Update: Some photos of William and Kate’s event finally came in, so now you don’t have to click on that Mail link!
I’ve been waiting for a while to see if we would get photos of the Prince and Princess of Wales today in Birmingham, for their big event for World Mental Health Day. Our photo agencies are seemingly taking part in the Mute Challenge, so you can see the pics here at the Mail. Kate wore her best bumblebee attire – black trousers, a black crewneck and a bright yellow blazer. I usually think that Kate looks surprisingly good in yellow, but this shade is off. It’s too goldenrod. You know we’re going to get another dozen embiggening commentary pieces about how Kate is the first woman to ever wear trousers, right? Deep sigh. Meanwhile, did you know that William and Kate commissioned yet another survey? These two love to collate their meaningless data and put that data in nonsensical pie charts. Here are the results of their latest survey:
Kate Middleton and Prince William are sharing the results of a survey that they administered ahead of World Mental Health Day that found that nearly all young people feel their friends are struggling with mental health issues.
The survey, which was conducted by the Prince and Princess of Wales’ Royal Foundation, was taken by 3,000 young people in the U.K. According to the findings, 95% of 16-24-year-olds say they think their peers are having some sort of problem with their mental health.
The poll also found that around 60% of participants think that it’s very important for young people to have greater awareness and understanding of social and emotional skills. Additionally, 39% feel that they don’t manage their emotions very well.
The survey… asked kids if they think it’s good to be “aware” of mental health. This reminds me of Kate’s Early Years busywork, the purpose of which is purely awareness-raising. As in, all Kate does is say “the Early Years are important,” and then an endless amount of time, money and resources are devoted to compiling data about whether or not people think the Early Years are important. I’ll conduct my own survey: do you think these two lazy jackasses will ever do anything more than an awareness-raising campaign with their endless resources? Yes or no.
Incredibly proud of our Youth Board who supported today’s Exploring Our #EmotionalWorlds with @KensingtonRoyal & @TheMixUK. Listening to young peoples experiences is critical in creating a mentally healthy society. #WMHD pic.twitter.com/716GDN6SQK
— Beyond (@wearebey0nd) October 10, 2023
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Kensington Palace.
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to Factory Works in Birmingham to mark World Mental Health Day. Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Birmingham, United Kingdom When: 10 Oct 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales during a visit to Factory Works in Birmingham to mark World Mental Health Day. Featuring: William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Birmingham, United Kingdom When: 10 Oct 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales during a visit to Factory Works in Birmingham to mark World Mental Health Day. Featuring: William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Birmingham, United Kingdom When: 10 Oct 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
And exactly what does one do with the results of this survey? How does it help? And the money they probably wasted on “commissioning” it. .
I would hope there were more than the three questions they reported on but overall, yeah, what’s the point? What a waste of time & money. And saying W&K ‘administered’ the poll? Like h*ll they did. They wouldn’t know how.
They always ask the wrong questions. “How many of your friends have mental health issues”…how about factors, behaviors and triggers that affect their mental health? How about when in the day, after what activity are they most likely to feel low? Did they provide a census for what type of families these teens come from and how large the sample?
As for “managing emotions,” did they ever identify what that is and what it looks like? Is it staying quiet and bottling it all in? Is it expressing your feelings in a healthy way? Is it not blowing up and throwing cushions across the room when you’re angry? I need to know…!
Yeah. That question basically reads like, let’s gossip about your friends mental health. Which, pretty much is how the British Media/BRF works.
What does she do with the commissioned survey, did you ask? Why, take photos with it, of course. It’s really effective if you hold a pen, mind you, just “hold” the pen while looking at the survey as if it’s meaningful. And if you happen to be wearing a big girl blazer at the time, then you may even reach a deep state of keenness. No kidding, Indian yogis have passed out trying to reach that state.
Off Topic, but that third photo from the top is killing me. It reminds me of Bruce Lee’s “Fists of Fury” only I’d caption it, “Fists of Keenness.”
Will there be a pie chart ?
Out and about for mental health day✔️ Survey for mental health day completed ✔️. Photo ops of us out on mental health day ✔️. Our job here is done✔️. These two idiots will do nothing more than to be abusers of other’s mental health.
You forgot to mention Kathy is wearing the UK charity mental health colour… yellow. We do know she loves her theme dressing.
Kate probably wasnt aware that yellow was the mental health color. she probably WAS cosplaying that bumblebee because Kate has a honeyfarm, remember that one yall. (but I do have to say, that that is a cool thing to do/have)
Why can’t she close her mouth a little🤷🏾♂️. She look very strange. What survey. They just get results and do nothing. What a freaky farce. Go home and come back with ideas and a check. They are hyper rich Don’t do anything for the peasants but skin and grin
Well, if they were smart enough, which they are not, they would also conclude that 95% of those 16-24-year-olds already know that mental health is important and is already a conversation that has started – hello? – which means that those 95% are also recognizing that they actually are ones who are inflicting mental health abuse on none other than… hmmm… Harry and Meg? And they should put 1+1 together and conclude that they is probably a link to why that same age group also dont care or wants monarchy abolished – like the result on the other study conducted about how well the monarchy was doing earlier this year. Morons.
I never click on that site but I had and Peg and Buttons are as unremarkable as usual. Her hair is absolutely going to strangle her one day. But again knowing that they assisted in terrorizing Meghan and have the gall to take part in any matters of mental health is just gross. They are not good people and they show it more and more.
Watch for their fake fans (Meghan haters) to make a big deal about how Peg allowed her to walk ahead of him at one point during their visit.
Will was actually quoted in the article saying something about the importance of family support.
Yes that had me screaming at my dogs… my dear departed granny always said charity begins at home… and Willi needs to think about that one..he and his wifelet treated both H&M so badly… to the point Meghan was suicidal yet they think they can preach about supporting family and others who have mental health issues. I am ashamed to be English, frankly.
One has to wonder about the impacts to Wiglet’s mental health when she’s forced to go events with a husband who, in every photo, looks for all the world like he’s wishing she were anywhere but where she is, and preferably on another continent entirely…
I mean, I don’t wonder long, because she’s an abusive racist, but yeah. It’s plain these two are the last two who should be talking about mental health and family support.
What’s worse is that they had a tweet about maternal mental health–especially while pregnant. Complete and total hypocrites. I wanted to click on the comments to see if anyone called them out but didn’t want X to interpret my click as positive interest so I passed.
It just goes to show that Meghan is a much better person than I am. Practically a saint, to be able to restrain herself from reminding people of how she was tormented by William and Kate, and then dismissed as too fragile or accused of being melodramatic by much of the rest of the RF and the BM when she sought help. But at this point, I guess just moving on is probably the best thing for her mental health, rather than letting herself be consumed by bitterness.
I know that she and Harry are all about positivity and uplifting people these days, so I doubt that they’d want some sort of “Sussex Snake Fam” to get savage every time anyone in the RF has the audacity to claim to be a mental health advocate, but God, is it ever tempting.
I absolutely agree. I would take every chance I got to show the hypocrisy of W&K and wave it around like a huge flag for all to see.
Another “spreading their wings” event. JFC-do the writers ever get tired of the same copy? And her hair is janky as all get out. I do not have the patience for their silliness.
How does it make sense to ask if they believe their friends struggle with issues? That would be like hearsay evidence in court. It only shows their perceptions. Wouldn’t it be more helpful to ask about the individual’s own struggles and what they are and what they feel would help if it were available.
I was wondering the exact same thing!
In these kinds of contexts, it’s sometimes safer for people to discuss what “their friends” are going through, so surveyors will often ask these oblique questions.
What sense does it make to partner with this organization and then you only see the 🧱 do a Photoshoot. William could’ve spoken briefly instead it looks like they piggy backed the event to compete with the Sussexes who you know at least theirs will be impactful and will look professional.
Is this the reason why articles on the Sussexes event didn’t mention the 🧱 at all. The rota barely said something about the event mentioned above and when they did it 🤯 was more on the Sussexes event today so even they didn’t take it seriously
Surgeon general and Carson Daly won’t waste their time unless its worth it
So the Waleses commissioned another survey? And? What will they do with that info? Nothing.
Who is telling Kate that the hem on her pants is correct? This must be done to cover her ankles while she sits… as the length while she walks looks sloppy. Lord forbid we see her ankles.
lmao my first thought when i saw this outfit was, “She is trying to cosplay Pumpkin Spice in honor of the month, isn’t she”
Nothing, I’ve got nothing apart from keen looks like a jar of mustard topped by a demented gopher. Billy looks his usual prk with teeth self, and the only reason they did this is because of what Harry and Megan are about to do in new York, but on a bigger and better scale, with important people in that field backing their efforts.
Stand by for more pie charts and a “notebook”.
She looks exhausted and the yellow blazer is hideous. Also, Carole’s panda eye makeup is back. Not flattering at all…
Also, I want to know who are the 40% (!!) who do NOT “think that it’s very important for young people to have greater awareness and understanding of social and emotional skills.” This statistic can’t be right?
Another survey, another awareness campaign. When are the Wales going to make a real impact and make a difference on the ground. Does the Wales projects get audited. Don’t they have to account how they spend the charity money raised under their royal foundation.
Aren’t there actual organizations all over the world that have statistics about mental health already? Why did these two fools need to commission one? Why not just pull up some of the others and then speak about those organizations that are already helping with this problem.
That would assume that someone at the helm has a brain and has done research that ,as you point out, has already been done.
My word… one of the video captions on the Fail says “Kate stuns in yellow blazer” and that is right, stuns, but perhaps not in the way intended, as I had to turn my screen brightness down to even look at it. Once I can see it, I don’t understand how she gets business attire all so wrong. The overly bright jacket with the black pants and shell and the little belt at the waist, it is such a dated look, it reminds me of a school librarian in the 1980s. I think the black and the belt is what really makes it that bad, does that make sense? If the pants and shell were a different color…
Lol yeah “stuns” is the right words for it. That particular shade of yellow on Kate is not great. It almost feels like she is wearing school colors or something. Maybe the GA Tech yellowjackets?
Seriously, my corneas are still recovering
Standby for pedantry: that’s not a shell, that’s a long-sleeve top. Shells are sleeveless & usually crew neck, they can be slip over or have a closure at the top back (button or hook & eye).
you’re right, the blinding yellow made it difficult for me to notice her sleeves peeking out at the cuffs.
First thing I thought was Hertz. But they would never hire a racist bitch.
She looks so manic lately. So bizarre.
Yeah he expressions are so extremely over the top. I think in part she does it as a nervous habit. She seems really introverted and I don’t think she’s ever at ease during these appearances so she over does it out of nerves.
Kate The Flasher?! Introverted? Hm. If you say so.
It is not that hard to wear a blazer and trousers and make the look work. Millions of women do it every day. How is it that she can almost never seem to pull it off??
And does the survey even count if there wasn’t a pie chart involved?
finally…….they also posted something on their IG about post partum depression. So I really do think they’re just trolling everyone. If they didn’t push Meghan to the brink of suicide, they were at least okay with knowing she was there, while pregnant. Their hypocrisy is galling and shameful.
Trolling is correct. Especially with the post-partum depression post. All I can think about is the polo pictures of Meghan holding Archie and Kate absolutely ignoring her and not even letting her kids speak to her. That is literally a snapshot of how much Kate cares about another woman’s post-partum depression. Which is not at all.
The gaslighting and cruelty on this issue is really beyond the pale.
Notice how Willy has an arm around the girl to his left whilst ignoring his own wife again? Can’t be good for her MH to be snubbed in public but then hugging POC for PR is what they both do to prove that they are “very not a racist family!”
Thank you! I thought I was the only one who noticed how odd that was. And I bet her hand was on his bum LOL!
Yep, it looks like he’s shouldering her out of the shot 🤣 while carefully putting his arm around the black young lady to show his commitment to “open-mindedness” and “diversity”. 🙄
That’s the color of every school bus in America.
Lol – it is. I thought of a bumblebee.
“Hi-de-hi Campers!”
Kate’s become a yellow coat! I guess that makes her Peggy?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-de-Hi!
Finally, a job where her manic expressions would work! I hope she’s paying attention and can add it to her list of options for post-divorce opportunities.
THAT! Take the prize!!!
Kate dressed to match the Beyond logo. She is so literal, it’s hilarious.
And what a meaningless survey. The Wailses use surveys in lieu of doing actual work. It’s pathetic. How about they use this day to make amends for seriously undermining the mental health of people in their own family?
Good catch about dressing to match the logo!
Bore and snore, literally and please she needs to fix her hair otherwise her outfit is appropriate, but let’s talk about William who needs to fire his new “valet” because the casual belted pants don’t fit the blazer /tie look, same as that brown blazer / skinny tie monstrosity he wore last time.
Looked at the Daily Mail photos. William looks slovenly: wrinkled tie, wrinkled jacket sleeves, wrinkled pants and shoes that look like he just came in from gardening.
That’s what stood out to me, the wrinkles. He’s a wrinkly mess.
So what exactly is his new valet up to if not ironing his clothes?
Maybe the valet hasn’t started yet, but Willi is living alone at KP and has never been shown how to use an iron or steamer?
Bore and snore. So painfully accurate.
I’ll bet that valet knows his way around a gentleman’s underlinen.
What gentleman? Oh you mean William?
These look like generic stock photos we use in PowerPoints 🥴
That’s an insult to stock PPT photos 🤣
“Hi, we’re the Wails. We’re here to vaguely raise awareness about something. Sorry, we can’t do more than a survey, that would be limelight stealing, & we have to placate the king because he’s crazy, I mean he has mental health issues, and we are aware of that.”
It’s like commissioning a survey of scientists to confirm that the sky is blue. I thought there was going to be a discussion with young people about mental health? Was this the event? I must say, the moment I laid eyes on Kate, I thought “bumblebee!” Black and bright yellow make great school colours or look great on logos, but somehow, on clothing- bumblebee!
Would they sell the results of said survey in the same manner they sold the responses from their Mental Health app to pharmaceutical companies?
Her outfit is fine. I’m more focused of the close up solo photo the shows conflicting emotions. Her mouth (besides the evergreen gawping) says, “Oh that’s hilarious,” and her clinched fists say, “I’m going to beat the shit out of you.”
Yes, Kate’s clinched fists stood out to me.
This look is giving me vintage Century 21 Real Estate broker blazer vibes.
Exactly! You nailed it.
Actually, I love that jacket, but why the firk does she keep screaming and clenching her fists?
Discussing mental health is important but with these two, it’s always just talking about how important it is to talk about mental health without any real follow up.
This is one of the better suits Kate has worn in her current Pantsuit Parade, maybe it’s because it’s mostly all black? The yellow blazer isn’t great but it’s not terrible either, just meh which has been my reaction to a lot of her pants and blazer outfits. She seems to favor the flared trousers and it’s not the best look on her. Ankle length/cropped is a better look on her.
The exact colour of my bottle fed babies’ nappies that blazer.
Has Richard Gere just closed her hand in a jewellery box containing a ruby and diamond necklace in the 2nd photo?!
Instead of jazz hands, we have clenched fists?
Dear lord ,Kate looks like she badly needs some help with her mental health .
Well, they ARE going to be king and queen so mediocrity is not an issue. And, I’m going to just ignore one of my triggers lately (using Black people for PR/deny their clear racism/bigotry). But let me just say, I took a survey methods class once at the grad level and sweet baby Jesus! That course kicked my ass. (Its one of two courses that did that, the other was labor economics in undergrad and I blame that on the TA who was too focused on drawing colored charts).
But I digress. Anyway, who knew there was a (multi-disciplinary) science to survey design? Not me. Imagine designing a survey that asks a question like is it good to be “aware” of mental health? There is a way to this question that would garner something more informative. Maybe I should give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they asked about levels of awarenes/knowledge.
I don’t think they will ever be king and queen.
A cardboard cutout of Khate with a moving Jaw would be more interesting. Rinse and repeat, same old behavior, 12 inch heels, the open mouth looking like she is going to devour something or someone, the hand gestures, is she going to strangle someone, and constantly flashing big blue. Her appearance, she looks a hot mess, not casual elegance, the wiglets all need to be thrown in the garbage.
They really had to do a survey of 3,000 to find out young people experience mental health issues? Good lord.
Commissioning a survey is NOT work. It’s just another “listen and learn” tactic that takes the place of real work. They are always “preparing” to work, but never actually do work. What’s the point of a survey? They don’t know what mental health issues are actually out there after being mental health “warriors” forever? Are they admitting they know nothing about mental health after all these years (and exhibiting their own alarming issues at the same time). They are poseurs and dilettantes, nothing more. Frauds, fakes.
My survey says not being physically assaulted by your older brother who also enacted a smear campaign against his younger brother’s wife who did nothing wrong other than breathing is good for one’s mental health. Not having someone stick their finger in one’s face is good for mental health too. The list goes on. These two are so full of sh*t.
Kate looks great for an unseasoned sales rep for Duke’s mayo. That is not a diss on sales reps for Duke’s mayo-which is awesome.
https://dukesmayo.com/
Now I’m trying to imagine Kate speaking with a southern accent when she can barely speak an English one.