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I’ll admit it, I kind of just wanted to write this post because we got these photos – of Duchess Kate in prison on Friday – later than I expected, and I just wanted to use the pics. As you can see in these photos, Kate really was especially animated during her prison visit, and it was almost like she was making an effort to be publicly seen as engaging with something, anything. I guess I should give Kate some begrudging credit too – she wasn’t publicly fussing with her hair in half the photos, like usual. But I kind of wanted her to fuss with it a little bit, considering her shaggy-dog gringe/bangs were in her eyes half the time. And it’s the gringe that is the focus of this OK Mag/Closer story. Apparently, Kate now realizes the shaggy-dog bangs were a mistake. The Gringe of Regret!

According to Ok! Magazine, the Duchess of Cambridge, 33, is facing major backlash over her new bangs — and thus regrets debuting her updated hairstyle!

“Kate is quite mortified by all the fuss people have been making,” a royal insider told the entertainment news outlet. “She wanted to freshen up her look, so she got some bangs. But like many women who make that decision, she quickly regretted it! Luckily, she has healthy hair that grows very fast.”

“She really should have consulted a stylist before her first appearance,” the source added. “She knows [her new hair] wasn’t well received.”

The royal is “determined to get back on track” with her appearance, as she “doesn’t want to reflect poorly on the royal family.”

[From Closer Weekly]

I chuckled at the idea that the BANGS would reflect poorly on the monarchy. Yes, Kate, it’s the bangs! Not your vacation-happy ways, not your inability to do a handful of events without a multi-month build-up and massive shaming campaign by the press. It’s totally the bangs trauma. Anyway, I suspect – as many of you have suggested – that the bangs were just Kate’s way of dealing with postpartum hair loss. Incidentally, for those of us on Wiglet Watch, I’m pretty sure Kate was wearing a hair “fall” at the back.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.
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