Kate Middleton looks really happy lately

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Anonymous wrote:Was Lady Diana not a social climber? Why would a stunningly gorgeous woman with an inheritance marry a much older, balding, average looking and boring man who is already in love with a forbidden woman?

Of corse Diana was. I think both Kate and Diana are (were, respectively) social climbers.

Yes but then would you count Meghan and her mom as social climbers as well?

Meghan, yea. Her mom…why? She hasn’t really received any benefit from Meghan being royal and unlike the Middleton’s doesn’t have (had) the type of business that benefits from the association.

+1, this is one of those allegations that feels transparently racist. I think a lot of people saw a black woman as the MIB at a royal wedding and felt she was way above her station, thus the idea that she's social climbing. But I bet you anything she would have preferred Meghan marry some American or Canadian actor/celeb and settle nearby in LA and not deal with all the BS they've been through in the last 7 years. I'm sure she likes Harry well enough and loves her grandkids, but it's not like Meghan was broke or struggling before Harry. She was on a successful TV show, making money, had a good and extensive group of friends.

I think in some ways Meghan got very unlucky in meeting Harry when she did, because she fell for him, they got married, and because of their age they immediately had kids, and now she's in the royal family in some capacity forever. I don't really think that's what Meghan's mom wanted for her, to be perfectly honest.

I loved their whole wedding but I thought her mother was particularly elegant.

She was and looked more more classy than Elizbeth and Camilla.

“Looked” classy rather than “is” classy. She deserted Meghan when she was 2 years old, returned when she was 9 and Meghan’s father was the custodial parent. Meghan had only a slight relationship with her mother until she needed at least one relative at the wedding. Meghan set her up in a dubious home health care business with no employees. It is similar to the business that Thomas Markel set up for her in which she paid no taxes. Markel bailed her out to avoid jail for her and this caused his bankruptcy.

Look a little more into Doria Ragland’s before you judge a book by its cover

Don’t try to play the race card. I am blacker than Meghan or her mother.

These are all unsubstantiated rumors.

Actually not. There are public records of the bankruptcies and the IRS actions and the nursing home and home health care businesses

That’s cool. Any comments on Party Pieces?

What about it? The Middletons ran it successfully for decades before it collapsed during Covid. The business helped launch their daughters to their present positions.

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Anonymous wrote:Was Lady Diana not a social climber? Why would a stunningly gorgeous woman with an inheritance marry a much older, balding, average looking and boring man who is already in love with a forbidden woman?

Of corse Diana was. I think both Kate and Diana are (were, respectively) social climbers.

Yes but then would you count Meghan and her mom as social climbers as well?

Meghan, yea. Her mom…why? She hasn’t really received any benefit from Meghan being royal and unlike the Middleton’s doesn’t have (had) the type of business that benefits from the association.

+1, this is one of those allegations that feels transparently racist. I think a lot of people saw a black woman as the MIB at a royal wedding and felt she was way above her station, thus the idea that she's social climbing. But I bet you anything she would have preferred Meghan marry some American or Canadian actor/celeb and settle nearby in LA and not deal with all the BS they've been through in the last 7 years. I'm sure she likes Harry well enough and loves her grandkids, but it's not like Meghan was broke or struggling before Harry. She was on a successful TV show, making money, had a good and extensive group of friends.

I think in some ways Meghan got very unlucky in meeting Harry when she did, because she fell for him, they got married, and because of their age they immediately had kids, and now she's in the royal family in some capacity forever. I don't really think that's what Meghan's mom wanted for her, to be perfectly honest.

I loved their whole wedding but I thought her mother was particularly elegant.

She was and looked more more classy than Elizbeth and Camilla.

No. She is trash and had clothes bought by KC.

Do y’all ever get tired of finding “dirt” on MM? What’s the end game here? When will you move on?

NP. Nope, I'm not tired. But it sounds like you are.. you need to move on from this thread, instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Was Lady Diana not a social climber? Why would a stunningly gorgeous woman with an inheritance marry a much older, balding, average looking and boring man who is already in love with a forbidden woman?

Of corse Diana was. I think both Kate and Diana are (were, respectively) social climbers.

Yes but then would you count Meghan and her mom as social climbers as well?

Meghan, yea. Her mom…why? She hasn’t really received any benefit from Meghan being royal and unlike the Middleton’s doesn’t have (had) the type of business that benefits from the association.

+1, this is one of those allegations that feels transparently racist. I think a lot of people saw a black woman as the MIB at a royal wedding and felt she was way above her station, thus the idea that she's social climbing. But I bet you anything she would have preferred Meghan marry some American or Canadian actor/celeb and settle nearby in LA and not deal with all the BS they've been through in the last 7 years. I'm sure she likes Harry well enough and loves her grandkids, but it's not like Meghan was broke or struggling before Harry. She was on a successful TV show, making money, had a good and extensive group of friends.

I think in some ways Meghan got very unlucky in meeting Harry when she did, because she fell for him, they got married, and because of their age they immediately had kids, and now she's in the royal family in some capacity forever. I don't really think that's what Meghan's mom wanted for her, to be perfectly honest.

I loved their whole wedding but I thought her mother was particularly elegant.

She was and looked more more classy than Elizbeth and Camilla.

“Looked” classy rather than “is” classy. She deserted Meghan when she was 2 years old, returned when she was 9 and Meghan’s father was the custodial parent. Meghan had only a slight relationship with her mother until she needed at least one relative at the wedding. Meghan set her up in a dubious home health care business with no employees. It is similar to the business that Thomas Markel set up for her in which she paid no taxes. Markel bailed her out to avoid jail for her and this caused his bankruptcy.

Look a little more into Doria Ragland’s before you judge a book by its cover

Don’t try to play the race card. I am blacker than Meghan or her mother.

Sources? If Thomas Markle has told the world Meghan had a hysterectomy, why wouldn’t he have spilled the tea on Doria too?

Why did Meghan’s father turn against her? Sad.

Apple tree= MM father
Apple=Meghan

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Anonymous wrote:Was Lady Diana not a social climber? Why would a stunningly gorgeous woman with an inheritance marry a much older, balding, average looking and boring man who is already in love with a forbidden woman?

Of corse Diana was. I think both Kate and Diana are (were, respectively) social climbers.

Yes but then would you count Meghan and her mom as social climbers as well?

Meghan, yea. Her mom…why? She hasn’t really received any benefit from Meghan being royal and unlike the Middleton’s doesn’t have (had) the type of business that benefits from the association.

+1, this is one of those allegations that feels transparently racist. I think a lot of people saw a black woman as the MIB at a royal wedding and felt she was way above her station, thus the idea that she's social climbing. But I bet you anything she would have preferred Meghan marry some American or Canadian actor/celeb and settle nearby in LA and not deal with all the BS they've been through in the last 7 years. I'm sure she likes Harry well enough and loves her grandkids, but it's not like Meghan was broke or struggling before Harry. She was on a successful TV show, making money, had a good and extensive group of friends.

I think in some ways Meghan got very unlucky in meeting Harry when she did, because she fell for him, they got married, and because of their age they immediately had kids, and now she's in the royal family in some capacity forever. I don't really think that's what Meghan's mom wanted for her, to be perfectly honest.

I loved their whole wedding but I thought her mother was particularly elegant.

She was and looked more more classy than Elizbeth and Camilla.

No. She is trash and had clothes bought by KC.

Do y’all ever get tired of finding “dirt” on MM? What’s the end game here? When will you move on?

NP. Nope, I'm not tired. But it sounds like you are.. you need to move on from this thread, instead.

Lol I think PP is entitled to their bewilderment. I have no horse in the race but it’s just interesting to watch what gets brought up in these threads.

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Moving back to Kate, I think she is working some kind of angle with her public appearances these days. At both Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, she really dressed to stand out and apart from other people, including William and her kids. Like wearing that bright lipstick red dress at Royal Ascot felt like such a power move and made her look incredibly eye-catching. I heard on a podcast someone who was there mention how no one else was in that color or looked that bright and she really stood out.

And then at Wimbledon she was very purposeful with her outfit choices, wearing green for all three appearances. Her look on the first day was extremely reminiscent of outfits Diana used to wear (to me it was the biggest example of "Diana cosplay" Kate's every engaged in). But on the last day, she was there with William and the kids who were all dressed in blue and gray, but she was wearing bright emerald green. It just looked very intentionally like she was seeking to stand out, just like at Royal Ascot. I don't think she's accidentally wearing these really bright contrasting colors.

Part of it might be her taking a page from QEII (who in the second half of her reign intentionally started wearing monotone outfits in head to to bright shades) but I also think it's a tactical choice. She's also just been doing a ton of events in the last few months, more than William and way more than Charles or Camilla. I follow a lot of fashion websites and podcasts and with the Hollywood strikes they've been covering more royal fashion than usual and at this point it just feels like the Kate Middleton show. Which is kind of a bummer because from a purely fashion standpoint, her clothes are kind of boring. But from a PR standpoint, she's doing something very, very right, and I don't think it's by accident.

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Anonymous wrote:Kate doesn’t look healthy at all. Rail thin and feeble come to mind.

Aren’t you happy that you can no longer be fat shamed?

Haha this is a good one.

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Anonymous wrote:Moving back to Kate, I think she is working some kind of angle with her public appearances these days. At both Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, she really dressed to stand out and apart from other people, including William and her kids. Like wearing that bright lipstick red dress at Royal Ascot felt like such a power move and made her look incredibly eye-catching. I heard on a podcast someone who was there mention how no one else was in that color or looked that bright and she really stood out.

And then at Wimbledon she was very purposeful with her outfit choices, wearing green for all three appearances. Her look on the first day was extremely reminiscent of outfits Diana used to wear (to me it was the biggest example of "Diana cosplay" Kate's every engaged in). But on the last day, she was there with William and the kids who were all dressed in blue and gray, but she was wearing bright emerald green. It just looked very intentionally like she was seeking to stand out, just like at Royal Ascot. I don't think she's accidentally wearing these really bright contrasting colors.

Part of it might be her taking a page from QEII (who in the second half of her reign intentionally started wearing monotone outfits in head to to bright shades) but I also think it's a tactical choice. She's also just been doing a ton of events in the last few months, more than William and way more than Charles or Camilla. I follow a lot of fashion websites and podcasts and with the Hollywood strikes they've been covering more royal fashion than usual and at this point it just feels like the Kate Middleton show. Which is kind of a bummer because from a purely fashion standpoint, her clothes are kind of boring. But from a PR standpoint, she's doing something very, very right, and I don't think it's by accident.

I totally agree! I’m always curious how much coordination is involved between style teams and PR people. Do Charles and Camilla appreciate Kate stepping into the limelight a bit more, or do they dislike it because it takes the spotlight off them?

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Anonymous wrote:Moving back to Kate, I think she is working some kind of angle with her public appearances these days. At both Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, she really dressed to stand out and apart from other people, including William and her kids. Like wearing that bright lipstick red dress at Royal Ascot felt like such a power move and made her look incredibly eye-catching. I heard on a podcast someone who was there mention how no one else was in that color or looked that bright and she really stood out.

And then at Wimbledon she was very purposeful with her outfit choices, wearing green for all three appearances. Her look on the first day was extremely reminiscent of outfits Diana used to wear (to me it was the biggest example of "Diana cosplay" Kate's every engaged in). But on the last day, she was there with William and the kids who were all dressed in blue and gray, but she was wearing bright emerald green. It just looked very intentionally like she was seeking to stand out, just like at Royal Ascot. I don't think she's accidentally wearing these really bright contrasting colors.

Part of it might be her taking a page from QEII (who in the second half of her reign intentionally started wearing monotone outfits in head to to bright shades) but I also think it's a tactical choice. She's also just been doing a ton of events in the last few months, more than William and way more than Charles or Camilla. I follow a lot of fashion websites and podcasts and with the Hollywood strikes they've been covering more royal fashion than usual and at this point it just feels like the Kate Middleton show. Which is kind of a bummer because from a purely fashion standpoint, her clothes are kind of boring. But from a PR standpoint, she's doing something very, very right, and I don't think it's by accident.

I totally agree! I’m always curious how much coordination is involved between style teams and PR people. Do Charles and Camilla appreciate Kate stepping into the limelight a bit more, or do they dislike it because it takes the spotlight off them?

Far from a royal expert here, but it seems like the youngish royals are more of the “face” of the monarchy, even though they’re not the ones actually at the top yet. The older ones generally had their turn in the spotlight and are happy to let the others shine for them. The goal is to get the public to be invested in their family, and for that to happen the people want to see young vibrant happy families. At joint events I’m sure they defer to the king and queen, but otherwise it’s their job for the next 15-20 years to portray a happy stable somewhat glamorous family.

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Anonymous wrote:Moving back to Kate, I think she is working some kind of angle with her public appearances these days. At both Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, she really dressed to stand out and apart from other people, including William and her kids. Like wearing that bright lipstick red dress at Royal Ascot felt like such a power move and made her look incredibly eye-catching. I heard on a podcast someone who was there mention how no one else was in that color or looked that bright and she really stood out.

And then at Wimbledon she was very purposeful with her outfit choices, wearing green for all three appearances. Her look on the first day was extremely reminiscent of outfits Diana used to wear (to me it was the biggest example of "Diana cosplay" Kate's every engaged in). But on the last day, she was there with William and the kids who were all dressed in blue and gray, but she was wearing bright emerald green. It just looked very intentionally like she was seeking to stand out, just like at Royal Ascot. I don't think she's accidentally wearing these really bright contrasting colors.

Part of it might be her taking a page from QEII (who in the second half of her reign intentionally started wearing monotone outfits in head to to bright shades) but I also think it's a tactical choice. She's also just been doing a ton of events in the last few months, more than William and way more than Charles or Camilla. I follow a lot of fashion websites and podcasts and with the Hollywood strikes they've been covering more royal fashion than usual and at this point it just feels like the Kate Middleton show. Which is kind of a bummer because from a purely fashion standpoint, her clothes are kind of boring. But from a PR standpoint, she's doing something very, very right, and I don't think it's by accident.

She could be Queen any day now so it makes sense.

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i liked kate's shades of green dresses for Wimbledon but i think the suit coat one would have been a better choice for the final day. since she was presenting awards after sitting through the match, the dress got wrinkly, and the suit coat outfit would have hid wrinkles better.

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Anonymous wrote:Moving back to Kate, I think she is working some kind of angle with her public appearances these days. At both Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, she really dressed to stand out and apart from other people, including William and her kids. Like wearing that bright lipstick red dress at Royal Ascot felt like such a power move and made her look incredibly eye-catching. I heard on a podcast someone who was there mention how no one else was in that color or looked that bright and she really stood out.

And then at Wimbledon she was very purposeful with her outfit choices, wearing green for all three appearances. Her look on the first day was extremely reminiscent of outfits Diana used to wear (to me it was the biggest example of "Diana cosplay" Kate's every engaged in). But on the last day, she was there with William and the kids who were all dressed in blue and gray, but she was wearing bright emerald green. It just looked very intentionally like she was seeking to stand out, just like at Royal Ascot. I don't think she's accidentally wearing these really bright contrasting colors.

Part of it might be her taking a page from QEII (who in the second half of her reign intentionally started wearing monotone outfits in head to to bright shades) but I also think it's a tactical choice. She's also just been doing a ton of events in the last few months, more than William and way more than Charles or Camilla. I follow a lot of fashion websites and podcasts and with the Hollywood strikes they've been covering more royal fashion than usual and at this point it just feels like the Kate Middleton show. Which is kind of a bummer because from a purely fashion standpoint, her clothes are kind of boring. But from a PR standpoint, she's doing something very, very right, and I don't think it's by accident.

It really isn’t that deep. William is one step away from the throne and Kate is raising her profile as Princess of Wales.

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Anonymous wrote:Moving back to Kate, I think she is working some kind of angle with her public appearances these days. At both Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, she really dressed to stand out and apart from other people, including William and her kids. Like wearing that bright lipstick red dress at Royal Ascot felt like such a power move and made her look incredibly eye-catching. I heard on a podcast someone who was there mention how no one else was in that color or looked that bright and she really stood out.

And then at Wimbledon she was very purposeful with her outfit choices, wearing green for all three appearances. Her look on the first day was extremely reminiscent of outfits Diana used to wear (to me it was the biggest example of "Diana cosplay" Kate's every engaged in). But on the last day, she was there with William and the kids who were all dressed in blue and gray, but she was wearing bright emerald green. It just looked very intentionally like she was seeking to stand out, just like at Royal Ascot. I don't think she's accidentally wearing these really bright contrasting colors.

Part of it might be her taking a page from QEII (who in the second half of her reign intentionally started wearing monotone outfits in head to to bright shades) but I also think it's a tactical choice. She's also just been doing a ton of events in the last few months, more than William and way more than Charles or Camilla. I follow a lot of fashion websites and podcasts and with the Hollywood strikes they've been covering more royal fashion than usual and at this point it just feels like the Kate Middleton show. Which is kind of a bummer because from a purely fashion standpoint, her clothes are kind of boring. But from a PR standpoint, she's doing something very, very right, and I don't think it's by accident.

I totally agree! I’m always curious how much coordination is involved between style teams and PR people. Do Charles and Camilla appreciate Kate stepping into the limelight a bit more, or do they dislike it because it takes the spotlight off them?

Far from a royal expert here, but it seems like the youngish royals are more of the “face” of the monarchy, even though they’re not the ones actually at the top yet. The older ones generally had their turn in the spotlight and are happy to let the others shine for them. The goal is to get the public to be invested in their family, and for that to happen the people want to see young vibrant happy families. At joint events I’m sure they defer to the king and queen, but otherwise it’s their job for the next 15-20 years to portray a happy stable somewhat glamorous family.

Agree. That’s why there are so many staged photos. They have to pretend to be what they clearly are not.

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Anonymous wrote:Moving back to Kate, I think she is working some kind of angle with her public appearances these days. At both Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, she really dressed to stand out and apart from other people, including William and her kids. Like wearing that bright lipstick red dress at Royal Ascot felt like such a power move and made her look incredibly eye-catching. I heard on a podcast someone who was there mention how no one else was in that color or looked that bright and she really stood out.

And then at Wimbledon she was very purposeful with her outfit choices, wearing green for all three appearances. Her look on the first day was extremely reminiscent of outfits Diana used to wear (to me it was the biggest example of "Diana cosplay" Kate's every engaged in). But on the last day, she was there with William and the kids who were all dressed in blue and gray, but she was wearing bright emerald green. It just looked very intentionally like she was seeking to stand out, just like at Royal Ascot. I don't think she's accidentally wearing these really bright contrasting colors.

Part of it might be her taking a page from QEII (who in the second half of her reign intentionally started wearing monotone outfits in head to to bright shades) but I also think it's a tactical choice. She's also just been doing a ton of events in the last few months, more than William and way more than Charles or Camilla. I follow a lot of fashion websites and podcasts and with the Hollywood strikes they've been covering more royal fashion than usual and at this point it just feels like the Kate Middleton show. Which is kind of a bummer because from a purely fashion standpoint, her clothes are kind of boring. But from a PR standpoint, she's doing something very, very right, and I don't think it's by accident.

It really isn’t that deep. William is one step away from the throne and Kate is raising her profile as Princess of Wales.

With the increased money in her new role she may feel more able to buy things she’ll only wear once. If I was going to only wear an outfit once, I’d go for more bold choices. If you’re going to re-wear it for a couple different things, you might want it not to stand out so much. I do think she just seems more comfortable in her role lately.

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I find the way she talks with her hands annoying af. She’s pretty though.

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Anonymous wrote:I find the way she talks with her hands annoying af. She’s pretty though.

She was pretty when she was young. She didn’t age well, TBH.

To be fair, I believe Wills’ behavior stresses her out….which ages her.