The Cambridges News and Updates ( Prince William, Kate Middleton, George, Charlotte and Louis)

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For some reason H (&M) fans love to invalidate any trauma and grief William may have felt at her death. He’s less in your face with how it affected and continues to affect his life than Harry. He is also less splashy about what he does so they assume if they haven’t heard about, he’s not doing anything.

They also assume that if he doesn't emote about it constantly, he doesn't care.

Of course he cares. But having his children write cards to his mother who died decades before they were born is clearly PR. What Kate and the Cambridge kiddos feel towards someone they literally never met is not grief. In the same way that elementary school students writing letters to MLK Jr. During black history month is not grief either.

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Anonymous wrote:Kate's in a no-win situation. She goes and gets attacked for making it a photo op. She doesn't go and gets attacked for being insensitive.

This is also what has MM peeved but MM doesn't realize that this is/was the price to the position.

Kate isn’t known to show up to things like these so is she stayed away nobody would have realized; she or her handles put her in this no win situation.

No one would have noticed if she didn’t go. She never has gone to anything like this before. I don’t blame her because I think she just does what she’s told. But their PR people are total amateur hour. It’s absurd.

+1

Honestly surprised she agreed to do this actually. Her reservation/silence wrt to politics (remember her refusal to wear all black to the BAFTAs? and publicity stunts seemed to be serving her well. Meghan went out of her way to say she’s a good person who wanted to clear the air between them.

Now she’s doing cynical publicity grabs like this? Very out of character.

[Anonymous]

The Cambridge kids have very good penmanship given their ages. I'm also surprised even Charlotte is able to write in cursive! I'm so used to the American system and kudos to Thomas's Battersea for teaching young kids to write in cursive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

For some reason H (&M) fans love to invalidate any trauma and grief William may have felt at her death. He’s less in your face with how it affected and continues to affect his life than Harry. He is also less splashy about what he does so they assume if they haven’t heard about, he’s not doing anything.

They also assume that if he doesn't emote about it constantly, he doesn't care.

Of course he cares. But having his children write cards to his mother who died decades before they were born is clearly PR. What Kate and the Cambridge kiddos feel towards someone they literally never met is not grief. In the same way that elementary school students writing letters to MLK Jr. During black history month is not grief either.

It's not something I would have my kids do but it's something that my cousin does. She connects with her ancestors more than I do and it's not performative. Or PR.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kate's in a no-win situation. She goes and gets attacked for making it a photo op. She doesn't go and gets attacked for being insensitive.

This is also what has MM peeved but MM doesn't realize that this is/was the price to the position.

Kate isn’t known to show up to things like these so is she stayed away nobody would have realized; she or her handles put her in this no win situation.

No one would have noticed if she didn’t go. She never has gone to anything like this before. I don’t blame her because I think she just does what she’s told. But their PR people are total amateur hour. It’s absurd.

+1

Honestly surprised she agreed to do this actually. Her reservation/silence wrt to politics (remember her refusal to wear all black to the BAFTAs? and publicity stunts seemed to be serving her well. Meghan went out of her way to say she’s a good person who wanted to clear the air between them.

Now she’s doing cynical publicity grabs like this? Very out of character.

If you watched the video, you might be able to move past cynicism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kate's in a no-win situation. She goes and gets attacked for making it a photo op. She doesn't go and gets attacked for being insensitive.

This is also what has MM peeved but MM doesn't realize that this is/was the price to the position.

Kate isn’t known to show up to things like these so is she stayed away nobody would have realized; she or her handles put her in this no win situation.

No one would have noticed if she didn’t go. She never has gone to anything like this before. I don’t blame her because I think she just does what she’s told. But their PR people are total amateur hour. It’s absurd.

+1

Honestly surprised she agreed to do this actually. Her reservation/silence wrt to politics (remember her refusal to wear all black to the BAFTAs? and publicity stunts seemed to be serving her well. Meghan went out of her way to say she’s a good person who wanted to clear the air between them.

Now she’s doing cynical publicity grabs like this? Very out of character.

If you watched the video, you might be able to move past cynicism.

Are you talking about the video two pages back? It's just her walking away. I don't see how it sheds light on her motive one way or the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

For some reason H (&M) fans love to invalidate any trauma and grief William may have felt at her death. He’s less in your face with how it affected and continues to affect his life than Harry. He is also less splashy about what he does so they assume if they haven’t heard about, he’s not doing anything.

They also assume that if he doesn't emote about it constantly, he doesn't care.

Of course he cares. But having his children write cards to his mother who died decades before they were born is clearly PR. What Kate and the Cambridge kiddos feel towards someone they literally never met is not grief. In the same way that elementary school students writing letters to MLK Jr. During black history month is not grief either.

Meghan never met Diana either but is relentlessly channeling her. Isn’t that also simply PR? The Cambridge kids at least have a biological connection to their late grandmother.

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Do they really call her "Granny Diana?" Maybe Diana would have wanted something less geriatric sounding?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh this was a PR stunt too and it’s not going over well.

I agree with this tweet. I saw the cards on Instagram and thought it was so weird. Of course I expected them to post something about celebrating mothers since it’s Mother’s Day here but was surprised to see the three cards to Granny Diana. It felt like a very strategic post to go along with Kate’s visit to Clapham Commons. They need to stop. However, on the other hand, if they keep doing this kind of stuff people will no longer be talking about how Charles is racist. So I guess maybe a seeming sibling rivalry and odd PR stunts, that are clearly stunts, is better than the headlines being about racism in the RBF.

Why does Diana practically get to be Harry’s brand but anything William does in regards to her is PR? They posted about her last year for Mother’s Day as well. In 2017 William did a documentary where he talked about keeping “Granny Diana’s” memory alive for his children. Why does Harry get to constantly bring her up and make being his “mothers son” a huge part of foundation but William’s not allowed to speak about her at all?

This, this, this!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they really call her "Granny Diana?" Maybe Diana would have wanted something less geriatric sounding?

Well she's dead so she doesn't get a say. They call the Queen "granny" so....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they really call her "Granny Diana?" Maybe Diana would have wanted something less geriatric sounding?

Seriously! Diana was too gorgeous and elegant to be Granny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh this was a PR stunt too and it’s not going over well.

I agree with this tweet. I saw the cards on Instagram and thought it was so weird. Of course I expected them to post something about celebrating mothers since it’s Mother’s Day here but was surprised to see the three cards to Granny Diana. It felt like a very strategic post to go along with Kate’s visit to Clapham Commons. They need to stop. However, on the other hand, if they keep doing this kind of stuff people will no longer be talking about how Charles is racist. So I guess maybe a seeming sibling rivalry and odd PR stunts, that are clearly stunts, is better than the headlines being about racism in the RBF.

Why does Diana practically get to be Harry’s brand but anything William does in regards to her is PR? They posted about her last year for Mother’s Day as well. In 2017 William did a documentary where he talked about keeping “Granny Diana’s” memory alive for his children. Why does Harry get to constantly bring her up and make being his “mothers son” a huge part of foundation but William’s not allowed to speak about her at all?

This, this, this!!!

NP - I have no issues with William speaking up on her. Diana was his mother too. But there is no need to thrust minor children, particularly ones who never met her and are too young to fully understand the implications of her death, into this and in such a public way. This is gross, just like forcing Diana’s minor sons to walk behind her coffin was gross. And if Harry did this to his kids, it would be gross too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they really call her "Granny Diana?" Maybe Diana would have wanted something less geriatric sounding?

Well she's dead so she doesn't get a say. They call the Queen "granny" so....

The Queen's their great grandmother and quite a different persona but as you say, Diana's dead so...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh this was a PR stunt too and it’s not going over well.

I agree with this tweet. I saw the cards on Instagram and thought it was so weird. Of course I expected them to post something about celebrating mothers since it’s Mother’s Day here but was surprised to see the three cards to Granny Diana. It felt like a very strategic post to go along with Kate’s visit to Clapham Commons. They need to stop. However, on the other hand, if they keep doing this kind of stuff people will no longer be talking about how Charles is racist. So I guess maybe a seeming sibling rivalry and odd PR stunts, that are clearly stunts, is better than the headlines being about racism in the RBF.

Why does Diana practically get to be Harry’s brand but anything William does in regards to her is PR? They posted about her last year for Mother’s Day as well. In 2017 William did a documentary where he talked about keeping “Granny Diana’s” memory alive for his children. Why does Harry get to constantly bring her up and make being his “mothers son” a huge part of foundation but William’s not allowed to speak about her at all?

This, this, this!!!

NP - I have no issues with William speaking up on her. Diana was his mother too. But there is no need to thrust minor children, particularly ones who never met her and are too young to fully understand the implications of her death, into this and in such a public way. This is gross, just like forcing Diana’s minor sons to walk behind her coffin was gross. And if Harry did this to his kids, it would be gross too.

The implications of her death are that she is dead. Some families are very connected to their ancestors, and in families with a heritage such as theirs, then it would be unusual for the children not to be connected to their ancestors. That's not just for kings and queens, it goes for all the various peers and other families in the UK and around the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh this was a PR stunt too and it’s not going over well.

I agree with this tweet. I saw the cards on Instagram and thought it was so weird. Of course I expected them to post something about celebrating mothers since it’s Mother’s Day here but was surprised to see the three cards to Granny Diana. It felt like a very strategic post to go along with Kate’s visit to Clapham Commons. They need to stop. However, on the other hand, if they keep doing this kind of stuff people will no longer be talking about how Charles is racist. So I guess maybe a seeming sibling rivalry and odd PR stunts, that are clearly stunts, is better than the headlines being about racism in the RBF.

Why does Diana practically get to be Harry’s brand but anything William does in regards to her is PR? They posted about her last year for Mother’s Day as well. In 2017 William did a documentary where he talked about keeping “Granny Diana’s” memory alive for his children. Why does Harry get to constantly bring her up and make being his “mothers son” a huge part of foundation but William’s not allowed to speak about her at all?

This, this, this!!!

NP - I have no issues with William speaking up on her. Diana was his mother too. But there is no need to thrust minor children, particularly ones who never met her and are too young to fully understand the implications of her death, into this and in such a public way. This is gross, just like forcing Diana’s minor sons to walk behind her coffin was gross. And if Harry did this to his kids, it would be gross too.

+1

Usually they’re all about privacy when it comes to the kids. They’ll share the occasional bday or holiday card pic but that’s it. I think that’s smart. It’s good to have firm boundaries.

I didn’t like them sharing these cards, feels like an invasion of the kids’ privacy. Normally they’re so good about this which is why it makes me cynical and think it has to be related to trying to get sympathy after the big interview.