I’m just going to start this comment by saying: I am not saying Kate has an eating disorder, we don’t know, we can’t possibly know, it’s totally private to her which is fair enough.
One of the main reasons people develop eating disorders is to feel like they have a sense of control in their lives. I don’t think it’s hard to imagine that healthy eating and a rigorous exercise regime help Kate feel like she has a bit more control, and something just for her in her life. So I can understand why people do speculate. That being said, it doesn’t mean that because she eats very healthy and exercises a lot, she definitely has an eating disorder or uses it to control things. She might just really enjoy those things, and if so fair play, I enjoy cake too much
I know a lot of people in here think she had a really cushty life, and I don’t for a second believe she needs much sympathy, but I do think her position must be incredibly stressful. Trying to bring up three kids in such a public way must be really difficult, especially now in the era of mobile phones and social media.
Louis is 4 and has already been dubbed “cheeky” and essentially non-conforming. He’s already a meme. For all we know he might actually be super shy
George has his life planned for him, and isn’t able to make any mistakes. The feeling she must have to try and protect him must be really hard. And Charlotte is going to be so harassed as a teenager… I remember papers doing countdowns until people like Emma Watson were legal…
I can fully understand why she would use exercise as a way of venting that stress in a healthy way.
I do think though, that it’s important that as members of public that we recognise she doesn’t look the way she does with zero effort. She has stylists, probably personal trainers, she will have people helping her with what to eat to make sure her skin and hair stay perfect. She will have regular beauty treatments like massages and facials. Her beauty regimen probably costs 100’s every single week. The RF will deem this an important investment because she is really the “face” of the RF, her and William are what they need people to buy into. She’s a walking talking billboard for the RF and the UK, that pressure alone is probably enough to make her think twice about a slice of cake.