You sure have a point.
The royals are "curators" of the palaces they live in to a large extent. The frames they live within are set to a certain extent and to some extent also protected by law.
They can't strip the walls down to the bare stone or bricks to create a "rough" look for example. (Fortunately, because it looks hideous with bare concrete walls IMO!)
So I think it's interesting what they do within the limits they have.
That's why I think it's the small details, that tell us a little bit about their taste - and often their personalities.
Choice of color, choice of carpets, chairs, curtains, the way they arrange their desks - or don't...
W&K's room here, which we must presume is a part of the palace that they use on a daily basis, says a little bit about themselves and how they
prefer to live. I mean who goes into a more grand room merely to do a presentation on laptop?
And it's interesting to compare this little glimpse with the den of Prince Charles and Camilla. Because that is a cozy, little, cluttered, comfortable cave - a little untidy and perhaps also a little dusty, but safe, homely.
The impression I have of W&K's room is they like it safe. No garish green or orange colors on the walls. No zig-zag pattern on their curtains. No plates with crying children (or dancing elephants) on the wall.
But safe, soothing, calm, unobtrusive, predictable, traditional.
- Pretty much the impression I have of them as a team and as persons.
And some may indeed call that a little boring and that they may actually be, also privately. And as such how they prefer to live. Many people are happy that way.
In the male fashion thread we have long since established that while William may occasionally wear ugly brown shoes (a royal male thing), we won't ever see him wearing a lilac velvet blazer or a tie with yellow sheep on it.
He plays it safe there as well.
So combined with the small glimpses into their private homes, it does give us an indication of his personality.
So all in all this adds to my pet-theory that if William wasn't a royal, he would be perfectly happy as a country-vicar in a small village in Kent. ?
- A long post as usual.
Oh well, it was a running thought process.
