When Kate Middleton unveiled her new blonde look at the Natural History Museum, online reaction was swift. Commenters debated whether the style was flattering or even real, with speculation about extensions and wigs dominating social feeds. Into this storm stepped Sam McKnight, Princess Diana’s former hairstylist, who denounced the criticism as “evil” and “lacking in empathy.”
McKnight’s Instagram defense described hair as a woman’s “armour, defence, confidence and so much more.” He argued that Kate, recently in remission after cancer treatment, deserved compassion rather than ridicule. His words earned sympathetic coverage in outlets like People magazine, which framed the backlash as unfair and cruel.
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Yet McKnight’s indignation has not gone unnoticed for its inconsistency. Only months earlier, the same stylist publicly mocked Prince Harry’s thinning hair, suggesting he either shave his head or undergo a transplant. The Telegraph even ran his comments under the headline “My solution for Harry’s thinning hair,” while The Sun highlighted his scathing suggestion that the Duke should “let it go.”
That contrast fuels accusations of double standards in royal coverage. Meghan Sussex has endured years of tabloid attacks on her appearance, from fake pregnancy rumors to invasive speculation about cosmetic procedures. Harry has been ridiculed over his bald patch, often framed as worsening since marrying Meghan. Neither received impassioned defenses about “empathy” or “confidence.”
McKnight’s sharp turn toward protecting Kate underlines how narratives around different royals are curated. The media normalizes criticism of Meghan and Harry, while establishment voices express outrage at even mild mockery of Kate. It is a pattern that reveals more about media priorities than about hair.
In the end, the debate is not only about Kate’s new hairstyle but about who gets defended and who is left open to attack. When commentators rush to shield Kate Middleton but freely disparage the Sussexes, it exposes the fragility of a media ecosystem that polices criticism unevenly.
Kate’s blonde debut and wig speculation may have divided opinion, but McKnight’s selective outrage says more about the royals’ image politics than about hair.
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Feminegra has it spot on as usual.
We have to understand, once and for al, that the royals relentlessly started attacking and degrading Meghan right from the start when she was seen as a breath of fresh air to the monarchy and to people worlwide. The Queen enjoyed her company and Meghan was front-paged as ‘the new People’s Princess’ after Diana.
Tetchy and entitled Willy (Kate’s nickname for him, by the way, is Baldy) was furious and humiliated that Kate (Babykins) was exposed as a colourless bystander by comparison. The monarchy then decided they could not have the future king and his consort playing second fiddle to the Spare and his charismatic American wife,, hence the edict ‘destroy Meghan and Harry at all cost. There is nothing else to say.
And cost it has been. Meghan’s stratospheric rise to world fame simply underlines why they should never have forced her out and accounts for the circus now surrounding Willy Nilly and Kate Dolittle ln their vain attempt to play catch up.
He must’ve really needed a check so badly like dude if you’re so concerned about Kate and her hair how about you fix maybe than she’ll look decent. And since he wants to bring up Prince Harry’s hair about how he tell William to shave his head completely 🙄.