The Duchess of Cambridge is a grown woman and she can wear whatever she likes. She is however sufficiently notable that people will comment. Maybe there’s someone at Buckingham Palace who cares. We don’t know. But the latest example of what we call the flippy skirt capers has been published by the German paper Bild (here). It was caused by a helicopter. No surprise there. Critics in the U-K are now saying that there have been a lot of flippy skirts. Maybe too many. From the one on the tarmac at Calgary airport to the gusty arrival bounding down the steps of the royal jet in New Zealand. It prompted one well-known TV commentator, Sky News anchor Kay Burley (inset top) to suggest the duchess get herself “a 6-pack of baggy pants.” Burley is a flippy commentator herself. Another writer, Amanda Platell, observes that every woman — especially a public figure who is constantly photographed — knows that a lightweight fly-away dress and the merest threat of a breeze hardly marks the right occasion to wear the skimpiest knickers in your drawer.“Get yourself a 6-pack of baggy pants, Kate”
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The Duchess of Cambridge is a grown woman and she can wear whatever she likes. She is however sufficiently notable that people will comment. Maybe there’s someone at Buckingham Palace who cares. We don’t know. But the latest example of what we call the flippy skirt capers has been published by the German paper Bild (here). It was caused by a helicopter. No surprise there. Critics in the U-K are now saying that there have been a lot of flippy skirts. Maybe too many. From the one on the tarmac at Calgary airport to the gusty arrival bounding down the steps of the royal jet in New Zealand. It prompted one well-known TV commentator, Sky News anchor Kay Burley (inset top) to suggest the duchess get herself “a 6-pack of baggy pants.” Burley is a flippy commentator herself. Another writer, Amanda Platell, observes that every woman — especially a public figure who is constantly photographed — knows that a lightweight fly-away dress and the merest threat of a breeze hardly marks the right occasion to wear the skimpiest knickers in your drawer.