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Kate: The Future Queen
- Narrated by: Sue Pitkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
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Publisher's Summary
Katie Nicholl, best-selling author and royal correspondent for The Mail on Sunday, gives us an inside look into the life of the future Queen of England, Kate Middleton. Since becoming Duchess Catherine of Cambridge in 2011, Middleton has captivated fans of the royals around the world. Now Nicholl delivers the story of her early life, first romances, and love with Prince William. Nicholl will reveal new details on Middleton's initiation into royal life and, of course, her first pregnancy.
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- English Rose
- 06-04-21
Enjoyable - but ........
Katie Nicholl is an English Royal reporter and her knowledge is well researched and truthful. I was disappointed with the narration as Sue Pitkin pronounced several words incorrectly - maybe for an American audience! As a true blue Brit myself who speaks the Queen’s English, I found this a little annoying and wanting to correct her .... 🤔
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- Linda Hendrex
- 07-03-15
Interesting Story, but Too Much Repeated Material
What would have made Kate: The Future Queen better?
This was not a Bona Fide new book. Huge sections of it were word-for-word repeats of sections from this author's other books. It would have been better if the parts of this book that were new and unique had been added to one of her earlier books.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Haven't decided what my next listen will be, yet.
What didn’t you like about Sue Pitkin’s performance?
The performance was a little dull and almost monotone. It needed to be livelier.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
This book had several redeeming qualities. It was well written and the parts that were actually new and original were great! The author has a very balanced view of her subject matter and has a perspective that is refreshing.
Any additional comments?
There was A LOT of recycled material in this book. Too much of it was lifted directly from other material from this author. It isn't fair to re-sell warmed over editions of earlier books. If you ask your fans to purchase a new book then you owe them the courtesy of actually writing a full blown NEW book. It is kind of a cheat to write a few new chapters and insert them into old material that we have already purchased. I couldn't believe it when I kept hearing huge sections that were in the other books! Not Cool!
The new stuff was really good. There just wasn't enough new stuff to make a whole book, the the little bit of original information contained here just wasn't enough. It would have been better to update the other book to include the material that was featured here.
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- Karryn Ransom
- 04-27-15
Fawning
Would you try another book from Katie Nicholl and/or Sue Pitkin?
Probably not.
What was most disappointing about Katie Nicholl’s story?
Kate is lovely and inspiring to many. So her story seemed like it would be interesting. It wasn't. A privileged girl enters the privileged set then the poor thing has to deal with being famous. The fawning narrative had the opposite effect and turned me off.
I truly wanted to understand the fascination - but this book is like a really long press release.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Sound more matter of fact and less fawning.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No.
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- C Concord
- 11-27-20
Interesting, But Nothing Really New
This was an interesting story but nothing deeply revealing or insightful. The information about Catherine’s background and childhood was interesting. If you have followed her closely through the years there isn’t much new.
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- prettyinparadise
- 06-06-18
Casual read
The book was decent, with one or two new bits of insider information. The performance was not good as there were a multitude of mispronounciations.
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- Gemma
- 12-02-13
Nothing new so American!
Any additional comments?
Nice story but totally aimed at America...with dollars, and american seasons, nothing new to be learnt. Story built around quotes, but the reality is those in the true inner circle of The Duchess and her family would not be giving the quotes disappointing.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-19-20
If you are a royal fan you'll love it.
it's extremely complementary to Kate I found the constant compliments towards her appearance "she's beautiful"," perfect Kate" eye rolling. Seriously the the way the author constantly makes a point of focusing on Kate's appearance was borderline sexist in my view. I'm not interested in my future Queen's appearance I'm interested in her mind.
I don't feel after listening to this book that I am any more knowledgeable about Kate as a person or even her relationship with William.
the best way I can some this book up is that it's really a compilation of Daily Mail articles put together.
But if you like that sort of thing and are interested in iBritish culture then I think this book will be an enjoyable read. For me it was a bit of a on the boring side
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- Richard Kerr
- 10-11-19
Princess Catherine
a real insight in to the life of a girl who has stolen a nations heart
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- stephie L
- 07-31-19
great read
I really enjoyed this book. Starts off a little slow to get into as the early chapters discuss Kate's family history. Middle to end chapters I couldn't put down. Facanitating story of Kate and Williams relationship and romance. Kate sounds a little too perfect in parts. A great read for information on Kate, as I knew nothing about her until now.
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- 5712.odea
- 05-17-17
Good but Narrator spoiled it for me
Story was interesting and entertaining but the narrator's voice was so 'affected' and annoying. she must have swallowed marbles for breakfast and came across as trying too hard. A pity because it had the makings of a 5 star listen for all royal enthusiasts
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- Susan Random
- 04-07-17
Kate: The Future Queen
This book was written by one of The Daily Mail's royal correspondents, Katie Nicholl for the US market, hence why any amount of money is expressed in dollars rather than British pounds . Although it starts off being rather unctuous, saccharine and cloying, it isn't quite as sycophantic as it seems. I particularly enjoyed hearing about Kate's mother, Carole Middleton's quest for advancement and Uncle Gary Goldsmith's indiscretions at his Ibizan villa, 'Le Maison De Bang Bang'.
The narrator was fine. I'm fairly sure that she misprounounced Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall's daughter's surname though.
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- N. Mckay
- 02-06-14
Interesting but mediocre in places
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I think I learned something about Kate I didn't know before but frankly, the people who comment on these things are never going to say anything bad about Kate so it ended up feeling a bit fake and even sycophantic in places. There was a lot of assumptions and conjecture also.
What could Katie Nicholl have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
It plodded along fairly well but it wasn't written in a particuarly interesting way.
What about Sue Pitkin’s performance did you like?
I thought it was ok, but didn't really hold my attention to be honest.
Did Kate: The Future Queen inspire you to do anything?
It made me slightly more interested in finding out more about other members of the royal family, but this isn't an inspiring book.