Prince William & Kate welcomed the Ukrainian president to Buckingham Palace

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One of the running themes of nearly all of the coverage about Prince William these days mentions the fact that William is “preparing to be king.” He’s got a long wait, considering his grandmother is still in the top job and his father has been preparing to be king in a very real way. William’s king preparations are like everything else in his life: half-assed. He’s shown time and time again that he won’t even read briefing papers or show much of an interest in the diplomatic side of anything beyond a photo-op. I always feel like the Queen and Prince of Wales understand that William and Kate are lightweights who should be largely shielded from the diplomatic side of things – better to keep them local, you know? But the Queen is back in the Windsor Castle bubble and Charles… God knows. So William and Kate got tasked with something important!

William and Kate formally welcomed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena to Buckingham Palace. No one shook hands, because of the pandemic, and yet no one wore masks, because of course. The formal welcome was held in BP’s Throne Room. Kate could have made more of an effort to coordinate with her surroundings, surely! We know she loves to theme dress, but maybe she didn’t have time. Instead of cosplaying an actual throne, Kate wore an Emilia Wickstead dress in one of her favorite shades, cornflower blue.

There’s not really anything wrong with these photos and William and Kate seem perfectly okay. But all I could think was “wow, they’re such lightweights.”

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