Svelte Kate Middleton is finally showing a baby bump, and the world is understandably enthralled with this rare glimpse of a paunch.

Well, everyone except Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel, who is under fire for describing Middleton as a “shop window mannequin with no personality,” according to the Christian Science Monitor, adding, “Her only point and purpose [is to] give birth.”

Hey now, she’s also quite good at waving.

Quick Takes

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