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

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.

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.

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

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.