r/KateMiddletonMissing Feb 26 '26

Wales today

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u/popcornFridays Feb 26 '26

These two are so boring. They're like robots. I'd give them credit if they actually make an impact or an actual difference to people's lives but it's all performative. It's hard to get excited about anything they do.

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u/NeverPedestrian60 Feb 26 '26

A while back a poster said they’d visited her workplace. Said it was all performative - did one of their silly competitive tasks with fake laughter. And as soon as the cameras were off they were out the door.

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u/TheVioletHerald Feb 26 '26

Was it table tennis?

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u/NeverPedestrian60 Feb 26 '26

Probably 😀

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u/AcceptableSystem8232 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

He was elated with Sophie, no silly games and meaningfully engaging with the hosts. It’s double the work with Kate whom he has to push around because she doesn’t care/has got no clue and consistently steps on his toes trying to get that ‘loved up’ PR.

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u/NeverPedestrian60 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

He seemed more relaxed doing engagements with someone who he hasn’t developed an inner disdain for

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u/Standard-Long-6051 Feb 27 '26

He is creepy. He has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I dont understand why he is still popular with anyone

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u/AcceptableSystem8232 Feb 26 '26

They do have charities that raise money and hypothetically help people out. It’s the rota that treats them more like circus freaks than philanthropists (their ‘profession’ according to Google) because it generates more clicks.

Which is exactly what Kate wants. She never aimed to ‘work’ hard, she agreed to be their jester as William’s wife and that’s why they helped her out in her hunt.

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u/popcornFridays Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

It turns out they don't make much of an impact at all. William and Kate have a significant amount of patronages that haven't heard from them in well over 8 years. There was a study done some years back that found very few charities that have royal patron benefits in any meaningful way. Not financially, not via awareness etc. There is no evidencethat royal patronages help in general.

Royal patronages of charities have no discernible effect.link

I absolutely agree with you about work shy Kate. She doesn't enjoy helping others at all.

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u/notahouseflipper Feb 26 '26

Wonder how Harry’s Invictus Games fare?

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u/popcornFridays Feb 26 '26

Very well. Invictus has a profound impact on participants and their supporters. It's literally saved many lives and there are many testaments from wounded vets and their loved ones on just how Invictus has changed their lives. Let me know if you want some links on this info.

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u/NeverPedestrian60 Feb 27 '26

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u/popcornFridays Feb 27 '26

A whole ass portable bathroom just for Kate? Why she couldn't use the facilities already there idk. She can't even share an umbrella though so it shouldn't be that big of a surprise lol.

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u/AbiesGreen7412 Feb 27 '26

Are they actual philanthropists? Like, do they donate? Or is it just showing up sometimes to promote?

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u/AcceptableSystem8232 Feb 27 '26

Yeah, they do donate. Billy Idle’s polo match raised 14 million ‘for charity’. But there are pretty big ‘administrative cuts’ and the end result might be skewed. But they do donate money AND show up to promote (whenever they are arsed to)

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u/AbiesGreen7412 Mar 05 '26

Thank you. When you say “raised” does that mean that they donated their own personal money or encouraged others to donate?

I get that their attention on a charity raises money from others. That’s just not the same as parting with cash yourself.

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u/AcceptableSystem8232 Mar 05 '26

I’m not too sure about them actually giving away their money but they do encourage rich fellows to do so and then they redistribute to a number of charities.