www.celebitchy.com/792811/queen_camilla_princess_kate_were_given_equal_prominence_for_remembrance/The Queen and Princess of Wales were given equal prominence as they shared a balcony to watch the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph, ensuring that neither took the place of Queen Elizabeth II. In a break from tradition, the two senior royals stood side by side, while the Countess of Wessex stood on a separate balcony alongside the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
The arrangement meant that no one was deemed to have replaced the late Queen by taking her central spot at the first Remembrance ceremony since her death. The monarch had stood front and centre on a Foreign Office balcony overlooking Whitehall since her son, then Prince of Wales, took on the responsibility of laying her wreath in 2017.
The late Queen missed last year’s service due to a back strain that put her temporarily out of action. Her absence meant that the Duchess of Cornwall, the Countess of Wessex and the Duchess of Cambridge stood together on a balcony, with the latter in the middle, suggesting that Camilla had opted not to pull rank by substituting herself for the monarch. However, royal sources insisted at the time that the arrangement was spontaneous, rather than being pre-planned.
This year’s arrangement ensured the family neatly avoided the issue altogether.
[From The Telegraph]
Some comments:MsIam says:
November 15, 2022 at 8:46 am
Maybe someone didn’t like all those “the queen’s favorite daughter-in-law” articles, lol. No Duchess Sophie (yet), no Princess Louise, wonder what happened? Was someone counting their chickens too early?
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Jen says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:12 am
Sophie can’t do anything about her title, but as I understand it, the letters patent issued by George V designate the children of a monarch’s sons HRH with princely status. Louise has been since birth as much an HRH and Princess as Beatrice and Eugenie, she just chooses not to style herself that way (first, by her parents’ choice, and now hers, since she turned 18.)
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Digital Unicorn says:
November 15, 2022 at 8:47 am
Stories like this tell me that there is some mean girl sh#t going on the in background – it’s obvs that Cams, while makes the effort and does her duty, doesn’t really crave the attention as much as a certain other person on that balcony. kHate and Carol(e) are being their usual pushy ‘putting ourselves front and centre’ selves and while it seems that for the moment Cams is happy to allow that, at some point Chuck 3.0 will have an issue with it. It could also explain kHate and Ma’s recent boldness and public arrogance.
I really really really cannot stand Waity Katie and her family.
As for the Wessex’s – I think Chuck making Eddie a counsellor of state is to soften the blow of not giving him the DoE title (which was the wish of both parents).
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Jais says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:18 am
I actually wondered if Camilla knew someone at the daily mirror and had something to do with that terrible picture of Kate being on the cover. Like I can see Camilla playing a long game of seeming welcoming but not actually being so behind the scenes. This is obv a tin foil hat theory though.
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Digital Unicorn says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:23 am
The fact that a tabloid but that terrible photo on the front page tells me all I need to know about how they really feel about Waity – they were trolling her.
The UK tabloids in general have a history of trolling her with photos – sometimes they will photoshop the sh!t out of her others they don’t bother. They know her appearance is very important to her which is why they do it.
Becks1 says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:38 am
I could see Camilla (or Charles or someone on their team) at least giving the go-ahead for that picture. I’m sure they laughed when they saw it.
Someone yesterday made the comment that they interpreted that picture as a sign that the tabloids are not protecting Kate anymore (are at least def trolling her like DU said) and also that it means that William is not protecting Kate anymore, which I think is an interesting angle on this.
Lady D says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:46 am
I read somewhere yesterday that they were punishing Kate for not getting kid pictures last week?
Harper says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:50 am
The bad photo was an act of aggression. The idea of Cams hitting Kate where it hurts is a good one. Does Cams respect Sophie? I wonder what the behind the scenes is between the three of them when Meghan isn’t around to other.
The photo was very embarrassing for Kate. It’ll be interesting to see if she hides for a week or two now because if it. Or, will she set herself up to be papped and photoshopped by Chris Jackson wearing Meghan’s Archetypes’ profile photo white tank and middle-part hair to deflect/change the narrative?
Kingston says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:59 am
Rmbr…….among all the britshidtmedia, including those that we’re suppose to believe aere NOT sycophantic monarchists (such as the times and telegraph etc. even the independent) the Mirror is supposed to be pro-republic.
However, as with every other animate being in the uk, the Mirror is NOT an all-out anti-monarchist and like the others, will pile-on on everyone who the britshidtmedia believes must be “put in their place.” In other words, the owners, editors and all the plebs that inflict the Mirror on brits, are just as bigly snobbish, classist and racist as every other brit.
Becks1 says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:33 am
My take on it was something similar. I don’t think think this was about mean girling Sophie (although that was a side effect) as much as it was about putting Kate in her place. Last year Kate made sure she was in the center. We’ve seen her push her way onto the BP balcony with enough regularity (and refuse to move unless William basically makes her) to know that she wants to be front and center at these appearances. By removing Sophie from the balcony, it meant Kate and camilla had to stand a little bit farther apart to make it look balanced so no one was in the center.
So they can cover it up by saying it was honoring the Queen, or it can seem like a pointed move to exclude Sophie, and maybe both of those things were part of it, but it also seems to put Kate in her place.
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Digital Unicorn says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:46 am
Hmm thats an interesting take and its def the kind of move Chuck 3.0 would make.
And yeah something is going on with kHate and the tabloids however William stopped protecting her from them years ago which is when they (her and Ma) stepped up the leaking to the tabs to get good press/keep the beast on their side.
This could be the beginning of setting her and her family up for a divorce fallout.
Nic919 says:
November 15, 2022 at 10:39 am
Kate is not smart and she does not have William’s support whereas Camilla is supported and protected by Charles and he is not afraid to use that power. Camilla is more confident because she knows Charles will back her. Kate acts out with petty power moves because she is massively insecure.
That photo served to show that Kate is not the young beauty she has banked on as her selling point and we will see more and more of this as Camilla gets more settled in her position as the top lady in the UK. Camilla also has the aristo ties and support that kate will never have. Camilla plays the long game in a way Kate and Carole do not understand. They thought the dating effort for about ten years was a long time…. Camilla has decades on them and a spouse who is now monarch and who has proven he will sacrifice a lot to protect her.
Roan Inish says:
November 15, 2022 at 1:08 pm
@ Becks1: Exactly. Well said and probably right on the money
LupeBS says:
November 15, 2022 at 2:39 pm
@digitalunicorn or the others below, do you have a link to that pic/article? I tried googling and there are just too many pics and articles about her but I’m kind of dying to see what it was.
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Becks1 says:
November 15, 2022 at 3:04 pm
Kaiser linked to it the Remembrance post from yesterday!
Margot says:
November 15, 2022 at 8:47 am
Kate’s hat was such a strange choice. It makes her look almost bald in the photos because the dark hat swallows her hair, so her paler face just sort of floats out there.
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Elle says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:21 am
I think she did it to “protect” herself from bad images? It looks like the natural lighting was not exactly flattering. I bet she picked it purposely keep her face shaded.
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Margot says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:33 am
Maybe. Though I think the black hat is just as bad. It combined with the black coat creates this stark backdrop where she becomes a weird floating face.
ThatsNotOkay says:
November 15, 2022 at 11:03 am
The shadow from the hat on her face brings out all the sags and bags, and highlights all the droops. It’s not the answer for someone as shallow as she is.
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Josephine says:
November 15, 2022 at 8:48 am
With Meghan gone, I guess they need to create new victims to bully. Problem is, that kind of system doesn’t care who it bullies and belittles, and Kate has to watch herself. If Will wants a divorce, they’ll figure out how to come for her. No woman is safe from the public hatred that can be brewed up for women.
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Margot says:
November 15, 2022 at 8:53 am
I don’t think even William is idiotic enough to divorce her, even if he wanted to. Not when he leans so heavily on his “cute happy family” image to avoid work.
I mean, why would he? It seems to all work for him.
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Digital Unicorn says:
November 15, 2022 at 9:00 am
The cute happy family image stopped working for these 2 a while ago – no one is interested in them or their kids.
it. If William had been smarter and willing to see the realities of the Midds, he would have dumped her or done the ye olde pump and dump.
tale BS.
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