Thoughts please on The Princess of Wales’ latest video and voice over about summer and actions

Well my first thoughts were ‘bit twee’ so I ll get my hard hat too
usedtobeblonde I m not at all sure why or what it was made for
Perhaps many young people would still be here to enjoy nature if they had the millions of pounds and top medical treatment without waiting lists, that the royals have.

StripyGran.
I have been on GN for about 14 years, if I didn’t have a hard hat and a thick skin already ,as well as being a very old woman, I would not still be on here😉

I thought it a bit twee

Hard hat at the ready I hope?

Quote Usedtobeblonde Thu 14-Aug-25 17:23:25
I have mixed thoughts about it.
To be Frank I thought it a bit twee.
I and thousands of others have had cancer but I don’t think it changed my life so much that I see things differently.
I sympathise heartily with the Princess, most of us didn’t have to deal with it in the public eye with every detail being analysed.
But I feel when we have recovered we put it behind us and get on with life.
Maybe she isn’t being allowed to do that but I feel perhaps she should.

Some may choose to put it behind therm, perhaps she chooses to share what are to her - positives

I have mixed thoughts about it.
To be Frank I thought it a bit twee.
I and thousands of others have had cancer but I don’t think it changed my life so much that I see things differently.
I sympathise heartily with the Princess, most of us didn’t have to deal with it in the public eye with every detail being analysed.
But I feel when we have recovered we put it behind us and get on with life.
Maybe she isn’t being allowed to do that but I feel perhaps she should.

OldFrill

escaped

If Meghan had released the same then holes would have been picked all over it.
So I'm going to pick a hole in PoW's voice-over. Connect with nature would sound a lot better, rather than connect to nature which she says half a dozen times. Connect to is joining physically, like the tap to the hose. I think she means more having a closeness with nature, a bond or relationship and interacting with nature.

The sentiments are obviously heartfelt. I hope making the film brought her solace, and I too wish her a full recovery.

Just to pick a hole in your hole picking, the PIW says "connecting to nature" twice (not half a dozen times). I think she had purposely chosen to use "connect to" rather than "connect with" as an emphatic definition.

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You're missing the subtle dig that exaggeration or hyperbole is used to criticise anything Meghan says. In fact, people would say Meghan says it 100 times!

Just to pick a hole, who is PIW?!

Quote Allira Thu 14-Aug-25 16:49:21
Usedtobeblonde
What would be said if the Duchess of Sussex had released the same?
Another unkind post - why?

Megan Sussex , they opted out , so same if she had married a
Jo Butcher, Megan Butcher

escaped

If Meghan had released the same then holes would have been picked all over it.
So I'm going to pick a hole in PoW's voice-over. Connect with nature would sound a lot better, rather than connect to nature which she says half a dozen times. Connect to is joining physically, like the tap to the hose. I think she means more having a closeness with nature, a bond or relationship and interacting with nature.

The sentiments are obviously heartfelt. I hope making the film brought her solace, and I too wish her a full recovery.

Just to pick a hole in your hole picking, the PIW says "connecting to nature" twice (not half a dozen times). I think she had purposely chosen to use "connect to" rather than "connect with" as an emphatic definition.

I can understand how the Princess of Wales has turned to nature. When I was undergoing cancer treatment walking in the countryside helped me. It brings peace in a difficult time.
Well done Kate for sharing those moments.

Just watched it; pleasant and inoffensive.
Is there a problem?

I haven't seen it, although I wish her all the best.

As time passes I have less time for the Royal Family, I feel the institution of Monarchy holds little relevance now (I know lots disagree and that is fine.)

Usedtobeblonde

What would be said if the Duchess of Sussex had released the same?

Another unkind post - why?

Sarnia

It will get criticism but I see a young woman here who had the shock of her life with a cancer diagnosis. Forget being Royal, she is a wife and Mum. This video tells me what is uppermost in her thoughts after such a harrowing time.

I agree.

Being out and enjoying the natural world after such a diagnosis and treatment can be so soothing, calming and reassuring.

There is so much horror and sadness in the world at the moment that a reminder of what is beautiful is good, especially as it must be difficult for a mother to shield her young children from what she and their father are going through - all in the spotlight, too.

Usedtobeblonde

What would be said if the Duchess of Sussex had released the same?

Meghan’s next series of AsEver, for which she gets handsomely paid by Netflix, is soon to be released so there is no need for her to release anything along the same lines as the Princess of Wales.

Netflix would never allow it anyway.

She is still called Kate Middleton by some, nasty

I wonder what are your thoughts Usedtobeblonde as you posed the question.

metro.co.uk/video/kate-middleton-shares-special-summer-message-3492513/?ito=vjs-link

Thank you LucyAnna5.

If Meghan had released the same then holes would have been picked all over it.
So I'm going to pick a hole in PoW's voice-over. Connect with nature would sound a lot better, rather than connect to nature which she says half a dozen times. Connect to is joining physically, like the tap to the hose. I think she means more having a closeness with nature, a bond or relationship and interacting with nature.

The sentiments are obviously heartfelt. I hope making the film brought her solace, and I too wish her a full recovery.

Whatever her reasons for making her videos I wish her a full recovery.

Many recovering from the horrors of cancer or other life taking illness find much from nature, perhaps the Princess of
Wales is sharing her experience, many find comfort, joy, peace in nature.

She will not be making money from it like some

Sarnia

It will get criticism but I see a young woman here who had the shock of her life with a cancer diagnosis. Forget being Royal, she is a wife and Mum. This video tells me what is uppermost in her thoughts after such a harrowing time.

I agree, and nature has a healing effect, as does sometimes solitude , which is different to being lonely.

Have not seen it yet but I shall be interested to watch.

Parsley3

Oh I missed the Spring video.

www.youtube.com/watch?embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MTI3Mjk5LDI4NjY0LDE2NDUwMw&v=5-Xo8IbOml0&feature=youtu.be

So what ???