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Originally Posted by Dezzy

Bit of a poor article I thought, a lot of assumptions about her life, choices and relationships with very little to back it up.

The whole idea of Role Models and their supposed impact is ridiculous to me, Kate Middleton's popularity will not bring back the middle ages. Women won't suddenly wish to be nothing more than housewives because of one person, anyone who is that easily led is not worth worrying about.

Progress can only go at the rate of the slowest person, though. I think their relationship is a perfect example of how a relationship would and should have been according to the standards of a century ago - nowadays women could, should and do aspire to be more than just somebody's child bearing wife whose only purpose is to look beautiful and be appreciated solely for that reason. It's not so much an attack on Kate herself but of the media portrayal of her and of the Royal Family as an institution and the way it controls every person within it and dictates how they must behave and be perceived.

Edit: Say what you like about Sarah Ferguson but she's a three dimensional person who isn't afraid to speak her mind. I'd be surprised if Kate Middleton could find it within herself to give an opinion on anything that wasn't prepared by a team of fifteen people beforehand.