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The Queen has “just £1 million left” and the palaces are “crumbling”… so they throw a Kate appearance announcement at us

The Queen’s finances have come under scrutiny.  She has “just £1 million left in reserve” while the palaces are in dire need of repair.  I’m not sure how best to cover this, so I’m going to post the entire articles from the Telegraph below (sorry in advance for the longness of the post).  They give an […]

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Kate’s taste for Duchess-ing came early when she played Eliza Doolittle in school play

Our dearest Katie Middleton seems to have been the right royal actress in her youth.  She was in a few plays in school, one we’ve known about for a while (where her character was told she’d marry someone rich), and now it’s come out that she played Eliza Doolittle in a production of My Fair […]

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Princess Michael’s “Diana was uneducated” and “older royals are boring” quotes are actually completely true

Princess Michael is still pimping her book (The Queen of Four Kingdoms), this time on Canadian TV.  In the interview Princess Michael talked about Princess Diana and mentioned William and Kate and the younger royal generation.  Her comments have made headlines and people are harping on key phrases without giving the context—because context is boring […]

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189 engagements in 1,000 days, but Kate is so “dedicated” behind the scenes

I was starting to read this article marking Kate’s 1,000 days as a Duchess and I kept commenting in my head about too many things to count, so I thought instead of giving an overall impression and using a few quotes here and there I’d just bullet point quotes and give my thoughts.

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Kate and William are mere celebrities, lack royal gravitas

Kate Middleton and Prince William have been criticized for their lack of royal air.  Christopher Lee, a writer and former BBC defense correspondent, has called them mere celebrities that don’t have the gravitas of royals.

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Princess Beatrice has a new job in entertainment

Princess Beatrice is working again.  Huzzah!  Beatrice has taken up an internship at Sony Pictures Television.  The Mail doesn’t say what her actual job is.  What I found most interesting about the article is how many vacations Beatrice took last year.  Let’s count:

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William under fire (again) for tuition fee discount

Prince William has come under fire AGAIN for his 10-week course at Cambridge University.  First he was slammed by the student paper for lack of proper grades—typical students need an AAA, and William had an ABC (I went to school in the US so I have no idea what that means, or how it relates […]

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