Elizabeth II, the art of reigning imitating Rembrandt
Charlene de Monaco sees the light at the end of the tunnel and returns to the palace
Every day and every night that Elizabeth II has left to live, she will thank chance for the day her grandson William crossed paths with
Kate Middleton,
who does not give headaches, nor does she star in scandals, nor does she bait the press.
Which is almost a miracle among
the Windsors
and a relief for a Queen whose family has become
tabloid sweets.
In addition, each day that passes Kate
she likes the British better.
His mother was born into a family of Durham coal miners and lived in a council flat in the lower-class neighborhood of Southall,
London's Little India.
Kate's was a dizzying ascent since - thanks to the prosperous mail-order business - her family entered the upper middle class in Reading, and she enrolled in
Art History
at the University of Saint Andrews.
There she met
Guillermo.
Dating him for several years earned her the disparaging nickname
'Waity Katy'
by the press.
The wait for her was worth it, except that she had to continue to endure the criticism.
A concrete personality
In a 2013 lecture, the caustic novelist
Hilary Mantel
described the
Duchess of Cambridge
as having a "gloss-varnished plastic smile."
She and she added, "Kate seems to have been cast as her princess because
she is beyond reproach,
so achingly thin as to make one envy, without quirks or oddities, without the risk of her character coming out."
A poisonous attack.
He certainly hurt Kate, but she bore it quietly, and not because her phone had broken, but out of
genuine stoicism.
I wonder if her criticism depresses her or just makes her uncomfortable.
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It is not easy to get an accurate idea of the impenetrable duchess.
She seems hell-bent on projecting an aura of delicacy, though beneath her seeming meekness I sense
a reinforced-concrete personality.
She could cry like Werther at a wilted flower in the snow and then roar like a bull and terrify the others.
She could chill the blood in the veins of a Prime Minister or destroy an Empire if she set her mind to it, she could - above all -
secure the Windsor throne.
One could talk for a long time about the importance of queen consorts in dynasties, but I will cut short by saying that although it is true that they do not make dynasties,
history cannot be made without them.
Or it's done wrong.
Kate will do just fine.
maker of kings
It has a fierce survival
instinct ,
like the House of Windsor itself.
That is why it is so suitable.
She is aware that the prize of being queen
is the jackpot.
To deserve it, she imitates the Queen and
speaks like the Queen.
It is she who advises Guillermo on his speeches, who encourages him
in causes of modernization,
who softens the rigidity of his body expression.
It was she who forced inclusivity in her husband's jarring speech at the
2020 Bafta Awards.
Kate is a
'kingmaker',
a maker of kings.
At the Bafta Awards in 2020.
Guillermo seems to drift
when she is not by his side.
To live 'à deux' at Buckingham Palace it is enough that one of the spouses has a minimum talent, the other must be an ordinary person.
As the Queen Mother with her husband George VI, Kate
quietly calls the shots for the couple.
It became clear during the pandemic, when the world was put on the spot by making
public appearances
remotely when the country went into lockdown.
There she was, applauding healthcare staff,
speaking to
primary school children via Zoom,
offering
phone support to the new Nightingale Hospital from Kensington Palace, and giving interviews about the challenges of homeschooling.
It has not been difficult for him to understand that, as George VI taught his heiress Elizabeth II, the only creed of the Royal Family "is
duty, duty, duty".
Whereas with
the Sussexes
everything was constant uncertainty, the Cambridges represent
stability.
When
Harry and Meghan
hollowed out the wing on their way to American exile, the barrage of bad news unsettled the Windsors day in and day out: divorces (the Queen's nephew, Lord Snowdon, and grandson, Peter Phillips), the humiliating Prince Andrew's fall from grace, the Sussexes' surly press statements.
In the midst of this agitated storm,
Kate emerged serene and smiling.
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Twenty years ago, on a visit to Jamaica, Elizabeth II received as a gift from the authorities
an ornament in the shape of an
18-carat gold hummingbird encrusted with precious stones and a diamond in the center.
A very original piece.
On her recent visit to the country by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton wore it.
It was a message of the ties that still link Jamaica with the British monarchy, on the eve of the Caribbean country, as Barbados has already done, becoming a republic and no longer having Elizabeth II as Head of State.
During the visit there were protests against the British monarchy, demanding an apology for centuries of slavery.
Both the protests and the entertainment, Kate lived them with
the majestic posture
of the queen that she will end up being.
speak up without saying a word
She behaved like a queen on March 9 during her visit to
the Ukrainian Cultural Center
in London.
Both Prince William and Kate wore lapel pins with a white heart on the Ukrainian flag.
At the Ukrainian Cultural Center in London in March 2022.
From Isabel II Kate has learned many things and, of course, to
speak loud and clear
without saying a word, only with the
semiology of the wardrobe
which, as Roland Barthes would say, is the showcase of the soul.
Of course, Kate's soul is not just her closet, but she represents her well.
I am aware that style is like nails,
it is easier to have it shiny than clean;
I'm also not one to judge a book by its cover or a princess by her rags, but with Kate I make an exception.
Last year, at the
Earthshot Awards,
which support the fight against climate change, he showed that eco-fashion helps improve the world without diminishing style.
That day he donned an ethereal
Alexander McQueen
dress with a sparkly belt that he had debuted… ten years earlier!
What is timeless, his clothing said, is sustainable.
A month earlier, at the premiere of 'No Time to Die', the latest James Bond film, she was the
'golden touch'
girl in a dazzling dress.
Whether she meant it or not, only she knows, but she was the best Bond Girl that night.
The transparencies and gold sequin details were as exquisite as
O'nitaa's gold earrings.
She was a master class in style, as good for a New Year's Eve party as it is for a James Bond movie premiere.
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That dress was talked about, but not as much as the one from her debut as Duchess of Cambridge.
On April 29, 2011, she left Westminster Abbey on the arm of Prince William.
She had just become his wife.
Designed by
Sarah Burton,
creative director of Alexander McQueen, the wedding dress, with a lace and silk tulle bodice, full white satin skirt inspired by the image of a flower and a 2.7 meter long train, automatically passed to be part of the dreams of millions of brides and to be exhibited in Buckingham Palace as memorabilia of the sentimental history of the United Kingdom.
Thanks to the Channel 5 documentary
'Secrets of the Royal Dressmakers',
I now learned that although Kate had done her best and the impossible to keep her wedding dress a secret, the Times revealed it.
It was a blow to Kate that, however, she did not spoil the party.
With that assertiveness that distinguishes her from her, she will be a
very self-confident queen.
Unable to let your guard down
The most important thing in his trade is control.
And
she controls
and controls herself.
Those who know her assure that in person she is a little warmer and a little more fun than in public, but how can she not perceive that she is always aware of how careful she must be, that she cannot completely lower her guard, that she would be unable to do it even if I wanted to.
He speaks in a
carefully modulated voice.
Kate's accent became distinguished at Marlborough and - trained by the late voice coach Anthony Gordon Lennox - it now sounds even more 'upper upper class' than Guillermo's.
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I wonder where the passion is.
Perhaps this is a strategy to
not seem like Diana,
the Princess of Wales who put The Firm on the ropes for being too emotional, unstable and fragile.
But that is precisely why they loved her so much.
Publicly, Kate does not inspire the adoration that Lady Di did, but the courtiers
murmur their approval.
She has followers, and one is very important: her husband, 'of course'.
Also, the other royals take their hats off because she is doing an impeccable job.
For this, she has been duly rewarded by Elizabeth II, who in 2018 awarded her granddaughter-in
-law the Order of the Royal Family.
The British thank her for presenting herself as a normal woman when at Christmas she is shown on television as an expert making donuts alongside food presenter
Mary Berry.
She when she takes a 'low cost' flight from Flybe to Scotland for 70 pounds.
When she visits a children's center in Cardiff, she naturally mixes
with other mothers.
100% of good princesses are
50% commoners.
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Up to a certain point, I find it a
bit airtight.
Perhaps Hillary Mantel had a point when she described Kate as robotic and self-imposed.
But in her future role as queen consort, his enigmatic containment
of hers will come in handy.
Those who dare to underestimate
Catherine the Great,
beyond them.
The Windsors, like everyone else,
can be trusted or they can't.
Kate Middleton is.
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