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Eugenie’s Coat Of Arms Unveiled - Sky News
Princess Eugenie will come home from Marlborough College to a present from the Queen - her own Coat of Arms. The Princess leaves the college for the last time today to set out on the next chapter of her life. Her own Coat of Arms is a sort of late birthday present and marks her official coming of age as member of the Royal Family…
Please don’t take after your father, William - Daily Mail
Most of us, when we were 25, were still tempted to think that life was about what one could get away with. If somebody was generous or silly enough to lend us a helicopter to play with, it would have seemed a hoot to land it on the girlfriend’s lawn. Trouble starts, however, when the young man in the case is Prince William and the helicopter belongs to the RAF…
Do you know who I ma’am? - The Sun
THE Queen’s favourite servant was restrained by police in an astonishing Palace bust-up after she forgot her security pass. Angela Kelly, Her Majesty’s closest friend and aide, was furious when cops refused her entry into Buckingham Palace last week. The divorced mum of three “lost the plot” when a desk officer asked to see her pass at the side staff entrance.
July 5th, 2008 03:30
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/femail/article-1031985/Meet-sister-childhood-rival-Camilla-simply–does-involve-103-000-fee.html
royal update for the dutchess of cornwall
July 5th, 2008 13:53
Hello all,
This is the silly season especially for royal news but have we ever read ,even in the DM such rubbish.
I haven’t traced every paragraph, but most of this unsigned article has been “plagiarised” from earlier pieces published mainly in earlier copies of DM over the last few weeks.
Obviously unable to find a story for their weekend they have to print something and nothing is what they have written.
What a con on their readers and what audacity to dismiss the intelligence of readers especially from BRW.
Note, learn and remember when their so pressurized reporters write more rubbish especially about PW ,KM , PH and CD.
July 5th, 2008 20:17
Right, for Mail On Sunday Katie Nicholl is saying the Kate Middleton is advising Chelsy Davy in friend Choosing. And Mandrake of the Telegraph says that the Courtiers have advised Kate Middleton not to get a Job, that what Katie Nicholl said is rubbish.
The press is going crazy
July 5th, 2008 20:31
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/43130/Royal-row-as-Harry-gets-elbow/
More stories of Harry and Chelsy, now the papers are saying that there are confirmed reports of people who saw them fighting.
July 5th, 2008 22:38
Me, where do you see Mandrake saying that?
July 5th, 2008 22:50
Never mind I see it. It’s not a suprise to me because I just know that Kate is not going to a big job because she was adviced not to do so. At first I found it strange of why she would quit her job at Jigsaw but then something told me that the palace is behind this. I’m been trying to tell people that all along. If she had stopped working and was planning to sit and wait on William to produce a ring, that would have cause a great deal of concern for the royal family and would have affected her relationship with William. But as we can see that things are going very well and they look happy as ever and seem to be not worried about her working at a high profile job. She’s working with the family business and that’s all she need to at the moment.
July 5th, 2008 22:51
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/2254804/Kate-Middleton-must-stay-a-lady-of-leisure.html
July 6th, 2008 03:13
So ,when is this imminent engagement is going to happen? Did the royals think about what will happen to the girl if their prince changed his mind everything is possible in life so I think it willbe better for her to get a jope untill the official engagement comes to the surface.
July 6th, 2008 03:32
Sami,
Yet again you are voicing comments on something you know absolutely nothing about.
Even if PW does walk away KM would still not need to get a job.
If the worst came to the worst she could probably take her pick from 20+ aristocratic millionaires.
Bur perhaps that it what it’s all about.
You can’t , she can !
July 6th, 2008 05:55
ehhhh KED how old are you ?
she can marry a millionair and depend on him So it’s you who believes that she ’s lazy not me .May be she doesn’t need money but by getting ajope she can set an example to the youth who looks up to her .
July 6th, 2008 06:54
sami,
I base my comments on how and what you write.
You asked the question as to what she would do if PW walked away.
I just answered you in same way. She has enough money not to work which is a similar position to many thousand other people and which invokes comments similar to yours.
If she wants or has to find love elsewhere then believe me she has a much better opportunity of finding the her right man than most. Believe me.
July 10th, 2008 11:30
I’ve had to work all my life and I have to agree with Ked, work isn’t everything. Does a factory worker sewing shirts make much difference in the overall scheme of things, other then providing a meager salary on which he or she supports the family? No, of course not. The factory worker would probably rather be at that villa in Barbados too, right next to Catherine sitting on a lounge chair, drinking one of those cocktails with the paper umbrella. Just because that factory worker puts in a 38 hour week doesn’t make him more noble or more worthy than the next guy. He works because he HAS to, not for glory or to set an example.
If Catherine doesn’t have to work to lead a luxurious life, I say good for her and I wish my last name was Middleton!
July 10th, 2008 12:46
I disagree alsgal, whilst it is true that she does not have to work because of her parent’s wealth it does not mean that she should not. My parents are a lot wealthier than Kate’s yet I am slaving away trying to get my life back of track after several years of upset and difficult circumstances. I plan to work hard because I want to be able to look back on my life and say I did that!
A factory worker is an important part in the scheme of things. One less factory worker would decrease the output of a company which means the supply would be less and the price more. Every person contributes to their company or workplace in one way or another however small.
Every person would rather than they could just sunbathe but in all fairness after you have done that for a while, wouldn’t you get bored? Wouldn’t you want the challenge of a career? Wouldn’t you want the experiences that a job has to offer? I know I would. A job does not have to be about making money. A job or rather a career can provide personal satisfaction, a sense of worth, improved self esteem, a chance to become more independent and a chance to help others even in a small way. A factory worker may have to work for a small salary but such workers tend to be in LEDCs (less economically developed countries). The cicumstances are very different and an extreme example has been chosen to support your point. This example does not relate in anyway to the life that KM has.
IMO, the excuse that Kate does not have to work because she has enough money is not a very good one. Plently of people have more money than her and they still work. Jobs can give people a purpose and when times are tough than can give somebody a reason to carry on. People like Holly Branson have a lot more money than Kate and they work. Ms Branson is training to become a doctor. That requires a lot of work and she still manages to have fun by partying. She is also part of William’s close circle which shows that having a job is not a problem for his upper crust friends.
July 10th, 2008 13:22
Nobody of us knows for sure if she doesn’t work for the family business.
July 10th, 2008 13:42
B, although I see your point to a certain extent and congratulate you for being ambitious whilst having wealthy parents (must be nice, my father spent most of my formative years in the hole
) Holly Branson is a different person from Kate. Yes, it’s admirable that Holly is going to be a doctor but that is something that will take another five years to complete — and as it is a profession she can have for a lifetime, it’s worth investing the time and effort in it.
What is the point in Catherine starting on a career that substantial if she has to give it up when she marries into the RF?
So, that leaves the frothy “rich girl” jobs, jobs like being an assistant accessories buyer, gallery assistant or party planner for her well-connected friends. Do those sorts of jobs really give one self-esteem, does it really make a positive difference in the world if one is in charge of ordering the Pimm’s for a party at a castle? Those jobs aren’t the same league as a doctor curing disease, a barrister defending the innocent, or a journalist exposing injustice through investigative reporting.
That said, I do feel during this time that Catherine is in a “holding pattern” that she could begin serious involvement with a few charities as that is certainly something she could transport into her next life as a Royal.
I am willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, and wonder if perhaps she might be sneaking into AIDS/crack babies/leprosy wards in the middle of the night — perhaps we just don’t know it?
July 10th, 2008 13:47
You make a good point B but you forgot that “rich kids” usually work in a field of interest for them - if they work. Holly said it was always her dream to be a doctor. So what if Kate never had such a dream? Not everyone wants to be a doctor or a lawyer. What if she wants to be an artistic photographer or an artist in general? That would be the kind of occupation you can’t study at college or turn into a 9-5 job really.
So it would hardly give her life a “purpose” to work in some other 9-5 that doesn’t interest her at all. I guess she probably realised that when she worked for Jigsaw. It didn’t fulfill her so why do it?
July 10th, 2008 14:40
What I think we need to remember is that there is no guarentee that Kate will marry PW. It is likely considering the length of time they have been together but many couples have broken up after 5, 7, 10 even 12 years of dating but no marriage. I do not think that they will be getting married until 2010.
Therfore, if Kate had got a job when she first left university she would have had 5+ years of work. She could have done very well for herself during that time and what if she never does marry PW, she has wasted those years of her life. It would not be PW’s fault as she has her own mind and made the decisions herself.
I don’t think she has to do a 9-5 job if she does not want to, but I think that she should do something, some work of some kind just for her. I think that it would help her to be achieving something. Many women and men as well these days go to work for several years then leave to have children. Kate would have to leave to join the RF but the idea is the same.
I think that the job at Jigsaw was just something to please William. I reckon that if she tried to look for a job she would find something that would suit her, or would allow for another job that would suit her. People are not always happy with their first job, and have to wait for a promotion or the chance of experience to apply to apply to another job. She must have had some career or plan for her life before she started university, otherwise there was no point going in the first place.
She could work for a company and work her way up the ladder, or she could work in an art gallery. A job does not have to be as amazing as being a barrister or journalist, if something is achieved from a job no matter how small it provided satisfaction. Several of my friends are teachers. The pay is not great, but they work hard and they have a huge sense of achievement as they see the children progress. That job only requires anothers years training after university and would be ideal for Kate because the hours are relatively short compared to some jobs and the holidays are longer. It would also be good experience for her if she did marry PW because she would have worked with children and could base her charities around children whilst having evidence that she has an interest in the development of children.
There are many people in the world who claim that they should not work because they do not have a dream or feel fulfilled. Can we excuse all of them? I do not want Kate to regret her life she is in the prime of it and I would not want anybody to look back and feel that they wasted it.
July 10th, 2008 14:45
5 years is stretching, I know it may seem that long, but its actually 3 years; which almost 1 with Jigsaw, and from Oct. until now we really don’t know but of what we have from the press - working with the Middleton business.
July 10th, 2008 14:47
B,
What proof do you have that Holly Branson works or is still studying?
She seems to have as much free time as Kate b/c she use to travel and go to parties frequently with K and W (Caribbe, Boxing Ball, Kate and Mandela’s birthday, single William - last year when he and Kate splits) at the same way than Guy Pelly does, lately more than him. And when she isn’t in Kate’s or William’s company she can be easily saw with Guy Pelly, Isabella Calthorpe (her step-sister), the Van Cutsem, Davina Barber and many others which name I don’t know (in clubs, polo games, openings…). Besides her own father’s parties and vacation travels (tropical islands, South Africa…).
Go to DONFEATURES site or Rex Features and you will see that she is in most of the parties, much much more than the others I’ve quoted above.During the day, at night, any hour and day of the week.
Hard is not find her partying or attending the british society events, she goes to everything with everybody.
Nice that she’s discreet, but she is a real “party girl” for sure, not someone who manages her time for it, but someone who do it all the time more than the rest, what she manages well are the drinks b/c she never seems drunk (but she enjoy bottles of beer if you look the pics with attention ). You can’t say the opposite!
PS: “single William - last year when he and Kate splits”.
Sometimes she seems to have more time for William than his proper girlfriend Kate. She doesn’t have a boyfriend? Since her teenage years she’s glued in William. I think it’s too weird!
July 10th, 2008 15:29
OK, I got a bit angry about Holly. There isn’t all that pics of her partying. Sorry, I’ve really exceeded, but she is still a very frequetly company of them for who studies sooo much as her.
Now, search for Isabella Calthorpe in Rex Features. The endless-name, wonderful, gorgeous, most beautiful, with the best backgroud of UK, the incredible actress,the love of William’s life, his fixation and desire above any other woman in Earth, “the only who make Kate jealous” (it’s not my exaggeration but the press/DM one) are now described just as Sam Branson girlfriend.
Lord how things has changed!