Life is rarely straightforward for Kate. Even when she tried to raise money for charity last summer by joining the Sisterhood, a group of women rowing a Chinese dragon boat across the Channel, she was forced to pull out when one of the team tipped off photographers about their training sessions.

Funny how at those training sessions, Kate would be the only one to show up fully made up with her hair loose. Compare with the other girls! And she pulled out not because the photographers were tipped off, but because she rekindled her relationship with Prince William, and royal officials advised her not to take part. Not quite the same thing.


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