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Oh god, not again....

83 replies

waitingtopayforswimminglessons · 03/09/2015 18:48

We've only just got her out of the news from the last one. Some women will do anything to avoid going back to work:

uk.celebrity.yahoo.com/post/128253670519/kate-middleton-pregnant-magazine-claims-duchess

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RJnomaaaaaargh · 03/09/2015 19:12

The queen was a young good looking woman when she has her children Angry

KanyeWestPresidentForLife · 03/09/2015 19:13

If they want a large family I wouldn't be surprised if they got cracking. She wasn't a spring chicken with the first.

Probably not true though, I reckon they'll stop at 2 because of the HG.

sugar21 · 03/09/2015 19:14

Oh and don't forget Kate's parents are millionaires and she doesn't need any taxpayers money.

Bearsbeets · 03/09/2015 19:15

Do you think if she (and every other stay at home parent) went and got a job your taxes would go down? Bwahahahahaha!

katemiddletonsothermum · 03/09/2015 19:18

Oi. You lot. Yes. You.

Leave my girl alone. She's the only one who looks likely to give me Grandchildren and I want a lot of them to put in my brochures.

One's got to earn one's living.

KanyeWestPresidentForLife · 03/09/2015 19:21

A lot of other overseas press are saying that she's not and she's just keeping a low profile because they're having marriage problems. It's doubtful the UK press could even report on that these days even if it were true. Seems more plausible than her being pregnant.

Might be bullshit about them having problems, but people said it wasn't true about Charles and Di back in the day and ooooh fuck it was!!!

Bogeyface · 03/09/2015 19:21

Do you think if she (and every other stay at home parent) went and got a job your taxes would go down? Bwahahahahaha!

No one is that naive. But I would rather they went to education and health than to pay for an anachronism that is neither use nor ornament.

DotForShort · 03/09/2015 19:22

I couldn't possibly care less about any of Kate's pregnancies, real or imaginary. But to compare her with the typical SAHM is laughable. She has more household (palacehold?) help than she could even begin to know what to do with.

I don't think she or her family should receive any financial support through taxes. It's quite absurd to have a monarchy in this day and age IMO.

LunchpackOfNotreDame · 03/09/2015 19:23

Her husband works so technically she's a sahm

Goshthatsspicy · 03/09/2015 19:25

Both those 'articles' are exactly the same.

ThatDoesntMeanWhatYouThinkItMe · 03/09/2015 19:27

Lol @ thinking paying taxes gives you rights over people's reproductivity.

KurriKurri · 03/09/2015 19:27

Her job essentially is to provide heirs to the throne - she's a brood mare as are all royal wives -, so if the rumour is true (unlikely) then she's doing exactly what is required of her.

AyeAmarok · 03/09/2015 19:29

Well these threads certainly she'd a lot of light on some people's character.

Don't be so vile.

Snowfilledsky · 03/09/2015 19:31

Oh god not again, a Royalty bashing thread.

noiwontstoptalking · 03/09/2015 19:33

RJ indeed she was, but as the OP seems only to be bothered about Kate I wondered what the difference between their situations was...

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 03/09/2015 19:38

I have two children who very similar ages to theirs. Certainly doesn't feel like a holiday to me! And I'm a SAHM.

EdithWeston · 03/09/2015 19:40

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_royal_family/2461015-Longest-Reign?msgid=56419696#56419696 tends to be less polarised.

And I'm sure there are plenty of threads there which show, when you compare the revenues of the Crown Estate to the funds given back to cover the costs of the Royal Family, the government is the gainer.

IthoughtATMwasacashpoint · 03/09/2015 19:51

How long has she been married? Why is she still being referred to as Kate Middleton in the press, is it a deliberate insult?

Icouldbesogoodforyou · 03/09/2015 19:52

Of course she's a brood mare! A woman who is independently wealthy (by family) with an expensive education behind her and the privelige that her 'class status' and background has given her couldn't possibly have fallen in love and want to have children with the man she loves.

And her husband must be cynically viewing her as a provider of heirs and not be in love with her or want to really want children with her.

This 'brood mare' idea is bullshit with a misogynistic undertone - the idea that a woman's worth is assessed by her ability to produce children.

The Queen fell in love and had children with the man she chose. Her mother turned down proposals from her eventual husband until she decided that she wanted to marry him.

Going back further - Queen Victoria married the man she chose and was utterly obsessed with to the point she alienated the public and the government after his death as they felt she should have gotten over it and moved on.

I know the brood mare idea is quite entrenched but I think it's offensive to women in the royal family and women as a whole - the idea that they have no personal wants, needs or thoughts and are manipulated into marriages they don't want.

KanyeWestPresidentForLife · 03/09/2015 20:24

ICould I agree with everything you've said about being a brood mate, I'm sure their children are very much wanted and loved. I don't think William married her as a brood mare either.

But come on, they've never been a great romance have they? William was one of the most reluctant grooms in the world, he practically had to be dragged down the aisle, they haven't had a plain sailing relationship and they've never looked particularly in love, happy or at ease together.

I don't think for a moment he married her as he had to marry a suitable brood mare as Charles did Diana (and I don't think anybody can deny she was a brood mare). But I do think he felt he had to marry Kate because he was expected to marry a certain type of woman as a direct result of his mother.

Kate is cooperative, pliant, does as she's told, doesn't rock the boat or hog the limelight. She's not independent and she doesn't have many strong opinions or big ideas. I suspect William felt under pressure to marry her because she fitted a suitable template a la Queen Alexandra which was very appealing to the royals after Diana.

TheRealAmyLee · 03/09/2015 20:35

If you call it a job or not I wouldn't want to be in her shoes. Constant criticism, people who don't know you and have never met you making assumptions about you and calling you vile namesand that's before you factor in the press and the nutcases... no thanks.

If she is or isn't guess what? It's no one elses damn business same as how it's nobody else's business how many kids I have.

carabos · 03/09/2015 20:35

I should think its a full time job just Being Kate - all those rumours to fuel. She's a SAHM with a part time job as a princess, that she's currently on maternity leave from. Take out the princess part and no-one on MN would bat an eyelid at her life, let alone criticise it. She's got a tiny baby and a toddler fgs, most of us know how time-consuming that is. Hmm.

Disclaimer: I'm an ardent republican - been deleted on here for anti-royalist sentiments previously.

bringthenoise · 03/09/2015 20:39

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 03/09/2015 20:48

Is being an air ambulance pilot akin to a hobby? Pretty responsible hobby, surely? Hmm

Bogeyface · 03/09/2015 20:59

Is being an air ambulance pilot akin to a hobby? Pretty responsible hobby, surely?

Well yes, but it doesnt stop it being a hobby.

He doesnt take a wage, works when his official duties allow and loves flying. The fact that it is responsible and saving lives doesnt alter the fact that he is not doing it to support his family.

Its a hobby.

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