HIlary Mantel Slags Off Princess Kate

Madridista23 · 19/02/13 - 06:48

Story Here........ Really don't see that Hilary has too much room to shout. She looks like the north end of a soutbound Camel. :cool:

[Deleted User] · 19/02/13 - 06:52

Bitter old cow

blueblade · 19/02/13 - 07:03

Madridista23 wrote: »

Story Here........ Really don't see that Hilary has too much room to shout. She looks like the north end of a soutbound Camel. :cool:

BIB ~ Absolutely !!!

What an extraordinary and undeserved attack on Kate. It reeks of jealousy.

Mantel really is a ghastly old bag.

housegirl · 19/02/13 - 07:11

blueblade wrote: »

BIB ~ Absolutely !!!

What an extraordinary and undeserved attack on Kate. It reeks of jealousy.

Mantel really is a ghastly old bag.

That was my first thought,

wonder if she will write a book about her now

WellHiddenMark · 19/02/13 - 07:13

Pippa is fitter

[Deleted User] · 19/02/13 - 07:38

Silly old bat. And I am probably one of the only people who finds her books tedious and uninteresting.

TheEricPollard · 19/02/13 - 07:44

I notice how everyone has said "JELLUS!!!" rather than "No she's wrong, Kate is clearly a totally thrilling human being".

The Terminator · 19/02/13 - 07:47

Kneejerk outrage aside...it's hard to disagree with the quoted comments she made.

Amica · 19/02/13 - 08:25

Nasty old woman who just wants to promote her book. I don't know what Kate is like - never met her - but nobody deserves to be maligned like that. She 's a pretty young woman who wants to look nice and be a wife and mum. Nothing wrong with that.

dome · 19/02/13 - 08:27

I don't know what prompted her to say it, but she has it about right.

Madridista23 · 19/02/13 - 08:29

Amica wrote: »

Nasty old woman who just wants to promote her book. I don't know what Kate is like - never met her - but nobody deserves to be maligned like that. She 's a pretty young woman who wants to like nice and be a wife and mum. Nothing wrong with that.

I'm guessing Ms. Mantel has never met Kate either. :cool:

annette kurten · 19/02/13 - 08:30

she does have the look of a shop dummy in a way i can`t describe though that`s probably because i havn`t seen anything that displays her personality or humour.

SpamJavelin · 19/02/13 - 08:32

Ad homs about Mantel's physical appearance aside, she's right. I can't find much to disagree with her about, especially this bit: "... her only point and purpose being to give birth."

Same as every other royal female, then.

elliecat · 19/02/13 - 08:39

She is right though. Kate is dull, has a fake smile and accent. Reading the comments on the Mail online is quite amusing though, they are no better than Mantel seeing as they are slagging Mantel's looks off and saying she is a jealous old bag. If all people can say about Kate is that she is "breathtakingly beautiful" (is she really or is it because she is now Royal that she has suddenly become so beautiful in the eyes of some) and not about any of the work that she does(oh that's right she has hardly done any) then there is something wrong with large parts of society if they are happy to pay for someone to shop and get her hair done.

SJ_Mental · 19/02/13 - 08:42

The woman on the left had me thinking of ET in a wig.

SpamJavelin · 19/02/13 - 08:44

SJ_Mental wrote: »

The woman on the left had me thinking of ET in a wig.

Excellent. Now, about what she said ... ?

occy · 19/02/13 - 08:53

Award Winning Author HIlary Mantel says the Duchess Of Cambridge is a "shop-window mannequin" Outrages comments

WellHiddenMark · 19/02/13 - 08:54

The Terminator wrote: »

Kneejerk outrage aside...it's hard to disagree with the quoted comments she made.

Of course. It was a funny and intelligent speech.

It's only being brought up now, because the gutter press will have "the bump" to peddle to the plebs any day now.

[Deleted User] · 19/02/13 - 09:08

I'm not sure if it's Kate she's having a go at, or the institution of the Monarchy and the media, and the attitude that's always been taken to it's Queens/Queens in waiting.
She's referring to "tags" being placed on Kate, and her plastic smile for her portrait where she probably wanted to tell the artist to "b@@r off".
I've not read the speech in full so I could be completely wrong, but first impressions for me are that she's been slightly misintepreted.

chea · 19/02/13 - 09:15

Has anyone actually read the original article/speech?

kimindex · 19/02/13 - 09:17

This is the text of the entire speech:

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n04/hilary-mantel/royal-bodies

primer · 19/02/13 - 09:17

Yvie123 wrote: »

I'm not sure if it's Kate she's having a go at, or the institution of the Monarchy and the media, and the attitude that's always been taken to it's Queens/Queens in waiting.

i agree, her 'attack' is actually on the monarchy, the media, and us, what we expect/want from royal women. and she's right, if kate showed even a scrap of indivduality there would certainly be a huge queue of people/posters ready to be outraged by it.

DianaFire · 19/02/13 - 09:20

Can't really disagree with what she said and it's far closer to an observation than a personal attack. Context is everything and the context here is about the consorts.

Nah, I don't think she's jellis.

kimindex · 19/02/13 - 09:22

DianaFire wrote: »

Can't really disagree with what she said and it's far closer to an observation than a personal attack. Context is everything and the context here is about the consorts.

Nah, I don't think she's jellis.

Yes, I think she has good reason to be quite happy with the reputation and work she's got.

[Deleted User] · 19/02/13 - 09:23

Embittered old lady attacks pretty young pregnant princess. I agree with the old lady!

Jocolah · 19/02/13 - 09:23

I can see where Mantel is coming from. I always thought Kate does have a barbie doll look about her, but nonetheless still beautiful and graceful.

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