Just how much effort did the Middletons make to ensure Kate married William?

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Anonymous wrote:We’ll never know.

This, and who cares.

There are tons of crazy groomer parents pulling strings.

And there are tons who just want their kids to be happy and find their own way.

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Anonymous wrote:So ... for 6 years after college, how is it you think the Middelton's were able to control the couple's destiny?

The set it up so the young couple would meet and have some extracurriculars in common. But that was 6 -10 years earlier.

They broke up so many times someone must have been pushing them back together each and every time. That plus the tabloids.

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Anonymous wrote:A divorced aging actress traveling overseas to get a wealthy British hunk and arranging a romance with an emotionally fragile, insecure, unemployed druggie spare prince whose wealthy girlfriends rejected him, sounds way more manipulative than a teen girl's crush on a handsome prince who lived in her college dorm.

You make it sound like there's some moral difference between Meghan and Kate, like it's a competition.

I've criticized Kate, but everything I have said about her also applies to Meghan Markle. They are functionally no different. Empty, vain narcissists who care about riches more than actual love.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

Serious question: Do you think she’s hands on with the kids?

DP but I think she's more hands on then not.

Ok and? Lots of mothers around the world manage to be both hands on and actually work. And they're not supported by taxpayers.

You think the future queen of England cooks and cleans everyday? HA. She stages days to be photographed dropping the kids off at school since the nanny does it regularly.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

I'm a mom to three young children and I manage to do more than 127 work "events" a year, all without a full time staff! Most of her events are either phone calls or showing up for an hour and taking a photo.

I truly, truly cannot imagine sticking up for the BRF in the year 2023. Hope those boots taste good!

Do you actually think that the extent of her work begins and ends with each public appearance/work event? Haven't you considered that she very likely is involved in behind-the-scenes research, organization, planning, preparation, etc. for her various causes and events, all of which constitute working?

I doubt anyone here knows her well enough to state that she only works when the public sees her at an event.

DP but oh wow, do you really think Kate is doing any of the "behind-the-scenes" work for any of her patronages? Girl, no. At most she might get briefed on the event and the organization before she goes to these things, but it's called a "brief" for a reason, and it's her team who will put it all together and tell her just what she needs to know.

Kate is not sitting up at night crunching numbers on some children's charity and trying to figure out how much they need to raise this quarter, or even picking out floral arrangements for some luncheon she's hosting. She is being presented with menus of choices and pointing at what she wants, and then the giant machine of people around her is scurrying off to make it happen.

Are there really people who think Kate's just a supercharged version of the PTA president at your kid's school. Nope. She is a lady who is lunching and doing some light parenting in the evenings with the help of multiple nannies, a chef, and a housekeeper. She's got a private secretary, multiple maids and assistants, plus a PR team with her husband. I'm sure she "keeps busy" but it's hanging out with her family and friends, overseeing projects at her homes and gardens, that kind of think. Her life would look like 90% leisure to you or I, but they have to pretend it's "work" to keep the plebes happy.

From the looks of Kate, I sincerely doubt she is doing much “lunching”. I would be quite faint from hunger and have to have a lie down.

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It’s not that I dislike Kate or William. But it’s obvious some have them on an artificially high pedestal. They’re doing the least of the working royals, and so outside of that they’re just a rich couple with three kids. I just don’t see why I need to admire them for anything. I do have problems with the institution as a whole but it’s not William’s place yet to change it.

Let me know if they actually start doing more good for their country or the world than they absorb through all their inherited passive income streams.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

Serious question: Do you think she’s hands on with the kids?

DP but I think she's more hands on then not.

Ok and? Lots of mothers around the world manage to be both hands on and actually work. And they're not supported by taxpayers.

You think the future queen of England cooks and cleans everyday? HA. She stages days to be photographed dropping the kids off at school since the nanny does it regularly.

I know. Frankly it sounds great.
Free wardrobe, fun events, tons of high quality childcare, the best schools & hospitals, cooks, cleaners, house managers, house keepers, drivers, packers, private jets, schedulers.

Only the fun stuff is left.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

Serious question: Do you think she’s hands on with the kids?

DP but I think she's more hands on then not.

Ok and? Lots of mothers around the world manage to be both hands on and actually work. And they're not supported by taxpayers.

You think the future queen of England cooks and cleans everyday? HA. She stages days to be photographed dropping the kids off at school since the nanny does it regularly.

I know. Frankly it sounds great.
Free wardrobe, fun events, tons of high quality childcare, the best schools & hospitals, cooks, cleaners, house managers, house keepers, drivers, packers, private jets, schedulers.

Only the fun stuff is left.


Standing in high heels and having to look attentive during long, boring engagements while paparazzi take close ups of your every expression hardly seems like a lark. Especially the events where she has to monitor her children whilst never losing her cool. And then to have it all regurgitated and analyzed online- your facial features- is she looking gaunt? has she done botox? is she wearing hair extensions? What do the lip readers say about her conversation with Will? She has to be careful with her clothing- needs to re-wear, re-work so as to not appear out of touch with the economic times. It all seems dreadful.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

Serious question: Do you think she’s hands on with the kids?

DP but I think she's more hands on then not.

Ok and? Lots of mothers around the world manage to be both hands on and actually work. And they're not supported by taxpayers.

You think the future queen of England cooks and cleans everyday? HA. She stages days to be photographed dropping the kids off at school since the nanny does it regularly.

I know. Frankly it sounds great.
Free wardrobe, fun events, tons of high quality childcare, the best schools & hospitals, cooks, cleaners, house managers, house keepers, drivers, packers, private jets, schedulers.

Only the fun stuff is left.

DP here and yeah, that's why I believe The Crown probably got Carole Middleton spot on (though I think they were a little too generous with Kate's motives). Have you seen how apesh** girls go to get a basketball player or footballer? They fight like tomcats in an alley, and I'm talking about educated girls doing this stuff for "ballers", not the groupies. So it makes sense that Kate Middleton did the same amount of clawing to get William to pick her out of the crowd of girls he was considering.

There's literally a story I remember from when it was in the news - at one point, William was dating another girl, and they threw a dinner party or something. Kate attended that dinner and sat somewhere down the table while William and that other girl sat together at the head of the table.

For her to keep trucking through that, and then marry the guy, shows some scary resolve. She didn't give a f*** that the whole world knew every public humiliation William put her through, every slight, every indignity. He made her jump through those hoops and she did it with the whole world watching.

That ain't love, that's something else, and it scares me and also kind of gets my grudging admiration. She wanted her tiara and she was damn well going to get it.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

I'm a mom to three young children and I manage to do more than 127 work "events" a year, all without a full time staff! Most of her events are either phone calls or showing up for an hour and taking a photo.

I truly, truly cannot imagine sticking up for the BRF in the year 2023. Hope those boots taste good!

Do you actually think that the extent of her work begins and ends with each public appearance/work event? Haven't you considered that she very likely is involved in behind-the-scenes research, organization, planning, preparation, etc. for her various causes and events, all of which constitute working?

I doubt anyone here knows her well enough to state that she only works when the public sees her at an event.

DP but oh wow, do you really think Kate is doing any of the "behind-the-scenes" work for any of her patronages? Girl, no. At most she might get briefed on the event and the organization before she goes to these things, but it's called a "brief" for a reason, and it's her team who will put it all together and tell her just what she needs to know.

Kate is not sitting up at night crunching numbers on some children's charity and trying to figure out how much they need to raise this quarter, or even picking out floral arrangements for some luncheon she's hosting. She is being presented with menus of choices and pointing at what she wants, and then the giant machine of people around her is scurrying off to make it happen.

Are there really people who think Kate's just a supercharged version of the PTA president at your kid's school. Nope. She is a lady who is lunching and doing some light parenting in the evenings with the help of multiple nannies, a chef, and a housekeeper. She's got a private secretary, multiple maids and assistants, plus a PR team with her husband. I'm sure she "keeps busy" but it's hanging out with her family and friends, overseeing projects at her homes and gardens, that kind of think. Her life would look like 90% leisure to you or I, but they have to pretend it's "work" to keep the plebes happy.

And this is no different from what royals in any country do.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

Serious question: Do you think she’s hands on with the kids?

DP but I think she's more hands on then not.

Ok and? Lots of mothers around the world manage to be both hands on and actually work. And they're not supported by taxpayers.

You think the future queen of England cooks and cleans everyday? HA. She stages days to be photographed dropping the kids off at school since the nanny does it regularly.

I know. Frankly it sounds great.
Free wardrobe, fun events, tons of high quality childcare, the best schools & hospitals, cooks, cleaners, house managers, house keepers, drivers, packers, private jets, schedulers.

Only the fun stuff is left.

DP here and yeah, that's why I believe The Crown probably got Carole Middleton spot on (though I think they were a little too generous with Kate's motives). Have you seen how apesh** girls go to get a basketball player or footballer? They fight like tomcats in an alley, and I'm talking about educated girls doing this stuff for "ballers", not the groupies. So it makes sense that Kate Middleton did the same amount of clawing to get William to pick her out of the crowd of girls he was considering.

There's literally a story I remember from when it was in the news - at one point, William was dating another girl, and they threw a dinner party or something. Kate attended that dinner and sat somewhere down the table while William and that other girl sat together at the head of the table.

For her to keep trucking through that, and then marry the guy, shows some scary resolve. She didn't give a f*** that the whole world knew every public humiliation William put her through, every slight, every indignity. He made her jump through those hoops and she did it with the whole world watching.

That ain't love, that's something else, and it scares me and also kind of gets my grudging admiration. She wanted her tiara and she was damn well going to get it.

Nailed it, sis.

That’s why I am 100% certain that Kate will NEVER divorce William. She worked damn hard for that crown. Every indignity, embarrassment, and humiliating moment shall not be in vain.

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Anonymous wrote:Who actually cares? Fairy tale romances are fiction. There was no love potion or Imperius curse forcing William under a spell to marry her. Whatever she brought to the table, he was attracted to it, and it's not like he's a knave who's never heard of the concept of gold-digging. He chose her, he wanted to marry her, and nobody could force him, not Carole Middleton or anyone else. They seem happy and stable together and have normal children and Kate knows her role and plays it well. What else matters?

120 years ago William would have been forced to choose from a queen-determined menu of Protestant aristocracy or matched up with one of Nicholas II's daughters when they were all still children or something. The last vestiges of those strictures doomed his own parents to misery. However he and Kate started, it's become real, or she's doing such an excellent job at the fakery that there's no functional difference. Women have tried to make matches like this literally since human history began to assure their own security and that of their offspring, I'm not going to condemn Kate for doing the same thing. They're trucking along fine, so more power to them.

I actually think part of Kate's value to the BRF is that she serves as a model for future heir's marriages. I think they've learned there are real benefits to bringing actual outsiders, in the form of "commoners", into the family, as long as they are fully bought into the family and understand their role. It allows the family to fill these roles from a much bigger pool, which makes it easier for the heir to select someone they actually like, while also finding someone with the right personality and disposition for the job. One of the problems they ran into with Charles was that they literally ran out of aristocrats for him to marry. That's why they landed on Diana and no one was happy with how that turned out. By expanding his search beyond nobility, William likely found a better suited partner than he ever could have otherwise.

I think viewing it as a job that people essentially apply for is smart. Yes yes, they'll always treat it as a fairy tale with the wedding and pomp and circumstance. But everyone understands -- it's a job. Plus bringing in a commoner actually makes it seem democratic instead of what it actually is. It's just the buff up the BRF needed, right when it needed it.

I don’t think it was that thought out. I think a lot of aristocrats are just simply not interested in marrying in. They already have titles and they can choose to marry someone wealthy but without the extra baggage. Like if you look at Isabella Calthrope, who William pursued, she married Richard Branson’s son and rode off into the sunset.

The Diana was the only option narrative is just more Camilla/charles rebrand fakery. Camilla is also from an aristocratic background, she just didn’t want to marry Charles until her relationship with her first choice busted up.

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I don't understand why women always think other women are scheming and getting "claws into" men. Such vile and misogynistic language.

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Anonymous wrote:Carole Middleton spent a LOT of money trying to impress the castle-owning set for years throughout Kate's pursuit of William.

She would turn up at aristo picnics with a really luxe hamper from Harrods, while all the other aristos were eating basic ham-and-cheese sandwiches and sneered at her try-hard Harrods hamper.

At one point, when Kate didn't get an invite from William to stay with his family for Christmas (this was well after the college years), Carole Middleton RENTED A STATELY HOME for the Middletons to have their own desperate Castle Christmas.

This is just some of the stuff we know about. But it's absolutely clear to be that this match was engineered and manipulated into happening. William broke up with Kate multiple times to chase after other girls, including girls who actually came from royal or noble families. For whatever reason, those attempts didn't work out.

But there was Kate, always willing to be the puppet he wanted, always willing to zealously watch his polo matches even though she was allergic to horses and then give him a play-by-play breakdown of his athletic feats after the match. This is the kind of attention he wants from his wife, and people who attended these polo matches reported that Kate didn't even take breaks to eat food.

She said she had to notice everything about William's game so she could have a conversation about it with him afterwards.

Some f**king love story.

Kate and her mother have always been pathetic social strivers.

Now Kate is stuck in a marriage with an ill-tempered cheater.

She's definitely earning her paycheck, so to speak.

I would say the old adage "when you marry for money you earn every cent" applies but Kate doesn't actually do any work, so. I guess having to be in his presence is work enough.

I think compulsory public appearances and the constant scrutiny and criticism count as work, along with being a hands-on mom to three young kids.

I'm a mom to three young children and I manage to do more than 127 work "events" a year, all without a full time staff! Most of her events are either phone calls or showing up for an hour and taking a photo.

I truly, truly cannot imagine sticking up for the BRF in the year 2023. Hope those boots taste good!

Do you actually think that the extent of her work begins and ends with each public appearance/work event? Haven't you considered that she very likely is involved in behind-the-scenes research, organization, planning, preparation, etc. for her various causes and events, all of which constitute working?

I doubt anyone here knows her well enough to state that she only works when the public sees her at an event.

How do I say this nicely?

Wills and Kate aren’t known as extremely ambitious (outside of Kate’s social striving, that is). Hard work isn’t something either of them are known for. They’re known to be pretty lazy, TBH.

lol this is the truth. I will give credit to Kate for improving over the years but they have always done the bare minimum compared to other members.

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Kate Middleton is not unusual in her behavior. I've seen desperate sorority girls do all of this just to get *moderately wealthy* guys as their husbands.

In South Korea, women do all the chasing, stalking, etc that Kate Middleton did, plus plastic surgery, to get a super rich guy. And in many other countries too, I'm sure.

Bottom line - look at the world's billionaires and multi-millionaires and know that NONE of them had innocent love stories. Their wives schemed, stalked, lied, clawed, plastic-surgeried and competed to get those engagement rings.