Prince William will begin his Royal Navy career in the Westcountry next week, in the latest stage of his preparations to become head of the armed forces.
He will train at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth at the start of a two-month posting taking in all aspects of the Senior Service.
With the rank of Sub Lieutenant, he will join sailors and Royal Marines in intensive training before taking to the sea on board a submarine and a frigate.
He will also return to the skies after his recent stint in the RAF, this time flying Fleet Air Arm helicopters.
The move is part of a long-running process to familiarise the Prince – second-in-line to the throne – with the armed forces before he assumes the title of Lord High Admiral, currently held by the Queen.
He is expected to spend several weeks on dry land, learning about the history of the Navy and maritime strategy alongside fellow young officers.
He is also likely to take part in the gruelling commando course faced by the Royal Marines.
But later this summer, after undergoing training including sea survival and fire fighting, he will board the Type 23 Frigate HMS Iron Duke, where he will see operations at first-hand.
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I’m confused aout the timeline. So he’ll spend 2 months in naval college and then how long on board of a submarine and the frigate? And when will he fly those helicopters? I thought the whole stint was only supposed to last for 3 months?
Trixie, I thought so too, but maybe I’ll look back for CH statement where they mentioned his 2008 military learning – I think the above stints where “little” changes he wanted to do (and mentioned by the press this year while in the RAF), but then most likely he will after RN return to the Blues & Royals, to be Jan 2009 full time royal duties with the firm ?
Ï read three weeks at the college and five weeks onboard a boat.
Well that sounds like a little more than 2 months. :shrug: I guess we will receive the feed from the news while his stay at the Royal Navy.
Hello ,
Ever since Peter Phillip’s stag party .
I think prince william will say ,do and involve anything or anyone to avoid being seen with or be involved with Kate Middleton
The Kenya wedding story seems false but the news blackout is ominous
Does anyone know why ?.
Ked, just incase you don’t know, William is not avoiding Cathrine. They have been vacationing together recently and things are going great so I don’t know where you getting that idea from but it’s wrong.
That is why I asked the question . There is no proof that anyone was on vacation is there ?
If PW mised PP wedding as KM was there, with no proof of kenya visit and a blackout of news what do you think is happening
Clearly, nobody nor the press knows, except PW, his family and obviously KM, she’s the gf
Ked,
Why would she be at HIS FAMILY’S wedding, physically go there with his brother and his girlfriend, if he didn’t want her there?????
Itwas suggested by one of the members last year that he only went back to km because his senior army officers told harry that he had behaved like a cad.
since that time he has treated her poorly and allowed others to critise her without helping her. read todays daily mail for instance.
so he gives her scraps of time to make things look good then ignores her for months and spnds time with others not her. and let him off hook.
i dont know lots about them but just read your comments.
eventually he hopes she go
Sorry for scrambled notes butI’m not used to writing on here
Ked – I think you are exactly right.
MGR – Could it be that Peter and Autumn wanted her there?
Tell me what you think.
KED – Couldn’t find article in Daily Mail about Kate. Is it online?
Dail Mail page 19 Platell’s People
Precis a;
“Waitey Katie M……
Catherine the Grate….
Woolworths dumped her….
her head is in danger of becoming too big to fit on a tea towel
Not many guys never mind princes would allow those comments to be said about a girl friend if she ment anything to him
Why doesnt he either say he loves her or tell he.
“
Sky says William asked to go to Carribean for two months hunting drug smuglers. Back to army for duty on august 1st ?
Dont know if true or not ?
Mat be same as kenya wedding story which happened but no one knows when. Strange but perhaps newspapers told not to write story yet.
The way little stories keep appearing may be to keep people interested as they know big story is due.
Perhaps story may be released when PW is out of country as he does hate them
Guys don’t forget that The Garter ceremony is coming up this month and The Telegraph is reporting that William & Harry may take their girlfriends to Boodles Boxing Ball next weekend. They are constantly letting everyone know that they are doing fine and the relationships is going in the right directions. When you see them in public, you can see clearly that they are happy. The pictures at the wedding reception was full of laughter and everyone enjoyed themseleves. After all of that, people still thinking that William & Catherine relationship is in trouble. It’s just amazing. I just can’t wait to see if Catherine will be a guest at the Garter ceremony.
Rman – When is the Garter ceremony?
The Garter ceremony will be on June 16th on the eve of William’s birthday which is the 21st. The service is private but there is a public parade to St.George’s Chapel.
There’s another artical on William’s naval career.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/2059212/Prince-William-to-take-on-Caribbean-drug-lords.html
The press doesn’t have anything to write, so they write stupid things.
Me, you are so right. It’s just so good to see William & Harry doing so well even though they have the world watching their every move. I’m sure Catherine is very proud of him and giving the encouragement he needs. Us men needs that. I’m also sure they see their mother as a spiritual guidance as well.
Mr Rman,
If you say they are happy when you see them in public, when was the last time they were seen together in public ?
If it was the Polo match, then they were certainly not happy or together. Surely it was painful to see how he ignored her .
Any previous holiday shared, one or both have been spotted before during or afterwards. This latest reported Mustique holiday did anyone spot them ?
Who was driver of Audi R8 sports car Harry was recognised as passenger in two weeks ago ? Any police reports yet ? Does anyone find that fact interesting ? Neither Met or county police have said anymore on the matter.
Why hasn’t Kenyan wedding been confirmed or otherwise ? Have papers been shut up ? Perhaps they have by the promise of the big story to come.
Why does any Guy allow or permit a girl to be so badly written up when it is in his power to shut them up once and for all?
Please at least try to persuade me all is well
I am looking forward to catching a glimpse of Wills and Harry at the Trooping of the Colour on June 14th (and I’ll bet you anything we’ll see Kate and Chelsy there as well).
The constant use of “WAITEY KATEY” is now boring and stupid. None of us knows what’s really going on and I for one am sick and tired of names like “WAITEY KATEY” being used, people making fun of Fergies daughter Beatrice’s weight and other cruel remarks. Sometimes you need to put yourself in other people’s shoes and see how it would feel to read these things about yourself – you wouldn’t appreciate the comments very much.
Jade you almost got it on target, the press are clueless on KM information, therefore if you notice they make up a Call Me Catherine (and it comes with the dosage of engagement rumors), Katie Watie, Catherine the Grate…if you read those articles there is no FOOD, no substance to talk about. No one but PW, his family, and KM know exactly where he (and she) is.
Its the firms standard (and the Middleton family has prooved to follow) ignore the press – this family has been bashed in the past and most of it, if not all, I would take with its respective grain of salt. Many more of the gossip has been proven wrong.
Ked, you can’t always please the media and public. No matter what they do, people will always think another. There was no picture published of William & Catherine interacting at the polo match, does that mean they ignored each other because you don’t see a picture of them together? No. They went on a skiing trip eariler this year and they was together but no one pays any attention to that because that is too much like right. Most recently, Catherine & Chelsy was at Peter Phillips wedding and was not seated with other guest but with the senior members of the Royal family and that alone spke folumes Ked. We can clearly see that they are not trying to please the public but doing things their own way and they can’t stop the media from publishing silly things about them. They just simply ignore it. That’s all you can do. Now if the paps get too close to Catherine and totally invades her privacy then the police will get involved and William will issue out at statement, like he did before. Remember the club incident? Other than that, they just go on with their lives. And also it’s good that no photos of them in Mustique has showed up but you never know if someone snapped a picture. It was a private holiday not a public event. But it’s really know one’s job to persuade you Ked, the proof is in the pudding.
If you can’t believe an interview of PW/PH who said they ignore the press, PH hates them, and they said that more than half or ‘a lot’ of what the press writes is CRAP, their words…you need ‘facts’ i.e. PW going to the RN (researched information from the journalist) to make an article to talk about.
there is an article in the daily mail that says the queen thinks kate should settle in to a full time job ,before anyengagement could be announced ,that being said with km’s work ethic we may never see an engagement,sorry Catherine
Jenny – You are so funny!
Again, thae press is writing a load of crap at the moment. Catherine is not officialy a member of the royal family so she still is intitled to her privacy. Because people see she quit her job and they don’t see her going to work anymore it is assumed that she is doing nothing. That artical is very hard for me to believe. Mainly because as soon as they make the announcement she will have to quit her job and become a working royal. We see what The Countess of Wessex went through while trying to keep her former job. The only members of the royal family that have 9 to 5 jobs is junior members of the family like Peter and etc. We all heard that she is working for her family at the moment and she is involved in photography. Even If it was true that she’s not working at all then The Queen would never make such a public statement so that story is garbage.
Katie Nicholl lurks in the internet forum and gets her ideas there, some so evident as a copy/paste. I lurk there too, I know better.
Rman – You are right. The queen would never make a public statement about Kate.
What did Sophie go through while trying to keep her former job?
Didn’t she embarass herself by talking about the Royals to an undercover writer, or whatever?
embarrass, not embarass.
Well she tried to keep her job at RJH Public Relations the company that she started but after her royal marriage she was accused of throwing around her royal status to promote her business. So in 2002, during The Queen’s Golden Jubilee her and Edward decided to quit their day jobs and fully support The Queen by becoming working royals. So being a senoir member of the royal family and trying to work a regular job is nearly impossible.
The usual press game, pressure. Lets pressure PW/KM, see if he runs away like last year, I feel this time around he learned, matured from that.
Hello,
The Queen or at least Buckingham Palace must now make a public statement or KM is dead in the ground.
Nothing else can possibly save the reputation of this girl unless this is the way that PW reputation is to be saved.
He cant get rid himself so asks his grandmother to do it ,
I DO NOT BELIEVE THE QUEEN HAS SAID THAT BUT MILLIONS WILL UNLESS SHE MAKES A STATEMENT denying it,
William also has to act within days or face public condemnation whatever the real story is.
It was mooted he needed something to rid himself of KM but to get his grandmother to do it is unforgiveable and will be remembered for years.
If this is Daily Mail typical reporting again someone should pay
Its not the firms custom, but ignore.
I agree but this is a girls life and reputation at stake , tradition and protocol should go to hell unless it has been planned in this way.
It would then be so shabby to crucify KM for PW’s cowardice in not being straight with her.
Does anyone agree
thankyou ali
i agree ,he should just man up marry her,or end it
At lease photographs explain where PW has been these last few weeks, being inducted, photographed in naval uniform, and probably being taught to salute as a naval office.
Mustique must have been a long way from his mind and THAT telephone call from Daily Mail seems a lot stranger now.
I do wonder about Ke nya thought, that piece of misinformation was not really required.
What do they say ‘truth with ought’
Ked – I agree. He needs to do something, but why is not doing anything? Must have a good reason.
The reason is that the article is full of bs.
Rman noticed one, but each paragraph has flaws…I’ll detail point out tomorrow.
An induction visit from the RN chief and a photograph may be done in 1 day, not 2 weeks, he will officialy start this coming monday.
I have to say that artical cannot be real and I just the Queen would never say anything like that. Do you guys see a pattern here? They build Catherine up saying that she is the one and she got it all together and then they tear her down again. I don’t know how she put up with this and I don’t how William put up with people talking bad about her. We all know that a engagement is coming but why talk so bad about her and don’t care about her feelings? It’s just shocking. It’s just not a true story but people will always fall into that trap. what’s worse about it is they are putting words into Her Majesty’s mouth and back in the day that would have been treason. Me, you are right that it’s crap but people do what for something like this to come out so they can bash her and make fun of her. NOW THAT’S SAD!!!
Claudius, I’m sorry that copied off you on what you said on RA but I just totally agree with you. I hope you don’t get upset. I did add on.
RMAN & ME are so right on with their comments. KED – where do you get your ideas from. How can you possibly believe the Queen would ever say such a thing publicly? Where are you hearing and reading this garbage? Where do you get the idea that William can’t bring himself to do something so he asks his grandmother to do it? I’ve never read such absurd comments in my life. Let these people go on with their lives – they hate the media and the paps (the people who destroyed Diana, possibly contributed to her death and act like animals with Wills, Kate, Harry and Chelsy).
good luck Wills..try not to party too much when on dry land okay and hopefully share some stories on how you cope with being in a ship most days….learn and listen well…
Rman I understand. Hi benign, what do you think about this mess? Have you guys seen the latest report on the Telegraph? Here is the link.
http://tinyurl.com/3o6hms
Hello
Jad please read what I said. I do not believe the Queen said anything at all.
I was repeating what your people said that he went back to Kate for a purpose to save his name but IF these latest reports are true, and I do not believe them then it does take the pressure of PW and he can bolame
ot,hers for his not marrying KM.
There is a very simple response to all this and its in PW hands. JUst come out and protect your lass tell the world what you feel for her and shut rags like DM up for ever. He can get engaged and marry her at his leasure in three or four years time but now is when she needs her name and reputation protecting. If he does that his stature with his future subjects goes as high as it can because it is likely that she is a future Queen of your country and people should not talk about her in such a common and dirty way
It is my view!
I love the Daily Mail article, it points out what many have been stating for months, Kate’s non-work ethic does go against her chances of becoming William’s wife.
I think the timing of the article is the most interesting thing. The Queen is mentioned in the first five paragraphs. How do we know the Courtiers were not instructed by someone high up the Royal house to pour water on the flame of Kate Middleton’s marriage possibility to William.
The article states much of the obvious, Kate has done this to herself, with her actions since University. She decided to pursue, Partying, vacationing, and waiting for William, that hasn’t gone over well in some quarters, evidently.
Merrick, the Queen doesn’t play media games. If she wanted Kate to get a job, she wouldn’t need to contact the DM to achieve that. I’m sure she would rather talk to Kate instead and tell her to get a job and I cannot imagine that Kate would ignore such advice.
Furthermore the part about Kate’s supposed daily routine is completely fabricated. Kate hasn’t been spotted shopping in London this year at all and was not seen at any hair dresser either. By all accounts she’s back at her parents and the article even says that she’s working for them. Those two parts don’t fit together. Looks like someone got their lies confused. Either she’s helping out her parents or she’s shopping and lunching in London (which she clearly wasn’t or there would be pics). To say that she just sits and at home and waits for William to take her on the next holiday is pure spite and doesn’t even deserve further comment.
Why should the Queen have waited for 8 months now to say that to Kate? I’m sure BP could easily find her a non-controversial private job somewhere if they were so concerned.
This piece would be much more credible if Katie Nicholls had simply admitted that she wished Kate had a job and that some posters at online forums have been criticising her lack of employment. To make believe that she had some inside access to the Queen, just exposes this article for what it is – namely baseless gossip.
I’m a little surprised that the same people who accuse Kate of running for office and trying to portrait herself as perfect future princess at the same time criticise her when she doesn’t react and adapt to public criticism. That’s hypocritical, IMO. Either you want her to be herself and live as she pleases, which she obviously does, or you want her to mold herself according to the image of a perfect future princess. You can’t have it both ways.
Once again,the DM proves what a true tabloid it is. There are more holes in this story about the Queen and Kate then a block of swiss cheese.
‘The Queen has had conversations with a few trusted friends about how to tackle what is being called the Kate problem,’ a senior aide told The Mail on Sunday.
So we are to believe the HM confided in a “few trusted friends” only to be betrayed by a “senior aide”? Hmmmm.
“The Mail on Sunday can report that Kate is currently working for her parents’ mail-order company, Party Pieces, which supplies children’s party gifts.”
So she IS working? Or not? Which is it? Or is working for one’s family business not good enough?
‘There was speculation she would take up a job offer to train under Royal photographer Mario Testino in New York in February, but it never materialised.
Instead, Kate has spent the past three months working for Party Pieces, photographing new stock for its website. ‘
Another made up story started by the DM that grew legs and had to eventually be denied by Testino.
And again,they mention how she has been working.
‘It’s not what you would call a nine-to-five job,’ said a friend of the Middletons. ‘It’s an easy number for Kate and basically something to fill her days while she waits for William.
If we are to believe this quote it would seem as if the Middletons “friends” are about as loyal as the so called “senoir aide” to the queen.
“Sources close to her last night said she has ‘no immediate work plans’ while Prince William prepares for his final attachment with the Royal Navy”
But isn’t she working for her parents like they previously stated?
She stays trim by working out at the gym she has had installed at Clarence House and that’s about it. Mostly she just waits for William to come home so that they can go on another holiday.’
Oh would that be the gym that the DM reported about but was denied by another article as rubbish?
Apparently only the DM and the source “close to kate” know about this GYM.
But the closing line sums it up…
Clarence House said: ‘We don’t discuss any speculation about the Prince’s private life.’ And Buckingham Palace added: ‘It’s not something we would ever comment on.’
But the readers are supposed to believe these so called aides,friends and sources close to…?
What a piece of slop. They went to far this time.
They need to print a retraction because this is a another piece of irresponsible journalism courtesy of the DM to sell papers.
Also noted…it is almost EVERY they run some kind of sensational story like this.
Pure garbage. Sad that some will actually believe it.
ali,
Ofcourse it could mean that Philip an Autumn wanted her there. However, she wouldn’t have been sitting with the family.
Hello,
There seems to be as much garbage on here as there was in the Mail on sunday.
First; when has M/s Nicholl ever been correct in her stories or assumtions ?
Then; if anyone believes the Queen authorises anyone to talk to the press then they are as gullible as 50%+ of the adult population. The trouble is that 50%, including some on here believe what is put before them.
Then; unfortunately PW is spooked every time he sees the word engagement or marriage and does steer clear of KM for weeks on end to dampen down speculation. But unfortunately he doesn’t think of Kate’s feelings or her friends anf familly feelings when he does this. Two words from him would end speculation and these false stories.
” She’s mine”
Why does Kate give the British newspapers so much ammunition??
Not working (no evidence of)
Vacations (photos)
Bars (until middle of night) and then hoping she will get her picture taken.
Yes, Trixie, she was photographed coming out of Richard Ward hair salon a few weeks ago. No big deal, but judging by how nice her hair looks now, she is there a lot.
ETC.
If she wants respect from the papers, she has to EARN it. So far, she hasn’t done anything meaningful. Everyone should agree with that. If you don’t, you are just biased……
ali or whatever.
with respect rubbish
If a friend, girl or otherwise can behave as she has, been as loyal as she has and scorned opportunities to talk to the press, even to defend herself she wins my respect and that of any sensible clear thinking person
Lisa – She doesn’t live at Clarence House.
Her car was parked outside her flat early one morning when I walked by her building.
I thought you didn’t believe what the papers say??
The bashing Kate Middleton takes from the press and from some members of the public is very unfair IMO. She is not a member of the royal family and until she is, she owes no one anything. Why should she not get her hair done for pete’s sake! Do any ladies here go to the hairdresser? I do. Once a month. If her hair looked bad, people would make snarky remarks that she should do something with it. The truely sad thing is, with all the bashing Kate and her family take,they never respond or answer back. They just take it on the chin. That may not earn them respect from the ever critical press or public, but I would be it does not go unnoticed by the Royal family, including HM.
Ali..I never said she lived at CH. I don’t know where she lives and neither does any member of the general public. I would imagine KM spends her nights in various places depending on the circumstances. The bottom line is that it is nobody’s business where she sleeps. has she spent nights at royal residences? I would wager so…
Lisa – lots’s of people know where Kate lives.
I have seen many photos of her going into her building. So, I asked someone in the know and they gave me her address. Walked by one morning and that was the same place as the photos.
It’s true she is not a member of the royal family, but she is trying very hard to be.
I wasn’t saying Kate should not get her hair done. I think you know that.
Trixie said she hasn’t been spotted at the hair dressers. That’s not true, there is a photo of her coming out of Richard Wards.
Every woman goes to the hairdresser!
Middleton’s can’t respond. If they did, the royals would never talk to them again. They are not dumb……
Ked – Just because you don’t talk to the press means you should be respected. Respected for what? Let’s respect people who truly deserve it.
She doesn’t talk because she knows from history that if you talk about them, you are finished….You know that.
Is everyone here an American?
Hello again,
I haven’t posted for a while, I’ve been very busy with exams at the moment but I thought that I would post a comment today as I had some spare time.
Yes, every man and woman visits the hairdressers and nobody would moan at Kate for doing so. However, combined with a lack of work and appearance to do anything else, to always be mentioned or seen shopping, lunching with friends and having her hair done makes her seem a bit like a WAG.
Quote from lisa above:
““Sources close to her last night said she has ‘no immediate work plans’ while Prince William prepares for his final attachment with the Royal Navy”
But isn’t she working for her parents like they previously stated?”
The article states that the work with her parents is not strenuous and does not really qualify as a proper job. When they say she has “no immediate work plans”, they mean that she is not going to work properly say as a PA, or for a company any time soon.
It’s not what you would call a nine-to-five job,’ said a friend of the Middletons. ‘It’s an easy number for Kate and basically something to fill her days while she waits for William.
“‘Over the past few months, she has been at home with her family shooting pictures for the Party Pieces website. She has been joking that her days have been filled taking snaps of cupcakes and it’s all a bit surreal. ”
This quote from the Daily Mail suggests that even Kate knows that she does not have a proper job. She has a degree and is intelligiant, so why is she doing something which even her friends say “is an easy number”??? For this reason I agree with one of the comments which says that she is not a good role model for young women these days.
I refuse to believe that the press interfere with her life so much that she is unable to get a job. It was once stated in an article around the time of her birthday last year, that the number of photographers then was an exception and usually she is only followed by 3 or 4. Whilst that cannot be easy or comfortable, it is easier to copy with. The press are not there in the job interview and cannot fill out her CV for her. Neither can they interfere with her job especially if she did not work outdoors. Therefore, there is no excuse why she does not buck up her act and start to work.
Talk to everyone soon, bye
Ali
Respect because she is basically a decent girl with a top second degree from a leading \scotish university.
match that and dont show how jelous you are of her position in life.
Hey guys, good posting and discussions, lets cool it down without disrespecting others.
Well ONE visit to the hair dresser this year hardly makes her out to be a WAG. When has she been pictured shopping or lunching with friends? She was only out and about 4 or 5 times celebrating her own birthday as well as that of other family memebers. She hardly seems to spend a lot of time in London these days.
Why does Kate have to be a role model? HM isn’t a career woman, neither was Diana and they all made good Royals. I don’t need Kate Middleton to show me how to live my life and neither does any young woman out there.
We can all complain if she becomes a member of the Firm and then doesn’t do her job properly but for now she has the right to live her life as she pleases without the Queen, the papers or some forum members telling her what to do.
That’s right Trixie, tell it like it is. Preach, preach. I don’t know people don’t understand that.
All Kate manuverings and William is still going off to the Navy (after a long vacation with her) without putting a ring on her finger or proposing.
When all is said and written, she’s still just a longtime girlfriend, who it appears is left back home without anything Official at all.
To make matters worse the story of the Queen wanting her to get a job and is all over the foreign press, already translated in Norwegian, Spanish, and other languages, how embarrassing. The lady has no chance of becoming his wife, I still say. William still has not proposed to Kate even though the press has for him.
It is quite possible that William is waiting to complete his military training before getting married. Whatever the plan is, we the public are not privy to it but Kate is and judging by her obvious happiness at the wedding of Peter Phillips, she is accepting of it. It is the press and a small group of internet posters who continue to try to tear her down. Hopefully she is turning a deaf ear on this and carrying on with her life as she sees fit. Afterall, the woman is not a royal and is in now way required to be a role model or anything else until which time she is engaged or married to PW.
Trixie- You might not want a role model but I can guarentee you that I am a lot younger than most if not all of these posters here. I am still doing my A levels, and I like to have role models.
A role model should not tell somebody how to live their life anyway. They should inspire people. I would like to be able to look up to someone and say wow, that was a great achievement and they have worked really hard to do that!
I never said that HM nor Diana do/did not make good Royals. In fact I never mentioned them. However, whilst we are on the topic, they did both work even a little. HM was a mechanic and Diana worked in a kindergarten. HM was unable to continue work and she was a young woman in a time when women did not work full time. Diana had a job that was suitable for her qualifications and abilities. That is all that is required of Kate, for her to do something that is suitable for her abilities and she has proved that she is clever but obtaining a degree. Besides, Diana and HM are incredible role models. Diana helped so many people and raised awareness about important issues. HM is 82 years old and still working hard at raising similar issues. Both are inspirational in differnet ways.
However, the only thing Kate inspires me to do is to go shopping when I see her in a nice outfit. Hardly impressive considering that she is a young woman who should be at her peak. If she had got a job by now she could be doing really well at it. I know relatives who have 6 figured salaries before they were 29/30 (only a couple years older than Kate).
Besides, as a young girl with a similar background to Kate’s, how many of you would want me to not work like Kate does? How many people here would agree that it is a good thing for a girl in my position to do?
I doubt that many people here would want that, especially not for their own daughter. After all, if you were honest would you want your daughter to not work when she is 26? I doubt it. So why can people excuse Kate for not working?
You say that you have seen no pictures of her shopping or anything. Well neither have I at least not recently. Therefore, as I said above, if she is able to go out (I do not think she stays at home the whole time) and carry on with her normal life without any photos being taken, how can she claim that the paparazzi prevent her from getting a job?
Lisa…you are most likely right. He is probably waiting until after his training and hopefully after he has settled into royal duties first.
If they get married then I do wish them the best of luck in the marriage and I do hope that they are well and happy. I have nothing against Kate personally and I do believe that they are in love. However, I do not agree with her actions and I feel that she has bought the negative press upon herself as she was the person who chose to not get a job.
good posting B,and Ali I mean no disrepect to catherine,but it would be nice to see her do a little charity work
B..I am willing to give this situation the benefit of the doubt because no one really knows what Kate Middleton does with her time when she is not with PW. The one scenario that seems reasonable to me is that they became engaged last year before she left her job. It would take at least a year to properly prepare her to be the wife of a future King. William has had the benefit of 25 yrs of training. I would imagine that by the time they make that announcement,Kate would be reasonable ready for the onslaught that will surely await her. You can bet the farm on one thing. When the announcement is made,they will have been engaged for a number of months and the public engagement will be short, three months or less. Security will dictate this. This wedding will probably be the biggest public event since 9/11 and no one will want to give any bad guys the time to organize any evil. I am willing to wait and see what happens after PW leaves the Navy and begins his life as a fulltime royal. I do think he will have his bride by his side.
doubt it ,but you have a right to your pov,Ithink all this speulation will lead to another breakup.He tends to run when it gets to much to deal with.
I doubt it too.
Does anyone know what Pippa and the brother (James?) do for a living?
james is now doing an offshute business off his parents business
I think everyone tend to forget that William may be waiting for awhile to make an annoucement but may have already proposed. No one is attacking anyone ali. William is trying to make things clear that Catherine is a very important fixture in his life even by her attending the wedding and sitting with the royal family. But people are getting bent out of shape because there’s no official announcement yet and that makes people blood boil. How do I know that? just read the tabs and some comments.I have a feeling We may see her attending the Garter ceremony this month. That is an important day for William and I know she will want to be there. Like I have always said that William is doing things his own way and she is going with it beautifully. The same thing for Harry & Chelsy. There are things that is standing in their way like Chelsy going to school, Harry’s army career, William’s last bit of training and they are trying to get those things out of the way so they can start their lives. The only thing we are seeing and reading is the impatients of the press and I just watch you guys get all upset and you shouldn’t do that.
Okay, we have an internal (DM) boxing match: first Katie Nicholl, now Richard Kay hitting back…read on.
Suggestions that the Queen believes Kate Middleton should follow the example of the Countess of Wessex and have a job before she marries Prince William amused courtiers.
They remember the apoplexy over the former Sophie Rhys-Jones’s public relations career, which heaped so much embarrassment on the Royal Family.
“The whole point of the monarchy’s strategy then was to disentangle the unfortunate Sophie from any commercial activity,” says one figure involved. “People do seem to have very short memories.”
Claudius you are quite wise in your assessment. I bow to your insightfulness
Hmmm…an internal bout at the DM. You don’t say! Those folks still have their noses out of joint over the Hello deal IMO.
how many days will he stay on the royal navy? i thinked that peter philips and autumn kelly doesnt even matters that catherine is around.
I believe that was not nice at all to criticize someones spelling. It could be they are from another country where english is not their native language and maybe they are using translator. It is increasingly harder to post a comment without certain people ripping into you. Healthy debates are one thing but becoming nasty and hurtful is tacky and immature.
lisa, I do think that they will become engaged and I am happy for them if they do. I do not think that they are already engaged unless they announce it soon because the Royal Family does not have long engagements. That point I am afraid cannot be argued as they just do not have long engagements and never will.
Kate has spent nearly 3 years with William since university and most of that she has spent not working. The excuse that she is learning how to become a royal is not valid in my opinion. It is easy to say and would be the case in they were engaged but they are not. There must be some other reason why she has not worked for the best part of 3 years. After all, if she was training when people first said she was 3 years ago, then they would be engaged by now. These engagement rumours have been going on for the past 3/4 years and it has not happened yet. I say, just leave them in peace and let them get married when they want to.
However, I do think that Kate should get a job especially if William never asks her. Whilst there is only a small chance that he won’t now, it is still possible. If they break up, she will be left with very little in terms of prospects and will have to explain to an employer what she has been doing since university and why. I know that an employer will not accept ” I thought my boyfriend would ask me to marry him, but he didn’t in the end”.
And Remember: Healthy debates as maddie said not arguments! Let’s please try to be respectful of each other. By all means argue a point but do not start to argue with the person by picking them out and commenting upon them. It is becoming harder for me to post here, because I do not want to be ripped into (as maddie put it). I would like to be able to state my opinion for others to respect it, yet politely argue against it. Let’s not make our comments become personal. I am afraid that if the attitude does not improve, I will not be posting any more.
Well a pretty disappointing evening for comments on this website – we had some really good thoughts and opinions but it was tarnished by some nasty direct and indirect attacks on people.
I’m not singling anyone out but if we get a repeat of what happened last night I’ll probably be handing out some bans. It sunk to a really low level that I’m sure most people here don’t appreciate.
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Steven.