Here’s What Kate Middleton Looks Like Without Makeup ..?
As the wife of the future king of England, Kate Middleton knows just how important it is to always put your best face forward. In fact, the Duchess of Cambridge always makes sure to look camera-ready each time she steps out for one of her royal engagements or public appearances. As a royal, appearance is everything, and Kate is so consistently good at it that the “The Kate Effect” took hold soon after she announced her engagement in 2010. That’s because each time the duchess would wear something in public, that item would fly off the shelves within an hour, per Vanity Fair.
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In fact, when Kate wore a royal-blue dress by Issa after she and William publicly announced their engagement, designer Daniella Helayel said that the “Kate Effect” was the best and worst thing to happen to the brand. “It was all very exciting,” she told the Daily Mail. “We didn’t have a TV at the studio and this was pre-Instagram, but we soon knew Kate was wearing Issa because at four o’clock the phones began ringing and didn’t stop. It was bonkers.”
With that said, Kate is also an icon when it comes to her beauty and thick, brunette, and perfectly blow-dried hair. But before she became the Duchess of Cambridge, there was a time where Kate didn’t mind stepping out in nothing but a belly-baring spaghetti strap shirt and no makeup on. Check it out below!
Kate Middleton’s casual but natural look
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Before all of the Alexander McQueen, Mulberry, and Emilia Wickstead dresses in her royal closet, Kate Middleton looked like your typical twentysomething college student who looked incredibly casual during the day and the future king’s wife hottie by night. Back in June 2005, Prince George’s mama was spotted looking London chic in a white spaghetti strap shirt and jeans while she was out and about with her father, Michael Middleton.
And while Kate certainly looks fresh-faced and glowing, some of her school pals told the Daily Mail that she was often bullied because of her looks. Her friend Gemma Williamson told the Daily Mail, “Apparently she had been bullied very badly and she certainly looked thin and pale. She had very little confidence,” while her house tutor Joan Gall said she suffered from eczema because of stress. Housemistress Ann Patching also added in the same interview that even though Kate loved lasagna and loved to bake, she had “always stayed very slim.”
With that said though, everything changed for Kate after one particular summer during her school days. Keep reading below.
Kate Middleton’s growing confidence over the years
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Gemma Williamson also told the Daily Mail that everything changed for Kate Middleton after she managed to impress her classmates with her hockey skills and her prowess as a cross-country runner. Williamson said that this newfound confidence made Kate look like “an absolute beauty” adding that “every boy in the school fancied her rotten.” If that weren’t enough, her former teacher Denise Alford added that Kate “was apparently top of the ‘Fit List’ which boys would sometimes pin on the walls,” which reportedly did wonders for her confidence at the time, too.
The Duchess of Cambridge herself also made an interesting admission about her teen years during her first public interview with Prince William in 2010. When asked if she had a poster of the Duke of Cambridge — who was once considered a teen heartthrob during the late ’90s and early ’00s — on her bedroom wall, she told Sky News, “No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.” A Levi’s model instead of the hottest prince on the planet? But then again, who needs a photo of a prince when you’ve got the style and confidence of a real-life princess, right?
The Truth About Kate Middleton’s Private Life
In the years she’s spent as the Duchess of Cambridge since her wedding to Prince William in 2011, Kate Middleton has pretty much fit in perfectly — and she’s become the picture of poise and grace among the British royals. Already considered a royal style icon and a doting mom-of-three, there’s rarely a time that Middleton’s spotted out in public without every hair in place and the biggest smile on her face. As far as we can tell from the outside looking in, Middleton appears to adore the royal lifestyle.
Despite claims that the duchess feels “exhausted and trapped” in a post-Megxit world, Middleton has seemingly taken on the “heavier workload” with stride, after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped back as senior royals in 2020, per People. But considering how members of The Firm aren’t quite as accessible to fans as other celebrities, we don’t get glimpses into her personal life all that often, especially since she doesn’t exactly have her own social media accounts.
A few things about Middleton’s background are on public record: The fact that she was born to Michael and Carole Middleton in 1982, has two siblings — James and Pippa (who’s become quite a scene-stealer herself) — and how she and William met in college and dated on-and-off for almost a decade before officially tying the knot. But what about other aspects of her private life? Here’s what we do know — or, at least what’s been reported. If only the Cambridges would agree to a reality show
