Duchess Kate wore a $1788 Miu Miu cardigan

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I was surprised to see the Duchess of Cambridge getting a very hard time in the Daily Mail comments over the cost of this cardigan. I thought the Daily Mail readers loved the Duchess?

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10326303/1-350-Miu-Miu-festive-cardigan-worn-Kate-Middleton-sells-out.html

I like the Cardi, it's a bit of fun.

I'm not convinced she has extensions, I think it's just a strong blow dry vs an old photo from when she did her hair herself. Also 3 kids in, I know plenty of women whose hair has thickened with time/hormones rather than thinned.

@upinaballoon

Love it 💐

" taxpayer funds every single penny that lazy family spends "

Can never understand this particular gripe about the RF. Also paid out of "our taxes" are, Civil Servants; Police; MPs (& the PM), Teachers; NHS Doctors, Nurses & ancillary staff - you can think of others... Why does only the RF get the criticism, when they actually have loads of money of their own. OK, they may have piled it up in past generations, but so have many rich people. Maybe "we the tax -payers" should take their money too?

BadgerB I'm not saying I agree with calling them lazy (I guess that varies from one individual to another) but the list you gave is pretty obviously made up of people who are, in the main, both vital to the running of society and who work very hard for relatively little money. And who don't have large amounts of personal wealth with special loopholes in the tax system just so they can keep more of it.

She looks beautiful. Red really suits her

What makes you think the cheap clothes are a pr stunt?

You claim to be a fan but your negative about her a fan wouldn't be

@BadgerB All those people like police officers are doing a paid job that they were interviewed for and can be removed from if they do not do a good job. That is the difference.

I think people really appreciate it when she wears the same outfit twice and I’d like to see more clothes recycling, given that Prince William the helicopter pilot, is a keen environmentalist.

@BadgerB

" taxpayer funds every single penny that lazy family spends "

Can never understand this particular gripe about the RF. Also paid out of "our taxes" are, Civil Servants; Police; MPs (& the PM), Teachers; NHS Doctors, Nurses & ancillary staff - you can think of others... Why does only the RF get the criticism, when they actually have loads of money of their own. OK, they may have piled it up in past generations, but so have many rich people. Maybe "we the tax -payers" should take their money too?

Let me explain- I’m a state primary school teacher. I get paid £42k a year and I work really hard for that money. My partner is an NHS patient facing clinical/department lead and gets paid a tad over £60k; like many NHS workers facing coronavirus patients without proper PPE at the start of the epidemic. I’d say both of our jobs are worthwhile and benefit society. The criticism of the Royal Family is they get paid millions and millions of taxpayers’ money and let’s face it, do very little in return apart from turn up for a few charity shindigs. Their lifestyle is also funded directly by the taxpayer. And don’t say they bring in tourists- that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. People still visit the pyramids and Egypt got rid of the pharaohs a long time ago. This cardigan of Kate’s would have paid for the TA my school can’t afford to replace for a good few months.

@BadgerB do you really not see the difference??

I've been struggling to work out the pattern etc. but I've got it now. There are 5 not-flat mother-of-pearl buttons down the front and those white things which I thought were something hung on with tape are white roses with black stems and they are all part of the pattern. Now, I've got a red jumper from Bon Marche and there are some interesting buttons in Grandma's 1910 button collection so with a little effort I could be just the ticket on Christmas Day.
Successive governments have been taking money from me and mis-spending it on all manner of things, for half a century. I don't know if any money of mine helped to buy that cardigan. Might Prince Charles have paid for it?

[quote RoseRedRoseBlue]@BadgerB do you really not see the difference??[/quote]
To an extend, yes, I do see.
But - any country has to pay for it's Head of State, and this is what we, historically, have. If Britain and the Commonwealth chose not to be a monarchy, then we would presumably have to fund something else. Maybe cheaper. And untangling the legal implications would take forever and cost a fortune.

@StrychnineInTheSandwiches

Duchess Kate sounds like the title to one of those rags to riches novels they sell in the supermarket. Duchess Kate rose from humble beginnings in a Liverpool slum to become the darling of the music halls.

This Duchess Kate/Meghan nonsense was started by Americans who can’t get their heads around titles.

It’s still a book I want to read now. Preferably written by Mumsnetters. If it were half as funny as their version of 50 Shades of Grey, I’d cry

Barbados just did a pretty job of getting rid of the queen…Most countries with a ceremonial president pay a fraction of what the UK has to on their head of state. Sure I get it, most people have been conditioned since primary school to think giving one family a bunch of castles and a free pass at everything in life in exchange for cutting a few ribbons and reading a few speeches experts have written for them is a good idea…but maybe when the queen kicks the bucket and Charles is crowned more people might question if those £££££££ are better spent on hospitals and schools…

@pleasehelpwi3

Barbados just did a pretty job of getting rid of the queen…Most countries with a ceremonial president pay a fraction of what the UK has to on their head of state. Sure I get it, most people have been conditioned since primary school to think giving one family a bunch of castles and a free pass at everything in life in exchange for cutting a few ribbons and reading a few speeches experts have written for them is a good idea…but maybe when the queen kicks the bucket and Charles is crowned more people might question if those £££££££ are better spent on hospitals and schools…

In favour of China. Which should prove interesting, given China's treatment of minorities and its human rights record.

Chinese investment in Barbados nothing to do with the monarchy- having one didn’t stop that. Maybe if Britain hadn’t ditched its foreign aid budget (maybe because of all the millions spent on Windsor family) it would have more clout abroad….and meant lots of African and Caribbean countries weren’t turning their backs on the West and towards China.

Why does only the RF get the criticism, when they actually have loads of money of their own

Why do they need our money then, when they have plenty of their own?