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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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Gobbolinothewitchscat · 18/07/2015 22:16

I've googled extensively and still can't see what the eyeliner issue is.....

FanFuckingTastic · 18/07/2015 22:17

Nope, I am the most lazy woman ever. Even my Fitbit despairs at having nothing to do.

FreudiansSlipper · 18/07/2015 22:18

no how did you work that out

my work (charity) works closely with one of the charities Hmm

have heard of most on the above list

saturnvista · 18/07/2015 22:30

*No sycophantic fawning.

But women get together to bitch and rip apart another woman, it's like walking into a witches covern of bitter old hags.*

^This!^ There's a difference between fawning and feeling uncomfortable with a perfectly harmless, ordinary person being criticised for failing to meet impossibly high and constantly changing expectations. but a bully might not see that I suppose

I might think I'd earned a seat at Wimbledon if they were begging me to go and it was a chance to have a child-free giggle with my DH. Her life is privileged but it's also limited. She's met Brad Pitt but would her security let her go down the mums and tots with her kids? She's tried and failed to enter the workplace but the media coverage brought wherever she was working to a standstill - that didn't stop us all slagging her off for not having a 'proper job'. She can't so much as sunbathe topless, support a charity or skive one memorial service without scores of other women saying the most hurtful things. It's quite obvious she loves her husband; all she did was marry a decent bloke who happened to be a prince. If she did more high profile charity work we'd only think she was wallowing. I think she's well-intentioned and even if I didn't, I couldn't be bothered to waste my energy being irritated by a celebrity.

Does that make me a forelock-tugging peasant?

NoelEdmondsHighFlyingTurds · 18/07/2015 22:32

It's not a life I would want.

I'd be mortified if I was Catherine (or indeed most of the younger royals), having to meet people who are genuinely talented/leading figures in their field etc who have to fawn around me, when I'd done nothing in life but get married and give birth twice. I would want the ground to swallow me up.

I always wonder what's going through the heads of people who meet the young royals and have to courtesy etc.

saturnvista · 18/07/2015 22:33

Freudian When you announced that you didn't know any charities Kate supported which apparently 'said it all', one would not immediately infer that you had (a) heard of said charities (b) worked in a related charity area. I think that says it all...

Moving on. I've thought about this issue enough now.

MargoReadbetter · 18/07/2015 22:33

When has she stopped being Kate? You can tell me to FO and go buy a Daily Mail. I might be behind on the gossip.

Charlie01234 · 18/07/2015 22:35

God what a horrible thread. Leave the poor women alone. She just had a baby and doesn't deserve this.

letsgotothebeach · 18/07/2015 22:36

Agree with Saturn

1Morewineplease · 18/07/2015 22:37

I'd feel more sympathy for her if she went into her marriage clueless but she has waited for sooo long to ensure she got him ( even her mum gave her advice on how to bag his nibs when she went to uni!!!) she's barely lived in the real world , and yes she's got two kids but by golly I'll bet she's barely hands on... Full time nannies!!! Escorted round to snip a ribbon , say a few words then back to the land of plenty .... If the life of a royal brood mare was so bad then she shouldn't have married him... She's the one laughing!!!

CainInThePunting · 18/07/2015 22:38

Appalling research OP. I'm not her biggest fan but be fair...!
I would hate to be scrutinised to the extent she is in the press and think I would fall far short of expectations.
Shitty thread IMO.

DonkeyOaty · 18/07/2015 22:40

She can't be a parasite what with not coming from Paris.

NoelEdmondsHighFlyingTurds · 18/07/2015 22:41

I'd love to know how closeted she is from criticism. Maybe she just avoids all press about herself, if that's even possible. It's such a unique position to be in, immense analysis of everything she does, yet without the freedoms of other celebrities.

She must be very robust emotionally, I certainly wouldn't cope with it.

FreudiansSlipper · 18/07/2015 22:43

saturnvista not sure what you are getting at

but you have moved on

Mehitabel6 · 18/07/2015 22:45

A very shitty thread! I would like to go over to scrutise OPs life and point out all the useful things she could do ( unless she is managing to run Brownie packs etc in her spare time ). It would also be interesting to know what community things lem73 did with all that domestic help.
When I had 2 children under two I didn't really feel in the mood to do a lot- that came later. I can't say that having a nanny would have changed it.
Give the poor woman a break.

Charlie01234 · 18/07/2015 22:46

To me she looks like a lady in love with her husband. Two lovely children and a life with no money worries. Why is that so bad? What has she done that deserves all this hate? Jealous - much? Very ugly opinions from some of you.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 22:48

Oh don't be so ridiculous Charlie, it's not a horrible thread at all. The royal family are always going to be scrutinised. Just because we don't all think they're wonderful and raise concerns, it's a horrible thread?? They are the most privileged family in the country and you think it's horrible because I question the "work ethic" of Williams wife.
Do you have such compassion for all the mothers out there who can barely feed their families, or is it just the super rich privileged ones?

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mimishimmi · 18/07/2015 22:51

I don't expect anything from her. She married William ... why does that mean she owes the public at large the appearance of a frazzled existence? I don't go to armed service memorials either, despite most of my father's side fighting in nearly all the wars up until WW2. The hypocrisy of those services makes me feel sick. If she doesn't agree with them either, then good for her.

thelittlebooktroll · 18/07/2015 22:51

I think both Kate and William
seem like decent enough people who don't particularly want to be royals but would
prefer to live quietly tucked away in Wales.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 22:54

Charlie Please believe that there are many many reasons to not believe in the concept of a royal family. To think that is because of jealousy is very naive, but actually very predictable.

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m0therofdragons · 18/07/2015 22:55

Most mums i know took 12 months maternity leave and shock horror we also occasionally went out. Okay I didn't go to Wimbledon but still did nice things. I spent most of my mat leave with dd1 in coffee shops eating cake with other new mums. Why should she be working? She has many years ahead for that and essentially her current role is to raise the dc (with staff to help) and support her dh. I wouldn't swap lives with her but am pro royals. She's probably making the most of a bit of freedom before William becomes king.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 22:56

thelittlebooktroll There's nothing to stop them doing that, I wonder why they don't??

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Rivercam · 18/07/2015 22:57

www.dukeandduchessofcambridge.org/news-and-diary/diary?field_news_date_value[min]=915148800&field_news_date_value[max]=4102444800&page=2&search_principles[0]=3&from_date=&to_date=&keywords=

The Duke and Duchesss' diaries.

Seems like they lead busy lives to me.

Fleecyleesy · 18/07/2015 22:59

She is so far from idle. She is hardworking, good natured and polite. How many of you would have liked to have to have a full makeup/hairdo/posh dress up and go out wearing high heels with your bleeding vagina no doubt padded to the max and have the world's press scrutinise you the day you gave birth?

I am stunned there are so many haters. Prince William works saving people and donates his entire salary to charity. Kate has a small baby and a toddler. Wtf do you want from them? I don't respect many of the royals or like them much but these two really have not put a foot wrong and they bring a lot of tourism/interest to this country, far outweighing the subsidy from the taxpayer.

There is one thing I really envy though about them. The fact that if/when one of their dc is ill, they will have a doc sent straight to their house and they can get treatment. On a couple of occasions, my dc have been quite badly ill and I have had to almost fight for a small bit of medical care. Including in time in a childrens hospital where they had no beds, chairs or even sheets left :(
But that's hardly will and Kate's fault!

Mehitabel6 · 18/07/2015 23:01

If this isn't a horrible thread I would hate to see a 'proper' horrible thread.
I can't see why women are so horrible to other women.

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