Kate's Official Response to the Netflix Documentary

[KateBain]

Keep calm and carry on

She has some seriously good tailoring.

It was an embarrassing puff piece, widely regarded as one of the Duke of Edinburgh’s loopiest ideas and regretted almost the moment it was shown. Definitely not a documentary.

@Blossomtoes At least you are consistent. It is called a documentary even now.

Documentaries are factual.

This constructed reality show was their opinion.

Nothing is totally factual. Everything comes with its own viewpoint.
That really is 101 of documentary making. No documentary maker would deny that.

Popularity doesn't equate to being good or having a good work ethic. Hitler was popular, what was he getting right?
She is getting the PR right via the Daily Mail to brainwash people who have less ability to question and think.
Princess Anne works quietly and diligently and clocks in consistently as one of the hardest working royals.

Kate is lazy, she has a very poor work ethic. There are lots of people who can't respect that and find it disrepectful and entitled.

My example about the court case shows this was not at all factual.
Its PR spin for them.
A shame you can’t see it, but there we go

I'm invoking Godwin.

Kate always gets attacked for her work ethic but William is pretty much the same. Why is it always the women who are attacked?

William is very lazy also but this thread is about Kate.

Kate is lazy, she has a very poor work ethic.

Can you expand on this?

She had 119 engagements last year. That’s about 2.5 working days a week if you take into account a month’s holiday. Which is about the same as most mothers of 3 who work part time.

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet She does not work 2.5 days a week. You must know that.

The equivalent of.

Ive worked in the media covering royal engagements before and they are all day events by the time the Royals set off, travel, are briefed, met every man and his dog then go home.

What do you expect her to do? How many engagements a year is a good amount for a mother of 3?

Latest engagements - they have had a busy time with 20 engagements. That does not translate into 20 days of work though. Generously it translates into seven days. Maximum she works is about 1 day a week.

15 December 2022
The Prince of Wales and The Princess of Wales, as Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this afternoon held a Christmas Carol Service in Westminster Abbey, London, SW1.

6 December 2022
The King and The Queen Consort held an Evening Reception at Buckingham Palace for the Diplomatic Corps at which The Prince and Princess of Wales were present.
The Prince of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, afterwards received Mr. Charles Mindenhall (Trustee).
The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, today held an Early Years Meeting.

7th December 2022
The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, this morning held a Meeting.

3 December 2022
Kensington Palace
The Prince and Princess of Wales this morning arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from the United States of America.
Mr. Jean-Christophe Gray and Ms. Natalie Barrows were in attendance.

2 December 2022
Kensington Palace
The Prince and Princess of Wales today carried out the following engagements in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Their Royal Highnesses, Joint Patrons, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this morning attended a Reception at the Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston Street, Boston.
The Prince of Wales, President, the Earthshot Prize, this afternoon attended a Founding Partners' Lunch at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston.
His Royal Highness was received by The President of the United States of America at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
The Prince of Wales, President, the Earthshot Prize, and The Princess of Wales later attended the Earthshot Prize Awards at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, 2 Lansdowne Street, Boston.
His Royal Highness, President, the Earthshot Prize, and Her Royal Highness afterwards attended a Reception at Fenway Park, 4 Jersey Street, Boston.
The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, this morning visited Harvard Center for the Developing Child, 50 Church Street, Cambridge.
The Prince and Princess of Wales this evening departed from Boston International Airport for the United Kingdom.

1 December 2022
The Prince and Princess of Wales this morning visited Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Their Royal Highnesses today visited Roca Incorporated, 101 Park Street, Chelsea, Massachusetts.
The Prince and Princess of Wales this afternoon attended an East Boston Climate Resiliency event at Piers Park, 91 Marginal Street, Boston.
The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, this evening held a Meeting via telephone with Professor Marc Brackett (Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence).

30 November 2022
The Prince and Princess of Wales this morning departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for the United States of America and were received upon arrival this afternoon at Boston International Airport by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Mr. Charles Baker) and Mrs. Baker.
Their Royal Highnesses this afternoon called upon Ms. Michelle Wu (Mayor of Boston) at Boston City Hall, 1 City Hall Square, Boston.
The Prince and Princess of Wales subsequently attended a Welcome to Earthshot event at Boston City Hall.
Their Royal Highnesses this evening attended a National Basketball Association match between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat at TD Garden, 100 Legends

23 November 2022
The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this morning held an Early Years Meeting.

22 November 2022
The King and The Queen Consort gave a State Banquet this evening in honour of The President of the Republic of South Africa at which The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and The Duke of Kent were present.

I'm sure both William and Kate do plenty behind the scenes - the work isn't just public facing. William especially will have spent years learning the constitutional stuff, about the Commonwealth, parliament, church.

I think the Queen will have been very aware that they needed to establish themselves, their relationship, family and household, offices, staff, patronages, relationships with their chosen charities and areas of particular interest. Giving them time and space to grow into their roles following the drama surrounding Charles and Diana's very public difficulties seems like a good plan. Considering they will probably still be the public face of the monarchy into old age, a solid grounding must be a good thing, surely.

We've seen very recently what happens when people don't understand what the monarchy's all about....

Every bit of work is logged including a phone call.

TBH @antelopevalley thats about the right amount of engagements I’d expect of them. How many do you think she should be doing?

How long do Kate and William need to learn the role before they start to work like say Princess Anne does? How many decades?

Do you honestly think they just turn up as directed for an occasional banquet and the odd half hour engagement and that's it?

Yes good point their work does not begin and end at public engagements. They have a whole centuries old institution to keep alive and modernise, and like HMQ they do have a hand in the decisions and planning

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet More than working one day a week if you want to call them hard working.
Personally I don't care how many engagements they do, I just want the monarchy abolished. But don't insult our intelligence by calling them hard working.

Princess Anne doesn’t have small children at home. She’s also not close enough in line to the throne to warrant being around for the more important discussions

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet It is Charles job to do things like lead the Royal Family and meet with the Prime Minster. Not William's and not Kate's. And William and Kate are quite clear they are not modernisers.

Well that’s your opinion, I do think they work hard 🤷‍♀️ I suppose it depends on what your definition of ‘hard work’ is. I’d find kissing babies and burning at people all day hard, followed by meetings about how the hell to stay relevant and ward off accusations wielded by your own brother across the pond

And William and Kate are quite clear they are not modernisers.

Are they? They look like modernisers to me.