{"id":117188,"date":"2024-04-24T12:21:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1687153"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:21:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:21:58","slug":"king-charles-has-made-kate-middleton-his-royal-companion-is-this-as-weird-as-it-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/king-charles-has-made-kate-middleton-his-royal-companion-is-this-as-weird-as-it-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles has made Kate Middleton his \u2018Royal Companion\u2019, is this as weird as it sounds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1343662748.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Welcome to another perfectly normal day on Normal Island, previously known as the United Kingdom. The once-sturdy British monarchy now resembles a teetering house of cards, with its various members either seriously ill, exiled overseas, ancient, or Prince Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways it&#8217;s been a quiet year, with the King and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/kate-middleton\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a><\/strong> ducking out of the limelight as they battle cancer. Of course, this hasn&#8217;t stopped wild speculation building on what&#8217;s actually going on behind the scenes. Now eyebrows have been raised with the official announcement that King Charles is using his Royal power to make his daughter-in-law an official &#8220;Royal companion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So, what is a Royal companion, and is it some messed up <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> style thing?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-royal-companions-of-the-order-of-the-companions-of-honour\">The Royal Companions of the Order of the Companions of Honour<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2102842855.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo illustration, a selection of UK Sunday newspaper front pages, including The Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Express, The Sun on Sunday, The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Mirror and The Sunday Times cover Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales recent announcement of her cancer diagnosis, on March 24, 2024 in London, England. The Princess of Wales had abdominal surgery earlier this year and has revealed that cancer has subsequently been found. She said she has been receiving preventive chemotherapy and asked for privacy for her and her family. (Photo by Mark Case\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-1687167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2102842855.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2102842855.jpg?resize=564,317 564w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2102842855.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2102842855.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Mark Case\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite sounding suspiciously made up, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Order of the Companions of Honour<\/a> is indeed an actual thing. It was founded in 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence. Initially intended as a decoration for soldiers who distinguished themselves in World War I it&#8217;s now awarded to those the King decides has had &#8220;a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There are 65 members in total, with current members of note including nature broadcaster David Attenborough, <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> icon Ian McKellen, <em>Harry Potter<\/em> star Maggie Smith, former Beatle Paul McCartney, and <em>The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale <\/em>author Margaret Atwood.<\/p>\n<p>Those are all pretty sizeable cultural icons, so what has Kate Middleton done to join their esteemed ranks? Well.. uh.. not much.<\/p>\n<p>Kate is the first member of the Royal family to be made a member of this Order, apparently simply for being patron of the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum, and the Royal Photographic Society. It&#8217;s an odd decision to make Kate a member and people are baffled:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Genuinely asking &#8230; what public service?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corinne (@Amaryllis_83) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amaryllis_83\/status\/1782802142283100483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At least we know she&#8217;s not getting rewarded for her Photoshop skills:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Companion of Honour, which recognises achievements in science and the arts, is limited to 65 people &#8211; Peter Higgs has just died, and there&#39;s therefore a vacancy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m not sure what has Kate done to deserve this honour alongside Sir Paul Mccartney and Dame Maggie Smith. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLaB24O9I0\">pic.twitter.com\/ZLaB24O9I0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Otto English (@Otto_English) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Otto_English\/status\/1782879029235777809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Maybe Kate is making artistic and scientific breakthroughs in secret?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, it&#39;s ridiculous.<br \/>My children&#39;s grandfather was made a Companion of Honour. He was a Nobel prize-winning immunologist.<br \/>It devalues this honour that Kate Middleton has been given it. What has she achieved in her life?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr G <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f49a.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc9a\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f90d.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd0d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f49c.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc9c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f1ea-1f1fa.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> (@queenofswords6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/queenofswords6\/status\/1783058162364432401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As usual, Royal chess pieces are being moved behind the scenes of Buckingham Palace by officials for reasons we&#8217;re not privy to. 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