Kate's birthday video "Mother Nature"

[FloridaCheese]

The PR machine is pushing Catherine as being the Queen of Nature, so wholesome and pure, and ending the video with "Mother Nature" just seems so forced to me.

I'm not really sure why she would release a 90 second video of this nature. Anyone else?

How is it self indulgent? She doesn't talk about her own life.

Catherine really isn’t very relatable, she may be popular but I think a lot of that is because she doesnt say much

I don't disagree, @SisterTeatime, although in fairness most of the RF do better when they keep their mouths shut and their activities out of the public eye

The cringy video didn't bother me one way or the other, but it's when more serious things spill out, deliberately or otherwise, that things tend to go a bit pear shaped

It's one of a four parter as I said before. It ties in with each of the seasons 🙄

That's true about life in general isn't it? I don't have a beautiful home in the Hamptons but that doesn't stop me from appreciating other things that are out there especially when it is part of a campaign. Would you say that Meghan and Harry's participation in charitable themes are also short sighted because they live in a mansion? Do we only listen to people who live in cardboard boxes?

Did she say that, or is it some headline that you read somewhere, and had no problem swallowing? This thread is about Catherine anyway, but some one had to bring up Meghan didn't they? She is out of the royal circus, stop bringing her up fgs.

Are you the thread police @LadyKenya? I will bring up whatever I feel is relevant. The theme is the same - puzzled you can't see that.

@Thegala, the full quote, made in 2008 while Harry was in Afghanistan, was "I generally don't like England that much and, you know, it's nice to be away from all the press and the papers and all the general shite that they write"

He'd have done better to say he didn't like England because of the media hassle, or even to speak of the media as a separate issue, but as always that would have taken some judgement and he appears not to have any

Edited to add link: https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/britains-prince-harryquoti-dont-like-england-muchquot-idUSL29346974/

ummmm there's 4 seasons ...

Let's just see if there's any more of this sort of footage.

I have a feeling it's going to become the norm.

What would make her more relatable would you say?

What on earth were they thinking with that video?

Not these videos.

Hast she done the other ones?

Well that's not very constructive is it ? Can you expand?

That simply isn't true. You don't have to live in or even visit a stately home to walk in nature. You can find trees, birds, wildlife in a park or in a field. There are numerous places to be in nature whether you live in a city or the countryside. That's the point. Nature is easily available to all if you choose.

She really needs to get a job.

The UK has the best access to nature for all of pretty much country.

Seems a bit rich to put out a video talking about how important access to nature is when her new home has led to the closure of a children's environmental centre (and the closure of vast swathes of green space to the public).

Same as the lecturing the rest of us on environmental matters whilst simultaneously using a helicopter for short flights and hunting. Or using domestic violence and trafficking charities for PR whilst paying off the victims and protecting abusers.

But I'm sure people will tie themselves into pretzels to defend them whilst ripping Meghan Markle apart for selling jam.

An unelected family being given huge amounts of power, privilege and luxury purely due to accident of birth has no place in modern Britain, but I appreciate that's not necessarily a popular view on mumsnet.

To make her seem relatable to people, to encourage people to get out in nature. Who knows, it is all part of the royal pr machine though, if nothing else.

That's it - choosing is the point. There are certain groups of people who put no value on it and are not involved in it. It's all about the latest big SUV or trendy sweatshirt that is " in". Possessions are all some people value.

Don't you think with everything going on in the world it's important to find time to be quiet and calm? Being in nature is proven to be beneficial for mental well-being, so in difficult times it's likely to be even more important.
We get enough of all the awful things happening from the news, why shouldn't she put out a video of our beautiful British countryside saying how good it feels to be in it?

And even the video is half arsed and focussed on shots of her looking pretty. She could have given us the locations to help boost tourism, focussed on environmental and wildlife charities (or charities like Open Country) which might boost donations (although there's no evidence a royal patron actually increases charitable donations).

Again you've missed the point of the original statement. I can see people would wonder if they don't know the bigger picture or are not informed of it.

True
but why do we need a rich privileged person walking around, no doubt private land? Bizarre in the extreme.

Steady on 😂