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THE UK EDITION of the Daily Mail has drawn strong criticism for a front page photograph and inside article questioning whether the Duchess of Cambridge has grey hairs.
The front page shows a close up photo of the back of Kate Middleton’s head which shows some strands of grey hairs and asks, ‘Oh Kate, are you really showing grey hairs at 33?’
A follow up article inside the paper claims that her “stylish up-do inadvertently reveals a glimpse of grey”.
Middleton is due to give birth to her second child in April. The paper theorises “that pregnancy has been taking its toll on the Duchess of Cambridge’s beauty regime”.
The article goes on to say that Middleton has reportedly “given up many of her beauty treats to avoid harming her baby”. A hairstylist is then quoted in the article saying that there is “no need to avoid” hair dying during pregnancy.
But the article has been criticised on-line for being both sexist and for putting increased stressful scrutiny on Middleton.
It was even pointed out that the Daily Mail had previously run a large article about a scientific study showing that women typically start turning grey at her exact age.
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The mail is absolute filth, no better than the s*n
Absolutely agree, total shite, why cant they leave Kate alone, am not a Royal fan but really, is this supposed to be news that she has a few grey hairs? Rubbish gutter press the Mail
I don’t buy tabloids.
But obviously some fools do. If everyone stopped buying the mail and the sun they would be all out of business in less than a week
I have no sympathy, she knew what she was getting herself in for
The Journal takes many of its stories straight off the Mail app . You can usually read them on there first before there copied onto here .
Not in The Indo yet so it can’t be true, can it?
The real question – is it curtains and carpet?
My guess is polished timber and not a rug in site. Very tasteful.
Well said Charles. Stop buying this rubbish.
A few gray hairs? Isn’t there a war going on somewhere?
Aye but you can only sell so many editions off the back of that before folks get bored. Gotta shift copy.
I don’t know which is more non-sensical – the Article in the Daily mail, or this article about that article. ZZZzzzzzzz……
Are they serious!!!! I’ve seen 20 year olds going bloody Grey. Nothing wrong with a few shades of grey
I was 19 when I spotted my first. I blame my silver haired father. In fairness I was bound to have hair of shame between that and my ginger afrod mother!
What about 50 shades of grey? Was there.anything wrong with that? :-P
The Journal stoops as low as the Daily Mail by highlighting the story!
And including it in the business section ffs!!
Worse the mail is just writing stuff they know appeals to their demographic that have a fascination with royalty and celebrity and love to see their flaws. The journal writes about it for people who like to feel smugly superior to people who read the daily mail.
George Clooney’s been gay since his 20s but that’s OK. Norman Reedus looks like he needs a wash but that’s OK. Beyonce has slightly bumpy skin & Kate The Future Queen has grey roots – totally unacceptable.
Stop bashing women’s appearance. I would say “flaws” but they’re not, they’re natural.
grey! Good god, y’all!
I’m confused so the cops knew internal affairs was setting them up?
The leader is good, the leader is great we surrender our will, as of this date!
I love the leader!
‘Would you rather have beer, or complete and utter contentment?’ ‘………..what kind of beer?’
Na na na na na na na na leader
Na na na na na na na na leader
Leader, Leader
Batman
The caption under is hilarious oh Kate are you really going grey at 33 . What Kate Middleton is like a normal people , no that can’t be surely she’s some sort of super human who doesn’t age .
distractions from the real pertinent issues of today’s world…
Usual crap!
What a stupid newspaper the Daily Mail is. Can the poor woman not even gestate without drawing criticism? This is a woman who is avoiding harmful carcinogenic chemicals for the welfare of her unborn child. So what if child bearing causes grey hairs? She’s an intelligent woman not an empty headed WAG. The Media destroyed her mother in law, is the Mail going to try and do the same to the present Princess of Wales?
Well if I’m reading this and story’s about radio presenters being suspended, that should technically mean that all is ok on the world today !!!
Phew that’s a relief!!
When I babysat 2 kids in my mid-teens they asked me why I had grey hair…
I have natural ash blonde hair. On the upside grey hairs will be hard to see.
It’s so Ironic that the British (more specifically the English) being one of the less God fearing nations still believe in the monarchy. A bunch of inbred weirdos who think they were chosen by God (seriously?) because they believe they were born with better DNA than the rest of us. How can people revere them like infallible beings after all they stand for? Their ancestors pillaged the world and caused murder and mayhem, not least in this country. The only decent member of this weirdo cult was Diana and she wasn’t even a royal.
And Cathal – we used to revere men in frocks praying to a God nobody ever saw, and who repeatedly raped and abused our children….
They’re one of our biggest tourist attractions. Tourists that spent £12 billion in the Capital in 2014. They’re an asset to England, one we will keep.
Yeah, we don’t anymore, that’s a good thing.
Well you got rid of one elite and created your own FF/FG. Would you call that a good thing? Or is it ok because they’re Irish?
Big difference between an elected party and a cult that has been bestowed divinity from the flying beardy man in the sky. It’s a fairytale people take seriously, I can understand the tourism bit but I doubt the collective mind of the British is thinking ‘oh, let’s all keep up this royalty charade so we can exploit them for their international appeal!’. It’s nonsense. I’m not defending our government by the way, they are a crowd of muppets but the royal family and all the Dukes, Duchesses and whatever else bull they are called is elitism in its purist form.
I doubt they all came to london just to see Betty’s big house,and im even more doubtful of their ‘value’ to the UK.A relic from bygone days.If the monarchy was abolished tomorrow,would those tourists stop coming?
Rubbish. They are not a tourist attraction Mike. The history is the tourist attraction.
The current shower are just a bunch of spongers.
No Mike is right. All the main royal residences are now open to the public and continue to attract massive queues/numbers.
Because they’re lived in! Like them or not – the family is a major reason for visitors coming to the UK. year after year.
Tabloids like this are a good way of determining the most primitive members of society by what they chose to pick up off the newspaper stand…..
Our next Queen – but one…
@Will Derbylight…No Queen here. This is a Republic we have a President. The British have Mrs Windsor who’s German anyway.
Will uses lots of names on here, Bill and Gravel Pit. Likes to talk to himself too. Queen Camilla is the next Queen of England.
Why is this gold digging inbred lover news?
‘but one’ – Mike, he typed. Please try to keep up on one thread, at least.
Yeah whatever Bill.
Sean, Enda and his cronies are working hard to create a new aristocracy so it’s not inconceivable that we may have a Queen in the future.
What else do you expect from a tabloid? All this outrage will only boost their sales..
Correct. Sales are the name of the game. Grabbing punters’ attention before they grab that tube/bus. They are not writing Wikipedia articles.
People commenting here clearly still expect newspapers to be some kind of impartial and righteous chronicler of our times. It’s a business folks! Sell as much as you can while spending as little as you can.
Less of the indignant surprise please.
thejournal.ie who cares!! Its bad enough to get the foreign rubbish TV3!!
there are probably people who think Kate is not like the rest of humans
There are people who believe she’s one of them shape-shifting lizard people.
People? You mean Frank
Stop bullying women by writing articles illustrating how they should and should not look. It doesn’t matter who you are, can people not be allowed carry themselves the way that makes themselves feel good.
These rags are quickly going down the same route with Kate Middleton that they did with Princess Diana. This unhealthy obsession with minuscule details of her life results in unrepentant hounding of the woman and we all know where that left poor Diana
I’ve been grey since my twenties and wear my silver mane with pride. Some how i think Kate wont be to bothered by the comments, she is a very strong lady. Pity Diana wasent as strong. Dont read the gutter press that is the tabloids. They have to fill paper space.
The average age that people start spotting grey hairs is at 33? That happened for me at 23!
I’ve had a few grey hairs since my leaving cert and get a few more every year since. Daily Mail needs to get over itself.
She should sue them… Claim it’s all the stress from mud slinging in the tabloids.
Rupert Murdock could be paying for her highlights for the next 20 years…
Awww drew. Try to keep up. Murdock has nothing to do with this….
And Drew. Murdoch owns the Scuzzy Sun, not the Daily Wail.
Yawn !! Any good news out there ?
A 33 yr old woman living on social welfare has a few grey hairs,and its front page news.Shocking…
If still bash her back door in
Wouldn’t worry about it Kate, I’m grey since 22. Old news ;-)
Needless to say, the article criticising her was written by another woman (Ruth Styles) . Glass ceilings aren’t the biggest problem that women face, it;’s the bitchiness of other women.
I care even less about Kate Middleton’s hair than I do about what the Daily Heil publishes.
This article is about as pointless as both of them.
Who cares about the royals
You. You’ve just read about and then commented about them.
She is now The Duchess of Cambridge.They can’t even get her title right.
Off with her head!
Problem sorted
Imac ?
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