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# Royals Round-Up, September 26th 2014
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/royals-round-up-september-26th-2014-09-2014/
- Published: 2014-09-26T20:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-27T07:07:29.000Z
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: fugs, Royals Round-Up, royalty, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:41, Wills and Kate

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No specific royals coverage on GFY this week means LOADS of royals coverage in this week's round-up. William went to Malta! Harry hugged children! Crown Princess Mary looked gorgeous! Charlene looked totally miserable! AND MORE!

But elsewhere, I have found MUCH for you to read and enjoy:

- This was [a very interesting but kind of all-over-the-place and occasionally incorrect *Newsweek* article about British opinion of Kate Middleton that I think would have been much stronger with a more focused thesis ](https://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/03/duchess-cambridge-how-britain-stopped-believing-royal-fairytale-273100.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)(and if Germaine Greer hadn't spent so much time yapping about Kate's weight, which is not -- I cannot resist -- wholly germane to the topic at hand and certainly is far from the most interesting thing about anyone. Also, apparently no one there fact-checked her statement about Kate not being able to decorate her own home, which anyone who reads the *Daily Mail* or *People* knows is not true. She has been decorating the shit out of houses all year! Fact-check your pull quotes, *Newsweek,* even if they ARE pithy!). Anyway.
- The[ Daily Beast goes ahead and calls the above "utter tosh."](https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/26/newsweek-s-nonsense-who-d-be-kate-survey.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)
- Speaking of Kate, [*People* has an update on how she is feeling.](https://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20855616,00.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Hyperemesis gravidarum sounds *awful*.)
- *People* also has reports from [William's trip to Malta (that he took in her place.)](https://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20855208,00.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) It seems that it went over very well.
- The Daily Beast[ had an interesting article on the history of child-rearing in the British royal family, ](https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/22/kate-and-william-s-royal-family-values.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)which contains all kinds of tidbits from *The Heir Apparent*, if you read that (and you should!), and boils down to, "William and Kate have decided to be nice, instead."
- The [last of the Mitford sisters died this week, and you should read her obit](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11118801/Dowager-Duchess-of-Devonshire-obituary.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). It's fascinating and fabulous. You should ALSO read a variety of books from a variety of Mitfords, if you like People Having Problems During Wars and Fancy English People Realizing One of Their Sisters Is a Nazi Sympathizer and SECRET COMMUNISTS and....well, you'd like those books, is what I'm saying.
- Take [this quiz about the Queens of England over at History Extra](https://www.historyextra.com/quiz/history-trivia/history-quiz-queens-england?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)! It involves a LOT of people making intriguing marital choices.
- Royal Central helpfully explains [how all the titles on *Downtown Abbey* work.](https://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/explanation/titles-on-downton-abbey-explained-21257?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)
- Per *The Daily Mail I KNOW*, there's[ going to be a big auction of Diana's dresses, and a variety of other royals paraphernalia](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2766606/That-s-one-pricey-pud-Slice-Kate-William-s-wedding-cake-set-reach-princely-sum-2-000-auction.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- like a piece of Wills and Kate's wedding cake -- basically right down the street from me and yes Heather and I are totally going. She is under strict orders NOT TO LET ME BUY ANYTHING.
- Oh, hey, [Sophie and Edward went to Canada!](https://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/19/royal-visit-to-remote-ontario-reserve-was-moving-enlightening-and-uplifting-countess-says/?%5F%5Ffederated=1&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (National Post)