yeah overall, cute. My question is will we see her at the Chelsea garden show again? Lol. That will never not be funny to me. But that whole showdown was two years ago.
The top is professional and the bottom is super casual. It looks even more odd because William is not dressed that way.
Someone needs to buy Kate a pair of trousers that are casual. She is representing the crown with this visit and jeggings are absolutely not professional. No other royal woman has dressed like this and if it were someone else we all know there would be tons of articles about it.
This is the one time where she should look at Meghan’s list of casual trousers and find a style there.
Plus, the camel toe is obvious.
It’s the hiking boots that get me. Why the hiking boots?? And if they’re going hiking somewhere, why is William wearing loafers?
If you’re trying to match with your spouse, cool tones and warm tones are part of that. There’s a mismatch here.
Kate can look great in jeans, but she’s insisted on wearing them so skinny that they look spray-painted on her for more than a decade now. If she’d get some appropriate jeans like she wore pre-marriage, it would be such an improvement.
But what about her “life’s work” – the early years? Almost five months into 2025 and we’ve heard nothing about her “life’s work”. By the time she gets around to it, some of the under five years old will be over five years old.
Well, louis is 7, so I think its safe to say Kate has moved on. she’s probably retired her official “notebook” and everything.
@Becks1: 🤭 ‘retired her notebook’
Just a theory, but I feel like the repeated jeggings are to draw the eye to how thin her legs are, which she likes, and away from how short her legs are in proportion to her torso, which she doesn’t like. Regular trousers would make her look stumpy.
It’s also time for her to retire her “SKI” sweater. At least for 2025 😒
So I think they’re trying to boost the tourism for that area and it does look picturesque. I wana go! But how does one get there? Do they take a ferry from a certain point? Obviously they just took their helicopter which I’m sure is convenient but it would’ve been cute to see them take a ferry or something and show others how to travel to the islands. However, I’m guessing that would’ve made the day’s work a longer one for the lord of the isles or whatever.
Yes, ferry from Oban to Mull then a boat from Mull to Iona.
https://www.calmac.co.uk/en-gb/ports/oban-port/
They do island hopping really well there. They’re not tourism-boosting as plenty of tourists already visit there. They’re doing the “deflecting from laziness” again to appease the rats after Courvechel.
Oban is on the mainland so can be easily reached by public transport.
You know the Lazies always have to chopper themselves in…except when they have to fly on an empty plane to play childish games.
Oh, I believe it’s not hard to find that info. It’s more that it could’ve been an opportunity to showcase the strength of the public transport in island hopping. Honestly, I wouldn’t really expect it from them and it’s a nitpick. At least its a clear day. Had it been cloudy the chopper delay may have been longer.
They should have taken a boat. More environmentally friendly than the fricking helicopter, which is not necessary.
But Earthshit you know…do as I say etc etc and “helicopters are mine Harold!”
Oh my god, the comments here today are killing me! “Helicopters are MINE, Harold!” 😭☠️
Her blazer and blue shirt with the folded cuffs are very Meghan-coded.
Yup! Copy-catting yet again.
I was thinking of Queen Mary of Denmark and how much I like her casual style with trousers. I see that Kate is also wearing hiking boots, is she not aware that there are pants made for hiking that aren’t skin tight?
But she is competing with a certain lady over the pond for the slimmest legs.
I see she got to wear Big Blue for her anniversary. Her hair looks bad (the front pieces are dry AF), and the fashion is tragic. Why is she wearing hiking boots and he’s in dress slacks and suede shoes?
She thinks she’ll be roughing it on Mull 😂
SHe should put her hair up or in a ponytail so it looks neater (if she does not want to get a shorter hairdo)
I love the shirt/blazer combo she’s wearing. I’ve always loved those boots–I understand the jeggings, but aren’t they out of style now? The expression on William’s face is making me wince. He doesn’t even know how to smile anymore–he’s just baring his teeth at this point.
Why have they been hiding her away? The institution needs more engagements with the youth element pushed out to the public. Kate is clearly their secret 🤫 weapon. They need to let her relieve Anne of some duties. Oh wait, that’s not possible because she and William are known to be too lazy to be bothered about ’Royal duties’ …. should I use small ‘r’? 😂 . I’m loving it 😊. 😂 😂 😛
Nothing screams young about Kate and shes such a nut. She’s always so unprofessional and embarrassing. That’s why they can’t trust her, that and phasing her out.
Don’t forget that she has a tendency to flash people as well as exhibit the inability to string more than two words together or speak intelligibly. This woman is often embarrassing in public and it’s obvious, she is not interested in improving herself.
What about the school runs. She needs a serious hairdo. They both look sloppy and her jeans are wrinkled.
This is so embarrassing. North Korea is not just about edited, non-existent photos that WK has been sending to the media and agencies for years, but the whole thing. While Elizabeth was alive, BRF was associated with her and somehow it still held, despite Charles and Camilla and what they did to Diana, but now they are simply a DISGRACE. William brought BRF to the bottom. BRF is a disgrace. William is a disgrace. Meghan’s entry into this family has shown what they all are. Disgusting people who make propaganda about themselves and are ready to destroy anyone in whose presence their nasty traits are exposed.
William barely holds back his hatred
and contempt for Kate, but they will talk about love.!
William ignored by leaders and royals at Pope’s funeral, will he talk about how he contributed to the leaders’ conversations?! Does he hear himself? Does he realize what it looks like on the international stage when everyone knows and has seen with their own eyes that William was a pawn who had no contact with anyone!
I consider what Kate is wearing here Kate’s “style.” She styles herself, or is styled this way numerous times in the past. We can think of it as a good look or not, but I see this as pretty pure Kate. She has always worn leggings, leggings, skinny jeans, etc. which she seems to love. I recall her wearing her Cartier watch fairly frequently years ago before Meghan, but it didn’t become a “signature” the way Meghan’s wearing of Diana’s watch has become. However, Meghan always wears Diana’s watch with her own Cartier bracelet and other bracelets in varying “stacks.”
The jeggings are all her. I’d question whether she ever wore a blazer with her jeggings pre-Meghan. But at least it’s a meld, I guess.
She used to wear that awful blazer with the cut out square at the back, with her leggings. She’s never looked properly put together in her life, it always looks slightly wrong.
@Jais, I think she did— I seem to recall her wearing lots of Zara blazers? Especially around the time of the Olympics in London. But she doesn’t wear it nearly as well as Meghan does.
Ha! Okay, I’m wrong on that then.
She needs to stop wearing those leggings for public engagements!
It’s so embarrassing. So unprofessional!
Those hideous brown jeggings! They ruin her outfit! And what’s with the hiking boots? William’s not wearing hiking boots; are they going to separate events?
These two look like catalogue models. Seriously. But not like J.Crew, which I used to read frantically and repeatedly when I was at boarding school in Connecticut and before the internet it was one connection to the outside world. They look like second-tier catalogue models, like if M&S had a catalogue from which your mum might order you stuff that she imagined you would like. Like, they’re posing. Badly. They can always get it up for a photo-op (crude, but true) but I doubt there are sparks there. I mean… I cannot fathom what this couple is actually like in private. For some time they seemed to loathe each other. Barely tolerate each other’s presence. Then they seemed to settle into a kind of act, that works well enough to keep eye rolling at bay, so whatever they’re doing in private, it’s allowed them to maintain the veneer, as Kendall observes in the wedding episode (in Scotland, no less) in Succession.
The act came in the Shampoo Commercial. William had to show affection while she put her head on his shoulder. They don’t act like that in person, on tours. William looks annoyed with her.
These two will be off again in May for about a week or a little more because their children will have another break from school. So enjoy them while they last and need that family time again for the 50th time this year and we haven’t even reached half way through the year yet . I just don’t know how they get away with all this time off . It’s unbelievable how they are never called out for never working.
JFC how many days do these kids actually ATTEND school? In the US, I think 180 mandatory days is standard in most (but not all) states. It seems like their kids are always, always on a freaking break from school.
Those jeggings are tragic. Just awful.
This might have been a cute outfit with better jeans. I just can’t get past the jeggings.
With her shirt tucked into them and tucked inside her boots! Horrendous.
There is definitely a need to show everyone how she is still so thin. There are better trousers that would have made the blazer and shirt look much better.
Are there photos of the cottage?
I doubt it. It is probably a “cottage” more like a mansion with staff waiting on them.
Kate is lucky that Aston Villa crashed out off the Champions League because they would have played tonight and this little trip wouldn’t happened !
Her leggings and boots ruin the entire look. I don’t care much for the brown blazer with gold buttons combined with the button up blouse but it’s the bottom half that makes this look oddly masculine. Her walk is widened because of those big chunky boots and the leggings emphasize it even more. I think the opened blazer also contributes to it. I still don’t understand why this trip needed to be publicized and photographed when the other trips they’ve taken within the past four months haven’t required labeling a vacation as a work engagement. This is too close to what Charles and Camilla did with their anniversary by labeling it an official engagement. These people are too lazy to be paid millions of dollars by taxpayers.
Right? A 14th anniversary isn’t an important one. Any normal couple would have found a few friends and gone to a special restaurant together–a very special restaurant in their case. But they don’t seem to have many friends. My guess is they’re killing two birds: (1) by labelling it “work” it’s all paid for, and (2) it’s the 5th or 6th vacation in four months and the optics wouldn’t be great if it were seen as just another jolly.
@NERD
When William flew to Jecca’s or her brother’s wedding, he made a 15-minute visit to a resort, so the trip would be classified as business, so he didn’t have to spend “his” money and it counted as work. And this 14th anniversary is so “important” because it might be the last one:)) Divorce lawyers hired:))
Moose knuckles and jeggings. Good grief.
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God, that big, tacky wig has a life of its own. 🤣
And as usual, she shows her buttocks and those muscular, short legs. Her thighs are wider than her butt, she looks awful.
What a contrast with the edited photos, where they make her legs look slimmer and longer.
I can also see that as usual she really wants to be like Meghan and is very smitten with William, but Meghan doesn’t grab Harry’s butt in public. 🙂
Are you trolling? Kate as always, looks painfully thin in these photos and far, far from muscular.
Whatever muscle and bone she has left (due to years of disordered eating) is more noticeable because she has virtually no fat and is wearing skin tight pants.