VP Harris keeps being referred to as Kamala. Do you remember calling a VP Joe, Dick, Mike or JD before? Me neither.
Hillary Clinton was Hillary so often.
I want to be clear, I don’t think Kate is a feminist icon, far from it. She nevertheless deserves the same respect as anyone else.
This is less a BBC issue, and more a societal issue.
They still can’t get it right. She would only be Catherine, Princess of Wales if she divorced.Â
She’s The Princess of Wales.Â
They only do this to catherine and meghan. Anne is always referred to as her proper name as are eugenie and Beatrice and the older royals like duchess of Kent and princess Michael. Yet Kate married in 2011 and meghan in 2018. Neither have been Middleton or markle since their wedding and the press will not respect either by making the distinction. At least you can make the excuse with meghan that she was publicly known as that, but still.. if the press can go from kim kardashian west to kim kardashian, or from Kanye to ye (although thats a horrible example), Bruce to caitlyn jenner, … it shouldn’t be difficult at all to refer to both of these women by their married names. Which in both cases would be their titles.. catherine, princess of wales… meghan, duchess of Sussex. Every other married person has the choice to make that change. Some public figures keep the name, some change to their spouse, but both of them have been clear they haven’t been Middleton or markle in decade/s
The BBC, and myriad other UK news outlets, refer to her as “Kate Middleton” for SEO purposes – no-one is searching for the “Princess of Wales.’
Literally, don’t blame the messenger. It’s not journalists’ fault if royal ‘fans’ can’t get it together to type the right name into Google.
They’re probably sensitive after the trump speech edit. They don’t want the RF suing them too
I can see why it matters right now because her husband’s uncle just got stripped of using his titles
It’s a long and glorious tradition – when will we start referring to Anne Boleyn by her married name anyway?
Also the press routinely refer to women by their husband’s names even when they haven’t changed them – that never seems to attract the same level of ire
People screw up names to show disrespect and it’s much easier to do to women.
A guy I knew would call women by their husband’s surname even when the woman had not changed it. He once refused to acknowledge that he knew a person I was talking about because I used her actual name “I don’t know anyone by that name”.
Either the person who did this is crap at their job or they knew better and did it intentionally.
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Im surprised the princess of Wales is against it, when each reference as Middleton uplifts her family name.
This is so petty and meaningless that it handily furthers the argument that the BBC long ago ceased to be a serious, professional news outlet. Today, it’s a mere step above the Daily Mail in the topics it chooses to cover, the minutiae it focusses on, and the drivel it feeds the public. SMH.
Who cares? Does the royal family not have better things to be doing?
The media has been asked to refer to her as Catherine since the Royal Wedding, well over a decade ago. This is not a “gotcha” situation, but a weird choice by the BBC to suddenly forget the standard request that has been in place for years.
You know what people care about? Their families, their jobs, putting food on the table, healthcare, education for their children and a safe future. Calling a royal by her proper name does not rank anywhere on anyone’s list.
The RF has such bad PR advisors. No private company would hire these idiots.
Kate didn’t complain about this, she never has. There is a loud section of royal fans who consider this very offensive to her. It was all over X the day it happened. Frankly, a media organization’s job is to refer to people by their proper names, titles, and pronunciations. You don’t get to be lazy and sloppy about it. Even though this seems petty and stupid, they were right to apologize.
The people who complained about this must not have any real problems irl or jobs to worry about or families to look after or bills to pay etc.
I mean yeah in the grand scheme of things, not a huge deal. But it *is* symptomatic of the way media as a whole disrespects women and often gets away with it. They aren’t referring to the men by titles and names that aren’t appropriate, and her name and titles are not new. It’s a pretty basic respect to refer to someone by their preferred and official name and title.
I mean, I wouldn’t contact the BBC about it, but like… sure using Kate Middleton is gossipy type stories is fine. SEO and all that. However, it is kinda weird to use Kate Middleton instead of her title when the story is about her in her official capacity.
What did they do to her? Call her by her name? The absolute cheek!
You know, I’ve never figured out why some journalists have insisted on calling Kate and Meghan by their maiden names but Sophie and Zara aren’t. We don’t call Sophie “Sophie Rhys-Jones” or Zara “Zara Phillips.” So why did it change for Kate and Meghan?
It’s pretty obvious that she likes her full name and hasn’t been Middleton since for like 14 years. Yes it’s small fry in the grand scheme of things but it’s still disrespectful not to call someone the name they wish to be called.
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People always do that to women.
VP Harris keeps being referred to as Kamala. Do you remember calling a VP Joe, Dick, Mike or JD before? Me neither.
Hillary Clinton was Hillary so often.
I want to be clear, I don’t think Kate is a feminist icon, far from it. She nevertheless deserves the same respect as anyone else.
This is less a BBC issue, and more a societal issue.
They still can’t get it right. She would only be Catherine, Princess of Wales if she divorced.Â
She’s The Princess of Wales.Â
They only do this to catherine and meghan. Anne is always referred to as her proper name as are eugenie and Beatrice and the older royals like duchess of Kent and princess Michael. Yet Kate married in 2011 and meghan in 2018. Neither have been Middleton or markle since their wedding and the press will not respect either by making the distinction. At least you can make the excuse with meghan that she was publicly known as that, but still.. if the press can go from kim kardashian west to kim kardashian, or from Kanye to ye (although thats a horrible example), Bruce to caitlyn jenner, … it shouldn’t be difficult at all to refer to both of these women by their married names. Which in both cases would be their titles.. catherine, princess of wales… meghan, duchess of Sussex. Every other married person has the choice to make that change. Some public figures keep the name, some change to their spouse, but both of them have been clear they haven’t been Middleton or markle in decade/s
The BBC, and myriad other UK news outlets, refer to her as “Kate Middleton” for SEO purposes – no-one is searching for the “Princess of Wales.’
Literally, don’t blame the messenger. It’s not journalists’ fault if royal ‘fans’ can’t get it together to type the right name into Google.
They’re probably sensitive after the trump speech edit. They don’t want the RF suing them too
I can see why it matters right now because her husband’s uncle just got stripped of using his titles
It’s a long and glorious tradition – when will we start referring to Anne Boleyn by her married name anyway?
Also the press routinely refer to women by their husband’s names even when they haven’t changed them – that never seems to attract the same level of ire
People screw up names to show disrespect and it’s much easier to do to women.
A guy I knew would call women by their husband’s surname even when the woman had not changed it. He once refused to acknowledge that he knew a person I was talking about because I used her actual name “I don’t know anyone by that name”.
Either the person who did this is crap at their job or they knew better and did it intentionally.
🤦‍♀️
Im surprised the princess of Wales is against it, when each reference as Middleton uplifts her family name.
This is so petty and meaningless that it handily furthers the argument that the BBC long ago ceased to be a serious, professional news outlet. Today, it’s a mere step above the Daily Mail in the topics it chooses to cover, the minutiae it focusses on, and the drivel it feeds the public. SMH.
Who cares? Does the royal family not have better things to be doing?
The media has been asked to refer to her as Catherine since the Royal Wedding, well over a decade ago. This is not a “gotcha” situation, but a weird choice by the BBC to suddenly forget the standard request that has been in place for years.
You know what people care about? Their families, their jobs, putting food on the table, healthcare, education for their children and a safe future. Calling a royal by her proper name does not rank anywhere on anyone’s list.
The RF has such bad PR advisors. No private company would hire these idiots.
Kate didn’t complain about this, she never has. There is a loud section of royal fans who consider this very offensive to her. It was all over X the day it happened. Frankly, a media organization’s job is to refer to people by their proper names, titles, and pronunciations. You don’t get to be lazy and sloppy about it. Even though this seems petty and stupid, they were right to apologize.
The people who complained about this must not have any real problems irl or jobs to worry about or families to look after or bills to pay etc.
I mean yeah in the grand scheme of things, not a huge deal. But it *is* symptomatic of the way media as a whole disrespects women and often gets away with it. They aren’t referring to the men by titles and names that aren’t appropriate, and her name and titles are not new. It’s a pretty basic respect to refer to someone by their preferred and official name and title.
I mean, I wouldn’t contact the BBC about it, but like… sure using Kate Middleton is gossipy type stories is fine. SEO and all that. However, it is kinda weird to use Kate Middleton instead of her title when the story is about her in her official capacity.
What did they do to her? Call her by her name? The absolute cheek!
You know, I’ve never figured out why some journalists have insisted on calling Kate and Meghan by their maiden names but Sophie and Zara aren’t. We don’t call Sophie “Sophie Rhys-Jones” or Zara “Zara Phillips.” So why did it change for Kate and Meghan?
It’s pretty obvious that she likes her full name and hasn’t been Middleton since for like 14 years. Yes it’s small fry in the grand scheme of things but it’s still disrespectful not to call someone the name they wish to be called.
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