{"id":241186,"date":"2023-11-15T19:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=241186"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:10:46","slug":"richard-eden-nicky-haslam-blasts-william-and-kate-as-childish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/richard-eden-nicky-haslam-blasts-william-and-kate-as-childish\/","title":{"rendered":"RICHARD EDEN: Nicky Haslam blasts William and Kate as &apos;childish&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>RICHARD EDEN: Interior designer to the stars and Queen Camilla&#8217;s pal Nicky Haslam blasts Prince William and Kate as &#8216;childish&#8217;, unsophisticated and &#8216;common&#8217; for &#8216;endlessly wearing blue&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Wonder Waddingham strikes again! Ted Lasso star, 49, stuns on the green carpet as she hosts Prince William&#8217;s Earthshot Prize as she cements her status as 2023&#8217;s brightest star<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Born to one of Queen Victoria\u2019s goddaughters, Nicky Haslam socialised with Princess Diana, has worked for King Charles, is a good friend of Queen Camilla and once sang in front of Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>The waspish interior designer is, however, not impressed by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Haslam, 84, accuses the heir to the throne and his wife of being \u2018childish\u2019, unsophisticated and dressing like dummies in a department store window.<\/p>\n<p>So disappointed is he that he\u2019s included them on his \u2018Common List\u2019, his playfully snobbish compilation of things that have caused him distress over the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The list is printed on a tea towel, or \u2018drying-up cloth\u2019 as he calls it, which is sold to his friends at \u00a340 a time.<\/p>\n<p>The family are included as \u2018The Waleses in blue\u2019, referring to the way that they have worn colour co-ordinated outfits. \u2018You see endless pictures of the whole family in various shades of blue,\u2019 he tells me. \u2018It\u2019s common. It\u2019s so odd to see an entire family dressed in blue. Wouldn\u2019t little Princess Charlotte like to wear white?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77526545-12722095-image-m-93_1699394748461.jpg\" height=\"643\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicky Haslam\u00a0is not impressed by the Prince and Princess of Wales (pictured with their children in April 2023)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s supposed to suggest a calm upper-classness, which is so dull. If you look at pictures from the old days, the royals had wonderful exotic clothes. But now they look like dummies in Peter Jones\u2019s window.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He adds of William and Catherine: \u2018They do childish things, like play football and games. They couldn\u2019t be less sophisticated. They don\u2019t go to literary lunches and read extraordinary books or go to the theatre.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Old Etonian also includes \u2018fly-pasts\u2019 on his list. \u2018They come at every single opportunity, they even happen in France now,\u2019 he tells me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The royals must also find them common. Wouldn\u2019t you after the 100th fly-past? Wouldn\u2019t you rather get inside and have a drink?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Haslam, whose clients have included Sir Mick Jagger and Sir Rod Stewart, also condemns Wimbledon, telling me: \u2018The people who go to it, the whole atmosphere, is now common, there is no glamour whatsoever. It\u2019s no longer elite.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77526551-12722095-image-a-100_1699394803665.jpg\" height=\"540\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77526553-12722095-image-m-99_1699394792901.jpg\" height=\"540\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Haslam, 84, accuses the heir to the throne and his wife (pictured wearing matching blue ensembles) of being \u2018childish\u2019, unsophisticated and dressing like dummies in a department store window<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/72300737-12722095-United_in_blue_The_Prince_of_Wales_poses_for_Father_s_Day_surrou-a-163_1699396491047.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United in blue: The Prince of Wales poses for Father&#8217;s Day surrounded by his children, Princess Charlotte, eight, Prince Louis, five, and Prince George, ten<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/72300495-12722095-Kate_and_William_attend_Easter_morning_service_at_St_George_s_Wi-a-164_1699396531932.jpg\" height=\"986\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kate and William attend Easter morning service at St George&#8217;s Windsor, 2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77526549-12722095-image-m-103_1699394822070.jpg\" height=\"913\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The interior designer adds of William and Catherine (pictured in October 2023): \u2018They do childish things, like play football and games. They couldn\u2019t be less sophisticated. They don\u2019t go to literary lunches and read extraordinary books or go to the theatre.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77527259-12722095-image-m-134_1699396056750.jpg\" height=\"1486\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He insists that the Queen will be amused by his list: \u2018I think she\u2019ll have a laugh about it. She is sophisticated, she\u2019s well-read, very funny and very quick.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Haslam described the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s family as \u2018frightfully common\u2019. Referring to the absence of Meghan\u2019s father from her wedding in Windsor, he said: \u2018It would have been awful if that huge lump [Thomas Markle] had been there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The royals probably don\u2019t quite know how to deal with them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He did make an exception for Meghan\u2019s mother, Doria Ragland, saying: \u2018One person who wasn\u2019t common was her mother.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He also criticised Meghan\u2019s \u00a3200,000 Givenchy bridal gown by British designer Clare Waight Keller.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t very much like her dress &#8211; it didn\u2019t fit, among other things,\u2019 he said. \u2018It should have been made of thinner stuff, it seemed to be made of concrete.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77526543-12722095-image-a-106_1699394866535.jpg\" height=\"979\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicky Haslam (L) and Queen Camilla, then the Duchess of Cornwall,\u00a0attend\u00a0Fortnum &amp; Mason&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon for the launch of Tom Parker Bowles&#8217; book Let&#8217;s Eat Meat on October 21, 2014 in London<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77526541-12722095-So_disappointed_is_he_that_he_s_included_them_on_his_Common_List-m-137_1699396079031.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/22\/77527827-12722095-image-a-138_1699396085150.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>So disappointed is the interior designer (pictured right in 2019) that he\u2019s included them on his \u2018Common List\u2019, his playfully snobbish compilation of things that have caused him distress over the past year. The list is printed on a tea towel (pictured), or \u2018drying-up cloth\u2019 as he calls it, which is sold to his friends at \u00a340 a time<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12722095\/RICHARD-EDEN-Interior-designer-stars-Queen-Camillas-pal-Nicky-Haslam-blasts-Prince-William-Kate-childish-unsophisticated-common-endlessly-wearing-blue.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHARD EDEN: Interior designer to the stars and Queen Camilla&#8217;s pal Nicky Haslam blasts Prince William and Kate as &#8216;childish&#8217;, unsophisticated and &#8216;common&#8217; for &#8216;endlessly wearing blue&#8217; READ MORE: Wonder&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RICHARD EDEN: Nicky Haslam blasts William and Kate as &amp;apos;childish&amp;apos; 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