I kind of wanted to write this story for personal reasons, because I recently bought a new, fancy mattress and box spring and I’m having some issues with my purchase. Before I get into that, let’s get to the gossip. Life & Style must have gotten a tip from a UK mattress manufacturer, because I see no other reason why they would have this information. Apparently, Duchess Kate and Prince William had to special-order a “super king size” mattress for their Kensington Palace apartment. We already knew that Kate did not want separate bedrooms (separate bedrooms are traditional among the English aristocracy and royalty), but it’s new information that they needed a super-duper giant bed:

Kate Middleton, 31, will wake up looking bright-eyed and well-rested thanks to her new Healthbeds brand mattress which she will now share with hubby Prince William in their Kensington Palace digs.

The mattress “has 4,500 pocket springs which alter to your shape,” owner David Smeaton exclusively tells Life & Style. Kate reportedly fell in love with the bed while she rented in Anglesey and didn’t want to part with it.

“It’s a super king size. We took a bit longer on it than we do most beds, because it has to fit in a four poster setting,” the owner enthuses. “It has been delivered to them, and we’re all delighted.”

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And with all that room, they’ll be able to snuggle with their 2-month-old baby boy, Prince George!

[From Life & Style]

I mean… if you’re royalty, sure. If you’re a duchess and you just gave birth to the future king (not to mention you’re spending your time boning a future king), I guess it’s perfectly acceptable to special order a special super-size, extra long (*cue p0rn music*) mattress. Gotta make those heirs, girl. You need a mattress with some longevity. And personally I love the idea that William sleeps in a very special, very large bed with a four-poster bed frame. He’s such a princess.

As for my mattress drama… when I went shopping for my mattress, my only two concerns were cost and firmness. I hate mattresses that are like sponges. I don’t want to sink into my bed. I want it to be firm, bordering on hard. So that’s how I ended up with my new mattress, and while it’s super-firm and I love that part of it, there’s something weird going on. My mattress, like, absorbs, concentrates and generates heat. Every morning, I wake up drowning in sweat because my mattress is like a warm-blooded organism at this point. Is this weird? Does your mattress do this? Was I dumb to not ask the mattress salesperson if the mattress does weird things to body temperature?

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