To think Kate/Catherine, Princess of Wales, is one of the luckiest and most admirable women alive?!

@antelopevalley

I hope she is happy because all that grinning , if you aren't happy, is damaging

Sure, so solid he cheats on her repeatedly.

They look perfectly happy together, as if they're totally on the same wavelength. How come it's OK to throw shade on the Cambridge marriage but if anyone suggests everything in the Sussex household may not be as rosy as it seems they're accused of wanting to see a family split apart? Kate and William seem like decent people with a solid relationship.

I sometimes wonder if she realises the power she has? If that marriage fell apart (publicly) it would be incredibly damaging for the palace.

Great post

@Novella4 If she left she would get very restricted access to her children, would be thoroughly attacked by the press and public - the PR machine would make sure of that, and would only get a small financial settlement.

She may be happy with the way things are as well?

I know this is an old thread but I was reading some great posts here and from people we rarely see on these threads

We've all read about his affair(s) and we can see that something isn't right between them but I thought - she's going along with it and all of the lies the royals sell, so, tough .

But I saw a clip of the earthshot pr event and William bats her hand away and it just seemed so unnecessary. They must have some 'arrangement ' to keep the show on the road but Kate has more power than she realises .

Why doesn't Kate just bounce ?
Why allow yourself to be humiliated in this way?
I wondered if she was afraid about access to her children .
They are a cruel lot the royals.

She likes killing animals for sport. Classy.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6540705/Duchess-Cambridge-waited-Meghan-left-Sandringham-shooting.html

She’s lucky in that if she’s got the life she aimed for she got it. She’s certainly done well for someone from her background - parents who’ve done well for themselves, been able to buy a good education for her, slightly above average looks and intelligence. She’s nothing special but she’s become special.

I don’t mind her but it seems a bit of a dull existence and I wouldn’t like the lack of freedom and having to keep my mouth shut. Or having to constantly look well groomed .I suppose that she manages to do those things is admirable in a way

That would be nice. A day out with Catherine down a farm or something

😂Do you mean like being paired to walk together on a school trip?

😂 Haha

I wish I could be her. Or be a close friend and accompany her for afternoon tea or something like that. Maybe hold her hand on a stroll.

That should have read *to artificially alter looks

Kate has had lots of work done, so is it fair on those without her money and ability to artificially looks with fillers, veneers etc to call her a beauty? Almost anyone with money and oodles of spare time like Kate can vastly improve on nature. On the other hand nature isn't fair I suppose.

I don’t think she is beautiful. She is very attractive and well groomed but she’s too bland looking to be a beauty.

Probably how we would all look if we had large amounts of money, a nanny, a housekeeper, chef, dietician, stylist, personal trainer, make up artist.

I have no ill will towards her, but she is a fairly ordinary woman with huge privilege.

She is beautiful, has a fantastic figure, has fabulous hair, looks good in everything she wears, is clever, seems nice, is friendly, is a brilliant partner, a super mother, is warm, good with people, kind. And so much more.

She is absolutely lovely in every way.

That was my whole point. Whilst yes, she is better off than most will ever be, and most would choose her life over struggling to make ends meet every day, it’s naive to not recognise it comes at a cost. There is a reason Meghan Markle had a breakdown.

Jesus, is that you Kate? I wouldn’t be trapped in her gilded cage for all the money in the world. She was pretty well off pre- marriage anyway.

Who wouldn’t want to have access to untold wealth and privilege.

I wouldn't, particularly if its cost was my freedom, anonymity, privacy, and the sense of achievement and satisfaction in using my own brains and being rewarded on no other basis than that of my own efforts.

I couldn't bear to live her life. As for being married to him ...

Two! 🙄

I agree she is beautiful and on the surface ‘has it all’. Who wouldn’t want to have access to untold wealth and privilege. She will never have to worry about her children being provided for and on a superficial level she is more or less universally adored. I agree she seems lovely and has blossomed from the shy stuttering girl that started this journey into a seemingly confident settled woman. But on the flip side, she cannot have a career of her own, she is under intense scrutiny wherever she goes, she is constantly compared to her fame hungry sister in law by the press and public, her parents have been ridiculed by the upper classes and she will never have full control over decisions about her children. There is also a pervasive rumour that her husband had it off with her best friend. Whilst she chose this life, I imagine nobody goes in with full understanding of what it entails and it must be very isolating. I’d much prefer Anne or Zara’s existence. Give me the money, but keep the fame and let me eat a burger or too!

Gosh it's almost as if you were there.