Duchess Kate won’t appear on Vogue cover, palace says
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The former Kate Middleton -- now Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge -- will not play cover girl for American Vogue, despite a report Monday that Prince William’s bride was being courted by editor Anna Wintour.
Rumor had it that Wintour was campaigning for the former Kate Middleton as a stateside cover of the fashion mag, leveraging her relationship with longtime Vogue photographer Mario Testino to get it done.
But sadly, ‘There are no plans for the Duchess to do anything with U.S. Vogue,’ a palace rep told People magazine.
The Testino connection would’ve been a safe bet -- not only a prize steed in Wintour’s photography stable, he’s a longtime pal of the royal family. His portraits of the late Princess Diana are treasured by many, along with the engagement portraits of Kate and William he shot last year.
Magazine competition over the princess bride has been stiff. The New York Post says British Vogue tried to get her for a wedding edition, which she declined. A collaboration with Wintour would’ve been her first cooperative editorial spread, save for another Testino shot that landed in the June issue of Vanity Fair.
‘There’s nothing trashy or vulgar about her,’ Wintour has said of Kate’s style. ‘She dresses her age and never looks out of place.’
Least of all on the cover of Vogue, we’d say.
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<p>The former Kate Middleton, now Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, will not play cover girl for American Vogue, despite a report Monday that Prince William’s bride was being courted by editor Anna Wintour.</p>
<p>Rumor had it that Wintour was campaigning for the former Kate Middleton as a stateside cover of the fashion mag, <a href=’http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/anna_fights_for_kate_cover_MBwF1zRRAYrnFgE1PR1PhM’ target=’_blank’>leveraging</a> her relationship with longtime Vogue photographer Mario Testino to get it done.</p>
<p>But sadly, ‘There are no plans for the Duchess to do anything with U.S. Vogue,’ a palace rep <a href=’http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20532087,00.html’ target=’_blank’>told</a> People magazine. </p>
<p>The Testino connection would’ve been a safe bet -- not only a prize steed in Wintour’s photography stable, he’s a longtime pal of the royal family. His portraits of the late Princess Diana are treasured by many, along with the <a href=’http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/12/royal-engagement-photos-prince-william-kate-middleton.html’ target=’_blank’>engagement portraits</a> of Kate and William he shot last year.</p>
<p>Magazine competition over the princess bride has been stiff. The New York Post says British Vogue tried to get for a wedding edition, which she declined. A collaboration with Wintour would’ve been her first cooperative editorial spread, save for another Testino shot that <a href=’http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/05/kate-william-vanity-fair-mario-testino-us-road-trip.html’ target=’_blank’>landed</a> on the June issue of Vanity Fair.</p>
<p>’There’s nothing trashy or vulgar about her,’ Wintour has <a href=’http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/09/kate_middleton_expected_to_hav.html’ target=’_blank’>said</a> of Kate’s style. ‘She dresses her age and never looks out of place.’</p>
<p>Least of all on the cover of Vogue, we’d say.</p>
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<p>-- Matt Donnelly<br /><a href=’http://www.twitter.com/mattdonnelly’ target=’_blank’>twitter.com/MattDonnelly</a></p>
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