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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So when Kate Middleton got engaged and showed the world her ring, she looked PERFECT - hair, outfit, teeth, smile, manicure etc. When Zara Phillips got engaged and showed the world her ring, it was extremely modest and her nails were tatty and she had a hole in her sleeve. This is the difference between strivers and the truly wealthy.

Also yes to being unflappable and stoic. [/quote]

+1,000,000. [/quote]

And if Kate had done that, she'd have been torn apart for it and all the "she's not worthy"/"she can never be a proper royal"/"the UK deserves better from their future Queen" sort of stuff would have begun in the media.

Kate Middleton knew she wasn't just marrying the love of her life, wasn't just marrying into a family or a social circle or a class but was marrying into a [i]position[/i] and a [i]role[/i], and she obviously lived up to that. In general, people tend to expect their princesses to be PERFECT...from the moment of engagement on she belonged to the public and she knew what was expected of her.

Kate Middleton and Zara Phillips isn't really much of a comparison. [/quote]

Exactly. [b] The pressure is completely off of Zara Phillips to be anything other than herself.[/b]  She wasn't marrying the future king, headed for a life constantly in the press, photographs everywhere.  It must be pretty freeing to be Zara Phillips, actually.  No one expects from her what they expect of Kate Middleton.[/quote]

The pressure is completely off Zara because she's the queen's granddaughter. No one will ever say she doesn't look perfect because of her background, lack of resources, etc.. Kate, on the other hand, in addition to all the other factors, has to overcome being the daughter of a flight attendant and descended from coal miners (a big deal in the UK but if we're going to talk ridiculous class systems, they have one).

The media spotlight make the Kate/Zara example irrelevant. The real issue is what do people do when there aren't any cameras around? In my experience, people from "established" backgrounds tend to be much more relaxed in terms of what they wear/own -- old Volvo, ratty (but cashmere) sweater, etc. [/quote]

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