
Can’t wait! From Will and Kate’s unplanned PDA and heartfelt confessions to the public, to Kate’s wardrobe of re-worn clothes and visits with underprivileged kids, this pair wowed the public better than almost any A-List Hollywood stars.
Princess Diana would be so proud. Her son William, 28, and his beautiful bride, Kate Middleton, 29, quietly revolutionized the world’s ideas about British Royals form the moment they stepped off their British Airways jet and arrived in Ottawa, Canada. And they outdid almost every Hollywood star in likeability and star power.
All the work that William’s beloved “mommy” Princess Diana did to bring warmth to her role and to mingle with regular folks and help those desperately in need like AIDS patients and victims of landmines, has now been carried on.
Prince William and Kate refused to behave like stuffy, protocol-obsessed Royals. Kate picked out her entire wardrobe for the 10-day trip, re-wore her J Brand jeans three times, re-wore her navy Prada pumps and LK Bennett beige pumps and wedges, re-wore her white Reiss engagement dress, and then sported and inexpensive skirt and top from Whistles — a chain store — in Britain, when she met with inner city kids in LA. She’s now a far more frequent re-wearer-in-chief than Michelle Obama. And her regular girl mixing and matching which she pulled off to perfection provided inspiration to every young woman in these recessionary times. Her down-to-earth style made the Kardashians and their multiple Birkin bags look ostentatious and outdated.
Hey, she’s even got William into the act, re-wearing his plaid shirt and Levi jeans on July 7 and 8 in Calgary.
Kate, the unpretentious Princess also made do with no lady-in-waiting or makeup artist on her trip — she did her own makeup — and she looked naturally pretty wherever she went.
Just like Diana, she warmly hugged little 6-year-old cancer victim, Diamond Marshall, she hugged her hubby after losing a Dragon Boat Race on Monday, July 4 in Canada, she sat around a campfire and helped Inuit women prepare caribou meat without wrinkling her nose like Kate Gosselin, and stayed in a northern lodge without electricity for a night.
But best of all, she actually spoke to and shared feelings with the everyday Canadians and Americans she met. She confided that she hoped to be a mom.
Meanwhile Prince William proved at every turn he was his mother’s warm and empathetic son. He proudly put his arm around Kate at many times, cracked jokes with guests at Royal functions to break the ice, and then revealed to three sisters in Yellowstone who had lost their mother to cancer, that he shared their pain. “William said that he had been there and he knew how hard it was to lose your mother,” one of the the sisters, Margot Cooper, said. Has Queen Elizabeth or Prince Charles EVER said anything warm, empathetic, or personally revealing to a member of the public? That would be Nu-oh!
Then there’s the quiet stylish diplomacy that Kate perfected. Her red maple leaf fascinator, specially made for Canada Day, her dresses in Canada by Canadian designer Erdem Moralioglu, her green dress by American designer Diane Von Furstenberg at the Royal welcome reception in LA on July 8. Smart, Kate, smart.
Then there’s what’s most important about the Royal couple who smiled, laughed and truly appeared to have a blast on their North American tour — they showed compassion.
The pair took time to meet with donors to Tusk USA, a favorite charity of the couple which helps to maintain African culture, they did arts and crafts at the Inner City Arts organization which gives art lessons to impoverished kids and made an unexpected stop in Slave Lake, Alberta to meet with victims of a devastating wildfire.
This pair has proved that they will not let Royal privilege stand in the way of making connections to real people — especially people in need. Nor will they let Royal protocol get in the way of their own loving relationship.
God save this future Royal King and Queen!
Bonnie Fuller
Read More On The Royals Here
- Prince William Opens Up About The Pain Of Losing His Mother, Princess Diana.
- Kate Middleton Meets With Reese Witherspoon — They’re Both So Beautiful!
- Kate Middleton Visits The Less-Fortunate — She’s Still The People’s Princess!
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Paul LaRose
Posted at 6:34 AM on July 13, 2011
I don’t normally read this website and came across ms. Fuller’s column in Huffington Post Canada and just wanted to point out an error in her first sentence. The royal couple arrived in Ottawa (and all subsequent air travel) on a Canadian Armed Forces jet not a British Airways jet. Canada is the only Commonwealth country that flies all royals on official visits to Canada on its own aircraft.
Angelique*Q
Posted at 10:37 PM on July 12, 2011
LTB
Posted at 10:25 PM on July 11, 2011
While I appreciate your positive views on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, please Ms. Fuller, do not compare them to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. For one thing, William and Catherine are married to each other, and their wedding was the culmination of a long courtship that spoke volumes about their fidelity, devotion and trust in each other. Their relationship is a world away from the Pitt-Jolie affair, which was born out of the savage and very public destruction of the Pitt-Aniston marriage, which had to be ruined in order for Brad and Angelina to be together. And to be honest, the warmth and amiability of these two young British newlyweds is clearly far more sincere and genuine than that of Ms. Jolie, who acts like a regal, aloof arriviste on the red carpet, without any hint of remorse whatsoever for the deplorable manner in which she savaged Jennifer Aniston’s marriage. No amount of “do-gooding” on her part will ever erase the fact that she shamelessly stole another woman’s husband, and it is an insult to the Duchess of Cambridge for anyone to compare her to this “Mother Teresa” wannabe.
Marianna
Posted at 10:08 AM on July 12, 2011
laura
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Pauline
Posted at 3:55 PM on July 15, 2011
I can’t beleive that someone is comparing Prince William and his beautiful bride Catherine Duchess of Cambriadge to Brad & Angelina. These two do not hold light to the Prince & Duchess. And please address Duchess Catherine with her title. She is no longer Kate Middleton. Her title is HRH Catherine Duchess of Cambridge or Princess Catherine. Yes she can be called Princess even though the Queen did not give her that title. A few days after the wedding the Queen made a state through her people that Catherine can be called either Pincess Catherine or Catherine Duchess of Cambridge. But please give her the respect with the title.