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Shouldn't we expect just a little bit more of the Duchess of Cambridge.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 20:18

Never turned up for one single memorial service for the armed forces, but there at Center Court, Wimbledon, rubbing shoulders with a load of celebs,and entertaining Brad and Angelina Pitt at Kensington Palace. Is this what her royal life boils down to.

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noddingoff · 20/07/2015 01:24

Well, she cared enough about the military to turn up eight months pregnant in the middle of a shitty enough looking day March to stand on a parade ground and dish out shamrocks to the Irish Guards. So good on her.

FastWindow · 20/07/2015 02:03

With raging HG, both times.

Tenieht · 20/07/2015 02:38

Yanbu. Duchess of Cambridge is idle spoilt and entitled. She's never worked a day in her life apart from to snag a husband and her family are dreadful social climbers who are all out for what they can get from their royal connections . She barely does anything for charity either. Just a constant round of holidays. I used to be a fan of the royal family before she and her clan came along. The idea of Carol Middleton as Queen Mother is nauseating.

Mehitabel6 · 20/07/2015 06:42

I think that not turning up for a service that she was not expected at was very different from the Queen not turning up when she was expected.
We all have our opinions- personally I think that she and William give hope to the future of the monarchy. You may not get the impression here but they are actually very popular.
Carol Middleton is not going to be 'Queen Mother'! (She will be mother to the Queen- very different)

If you were employed to do her PR sweetgrape and she did exactly as you asked her to do- to your satisfaction - people would still be bitching! If she managed to please you ( I don't think she could whatever she did!) then it would upset others.

LaurieMarlow · 20/07/2015 07:29

What rational problem could people have with Carole Middleton? She is by far my favourite member of the Middleton family - wish Kate had more of her traits. Seriously, lots to admire:

Self made business woman/local employer
Looks like she has a strong, lasting marriage
Great relationship with her 3 kids
Has endured hateful press snobbery with quiet dignity

Mehitabel6 · 20/07/2015 07:37

She is a social climber , Laurie and never to be forgiven!

Mehitabel6 · 20/07/2015 07:39

You would actually think that people would be pleased to have someone with a lowly family history having a child married into the royal family but there is a lot of snobbery about.

Mehitabel6 · 20/07/2015 07:40

The class system is alive and well in 21st century!

lem73 · 20/07/2015 07:52

Yes I have a lot of respect for Carole Middleton and her husband. Some of the things the press say are ridiculous eg selling baby shower stuff is cashing in on the royal birth. Absolutely stupid.

Roussette · 20/07/2015 08:24

Well... KM can't do right for doing wrong. Nothing she could do would please some people on here who are just anti royalist and happy to pick on individuals for what they do or don't do. As the saying goes "there's no pleasing some folk."

How anyone knows 'she doesn't give a damn' god alone knows. Unless you are in her private household and seeing her regularly, you wouldn't know. Personally, I think quite the opposite, I think she cares a lot. But I only think that, I don't know. There are some nasty posts on here.

I find MN bizarre at times, if she wasn't who she is, posters would be indignant with cries of "leave the woman alone, she has just had a baby" but it's open season for KM because she is married to the future King of England. She is still a woman who has just had a baby however.

Mehitabel6 · 20/07/2015 08:41

I am only on here because of the unfairness of it all. Some people don't want her to exist so she is in the wrong whatever she does.
Her parents will be in the wrong. It would be wrong if William married royalty, wrong if he married someone in real circles and now wrong because he has married outside of all that.

Mehitabel6 · 20/07/2015 08:42

Royal circled not real circles!

Mehitabel6 · 20/07/2015 08:42

Time to give up - auto correct going mad! Royal circles.

TheWernethWife · 20/07/2015 09:43

WTF - why all the vitriol against the Duchess of Cambridge (she's not your mate so what's with the Kate business). You know nothing about her life or are you all Daily Mail readers having the hump against Carole Middleton for being a hard working mother of three and doing the best for her children. As for the Duchess hunting down Prince William, ffs can't a girl go to Uni and meet a man or did it not happen to you. I'm not a royalist btw but can't stand hypocracy.

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sweetgrape · 20/07/2015 10:45

Hasnt she always been known as Kate by the media though. Its very rare i've heard her called Catherine.

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MaggieJoyBlunt · 20/07/2015 10:55

WTF - why all the vitriol against the Duchess of Cambridge (she's not your mate so what's with the Kate business).

It's her name Confused

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sweetgrape · 20/07/2015 10:56

Her parents will be in the wrong. It would be wrong if William married royalty, wrong if he married someone in real circles and now wrong because he has married outside of all that
Yes its all wrong Mehit, the whole concept of a royal family is wrong, and as long as there is one there will be debates like this.

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sweetgrape · 20/07/2015 11:11

I am only on here because of the unfairness of it all
That has to be the funniest line on here. There are lots of injustices in life and unfairness but please dont ever apply that to the Royal family.
There is nothing unfair about giving your opinions (whether for or against) on the Royal family. They have to expect that people expect to see value for money, or would you expect them to be totally unaccountable.

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TheWernethWife · 20/07/2015 11:31

Its the Kate Middleton thing - she is not Middleton anymore or did I miss the press statement that she was keeping her maiden name. Still think that most of you are Daily Mail readers. I'm neither one way or the other with regards to the Royals but would rather have them than the USA having to choose a leader every four years, this years joke is Donald Trump, enough said I think.

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sweetgrape · 20/07/2015 11:46

'm neither one way or the other with regards to the Royals but would rather have them than the USA having to choose a leader every four years
Thats called democracy, and really you cant compare the two, the queen is really only a figure head, she doesnt do any leading. But we neednt have a presidency like in the USA, nowhere near as expensive anyway. Ireland gets by fine and the costs are actually two and a half times less than the cost of the monarchy. The main thing being of course, a president is elected, if he's no good we get to vote him (or her) out.

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lem73 · 20/07/2015 12:01

I'm old enough to remember Princess Diana being called Lady Di or even Diana Spencer for a few years after her marriage by some. I think people say Kate Middleton because Duchess of Cambridge is such a mouthful and it's such an old lady title.

bodenbiscuit · 20/07/2015 12:03

'The class system is alive and well in the 21st century'

Yes, exactly. Which is exactly what I object to. I couldn't care less if she's a social climber - I object to the whole lot of them.

Nurserywindow · 20/07/2015 12:06

If people disagree with the concept of a royal family that's fair enough.

But making nasty personal comments about Kate Middleton and her family is pretty reprehensible. Why are they 'social climbers'? Do you really think royalty should only marry other royalty or landed gentry?

Diana Spencer was an aristocrat but her family life was a complete mess and she, as a result, was an insecure, attention seeking, highly strung neurotic. Prince Charles married her because she was 'suitable' and (he thought) a quiet docile young girl who would provide children, smile prettily for the camera and turn a blind eye to his affair with Camilla.

Kate Middleton is from a secure stable family, neither courts nor shuns the Press, and she and Prince William seem to be happy and to genuinely love each other. It seems a far better set up than many previous royal marriages.

Nurserywindow · 20/07/2015 12:06

That's not directed to you boden. Our posts crossed.