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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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PontyGirl · 18/07/2015 23:02

I don't think there's any bullying on this thread...

Mehitabel6 · 18/07/2015 23:02

Perhaps OP could come back and tell us how many public spirited things she manages to do.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 23:03

Why should she be working so you call going to a memorial service work? well that's about all they do so I suppose it sounds good. But yes she should have gone. It surely isnt a lot to expect, she gets huge dividends in return. How bloody hard can it be.

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Mehitabel6 · 18/07/2015 23:04

If you don't think there is any bulling would you be quite happy for your DC to have this type of thing written about Pontygirl?

Mehitabel6 · 18/07/2015 23:05

You are back sweetgrape - what have you done in the last year for your community?

Sometimesjustonesecond · 18/07/2015 23:06

The maternity leave thing makes me laugh - she doesn't have a job!

Also not buying the 'lifestyle that not many would choose'. Total bollocks. She certainly seemed to want it. I wouldn't mind having a fuck tonne of money and tickets to Wimbledon!

Charlie01234 · 18/07/2015 23:08

No sweetgrape I am neither naive nor do I lack compassion for those hard working mothers who cannot make ends meet. I just find the whole Kate bashing fairly tiresome when actually we don't have a clue what her life is like. She married a man she loved and had children. Much like any of us I suspect. They have privilege and money but that doesn't make them fair game for all the vitriol they get, but thanks for calling me ridiculous - nice!

lilacblossomtime · 18/07/2015 23:09

It's either her job or it isn't. If it isn't then she is free to do whatever charitable or public service things she likes, if it is her job she is entitled to her maternity leave.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 23:10

Mehitabelle6 I don't go to memorial services if that's what you mean, but then I'm not married to the future head of state and nobody's expecting me to. Do you really think we should all be carrying out royal duties??

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Dontloookbackinanger · 18/07/2015 23:10

I'm pro monarchy but I can't help feeling Kate is on the make. With a full time nanny, mother apparently at her beck & call, house full of servants plus maturnity leave, I don't feel that she's a typical overworked mum and it's not unreasonable to expect more of her.

PontyGirl · 18/07/2015 23:10

mehitabel well that's a touch dramatic but if my DD were in Kate's position I would imagine I would be unsurprised if people had something to say about her life, given her position. Saying she could do more is hardly ripping her to shreds, but perhaps I've just read this thread differently to you.

Postchildrenpregranny · 18/07/2015 23:11

I'm a bit disappointed that no one has roped her in to head up a campaign to improve Maternity Services in the Uk -well not head up as I suppose that would be political but certainly give it her support .Given she has given birth twice in 2 years (in very priveleged circumstances)

TheHormonalHooker · 18/07/2015 23:19

I think she's really lazy and I don't think William is much better either. The Queens and the Duke of Edinburgh do far more engagements than those two and look how old they are.

I thought it was a very poor show that Kate didn't show up for the 7/7 memorial service, then went to Wimbledon the next days. Then wasn't it the next day she failed to attend the Battle of Britain memorial? It was only a couple of hours, she could have easily gone. It didn't portray her in a good light imo.

I do roll my eyes when people compare her to other mums with 2 under 2. She couldn't be further removed from the rest of us.

lem73 · 18/07/2015 23:19

Agree with dontlookback.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 23:20

Charlie you called my thread horrible, which I suppose is normal when anyone dares criticise the royals. You basically called me jealous, ...nice, so I'm entitled to say I think that is ridiculous.

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Charlie01234 · 18/07/2015 23:22

I don't think I actually called you jealous. I just find the whole ' jump on the bandwagon and call her lazy' crew fairly naive and sad tbh. I think women attacking women is sad.

Sallystyle · 18/07/2015 23:23

She has nannies but maybe she just uses them when she goes to work, like many people do.

I don't understand why people assume she isn't a hands on parent.

PosterEh · 18/07/2015 23:28

I doubt she gets much say in which royal events she attends. I expect they didn't ask her to attend this one exactly because of the sort of attention she brings not being very fitting. This was not the occasion for fluff pieces about what she was wearing and who was minding the children and that's exactly the sort of thing the press would have printed.

Molio · 18/07/2015 23:29

Absolutely reasonable OP. The fact that she did fuck all for nine or so years after graduating was so pathetic that nothing she can do now will convince me she's not bone idle. She and William both seem to be spoilt brats. Hopefully there won't be a monarchy left by the time Charlie's had a few years.

applecatchers36 · 18/07/2015 23:31

They are both hugely privileged /underworked young people ( Kate & Wills). She is famous for who she married and I would rather celebrate talented young people who actually do something other than turn up for the odd Wimbledon game. It would be great if after the Queen died they sold up all royal assets & quietly dissolved the royal family.

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sweetgrape · 18/07/2015 23:31

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.
I find it strange how anytime the legitimacy of the royals is questioned some people call it horrible.,Why on earth is it horrible to give your views on a family that is supported by the taxpayer, directly or indirectly. We don't all have to fawn over them. Would it also be a horrible thread to say what it is you dislike about David Cameron? and the comment why some women are horrible to other women" is a bit odd tbh. The fact that's she's a woman is neither here nor there, or are you saying that every woman in the world is above reproach....just because they're a woman??

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liquidrevolution · 18/07/2015 23:32

Isn't she being groomed to take over as Patron of the LTA when the Duke of Kent/wherever dies?

Therefore attendance at Wimbledon would be logical?

I don't really give a stuff though. I am more impressed Prince Phillip made an effort to attend than why she did not.

lem73 · 18/07/2015 23:35

So apparently we are never allowed to criticize another woman because it is sad/jealous? Bullshit. You said what I have been thinking Op.

Molio · 18/07/2015 23:35

Agree. The woman thing is bollocks.

Hellionsitem2 · 18/07/2015 23:36

She's on maternity leave

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