Catherine, The Princess Of Wales : The Biography

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Anyone reading this new book about Catherine?

Absolute load of nonsense!

What an odious comment!!

What a load of bollocks.

"A woman of substance" my hairy hole!! Don't make me laugh! What "substance"???

'Catherine othered Meghan'. Nope.

'a sense of entitlement which means they try to control or lecture others without any authority or reasonable need to do so. William and Catherine both did this to Meghan and Harry. A woman of substance arrived and they both hadn’t a clue…'
And again, nope. No suggestion anywhere of Kate trying to lecture on control anyone. There do appear to have been instances of Meghan doing a bit of lecturing and she certainly seems to control Harry.

The only “othering” I see is the belittling and dehumanising of Catherine by Sussex supporters. And we all know where that narrative stems from.

I thought it had been known for ages to be created by a group of senior royals in confab (with Katherine one of those most sure that wording such as that needing to be included). But it was IIRC attributed to "sources", which may or may not be right.

There were threads about that at the time

If this book is insinuating this is a revelation, then it's way off, and it also suggests the author has a low opinion of the target audience's ability to remember things. Or is there an actual named, credible source for this now

Probably means only that she joined MN after the many threads on how very offensive the term is. But should now know.

And will no doubt desist from using a term that is provocative and tends to derail, unless of course the aim is to derail. So, back to the point....

Is there anything in the book that is actually new about Catherine? Or better sourced than hitherto?

Quite. And again, despite assertions to the contrary, the only negative comments are being directed to Catherine and William.

@Runnerinthenight 😂😂😂 your expressions

Link to the Vintage Read's review of the book.
She doesn't rate it.

Hope John Crace does a digested read of it. He did a very funny take off of Spare (Us):
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/12/i-was-alone-abandoned-with-only-a-hundred-million-in-the-bank-spare-digested-by-john-crace

Obviously, as with anything, I encourage anyone to take the Vintage Read with a pinch of salt, but she's generally pretty fair in critiquing books.

She does note Jobson is explicit in linking the creation and spreading of the Rose Hanbury rumours to the Sussex Squad online.

Thanks Mrs F for posting this, I saw it yesterday and thought to myself, that’s one I will wait to buy from the charity shop. Shauna is wonderful, I love her lovely manner and great sense of humour, and she is always very fair in her reviews. She’s dissected and cross referenced pretty much every royal biography of recent times, so I trust her when she says Jobson’s book comes up short.

Your is the first mention of them on this thread, actually. Careful what you wish for, sugar.

Yeah sure

If the cap fits...

That's excellent! John Crace is one of the few really good writers left at the Guardian since Hadley Freeman and Susazanne Moore left.

This is also funny:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/04/omid-scobie-endgame-digested-read-john-crace

MavisRowntree

Brilliant! Don't know how I missed that one.
I picked up a copy of Endgame in the library the other day (it was showcased as a "Suggested Summer Read") and opened it at random
Immediately came upon some breakfast scene with Meghan flitting in a housewifely manner around the kitchen, and bluebirds helping her to stir the steel-cut oats while Harry sat adoring her... or some such drivel.
Decided my stomach wasn't up to it.
Also remembered that authors do get a very small amount of remuneration if their books are borrowed from the library. Doubt my loan would have made any difference but even so...
Think I got much more from the JC version.
Edited as got the blooming title wrong 🤦‍♀️

Thanks for the links to the John Crace articles! 😂brilliant! "To protect my privacy, I was going to have to invade theirs" 😂

Reading the "Endgame" link, I suspect some people would actually believe the claims! Very funny 🤣

Really? Where?

Thank you LaMarschallin & MavisRowntree for the links. I did read them at the time and enjoyed them immensely. Very, very funny.

Quite. I didn't see anyone posting after about 6:30pm yesterday.

i think the poster thought they were being clever in referring to the right wing rioters as “Kate’s friends”. 🙄