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Cressida Bonas has a feature in the new issue of W Magazine. This ^^ is the cheekbone-tastic photo. I’ve always thought Cressy is a pretty girl, and it’s sad to think that someone so naturally attractive won’t be joining the royal family. The camera loves her. But as Cressy’s press coverage grows, so does her newfound fame and acting career, which means that she’s less and less likely to marry Prince Harry. I suspect she’s fine with that – her goal seems to be some kind of financial independence and a genuine career. She wasn’t about to waity around for the ring. Here are the two quotes from Cressida from W Magazine:

Her comfort on stage: “I’m much more confident performing than I am in social situations.”

She worries that producers might want to exploit her status as a former royal girlfriend: “I do have to be careful. But I have good intuition and great friends. They wouldn’t let me make such mistakes.”

[From W Magazine]

As I said, I like Cressida, but she’s being too cute by half if she thinks that her relationship with Harry didn’t launch her modeling and acting career. Before Harry, she was just Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe’s sister, and we only really knew Isabella’s name because Prince William tried to make Isabella his girlfriend back in the day. It’s silly to think that a random 26-year-old daughter of a former socialite would be able to suddenly launch a successful acting career out of nowhere. Of course Cressida used the interest in her relationship with Harry to build her career. Stop playing coy, Cressy.

I will give her this though – the whole “let’s hire a royal ex” thing wouldn’t have had legs if Cressida didn’t actually have some talent and a watchable quality. She’s currently starring in a one-woman show in London, An Evening With Lucien Freud, and the reviews have been fantastic. She really does have a future as an actress, apparently. I’m including some photos of Cressida (below) leaving the theater after her performances in the past week.

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Photos courtesy of W Magazine & WENN.
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