During the Royally Obsessed podcast, Roberta Fiorito and Rachel Bowie discussed the lack of vocal support for the Black Lives Matter movement from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in comparison to Meghan Markle. Ms Bowie labelled Kate and Prince William’s silence on the issue as deafening.
Ms Bowie said: “I do feel like I am still waiting to hear from Prince William and Kate Middleton and the Queen.
“Maybe that is fruitless to continue to hold my breath for that.
“I am disappointed, a lot of people say well in the US it is a political issue but it is not a political issue, it is affecting the entire world.
“It is a human issue that every person on earth needs to address so I think that their silence is a little deafening.
“It is a little disheartening, more than a little.”
Ms Fiorito
said: “It was disappointing that we didn’t see anything from it on the official Instagram accounts. This wasn’t just a US movement. It was an international movement so it would have been nice to hear from the Queen or hear from Kate and William on the matter.” She later added: “
Maybe we can give the Queen the benefit of the doubt because with COVID she didn’t speak out immediately.”Last month Kate and Prince William were praised for the new approach they had taken to royal engagements during the coronavirus pandemic
Omid Scobie and Maggie Rulli discussed the “raw” side of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Zoom calls during the Heir Podcast.
Ms Rulli stated that the video calls have allowed Kate and Prince William to have more intimate moments with members of the public as a royal press officer has not been involved.
Mr Scobie said: “You have been on royal engagements, you know how orchestrated these events are.
“So there is something really refreshing about the organic nature of these Zoom calls.
“I hope once this is all over we keep some of this informality on royal engagements moving forward.
“I am really enjoying seeing this side of both the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, I hope that continues.”
Ms Rulli added: “That is why we are seeing this very authentic, almost raw side to both of them right now, especially Kate.
“Maybe it is because they are doing it on their own.
“There are no time constraints or added pressure of the press secretary being there.
“It is a much more intimate moment.”