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KittyMcKitty · 2022-12-15T17:09:30+00:00

this is really puzzling me. Much seems to be made about H&M livcing in NC and how small it was - Oprah was shocked etc etc. but W&K lived there when they first got together and even after George was born so it’s not like H&M are being singled out / treated badly or anything?! It just seems to be a cute little starter home (well starter in royal terms anyway) and a nice thing. Am I missing something as to why it keeps being mentioned in a negative fashion?

LivelyBlake · 15/12/2022 18:12

It it's not very classy to complain about a free house IMO. It was always meant to be a a starter home?

Didn't they also have an apartment in the palace that they rejected because they wanted to live in Windsor castle? And they also lived in the Cotswolds for a while? I wonder how long did they actually stay there.

GiantKitten · 15/12/2022 18:13

Onesonten · 15/12/2022 17:59

Staggeringly ungrateful.

Also why did Harry say the people who lived at Nottingham Cottage before him must have been small? So weird when he knows William and Kate lived there before him (and neither of them are short).

He didn’t say that.

“I don't know who [the cottage] was for. They must have been short,” joked Harry.

(Who it was built for, obvs - whenever that was)

sweatyannie · 15/12/2022 18:14

LadyHarmby · 15/12/2022 18:10

I didn’t think they were particularly critical of it, they were just commenting that it’s small and not the sort of place people
would think they would live. It was more of a ‘we’re not that privileged, we lived in a little cottage’ sort of vibe.

The could have not mentioned it at all !

Coucous · 15/12/2022 18:18

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PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 15/12/2022 18:21

It looks sizeable by my standards, and the location could hardly be more desirable. On the open market, people would be queuing up to rent it.

CocoLux · 15/12/2022 18:23

Imagine turning your nose up at a free house in the grounds of a palace, in one of the most expensive areas of one of the most expensive cities in the world, with grounds to use and no bills to pay. Imagine that not being good enough.

LadyHarmby · 15/12/2022 18:30

sweatyannie · 15/12/2022 18:14

The could have not mentioned it at all !

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It was in the context of why they accepted the Queen’s offer of Frogmore Cottage i.e. more space

antelopevalley · 15/12/2022 18:31

It had been servant quarters.
For ordinary couples a 2 bedroom cottage is fine. For a Prince it is very modest. Compare it to anywhere the rest of them have.

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KittyMcKitty · 15/12/2022 18:34

antelopevalley · 15/12/2022 18:31

It had been servant quarters.
For ordinary couples a 2 bedroom cottage is fine. For a Prince it is very modest. Compare it to anywhere the rest of them have.

But W&K lived there at a similar stage in their relationship and Eugenie is there now - can you explain what the problem is?

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antelopevalley · 15/12/2022 18:36

W and K also had another house - a very large apartment in London. A key difference. This was not their main residence.

antelopevalley · 15/12/2022 18:37

Eugenie lives in Portugal.

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KittyMcKitty · 15/12/2022 18:38

@antelopevalley thats not right - they lived in NC before they moved into apartment 1A at KP H&M were also offered an apartment in KP but chose to go to Windsor. They weren’t treated differently they were treated exactly the same.

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aSofaNearYou · 15/12/2022 18:42

KittyMcKitty · 15/12/2022 17:30

Exactly it was secure and private and they could live a great life away from the paps etc. When so much was being made of how they were treated differently from W&K this was exactly the same as W&K equal footing - and I’m sure the ceilings would have been the same height when W was there!

Why is this being presented as a perceived slight / an injustice/ an example of them being seen as lesser - this is something which proved their equal status surely?

I didn't get that impression at all, I got the impression they were trying to present themselves as living a humble life (that they liked) rather than the grand one people might have assumed. I didn't get the impression they were saying it was a slight.

garlicandsapphires · 15/12/2022 18:42

7Worfs · 15/12/2022 17:56

Also the current occupant of Nottingham Cottage is Eugenie with her husband and son. Good enough for an actual princess, but not Markle, lol.

Don’t they live in Frogmore Cottage?

LadyHarmby · 15/12/2022 18:45

CocoLux · 15/12/2022 18:23

Imagine turning your nose up at a free house in the grounds of a palace, in one of the most expensive areas of one of the most expensive cities in the world, with grounds to use and no bills to pay. Imagine that not being good enough.

Have you seen the documentary? In no way can their description of the cottage be seen as ‘turning their nose up’. That really is a stretch!

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KittyMcKitty · 15/12/2022 18:45

aSofaNearYou · 15/12/2022 18:42

I didn't get that impression at all, I got the impression they were trying to present themselves as living a humble life (that they liked) rather than the grand one people might have assumed. I didn't get the impression they were saying it was a slight.

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But as multi millionaires they live a life of exceptional privilege- Harry’s life has never been humble and it’s pretty tone deaf if he is trying to suggest it is.

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aSofaNearYou · 15/12/2022 18:47

But as multi millionaires they live a life of exceptional privilege- Harry’s life has never been humble and it’s pretty tone deaf if he is trying to suggest it is.

I think you're reading too much into it tbh, all I got was a few throwaway comments about how the cottage was not the big palace people might expect. I don't think they were trying to claim they weren't privileged, they directly said the opposite lots of times.

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 15/12/2022 18:48

Apparently a 2 bed house in the area is worth on average 1.3 million.

Very 'humble'😂

Toddlerteaplease · 15/12/2022 18:50

Isn't it where Marion Crawford lived when she left royal service?

LadyHarmby · 15/12/2022 18:52

Here’s an idea - maybe not everything they said has an underlying message or motive. Maybe they were just describing where they lived, and when, and then where they went next and what that was like.

Badger1970 · 15/12/2022 18:52

Given the monstrosity of a house they're living in now, it's all about status. Meghan was never going to be happy with a "cottage" anywhere, that implies a far lower status than "Palace" "Castle" or "Hall".

They're both so bitter and eaten up with jealousy for William and Catherine, it's eye watering.

healthadvice123 · 15/12/2022 18:54

@LadyHarmby there is also such a thing as reading your audience and in the current climate we are in , where many cannot afford to heat their homes and such like. How you say it is very important, so saying although we are very lucky and priviledged and lived in a georgeoua little cottage it is not the big palaces with endless rooms that people think , is maybe a way to put it .

LadyHarmby · 15/12/2022 18:55

healthadvice123 · 15/12/2022 18:54

@LadyHarmby there is also such a thing as reading your audience and in the current climate we are in , where many cannot afford to heat their homes and such like. How you say it is very important, so saying although we are very lucky and priviledged and lived in a georgeoua little cottage it is not the big palaces with endless rooms that people think , is maybe a way to put it .

That is how they put it.

healthadvice123 · 15/12/2022 18:55

@aSofaNearYou but their life has never been humble or will be

aSofaNearYou · 15/12/2022 19:00

healthadvice123 · 15/12/2022 18:55

@aSofaNearYou but their life has never been humble or will be

I'm not saying it was. I'm saying it came across to me like a throwaway comment about their life being smaller and quainter than the palace people assumed they lived in, rather than the insult to the cottage OP took it as.