To be a bit disappointed in Kate Middleton?

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When visiting Fortnums, apparently she talked about what a struggle it is to make tea properly with "dried tea leaves". For someone who has not ever worked full time, had dependents or any particular constraints apart from media interest, I thought she might be a bit more interesting and competent. She still seems to spend her time giggline and hair flicking and being generally self conscious.

I think it's repulsive when Philip does a Philip. How much jor repulsive if a youngish woman did!

Oh, and it's 70p - not including security qnd policing.

She's not there to be particularly interesting, just uncontroversial and inoffensive, but I expect she'll grow into her role and gain confidence to contribute to public life in some field or other, eventually.

I'd guess there is quite a bit of steel to her, but I'm glad she's got that as it's a tough position to be in wrt to press and public scrutiny and criticism.

At least it's a love-match and I hope they have a very happy family life together.

If we add in the cost of security and policing then I might be able to stretch to a chocolate orange, but only when they are on offer we could add a fair number of nurses to the NHS.

Yeah, I suppose a spot of casual racism wouldn't be all that funny. Scratch that then.

I just think it's a shame that somebody with a 'university' education and by her own choice in such a high profile life, that she isn't more of an example to younger women. She has never worked full time and certainly isn't using her degree.

I'm sorry to say that I think she is definitely ambitious about her place in the world and definitely a high climber!

She is hilarious in private, really good fun.

I think she is lovely and you are all being mean. I think I'd like her if I met her. Which I won't.

Even people in graduate jobs rarely use their actual degree. What would you like her to do with her History of Art degree? I doubt there are enough History of Art jobs out there for all of them. Having been to university gives a broad range of experience and I think that it might be useful in her being able to hold reasonable conversations with the wide variety of people that she will meet. I still want my 70p back though.

depends.she's did a whimsy nice to study but no use really
if you study a vocational degree that gives professional qualification then the degree is used

New to mumsnet...I didn't realise there were 180 odd comments before mine!

Most have made me chuckle!

But most importantly I have finally found people who think the same of Kate (not blooming Katherine) as I do, I was starting to think I was a complete cow doubting her and thinking she is a wisteria...lovely on the eye, smells lovely and a ruthless climber!

I thought I read somewhere (DM?) that Carole Middleton 'selected' St Andrews for Kate because Wills was there. So any course would have done.

True...actually she did use her degree, I was wrong, selecting accessories for Oasis; surely that involves art ;)

i meant that diana fucked other people's husbands.....

She annoyed me too!

Jigsaw not Oasis Booga!

She doesn't actually get the benefit of the money spent on her security - other than the fact that she's not continually molested by odd people. The fact that the security bill is so high must surely be a sad reflection of the world we live in, rather than the requirements of a relatively young girl.

Superene, you know her personally?

Who's husband did Dianna fuck then? I thought she fucked her own, the car sales man, the ginger reality tv guy, the heart surgeon and Dodi, were there more?

Would anyone care to explain how you actually make tea with tea-leaves?

I don't know the perfect way. Back in the day, before we used tea bags, my Mum taught me:

Warm the tea pot with hot water, put a tea spoon of tea in per person and one for the pot. Do not forget the tea strainer!

freshly boiled water
warm pot by swishing boiled water
pour that boiled water into cups to keep warm
pour freshly boiled water over tea leaves
leave 2-3 min to infuse
store your tea leaves in airtight tin
I recommend this teapot

Warm pot with boiling water, tip that water away. Put in a couple of teaspoons of leaves. Pour on freshly boiled water. Leave to infuse for a few min. Pour into a cup through a strainer to catch the leaves. Did you really want to know Hazie? Other than failing to use a strainer or using an inappropriate amount of leaves, I don't know how you could get it wrong.

this teapot has built in strainer,tea leaves in perforated drop in container

Would using a tea-strainer whilst pouring the tea into a cup not look a bit bleurgh?

No - it is normal. When you go for tea at posh hotels everyone gets a tea strainer of their own. Why would it look bleurgh?

We have a pot that has a cafetiere bit like this but it doesn't (IMO) work as well as just putting the leaves in the pot and then using a strainer.

leaf tea is far superior
I sound like my ma now
but at home yes I do leaf tea only
tea bag at work it's less faff