![]() You’ll remember that back in 2013 the late award-winning novelist, Hilary Mantel, sparked a row when she described the then Duchess of Cambridge as a “shop-window mannequin” with no personality. Yet Kate? Who knows how she spends what little spare time she has, what she likes to watch on TV, read, eat what makes her angry – or happy? Actors will unabashedly pronounce on childhood immunisations models will weigh in on international relations and professional athletes will trot out their three-point plans for global peace. Opinions – copied and pasted from Twitter – are to be spouted proudly at any given opportunity. ![]() We’re living at a “better out than in” time when personality is fetishised and “I’m just being me” an excuse for the most ill-advised acts and misinformed declarations. But Kate? To date only a single subtle eye roll – when asked about Meghan and Harry by a group of Harrow secondary children two years ago – has given us any indication of private feeling. Who else in public life can we say that about? Certainly our King and Queen have betrayed signs of annoyance over the years and on the day of the Coronation itself (lip-readers are confident Charles III moaned “this is boring” when waiting outside the Abbey), alongside embarrassment or inner amusement. ![]() I, for one, have never had the faintest clue what’s going on inside Kate’s head. ![]()
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