Evidently, not everyone is a fan of Kate Middleton.
Author Joan Alison Smith has written a new book, The Public Woman, in which she scathingly discusses both Kate and the late Princess Diana’s roles in the public eye.
Of the Duchess of Cambridge, she writes:
“By the age of 30, the new Duchess of Cambridge had done little since leaving university except play a supporting role to her boyfriend, marry him with great pomp and ceremony and get pregnant. She had never really enjoyed an independent identity or income├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥even her clothes were paid for by her father-in-law├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and didn’t seem to aspire to either.”
According to Joan, Prince William├óΓé¼Γäós wife is known “not for her achievements but her willingness to play the most traditional feminine role of all: waiting for a husband, getting married and not long afterwards becoming pregnant.”
What├óΓé¼Γäós more, she writes that Princess Diana “made catastrophic choices about men and showed not a glimmer of insight into why her relationships kept going wrong. Diana exemplifies a species of female narcissism which is repeatedly misread in popular culture, glamourizing stunted ambition├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥wanting fame and admiration├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and erasing any requirement for personal responsibility.”
Wow. Talk about harsh!! It might be time to retract the claws, Joan!
[Image via WENN.]
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