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Duchess Kate’s ‘Terrifying’ Weight Loss Worries Prince William, But Kate Looks ‘Demure’ In ‘Eye-Catching’ Jackie O Outfit

By Ven Lanyon
Published on: 08:25 PST, Jul 1, 2016

Amidst concerns about Duchess Kate’s shocking weight loss, the beautiful young royal is still showing the fashion world a thing or two about looking great. Although it’s rumored that Kate’s lost so much weight that she’s down to a mere 99 pounds, and OK magazine reports that the Middleton family “is worried” about her health, the Duchess looked fabulous during a visit to France this week.

Kate wore a Missoni long jacket in shades of silver and black that added “a pinch of movie star Hollywood glamour” to her already fantastic look. She paired it with a “vintage-style” black velvet pillbox hat that reminded many of the late John F. Kennedy’s wife, Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Jackie O’s image was “almost synonymous” with Chanel suits and hats completed by “giant pearls,” and Duchess Kate made that image come alive again for onlookers. She added the requisite pair of pearl earrings to look “downright Kennedy-esq.”

Kate’s overall image in the Jackie O outfit was “demure, low-key and respectful,” according to Hello magazine, and E! Online described the Missoni jacket as “eye-catching,” while USA Today said that Duchess Kate’s style was “in stark contrast to the prim, British style” normally favored by the royals.

The Independent reported that Duchess Kate appeared to be “taking style tips” from Jackie O, who they described as “one of the (other) most legendary fashion icons in history.” The paper went on to show photos of Jackie in her famous pillbox hat and earrings, and the fashion resemblance between Kate and the former First Lady was very noticeable.

Kate has a bit of a history channeling the late JFK’s wife. Two years ago, when Kate and Prince William visited Australia on an official Royal tour, Kate appeared in a “button down red coat and pillbox hat” that was even more like the American fashion icon’s “signature ’60s style.”

All this fashion icon success doesn’t stop Kate’s family from worrying about her health. The Duchess has lost a lot of weight in a short time, and although she looks good, a source close to the family told OK magazine that Kate is “way too thin.”

“She’s lost a dramatic amount of weight. She’s way too thin. It’s no wonder there’s been so much speculation about her health.”

According to the same insider, Kate herself believes she is fine, but her husband doesn’t agree. Prince William is said to be “worried sick” over the state of his wife’s health.

Kate is reportedly not sleeping, and is “definitely not her usual sparkly self” now that she’s lost so much weight. The insider also claims that the Duchess is experiencing a loss of appetite.

One Royal follower tweeted about previous Royal women’s attitudes to weight. Edward VIII’s American wife, Wallace Simpson, famously said that a woman can “never be too thin or too rich,” but the tweet also remembered the incident when Princess Diana fainted while on a Royal visit to Vancouver, Canada.

The Duchess has had a lot on her plate with regular Royal duties always awaiting, even now that she has two little ones to take care of. The addition of Princess Charlotte to the family has been an “exhausting” experience for Kate, and has drained her energy to a possibly dangerous point. Gossip site Celebrity Dirty Laundry reports that gossip among Royal watchers “has run rampant” on the topic of Kate’s weight loss. Many believe that Kate can’t get pregnant again because her thinness has stopped her from being able to conceive a third child.

What do you think? Is Kate’s weight loss program a good thing, and is her eye catching Jackie O look worth the Duchess becoming unhealthily thin?

[Photo by Andrew Matthews – Pool/Getty Images]

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