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Do you think Kate Middleton is genuine
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Anonymous
| Or performative? |
Anonymous
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I think she genuinely loves William and their family. Might she love him a little more because she’ll be queen one day? possibly — but I’m not speculating on the reasons why she fell in love. I believe she is.
I also think she’s genuinely committed to following through with a life of service in the monarchy. When she’s performing that service, might she also “perform” a little? I’m sure she does. Can’t imagine that she’s equally delighted to go to every charity event she ever attends. She too must have bad days, days when she’s worried about something and doesn’t even really want to be around people and instead is performative/fakes it. |
Anonymous
| Of course she performs, she’s a princess. Part of the J-O-B. We don’t get her private side, that’s ok. |
Anonymous
| It's her job to "perform". But I do think she loves William, her children and her country. And I think she's be a fine Queen...if there has to be a monarchy. |
Anonymous
+1. That said, I do think she believes that her job is a serious one with a genuine purpose to serve her people, and tries to fulfill it the best she can. |
Anonymous
Agree! |
Anonymous
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For her it doesn’t matter if she is genuine or not because she handles most of her feelings privately. She is open about the fact that motherhood has challenges enough to be relatable, but she isn’t (nor should she) open about relationship issues. She at least understands that she is very privileged and doesn’t pretend to be victimized by her privilege. She deals with it and that at least gives the impression that she understands royalty is a double edged sword and she is willing to deal with the downsides.
So I personally respect that she respects her fame and knows that she chose it. At a certain point she knows her genuine feelings are not ours to know or hers to share with us. That is part of the job. |
Anonymous
| She seems to be a bit of a snobby mean girl but hides it well. She seems genuine in her love for her kids although I’m not sure that extends to William any more. |
Anonymous
I’m not so sure she loves William. But I love how she plays the role. |
Anonymous
| She clearly loves William and her children, and is outstanding in her role. She will make an amazing queen (consort). Thank God William was born first! |
Anonymous
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I don't think she is much more performative than most people. She has more occasions in which she has to perform. Lots of us sometimes to pretend to not be upset at our spouses, act like we aren't about ready to lose our s**t with our kids, pretend we are happy to be somewhere when we aren't, etc.
And she is much more genuinely a believer in the value of her job than most of us are. In fact I think she is a little nuts about it, like lots of English people are. It's like they still believe that God has given his blessing to the crown and England. So in a way she might be less performative than others are. |
Anonymous
| Knew her at Uni, she’s one of the most performative people I’ve ever known. |
Anonymous
| I think she knows what her job is and does it well. I also think she genuinely loves William and their children. She has a lot of grace under pressure. |
Anonymous
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard her talk!
My problem with her is the “child mental health” platform. It makes no sense to me to be about child mental health and then let your small children be working royals and public figures. To me she’s in the same category as influencers who put their kids on public tik tok. It wouldn’t sink the monarchy for the children to have private childhoods. They don’t have to be displayed. |
Anonymous
| I think she had a goal to meet William and marry him. But she works incredibly hard to never put a foot wrong, to look like she is happy and stable and I think she does a good job. |