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Anyone else feel Kate was born to be a royal?

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Brightstar12 · 15/09/2022 11:22

Watching the Queen's coverage all week & Kate looks like she was born for the role. (Also please don't turn this into a Meghan bashing thread, Meghan is equally beautiful & elegant but has chosen to be a non working royal which is why this thread is about Kate).
Even looking back at old school photos she looked so poised & elegant. She had an idyllic childhood, supportive parents & is doing a wonderful job in her new role.

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BasiliskStare · 15/09/2022 16:21

Kate may have set her cap at William or not. But it's a life I would not want ( well apart from the houses ) . She does dress very conservatively but I think that is part of the job to be respectful , well turned out but not flashy. The one thing I wish she would do ( & this is a personal opinion) is get a few inches lopped off her hair as , given how very slim she is as she gets older , worn down it seems to drag her face down & does fly around a bit in breezes . So If it were me I would chop off enough to get the hair more just a squidge below shoulder length but just enough for an "up do " I think Sophie's hair is a good length BUT BUT BUT Kate , P:oW is not me and must have her hair as she likes.

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 15/09/2022 16:22

Arbesque · 15/09/2022 15:41

Exactly. Not everyone wants to be a high flying career woman. There's nothing wrong with a woman who has the means to do so devoting her time to her children, her family life and charity.

This isn't intended as a personal slight on SAHM. No one said there's anything wrong with that. And of course people who unquestioningly revere this privileged institution will take any perceived slight against them as being 'nasty'. It isn't.

It's a legitimate criticism to recognize that a far lower bar is set for this family on standards of work and behaviour than practically anyone else. They are ooohed and aaahed and praised to the skies for things most of us see as all in the day's work. That's the basis on which I criticize her total lack of substance and lack of interaction with any form of meaningful work. I'm not body-shaming, or clothes-shaming, or making wild reaches about the motivation of she or her mother, or the circumstances by which she came to university, or whether she 'stalked' her husband or who in the family bullied who, or any of the rest of the utter pap being speculated about on this thread.

I'm challenging her complete lack of any kind of work ethic. You want to be a Duchess/Princess/whatever fantasy title you choose to call yourself, you don't get to be a 'stay at home'. You're being given unimaginable privilege in return for a very low bar of expectation, you're unelected and can't be removed by due democratic process from that position of privilege. The least a person can
do in these gilded circumstances is get up off your backside and do some meaningful work in exchange for it.

Kate hasn't. She's had years in which she could have at least tried to make some form of impact. Not only has she chosen not to, she hasn't even made any pretence of wanting to do so. And this isn't a matter of personal opinion. The engagement records, year in, year out, have her listed as the laziest Windsor bar none. Monarchists may tell whoppers, republicans might tell them too, but the court circular is a matter of public record. And it doesn't lie.

Brightstar12 · 15/09/2022 16:22

DreadingWinter · 15/09/2022 16:16

So how many of you are planning to marry your DDs to Prince George?

I'd say there were a few mums who signed their dc up to Thomas's Battersea in the hopes of rubbing shoulders with the royal kids... They must have been devestated when they announced they were going to Lambrook!
Another thing in the DOW's defence is that there were never stories about her on the school run, parties or anything. She was obviously very low key.

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derxa · 15/09/2022 16:26

LobeliaBaggins · 15/09/2022 16:15

You don't need to be interesting to be better than any princess, not just Kate. Having your own independent career or even a job would be enough. It is a low bar, IMO.

She does have a job and a fairly difficult one. Could you do it? I have had three different careers but that doesn't make me better or more interesting.

ThrowingSomeCrumbs · 15/09/2022 16:28

DreadingWinter · 15/09/2022 16:16

So how many of you are planning to marry your DDs to Prince George?

Why DD's?! George could be our first gay king!

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:30

I'm challenging her complete lack of any kind of work ethic. I've no idea what this means. What do you apart from typing very long posts on MN?

ThrowingSomeCrumbs · 15/09/2022 16:30

Everything I've read is that Kate's Dad had a comfortable trust fund from his Grandmother. They were hardly destitute. And those that were bought up in any form of hardship didn't get to sit a-levels.

susan12345678 · 15/09/2022 16:31

The engagement records, year in, year out, have her listed as the laziest Windsor bar none. Monarchists may tell whoppers, republicans might tell them too, but the court circular is a matter of public record. And it doesn't lie.

This is ridiculous. You have absolutely no idea what she does, or what her schedule looks like.

I know someone who works at a children's hospice Kate supports - a place where sick children literally go to die - and she told me that Kate regularly visits, privately, she has spent hours comforting grieving and traumatised parents. None of these visits make it into the court circular.

It's like looking at someone's Outlook and deciding they don't work hard because there aren't many meetings in their schedule.

pilates · 15/09/2022 16:32

I think she is great and doesn’t put a foot wrong

She is grounded and stable.

A fantastic role model and a huge benefit to the Royal Family.

antelopevalley · 15/09/2022 16:32

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:26

She does have a job and a fairly difficult one. Could you do it? I have had three different careers but that doesn't make me better or more interesting.

I could happily meet and greet, do speeches, and go to events. I have done that in jobs and I enjoy it.
I could not be silent and never utter any opinions. I also could not be married to William.

LobeliaBaggins · 15/09/2022 16:33

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:26

She does have a job and a fairly difficult one. Could you do it? I have had three different careers but that doesn't make me better or more interesting.

We will have to disagree on royalty of any kind being a job. Whether I could do it is immaterial. I am not white, so until the mid 60s I wouldn't even be given a job cleaning up after Kate!

BurnDownTheDiscoHangTheDJ · 15/09/2022 16:34

A very clever woman with a good degree from an ancient university and the best education money can buy who's hardly done a days work in her life that involved her actually speaking or having an opinion. Seems sad to me.

antelopevalley · 15/09/2022 16:36

LobeliaBaggins · 15/09/2022 16:33

We will have to disagree on royalty of any kind being a job. Whether I could do it is immaterial. I am not white, so until the mid 60s I wouldn't even be given a job cleaning up after Kate!

The Cambridge household refused to publish statistics about the diversity of their staff. It is supposed to be the most white Royal household. So it may be you still could not get a job there as a cleaner.

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:39

I could not be silent and never utter any opinions Luckily no one particularly wants to hear your opinions.

JubileeTrifle · 15/09/2022 16:40

I think she’s a great example of taking your time before fully joining the RF. She seems to have completely understood what she was getting in to and what the job would be.
I know Harry and Meghan were older but I think taking their time would have been a better decision.

gnilliwdog · 15/09/2022 16:40

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:39

I could not be silent and never utter any opinions Luckily no one particularly wants to hear your opinions.

I quite like to hear @antelopevalley 's opinions! Very interesting.

energybill · 15/09/2022 16:40

Reading the OP's posts I feel embarrassed for her. Good God, grown ass women talking so deferentially about her 😂

I think she's a nice enough woman, but really, get a hobby.

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 15/09/2022 16:44

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:30

I'm challenging her complete lack of any kind of work ethic. I've no idea what this means. What do you apart from typing very long posts on MN?

What do I, or my personal circumstances, have to do with any discussion of how this member of the Windsor family conducts (or doesn't) her duties?

Or is an attempted personal slight really your best argument in defence of your idle idol?

Poor.

IcedPurple · 15/09/2022 16:45

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:39

I could not be silent and never utter any opinions Luckily no one particularly wants to hear your opinions.

And how do we know Kate doesn't make her opinions very well felt in private?

What's this obsession with 'opinions' and inflicting them on people who never asked to hear them? We've all got them. Doesn't mean they're informed or interesting.

antelopevalley · 15/09/2022 16:46

derxa · 15/09/2022 16:39

I could not be silent and never utter any opinions Luckily no one particularly wants to hear your opinions.

Wow! That is very nasty.

BasiliskStare · 15/09/2022 16:46

The two things I would say is that each short visit probably means a fair amount of briefing etc behind the scenes and also she can't retire. This is it now. She may be the least hard working Royal , but isn't going to be able to bow out at at 60 odd. Whereas her sister doesn't get the jewellery & the frocks and the profile but being married to a rich man she does not need to do. hand's turn. I do get the point though that people work as hard for less.

antelopevalley · 15/09/2022 16:48

gnilliwdog · 15/09/2022 16:40

I quite like to hear @antelopevalley 's opinions! Very interesting.

Thanks!

TwinGirlsOnTheWay · 15/09/2022 16:49

Her parents literally prepared her for this her entire life. Made her change her uni course when they found out where Wills was going (she had accommodation sorted at Edinburgh I believe), made her defer and wait a year to go to the same place as Will. When they broke up, she waited around for him (that's how she got the nickname Waity Katie) and did everything to win him back. It's all her family ever wanted for her, and now with the rumours about him, you have to wonder if it's what she wanted.

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 15/09/2022 16:50

I quite like to hear @antelopevalley 's opinions! Very interesting.

I, too. What else do people think an internet discussion board is actually for?

IcedPurple · 15/09/2022 16:50

TwinGirlsOnTheWay · 15/09/2022 16:49

Her parents literally prepared her for this her entire life. Made her change her uni course when they found out where Wills was going (she had accommodation sorted at Edinburgh I believe), made her defer and wait a year to go to the same place as Will. When they broke up, she waited around for him (that's how she got the nickname Waity Katie) and did everything to win him back. It's all her family ever wanted for her, and now with the rumours about him, you have to wonder if it's what she wanted.

How did her parents 'make her' do all this?

Did they also 'make' the future king of the United Kingdom marry their daughter?