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Tabbytiger122 · 17/09/2026 12:36

I am currently reading Russsll Myers Catherine & William. Enjoying it but one thing that stands out is how the Middletons have never put a foot wrong.
Carole was not from an aristocratic background nor was Michael but they raised their kids not to put a step wrong. Kate also had embarrassing family members (Uncle Gary) but she still invited him to the wedding which was the right thing to do & it nipped the media scandal in the bud & took the wind out of any sails.. Meghan invited none of her extended family or her dad & it caused massive media speculation.
Kate was born for royal life & is a natural. Very proud of our future queen. Her parents did an amazing job.

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Tabbytiger122 · 20/09/2026 15:14

ThrwhelsOntHEbuzgoroundandrund · 20/09/2026 15:10

I love clocking things from the get go.

I don’t believe for a second that TM was ever going to be permitted to make an appearance at that wedding.

And that was absolutely her choice.

The insulting thing about it all is that we were expected to believe it was all about the press photo thing.

It really wasn’t.

And if we are expressing ourselves in silly emojis instead of using words?

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Nope he was never going. Yet he is vilified by Ham by doing exactly what they have been doing since 2020 making a living out of peddling stories about the royal family.
The hypocrisy is shocking .

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simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 15:30

And if we are expressing ourselves in silly emojis instead of using words?
Better than endless GIFs!

I'm so enjoying this thread about... <checks notes>...Kate and the Middletons.
It's a cracker

Tabbytiger122 · 20/09/2026 15:34

simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 15:30

And if we are expressing ourselves in silly emojis instead of using words?
Better than endless GIFs!

I'm so enjoying this thread about... <checks notes>...Kate and the Middletons.
It's a cracker

Ahhhh you've woken up again! Welcome back!

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sammylady37 · 20/09/2026 16:26

ERthree · 20/09/2026 15:09

Her name is Catherine. Are you always so rude as to mis-name people?

Edited

Multiple posters have called her Kate throughout the thread, including the op. I’m curious as to why you have picked me up on doing so but not every other poster who has?

Jimsaidpeoplearestrange · 20/09/2026 19:35

simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 15:30

And if we are expressing ourselves in silly emojis instead of using words?
Better than endless GIFs!

I'm so enjoying this thread about... <checks notes>...Kate and the Middletons.
It's a cracker

I thought it had turned into a thread about ham(makes a change from cheese)

glitter sandwich GIF by Subway Sverige
fuschiaproudparrot · 20/09/2026 19:37

twocornichons · 17/09/2026 17:33

I don’t think they’ve been a huge asset to the crown at all ! Illness aside ( and this is before she became unwell) Kate could have done an awful lot more to help Meghan who was being bullied by the press - all whilst spearheading an anti bullying campaign ! Oh the irony .. luckily I don’t want to read about them but an asset they clearly are not

Oh pulllleeeeese!

fuschiaproudparrot · 20/09/2026 19:46

LipglossAndLies · 17/09/2026 20:31

Another thread to bash Meghan with the same old tired comments that have been said hundreds of times over. Its permanent groundhog day.

Actually it's a thread which has thrown up many dim witted comments that just bring up the same old / same old about the RF. I would be embarrassed if I had made some of the comments on here.

fuschiaproudparrot · 20/09/2026 19:48

simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 14:48

Don't you worry, nothing is lost on me at all
I clocked what this thread was about right back at the beginning

indeed

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MyManinCaracas · 20/09/2026 19:52

“Catherine” lol doesn’t make her an aristocrat.

fuschiaproudparrot · 20/09/2026 19:55

MyManinCaracas · 20/09/2026 19:52

“Catherine” lol doesn’t make her an aristocrat.

Did anyone claim that ?

Tabbytiger122 · 20/09/2026 20:02

MyManinCaracas · 20/09/2026 19:52

“Catherine” lol doesn’t make her an aristocrat.

If you actually read the thread it was pointed out how beautifully Catherine has adapted to royal life specifically by NOT being an aristocrat!
She was a normal girl from a very supportive, loving, middle class family & the family have been incredibly silent & discreet throughout. Her parents must never have believed they were raising our future queen. What a journey for all of them.

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passpartot · 20/09/2026 20:10

I'm just here for the gossip, so what's this about Kate and Pippa not talking anymore, did they start a thread on MN and were advised to go NC or what. 😊

CathyorClaire · 20/09/2026 20:25

EmpressSisi · 20/09/2026 11:03

You don’t have to belittle her actual good work just because you personally don’t like her.

She played a key role in bringing the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) to the UK after seeing it used by health visitors in Denmark, and the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has funded successive trials of the approach in NHS health visiting services.

That’s a genuine contribution, whether you like her or not.

The second trial took place over eight NHS authorities and finished in March this year.

That's four years from initial sighting and the next three years will apparently see a drive to adapt the tool to a UK audience then embed it. There's no indication so far it as to whether it may be adopted as an ongoing policy nationwide.

https://ihv.org.uk/news-and-views/news/the-royal-foundation-expands-support-for-health-visitors-to-give-babies-a-voice/

It all seems quite heavy going on this one initiative.

Are there others in the offing?

EvieBB · 20/09/2026 20:33

Tabbytiger122 · 20/09/2026 14:29

Yep 82 years old , an amputated leg, been treated like dirt by his daughter & has never met his son in law or grandkids
King Charles was also accused of upsetting & wronging Ham but suddenly they want to "build bridges" with the king but not Mr Markle?!!

Exactly

EvieBB · 20/09/2026 20:39

simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 15:01

🥱😴

Well done for posting childish emojis when you're not actually able to argue back with any back up evidence.

EvieBB · 20/09/2026 20:49

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simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 21:22

I'm pathetic, I'm childish ok. Call me what you like, I don't care. I'm on a thread about Kate and the Middletons when it's just poor Doria, poor Archie, poor Lilli, poor Mr. Thomas Markle
You're right I am providing no comeback because I'm not on a thread about Harry & Meghan so I refuse to buy into that

simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 21:23

EvieBB · 20/09/2026 20:39

Well done for posting childish emojis when you're not actually able to argue back with any back up evidence.

Happy to oblige 😅🥱🤔🥱

Trutherwoke · 20/09/2026 23:39

twocornichons · 17/09/2026 17:33

I don’t think they’ve been a huge asset to the crown at all ! Illness aside ( and this is before she became unwell) Kate could have done an awful lot more to help Meghan who was being bullied by the press - all whilst spearheading an anti bullying campaign ! Oh the irony .. luckily I don’t want to read about them but an asset they clearly are not

I need to agree. And the thing that Catherine couldn't make friends because she was always very possessive of William or left her friends to be with him. Catherine not a girls girls.

Plus the fact that Catherine is very lazy and her mother raised gold diggers instead of instilling working ethic in her own daughters. James Middleton selling nazi stuff etc.

Pipedreams607 · 21/09/2026 00:10

simpsonthecat · 18/09/2026 08:35

I agree. Her family, excluding Doria, are awful. Her half brother donned a wig, blacked up his face and did a youtube vid mocking her.
Samantha, her sister, changed her name to Markle as soon as Meghan met Harry... all to cash in.
Yet the OP is asking 'where were her family?' at the wedding? Seriously???

This thread needs renaming. It's nothing to do with Kate and the Middletons unless there is fawning over Kate. It's yet another thread to insult and demean Meghan

There are plenty of other threads to insult Meghan if that's your thing. The PR ones are up to number 40. That's 40,000 posts 🤣😂

Very well said simpsontheccat

fuschiaproudparrot · 21/09/2026 02:02

Trutherwoke · 20/09/2026 23:39

I need to agree. And the thing that Catherine couldn't make friends because she was always very possessive of William or left her friends to be with him. Catherine not a girls girls.

Plus the fact that Catherine is very lazy and her mother raised gold diggers instead of instilling working ethic in her own daughters. James Middleton selling nazi stuff etc.

This sounds like a very sensible post .

Tabbytiger122 · 21/09/2026 09:46

fuschiaproudparrot · 21/09/2026 02:02

This sounds like a very sensible post .

Raised gold diggers? How the hell would one do that? It's not possible

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EvieBB · 21/09/2026 10:35

simpsonthecat · 20/09/2026 21:23

Happy to oblige 😅🥱🤔🥱

Thanks for proving my point 🙄

MrMarkhamsFanClub · 21/09/2026 11:20

I think the Middletons have been a huge asset to the monarchy. Their 'normality' has taken what might have been the stuffier edges off the PPoW. They have been discrete, good parents and gparents and I'm sure the most enormous support to Catherine who in turn has been Williams rock.

OneLilacHedgehog · 21/09/2026 11:23

So someone non royal can do a better job than those born into it?

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