I got up early this morning (because I am hungover, ugh), and I was shocked at the Today Show’s first story: the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton! This wasn’t supposed to happen until next year or the year after! Oh, well. It’s all official and everything – William officially proposed to Kate in October while they were in Kenya (on one of their eight annual holidays), and the idea is that they will have the wedding next Spring or Summer (nail it down Kate!) some time. Waity Katie waits no more! After nine long years, she’s going to be a bride, her only goal, ever. Here’s the official statement:
The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.
The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2011, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.
Prince William and Miss Middleton became engaged in October during a private holiday in Kenya. Prince William has informed The Queen and other close members of his family. Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton’s father.
Following the marriage, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force.
[From People]
People Magazine also has a quote from an “old friend” who claims: “Everyone is absolutely delighted. He has never had eyes for any other woman since Kate came on the scene. She is going to make a wonderful wife, a wonderful princess.” Yeah, he’s never had eyes for anyone else except all of those women that he went off with after dumping Kate multiple times from 2002-2007 (here for Vanity Fair‘s article on the history of their breakups). Granted, 2007-2010 has been a lot more stable for the couple, but enough with the whitewash.
Okay, so I have to eat sh-t for some things, and I have to take credit for some things. Here’s a convenient list:
*I honestly didn’t think the engagement would happen right now. I really did think that William would make Kate wait for another couple of years. My bad.
* I told you Katie Nicholl at The Mail knew what she was talking about. That bitch has sources in the Middleton family. My suspects: Carole Middleton (Kate’s mom) or Kate herself.
*I will take credit for knowing that Kate’s parents appearance at Balmoral just a few weeks ago was significant, and a good sign for their relationship.
*I really, really wanted Will to dump Kate after she was content to be his doormat, beck-and-call girl for nine long years. I thought it would provide a valuable life lesson to young women all over the world: do not spend that much time waiting around for a ring, and doing nothing else. Get a job, do some charity work, make the dude wait around for you once in a while. Instead, little girls are now getting an entirely different life lesson: if you wait long enough and do nothing but run to your man every time he calls, and take him back after he screws around on you repeatedly, then you too can win the big prize of a ring. Ugh.
That being said, congratulations to the happy couple. I’m really looking forward to the engagement interview – I’ve never heard Kate’s voice before.
Here’s the Today Show’s video for the engagement announcement:
Photos courtesy of Bauer-Griffin.
Yay….another happy story, congrats to Kate & Wills!!!!
Sorry about your hangover, Kaiser…feel better!
Yea I am watching this being covered on The Today Show, its the first thing The Today Show is covering. Which annoys me. Were not British. This should be the 3rd item they cover not the first. My gwad.
Congratulations to Prince William and Kate who are British and whose marriage won’t improve our job situation or anything like that but America is gonna cover it before things that actually matter to us.
LOL No seriously, I am not even excited about this a little and…I love weddings. I am ill.
they look so bored with each other…but they’re prolly just comfortable. *yawn*
Do all these people think the end of days is near? Nick, Jessica, Dean Sheremet and now the royals. If LeAnn Rimes makes her 4th engagement announcement official, that will leave us with only Bret Farv’s final official retirement announcement to end this nail biting suspense.
Say what you want, but I think it was smart of them to wait until they knew each other very, very well before making a committment. After the disaster of a marriage his parents had, I don’t blame him for taking his time to make a decision.
Kaiser, I am at work, hungover as well.. ugh
Congrats to the happy couple.
I like her, I like him, I wish them the best. I don’t understand the rampant dislike this girl has going against her from so many. Considering William’s family history with weddings, I’m not surprised they waited all this time.
My little girl has no idea who Kate is so I’m not worried about any life lessons she may learn from her. I don’t know enough about Kate to hate her, so I think I’ll just wish them the best. I hope Will has a much happier marriage than his father did.
Do you think she was doing nothing job-wise all these years? i think there is more going on behind the scenes than you imagine and she was preparing for one of the biggest jobs of them all – being princess and then queen of england. she was probably doing media training, educating herself and all sorts of other stuff. i don’t believe she was lying in bed all day. maybe her not working outside of the home and preparing herself for her new role instead signalises an old fashioned commitment on her part which is missing in lots of relationships nowadays. They have to be a team or it will never work. it is not about individual interests. Yea, to us it looks strange, but I think there is little time for a life outside of the court and palace once you marry into that system. Look at Daniel of Sweden. He more or less has to give up his business interests to support Victoria.
@Rita….lol! And please don’t let Charlie Sheen near Zale’s!!!!
Kaiser, could not agree with you more. She sunk in her claws, stuck it out, did whatever she had to do to bag him. And then she did. Maybe I’m just too cynical but this has disaster written all over it. She is another Camilla as far as lazy and workshy is concerned. I give them three years and then he will take a mistress. Or mistresses. Friends say he never looked at another woman, what a load of CRAP. Diana could not accept Charles’ roaming, Waity better keep her mouth shut when William does it.
I’m British and I couldn’t give a crap about this either, apart from the bill to the taxpayer, which I will be helping to pay, and I bloody well won’t be getting eight holidays this year.
VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE!!!
Whatever. I really hope it works out for them. So congrats, I guess.
Good for them. Congrats!
Heck if you can still be together in 9 years thats a good sign.
And yes, most people miss the good relationships because they arent filled with any drama or flashes of lightning. People always look for the rushes and highs of early romance, but that is fleeting. Stable relationships are indeed puzzlingly boring to be in LOL
I guess it depends on what you want. A thrill or something to last a lifetime.
in french: “mieux vaut tard que jamais”! congrat
Well, good luck to the girl…
i agree with you kaiser, under ordinary circumstances, that women ought to do their thing and have their career and not wait for the guy, but not when you are trying to bag a prince! she made that goal her full time job, and hey, wanting to be queen of england is a pretty damn good goal in my opinion. she had to wait, but look at how much good she will be able to do as a royal! plus, she seems genuinely nice and down to earth.
I am thrilled for them. I have always been a big supporter of hers (here as well) The reason you haven’t heard her voice is that she has behaved brilliantly. They wanted and kept their relationship to themselves, bravo for that. I believe this is a true love match. The whole Waity Katy has been ridiculous. Edward and Sophie dated for 8 years prior to their v happy marriage. The reason much wasn’t made of that is that he was the last son.
This girl is lovely, he obviously adores her. Good for them. I love a Royal wedding. My guess is Westminster Abbey or something more intimate. My question is this….after his mother’s death he asked for her ring…..
lets just be happy for them. i am a believer of giving more tie to know each other before getting married. at least William is getting married to his real girl, not a replacement like Diana. i believe this will work out. Chrles cheated Diana because hes still with Camila. Its in their blood, these guys usually ends up with their real or first love. look at harry how long his relationship with chelsea too. and the queen as well to that grumpy husband.
I still don’t think his mother would have wanted someone like that for her Wills. Katie stuck to him just like Camilla stuck to Charles, no indignity was too great to suffer as long as they were able to keep their access and that is not healthy. Camilla saw off many other contenders for the role of royal mistress, played her hand wisely and if you ask me she regrets marrying the old bugger now. But after 9 years William had no choice but to marry Katie or risk that she would write her memoirs or worse, go into reality TV. In the words of Sir James Goldsmith, a man who marries his mistress creates a job vacancy. Not to be macabre but Diana’s probably rotating clockwise in her burial chambre and asking Elvis for advice on how to deal.
@brin
Charlie Sheen and zales= LMAO Good one!
Hmmm. I’m with julieM. Kate knew what she wanted and would not be deterred, no matter what. I doubt either one will be faithful for life but that’s really not an expectation with most of the British upper class – you’re allowed to mess around as long as you’re discreet. Good luck to them. I like Wills and certainly hope that he doesn’t live to regret this.
Awwww Embertine. I feel for you. This wedding is probably gonna be huge huh? The public has to pay for it?
Geeze, they took two breaks in 9 years. Hardly what you could describe as ‘multiple dumps’. I don’t know, sounds pretty normal to me.
Congrats to them.
DAMN, that girl’s got some nice legs!
I think it’s wonderful – call me sappy or naive, but I’m happy for them and wish them all the best
@embertine: true enough.
imho, the “royals” don’t have have a lot of pretty in their gene pool….so it’s
good that they have found an attractive girl to mix it up……hope she has a better go of it than poor Diana did.
She has a low-pitched voice and an upper middle class accent. Pretty sexy, actually.
‘bros’- i agree with most of your points. She certainly did make it her ‘career’ to marry William and she has got him now.
Congrats to them. I hope that Kate has a better time of it than Diana did. I think she will find Royal life is not as easy as it looks. Due to peoples expectations.
She will find Royal life very restrictive. I hope the press don’t turn on her anytime time soon.
I wish them luck and hope for the best.
They seem like a nice couple.
ITA with Sarah. Kate is elegant and beautiful and actually, on the whole, very well thought of over here (UK). The BBC website says she’s training as a photographer, by the way. Ironic?! Best of luck to them.
Can’t wait for another royal wedding. This girl is striking!!! Love the royals!
I like her. People who bash her for not working should know she has had to quit jobs because the paparazzi would camp outside waiting for her. Not many employers would be okay with that long term. It’s the same reason why Diana had to quit her teaching job.
if she really was a doormat, he would have gotten bored ages ago. she has proven trustworthy, something no other girl has.
You can hear her speak in this video at 0:28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjiygHUsVs
Nothing special and not very well spoken.
All I really want is to see the ring!
Urgh… I’m British… theres gonna be no escaping this over the next 18 months. Congrats and all, but over it already.
Thanks for that video – her voice is interesting and rather annoying and nasal, I wasn’t expecting that.
nice couple. wish them the best.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I was so excited when I heard this on the news this morning! On the uk tv the coverage has been very supportive.
Anyway, I think she’s lovely and the way she kept her mouth shut and her head high shows such class. So they took some time apart years ago, wouldn’t call that ‘multiple dumpings’, but then I don’t hate her.
They seem to love each other, so best of luck to them!
THE RING! I WANT TO SEE THE RING!
Maybe I’m a weirdo, but I’m really excited about this. You can’t explain the fascination with the royal family. I’m really looking forward to their big, grand, wedding, because I wasn’t born when Diana and Charles wed. I will be watching it live at whatever time they air it!
Side note, I want her fashion. Can we all just wear fascinators and hats to weddings here? Please?
Is she a virgin? I thought that was a royal rule to marry someone who is. Maybe the Queen pardon them to have sex.lol I’m glad they are finally making it official. Anyway congrats to them. I will be witnessing the wedding as I did when Prince Diana married Prince Charles (yuck).
I’m kind of excited too. I mean, I always liked her and she seems kind of normal. Good for them. He’s not a fame whore or an idiot and seems to have good taste in women–and hey, she’s not a predictably flashy blonde.
Jessica Simpson is gonna be pissed…
Stronzilla: You and I (and Kaiser, of course) seem to have been on the same page throughout this whole run up to the engagement. He could have done so much better, but the dye is cast. Actually, I don’t think he’s much of a catch, other than his bank account. In the end, I don’t think she will find much comfort and refuge in his position.
I found the youtube clip linked to above interesting as well. One of the comments below it says it all. No wonder no one has heard her speak. She has nothing to say. Inarticulate and bland.
Now I just need to wait for Harry to propose to me…….
Hmm…I think it’s pretty silly to harp on her for not teaching a certain lesson or whatever to “girls around the world”. The world would probably be a better place if children didn’t look to celebrities or other famous people they don’t know to guide their behavior. It’s parents’ jobs to instill a sense of self-respect and dignity in their daughters, not Kate Middleton’s, future princess or not.
I’ve never quite understood the nasty comments about Kate waiting around for him for so long. He’s the future kind of England; it’s a little more complicated than marrying some schlub who works at Target. Good luck to them.
Kaiser is right about what kind of message it sends to little girls out there but little girls should also learn that some things are worth waiting for and some are not. Katy was not waiting just for some guy, she was waiting for fame and fortune and this boring English bloke was just an instrument.
I wait for that too but my instrument is law firm wher eI spent 1 2hours a day. Most probably that will never bring me fame nor fortune.
So if you look at it from other perspective: Katy sends the message to little girls around the orld to be patient becasue it takes time to achieve your goals.
I dont know why it reminded me samantha from SATC, when she said she would consider living with her boyfriend’s family if that boyfriend was price William.
Bloody hell! I can’t turn on any news channel without seeing a long gushing report about this. Why are they speculating on her wedding dress? Enough already.
Interestingly, the news is reporting that teenage Kate used to have a poster of Prince Wills in her bedroom and now she’s marrying him. Kinda creepy. Kinda mirrors Kat(i)e Holmes…
Kaiser – I think you covered it all. And @Stronzilla I am with you losing your dignity waiting for a Prince is not worth it.
She is Waity Katy and they took many more than 2 breaks in these 9 years. Just read the VF article and other stories. I think she will do just fine as a royal since she has proven herself a fine doormat that won’t sqeak when he runs off to his many mistresses, just hope she doesn’t have a girl who will be raised by a doormat of a mother kind of like robobride.
@Beth – Yes it takes a lot of class to hold your head high while your target prince dumbs you every time he takes it in his head to get with another rich chick. That is exactly what it is. It is always him dumping her and then her taking him back not the other way around. It takes more class not to let someone use you in that way. Better to be a commoner and independent than dependent on any man, let alone a Prince.
Why is she always walking behind him and why does he allow her to walk behind him and not allow her to walk first………… doesnt look good to me…… I guess he wants her to have some kids for him. Im sensing another Tiger Woods scenario…….. if I were her I would make him anti-up on that prenup and plan now for the divorce……
Eh. I would say congrats, but I think it’s a mistake. Just gonna hold my tongue because I forsee another royal divorce a la Fergie, Diana…
Ok, so this? –> “After nine long years, she’s going to be a bride, her only goal, ever.”
Presumptuous and dumb. You can tell by reading snippets of gossips about her through the years, true or not, that this is her ONLY goal in life? You’re making a huge unfounded assumption. That was just over the top bitchy.
Anyway, congrats to the couple.
Wills and Kate are just 28 years old. I think getting married any younger than that is, often, a BIG mistake. I know it is different for the royals, but perhaps they were waiting until they were mature, stable and secure enough to get married. Not a bad thing.
TG: I meant to add you to my list of kindred spirits (Stronzilla, Kaiser, etc.) who think this marriage will be problematic. Recommend the youtube clip above of Princess Katie Klingon. Dull and boring.
I am truly delighted for them both – and that’s from an Irish Republican!
The venom extended to Kate is totally undeserved. She has behaved with decorum, discretion and class and so have her family for 8 years.
I am thrilled that a middle class woman, daughter of a once B.A flight attendant and a flight dispatcher is to be the future Queen of England! What a wonderful kick in the teeth to all the Upper-class in-bred snobs who criticised her and her family for being self made.
I wish them every happiness!
I’m with Trolly. Congratulations to both of them!
Well, that explains how relaxed they look in the pictures at their friend’s wedding.
I just feel sad. I still miss Princess Diana. For her wedding, I got up at 4am (EDT) to dress up as Nancy Reagan (no resemblance but my clothes) to stage our own mock wedding at summer camp. And, of course we watched THE wedding and reveled in every minute of it. Talk about influencing the lives of many young women!
But, we all know the end to that fairytale. I, too, am divorced, but at least I’ll still be around to see my boys grow up.
I think was the last fairytale wedding, especially since the ultimate ending-Diana’s-was so horrifying.
Who knows whether Diana would approve specifically of Kate or not? I do know that she would be grateful they will settle in away from London, in Wales where they will have a semblance of privacy.
I’m sure that Wills misses her so much, and aside from the issue with his parents’ marriage, he likely tried to second guess what Diana would think.
As for Kate-meh. If she makes him happy, so be it. In any case, I’ll watch this wedding on tape.
I really don’t get the furor about the 8-9 years of dating. They’re still only 28–just because they met young doesn’t mean they should have just gotten married long ago. Maybe if Diana and Charles had done the same thing it would have saved them a lot of heartache.
She had had jobs too. Her parents are self-made millionaires. We have no idea what she does on her own time.
Final thought…royalty nowadays is kind of ridiculous. Glad my taxes aren’t paying for that.
Congratulations Prince William and Kate, no doubt your fashion sense and friendship will make a beautiful wedding!
That Vanity Fair article was a great read.
Will & Kate’s marriage is doomed, because ultimately it is not a marriage of equals. He has power, wealth, title and a career. What does she have? No career. No independent life. No hobbies. It’s like she’s a throwback to the 50s.
I wish Kate had styled herself more like Sophie (Countess of Wessex). I’m not saying Sophie is perfect but she is a better role model for young woman than Waity Katey.
I agree with you REALIST.
I’m with fabgrrl and hmmm – they’re still pretty young, so I don’t see it as a big deal that they’ve been dating for many years. Given the nature of a royal wedding and all the other stuff that comes with it, I actually think it was wise to wait and be sure everyone was ready and mature enough to handle it all.
I don’t know much about her at all, but given how many people these days court publicity and scandal for fame, I give her credit for staying as private as she has.
@JulieM: you’re right, he may be no catch (unless of course you’re into tiaras) but I just can’t get over the impression this woman is fixated on the status aspect, as are her family, and that as a partner for the life that he has a head of him she is a bad choice. He will have a lot of challenges to face and I don’t see that she will be of a lot of help, seeing as she jumped at the chance to bail on having any kind of independent activity the first opportunity she had. I fear she will be more of an anchor around his neck than the wind beneath his sails.
Princess Katie Klingon, love it.
Good for them! She will make a beautiful bride.
Okay watching Fox News.. It looks like the ring Di had. Not sure if it is *the ring*.
ooooooooooohhhhhhh confirmed it is Di’s ring!
I’m delighted. It’s exactly what the world needs right now–a beautiful couple, a beautiful wedding, and all the hope for the future that it represents!
I was obviously quite wrong in my earlier predictions about this never happening. But god, what a crap choice for him. And to give her Diana’s ring just has bad ju-ju written all over this. I’m stunned, but not in a good way.
Hope she comes alive now that she has sealed the deal and actually performs some duties and supports lots of good works once she is Princess. She’s just such a lump of dull lazy clay, I don’t see it.
Everything I read said she’s always worked. I don’t know whether she has a job this minute and I doubt she’ll have one for much longer.
I guess her parents’ visit to the castle recently was so that Prince William could get her father’s consent for the marriage. Could you imagine anyone’s father refusing on the Royal’s home turf?
I don’t know if you have her voice in that clip but here is a clip of her speaking after being surrounded by paps
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xagi2v_pap-video-1
It comes after the ad. Wow, I was a little surprised by the news. I thought they would get married but I didn’t expect this announcement. Those insiders really meant business when they said an engagement was “imminent.”
Well, congrats and best wishes to the couple!
A royal wedding! It’s exciting!
I’m going ot be brutal, but since she has SO aaspired to this, she has no reason to complain at all about her lot in life. She campaigned for this, she better not whine about being stuck with Palace protocol or having to work. No whining.
Watching BBC news I learned that not only did she have a picture of Wills in her bedroom at public school, but she went on the same youth program to Chile that he had gone to, two months prior. And then she went to St. Andrews, JUST LIKE WILLS, and she took all the same classes as he did. Not only that, but she appeared in a university fashion show where she strolled down the runway in her underwear, where William was sitting in the front row, and it was pretty much game over since then. Royal stalker much? On the other hand you’ve got to admire a woman who can catch her prey like that – like Diana the Huntress.
Kaiser: A further thought about Kate Middleton as role model. She could be an inspiration! She’s the girl who was NOT an aristocrat by birth who fell in love with the prince.
After Kate & William are married, no one is going to remember that they had a long courtship and that it wasn’t clear during that time how things were going to turn out.
Throughout the wait I had faith in Kate. Despite the criticism, she knew what the strength of her relationship with William was, and she obviously believed in it enough to hang in there.
The other thing is, Kate may have not been ready to marry before now. Becoming a royal for the rest of her life is an enormous life change, and maybe she wasn’t quite ready to take it on. It is a huge sacrifice in many ways.
Does anybody else think it’s slightly sad that he would propose with his mother’s ring? It’s not like that was the most happy of marriages.
As with the vitrol over Nicole Kidman, I’ll have to agree to disagree on Kate M. I’ve always liked her-she’s stayed out of the paps and doesn’t seem like a stalker or famewhore to me personally (see Heather Mills for that kind of person)
I think she looks great, and yea having Diana’s ring is kind jinxy, but I’m sure williams thinking was more of ‘this was my mother’s ring.’ as opposed to it being bad luck. Plus it was one of the few pieces of jewelery that he inherited from her. It was one of the few pieces she owned outright, most of the others belonged to the crown.
http://royalweddings.hellomagazine.com/prince-william-and-kate-middleton/news/20101116416/kate-middleton/prince-william/engagement-photocall/1/
Yikes! This an EPIC media frenzy.
They would be better off going to Scotland and get hitched quick. Avoid the crazy. Then disappear off to their honeymoon someplace the pappz can’t get to. Balmoral Castle? That place has back-to-back security.
Any pappz come near that for sneaky photos, they’re getting a butt load of buckshot in their keisters.
She better watch out!! If the royal family sees her as a royal pain in the ass, they might get rid of her like they did to princess Diana…..just saying…… The royal family is screwed up big time!
Ugh!-where did Di’s ring come from exactly? I assume she wasn’t wearing it at her death. But I agree-bad ju-ju is right. Although, it is a sign that Wills loved his mother very much and loves his fiancee, there’s no need to stack the odds to the negative side!
charles and diana rushed into marriage – and look how well that turned out. i think it’s fine to wait until you are absolutely certain before getting married. what’s the big problem? i don’t get the “doormat” hate for this girl, but i really don’t care about them one way or the other. at least my taxes aren’t paying for the wedding; sorry, brits.
@Realist It was in her apartment, and it was something that Wills took after her death (Harry chose to take her Cartier watch)
I think most people are happy with William’s choice here in the UK. And it was a good idea to wait in light of the past.
I don’t get the Kate hate on here and all the cynicism. They’re a stroug couple. She is now going to be the wife of the future King and all being well the mother of the future King or Queen….so respect to her.
Thanks for the info L-that was freaking me out. My older sister, Designer Clothing girl, said, “I would want that ring! It was gorgeous.” I bet Kate doesn’t mind, either…
Good for Harry (who we all have a crush on anyway) with the Cartier watch. Giving your fiancee your mother’s watch is a lovely gesture and it doesn’t have the karmic strings attached.
I wish Wills and Kate happiness nevertheless. BTW, here’s the NY Times article. One issue-“austerity”…
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/world/europe/17royal.html?_r=1&hp
With my Irish roots I should be a sworn enemy of the Royal Family. But I remember those boys being born, and I remember the goodness of Diana. And I have watched with the world as they have grown onto men, and I can’t help myself- I like William and Harry, and I wish William and Kate all the luck and happiness in the world. They were smart to wait this long- very smart, and I do not begrudge her her choices. She did what she had to do, and she is going to be the Queen of England. I say good for her.
And Harry is hot.
My favorite quote is what Prince Charles had to say:
“We’re obviously thrilled,” said Prince Charles, as he toured Poundbury, an urban development project in Cornwall, with Atlanta, Georgia, Mayor Kasim Reed. “They’ve been practicing long enough.”
THEY’VE BEEN PRACTICING LONG ENOUGH! Hahaha!
Congrats to them both.
nooooooooooooooooooooo!
I find it amusing that everyone applies the rules of normal marriage to this couple. This is not a marriage of love. This is a contractual agreement. She is going to be Queen of England so yes, there was time taken to make sure she could cut the mustard. Her other job is to provide an heir to the throne. I don’t think for a minute William plans or is expected to remain faithful. Why would he. Marriage and love are two different things when you are royalty.
9 yrs really isnt that long considering how young they are. I am happy for them though. They are a super cute couple. $5 bucks says after they get married the next tadbloid crazy about them will be if she produces an heir for him… his child will be the king or queen of England after he dies right?
I guess I am the only person old enough to remember Diana and Charles wedding the whole thing was televised and everyone watched if WW III started on that day or Hurricane Katrina happened on that day there would not have been more than a passing mention of those events. There was also a several month build-up with reputable news sources constantly discussing every aspect of the wedding the same thing happened to a lesser degree when Fergie and Andrew got married. I think it’s going to be the same since there hasn’t been a real royal marraige (Charles and Camilla didn’t count) in 20 years. Get ready for it.
@mln: I watched the Charles/Diana wedding. Very beautiful and very over the top. But in the current economic client, if William and Kate are planning anything similar, the royal family had better be prepared to foot the entire bill. God knows they can afford to.
@kristen: Correct. The big question is will Charles ever get to be king. He’s already over 60. The queen is in her middle 80’s but those women live a long time; her mother died at 101. She has no intention of abdicating to Charles, either, so there’s a possibility she could outlive him and he would die without ever becoming king.
The only other woman I can think of who was this determined to become Queen of England, and who waited this long for it, was Anne Boleyn. Hopefully this works out a little happier.
@Kirsten, yeah, William’s kid will become the monarch after he dies. If he doesn’t have any kids, it’ll go to Harry and his kids after William’s death.
the royal family is going to get a WHOLE lot better looking now. no turning back! what a hot couple.
Hey there, I remember Di’s wedding. I loved Di, I really did. I’m still not over her death. I wish the couple JOY. Sadly, the Royal weddings don’t end well. Kate has lost some weight, she looked MAR-VE-LOUHS today in that blue dress (LIKE A MODEL); with her little dimples. ALL THE BEST! From: Your American “Subjects.” Yes, that’s why we over here care. Can’t wait for the televised wedding. OMG! And her dress. I’m so excited & I just can’t hide it.
Cheerio!
Whoever thinks Kate is weak for waiting around for years for Will to propose, remember it’s not her job to set an example for all the girls around the world. And Kate is not the first nor last woman to wait years to be proposed to.
Anyway, congrats to the happy couple! I’m so excited that a royal wedding officially on the horizon! I still remember watching Diana getting married on TV when I was 5 years old. I think Kate will do a fine job with the Royal family and I’m so glad she and Will waited this long to get married. Some people just need more time than others to consider such an important decision, unlike some who just rush into things *cough, Jessica Simpson, cough*.
oh dear, that hat is RIDICULOUS. It should be burned.
Kaiser, I’m usually with you on most things, but this one I can’t get on the bandwagon with. You imply a lot that Kate somehow wasted her time “waiting” for William over the years, but what exactly was she wasting? Kate did work the entire time they have been together in the fashion field (retail I think) and after many years of being together, she is marrying the love of her life.
I mean, would it have been better if she had become some sort of shrill harpy demanding that he marry her NOW because she is “such a catch” (we all know how those realtionships turn out…), or, on the flip side, should she have dumped will and just settled and accepted a ring from the first guy who proposed?
Besides I would put money on the fact that it wasn’t about William stringing her along so much as that after seeing how miserable his own parents marriage was after a brief courtship, he propbably wanted to make sure it was really the right fit. Nothing wrong with that. After all, they are still just in their twenties, so it’s not like Kate wasted her adult years on him and is now some sort of spinster?!
Not everyone is “delighted.” The media have no right to make such generalizations. Some of us are egalitarians who just plain hate monarchy.
In the immortal words of One Life to Live character Dorian Lord, re Kate: “She may be good, but I’m better. And when I’m not–I cheat!”
I wish them both well. (I’ve read that they’ve discovered that William and Kate are actually 15th cousins!) As she was brought up a commoner, and he was brought up to be as “normal” as possible by his late mother, Pss. Diana, I think they will bring a very modern touch to the British Monarchy — something the present Queen has done as well as she is able, but not having been brought up in the more modern world, she hasn’t been able to be as modeern as even she would like to be. (Yet she’s done a great job of balancing tradition and modernity, even so! William — And Charles — cannot help but learn from her exemplary balancing act!) I hear that Kate, (or “Princess Catherine”, as she will be known), is now taking “Princess Lessons” from Sophie, Countess of Wessex. HOW I want to know of what those “Princess Lessons” consist! I truly hope that Princess Catherine will continue Princess Diana’s legacy, by “getting down”, and really CARING, when she walks through the crowds! As an English/Commonwealth Princess, she should, I think, care about the English/Commonwealth people! I mean — I’ve always thought that the reason for Royalty was to lead by example — and by caring! If a Princess is not a “People’s Princess”, than whose Princess is she???? It’s true that “lesse majesty” (acting unroyal), should be avoided — but that doesn’t mean she, (and William, and the rest of the Royal family), shouldn’t CARE….and SHOW they care! By the way, I’ve also read that Royalty usually dresses like everyone else, during times when they are admired by the general public. But — they dress DIFFERENTLY, during times when they are envied. So — those hats say something! And so do the clothes! Do I envy Royalty? Yes. But I am also inspired by them. Especially, (in English royalty), the Queen, and by Prince William — both of whom seem to have one foot in the 14th century, and one in the 21st century! I think everyone should follow this mind-set!
Alexandra, you should envy me; I’m so much prettier, smarter, etc. than Kate Schmate. Better yet, stop living vicariously and be the star YOU are meant to be. Remember, God created everyone EQUAL.
To: Kate, and William: Diana smiles and approves!
America going to England to see a princess and a king!
In “America” (every-one) is: very, very, completely happilly EXCITED (de verdad)!
There is indeed: “a Princess and a King”
STUNNING BEAUTIFUl!
Welcome to America!
Eustacia Hause
Jacksonville, Florida”