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Kate, Duchess of Cambridge: Mannequin or Role Model?
Award-winning British author Hilary Mantel has caused a firestorm in Britain with comments she made about Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on the context in which Mantel’s words were framed.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in Ottawa, Canada, July 2011. (Photo: REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
Award-winning British author Hilary Mantel has caused a firestorm in Britain with comments she made about Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.
Mantel compared the Duchess to a ‘shop-window mannequin’.
The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on the context in which Mantel’s words were framed: a critique of hereditary monarchy.