Hilary Mantel attacks 'bland, plastic, machine-made' Duchess of Cambridge

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Hilary Mantel attacks 'bland, plastic, machine-made' Duchess of Cambridge

Posted at 8:12AM Tuesday 19 Feb 2013

Hilary Mantel has delivered a withering assessment of Kate Middleton, dismissing the Duchess of Cambridge as a personality-free "shop window mannequin", whose sole purpose is to deliver an heir to the throne.

Oh I say no more prizes for her then . . .

Longish essay behind the headline in The Independent

BBC: Cameron defends Kate over Mantel comments

London Review of Books | Royal Bodies | Hilary Mantel

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