I looked through a blog today called “Kate Middleton for the Win,” which was basically a bunch of pictures of Miss Middleton leading her glamorous post-engagement life, captioned with what the author imagines she might be thinking about her own fabulousness, or about the particular scene she finds herself in, whether it be christening a boat with champagne, wearing large hats, or accepting flowers from the huddled masses. It sounds mean-spirited, but it isn’t really, it’s merely observing the strange phenomenon that happens when a young lady is suddenly declared “Royal.”
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