The Star Claim Kate is Seething with Jealousy over Meghan

[julieca]

I totally missed this. The Star newspaper claimed that Kate is seething with jealousy that Meghan no longer has to abide by Royal protocols and can live her life as she wants.

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My personal take is that this is probably over-egged, which trashy tabloids ten to do. But I can imagine her at times feeling a bit jealous of Meghan's freedoms. Surely that would just be natural as she has to follow yet another Royal protocol, and yet sees Meghan doing what she wants to do?

@rubicscubicle

What's there not to understand : Kate allowed the rumour that she made Meghan cry go on without correcting it. We had the likes of Carole Malone shouting it on telly that Meghan , 'this woman made the future queen cry'. People had a negative view of Meghan because of this.

Later when Meghan corrects the story, we are told, 'maybe they both cried'. No one ever said 'oh maybe, Kate also made Meghan cry' when it was the other way round.
Instead we are supposed to believe that KM cried and was hurt so much that she sent MM flowers?

"Kate allowed a rumour" "People had a negative view of Meghan because of (Kate)"

This is laughable.

Ah right, I see! Kate the racist who lives in the lap of luxury doing as little as she can. That old narrative. Yawn.m

@LookslovelyinSpringtime - you put it so succinctly - are you now implying that Kate is the Royal Racist?

I can't imagine there is any woman in the world that Kate is jealous of.

As ever kate isn't allowed to comment on trash news so she cannot correct a rumour nor can she confirm it she must follow protocol it must be stifling but its what she wants

@Theunamedcat I would hate not being able to comment publicly and say what I want. I know that trashy stuff is better ignored, you can easily end up giving allegations more oxygen if you comment on it. But if I was famous I would be like Adele saying lots of things I shouldn't. I couldn't be like Kate and would hate being a member of the RF.

@julieca

I always thought it was the French and Italian paparazzi that were chasing Diana. Not the British Press, as in the Main Stream Media.
There are some differences. There is an agreement with the British Press, that leaves the RF alone, etc. ie 1 pic of Prince George starting school, then he's left alone. This does not apply to the foreign press

[quote julieca]@Theunamedcat I would hate not being able to comment publicly and say what I want. I know that trashy stuff is better ignored, you can easily end up giving allegations more oxygen if you comment on it. But if I was famous I would be like Adele saying lots of things I shouldn't. I couldn't be like Kate and would hate being a member of the RF.[/quote]
Just as well you aren’t then.

Kate adheres to Prince Philip’s mantra of never talking about yourself. Always talk about your work and others work. So when she speaks at an event she knows that her job is to highlight the role of the charity/cause hosting the event, not to highlight herself . She needs to be a blank canvas into which people can hook their cause, the more she speaks about herself the less effective she can be in that role. To coin Michelle Obama’s phrase that is the difference between ‘service’ and ‘public service’

So let me get this straight Mumsnet is now only allowing praise on Kate Middleton, but it's fine to say bad things about others.

I was answering a post where I said, I would have thought she would be jealous of Queen Letizia, but maybe not as she actually works, and somehow that broke MN rules? How?

[quote milveycrohn]@julieca

I always thought it was the French and Italian paparazzi that were chasing Diana. Not the British Press, as in the Main Stream Media.
There are some differences. There is an agreement with the British Press, that leaves the RF alone, etc. ie 1 pic of Prince George starting school, then he's left alone. This does not apply to the foreign press[/quote]
And who do you think those paparazzi sell their pictures to.
The British press are the ones who fuelled the frenzy on Diana. Infact, when she passed, the editors of British press were the first to receive the accident pictures - which they did not print due to the death, ofcourse.

@Theunamedcat

As ever kate isn't allowed to comment on trash news so she cannot correct a rumour nor can she confirm it she must follow protocol it must be stifling but its what she wants

She could always use 'palace sources'.

What is frustrating for us the taxpayer, is that the RF does not have a dedicated media persons/s to come out and say what they mean instead of these 'sources' that cannot be challenged.

Kate may not talk about herself, nor does the Queen. We have to make assumptions because we know zilch about them. It's a carefully crafted picture.

We know absolutely nothing about the Queen. She's never given an interview, talked to the media... we are spoonfed a snapshot of what the RF want us to think about her. She likes horses and dogs and the countryside. And is frugal (apparently, but that could be spin with the tupperware of cornflakes thing).

We don't know her opinion on anything... except protecting every asset going of course. That happens.

The Star?

Seriously?!

I always thought it was the French and Italian paparazzi that were chasing Diana
This.
And, if the driver had not been intoxicated he might have driven more carefully and if Diana had not swapped her protection officers for Fayed's security team and if she'd been wearing a seat belt....
Let's not spoil the narrative though.
It was tragic and dreadful for both the princes to have it play out in the public eye but the 'hounded to her death' comments really aren't true.

[quote milveycrohn]@julieca

I always thought it was the French and Italian paparazzi that were chasing Diana. Not the British Press, as in the Main Stream Media.
There are some differences. There is an agreement with the British Press, that leaves the RF alone, etc. ie 1 pic of Prince George starting school, then he's left alone. This does not apply to the foreign press[/quote]
This happened after Diana though

Diana was photographed during "private time" like leaving the gym where as British photographers wouldn't publish pics like that now.

Foreign paparazzi are not under those rules and thanks to the Internet, everybody can see their pics. For example Catherine was photographed shopping in Smiggle with George and Charlotte and the pic was published in Italy

The British press are the ones who fuelled the frenzy

Actually that’s not true the biggest money came from the Spanish and Italian market and from the US.

The Spanish royal family has been mired in corruption and scandal. They have had to handover a lot of their assets and the king’s BIL (husband of his sister )is in prison for corruption ( or has been) . They are nowhere near as popular as the U.K. royals in their own country.

A lot of the press chasing Diana were freelancers. They sell to the highest bidders in any country, including British newspapers and magazines.

@rubicscubicle yes no criticism however bland of Kate is allowed/
I suspect the very heavy-handed moderation here is why the RF board is pretty quiet.

Palace sources have always been the code word for Royals briefing the press. We were fed the lie that Charles and Diana never spime directly to the press either, although it is now common knowledge that both sides were directly briefing the press.
Politicians do this too.

She needs to be a blank canvas into which people can hook their cause, the more she speaks about herself the less effective she can be in that role.

That's true - I guess there is also the fact that she may say the wrong thing if she is allowed to talk freely - for example telling the masses "she was exhausted" with home learning during lockdown.

I agree with heavy handed moderation on this board but ime it's the opposite of Kate threads being zapped. There's plenty of negative Cambridge posts eg the recent Christmas card post that don't need to be deleted because it's a matter of opinion whether or not you like the card.

@PreparationPreparationPrep

She needs to be a blank canvas into which people can hook their cause, the more she speaks about herself the less effective she can be in that role.

That's true - I guess there is also the fact that she may say the wrong thing if she is allowed to talk freely - for example telling the masses "she was exhausted" with home learning during lockdown.

Exactly Her job is to make the monarchy look good and voicing her opinion when it's inappropriate and unwanted is pointless. She has friends and family that she can moan to about stuff like that

@luverlybubberly yes we are allowed to say we don't like a Christmas card and why, but we can't say anything negative about Kate and William themselves. People can say what they want about Harry and Meghan here though and it has to be pretty vile to get zapped.
I don't actually care if this board was just a love-in with the RF, its the disparity that gets me.