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[ingek73]

Princess Kate’s new ‘ballbuster’ private secretary quit before she even started work

March 26, 2023

By Kaiser Kate Middleton, Royals

Last December, we learned that the Princess of Wales’s private secretary had “quit” months beforehand. That private secretary was Hannah Cockburn-Logie, and she was with Kate starting in May 2020. She oversaw a lot of Kate’s Early Years busy-work. Kate then went without a private secretary for months, because (big surprise) she does f–k all and her staffers get unbelievably bored. Then, in February, there was suddenly a big push – Kate hired someone named Alison Corfield, who was then described as “loud” and a “ballbuster.” Corfield never started work in Kensington Palace. She opted to keep her job with Jamie Oliver. Ouch. Interestingly enough, the Telegraph got the exclusive on this, only they changed the headline after (presumably) a bitching out from Kensington Palace. The headline went from “Princess of Wales’s new private secretary rejects job, opting to stay with Jamie Oliver” to “Princess of Wales’s new private secretary rejects job to ‘stay under the radar’.” Guess Kate didn’t want to sound like she came up short compared to Jamie Oliver? Or maybe Kate doesn’t want to sound like she also can’t keep staff longer than a minute.

The “straight talking” PR guru hired as the Princess of Wales’s new private secretary has opted to stay with chef Jamie Oliver rather than take up the role, The Telegraph can reveal.

Alison Corfield, 51, is understood to have been uncomfortable with the prospect oqqf having such a high-profile position and decided instead to remain under the radar.

The mother of three, a branding and marketing expert, has worked with Oliver for eight years. A source said: “She loves the work and is an integral member of the campaigning team. She decided she just wanted to keep her head down and get on with the job she knows so well in the background. She didn’t want the publicity that comes with working at that level for such a well-known institution.”

The decision means that Kensington Palace aides have had to return to the drawing board in their search for the ideal candidate who will play a large part in shaping the Princess’s role.

[From The Telegraph]

The bar is in hell: “Kensington Palace aides have had to return to the drawing board in their search for the ideal candidate who will play a large part in shaping the Princess’s role.” She’s 41 years old and she’s been married to William for almost twelve years. Kate shouldn’t need a staffer to “play a large part” in SHAPING her role. It should have already been “shaped” years ago. We heard, endlessly, for years and years that Kate was preparing to be Princess of Wales and queen consort, that she was so keen to finally do and be something and… nothing ever came of it. She’s Princess of Wales and she’s still dependent on hiring some private secretary who will – through sheer force of will? – suddenly make all of the lazy, incompetent pieces fit together.

Speaking of, Kensington Palace’s editing elves couldn’t make Kate sound like an educated, competent woman in her 40s discussing her life’s work. This is Kate speaking to Iceland Foods’ Richard Walker about “the science” behind Early Years. Walker even says, directly, that people are really struggling financially and Kate just breezes past that, like it would never f–king occur to her to use her position and use this time and effort to… help out struggling families. It’s insane. I have to ask again, and I know I’m a broken record about this, but Jesus H., you guys: how is she not embarrassed? Are palace staffers embarrassed about this?? I guess they are, because Alison Corfield took one look at this sh-tshow and noped out of there in a hurry.

[motherofbulldogs]

Given that Meghan was feeding info to Lainey through Scobie, I have no sympathy.

Kate makes everything look easy. That’s why Meghan thought it would be

But Lainey Gossip said Meghan would teach Kate how it's done. LOL. Lainey is still seriously hoping that Meghan will get her big break. I honestly feel for her and Celebitchy at this point. They don't want to admit that they backed the wrong horse. None of the Sussexes supporters wanted her to leave the palace. They wanted her to show Kate how it's done. They wanted to see her succeed as a stick to beat Kate with. But she failed and now they have eggs in their faces and have to pretend they have always supported megxit.

And Meghan believed all the Lainey/Celebitchy bs about how KP did everything for the Cambridges and they were lazy and dumb. That’s why Meghan expected everything done for her, and wasn’t satisfied even when everything did get done.

She should sue Celebitchy for misrepresentation, lol.

[megandzane]

Kaiser is very problematic

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

I’m so confused about how to talk about Kate anymore. A lot of the conspiracy theorists are Kate haters (the celebitchy crowd, etc). The conspiracy theorists are the one saying Kate was thrown under the bus for the Mother’s Day photo because they can’t accept it’s their fault for speculating so they want to throw the blame back to the palace. But I’ve encountered people who use these lines. They also believe Kate’s “handlers” failed her, and usually they say this as if to mean Kate is just handled by the palace. That’s actually something I see a lot with sussex squad. They often refer to Kate as someone with “handlers” who make sure she is a perfect princess. That’s one of the reasons they hate her, because they think she’s just a perfect princess handled by the palace.

So the confusing thing is people feel like they are fighting on behalf of Kate by saying she was thrown under the bus, but in some ways there are implications in what they say that she’s a complete doormat handled by handlers.

Do you think it’s actually so hard to believe that it was Kate who did the photoshop? Some people seem to think it’s impossible that the princess herself was the one who did the photoshop. Or do you think it’s impossible that it was her who insisted that she release an apology? Do you think they should’ve released a statement signed by both William and Kate? I don’t know and I’m so confused. And I will certainly fight on Kate’s behalf always but I can’t do so about perceived grievances that I don’t know the entire truth about.

And btw, I just want to say to that anon that said nobody’s been wishing for William and Kate to divorce like they do with Harry and Meghan. The fauxmoi sub on reddit literally has Prince William affair scandal on their bingo card for 2025. Omid Scobie literally posted a clock countdown for Kate’s announcement earlier this year and all the sussex squad were salivating at what the announcement could be. How can people be so blind? I honestly don’t like speculations about Harry and Meghan divorcing even though I don’t like them. Some “fans” just want to generalize that “ohhh royalists are so mean they’re speculating about harry and meghan divorcing” while ignoring what they’re doing to william and kate. I can’t with people generalizing just so they can confirm their victimhood narratives for harry and meghan and justify what they do. Sorry for the rant but people’s opinions and speculations and the endless assumptions and getting angry on behalf of their favorite royals… I’m getting tired of royal watching.

Do you think it’s actually so hard to believe that it was Kate who did the photoshop?

No. I mean, that's my personal theory. William took the photo. Kate chose the best one and made a couple of edits, ordinary edits that everyone makes, and posted it.

Some people seem to think it’s impossible that the princess herself was the one who did the photoshop. Or do you think it’s impossible that it was her who insisted that she release an apology?

No, because I do think it was Kate who insisted on the statement when the internet blew it up out of proprotion.

If Kate can take apology flowers to Meghan about the bridesmaid dresses after all the shit Meghan put her through (some of which the rota leaked and some of which Harry confirmed in Spare), she can insist on being accountable for her own mistakes to the internet.

Do you think they should’ve released a statement signed by both William and Kate?

Honestly, I think there shouldn't have been any statement in the first place. The statement just brought more attention to the issue. Or, if there had to be a statement, the statement should have been "We made small edits to make our family look their very best as all parents do. Here is the original untouched photo."

I don’t know and I’m so confused. And I will certainly fight on Kate’s behalf always but I can’t do so about perceived grievances that I don’t know the entire truth about.

My two cents - I think you're taking it much more seriously than it probably deserves. You don't need to understand the entire truth or what all the grievances are. You just need to know what your opinion is on the matter and be able to reasonably defend it.

But yes, I see you. Royal-watching can be exhausting, especially when it comes to all the generalizations and whataboutisms and especially at times like this when there's nothing happening so we're rehashing old news and old stories again, for the umpteenth time. It's okay to take breaks when it becomes more trouble than it's worth.

(And a little PSA for everyone - I'm traveling for Christmas so next week will probably be quieter than usual.)

[mariacallous]

https://www.celebitchy.com/891126/samantha_bee_on_undecided_voters_these_drama_queens_these_divas/

[world-of-wales]

He sent a copy of his book to celebitchy as well🥴the name calling aimed at Catherine is disgusting

I read the excerpts, the misogyny and sexism dripping off his words is just..... he's nothing but a piece of shit and that's it.

[coochiequeens]

The dude is 71 and his kids are 8 and 6. It's not a stretch to say he could die before they even reach adulthood.

And what kind of environment did his family provide?

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[snoopmary]

I like it when the media media-s

In my old line of work, it’s a two-way swinging door.  We watched the tone and we followed it until it was time to swing the door back. 

1) Celebitchy is the first gossip outlet to have the balls to say it: Gigi Paris is building a name for herself on the back of Glen Powell (and Sweeney). I would have taken it further and done a “who is Gigi Paris” smiley hit piece but I was a lot meaner back then. I've mellowed but not enough to not call shenanigans.

2) Another global hollywooding blog noted, “While the reason for Glen and Gigi’s alleged split remains unclear, it appears the actor, 34, and model, 30, went their separate ways a few months ago after a four year relationship.” So somebody finally noticed everything ended after Thanksgiving and that the reconciliation happened just before the Golden Globes and lasted for just under a month, give or take. 

3) I wonder if anyone noticed and/or will start talking about the soft launch-style photos Paris had in her insta stories while in NYC and Miami last month of her with a man’s hand on a martini and the like while Powell was off working in Australia. Just saying. 

4) I don’t doubt we’ll see Sweeney and her 39YO fiancee (who she has been with since she was 20 and her was 35) all over the Met Gala carpet flashing that ring. It is the politically astute move to hype up that she is taken. Do I buy that she is still with him? Ask me again after next Saturday and keep your eyes peeled around the last week of May.

5) Powell’s refusal to even get into the trenches on this is probably one of the smartest things I’ve seen an up-and-comer do in many years. He is in a no-win ditch here without a ladder to get out of it - he can’t risk setting Paris off again by clapping back but he also couldn’t avoid Sweeney because CinemaCon. So his choice to go to Oklahoma to work on his next project, and for him AND HIS FAMILY to keep following the ex-GF for the moment is the right course of action. It gives my successors absolutely sweet FA to run with and it neutralizes Paris because after that IG video, she basically wrote herself out of the story and anything further comes across as (more) petty ax-grinding.

Final comment: when Deux Moi and others start the slow backpedal and move to claiming “showmance” or “FWB”, you know this is the start of a climb-down. Gigi should be V E R Y careful with what she posts on the IG going forward. The media does not like to be played like that by anyone below a D on the list.

[emmashouldbewriting]

Did people always pick apart the wales marriage or did it happen when Meghan and harry got together and started being clingy? I remember seeing something on twitter from their documentary that said 70 percent of the hate tweets were from 83 accounts and I feel like someone needs to do that when it comes to the waleses because how does a tweet taken out of context get thousands of likes automatically?🙄

I really don't know, you'd have to find someone who's been a part of the fandom longer than I have. I ended up here accidentally when I went hunting to find out if I was the only one who had a bad feeling about Meg lol

oho, buckle up ladies. They've been picking apart the Wales marriage since 1pm on April 30, 2011. From 2011 - 2015ish, it was done on certain corners of the internet, like Kaiser's section of Celebitchy, and most people didn't pay any attention to it because it was such a tinhatty conversation.

The game changed in 2016ish, after Charlotte was born.

First, Charles's and Andrew's marriages imploded after the births of their second child with the blame falling on the women. These people basically said that why should Kate be any different and started going after her. There's a period of time after Charlotte was born, in late 2015 or early 2016, when Kate suddenly dropped a ton of weight, which these people interpreted to mean as there were problems in the Cambridge marriage that caused enormous stress for Kate and speculated that she stopped eating/kept working out. This chunk of time also overlaps with a period of time where Kate had some engagements with Ben Ainslie in which they were flirty and friendly with each other.

These bloggers/this section of the internet decided that William had cheated on Kate 2015/2016ish, Kate's overnight weight loss was due to stress from his cheating, and she retaliated by having a brief fling with Ben Ainslie. Elizabeth caught wind of this and forced the Cambridges into marital counseling because the monarchy couldn't survive another divorce. (One of these bloggers who believed and perpetuated this is now rather quite popular and is now considered one of the experts here on royal tumblr. I disagree with her take on this and stopped following her because of it.)

This section of the internet also believes that Kate would only forgive William for his cheating if he gave her another baby, which is how Louis came to be. It's very possible that this is the true origin story of the Rose Rumor since we know that Meghan was paying attention to the royal blogs when she was dating Harry.

Second, the other gamechanger in 2016 was, of course as we know, Meghan. Her fans brought a ton of toxicity to the royal fandom that was kind of a "safer in numbers" mentality where people like Kaiser who openly hated Kate and these other blogs who openly picked on the Cambridge marriage (like the bloggers who speculated about the 2015/2016 years) were enabled to speak out more, and more loudly, about the problems they perceived in the then-Cambridge marriage and Kate as a person.

So the "Kate haters" were now speaking as a louder group, which caused the "Kate defenders" to start speaking up and everything kept escalating to where it soon broke out into a fandom war with everyone choosing sides:

Anti-Kate because they wanted to marry William.

Anti-Meghan because they wanted to marry Harry.

Neutral but they're openly misogynistic and sexist about hating Kate.

Neutral but they really hate Meghan because they're closet racists.

Harry stans

Meghan stans (Sussex Squad)

Pro-William/Cambridge because he's the future king.

Anti-Harkles because they're not William and Kate.

Anti-Cambridges because they're not sharing with Meghan and Harry.

Diana stans

Kate stans (who I think are now called Wales Wailers)

The actual neutral middle who's just here for jewels and clothes.

Formerly "actual neutral middle" blogs who had hinky feelings about Meghan.

People with no interest in the BRF

People with no interest in the Cambridges or Sussexes

To answer anon's question about how a tweet could be wildly taken out of context for thousands of likes -- it's because of the fandom war and all these different sides.

IMO, the fandom war was never really resolved. Everyone mostly keeps to their "side" of royal tumblr now. Every once in a while a couple of them clash but it ends quickly and then everyone goes back to their corners. I think the pandemic, the lockdowns, and the lack of royal content because of lockdowns caused a lot of bloggers to chill out on Wales v Harkles - they either left royal-watching all together or found a new "thing" to focus on instead. (I have a theory about this but it's controversial.)

anon thank you so much for writing this all out! you're a real gem, and please give us your theory!!! i'd love to hear it

(i read it while i was eating dinner which is why i'm posting it so quick after the last ask, i already know what they said lol)

[justzawe]

https://twitter.com/kaiseratcb/status/1680902065835372545?s=46

They really don’t know what personal space is🙂

The people at celebitchy hating on her dress because of the puffy sleeves. LOL our girl loves a puffy sleeve and they’re just going to have to deal

[practicalmagicintuitions]

Hi PMI! I think comments were turned off on your question about a Harry/ MM reading so I couldn't reply direct. NBC news in the US doesn't seem to be biting on this car chase story. They even went as far as interviewing the cab driver who picked them up from a police station and said there were a couple cars following but he didn't think it was anything at all. The news story was posted as "Car Chase?". Most people in the US don't care about them. I know for myself I was very supportive in the beginning when they announced they wanted to step away for their mental health. It was presented as we aren't going to be royal anymore and seemed they were going to attempt a quiet life outside of the public eye as much as they could. I thought good for them but they have done everything but be quiet. The NBC story commented on this as well. They have been very public since the exit. And what happened to not using the titles? It was in bold on a screen behind her head for the speech she gave. It's getting more and more ridiculous at this point. Anyway, with the news story scoffing at their car chase claims I would be curious how they feel about the American press not going in their favor? Or was it an intentional trick for monetary purposes or do they really believe their own story? I guess at least on harry's part. Is this mental illness, he's still playing out what happened to mom in his head even if that's not the reality before him or is he in on the manipulative side of things and using his mom's death as a launching point to make money? I hate to think so low of the guy but people do this all the time now so it's hard to discern when people are being genuine. They don't seem to have any kind of game plan though outside of pay us money for existing and showing up at public events. Basically, trying to be American royalty. Maybe this question is to personal for us to have permission to see but he's the one that claimed it was for mental health reasons and I supported him for that. I support anyone who says they are going to take a proactive step to removing something from their life that negatively impacts their mental health. But it just feels like they are intentionally engaging in these activities which makes ones empathy diminish. I see a reality TV show in the future.

Hi!

I cannot believe people still believe them. How? I went to Celebitchy for the comments but her stans are just the worst. One comment said they were British paps and they wanted to k*ll her just like they did with Diana. Seriously, this level of deranged mentality is not funny and very dangerous for everyone! Do we remember that she said "allegedly" that she is just a plane crash away from being Queen? This woman is sick.

It's very amazing that you were able to change your mind when you saw they don't want a quiet life and you questioned them. This is amazing. Unfortunately, many people feel if they change their minds or proven to be wrong that is the end of the world and don't see the opportunity to grow in it.

"And what happened to not using the titles?" Unfortunately, I think that was only about the HRH titles that they cannot use and marching the Sussex name. Do you remember their original plan was to sell Sussex merch, pens, socks and everything in the world? But yeah, this lifelong feminist is a nobody without her husband... She is indeed ridiculous but she and her minions don't care. They hate TBR but they cling to the title they give to her because of her marriage. Ladies and Gentlemen we are living in the Twilight Zone.

But no real organization or awards take her seriously. A few prominent people already said they would never work with her. They were not invited to the MET or the Oscars, no matter how they pushed this "We were invited but we are to famous, we don't want to distract..." I mean this woman was grinning in the middle of her "near fatal" car chase and I suppose to believe she passed on the MET gala? LOL.

Harry definitely has a serious mental illness, unsolved trauma but MM made it worse. On purpose. She is praying on this. Harry also has an ongoing security lawsuit in England so they needed a public event to prove they are not safe without security paid by the British taxpayers. Their arrogance is mindblowing. And the cherry on top is that they could recreate a Diana moment to draw parallels between her and them (MM).

"They don't seem to have any kind of game plan though outside of pay us money for existing and showing up at public events."

If you read, they (throughout Scoobie and Shola) demand a reaction, a statement from Buckingham Palace. That is their plan. Make BP react to everything. Anything. They have nothing without the BP connection meanwhile they are just thriving, living their lives as usual. I bet the new Wales media strategy made MM angry and annoyed.

"Basically, trying to be American royalty."

And this is the insane part because they could have been that. In my opinion, there is 2 type of American Royalty. One is the old money. Kennedy, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt etc, people you heard their names before but you don't really have an idea what they do, how they look because they are not for publicity. They already distanced themselves from MM.

The second type is the self-made, Hollywood, influencer types of "American royalty" who are very public, giving interviews, frequently photographed etc.

They already have this in Britain and they could have this in America, but they are greedy and stupid. MM wanted to rule a world, a society she knows nothing about. She made a laughing stock of herself. Catherine needed almost 20 years to achieve that. From a ridiculed middle-class girl to becoming the queen of British society. And just because she married the heir she didn't get this automatically. She needed to work hard for respect. And she is okay with this because she married for life to the man she loves deeply. She doesn't have to rush anything. MM on the other hand wants everything and wants it now. Because she doesn't love Harry, he is just a tool for her. That's why she will throw him away eventually.

[ingek73]

Princess Kate’s Early Years awareness campaign slammed by credible experts

February 01, 2023

I was quite confused by the Princess of Wales’s visit to the Leeds Market yesterday, because the stated goal was to promote her idiotic Shaping Us awareness campaign, and she apparently wanted to talk to market vendors about their childhood. There was another purpose for the photo-op though – she was unveiling some billboard or something for Shaping Us, and she actually talked to vendors about what they thought of her campaign. Like… they sent her to a market and tasked her with asking working people what they thought of her billboard? Meanwhile, one of the flower vendors was just trying to make a sale and he ended up getting the scoop of the day:

Kate politely ignored a distinct wolf whistle as she made her way through the busy market.

Optimistic florist Neil Ashcroft tried his best to make a sale, giving the Princess his sales patter as she inspected his merchandise before gifting her some of her favourite hyacinths.

“No doubt William will be buying you some red roses,” he said. Mr Ashcroft revealed afterwards that she had replied: “I don’t think he will do.”

The florist, who has run the M&D Flowers in the market for 32 years, lamented failing to make a sale.

“I offered her a discount. I said I would give her a card and knock off the VAT,” he said, but to no avail, although he did enjoy talking to her. “She acted very genuine.”

[From The Telegraph]

I’m surprised she didn’t hiss “he better not get me ROSES.” And if you’re going to send Buttons to a market, give her some cash so she can buy some stuff. These are working people and they’re just trying to earn a living, and Kate’s all “what do you think of my billboard, how did your early years shape you to the florist I see before me?” Buy something or move along, damn it. Speaking of Kate’s busy work, an authentic group of credible Early Years experts has questioned why Kate is sucking up time, money and resources for an awareness-raising campaign:

The Princess of Wales has launched her new early childhood plan in Leeds, but a campaign group has said long-term investment is required instead of raising “awareness”.

The group Practitioners of the Early Years Sector said: “We are well accustomed to MPs and royalty visiting early years settings, praising the invaluable work of practitioners from David Cameron to Gordon Brown and the Queen Consort. But nothing is done. The time has long passed for ‘awareness’. We need action – long-term investment and funding in the early years.”

The group said early years’ centres are “having to close, with staff laid off due to being constantly underfunded and under-resourced…. Childcare providers are having to turn to food charities to provide nutritious meals for children while stagnant government funding still is not being directed to the sector – the paltry government funding of early years that is provided does not cover the provision of any food.”

The group also said that no early years experts were on the team that wrote a key report for the princesses’ Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

[From Sky News]

Thank you, Practitioners of the Early Years Sector, for speaking the truth. Yet another awareness-raising campaign which does nothing but waste everyone’s time and money, and it’s just busy-work for Kate, it’s just Kate turning up at events in her new frocks and wiglets, mumbling about the Early Years. “The group also said that no early years experts were on the team that wrote a key report for the princesses’ Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood” – I could have told you that! The “report” was basically “the early years are important, baby brains are important” and that’s it.

[anonymoushouseplantfan]

Blog on how the Sussex Squad and Celebitchy were recruited to market the book. Lol, Kaiser should ask for royalties because most of this is copy-pasted from Celebitchy.

[scorpioqueen1975]

The weed farm thing is an invention from a blog called celebitchy, one of their bloggers hates Catherine to a disturbing degree. They invented the pot farm thing wholesale, and they've been flogging that theory for years... So we should find *someone* who reads Kate-Hate blogs and can get a blind item published, I wonder who that might be 👻

But Kate keeps winning tho... I mean... lmao

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Harry and Meghan have a history of communicating with their “fans”. Do you think it’s possible Harry has been doing that for a long time? Even before Meghan arrived. I came across some stuff from the old 2000s royal forums and found out some of the Harry stans back in the day have always been William and Kate haters and this whole mess started way way before Meghan.

I’m talking about the Celebitchy people whose writer brags about dating a William lookalike and used to thirst after William as well. I’m also talking about the forum user who might’ve been the one who started the pegging rumor back in the day and even (proudly) claims to have seen a sextape involving underage William (I think they still have a tumblr blog to this day but now only posts photos). This user has even claimed to have dated someone who knows William and Harry in the military and have been peddling the narrative that people think William is dumb and Harry is smart, and they’ve been spreading the story that William is to be blamed for the nazi costume drama, a narrative which ended up in Spare. What I mean is they sound very much like Harry talking points (the dumb/smart thing is a sore spot for Harry that very much manifests in his behavior).

I always thought it was the arrival of Meghan that changed things but finding out about the old 2000s forum changed my mind. Harry and William’s relationship has always been the main problem, and it’s possible Harry has really been stabbing William’s back since back then by spreading rumors about him that find their way to the internet pages of his fans.

Do you think it’s possible Harry has been doing that for a long time?

Yes. Harry has had several anonymous social media accounts and for a very long time. I feel like I’ve heard about his accounts since the late ‘00s.

One of his aliases was really well known. I don’t remember what it was specifically…something involving his Spike nickname.

[mariacallous]

https://www.celebitchy.com/895997/bobs_burgers_actor_jay_johnston_gets_a_year_in_jail_for_jan_6_insurrection/

oh well