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Kate’s too bright to simply stand and wait - Telegraph (scroll down page)
This is the one time in her life that Kate Middleton can dictate what she does; it’s her one opportunity to make her mark in her own right and experience something of real life. She certainly won’t be able to once she’s legged it up the aisle of St Paul’s on William’s arm. Yes, media intrusion is a problem, but deals have been done before between the Palace and the press…
Prince William’s tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales - Telegraph
Prince William has incorporated a touching tribute to his late mother in his newly unveiled crest to mark his inauguration into the world’s oldest order of chivalry. The Prince, who last month became the 1,000th Knight of the Garter, has included a small red escallop or sea shell in the centre of the design. It is a poignant touch to honour the memory of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales who died in 1997…
Zara Phillips unveils portrait of herself as one of the world’s adventurers - Telegraph
Zara Phillips has unveiled a four-metre high portrait of herself as part of an exhibition celebrating adventurers who have excelled in their chosen fields. The 27-year-old royal said she hoped the “amazing photographs” would prove popular. “There are many different ways of interpreting ‘adventure’ and the people that have been photographed stand for a huge range of meanings of the word,” she said…
Video Clips of Kate Middleton and other guests at Lady Rose Windsor’s Wedding - ITN
More photos from Lady Rose Windsor’s Wedding - Marie Claire
July 23rd, 2008 06:10
The comment by Liz Hunt is harsh but I can understand where she is coming from and her point of view.
I pity Kate for feeling that she has no control over her life as she feels that she is “dictated to”. It would be a shame not to take control while she is young, healthy, pretty, energetic and active.
July 23rd, 2008 06:53
Read the last 5 paragraphs from “Kate’s too bright to simply stand and wait”. I told Belle interview isn’t good for Kate and, please, don’t tell me that 40 woman didn’t know what her words could do. She is Britain, ins’t she? So she knows what sort of media there is in her country, besides she is too old to say don’t have an idea that article could change the meaning of her trial to defend Kate.
Belle shows a new term to define Kate: “dictated to”. Congratulations for her to put a new word in the “Who is Kate” dictionary, soon it will be complete from A to Z:
A - available
B - boring
C
D - dictated to, doormat, desperate
E
F - fake
G
H - hang over
I
J
K
L - lazy
M - manipulative
N - no career/ job/ and anything else
O
P -party girl
Q
R
S - social climber
T
U
V
W- waity katie
X
Y
Z
Lets play the game and complete!
And it’s still a nice article, for sure harder comments will come from others.
July 23rd, 2008 07:02
I think it is now clear why it is so important for people who are connected to Kate,William etc to keep their mouths shut. Even when they try to say something nice, their words are twisted and disected and turned into a free for all.The Middleton family should be commended for 5+years of dignified silence, because silence is truely golden.
July 23rd, 2008 07:34
I feel somewhat sorry for Belle Robinson because I don’t think she meant any harm. She could have used gentler words, but I think she was just trying to point out the difficulties of dating a royal. Now the media has their say and before you know it everything spins out of control. So I think you’re right, lisa, it’s best to not talk at all. It proves more and more that it’s wise of Kate to work for her family who could best protect her.
July 23rd, 2008 07:43
That newspaper took advantage of Mrs Robinson in the sense that they were supposed to be writing about her and her success and they turned it into a chance to get her to comment on Kate. The rest is history at that point. The only comfort her is that all these articles don’t change a thing. At the end of all of this,William, will make the decision to make Kate his wife, based upon the love and commitment they share and the opinions of Liz Hunt,Katie Nicholls or any other “writer” does not amount to a speck of link on the tea towels!
July 23rd, 2008 07:53
Oh I like the A-Z Carla that describes exactly how 90% of the public view KM and I personally believe the same too.
I notice in this forum KM is considered the world’s perfect lady, people see no fault in her.
July 23rd, 2008 08:04
Pretty, your comments are respectfully flawed. I highly doubt you know the opinions of 90% of the public and many people who post on this forum have differing views on Kate Middleton. The fact still remains that neither you nor I or anyone who post here,knows Miss Middleton personally and we should be aware of that when typing harsh or critical comments as to her character.
July 23rd, 2008 08:24
You forgot to add G for Gold Digger and J for Jigsaw.
I think the Middleton family got freebies from their association with Belle, for exploiting their dubious Royal connections. I wonder if the real reason she left was not because Kate didn’t like the media photographing her, but because she was worried about what the press may of dug up with their connection to Belle and Jigsaw, and just what business relationship they may of had.
July 23rd, 2008 08:27
er Kate wont be Queen of the country she will be a consort to the King.
July 23rd, 2008 08:47
A - attractive more than any woman on earth,
C- classy, charming,caring
E- elegant
G- Georgeous
L - Loves doing charity work
H - helpful,hardworker
M - Most bueatiful lady in the world
N - No faults/mistakes at all
R- responsible
W- World’s perfect woman
O- organised
Q- Queen to be one-day
S - Smiler,sweet,special,stunning
Are you happy now Lisa? all positive!, Im sure this is what YOU want!
im out of this forum.
July 23rd, 2008 08:48
Kate, if Kate Middleton was a gold digger, she would have cashed in long ago and walked away set for life. During the “breakup” of 2007, she was offered 10 million dollars/pounds,whatever, for her story. no way is she driven by money so you can take gold digger off the list.
July 23rd, 2008 08:50
Kate,
In a word, please give me the benefit of such a clear analytical mind, and tell me what a King’s consort is called. One wor ?
July 23rd, 2008 09:40
But why not DISAGREE wisely, both sides.
Fending towards a stranger = Kate Middleton is not nice, as well as fending toward a stranger = Nickname Poster is = to doing the same thing, not nice.
Perhaps, everyone needs to see Wills back in the UK or a pronto marriage, please those who are fending KM or Posters, take an imaginary chill pill and lets play nicely. Its fun to gossip, give feed to chat.
July 23rd, 2008 09:47
Kate has seen first hand what happens when things go bad- Diana and Charles. I really can’t imagine why she would put up with the constant negativity about her if she didn’t love William. She comes from money, she already hangs with the royal crowd, if it were all about money she could have married a duke or someone else with money. Because of Diana we have all seen that being a princess is not always what it seems.
July 23rd, 2008 10:09
Oh Lord
Ked you are Paul, aren’t you? Be honest.
This isn’t the first time you come with this paranoia of someone using more than a name to post opinions. I guess it happen b/c it is what you do, don’t?
Nobody saw me. Why should I hide myself in other name if I never appear in any place?
I adore Kate much before people realize her relationship with William is serious, NOBODY BELIEVES SHE WILL BE THE QUEEN MORE THAN I BELIEVE. Read my others comments since the beginning until the end with much attention and you we see it. I was the same Carla (and this is my birth name) from Royal Anecdotes and had never posted before here neither at any other site. Who thinks I’m trying to make Kate seems bad don’t know how to interpret what read. WHO AM I TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN KATE’S LIFE? I’m lucky to be “down-to-earth” enough to know what I say, bad or good, will never be important to anyone and blessed for not agree with put people, just b/c are famous as more than “the rest of us” treating them like God or the proper Devil. WHAT I USE WRITE IS MY INTERPRETATION FROM WHAT PRESS SEEMS TO WANT WE THINK ABOUT HER, NOT MY TOUGHTS. TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND ME I MUST TO WRITE “I THINK THE PRESS WANT TO MEAN: …” and “NOW HERE MY OWN TOUGHTS: …”? well, I did it b/c I write “I think” and “the press” many times, and even so you don’t concluded what’s the difference? Pretty seems to have the same “problem” I have as she wrote “public view” and receive a comment about don’t know Kate “personally”. Instead the dictionary about WHAT THE PRESS WRITE ABOUT KATE, lets write one about antonymous, what is the same that words of opposite meaning, OK Ked? If someone is “twisted, nobrain or sad sick”, sorry John, oops Ked but it’s not me b/c is about the press that I write most of the time.
About dislike someone I said before I don’t like Chelsy and in your other site I said clearly I love Kate, admire her family very much, but doubt the intentions of her sister Pippa, another who many adores. As the same way I said you, oh sorry, Paul should be alert with the criticism in polite words that come from others frequently in that site. If I had some problem to admit dislike someone, I wouldn’t say it. And if you intend to continue your absolutism, exclude all my comments as in RA and pretend I had never passed here. Let’s go. I’m waiting!
But, please, after do it back to school and take text interpretation classes.
Has everybody in this site the same problem that Paul/ Ked?
PS: England has the press that more judge and build people’s image in the World. Nobody needs to move a finger to make Kate looks the worst when you have Daily Mail, The Sun, The Times, Katie Nicholl and CO. My posts are exactly a trial to show their crazyness in use mass means of communication to attack her. But if you as a Britain don’t realize what sort of media you have and thinks an insignificant person as I is Kate enemy, I feel sorry for you.
For those who learn how to read and understand what the author really want to mean, sorry to reply this Ked grossness this way, but for the second time I’m trying to make he see there are different kinds of comments, and admit that don’t understand all them instead judge is a virtue, which I properly don’t have all the time, and if for second time he does the same as RA: goodbye, many of you are my favorite commentators and I will still enjoy your words.
July 23rd, 2008 10:35
Perhaps english as a second language has some into confusion. Anyway, I think that everyone may and should express their opinions in a respectful manner and thats it, with the connotation of repetitive abuse should be edited and dismissed (practiced here), each forum has there own set of rules, which BRW has here and recently commented and posted by various members including its moderator/administrator.
If someone doesn’t like it, as well said in each forum, move on.
July 23rd, 2008 10:37
Well, after my last testament I back to “Kate ‘mucked’ at Jigsaw” post,
- when I posted a quote from The Times, a mass mean communication not my “twisted nobrain”, against Kate and openly and close to crazyness I, Carla saying from my own and only person, critisized the newspaper to write things like these -
and I find out Ked see problems in almost all comments. I could understand perfectly what they intend to say in the first time, but Ked see other things in their comments and they had to write other posts to explain themselves. Hell, this is a site full of twisted, nobrain people! And for Godness sake it just sarcasm, NOT MY REAL THOUGHTS about you.
July 23rd, 2008 10:39
I asked before and ask again: Who is the owner? It’s much more honesty when you know with who you are talking.
July 23rd, 2008 10:42
And is also honesty say for who you are talking than use someone all the time, Me. There are others who doesn’t need to read the criticism.
July 23rd, 2008 11:00
People don’t get sarcasm well, so may be you should just comment on what you think of any given article ?!
Anyway Carla, I did and have read all your posts, and I did and do understand that you where critizising Mrs. Belle for giving such interview with the mix of the good and bad stuff mentioned there. Etc, etc. etc.
Here’s an acrostic for Catherine Middleton
Counting her days
At when she gets to be a Princess
The love of her life
He the future King
Elizabeth will be proud
Royals will attend
In ever lasting love
Nationals and foreigners
Enjoying with their flags
Mother will she be
If the
Day comes by
Day of spring or summer
Lay day for a happy
Ending and looking for a new future
Towards a modern monarchy
On Prince William and looking
North for guidance
July 23rd, 2008 11:28
I don’t think anybody could deny that Kate has been receiving some negative press (some justfied, but some not).
I think that some people are influenced by negative press in the same way that others are influenced by positive press.
However, Kate should take heed of this negative press because it would not bode well for her to have people against her before she even walked down the aisle (if she will, let’s not count out chickens before they hatch).
Lovely acrostic Me, I like how you see Kate is such a positive view and it can be so freshing after coming from other forums. However, I must admit I sometimes find RA a little too positive about Kate and unwilling to accept less happy comments. But to you Me, I say keep it up, it’s always a pleasure to read such nice things.
July 23rd, 2008 11:30
Me,
Super.
More prose please.
July 23rd, 2008 11:36
Can I try one, it won’t be as good as Me’s but here goes:
Kind to animals
Affectionate to William
Truely dependable
England’s possible Queen.
I’m not talented when it comes to compositions but it was worth a try.
July 23rd, 2008 11:50
Great B, thumbs up. Ked try one with William Wales ! Will you please. Until we get another article, worthy or worthless news, scandal.
July 23rd, 2008 11:52
Thanks Me. We have to do something to occupy our time don’t we?
Yep, it’s your turn now ked
July 23rd, 2008 12:01
OK, Congratulations for all! Finishing a exchange of insults with fine things, and nobody answered my questions about the owner, Ked be Paul…
July 23rd, 2008 12:17
That’s going towards internet security standards (like stalking) and getting way too personal Carla.
Acrostic Harry Chelsy
Harry your my man
Ablicious
Rightfully supporting your siblings
Rare never seen in UK monarchy history
Yo bro
Chelsite
Harry loves you the way you are
Eternal wifey
Love is blind
Since the beginning of time
Yippie Yi yeah youthful
William Wales is for Ked
July 23rd, 2008 12:22
Ked is entitled to the harder ones
in all senses…
July 23rd, 2008 12:58
Take it easy Me. You make me laugh, totally against my will, with the “love is blind” from Chelsy acrostic.
July 23rd, 2008 13:05
Go ked, where is your acrostic? I’m too tired to argue. I want to laugh now. Whatever it means.
July 23rd, 2008 13:12
I’m 98 % of the times easy and cool
something really bad has to happen to “me” to have the 2% off balance.
July 23rd, 2008 13:17
Great!
July 23rd, 2008 13:20
Pretty, are you still here?
July 23rd, 2008 14:11
I think everybody need to calm down and stop commenting on a dumb story.
July 23rd, 2008 14:17
William should be coming home soon. They should just go ahead and say their engaged so it would end this waiting game. The press gets worse for Kate the longer they wait this engagement out. I think that is why William got knighted so young. Maybe its a historical thing that he one day being king needs to have knighthood before marriage? Have you noticed Kate 3strand pearl bracelet?
July 23rd, 2008 14:51
Well the more light you shed on a story the more attention it gets so you just have follow in William & Kate’s example and just ignore it. Yeah I notice the bracelet but I didn’t much attention to it.
July 23rd, 2008 15:06
May I say that the press will not DICTATE the lives or decisions of PW nor Miss Middleton. They may write all what they want and will never ever be able to get the BRF nor the Middletons speek a word.
Its up to those few who follow like sheep the “gossip” media.
July 23rd, 2008 15:07
You know I expect the Kate haters on the internet to criticize her not having a typical job. Most of them of are jealous of her and hate her being with William. But you’d think supposed journalists would know better. Kate couldn’t get a job right now if she wanted to. Liz Hunt apparently didn’t bother reading her own paper. A Telegraph article a few weeks ago confirmed what many of us thought anyway: Kate has been advised by Prince William and his courtiers not to work. End of story.
July 23rd, 2008 15:20
I like Kate but criticize her for not having a job, yet she has nothing I can be jealous about.
Why can she not get a job? That is what I do not understand and I have not heard a valid excuse from anyone.
(Except alsgal who says that if you don’t need one, you don’t have to have one- even then if her parents gave her no money, she would need one and I think at 26 a person should be able to stand upon their own 2 feet, unless they are in education).
We don’t know that she has been advised by Prince William and his courtiers not to work, we don’t know that she hasn’t but the article with Belle Robinson said that she is getting very litte help unless there is severe media intrusion. To me that implies that the courtiers are not advising her. But we all have our own views.
July 23rd, 2008 15:22
Well the Telegraph comment is exactly what was to be expected after Belle Robinsons comment. I do not know whether she actually said those things or whether she was misquoted but it definitely wasn’t a service to Kate at all. I found the wording very odd, too, especially because it doesn’t fit to the way I see William and Kate and their relationship. I hate it when people suggest that Kate is this little girl who’ constantly at William’s beck and call. Why should she be when he’s busy during the week with the military? What would she need flexible working hours for? Certainly not to entertain her b/f who spends the week in military barracks. Maybe she has other obligations dictated by the Palace like Princess lessons or language classes etc? That,IMO, would make much more sense than to assume that she sits at home twirling her thumbs while waiting for William to call to meet her - when he won’t be calling during the week anyways.
July 23rd, 2008 15:28
Exactly Trixie, that is what I meant by my comment earlier today, why is her life being dictated and what is she being dictated about??? I cannot think of anything as William has hardly been with her for long periods of time over the past few years as he has been with the military.
If she was studying, I would have expect a comment to have been made in a newspaper. Something would have been leaked unless she is conducting her own learning i.e. no tutor and has told nobody about it. The article contradictes the idea of princess lessons for the reason that I mentioned at 15:20; Ms Robinson said that she has received little help.
She was clearly quoted and the article did read properly, not as if large chucks had been taken out.
I’m sorry that it contradicts your view of the couple Trixe, but then so many articles contradict each other all the time. Perhaps, Ms Robinson meant to be nice about Kate but just made a pigs ear of it.
July 23rd, 2008 15:33
CARLA AND CHRISTY - HERE ARE SOME “G” WORDS TO FILL IN FOR BOTH OF YOU:
GROW UP GIRLS!!
July 23rd, 2008 15:36
SORRY - I meant to address the above post to CARLA and PRETTY (not CHRISTY).
People who know nothing personally about Kate or William are boring with their nasty, negative positives. You can have your points of view and disagree with others, but the hateful sarcasm gets to be ridiculous.
July 23rd, 2008 16:05
I mean no offense to anyone when I say this but GET REAL! Many of us wouldn’t work if we didn’t have to. I have no problem admitting I wouldn’t. If you told me and most of the people I know to choose between working in an office for 8 hours a day or flying off to the South of France for holidays and shopping we’d choose option 2 in a heartbeat! Unless Kate has a genuine interest in a career or a dream job she shouldn’t pretend just to make some people happy. So I’m with Alsgal on this issue, Kate doesn’t work because she doesn’t have to. Good enough reason for me.
July 23rd, 2008 16:12
I don’t have to work at all, yet I do. I try to be independent and provide for myself without having to rely on the parents and fiance and I am 4 years younger than Kate is.
People might chose the second option at first, but trust me when I say this, after a while those people would get bored as the life can make the person feel rather shallow and useless.
The only reason that Kate does not have to work is because her parents support her. Well, at the age of 26 I would hate it if I still had to rely on my parents to pay for everything including basics such as food or clothes. I think the public would also respect someone who could stand on their own two feet. She is not a child.
July 23rd, 2008 16:47
Like I said before it wouldn’t be okay with William to have a girlfriend who is just waiting on him. He don’t have that kind of spirit. Her quiting that job was not only for her to do something else but because privately she is being told to keep a low profile and she is being protected from the paps by working at her parents buiness. Many minor royals do work because they don’t support the Queen but once William gets done with his training, he will become a working royal and will have a fiancee that will have to be by his side and she will have no time to go to a high profile job. It didn’t work for The Countess of Wessex and it won’t work for her. That’s why they are taking a different approuch to this. It may look bad to others by her working for her parents instead of having a job on her own but that’s how they want it so get use to it. You would handle it your way and they are handling this their way. That’s all. The only reason I don’t pay attention to what the press write is beacuse it’s just opinions and doesn’t have a personal affect on the two people involved which is William & Kate. They know what they are doing so what the media thinks does not matter.
July 23rd, 2008 17:16
Hello,
Has anyone ever thought that perhaps PW is already contributing to KM living expenses.
When he became 25 he became responsible for his own income and perhaps he decided that was the way he wanted to spend his own money especially as many already believe that he and KM are secretly or unofficially engaged.
This is only a comment about what may be happening and is not a statement of fact.
Many wealthy guys do this in the real world especially if they anticipate an eventual marriage.
July 23rd, 2008 18:02
ked,
It’s very possible he is. You are right that William is now independently wealthy. He’s inherited part of his mother’s and the Queen Mum’s estates. I don’t think Kate has large expenses now, but she certainly will once Prince William returns home and is a working royal. There was an article in one of the British papers several years ago about Prince Charles & his lifestyle. It stated that he spent thousands of pounds on Camilla, even before she was his wife. He paid for her to have a car & driver, she had to have designer gowns to wear out which are pretty expensive, and the jewels that go with them. So it’s definitely not cheap being a royal consort.
July 23rd, 2008 18:31
Hello,
When the posts over the past week or so are checked it is obvious that this is really the silly season. No news, so lets try and make some ?
I think that it may be a good time to consider what MAY be the bigest mystery of the first half of 2008.
The unreported, unrecorded,unphotographed wedding in darkest Africa ?
At least two dailies, two or three magazines and at least one sunday newspaper has had several reporters and agents on the ground checking,asking,searching and bribing in their own particular way and failing to find a single quote.
Unusual ?
Was any news story published ?
Was any hint of a story made ?
Not even a typical ‘false’ story ?
Has anyone any news or idea where,what and why ?
A’ friends’ wedding ?
A very close family wedding ?
What no relative/friend with a single snap with £ and $ available ?
Strange ?
July 23rd, 2008 18:38
Totally.
But who friend would sell out Mr. Craig (Jecca’s brother) :raise eyebrows:
Not even with a helicopter a paparazzi could take a long distance picture
July 23rd, 2008 18:51
To Carla, Pretty and any one else that is so caught up in the PW/KM saga. Stop reading the tabloids and then you won’t have to sort out what is true and what isn’t. Lets all take a long vacation and only pay attention to official reports from CH
July 23rd, 2008 19:10
Nothing good can ever come out of reading a tabloid. Period.
July 23rd, 2008 19:34
ked, I agree. It was odd that the Sun reporter was in Kenya like he was expecting to get photos or something and none surfaced. If you look up Craig wedding on internet nothing comes up, even in African papers. You’d think there would atleast be something similar to reportage on Lady Rose wedding-very low key coverage just to announce they married. It’s like it totally didn’t happen. I still don’t get it. Maybe it was a falling out, like mentioned before by others on this site, with Peter.
July 23rd, 2008 21:56
I been reading the comments and I have a lot to say. First pretty for you to say that Kate has no fault in abc dictionary for kate show that you put her up there with GOD. We all have faults but for you to say that she has any make me think that you praise her to much. I sorry I might seem like a kate hater but I’m not. Kate does not have job, has a degree and don’t use it and her parent are sitting there and letting her do that. My parents will never let me do that. Right now I have and internship. I start school soon for my last year and planning on leaving out of my parents house and getting a job. All you I love Kate she perfect there’s nothing wrong with her having a job. Seriously think would you want to a girl with a job even if it is part time or not have one and sit and wait. And this was Lady Rose wedding not kate and there was more story on kate then her. Something need to be said, someone need to say something to kate and will. and I AM NOT A KATE HATER.
July 23rd, 2008 22:15
Danielle,
Kate should be able to make her own choices that are satisfying to her & make her happy. That’s what I do in my life and I’m guessing what most other people do too. What I see is a lot of people putting their values, what they want, or what they like onto Kate and expecting her to follow. That is not right. How would you like it if I came along, a total stranger, and tried to tell you how to live your life? I don’t think you’d be thrilled about it. So please keep that in mind when being critical of Kate. It was Lady Rose Windsor who invited her to the wedding.Whether at Prince William’s request I don’t know. Still Lady Rose knows that Kate will always get the most attention because she’s dating the prince.
July 23rd, 2008 22:26
You’re right nikki if she should be able to her own choice and if waiting is what she want then she make every young women look bad. Im sorry it make her seem sorry, lazy. IT SAD. And Im not tell kate what to do it not like I know where she live and go to her and say get a job. I givin my opinion. You should learn the different.
July 23rd, 2008 22:39
W- Wonderfully sweet
I- Intelligent and Introspective
L - Lovable and loving
L - Likes being independent-minded
I - Irritated by the paps and press
A - Always on the move
M - Man who will marry when he’s good and ready
W- Wise beyond his years
A - Action man
L - LOVES KATE
E - Every woman’s fantasy (Well, at least he’s my fantasy) and extremely focused on his career
S - Super sibling to brother Harry
July 24th, 2008 00:51
That’s a good one Jade.
I have to disagree with the comment that you made on July 23rd, 2008 16:47, Rman. How do you know that they will become engaged? I think that the royals would want William to practice royal duties before marrying, so he can help his wife. If he had a year to practice (from 2009 after military work) , 6 months engagement and then a marriage. That would give Kate 2 years to start a career. That is plenty of time, and if she has to give it up, well so what…lots of women do when they have children. If those other women leave uni at 21, marry and expect a child at 23, they would might leave their job after only 2 years. But then, they might not have children so it there is no reason why they cannot work. In the same way, William might not marry Kate for a while or if at all. Remember, William said that he did not want to get married until he was 28 or 30, and I have seen nothing from him which contradicts that statement. Therefore, making it valid even now.
So what if in several years time they do break up for good, would you have wanted Kate to have got a job? She would increase her prospects as a job would mean that she could meet new people and find other people with similar interests.
I do not think that the argument: Kate should not get a job because she will marry PW is not valid because how do you know that she will? It is probable but it is not guarenteed.
July 24th, 2008 01:51
B, if they get engaged this fall or the begining of next year Kate will not be able to get a regular 9-5 job. Once the engagement is announced she will be too busy working on a wedding, taking interviews and supporting William. The best thing she is doing at the moment is working at the family’s business. So leave that subject alone. The royal family is taking her under their wings step by step and William is making sure that things are running smoothly for her. She keeps a very low profile and show up to events when she can. Everyone know an engagement is coming but it’s a step by step thing. And there is no reason to bother yourself with her work situation. It’s a matter that William and Kate is in control of. Things are looking very good and when she showed up at the wedding, she looked very fresh and happy. William gets back next week sometime and I know that everyone will be happy to welcome him back. So things are great, the press knows how to push peoples buttons and get things started but again you can’t listen to what they say.
July 24th, 2008 02:12
I really doubt that they will get engaged just as William starts his royal duties. That would be unfair to him. He is probably going to be nervous and a bit unsure of himself, so it is not fair that they give him even more publicity by announcing an engagement. Besides, William is going to be so busy, I doubt that he would want to get married so soon after coming home.
I think that the couple would need to spend some time together in the same city for a least a few months. Remember, a majority of their relationship over the past few years has been conducted when William has been away and in the military.
Who said that she needed a 9-5 job? I would recommend something which gives her something to do a couple of days a week. A job would also give her experience within other areas of life (like work experience), so even if she does marry PW, she will be able to say something interesting when she goes out on royal duties as she would have experience at work.
I’ve heard lots of people say that there is no point because they might get engaged, because of they IF they marry…. . Well, how long have these IFs been going on for? A lot of people here thought that they would be announcing their engagement in 2007. They didn’t. There have been rumours that they will become engaged since they left university in 2005.
All along people have been saying: no point in getting a job, she MIGHT become engaged next year. A year later: no point getting a job, she MIGHT become engaged next year and so on and so on.
If someone you or I knew had been saying that, we would probably tell them to get their head out of the sand and make a life of their own. Kate getting a job does a lot more good than bad and provides her with a back-up, in case her and William have a big row and break up for good.
You say that Kate has been working at her family’s business but all we have to prove that is one set of photographs and a quote from an article. The same article said that it was not real work as her work consisted of mainly photographing cup cakes. It’s good to work for the family business, if you are really working and not using it as an excuse.
I stopped “working” (my own work was hardly work ) at the age of 20 when I fell pregnant as I realized that I had to grow up and make something of myself. I did not want my daughter looking at me thinking that it was acceptable to live off her parents (I’ve lived off mine for a long time), and to just go out to parties, shop, go to the stylists, shop some more and visit the occasional work event. My life was shallow and pathetic and I did not want my daughter thinking that it was okay do so. I want her to make something of herself and to do what is best for her. I changed and it made me a better person. I lost my boyfriend in the process but I am now engaged to someone who respects me for me and not for being a trophy girlfriend, who always looks the part. I can sympathise with Kate because I know what it is like, but at the end of the day, everyone has to get back to reality some time.
I’m not saying that they will not marrying, I think that they will. But I doubt that they will within the next 18 months.
I have been argueing this point for well over a year now and I know that Kate has not responded to the press but then it is only recently that these articles have turned up.
Everyone listens to what the press says. You obviously have because you have taken the view of all positive articles. We have all listened to the press and have been influenced by it. The Royal Family survives now because people want it to. If there was poor public opinion (which can begin by something minor such as several lazy royals), the RF would collapse. They have to be careful in what they say and what they do, that’s why William told Kate to get a job in 2006, people were seeing her as a WAG. Well, frankly, people are seeing her that way again -we only have to read comments at the bottom of newspaper articles from a range of newspapers.
July 24th, 2008 02:42
Ked
I think you need to calm down. You need to respect other people’s opinions about kate whether they are good or bad. You want people only to make good comments about kate and when someone doesn’t you start to offend them as you did with Carla. Respect everyone’s opinions and don’t offend, that this forum is for.
July 24th, 2008 02:57
People, people. I think we’re all get a bit crazy here again. Between the arguing over Kate and if she’s lazy, when they are going to get engaged, people being offensive to other people, it’s just starting to sound like a nursery school class. Let’s all relax a little and have fun on the site.
July 24th, 2008 03:09
Sonia,
Thanks for your comments.
You will I hope note that I have said I have no objection to anyone expressing their opinion as they are entitled to do.
However, when an opinion is given that should be enough. It is in print and we read it and comments from others build up but when attacks are made day after day saying basically the same thing it is not what we are about.
Carla’s comments were vitriolic and were repeated many times not just on here but on other sites. She has been banned from other sites for exactly that after several warning and I do not believe she should then transfer her form of jealousy ,envy and inane comment onto BRW.
We enjoy free speech here but I do not believe we should have to read the same comments repeated to impress day after day.
Like most I make my comment, for and against but feel that comment made are open to response and I will respond accrdingly.
sonia, I also note that you have not made a similar response to others who have basically said exactly the same .
Regards
July 24th, 2008 04:47
Wow! I think everyone realises this thread went way too far… Carla, were you asking who the owner of this website is? My name is Steven, and I don’t post on this website under any other names other than BRW or britishroyalwedding. Comments on this post are now closed.