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To think Kate Middleton should have kept her tits in

745 replies

moogster1a · 14/09/2012 07:34

Surely she can't be unaware that she's one of the most photographed women in the world and there are paparazzi everywhere.
I know in an ideal lovely world she should be able to skinny dip in privacy, but in the real world I think she is being a bit naiive to go topless and then be so upset when the pictures are published

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HmmThinkingAboutIt · 15/09/2012 16:53

regarding the young duchess and the tits out photo - well, if she's being funded by the state, she's ours, so i think we should see it all. everything.

Waits for the camera phone shots of the Royal Crowning...

TBH I think she was extremely naive given she knows what the press are like and how little the law protects her. Thats the real shame; that shouldn't be the situation.

As for the pictures themselves, they are of such poor quality, they are only of genuine interest to people who need to get to the nearest branch of specsavers. Anyone getting their rocks off on them, should take note and click on the link above.

catgirl1976 · 15/09/2012 17:06

regarding the young duchess and the tits out photo - well, if she's being funded by the state, she's ours, so i think we should see it all. everything.

Yes. They should install cameras in her home like Big Brother and upload photos of her poo for our inspection

FFS Hmm

NoWayNoHow · 15/09/2012 17:10

Nancy66, by all means draw on the most extreme example to reference my wording. It doesn't change the fact fact that so many of you are behaving like a flock of fucking vultures, ripping pieces out of someone you dont know and enjoying every revolting second.

I'll say it one last time before I hide this awful thread.

it doesn't matter WHO the photos are of, they are still immoral and illegal

Hope your feeding frenzy satisfies whatever hunger for bitchiness you have, although I highly doubt it will.

ninjasquirrel · 15/09/2012 17:12

God this thread is depressing. I bet all those saying she deserved it enjoy those magazines with circles drawn round women's 'cellulite'.

BonnyDay · 15/09/2012 17:13

yes!
and LOATHe myself for it Grin

MrsTerrysChocolateOrange · 15/09/2012 17:25

I was talking to DH about this and he raised because he's weird that the Palace are probably more worried that if a pap can shot her form there, so could a sniper. Look here. She could easily have been shot and so could the heir to the throne. Security should have been much better.

Flatbread · 15/09/2012 17:31

Ninja, no, never read those magazines. Could care less.

Kate is not a 'victim'. She has chosen to marry into a very public position, she chose to take her clothes off in an open area (at the very least the security and staff were in the vicinity and one of them could potentially have taken photos) and now has to face up to the consequences of that decision.

No point whining now.

EdMcDunnough · 15/09/2012 17:32

Nancy, you've misquoted - she said 'worse examples', not 'the worst'. There's a substantial difference. One is comparative, one is superlative/

No one would compare this to the thing you mention

KatieScarlett2833 · 15/09/2012 17:34

It's disgusting, akin to a pap sticking a lens into her bedroom to get a few candid shots.

Would that still be OK with those who think she had it coming?

Flatbread · 15/09/2012 17:35

Why would anyone care to kill her? Surely it is more profitable to take photos. Any celeb who has had an unwanted photo taken, could think, omg, it could have been a sniper instead...

Tbh, not sure why we foot willy-kate's security bill for their numerous holidays.

FrankelSaysRelax · 15/09/2012 17:36

No Flatbread, the security and staff would not have taken photos - they sign confidentiality clauses, as does anyone working for a wealthy/famous person.

diddl · 15/09/2012 17:36

I have to say that I don´t really get the sniper analogy.

Otherwise they should never venture out!

Chubfuddler · 15/09/2012 17:41

In the privacy of my own home (and garden) I "cavort" with my own husband. I still expect to be taken seriously in my profession. The suggestion this undermines her credibility is ridiculous.

Flatbread · 15/09/2012 17:45

Er, Chub, what is Kate's 'profession' exactly? We should take her seriously because...?

Chubfuddler · 15/09/2012 17:54

She's a human being who has done nothing wrong to merit not being taken seriously. She doesn't have a profession as such but she has a public role and her private behaviour has in no way undermined that role. I gave no intention of trying to convince you of anything, your leftie nonsense is do entrenched you're blinded to the wrong done to this woman just because she has the nerve to be beautiful and wealthy.

lovebunny · 15/09/2012 17:54

"dear duchess of cambridge,
you took your clothes off and went outdoors. if you don't want to be photographed semi-naked, keep your clothes on.
lovebunny"

diddl · 15/09/2012 17:58

Does anyone think that she actually gives a damn?

Flatbread · 15/09/2012 18:07

She doesn't have a profession as such but she has a public role and her private behaviour has in no way undermined that role

The Italians would beg to differ. The headline in Chi is 'Court Scandal -the Queen is naked' or some such tripe.

Outdated nonsense, but then, so is the monarchy.

I don't hate or envy Kate. Or William or any of the lot, just as I don't hate or envy the Kardeshian sisters or who ever all the B grade celebs are. Just bemused at why they are in the limelight and unsure what they exactly do, to be taken seriously at their 'profession'

anarita · 15/09/2012 18:30

Seem a nice enough twosome I suppose - but why so outraged ? -they must be sheltered and extremely naieve - how the hell can either of them be angered, surprised or disappointed with a topless pic being published - when his brother cavorts nakedly with strangers, the step mother comes from a line of trollops and his father wanted to become a tampon ?? Did Wills mention all this to Kate before marriage I wonder ?? W & C - please just pop back on your pedestal and get on with the job in hand.

FreddieMercuryforQueen · 15/09/2012 18:42

I find it so sad that we as (mostly) women and humans with feelings can not empathise with another woman, another human with feelings, over gratuitous intimate, illegally shot photographs being splashed all over the worlds media. Regardless of whether you agree with the monarchy, or even like the persona of 'Kate' you can surely put yourself in her shoes, in a situation where you believed (naively or not) that you were in complete privacy, relaxing with your husband, how sickening it must feel to know someone was spying in you and taking pictures of you at your most vulnerable and relaxed.

And as for the poster who suggested that we 'own' Kate. Words fail me.

CommunistMoon · 15/09/2012 18:53

Of course we don't 'own' her. She just costs us a load of money and we can't even sell her. I have no idea what her feelings on the matter might be, and I care as much as she might care about mine.

MyNeighbourIsStrange · 15/09/2012 20:16

I did say she must feel awful and I can empathise, I still think it was foolish considering she had private honeymoon pictures published, her BIL pictures published, to go out in the open topless and partially pull down her bikini bottoms whilst bent over and her arse facing the open.

izzybobsmum · 15/09/2012 20:55

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it (24 pages was a bit too much to read!) But the paparazzi photographer was a mile away! I call that intrusive....

perceptionreality · 15/09/2012 21:10

Gosh, how on earth is it possible to get photos of somone from a mile away??

Blu · 15/09/2012 21:20

Dear Thieves and muggers,

Lovebunny will be out and about with her camera. Do feel free to take it without her consent. If she didn't want you to nick it she wouldn't take it out of her house.

Love Blu.

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