Anyone else feel Kate was born to be a royal?

[Brightstar12]

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.

Kate is very competent & an all rounder. But I think she was raised this way by two determined parents who just "knew" the right code to be able to fit in with the "right" people

To some degree maybe, but you're either bright or you're not. You're either good at sports, or you're not. They were lucky their daughters had the looks, the brains AND the talents. If they hadn't, we'd never have heard of them.

It's not about code.

Didn't stop people being dis-interested in her either. You may find both of them to be of interest, I don't.

None of which makes her remotely interesting*

What would make her interesting?

Yes, they turn into the entitled yummy mummy. Tall, attractive, "perfect" kids and take no nonsense from anyone who says their perfect kids are anything less than perfect.

(not necessarily work in finance, often work in law or marketing/PR too)

I think if anything she planned her entry to a specific university with impeccable timing and got out of it what she wanted.

Hope she's enjoying it.

@gatehouseoffleet so many children are bright, have sporting potential & are good looking but have parents who can't afford to pursue their talents, pay for extracurriculars or simply don't know how to get them into a good school.
Kate & Pippa were lucky to have determined, invested parents who could give them every opportunity.

She's had twenty years, and in those has still had multiple incidences of accidentally flashing and not weighting her skirts (plus the reveal of her nickname at school), mumbling her speeches, saying insensitive things, etc. So yes, perfect. 🙄

Most of us can comport ourselves and not do anything stupid, being "royal" isn't part of it.

Agreed. She looks good and doesn't express many opinions. That's all that's needed really.

Perhaps her opinion she is happy to have been able to combine her love of her husband and his family with supporting The Monarchy. Perhaps her opinions are that she feels lucky to have the platform she does, meet the people she does and be able to be involved with and be patron of organisations which she is interested in.

No one knows what her opinions are because that is the nature of being royalty but of course she must have some. What people who say she has no opinions mean, is she isn't expressing any they might agree with or find interesting or worthwhile.

She's a beautiful woman and dresses well (if somewhat safely) but by God, she's dull.

I've tried to watch her videos on YouTube and couldn't help thinking WTF.

I wonder just how many of the unpleasant commentators on here could manage even a day in the Princess of Wales’ Court life? I bet very few.
It’s all very well not wanting a Royal family or monarchy, what alternative would you prefer? And who to head it?
Personally I do like Catherine, I think she’s probably very supportive to William and the King and, as such, is a tremendous asset to the country.
The unpleasant and vicious remarks on here are sad when presumably none of you have ever met her. I have, in an informal setting, and she made a big impression on those who chatted with her and William.
It’s a pity the adage ‘If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything’ isn’t applied more frequently on here. The level of spite is awful.

It is to me. None of what you’ve said is a personality. Diana was bold, championing humanitarian demining and working closely with AIDS charities. I couldn’t tell you any of Kate’s charity work or causes. Kate wears safe but dull clothes, attends safe but dull events and has safe but dull opinions. And she likes sports apparently. I can see why the royal family like her because she’s the opposite of controversial. But as a casual observer who’s a republican at heart there’s nothing at all about her which makes her in any way remarkable.

Having some kind of personality, a bit of spark. As it is she comes across as an accessory. I just find her dull and bland.

I think the idea that her parents ‘knew’ the code is nonsense. Her mother was brought up in a council house although her paternal grandparents seemed to be solidly middle England, upper middle class. In saying that, her parents clearly wanted and strove for the best for their children so the right schools etc were important. Thanks

Her biggest attributes are her beauty, natural poise and most importantly her innate shyness.

She doesn’t want or need the limelight so seems happy to carve out a supporting role. This makes her perfect wife material for an heir as she will never eclipse or demand attention.

Her happy, stable childhood with hard working parents has also stood her in good stead , she has a good foundation.

It's completely inappropriate to display yourself as someone with passions and opinions when you are serving in a civic role. You are supposed to be filling a symbolic role, representing the state to say thank you to a whole range of volunteers, whose actions make the country a better place. Your work is about the volunteers on whom you are shining a light. The royal family is meant to be kind of invisible, and, certainly, apolitical. One has to say, that opinions about serious subjects will very likely contain a political or ideological leaning and often be conflated with political or religious opinion.

I may be wrong, but I have always felt that classic beauty does have something of blandness about it. In its elegance there is a sort of stillness. Catherine is a classically beautiful woman if you accept that the women who used to compete in beauty contests and their sort of look - moderate athleticism and even proportions - to be synonymous with classic beauty - albeit, not the only kind of beauty which exists.

She's had twenty years, and in those has still had multiple incidences of accidentally flashing and not weighting her skirts (plus the reveal of her nickname at school),

Kate is a flasher?! . Seriously?

Eh? Do you think it's compulsory to have a monarchy?

You do realise that most countries don't have a monarchy, and that they're perfectly happy not having one?

I agree that whatever she may be like in private her public persona is very much as a Stepford Wife. I don't find her overly attractive, i didn't find Diana particularly stunning until the Vogue photos gave me a new appreciation of how a good photographer can change things. She does have very shiny hair, and is very very slim so can wear anything and not look totally awful. Her "style" is a bit frumpy for me.

But in general she is exactly what is needed as wife to an heir, so good for her.

She plays the role very well, like an actress imo. I much prefer Ann and Zara, they look comfortable in themselves and come across as interesting I think. People saying she 'looks the part' are stereotyping what they believe a 'royal' and a 'princess' should look like and act.

I mean Prince Andre is a prince - that's one example of 'royalty'.

As I say, she's a good actress and obviously works hard to perfect what she thinks the 'look' should be. She's pretty but I wouldn't say she's beautiful, all the Middletons have terrible skin.

@toastofthetown How you describe Diana is exactly what made her unsuitable for the role and this is also why Kate is so well suited .

Look at the Queen, her steadiness is what made her effective

What was her nickname at school @RaRaRaspoutine ?

This was one reason the Queen was so unique and unusual. She also never expressed her opinions or put a foot wrong socially and yet somehow she still projected a personality, and a likeable one. Maybe it was the corgis, maybe it was the trademark colour blocking that made her visible without being garish or try-hard, maybe it was her sheer longevity, I don't know. But somehow, she managed to be totally dutiful and proper and yet had charisma.

If there’s no need for the royal family to have any of personality at all, why not replace them all with wax figurines and save ourselves the security bill? (only half joking)

Oh yes William chose well, she smiles and gets on with it. Would never rock the boat and seems to put up with anything he throws at her.,.,.

It's painfully true. David Attenborough, if we're using him as an example, has a Master's degree from Cambridge. Just look at the use he's made of his education. And if you argue he has the advantage of longevity, which he certainly does, take Megan McCubbin. She's 15 years younger than Kate, has a zoology degree, and is an accomplished presenter and photographer (okay so nepotism helped her, but since when wasn't this the case with the Windsors and she's actually GOOD at what she does). She conveys a passion and dedication to wildlife and conservation, together with an ability to really interest and educate others about it, to which Kate's doddery FiL and his equally uninspiring son couldn't even hope to aspire.

Closeness to family and being well-travelled are things anyone can do. One thing to be well-travelled, quite another to learn about and respect other people's cultural heritage (cf. the Jamaica protests and toe-curling incident with the Land Rover).

Turning your hand to sports: well, that's a hobby. I'm a seasoned swimmer, and was a competition rider until I was injured in a showjumping accident this summer. It's not 'work', and it's extra-curricular as far as someone's career and professions are concerned.

Kate Windsor is a poster-child for women taking their entire identity from the man you happen to be hitched to, for looking pretty and for being seen and not heard. She's also notorious for being bone idle. If any daughter of mine viewed this throwback to the 1950s, if not before (ie. something out of Austen) as any form of role model, I'd be appalled.

The reason for me that she seems so boring is because her entire personality is being a princess. She may have an art history degree and be massively in to sport, but we only ever see this highly polished version of her doing sport for a photo opp rather than it seeming
like she’s genuinely interested in a sport as a hobby. Likewise, she dresses very beautifully but doesn’t seem to be in to fashion. She never talks about hobbies at all.

She also seems to have no friends. Her entire circle is her husband and children and her sister and mum.

She would be so much more interesting if she had a bit more about her but her entire vibe seems to just be a posh and beautiful clothes horse who turns up and waves at the right time. How is that a good role model?