Was Kate "snubbing" the Royal family?

[sammycat]

The threads dealing with royalty have reminded me of a news story I read recently.  Prince William's girlfriend, Kate, was accused by the press of snubbing the royal family by not accepting an invitation to spend Christmas with the royals.  She declined as it was the first Christmas her family would be spending without both grandmothers, as they had died during the year. 

I don't think she was "snubbing" them at all.  She made a decision based on what was more important to her at the time, ie spending time with her family.  If she does marry William she will be expected to spend every Christmas with the royals anyway, so this may have been the last chance she has to spend Christmas with her own family.  Simply turning down an invitation does not indicate a "snub";  sometimes it is intended that way, but I don't think it was in this instance.

I also think good on her for knowing her own mind and having the balls to say 'no' to the royal family.

What do you think?

[sparksals]

I didn't hear about that story, but I think she did the right thing. 

I did hear a story a couple weeks ago - something about William's Graduation.  She was not seated with the Royal Family because they are not engaged.  Apparently, though, she is starting to be majorly harrassed by the paparazzi, but doesn't get protection until they are engaged.

[Lauren]

I think Charles is paying for protection from memory, but William has asked they stop taking photos of her. Most of the British papers have said they'll no longer buy paparazzi photos of her anymore.

[Bijou]

The threads dealing with royalty have reminded me of a news story I read recently.  Prince William's girlfriend, Kate, was accused by the press of snubbing the royal family by not accepting an invitation to spend Christmas with the royals.  She declined as it was the first Christmas her family would be spending without both grandmothers, as they had died during the year. 

I don't think she was "snubbing" them at all.  She made a decision based on what was more important to her at the time, ie spending time with her family.  If she does marry William she will be expected to spend every Christmas with the royals anyway, so this may have been the last chance she has to spend Christmas with her own family.  Simply turning down an invitation does not indicate a "snub";  sometimes it is intended that way, but I don't think it was in this instance.

I also think good on her for knowing her own mind and having the balls to say 'no' to the royal family.

What do you think?

I think that she did the right thing.  The royal family may not remotely agree with the writer of the story who says they were snubbed.  Too bad they don't set him or her right.

[RandomAngel]

I love when the press stirs up trouble.

This reminds me of a Studio 60 episode where Amanda Peet's character is told by a journalist that many people are concerned by the rumors about her.  She asks him how many non-journalists he has actually spoken to about these alleged concerns.

What I mean is, was there any indication that the royal family actually felt snubbed, or are the papers just taking shortcuts? 

[Adah]

I did hear a story a couple weeks ago - something about William's Graduation.  She was not seated with the Royal Family because they are not engaged.  Apparently, though, she is starting to be majorly harrassed by the paparazzi, but doesn't get protection until they are engaged.

I heard the opposite, actually. I heard that she is being incorporated more and more into royal family events, and that she just recently gained royal police protection at the request of William to deal with the paparazzi.

[Hawkwatcher]

I love when the press stirs up trouble.

Can you imagine what the press would have said if she had decided to spend Christmas with the Royal Family instead of her own family? The same papers would have ran articles titled "Cold social climber ignores family to mingle with royalty." 

[Evil Duckie]

The press has no idea is she was invited or not. The press wanted a story so they set it up so they would have one either way.

If she was there then she would be snubbing her family and since she wasn't she was snubbing the royal family. Regardless of the facts she wasa going to be painted black by the press.

[sammycat]

It seems like she would be damned if she did and damned if she didn't.  No matter which family she spent Christmas with she would have been accused by the press of snubbing the other side.  Whether the story is even true or not, I'd have spent it with my family too.