Kate's Official Response to the Netflix Documentary

[KateBain]

Keep calm and carry on

Well as my old Mum use to say you can’t buy class!!

you either have it or you don’t

Kate has more class on the tip of her pinky finger then the one washing her dirty laundry on Netflix.

She's beautiful.

They've done it for all of their 'bomb shells', released them on pivotal dates for the royals. You are correct most people won't give it any thought, but harry is more than aware of the importance of it and the date of it. Her Carol service is something she has led on and is important to her, they know this full well. As haz been is jealous of his brother and by extension I expect Catherine even though they used to be close, seems like the petty revenge he likes.

Whether you like it or not, I think she feels that she knows what her job is and does it. She turns up, shakes hands, makes small talk, gives an inocuos speech and leaves. And that it. Many of us would be bored, think it was a complete waste of time, etc but she might be happy to have signed up for it. TBH I might have felt that way, only I would never have wanted to marry Charles, obv the chance never arose. Someone a bit less staid and with different looks, maybe.

@Inspecto Where is the heroism in modern monarchy? I’m going back to the history books when royals had a backbone and used their god-given voices for something meaningful. Crowns were once earned by the heroically worthy

I'm sorry but you've been reading fairy tales if this is your honest view of Royal history. The Monarchy has always protected itself, at any cost. The extreme actions of such self-protection are not heroic. Think incest and interbreeding (Cleopatra married both her brothers and then murdered them) imprisonment by royal family members, (Elizabeth I) burning of heretics (Charles II of Spain) public beheadings of family members & spouses (Mary Queen of Scots, some of King Henry V111's numerous wives.)

From the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 BC to the execution of the Romanovs in 1918, the most criminal behaviours imaginable have been part of the cycle of behaviour enacted by members of Royal households in order to protect the institutions to which they belong. Crowns were never "earned," they were seized, brutally and by murderous force in the pages of history.

Cleopatra VII murdered her younger sister Arsinoe IV in a power-struggle to become Pharaoh. The Duke of Burgundy (AKA John the Fearless) assassinated his cousin, Louis Duke of Orleans. Edward IV murdered his brother, George, Duke of Clarence. Queen Victoria is one of 14 listed Monarchs who experienced the side-effects of incest - again, a act widely condemned in modern society and in general but one that took place in Royal establishments to preserve the purity of the Royal bloodline.

All about survival, and institutionalised protection - nothing whatsoever to do with heroic endeavour.

Grit, determination, duty, loyalty, service, good humour knowing which side your bread is buttered

A church service is not pivotal! The RF are at some service or opening or speech pretty much ever day. Anything H and M do/say/release is going to clash with something. And most of those things will be very mundane. Like this Carol service.

I don’t know anyone in the RF so I can’t claim to know if anyone is insecure, lacks confidence or is playing away. However I do feel with Catherine as others have said has a very close and normal (albeit very rich and posh) family and a group of friends she has been close to for many years. I always think that’s a sign of a kind and possibly fun in private person. When I first saw Meghan I thought she was a stunning and bright woman and couldn’t understand her being with Harry (although the old joke ‘what attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels’ springs to mind. Having only her mother and only ‘show biz’ friends at your wedding is strange.

The modern monarchy’s approach to the Crown, maybe. But the Crown has traditionally been the symbol of justice. As @Janieread says, it is “Crown Court”. CPS stands for Crown Prosecution Service.

A lot of people were wondering if God was behind the pandemic. One clue was that the Latin for Crown is ‘Corona’ (it’s the root word for Coronation). If I were God, I too would be angry at the mockery made of the Crown.

The royal family are merely claimants to the crown. God can also say “no” if claimants are deemed unworthy.

She is beige in human form. She is (or has been directed to) be so afraid of expressing an opinion that she doesn't even loudly and passionately champion her charities. RF wanted a beautiful woman who would be utterly inoffensive, and thats what she is. Nothing wrong with that, but I also don't see a lot to be admired and fawned over either.

I think all of their lives are quite hard in a very unusual way. I think it's best not to hear too much about exactly how they're hard, because they know perfectly well that the population won't really relate to that when they can't afford the heating. Kate is worryingly thin though, her bone health can't be good.

It is only called crown court because we happen by quirk of history to still have a crown. Republics have justice (and much better than here, now the Tory twats have cut it to the bone )

That's as nice of photo of Kate.
I definitely think she's so uptight with a stick up her arse.
She couldn't even give her sis in law a warm hug when they first met.
Weird woman she is.

Very sage and wise post.

Exactly. In truth, I think that's probably the smartest way to take on the role, and she's clearly had a strategy from the start which is wise. What a way to choose to go through life though.

So her response was to put on nice clothes, smile vacantly and carry on. That’s what they do. That being expected of people when they may be struggling is nothing to be proud of and isn’t something which should be encouraged.

People that are made to carry on regardless of what’s going on in their life are often falling apart behind the scenes. Smoking, drinking, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts.

I hope that isn’t true for Kate, I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. She has looked under strain and slimmer than ever recently though. It seems an unpleasant life if you take away the wealth.

Why are people so hung up on on the hugging thing?! My SIL is wonderful and we love each other to bits but I'm a hugger and she isn't. So we don't hug. No biggie.

Yes. They absolutely skewered her family because they saw them as nouveau riche. Doors to manual Carol, Pippas bum, drug dealing uncle, Waity Katie.

Yes absolutely. I don't think people who have strong parental support (or even half decent parental support) can ever realise what a difference this makes in so many aspects of your life. You always know you have that safety net of someone who will always have your back.

She's a bland clotheshorse who's never had a job. Not a fan.

She is soul less and has seen what happens to women in the family if you step out of line.

Best way really. H&M have aired their grievances and got it off their chests, so now that’s done hopefully they can all move on. Those who follow both sides can do so without any Kardashianesque ‘reality’ TV nonsense.

But she is not fuelled by a very certain sense of herself. It's so obvious

Not to me. I think exactly the opposite. Remember when the photos of her sunbathing without her bikini top were published. Kate and William were on a foreign tour and she turned up next day smiling, her face betraying not a trace of any negative emotions - she was focused on the people she was meeting and not giving the press a reaction. Then she sued and won.

What find crazy in all this, is people either dislike the Kate and Will or dislike Harry and Meghan! Let's be honest the Royal Family haven't acted well and also Meghan and Harry haven't acted well. The documentary could have been so much more than a tit for tat, Hollywood blockbuster story! When there is so much suffering in the world both sides need to use their position of privilege for doing good things.

Tbf the RF do endless work for charities/promotions for the UK/supporting uk businesses. Just check the court circular in the Times.