--- title: The Royal Bum Revealed: Bild Magazine Shatters Global Royal Protocol description: By positioning pictures of the posteriors of Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton next to each other, Bild has made us realize how much the two paparazzi fixtures have in common canonical: https://time.com/120467/kate-middleton-bum-kim-kardashian-bild-magazine/ author: Susanna Schrobsdorff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-27T22:36:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:21.956Z og:title: Bild magazine shatters royal protocol by pairing bum shots of Kate and Kim og:description: By positioning pictures of the posteriors of Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton next to each other, Bild has made us realize how much the two paparazzi fixtures have in common og:url: https://time.com/120467/kate-middleton-bum-kim-kardashian-bild-magazine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt735e5f52c6e9cf9d/698690fa1eebf738453710d0/kate_kim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: kate_kim og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bild magazine shatters royal protocol by pairing bum shots of Kate and Kim twitter:description: By positioning pictures of the posteriors of Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton next to each other, Bild has made us realize how much the two paparazzi fixtures have in common twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt735e5f52c6e9cf9d/698690fa1eebf738453710d0/kate_kim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # German Tabloid Brings Kim and Kate Together With Some Bum Photos > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters.  by [Susanna Schrobsdorff](https://time.com/author/susanna-schrobsdorff/)  ## Susanna Schrobsdorff May 27, 2014 10:36 PM UTC  Getty Images (2)  by [Susanna Schrobsdorff](https://time.com/author/susanna-schrobsdorff/)  ## Susanna Schrobsdorff May 27, 2014 10:36 PM UTC The German magazine _Bild_ [broke](http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/royals/catherine-mountbatten-windsor/kleiderverbot-fuer-die-herzogin-36122910.bild.html) all kinds of global monarchy protocol this week when they dared to publish photos of Kate Middleton’s royal bottom just as it was exposed by a fierce breeze in Australia. But that’s not all the intrepid magazine did: they also published their opportunistic photos of Britain’s second-most coveted bum right next to a bottom-focused shot of America’s tabloid royalty and international newlywed, Kim Kardashian. And then, in a move that will probably disturb the time space continuum for the rest of the month, both backside images were displayed _next to each other_ under a truly tasteless headline containing a single German phrase that somehow combines a host of vulgar concepts involving bottoms, sexual feelings, gratitude and happy, happy weekends. But the thing is, _Bild_ has done something far more profound than just saying “here are two sets of totally different but equally famous ladies’ bums, aren’t we amusing?” What they’ve really done is broken the thin tabloid membrane that separated these two women whom we thought were opposites. Think about it: Both had royal weddings. Both were due with their first babies the same month. Both wear clothes that half the women on the planet want (not the same half, mind you, but still). Neither can survive without their paparazzi. Both are married to famous men who look incredibly awkward when they have to pose next to their more-popular wives. 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