Well, Prince William and Kate Middleton (HRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) are finally on their honeymoon, ten days after their wedding. We still don’t know exactly where they are or where they’re going, and who knows if we’ll ever find out? People says it’s probably the Seychelles, but Australia, Mustique, Jordan, and Kenya are also in the mix. I remember, about a month ago, there was talk that Kate and Will would be going on a six-week honeymoon, but apparently William only has two weeks of leave from his RAF job:
After a week in which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went back to work (him) and hit the local shops (her), the newlyweds are now doing something more traditional – they’ve headed off on honeymoon.
On Tuesday, the Palace confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple have headed off on their romantic vacation. It is thought that William, 28, has two weeks leave from his duties with his RAF Search and Rescue squadron, with whom he helped rescue several people in the mountains of Wales.
Sources at the Palace will not cite the newlyweds’ destination. A spokesman states, “The couple have asked for their privacy to be respected during their honeymoon.”
The royal duo had announced that they were delaying their trip and instead left Buckingham Palace a day after their April 29 wedding for a “mini-moon” at an undisclosed destination in the U.K.
The British tabloids are speculating that they’ve gone to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Per tradition, the destination was reputedly kept secret from the bride.
[From People]
The “hitting the local shops” comment reminded me of some questions/comments I’ve gotten on Twitter regarding what Kate has actually done with her time since getting married. Why are you surprised that the media doesn’t really know how to describe it? She doesn’t do anything but wait for Will to come home. Apparently, she doesn’t even have to clean their house! A housekeeper comes in and cleans. Waity just waits for Will to come home. She probably reads magazines, drives to London to get her hair done, maybe throws some fish sticks in the oven. Does her nails. Watches TV. Basically, what she’s done for nine years. I’m just sayin’. It’s funny that people are trying to make it seem like she’s doing something really fancy or worthwhile. I’m sure she’s probably trying to get pregnant too – but perhaps that makes procreating seem too much like a job. It is her job, though. When you marry into the royal family, your JOB is to produce an heir, hopefully pretty quickly. Honeymoon baby?
UPDATE: It was just confirmed – they’re in Seychelles. According to The Guardian/Us Weekly: “The Seychelles tourist office confirmed that the royal couple arrived at the international airport on Mahe Tuesday morning — bound for one of the 100-plus islands in the archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. One potential island? ‘The ultra-exclusive’ Fregate Island Private, The Guardian speculates, which is just a 20-minute helicopter ride away from where William and Kate touched down.”
Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.
Spot on Kaiser, nothing in their daily routine was gonna change after getting married. They have lived together for years so no big story on that.
Also what are we supposed to call Kate Middleton from now on?(excl the extra long title) I don’t think her maiden surname is appropriate anymore.
Six weeks?!
These people are SO lucky! The last time I was on vacation that long was when I didn’t have to work because I was ill 🙁
What did she study at St. Andrews?
WHAT NO SIX WEEK HONEYMOON? Just a measly 2 week leave? I bet she’s annoyed she waited nine years for that.
Thanks for the laugh. “Mini-noon” and if you’re lucky “maxi-noon”. I haven’t had any of them as a matter of fact. Busy jobs and the heir had to be done “in a stride” LOL. But I’d beg for one at least for the 10th anniversary.
Kitty Windsor. Kitty and Willy Windsor. That’s what we call them in our house.
I guess there’s not too much charity work to be done in the boonies of Wales.
No, she won’t get pregnant so fast. First they must do some official bornig visits abroad and it is no fun with morning sickness. I say they start trying later this year, if that.
@whitenoise
Love those names!
Should use them from now on. Thx
I think she deserves some down time after the stress of planning and participating in a royal wedding? Geez…
My in-laws were in England over the Royal Wedding time visiting my sister in law and her British husband. Apparently Kate calls Will “Billy” in private. Does anyone know if this is true? I sure hope not!!
I think we are supposed to call her Princess Catherine now. I heard Prince Charles’ press secretary put that out to the media. Anyway, I heard they were in the Seychelles. I agree she does seem to do nothing but wait around for him. Wonder how she has been able to hold his interest this long and will be able to hold it doing nothing. Love the idea of her throwing fish sticks in the oven. I don’t think I have eaten those things since I was a child. That being said I can’t wait until they have a little prince or princess of their own.
what? I thought they were on honeymoon/holiday everyday.
There’s speculation the honeymoon was delayed because they got a non-specific advance warning about the events that were to take place in Pakistan that weekend.
Seychelles is what the tabs here on the continent are reporting too.
Shockingly, if my hubby and I were wealthy I too would be happy to “wait” for my prince to come in the evenings! Even better if I didn’t have to scrub the bathrooms but could play on the net, read, spend time with family, and just enjoy life!
I think she will get pregnant within the first year – if nothing else, that will give her something to do and will pump up her goodwill with the Queen! She is now part of the Royal Stables and an heir and a spare are on her racecard!
Thank you kara! I’m sure she wil be very busy with charity events and so on very soon. Once she becomes a mother that will take all her time. Even with the nanies and housecleaners stay at home mothers are still very busy!
I wonder if the “shops” they were referring to was actually the grocery store: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383965/Kate-Middleton-goes-shopping-Waitrose-Anglesey-pushes-trolley.html
A Duchess doing her own grocery shopping, how normal. (no, not really)
How are stay at home mothers who have nannies and housekeepers so very busy? I doubt she’ll do charity work other than what Will does because she has never done charity work for the last 9 years when she had plenty of time to do it.
Considering she takes about 8 holidays a year anyway, this probabaly isn’t that big of a deal for her as it would be for the rest of us peasants who only get limited time off work =/
She probabaly wasn’t even excited. Just same old, same old…
here kitty kitty …..she better skin her knees and get her a baby boy! she has a rather lovely job!
Wasn’t Kate working for the family business until just before the wedding. And she’s going to be doing charity work post wedding???
According to William they want to remain independent and do their own cooking, cleaning and shopping. They have no live-in staff, the bodyguards live close by.
Its highly unlikely Kate would be driving to London regularly, it’s something like a 6 hour journey.
So what if she doesn’t have to take care of household duties. She married the future King of England. Why criticize it? Since none of us know exactly how she spends her time, slamming her for the imagined activities which fill her time is kinda stupid.
Yes, and we all seem to have time to type on gossip blogs and read them all or part of the day, so who are we to criticize whether Kate has anything or enough to do? Or whether it’s ‘substantive enough’ to satisfy our judgements of a day well-lived?
It’s a bit hypocritical.
I’d like to jump on the bitchy trainwagon with her/them, but I just can’t. and i am not even a royalphile, at all. i find myself wishing them well, and on we go….
@ Kara
ITA – if I had a hubby with money, I would be happy to stay @ home, indulge my hobbies, work out (yoga and a personal trainer) – I might even cook! Honestly, I think we all would if we had the chance.
Man, stop giving her a hard time, I work my arse of 9-5 everyday and I’d kill to do nothing all week! I’d bloody love it, screw this feminist guff, I’d opt for waity housewife any day of the week and twice on sunday!
They’re (supposed to be) known now as TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, period.
@Alix—Traditionally, they would be known as Duke and Duchess w/her being called Princess William. Like TG said, the Queen has given the okay to call Kate Princess Catherine.
Some of you guys kill me. I worked my butt off in medicine for 20 years. My husband had this opportunity for us to travel the world living in amazing cities for a month to 3 months at a time. My kids are privately tutored by the company and we have maid service and food service.
It’s freaking amazing! After the initial weirdness of having time on my hands, I get to walk, shop, take photos, see museums, exercise, read, whatever I like. I know it is suspended fantasy world for me, this isn’t “normal”, but boy am I glad I took a flyer, quit and am living this life. Kate probably has quite a nice life, social time, hobbies, etc. It’s kind of nice to think about the next party rather than work. I get to be a full time Mom too, at an age where my kids need me most. Imagine filling your day doing things you actually like! No stress, ahhhh.
I’m with LunaT and Irm:
Who cares if she isn’t doing anything?! And honestly, do we REALLY know what she does with her days? I’m not a royal fanatic either, but I all of the constant snark she gets is pretty annoying.
@k – they both studied art history… If only I was a little older, richer and more English, it could have been me! Art history nerd for life 🙂
It’s great to hear you all speak up instead of snarking all the time about privileged people. It gets so boring to read. It’s just a shame everyone can’t enjoy their lives instead of working in inhumane environments with other miserably stressed-out people for 5-6 days a week 8-10 hours a day or more. In France everyone gets a six week vacation each year by law. In Norway,they get 1 year maternity leave (!) and childcare and universal health care indefinitely. Some countries actually care about their people instead of catering to the corporate stranglehold. Can you imagine what a relief that would? You might actually enjoy it.
I never heard a word of snark when I was living there this winter. Looking forward to living there next year as we lived a block away from Kensington Palace, which is where they may be having a residence.
Maybe Katie and I can feed the squirrels in Hyde park together in all our off time-ha!
Every time I see her two dresses, I wish to God she would have worn a better bra. I hate seeing all the lumps and seams – too distracting.
I often wonder if is really in love with him – like head-over-heels and it doesn’t matter what kind of life they’ll have together because she’s so in love – or if she thinks she’ll be a great queen – kind, elegant, beloved by her subjects – and she sees it as the job of a lifetime and one she is perfectly suited for.
I can admit I’m totally jealous. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how wonderful it would be to ENJOY this one life that I have been given, insetad of spending most of my time working, fretting about bills, and feeling guilty about my kids. It sure would be nice.
Must be a very early mid-life crisis.
I think the world will become just as obsessed with Kate as they did Diana.
@addie, you can call her duchess or princess william
It’s her job to be on call for William full time (and to stay healthy, beautiful, uncontroversial and non-scandalous). She probably organizes all their unofficial down-time together like hanging out with friends and (her?) family.
@Slim!! I couldn’t agree more. Although her dress was beautiful her breast area looked like it was lined with cardboard! I couldn’t believe that a designer would make a dress that looked so odd in the bust. Didn’t anyone notice except us?
I have to say, her name, Catherine Elizabeth, is very royal sounding. I suppose as to what cutesie nickname we call her in our comment threads, we’ll take our cue from the Brits. I think they get dibs on cutesie comment thread names.
catherine was over my gaff today tackling the ironing, while i went to the gym. she doesn’t mind if you ask her nicely. pippa put rinse aid in the dishwasher, and took out the rubbish without having to be asked. london is cosy like that.
We forget that being a senior royal is a LIFELONG, 24/7 job. The Queen is still working away at age 85 along with her 90-year-old husband! And if your job is to be the heir to the throne, you can never not be that, you can never get away and just be an ordinary person. Ever. I can’t begin to imagine what that must be like.
I’m jealous – would LOVE to not have to work day and day out anymore. Plenty of things to do other than sit behind a desk. Hope she enjoys it.
it’s so unfair that she can’t shed that Waity nickname. so unfair.
They’ll end up in Nepal!
A housekeeper???? And Kate so hale and hearty? Oh yeah, they are just an ordinary couple. Trying to sell that BS is gonna get harder and harder.
I think she does a little more than reading magazines and baking fish sticks.She has to prepare her wardrobe for her Canadian visit and I am sure she has all of the English designers on speed dial to assist in this tiresome task. Any how I hope they have a peaceful and productive honeymoon, free from cameras.
Her job is “to produce an heir”?
What happens if she doesn’t?
What will happen to England?
Nothing.
There is no meaning for an heir. This is 2011.
They have democracy and no real need for spending a fortune of tax-payers money on a weird and dysfunctional family.
It’s nice that he has some sort of a job, though.
Kate seems to fit perfectly with the many bums of this family.
Why does everyone expect Kate to work?? She is wealthy. She does not have to work. The other royals do charity work and make appearances, but this does not prevent them from being assholes. On the other hand, Kate does not do many appearances or charity work (yet) and she seems to be a down-to-earth, kind and respectful person. Working doesn’t make anyone great or worthy, just as not working doesn’t make someone lazy and stupid. Given the choice, many of us would not work. We’d travel the world and see it’s wonders before we die. Why is she held to a different standard just because she married into the royal family?
If their baby is a girl, then that baby girl wont be the next Queen of England, it’ll be Harry. Boys take precedence over girls in the royal family which is messed up.
But I agree with mimi, out with the lot of them. They do nothing, our country is run by our governement. She has no say whatsoever. They’re only there as a tourist attraction =/
Well said, Lia.
that first picture of princes chuckles and dicks: folks, i present to you 10 generations of inbreeding. whoa, i can smell their horse breath from across the pond.