They said/We said: The Queen forbids Duchess Kate from posing for Vogue

For the past few weeks, we’ve been hearing little buzzes about Duchess Kate being featured in Vogue. The magazine’s been in hot pursuit of the young royal, and have reportedly been hoping that Mario Testino’s close relationship with the Royal family, having shot of the Duke and Duchess’s engagement photos, would help the connection.

Alas, the rumours can now be put to rest, as the Queen has made it clear that she is not for it. A palace aid has told various sources that the Queen “would definitely not be amused,” if Kate decided to model. All sources seem to say that Kate will stick to philanthropic projects that will make a larger difference in the lives of those in need. Take that, Anna.

But aren’t they going after the wrong Middleton? With Pippa hot on the scene as of late (she recently sat front row at Alice Temperley’s Spring 2012 show), she could be just the willing fashion icon the doctor ordered.

THEY SAID…

An anonymous palace aide: “To be brutally honest, a request to sit down with The Times, the BBC or one of the major American networks to discuss the monarchy in general is one thing. For Kate to be photographed draped in the latest creation of a couture house to, knowingly or otherwise, self-promote her status as some sort of fashion horse is something quite different. I’d say Architectural Digest might have stood a better chance.” [E!]

The same elusive source: “Both William and Kate feel it would be wrong for Kate to promote herself as a fashion or style icon. That’s not what they are about and they take their royal duties far too seriously to, in one sense, trivialize them.” [Huffington Post]

Fashionista: “Anyway, Kate Middleton is getting ready to throw herself into volunteering and finding charitable causes to support. Which is all very proper and admirable–and also means she’ll be out in public wearing new outfits for us to dissect and admire.” [Fashionista]

WE SAID…

Paige Dzenis, associate online editor: “It was only a matter of time before the Queen (or one of her anonymous royal sources) put a stop to the Vogue rumours. Kate’s not allowed to be seen without stockings on—did we really think she’d suddenly be posing for magazine covers?”

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