Kate and William visited Dunedin and Queenstown for the 7th day of their tour. While it took place on Saturday for me, it was Sunday to them (NZ is 16 hours ahead of where I am), so they started the day by going to church. Apparently it is normal for royals to attend church while […]
Kate wears green for visit to Cambridge, Hamilton
On the 6th (?) day of their New Zealand tour, Prince William and Kate Middleton visited Hamilton and Cambridge. They flew into Hamilton and did separate visits: William went to an aerospace factory for a tour; Kate visited a children’s hospice called Rainbow Place, it was a tea party with an Alice in Wonderland/Mad Hatter […]
Kate beats William 2-0 in sailing during visit to Auckland
Kate and William ventured to Auckland for Day Whatever of their tour. They touched down at the RNZAF base and greeted some military families. Then they met some of the crowd waiting outside the harbor. Then they raced each other around Auckland Harbor on America’s Cup ships. They did two races, Kate won both of […]
Kate bores in Jenny Packham to unveil portrait of the Queen, William gives a speech
After their trip to Blenheim, Prince William and Kate Middleton went back to Wellington where they attended a reception at Government House. They unveiled a new portrait of the Queen—which is not particularly striking, in fact it looks kind of terrible to me; the face looks nothing like Her Majesty and the right hand looks […]
Kate and William visit Blenheim, lay wreath at WWI memorial, meet Peter Jackson
Huzzah! Kate wore her hair up! Kate and William flew to Blenheim on New Zealand’s south island for day 4 of their tour. They attended an event commemorating the centennial of the start of World War I at the Blenheim War Memorial. They laid a wreath on the memorial and met with veterans (from WWII, […]
Prince George accompanies Will and Kate on meet-and-greet with NZ parents
Prince George’s grumpy face is the best thing in the entire world. That had to be said first thing, now let’s begin. Kate and William, along with George, attended a meet-and-greet with ten sets of parents and their children—all born within a few weeks of George’s birth last year on July 22—at Government House in […]
Kate, William and George land in Wellington to start their 3-week tour (updated)
Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have officially landed in New Zealand—along with their son, Prince George—to start their three week tour of NZ and Australia. They landed in Sydney first; then took a plane to Wellington. They then went to the Government House for a ceremonial welcome including a Maori […]
Last minute updates before Will and Kate start their tour (updated)
Before I go ahead with my post, I would like to make a site-related comment. If I’ve done everything correctly, you should have already been redirected from my WordPress-hosted site, katemiddletonreview.wordpress.com, to my new self-hosted site, katemiddletonreview.com. This new self-hosted site has all the content from the WordPress site. Everything is the same, except it […]
Prince William and Kate release new family photo with Prince George (and Lupo!)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a new family photo for Mother’s Day (in the UK, which is March 30 – in the US, Mother’s Day isn’t until May). The photo features Prince William, Kate, Prince George, and Lupo at the window of Kensington Palace. William has his arm around Lupo, and Kate […]
Prince William: spoiled brat who wants a job in the Foreign Office as an excuse to put off full-time royal duties, or modern, independent royal?
There are two bits of William news I would like to discuss. First, there is a Mirror article about his next career move (hint: it’s not full-time royal work). Second, there is a Robert Jobson article about how William wants to modernize the Monarchy by doing things “his way”. William reportedly wants a job in […]