The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s week-long Canadian vacation is over! I’ll be nice about it, because they actually did more than I was expecting. I thought there would be at least a full 24-hour period where they would be MIA, on vacation at some Canadian resort or something, but that didn’t happen. These are photos from William and Kate’s appearance in Haida Gwaii on Friday. They were touring a First Nations Heritage center on the island.
There’s a big controversy about these photos, specifically what they were wearing in these photos. No, the controversy isn’t over Kate’s jeggings, although I would love it if the Queen spearheaded a Jeggings Intervention (“We’re here because we love you and support you, but we’re asking you to go into jeggings rehab for the sake of monarchy”). The real controversy was that William and Kate wore scarves trimmed with otter fur. They’re literally wearing Benedict Cumberbatch’s relatives around their necks!
To be completely fair to Will and Kate, they didn’t choose these scarves. These scarves were given to them by the First Nations Haida community “as a sign of welcome and respect.” A lot of animal-rights activists and anti-fur people believe that Will and Kate should have taken a stand when they were offered the scarves, but then there would be a whole other controversy about how the Cambridges disrespected the First Nations community. You can read more about the otter-fur controversy here and here. The Haida representatives really did give them the scarves to wear as a sign of respect, you know? Will and Kate were between a rock and a hard place, and I’m not sure what else they should have done.
Beyond the Cumberbatch-fur scarf, Kate’s ensemble was okay. The jeggings are Zara, the blouse (which is polka-dotted, lacy AND pussybowed!) is Somerset by Alice Temperley, and the blazer is from Smythe. Kate has the same blazer in navy and she wears that one all the time. I don’t mind the olive-green vibe she’s working, and her brown cowboy boots look so much better with olive rather than black.
Last thing: the Daily Mail had a rather exhaustive story about how hard everyone on Team Cambridge worked to pull off this flawless (??) Canadian tour – you can read the piece here. For six whole days of touring, dozens of people had to put in six months of work. Allegedly. I’m sure Poor Jason did work his fingers to the nub, but it actually seemed like the bulk of these events were thrown together in the month proceeding the trip. In any case, Will and Kate did well enough. Do they want a medal for it?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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