William and Kate are 40 this year!

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And I am too. Only wish I could look as good as Kate! I wonder how they will celebrate?

Christ I thought this thread would be about 40th birthdays.

Why are we taking about a woman’s weight and looks?

Grim.

@Jooox The OP starts by talking about how Kate looks at 40…

Oh yes HNY Please may I used 'Cambridge Camp' when necessary?!

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Joox are we? I haven't seen anything much about her looks and just one comment about her weight and we're 130 posts in

I mentioned her hair styling

So then don’t include yourself in the ‘we’ perhaps @Roussette?

mugglesoup it's a yougov poll rating the RF in order of popularity. That carries no weight whatsoever with me. So she is rated as 4th most popular
Any idea how many contributed?
I've seen yougov polls with 1,600 contributors, hardly representative!

I didn't think hair styling was an attack of looks though.

Joox I won't as I haven't ! I have views but I've seen enough bashing of Meghan's appearance to not go there.

All very strange.

I enjoyed William’s Earth Shot programmes shown this year so hope there’s something similar and conservation focused for his birthday (if there is to be anything).

I also enjoyed Kate’s carol service so hope that becomes an annual thing.

The only thing for it now is a B(royal)EXIT.

Giles Coren admitted making up the Rose affair story. It's not being discussed because presumably people believe his excuse that he was drunk and posted bollocks. Coren has a long history if pissing people off and not being cancelled because of who his father is.

I mentioned the 'Sussex squad'. I am not on any side or really even that interested. I just saw this on active threads and clicked, thinking it was a thread about Kate's 40th (you live and learn).

I should explain that 'Sussex Squad' is what certain 'Tweeters' actually call themselves and if you read their posts (as I have occasionally, despite barely going on Twitter) it goes a lot further than being supportive of Meghan and Harry. I'm not suggesting anyone here is jealous of Kate or that posters here have to take a 'side'. Or that it was right for the Royal Family to maintain a 'don't complain and never explain' stance in the face of racism. I agree, there is a lot that it would be great to have explained. Prince Andrew's antics for example.

I was just explaining why it is trending on Twitter. Some of the 'fandom' extends to trolling, including of Kate, but Meghan and Harry (who take a stance on this) have never mentioned it. I can understand why they might take a 'tit for tat' approach to keeping quiet on it. It just doesn't tie in with their stated view on social media bullying.

I agree that the press are also bullying, manipulative and it is tiring. But then, royals and other figures also use the press to their advantage, which was the criticism of Diana (and Charles, for that matter). On the other hand rich people can buy injuctions or can afford to pay large lawyer bills to limit press freedom.

All aspects of it are farcical. I hated it even when Diana was alive and I was 19 when she died. I agree that the RF needs to slim down to a low-key European model when the Queen dies.

M&H say that they aren't on social media (Archewell related communication is presumably uploaded by others) Nobody can tame social media so staying out of it is perfectly understandable

Nobody can tame social media so staying out of it is perfectly understandable

No, they aren't on social media. However Harry has stated that it "simply isn't true" that the challenge of misinformation "is too big to fix, it's too big to solve".

@mugglesoup

Kate is beautiful, accomplished, intelligent, popular, and well-loved by the public. As a result, certain people are massively triggered by her - this thread is a perfect example.

What exactly has Kate Middleton accomplished please?

I wish Kate a happy birthday. I admire her for her strength of character and if William had an affair then Kate must be the greatest actress in history.

You can tame social media such as twitter. The trending topic went from #princewilliamaffair to #princewilliam. Two things might have happened here based on experience of the site.
1 - when you use the same # twice in the same twit constantly, it picks it up and removes it from trendy.
2 - people got involve the next morning and it changed. Reason, it was left to stay all night. Which means tge first # was nit bring affected.

On the other side of the coin, I find it interesting that William and Kate and any of the RF have not decried any of the vitriolic press about M&H at any point. Works both ways.

because they have a working relationship and neither side, press or rf can tip the balance to far

I dont do twitter, but isn't it just like mn and just people's opinions and not facts.

It not about the facts. Twitter relies on the belief that the most twetted # will appear at the top and not hidden. However, when it came to this topic, in the UK it was hidden. In other countries it wasn't. Which meant somone played with the algorithm.

However, when it came to this topic, in the UK it was hidden. In other countries it wasn't. Which meant somone played with the algorithm.

it was there two or three days ago, not hidden and trending, thus I was able to look at it and read all the tweets, within the uk

It did for a bit then it changed. To get the # you had to search for it. The number of tweets also shows up perday which dictates which tweets goes to the top. Under his name, it was changing and I think that was what fueld it. And then people started keeping track of it. I also, understand that something can be very popular within an hour and it dies down quickly. Under the "for you " page can be persistent. It might go up or down but the number does not change to less than what it was before.

My post about them turning 40 has been hijacked