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WillKat's second honeymoon...

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louloutheshamed · 07/03/2014 06:09

They've gone to the Maldives without Prince George apparently (it's in the dm)

Seriously?? Think this might turn the tide of public opinion against them...seems its just one long holiday being the D and D of Cambridge....

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whineaholic · 11/03/2014 08:18

It's a tricky one. I don't like what I see of Kate Middleton. I knew lots of empty headed, vacuous girls like her at university. She seems to have no shred of peronality and seems exquisitely dull . And lazy. That said, I wouldn't have her life for all the tea in china - a hideously gilded cage.

Lavenderhoney · 11/03/2014 09:15

Ignores bf/ff :)

I also used to know many girls like her. Harmless, but somewhere there is a banker or lawyer with her name on them. Its just a case of waiting til he turns up at the next drinks party. To have landed a prince though! wildest dreams and all that:) I wonder if she will ensure George marries a royal? Often the people who marry up are most obsessed by class etc in their new life.

I find it hard to believe that clothes she wears sell out straight away. Though she looks nice, anyone can look nice- beauty is largely a matter of time and money past a certain age.

The image that she or her pr are portraying of her being too busy with the baby and having a normal life to get involved in royal duties and appease the tax payer is blown out of the water now, with this trip to the Maldives. If she has time for that, then she has time to work. Or they stop being subbed by us. Then their private lives won't matter. The only reason they matter now is because we are paying for it.

whineaholic · 11/03/2014 09:22

She's the sort of woman I could never bedrawn to befriend. She just looks so dull!! She's the type you dread being sat next to at a dinner party.

Bonsoir · 11/03/2014 09:30

I completely approve of Kate and William taking a child-free holiday and leaving George to be doted on by his grandparents. I did similar when my DD was a baby/toddler - completely normal behaviour and I just don't understand what all the fuss is about.

curiousgeorgie · 11/03/2014 09:52

Well, I'm glad that the mail only used part of your comment and not your hideous ff / bf remark.

PG is 8 months, don't most people aim for 6 months?

What if she wasn't able to breastfeed? I wasn't, are my children somehow inferior to yours?

This topic always shows the absolute worst of women.

I don't begrudge them a holiday, my DD2 is 8 months and if someone offered me the chance to go to the Maldives and leave her with my mum, I would do it! (Might have the occasional sob into my pillow, but I'd soldier on Wink)

Her last holiday was a Middleton family holiday, and she took PG with her.

No one knows her situation, she could have PND, she could find the constant negativity hard, or she might just fancy topping up her tan. It's not really anyone else's business.

whineaholic · 11/03/2014 10:07

I would have found it heartbreaking to be away from my children for three weeks at that age. And I am the least maternal mother. It's almost an 8th of his life and I cannot see how they can think this is good for any of them.

oohdaddypig · 11/03/2014 10:13

Maybe she is struggling in some way? PND?!

I would hate HATE to have my life scrutinised as she does

ziggiestardust · 11/03/2014 10:14

She might have PND The palace aren't going to issue a statement saying she's really suffering with depression and it's all gone a bit tits up for her, are they?

Does it actually matter whether she ff or bf?! There's always one... Hmm

jammyjamjam · 11/03/2014 10:25

There's no way I would take a holiday without my kids...why would I? I love them to bits and I want to share everything with them. I find it very odd when couples holiday without their kids and leaving a baby behind? That's weird, poor George :(

oohdaddypig · 11/03/2014 10:30

Well if she has left PG for that long it's reasonable to assume she isn't BF. it's probably reasonable to assume that is something people will speculate about out of nosiness.

I appreciate BF is an emotive subject but why does that mean people can't discuss it?

I couldn't give a monkeys if she BF or not - and i don't care if there are discussions about it! It doesn't mean people are criticising my choices Hmm

MummyBeerest · 11/03/2014 12:49

Such a shame. I was so hoping that Kate would become a total Sanctimommy when she had Little George.

Wearing him in a bejeweled sling that matched her outfit, cosleeping on their golden coin bed because "that's how they do it in Africa," bragging about how George only wears organic silk nappies and how he's baby-lead weaned with chunks of swan for meals.

Because they're oh so real.

I liken the RF to faeries. Interesting stories, but definitely not real.

whineaholic · 11/03/2014 14:45

I would hate HATE to have my life scrutinised as she does

No indeed. But you didn't marry a prince nor live a life of unparalled sloth and privilege.

Nancy66 · 11/03/2014 14:56

I couldn't give a fuck if she breastfeeds or not.

I think two back to back holidays is very ill advised though. Up to them if they want to leave their kid at home but, again, grates a bit when their PR team made such a big deal about them having no help. blatantly bollocks

venturabay · 11/03/2014 23:09

I think she's whisked the henpecked William off to bend his ear about Cressida getting married to Harry. Nightmare scenario for her. She's been dead against it all along and Cressida will totally eclipse her. Great article in the DT today, very snide about the wooden and tedious cantilevering Kate.

LittleBearPad · 11/03/2014 23:27

Yikes, just read the DT article.

fideline · 11/03/2014 23:34

Can anyone link it?

gertiegusset · 11/03/2014 23:39

Not that I give a tut but how can you possibly know that Kate Middleton is against Harry marrying Cressida?
And why on earth is it a nightmare scenario, he's going to get married one day.

gertiegusset · 11/03/2014 23:45

Oh, soz.

gertiegusset · 11/03/2014 23:52

That is such a nasty piece by Hannah Betts, I thought she wrote for the Times anyway.

charmschool · 11/03/2014 23:54

BE WARNED!!!! This is exactly the sort of crap trap that was dished out for boring Diana and how Fergie was going to be a breath of fresh air for the royal family.

And we all know what happened there...

toejob

charmschool · 11/03/2014 23:56

Kate will win out in the long run. She is effortlessly stylish, well educated and can hold an interesting fascinator on her head as well as balance on heels. Ver difficult when you're famished and haven't eaten for a year.

I'm Kate in disguise. Don't rumble me. But I'm lonely so please be my internet friend

fideline · 12/03/2014 00:17

Don't worry Charm I won't rumble you [smile[

fideline · 12/03/2014 00:18
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