Yesterday during her tour of London’s various means of mass transit, Kate Middleton reportedly dropped a detail to a group of congregated R.A.F. officers that—as any Middleton detail does—has already taken on a life of its own. Kate told the assembled air force members that she has been taking flying lessons in a fixed-wing aircraft. “'My grandfather [late R.A.F. pilot Peter Middleton] flew planes,” she said. “I've had a few lessons on fixed wing.”
We’ve got questions!
Who is teaching her? Naturally, this revelation has already led to much hypothesizing as to what strapping instructor is coaching her to get her fly on. William (who flies helicopters, not fixed-wing planes) is out, as he would be prohibited from being in a plane with Kate at the same time. This has led the Daily Mail and others to conjecture Harry (who took fixed-wing lessons himself) is teaching Kate. We find this . . . unlikely! Though the image of a uniformed Harry turning on LMFAO in the cockpit while an impeccably dressed Kate sits by his side rolling her eyes with a slight smile is one we’re not upset about.
Where does she want to fly? The princess who just wants to fly somewhere, anywhere, sounds like it could be the premise for a Sofia Coppola movie. Perhaps Kate feels free in the sky, with no cameras awaiting her on the sidewalk, no commentators to zoom in on pictures of her grey roots. Maybe it’s not where she wants to fly, as much as where she doesn’t want to fly!
As is the effect with her sartorial choices, will this lead to a sudden uptick in the number of people signing up for flying lessons? (This one’s rhetorical, but obviously the answer is yes.)
Will she soon get bored with the blue skies and decide to crash Lady Gaga and Curiosity’s galactic slumber party, showing them who the real queen of space is? We can only hope.
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