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  • Kate: The Future Queen

  • By: Katie Nicholl
  • Narrated by: Sue Pitkin
  • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (134 ratings)

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Kate: The Future Queen

By: Katie Nicholl
Narrated by: Sue Pitkin
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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.

©2013 Katie Nicholl (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
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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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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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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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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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Great biography

A lovely biography of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and now Princess of Wales. A highly recommend it.

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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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