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Wills and S-Kates roller call - News Of The World
Royal girlfriend Kate Middleton has told Prince William to get his skates on . . . but not over the long-awaited marriage proposal. Instead the princess-in-waiting wants Wills and his brother Prince Harry to join her at a charity roller- disco, which she is helping organise in aid of sick children and youngsters in deprived areas…
Harry vows to Philip: I’ll cut out boozy Boujis nights - Daily Mail
Prince Harry has vowed to tame his party lifestyle and promised there will be no more photographs of him falling out of nightclubs. Harry, 23, who has been a regular fixture on the party scene, has even pledged to limit the amount of time he spends at his favourite nightclub, Boujis in West London. He had a series of frank discussions with his grandfather, Prince Philip, before leaving for Africa…
Philip refuses a state funeral at Westminster Abbey - Daily Mail
The Duke of Edinburgh has drawn up secret plans for a private funeral at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and has declined the offer of a State service. The 87-year-old Duke – who enjoys general good health despite having a heart condition since 1992 – will be interred in the mausoleum of Frogmore House at the private Home Park in Windsor Castle, where Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert are buried…
Queen wants Kate Middleton to get charity job - Daily Mail
The Queen is becoming increasingly concerned that Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton still does not have a job. And senior Buckingham Palace aides say that what is now referred to in the Royal inner-circle as the Kate Problem should be resolved before William announces his engagement to her…
August 24th, 2008 06:56
I genuinely believe these stories of “Queen wants Kate to get a Charity Job” actually translates to…
“We, the Media, want Kate to get a job and do charity so we can follow and snap pictures of her on a daily basis and therefore sell more papers.” Because really, this girl does sell papers. And without a Diana, with William busy training and Harry abandoning his party image, there’s no one to follow on a regular basis.
August 24th, 2008 07:49
Oh I totally agree with you, dagsi. The media is frustrated by the lack of cooperation on Kate’s part and on the part of the BRF. It has been six years and they are chomping at the bit. Believe me, once that rock hit’s “waity Katie’s” finger, these morons will be falling all over themselves to get an interview with the future princess/duchess. They are so lame.
August 24th, 2008 08:34
Lisa,
I think the DM is already out of the running for an engagement interview. And from the looks of it they don’t have any real sources anymore either. It’s amazing that all the other tabs manage to get new stories, true or completely made up, but Nicholl & co can’t even pretend to do real reporting. Did you notice they got the name wrong of the Middleton business? It’s Party Pieces not Party Planners.
August 24th, 2008 08:43
Nikki, Katie Nicholl and her hack writing should be an embarrassment even for a rag like the DM. I saw how she got the name of the Middleton’s business wrong. I don’t think facts really matter to her or the DM. Every weekend like clockwork there is some article about Kate. EVERY weekend. So obvious they are trying to sell papers. The other article in the paper about Harry and his partying at Boujis is just as silly. The royals sure do sell papers over there don’t they? LOL.
August 24th, 2008 08:50
well, why all people in this world have a mind for purpose somebody after candidate bride already have a job! if they won’t have a job it’s mean refuse for purpose! it’s like matrealistic people! it’s not make comfort for me at all, if Catherine Middleton someday become Royal Family, she’s just to accompany her husband in every duty of Royal right?? not working at office! or maybe in people eyes not good if she’s still unemployed! sorry this is just my opinion okay.
August 24th, 2008 10:25
Well, I think that too much is being read into a lot of the stories. Admittedly, I have been away and only came back yesterday but to me it is just the same stuff that has been written time and time again. I doubt that the DM is frustrated or angry that they MIGHT marry, why should they be? IMO, they are just printing rumours and are adding to speculation.
August 24th, 2008 10:36
What’s the logic behind Kate “working” the couple of month till her supposed Christmas engagement anyways? The article is full of contradictions. Not only does Clarence House apparently give Kate adivice contradictory to what HM wants since they tell her not to take on employment whereas the Queen desperately wants her to work, but its “solution” to the “Kate problem” is complete bullocks as well.
August 24th, 2008 10:39
I found the official website for the roller coaster thing. So this is defintiely true. Catherine Middleton is listed in the organising committee.
http://rollerdisco.org/
August 24th, 2008 10:41
Contradictions — exactly Trixie! The article itself is full of contradictions. That was precisely the four syllable word I was searching for that escaped my slightly inebriated and elderly brain this morning.
Katie Nicholls cannot even keep the story straight within a single article she has written.
August 24th, 2008 12:04
I have a question for you all, why is it that everyone here can criticize an article for saying negative things by saying that it is untrue but then say that the positive (announcement at Christmas) must be true. Why can it not be the other way around?
Just to give another view on the matter ^^^.
Technically it is not full of contradictions anyway. Doing charity work does not need to be a full time thing and there are no reasons why she should not do it. However, there are many reasons why she should. For Kate, the benefits of doing some work are greater than the costs. Besides, charity work is the only type of work the article states that she has to do, as a member of the RF she would continue doing this. Although, her position within the charity would adapt. It would be beneficial to her to represent a charity which she already knew about and had worked for. It would show a deeper appreciation for the work that the charity undertakes.
August 24th, 2008 14:07
B, if that was directed at me I was just pointing out that the article doesn’t make sense in itself not that I believe that Katie Nicholls of all people knows when William and Kate intent to announce an engagement. The charity thing is just a new twist to the same old - the Queen wants Kate to do something story.When it should read the press wants Kate to allow her picture taken more often.
Clearly if HM really expressed any such wish, Kate would have been President of the Red Cross, Unicef and every other charity asap! It’s curious that Katie Nicholls apparently wasn’t even able to find the public website for the roller skate charity - a proof that Kate does something and is not sitting at home on her bum eating bonbons 24/7 like some tend to believe. Kate Middleton is in no position to do any public charity work for anyone. She is not royal and hence cannot take over a patronage or something like that. And if she volunteer in private, we may not know about it so that it won’t affect her public image.
I agree with the idea that this is just the press trying to force Kate to come out of “hiding”. It was so much more convinient for them when they knew she’d leave her Chelsea flat every morning to go to work so that one could take her pic and make some sort of story out of it. That’s much harder now.
August 24th, 2008 16:25
It was not directed at you personally Trixie just at a lot of the comments.
HM isn’t asking her to be the patron of charity X, Y and Z. My partner and family isn’t asking me to be the director of the legal firm that I work at but they do want me to do something (now after a life very much like Kate’s if not worse) and to do well. All anyone is asking of Kate is to just do something. If she worked 3 days a week again I would not mind because it is better than nothing. If she just worked several evenings a week with some children in an after school club; my opinion would dramatically change. It does not need to be public, I work at my god daughters school one evening a week. It is not a lot but it is something and that something will be enough to prevent Kate from being criticized.
KN has never added websites in before, why should she start now?
August 24th, 2008 16:26
She can’t be a patron now but she could work with a charity, show an interest then become patron. That way people would know that she was really committed to the cause.
August 24th, 2008 17:29
Some people will criticize Kate no matter what she does. The people who are against her now won’t all of a sudden start praising her if she did everything they wanted her to do tomorrow. They’d just find something else she isn’t doing right and harp on that. Did these same people love Kate when she worked at Jigsaw 3 days a week. Probably not. What I find amusing is some don’t realize they have no right to ask Kate Middleton to do anything- she isn’t a public person. She is not yet supported by British tax payers in any way. She has every right to live her life in whatever way she chooses. I could see if she was actually already married and refused to perform her duties. But she isn’t. And as the Kate haters constantly tell us William will probably never marry her anyway so why does what she do with her time matter to them at all? The criticism Ms Middleton gets from some quarters really burns me up because I’m just not a judgmental person. There is nothing I’m doing that is so freaking spectacular to the point where I would feel comfortable demanding Kate meet my personal standards. And I suspect those who have such a low opinion of Kate aren’t doing anything that special themselves either. Now if those who are anti Kate were working with orphans in Africa, finding a cure for cancer, or raising millions of dollars for charity that would be one thing. However, the vast majority of those who are critical of Kate, like Nicholl/the DM hacks, aren’t any better than she is. Which is what makes it all so laughable.
August 24th, 2008 17:38
That maybe the case for what some people call Kate worshippers and Kate haters. But then there are people like me who are willing to change their opinion if Kate gives me a reason to. I began to like her when she took up that job, I even felt sorry for her when she was dumped. But her lifestyle since has been such that the only praise I can give her is that she is discreet. I am sorry that that is the case. In fact most of the public are more like me than either of the two extreme groups that I mentioned above. Most people are willing to give Kate a chance and would like to like her but she is making it hard.
People say that as gf of PW, she is still private and she is, but only to a certain extent. By dating him and by having a public relationship, she allows herself to be open to criticism. Don’t you think that the public should be able to discuss the bad as well as the good of the person who may become the Queen? She chose to date PW and therefore she chose to accept the consequences; good or bad.
The people who work at the DM all have jobs and work hard, nobody can deny that. Therefore, they are already better than Kate in one aspect; they have a real job.
August 24th, 2008 18:06
WOW!! The Daily Mail hacks have real jobs and work hard? Let’s see what all their hard work has produced over the last few months:
1.) The Queen would be hosting Carole Middleton at Ascot
2.) William had a gym built at Clarence House for Kate
3.) Innuendo about William & the blonde who is supposedly going to work for him
4.) Prince William is moving back to Clarence House to delay his engagement (from Rebecca English) but Katie Nicholl claims the engagement will happen over Christmas
5.) Charles and Camilla are living separate lives
6.) Katie N claims the Queen wants Kate to get a job but then is contradicted by her colleague Richard Kay a little later. At least they’re all on the same page now.
7.) Copying and pasting a story almost word for word from the Internet Forum
Yes, if only Kate Middleton had a real, respectable job like them. Good God.
August 24th, 2008 20:02
No one is “better” than anyone just because they have a “job.” Some of the worst people in the world have jobs and I wouldn’t want to breathe the same air as them.
This job thing is an excuse to rag on Kate Middleton solely because she’s seriously dating the heir to the throne and appears to be living a charmed life. It’s been about that from Day 1. It’s ridiculous.
August 24th, 2008 20:06
Because when Middleton was employed the attacks only heightened. This girl could take a bullet for her country on a battlefield and those same whiners who blast her for not having a job would condemn her for daring to bleed on the battlefield.
Really many of us who read these daily attacks on Miss Middleton are not stupid and know green eyed envy when we see/read it.
August 24th, 2008 20:10
Every day it’s the same thing…who does she think she is, if we have to work, she should work. Well she’s not like most of those who have to work. Her parents are rich, she doesn’t have to work, and doesn’t. That doesn’t make her stupid or immoral or a criminal. It makes her extremely fortunate to have choices.
Kate Middleton if you or anyone you know reads this, don’t change a thing. Date William, relax now, enjoy your freedom, because after you marry him I’m sure you will do a smashing job representing your country beside William.
August 25th, 2008 00:16
I agree guest, I respect her even more for not changing a damn thing. If she marries William she may have to listen to public opinion somehow but for now it’s HER life and she does with it what she wants. The comments in the DM are even worse than the “article”. Most of these well informed quarters seem to forget that Kate not only worked for Jigsaw but that she also does not receive ANY money from tax payers at all - neither does William. Hence the constant harping about either of them wasting tax payers money on vacation is just b/s. So even if Kate went shopping as much as they claimed - which she simply doesn’t - the only ones who’d have any sort of right to complain about it would be her parents since she’s “wasting” their money.
But it’s exactly that envy for those who have more than yourself that sells papers. How dare the girl being lucky enough to be born in a millionaire family without an obligation to work for a living and on top of that date the heir to the throne. Scandalous! :rolleyes:
August 25th, 2008 05:10
so, my question the DM exactly knows when there engagement be? rather than PW and KM. another, why prince philipp thinked his funeral? about PH it is good that he already promised his grand pa that he will not anymore visit clubs.
August 25th, 2008 06:45
The only damaging thing about these types of articles is that they grow legs and get copied all over the world. If you google “kate Middleton” you will find dozens of papers running the Katie Nicholl piece word for word all over the place. That is truely sad and the palace or CH should put a stop to it,IMO. I am really looking forward to oct when Williams new press guy starts. Maybe he can make a difference.
August 25th, 2008 07:02
Lisa, sadly there is nothing that can be done but fortunately, Prince William and Kate have been advised to ignore this garbage and get on with their lives, which is what they are doing.
August 25th, 2008 07:15
I feel certain the new Dream Team starting in October will put an end to the constant ripping of these two in the press, as they have the professional backgrounds necessary for PR management unlike Mr. Pinkerton. I am sure JL Pinkerton is a lovely man and means well, but let’s face it, as an ex-SAS man he is probably better suited for throwing smoke bombs than issuing press releases. So I am really quite excited about the new crew, and I am looking forward to seeing how they will best showcase the Prince and later on, Princess William of Wales (and we do know who that’ll be!
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August 25th, 2008 07:15
It is true that Kate does not have a job and it is true people criticize her for not having one. If this article is true, why should it not be printed? And when it is printed why is it unfair? Kate chose to date PW and therefore she chose to accept the baggage that comes with him. She must have known that she would be criticized for something, every girlfriend of a royal is.
How can you say that CH should stop it when you insist that she should not be criticized for being a private citizen?
1) she is a private citizen but the media has the right to report on her life (there is no law against it) as she is dating PW and there is a demand for information.
2) If you insist she is a private citizen, you must accept that she stood up for by CH. The only way she could have support from CH is by being a 100% public figure like PW or PH. It is not possible for her to have it both ways and there is no legal grounds for CH to stop the article. If there was harrassment or continual invasion of privacy that is one thing, but these articles are merely saying that KM is being criticized for not having a job.
Please do not say that if a person has rich parents she/he does not have to work. If that was the case I would never have to lift a finger in my life. In fact I didn’t for 4 years and became a shallow, selfish young girl (I was 16-20 at the time) because everything I wanted was given to me. I did not have to work for anything. By working now I have self respect, I feel worthy, I have achieved a great deal (one of my proudest moments was when I was praised for doing a good job for the first time by my employer, because it felt so good to hae achieved something on my own). I was a clever girl and did not put my brains to good use. IMO, if a person is clever, has the ability of make a difference and doesn’t, then that person is being selfish,t here are people out there who struggle in their education and are unable to achieve a lot despite the fact that they want to. For someone who is clever not to even try to achieve, it is just such a waste. Having a job is not just about earning money, it is about helping, and achieving.
I doubt that there are that many people who are envious of KM. I’ve been on a lot of sites and spoken to a lot of people who have very different opinions. 99% of those people who dislike Kate have a better reason for doing so other than jealousy. There is hardly any reason for people to be jealous apart from those who want to be a princess and let’s be honest, how many adult women want that? Most men and woman are happy the way they are as they are loved and have happy lives.
BTW Nikki: May I say that I think it is rather insulting to all those at the Daily Mail for you to say that they do not have a real job. Becoming a journalist takes a lot of work especially to reach a national paper. The DM is a tabloid and bases it’s stories on speculation not necessarily fact.
August 25th, 2008 08:24
B, it is not proven to be true, you just started your long paragraph IMO wrong. And since you are basing your opinion basically on Katie Nicholls articles. Then you should perfectly know that KN said that KM works for her parents.
August 25th, 2008 08:40
yes, I know that Me, but it appears to me that every positive article is always said to be true on here whilst negative articles are said to be untrue. I was not talking specifically about the current article in that comment but about articles in general. That’s what the IF was for.
August 25th, 2008 12:53
alsgal,
Do you know if Jamie Pinkerton will stay on as William’s private secretary after the new team comes in? It seems like he’ll need new staff. Other than Helen Asprey I’m not sure who else currently works for William.
August 25th, 2008 13:40
Nikki,
I am speculating that JLP will stay on as Private Secretary to the Princes, and that this new Dream Team will function as Press Secretaries. It would make sense to me that as the Princes roles are expected to grow over the next few years, that the number of staff they have will grow as well. Put simply, the more they do, the more help they will need to do it.
It is my sense that perhaps some of the ball dropping PR wise that has unfortunately gone on, might simply be due to the fact that JLP is not press savvy, nor was he ever expected to be.
The appointment of the Dream Team is the Princes way of saying, We Are Prime Time Now.
August 25th, 2008 13:50
alsgal,
The puzzle with the new dream team is that it is almost entirely PH orientated with possibly a single exception.
It could be that this is a very temporary arrangement as PW may be expecting to ‘move on’ over the next few months and will then hopefully require a new ‘household’.
August 25th, 2008 14:24
Ked,
With all due respect, may I ask why do you think it’s PH orientated?
Somehow I thought the Dream team were set to be a permanent addition, part of PW establishing his own staff. Also, I was under the impression, perhaps mistaken, that PW is set to move back into ChuckandCam Palace aka Clarence House after he finishes in the military.
It would seem to me, the perfect place, if Charles is at Highgrove, and Camilla is at Ray Mill, for two young newlyweds to have the run of the place.
August 25th, 2008 14:42
alsgal,
Won’t there be too many egos under one roof with Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, and Harry living at Clarence House? And I can’t see the Duchess of Cornwall wanting to share the Mistress of the House-no pun intended- title with Kate.
August 25th, 2008 15:06
Nikki,
but really, I don’t think that’s but one more ego than is already residing there officially now.
I see what you mean
Kate has shown herself to be a very flexible and easygoing sort of person, so she doesn’t seem to me that she’ll start pulling rank once she is officially in the RF. Camilla seems more the country type, so I think she normally doesn’t spend much time at CH, I believe?
It is one large house. I would imagine they can all come and go as they like, and may never even run into each other except in the main hallway.
Also, they have so many homes that it won’t be the same as having everyone stuck under one roof all the time. It seems certain that William and Kate will have a country estate of their own, so perhaps they will spend quite a bit of time there.
Where else would be a possibility — any thoughts? Could they have a flat in BP? Kensington Palace seems a bit of the sad choice, I would think, not too sure about which other Palaces would be available.
August 25th, 2008 15:12
Both Ked and Alsgal have a point with the dream team. There where 2 articles, first one described the dream team, both from PH’s Sentable and the other guy a War press expert from the military (he did PH blackout, Afgan, PW thought it was cool), and the 1st article said that both boys are going to use this dream team. 2nd article biased PH, dream team to be only for PW.
Confussing, third article describes the PW what to do list this year, apprenticeship next 2 years, thus gives the impression as some to many say, no wedding.
Now a 4th article plus all the silly ones there may be an engagement announcement Dec or Jan 2009 for a wedding may or june 2009.
August 25th, 2008 15:32
Me,
Thanks for attempting to clear that up as it is sometimes feels we are forced to wait for the papal smoke signal here from CH. Naturally, we all try to read between the lines so to speak, as so many of us here are pulling for the KM/PW nuptials to be finalised.
Perhaps it’s just wishful thinking, but couldn’t PW continue to learn the constitutional workings next year whilst married to Kate? I could think of nothing more perfect then a young man going back home after a long day at Whitehall, to a nicely baked shepherd’s pie (we’ve seen her carrying one, or at least a large casserole type dish) and I cannot think of a better time for him to marry then 2009.
August 25th, 2008 15:35
doubt it highly - he is way off marriage
he has been with this girl for YEARS and no engagement - I really don’t think their will be a wedding for at least 2-3 years - and hopefully not to her - she is a tacky lower class ‘broad’
August 25th, 2008 15:55
Me,
I’ve never been able to figure out those articles about William’s full time duties next year. I know in The Telegraph version they stated those plans would be released by Clarence House within a few days. It seemed like they had gotten an early look at what was going to be put out there. But nothing ever came from CH. And if I’m not mistaken the 2 new press guys haven’t been officially brought on board yet either. So maybe we won’t get a fuller picture until the new people are put in charge this fall.
August 25th, 2008 16:03
Fjae, I really think calling Kate “tacky, lower class broad” is accurate. Lower class to me is Katie Price, Pamela Anderson, etc. Kate’s family on her father side does have ties to the royal family and I am still trying to find out if Kate is related to Camilla lineage. If Kate is low class, then where can I sign up!! I would love to be lower class.
August 25th, 2008 16:04
meant to say not accurate
August 25th, 2008 16:10
fjae, which royal house are you a member of? The only thing low class around here are your comments.
August 25th, 2008 16:47
From my POV, Kate is from what we call a pretty fancy schmancy family
One that has behaved with more grace and dignitity than most so-called aristos IMO.
August 25th, 2008 17:08
I think fjae meant from a lower class than William’s which she is after all. She is middle class (upper middle at most), he is upper class. Maybe fjae is of the opinion that William would be best of marrying another royal from one of the other houses or at least from the aristocracy?
August 25th, 2008 17:34
B, fjae usually writes with obnoxious wording. Example: Broad: Usually Offensive slang - promiscuous woman.
Give me a break.
August 25th, 2008 17:42
Guys,
Why do some of you bother replying to fjae. All she (maybe it’s a he, or what the heck, maybe it’s an it) is trying to do is stir up trouble.
Go on the websites that it (meaning fjae) usually splashes veom and you will see that there haven’t been to many posts from fjae in the last little while….could it be that there was some sort of ban?
August 25th, 2008 17:55
Fjae, that is interesting how you feel about Kate but William has picked a great woman and that is all that matters. The Royal Family don’t care much about class these days. Look at Autumn Phillips, she comes from a family that is not high class and she once worked at a bar. The royal family only cares about if the person is level headed, dutiful and is able to put up with all the trappings of royal life. Diana may had personal prolems with her marriage but she was one good Princess of Wales and did a lot for country. We are currently in the process of knowing Kate and when she comes out in full force as William’s fiancee and wife, we will see more of how she will help out the Monarchy. I think William & Kate will stay at Clarence House until the wedding and after that they will probably move to St. James’s Palace. There’s room at Clarence House for them at the moment. But St. James’s Palace is likely to be their London base after marriage.
August 25th, 2008 18:05
Level headed — tick that box!
Dutiful — tick that box!
Able to put up with the trappings of Royal Life — tick that box again!
Indeed you are correct Rman, the RF are not snobs, hence we see Sophie Wessex and Autumn Kelly making very successful Royal brides. Kate will follow and may well become the greatest asset to the Royal Family in modern times.
St. James is a likely scenario to house the newlyweds then? Do any of the RF ever think about going to Hampton Court — would it be possible? It looks so attractive in the photos.
August 25th, 2008 18:20
It does look nice but I think Hampton Court is not a good idea. It’s a place for tourist now.
August 25th, 2008 19:34
I wanted to shed some light on the situation about the new Press Team that Wills and Harry will have working for them. According to the articles about the team who will be working for Wills and Harry, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton will continue to be the Private Secretary for both Princes, and Helen Asprey will continue to be the Personal Assistant for both Princes.
The two new guys are not Prince Harry’s PR team or Prince William’s PR team, they are the PR team for BOTH Princes. William and Harry have made the decision to have a joint office located in St. James Palace, and a joint team to work for them. I realise that isn’t the way things are normally done, but Wills and Harry have already done something unique when they created a joint foundation for their charities.
The City Salute idea came out of that Joint Foundation, and so did the Cycle for Life project which benefited the Tusk Trust and Centrepoint.
Wills and Harry’s new joint office will be located in St. James Palace, but I hadn’t heard that either of them is planning on living there. I think the St. James location is a nice location for them to have their joint office, it’s very close to Clarence House but it’s still in a separate building from their father and Camilla’s offices. By setting up office in St. James Palace, Wills and Harry have a joint separate office location that is all their own, and there is no logical reason the St. James joint office couldn’t continue to be their office even when Wills and Harry get married. It’s a great central office location, and no matter where the princes choose to have their main residences, they can do their work out of the St. James office when they’re in London.
Sounds like they thought of a nice plan. The best part is they have a joint office and a joint charity foundation.
August 25th, 2008 19:51
Oh I meant she is lower class in birth and action a hideous combination. William deserves an aristocrat, not this common, obvious social climbing, tart.
August 25th, 2008 20:35
Not only do you insult Kate, but women in general with the use of your words.
You must really be disturbed just typing the word tart. I have always wished you well, but you seem to get worse by the day. So much anger is not good for your health.
August 25th, 2008 21:20
I think it’s fantabulous that Harry and William are having a joint office together and it sounds as if St. James will be a place they can call their own — terrific news and I am looking forward to seeing what the new Dream Team will be unveiling as it seems likely lots of new events and maybe even some new patronages will be announced in the next year or two.
Any thoughts here on where they might land in terms of a London base after they get married, though? It would be neat if they could stay together then too, much as they are doing with the joint offices at St. James!
August 25th, 2008 21:34
Well William & Harry did live with their father at St. James’s Palace during the late 90s. Charles’s office was there before they moved to Clarence House. There is a part of the Palace called York House. That is where they lived before going to Clarence House. But their London base will be a royal residence.
August 25th, 2008 22:01
No me kate has insulted woman the world over by refusing to work and use her god given talents, and to wait for a man who she feels will finance her, sick and backward and common and really really twisted
August 25th, 2008 22:17
It’s possible William and Harry could have separate apartments at St James’s Palace. Or maybe Harry and his wife could stay on at Clarence House. Kensington Palace is another option for W&K. But obviously not in Diana’s old apartment. I would say Windsor Castle but I don’t know if HM allows anybody other than herself to stay there. Or maybe the Queen will give them something like Bagshot Park. Now that place is huge!
August 25th, 2008 23:14
Carla, probably not a ban. Many of the most obnoxious Kate haters from that one royal message board of old migrated to the other new Kate hater site that was begun a few months ago. Most of the haters just swim in their own cesspool in those few places, but a few pride themselves on going to other royalty sites like these, where decent people talk, to stir up….s…ewage. They are the same people who spam Daily Mail and The Sun comments sections with their nasty responses to any and all articles featuring Kate Middleton. If for no other reason William really should propose to this girl so that she gets police protection. Because a few of the more rabid haters I swear I truly believe are mentally disturbed.
As for the rest of that lot, just like teeth, ignore them and eventually they’ll go away.
August 26th, 2008 00:11
FJAE - What is this deep, disturbed hatred you have of Kate Middleton, a woman you have never nor will ever meet or know? Go spout your sick remarks on some other site. They’re not even points of view - just pure, nasty hatred!
August 26th, 2008 00:14
FJAE - you must really hate women!!! To call a young woman “a low class broad” is so demeaning and nasty that I think you have a few screws loose. No one here wants to hear your garbage - shovel it somewhere else.
August 26th, 2008 02:11
Jade, I think it’s best to ignore comments from posters like those. They perfectly illustrate what Guest explained from the post above yours. I have learned to laugh them off… they can truly be amusing.
August 26th, 2008 04:17
I think the best policy is just to ignore posts you don’t agree with - healthy debate aside, please don’t get worked up to the point where you feel the need to blast back at someone. It doesn’t do anyone any good.
August 26th, 2008 04:27
Excellent advice Steven. I’ll remember it
August 26th, 2008 06:34
Hello Steven,
I have tried to ignore these two particular posters who seem intent upon getting their vile comments onto BRW in the hope they will be picked up and printed elsewhere.
I have failed to shame them into stopping but have difficulty ignoring them.
jjae in particular is particularly course and vile but her comments are similar in to another poster many months ago but with a different name.
Also Merrick enjoys any attack upon KM and now seems to think its her personal crusade to blacken KM and her family’s name and reputation.
It’s not really on is it ?
August 26th, 2008 06:51
Steven,
While I feel strongly that people be able to voice their opposing opinions, I fell it is out of line and fiercely inappropriate to call someone a “low class broad”. Those sorts of comments offer no meaningful exchange and only serve to incite others. An” agree to disagree” atmosphere is one thing but out and out mud slinging is quite another.
August 26th, 2008 07:24
I too like the idea that they have a joint office. Besides the Spencer family, William and Harry are sadly all that is left of their mother. I hope that they will continue to be close through out their lives and that their children will be close as well. Joint office makes since if they are trying not to create any rivaly. Rivaly is heathy in small doses, but if allowed to get out of control can ruin a relationship. I hope this does not happen to William and Harry.
August 26th, 2008 07:27
Mudslinging is what they do best. I repeat it is a concerted effort by a few disgruntled people from those hater boards who travel from forum to forum and comment at various online tabloid comment sections, mainly The Sun and The Daily Mail, disparaging Kate Middleton and her family. They troll online community websites like Facebook to steal photos, share them with each other, some of which have made their way to the tabloids. From the day Kate Middleton graduated St. Andrews they harped and harped nonstop, every day, about her lack of employment until finally the tabloids picked up on it. When Kate got a job from Belle Robinson they continued their attacks. Proof that the harrassment has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Kate works. They smear Kate, they smear her parents, especially her mother, and they smear her siblings with the same vitriol and hatred.
I used to believe these posters were delusional with grandeur in thinking that even a lowly tabloid writer would stoop to read their filth, but apparently I have been wrong. “Waity Kaity” was first termed by one of those posters at one of those royalty message boards.
These vitriolic posters are young women close in age to William and Kate–including Fjae, whose screenname I immediately recognize as a poster at at least two sites–who apparently have the need to smear someone who has done absolutely nothing to warrant this slander.
So I will continue to expose the tactics of these posters until people begin to call them on their behavior or these tabloid writers ignore their garbage. And think about other measures to put a stop to this nonsense.
August 26th, 2008 08:03
I’m with you Guest, one thing is to agree/disagree in a cordial posting environment, other is too use abusive terminology - mudslinging.
I felt totally offended when this kind of people refer to any woman as a tart (offensive: prostitute or promiscuous woman).
August 26th, 2008 08:11
Comments made to the Daily Mail are moderated and if somebody comments too many times or if there is anything suspicious about it i.e. lots of alias’, they do not show the comment. They are plenty of comments that are not shown yet are sent to the DM. I refuse to believe that there are people who would waste their time sending in those comments. They have no reason to and in fact the comments I have read on the Daily Mail appear to be by a variety of readers. As I said the DM ensures that the same person does not send in a comment too many times.
I have read many forums and am a member of many and must confess that although there are some people who are members of lots, it is very rare and I have never met anyone who purposefully joins a forum just to smear KM.
I have read very few smears against her mother, most people feel sorry that she was called a “social climber”. The only negative comments I hear about Pippa or James are those relating to the photos of them where Pippa was wrapped in toilet paper and James was dressed in female clothing. For them to say that is immature behaviour is understandable IMO.
I can’t see why it is a problem that somebody picks up on the fact that Kate has not got a job and says that they do not think it is a good idea or appropriate in this day and age. These forum posters are merely saying their own opinion and get very annoyed when the press copy what they are saying without their permission. In fact, it was true that Kate did not have a job for all those months so why shouldn’t a reporter decide to publish the information? Must they only publish positive things?
I’ve said this before and I will say it again. I don’t like it when people call us “Kate worshippers” or insist that we are unable to see the bad of Kate, just as much as I dislike it when people call other people “Kate Haters”. I think both names are unnecessary and only cause problems between posters. I am trying to say this politely but it has become an issue recently where people just seem to be pointing a finger and saying that they always think well of Kate and refuse to believe anything else or that they always think badly of Kate and are horrible people.
Can we follow Steven’s advice and just let the comments which we do not like slide. I think it will be much easier for everyone that way and I hope to continue to enjoy posting here with you all.
August 26th, 2008 08:12
Completely agree with you there Me. I didn’t see your comment before I posted.
August 26th, 2008 08:17
Poor guy, I feel sorry for him. He should be able to dance whenever he wants to and not feel embarrassed. Dancing is meant to be for fun.
http://tinyurl.com/635jdw
August 26th, 2008 08:24
I think dancing lessons are cool, if the article is true, you may go from worse to good, from good to excellent.
August 26th, 2008 08:47
Hello B,
Nice post B.
Wish I could be so diplomatic.
.
August 26th, 2008 09:14
If it helps William grow in confidence it is a good thing for him to take dancing lessons. I just feel that it is a shame that in the mean time he is too uncomfortable to just have fun. It sounds like some of his friends went over the mark and funny jokes turned into mean remarks about his dancing.
Thanks ked. I was worried that it would be taken badly as it was not meant to be. It can be hard to be diplomatic just in text when you can’t see the person.
Thanks,
August 26th, 2008 09:42
I agree.
Unfortunately B, everyone’s idea of what is a funny or harmless joke is different. I always liked the old adage, that if one person says something to you, and both of you laugh, it’s a joke. If the receipient is not laughing it’s an insult.
I hope these young men don’t get too Hoorayish and will remember that PW is their future King and that far more will be expected of him than of them.
I get the strongest sense, after watching the Monarchy at Work videos, is that William is perhaps lacking in natural confidence. Harry seems to have it already, but William will need to develop it. He can do it, but it’s just going to take time and encouragement.
August 26th, 2008 09:57
B, why do you insist that Kate does not have a job, working for the family business in not a job. I disagree when you say its a “fact” that Kate Middleton does not have a job. Because there are articles that say she works for Party Pieces. Thay In Your Opinion you Think that it should be discounted as a job is another story. You see, your posts may also distort based on articles, because we all give our opinions based on articles. Only if you are friends with Kate and know for a fact that she doesn’t work.
August 26th, 2008 10:49
Today, I read on one forum that they were going to say “William pays for Kate’s clothes,” because they want to see if it will be picked up in next week’s news items. They didn’t mention which paper they were aiming to get published in. But I think we here have ideas on who it could be. They, these bloggers have caught on to the fact that their blogs are being printed in tabloids, so now they are making stories up and plan which lies to spread!
August 26th, 2008 10:51
What do you guys think of Harry’s military figure? They are not saying it’s him but the baseball cap and facial features are a big tip off!
August 26th, 2008 11:38
Kate is being financed by her parents NOT paid to work, her picture taking ended months ago.
August 26th, 2008 12:08
I was referring to articles and not pictures, which say in writing that KM works for Party Pieces; Katie Nicholl, The Telegraph (Holly Branson, but mentions KM working hard for PP).
So my question just to understand the posters who say its a “fact” that she doesn’t work, when there are articles that say she does, for the family business.
August 26th, 2008 12:14
The military figure does look like Harry and it looks good. Kate has her own money and there may be times William buy her things. It’s perfectly normal for her boyfriend tobuy her clothes. Charles bought Camilla clothes, paid for her protection and driver before they married. Like I said before, no one should have a problem with her working privately. It’s safer than when she worked in the open public at Jigsaw. Since she quit that job, things has been running smoothly for her. Fjae, I do ignore your comments but you must understand that this woman has done nothing to deserve such negitive comments. She has done everything the Palace advisers told her to do and she hasn’t put a foot wrong. This is a very happy time in her life that many women also enjoy. She got a good man by her side and both are happy so don’t rain on their parade. Wish them luck instead because with this media age, things won’t be easy.
August 26th, 2008 12:23
Who really cares who buys her clothes? I mean really? I would wager to say most boyfriends who have the means, buy things for their girlfriends. It’s a nice perk
I think he should buy her anything he wants! For those who think Kate is the definition of evil because she does not have a job in which she can be followed daily and photographed by the paps, I totally believe that William does not want her working in the public which is why she quit her job to begin with. That and to study royal protocol etc so she is prepared for her role after their marriage. That is far more important and relevant to the public then Kate working some 9 to 5 job so the paps can get paid.
August 26th, 2008 13:11
Guest,
Let me just say that although I don’t often post comments or voice my opinions, I am also a regular reader of other forums and find your sentiments absolutely real. Harmless horseplay is one thing, but it’s another thing to purposely devote waking hours trying to destroy someone, make fun on their family, and get picked up by the press. And I truly believe there are a few unbelievably devoted trolls out there. I only wish I had the same energy to counter them. But alas, I keep my dignified silence. Please know, though, that I’m with you
August 26th, 2008 13:54
Lisa, don’t you get it? If someone else pays for Kate’s clothes, it obviously shows a lack of character on her part. It’s almost up there with being a drug dealer or convicted murderer — or maybe it’s even considered worse because at least the dealer and the murderer showed some initiative in doing something, whereas, dontcha know, Kate is just sitting around all day long waiting for that ring.Tweedle dee dee.
Yes I am being facetious
August 26th, 2008 14:15
Me, do you have evidence that she is working full time for her parents? If so please share it. I was under the impression that all had been reported was her moving a few boxes and taking some photos. After all, if she really did have a job there would not be these articles would there?
BOT: Every guy buys his gf clothes give the girl a break on that aspect please!
August 26th, 2008 14:22
Ahh, pressed submit too quickly!
…I think every girl deserves to have clothes bought from her sometimes and I would not expect Kate to be able to afford all the expensive gowns and dresses, after all it is not her fault that comes with William. I am a little critical of her getting them for free but then so do a lot of celebs. As long as it is not all her clothes that does not matter. I don’t agree with a woman living off her boyfriend. It’s differnet when people are married because there is a stronger committment there but before marriage it’s not something I approve off. I think it ties a girl to an man and every woman should have her indenpendence. (P.S. ardent feminist- probably why I would like for Kate to work).
August 26th, 2008 14:42
I don’t care who buys her clothes either, I was just stating that other forums have admited to making things up just to see if it gets in the press. Some of you may be aware of this, I however was not. I still don’t get why people have issues with Kate working with her parents business though. The RF is a FAMILY made up of royals that have a business called the monarchy. To say working for your parents is not a real job, is an insult to family run businesses that have made an impact on the livelyhood that some take for granted. The number of family run corporations are endless- Ford, Heinz, Astor, Trump, Rockerfeller etc. Party Pieces employs people and contributes to the economy and probably makes alot of kids happy! If Kate takes the photos like they say she does for webpage, why does that not constitute work? They are lovely pictures and it is hard to make an imanimate object look appealing and she does that. The childrens photos are beautiful and full of life! Anyone can take a photo, but not everyone can be a photographer. I took photography class for two years in high school and it is not easy to take a photo that is emotional, or provokes emotion. Kate does that in her photos just of kids wearing costume running in the yard. That is talent. But don’t knock her because she works for her parents, because that IMO is a poor excuse.
August 26th, 2008 15:16
B, darling OUR only evidence is WHAT IS WRITEN in the PRESS, so you see when you say its a FACT that she is not working YOU ARE WRONG. The press has said SHE IS WORKING FOR PARTY PIECES.
Everyone knows
August 26th, 2008 15:18
You haven’t read those articles, then you must look for them. Perhaps to much DM has your opinions biased to KM must look for a REAL job. They consider that working for the family business is not a job.
August 26th, 2008 15:19
I’ve made a decision and I’ll put it out there as a suggestion for all of us - IGNORE ANYTHING FJAE HAS TO SAY!!! He/she/it is a meaningless, angry, sick little person who obviously needs to get a life. So let’s let FJAE slither away because I realize now that if you ignore people like this completely, the eventually tire of not getting any attention, even negative attention, and end up crawling back into their holes!
August 26th, 2008 16:23
Me, I want to say this nicely but I must ask that you do not call me darling as I do find it very patronising. Thank you.
We must be reading these articles in different ways as I have only read that she has done odd jobs e.g. photography and carrying out boxes not that she is working full time. Perhaps you read the articles in a different way.
Either way, we can agree to disagree and leave it there, it’s too late for me to debate this. I’m tired, looking after 3 toddlers today has worn me out …lol.
Oh and gracie, I think that there is nothing wrong with working for the family business. If I did I would be insulting my entire family. But my family works very hard all day, every day of the week with the business and as I said above I get the feeling that Kate is just doing odd jobs which is fine if she is doing a lot of other stuff I just don’t know what other stuff she could be doing.
Thanks and Good night everyone, Sleep well (for all those who it is night time at the moment) and Good Morning for everyone at the other side of the world..lol
August 26th, 2008 16:41
No, not so, you haven’t read the telegraph article where it clearly stated that KM works very hard in PP
Have a nice sleep, I hope that was not patronising - wishing a goodnight !
August 26th, 2008 16:44
Anyway, since you just said odd jobs, that is work, so it is a FACT that…just wanted to correct your phrasing when previously you had said it was a fact that she has “no job”. I’m not trying to act smarty, just giving my point of view, when you wrote that piece of “it is a fact that she doesn’t work, no job..
Coolness is all, happy day.
August 26th, 2008 16:45
Not to keep dwelling on the job issue but I just don’t understand what the problem would be even if Kate didn’t help out her parents. Looking at the women in William’s social circle do all of them have careers? Whenever I’ve read anything about Rose Astor (Hugh Van Cutsem’s wife) she’s always described as the daughter of a landowner. I have no idea what Jecca Craig does for a living either. Holly Branson has left medicine to go work for her father. And I’m sure she won’t be treated like the average Virgin employee. I wonder sometimes if Kate were Lady Kate Middleton & the daughter of some aristocratic duke would anyone notice or care if she had a job or not.
August 26th, 2008 17:05
I can’t figure out the thought processes of some of these people who post the negative stuff about Kate. Pat of me thinks it is pure jealousy because a plain old non titled girl who is not drop dead gorgeous, covered in makeup and jewelry with a large bra size managed to capture the heart of a prince. Some of the posting are simply delusional. A few on another board actually agree that PW treats Kate like a “drinking/party buddy”. Makes you want to zap them into a fly and place them on the wall of a certain room in Will’s house for a bit,lol…but I digress….Hopefully William and Kate ignore the rubbish and carry on with their lives. I can’t imagine doing it any other way.
August 26th, 2008 17:15
Nikki and Lisa,
You ladies are right on target……..took the words right out of my mouth!!
August 26th, 2008 17:16
Excuse me, Lisa, I agree with your post but I must strongly disagree with you on one point: many of us here DO think Kate is DDG!
My Al was my drinking buddy in college and he’s my drinking buddy now. Nothing wrong with drinking and making whoppee. Fun is fun, and life needn’t be serious and duty filled all the time.
Kate and William are only 26. There will be plenty of time for them to mature into serious and steady 80 year olds like their grands are.
Don’t forget, Prince Philip was quite the fun party boy in his 20s, we just didn’t have CNN and all the celebrity type shows covering every moment of every celebrities life back then!
August 26th, 2008 17:18
Nikki, I agree. Some of the girls in the aristo world don’t work, some even look down on it. Yes most go to elite boarding school and then go to ivy league colleges and then they don’t do anything with their degrees. That is where the term socialites come from. Holly did get medical degree though and I think Jecca has one in anthropology. So why pick on Kate? Envy. As I have said before she has a job at Jigsaw partime, but then people complained she takes off alot for vacations, etc. If the Queen really wanted her to get a job that pleases the public, she would. But her working complicates her life and the boss she would work for. She would need security, then people would want to know who’s paying the tab for it. Her parents have money but they can’t buy her the security she needs and her bosses won’t pay for it. It works out better if she works for her parents.
August 26th, 2008 17:39
Well, here we go with another slam Kate article, this one in the Sun by Jane Moore.
The only thing I tend to agree with is that that she says William must p*** or get off the pot — either make an honest woman of her (Kate, not Jane herself) or let her go.
While I don’t think William should be rushed, he is putting Kate into a bit of a tight spot it seems, particulary as he is the one rumoured to be dragging his feet, not Kate.
August 26th, 2008 17:56
Blah Blah Blah…same old same old. maybe Katie Nicholl is moonlightling at the Sun,lol…
Take it with a grain of salt. This article was clearly taken from the DM and the good ole Internet Forum.
Besides the Sun makes the Daily Mail look like the New York Times
August 26th, 2008 18:10
It does sound alot like Katie article, but Sun has basically said what alot of us have said. William needs to propose to stop her and her family from getting trashed or let her go so she can while she can still hold her head up! That is why I don’t believe prolonging an engagement two more years would be very wise, because William reputation will go down as well. Maybe this is the lead up to the engagement announcement so Sun can say “look we told you so.” I don’t think Sun’s to be as hateful as DM though. What was with the hen story below the article?
August 26th, 2008 18:19
i think Kate and her family will be fine. I don’t think they will wait two more years. I think given the higher public profile the family has allowed Kate this year, an engagement is coming soon. My guess is oct based on a nearly non existent schedule for any of the senior royals and the entry of the PR guy for William. I am betting that guy is being brought on to handle all the post engagement press. JMO.
Remember one thing ALL these articles will be blown off the face of the earth by ONE historic press release.
August 26th, 2008 18:29
I just read that artical and I’m shocked that The Sun would write something so bold and frank. I truly believe an announcement will come soon and the media need to back off. My God, that was just too bold of them.
August 26th, 2008 18:30
That’s right Lisa.
August 26th, 2008 18:36
Lisa, that makes perfect sense that the Dream Team are coming on board just as the engagement will be announed. They would also be able to help Kate establish her Royal role, and advise her which sort of causes and patronages would be suitable given her age, interests, etc.
An October announcement also makes sense timewise, as everyone will be back from Balmoral then, I think?
August 26th, 2008 18:39
Jealousy? Of that non-descript common girl? Please! Of someone worth jealousy but this donothing waity kaity nope! Why do most of you spend your time slagging off other forums? Why don’t you practise what you preach and stop with the neagativity of other forums…it makes you seem petty and JEALOUS and probably you believe to some extent what they are saying or you wouldn,t be saying anything at all.
August 26th, 2008 18:44
no one here is jelus of Katie … 2 be jelus we’d have to want to be her, which i don’t … she’s dating a bald guy without a real job … laughable military work experience … unlike harry who went to Afghanistan … Willy was bustin’ the dope sugglers … yeah, whatever …
August 26th, 2008 19:06
So Jane Moore
1. Takes the comments of Kate haters on the web as indicative of public opinion.
2. basically reprinted the nonsense in Katie Nicholl’s Sunday hit piece in her own column just using different words
3. Then concludes with the actual truth- Kate is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. But she contradicts everything she just wrote in the previous 2 paragraphs by defending Kate.
Can’t say she’s as bad as Nicholl. She would need to crank out at least 4 or 5 more beauties like these to get that distinction. And she did actually conclude the column with something resembling the truth.
August 26th, 2008 19:18
Uh oh. We’re being treated to the new William Isn’t Really All That Great Game the Kate haters have invented to make themselves feel better. Yeah that bald guy is nothing special. He’s only going to be the King of England, inherit a $600 million fortune, live in multiple castles and estates, and keep his wife in precious jewels and couture dresses for the rest of his life. I’m sure the anti Kate teeny boppers boyfriends will have all that and then some. I mean who would want to be King when you can be assistant manager at the local Burger King?
August 26th, 2008 19:23
I just read the article, she clearly wrote an article saying the truth of HER sources, which is a mix of blogs, comments, sites, and Palace officials (grey men).
Not bad at all, why because she is down to honest of her sources - information to write that article.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/jane_moore/article1610755.ece
August 26th, 2008 19:24
Yup and kate has her eye on that prize…
August 26th, 2008 19:25
So yes Lisa, Jane Moore is moonlighting Katie Nicholl, but with a HUGE difference, Jane is actually slapping Katie Nicholl in the face with the HONEST TRUTH of where she got her SOURCES to write such article - my post above.
There you see a smart journalist.
August 26th, 2008 19:41
Jane is no better a journalist then Katie. Katie Nicholls, in her “What do you do” Mail article quoted some readers who left comments on the Daily Mail website the week prior as being “Tracey from Paisley” and “Sara Ruiz from England.” Same two people Jane quotes, and the same two of about 15 who usually leave quotes at the DMail.
August 26th, 2008 19:42
fjae,
You sooooooo remind me of Jenny that use to troll this site. By the way, she has gone to a happier site………..
August 26th, 2008 19:44
Yes, true she quoted, but she doesn’t admit where the quotes come from, Katie Nicholl calls these quoes Friends, Royal Sources, Palace Insiders, when we have discovered (in another site) word for word taken from an X poster !
Jane at least wrote her article admiting each part from where she got each quote.
August 26th, 2008 19:49
KN attributed the TP and SR quotes to the DM website, where they were first posted.
August 26th, 2008 19:51
I think its a wake up call to the RF about the consequences of carrying the engagement announcement longer. I agree with Roman though I was really shocked about how she put it out there. Lately the Sun has been getting some exclusives and they tend to not bash like DM. Perhaps they know there is an engagement and Jane is saying stop beating around the bush and announce it already. I am wondering if it could happen before Kate does the Roller Disco. It does say Catherine Middleton and not Kate. Where the RAF ceremony said Kate Middleton. But that could just be me reading to much into it too.
August 26th, 2008 19:53
Regardless of the content or the sources, it’s still the Sun,lol. They should stick to picturesl.
August 26th, 2008 19:57
Gracie,what this mostly boils down to is that these papers and magazines will make mucho denero when the announcement drops and they can smell it coming. 750 million people watched Charles and Diana wed. More will watch William and Kate wed. Lots of cash out there for the taking. It’s all a money game. These “writers” don’t care about Kate or William. They want the revenue the engagement/wedding will rake in.
August 26th, 2008 19:57
They broke first the break up news
last year.
August 26th, 2008 19:57
I read somewhere recently that the announcement will come shortly before or after Christmas. I’m thinking perhaps after Christmas.
I see backup has been called. Some new arrivals have landed at this site. I recognize the screen names. LOL
August 26th, 2008 19:59
The smiley is just a reminder that all the rag tabs have broken news as a first. I just wanted to give my opinion on the “how’s” of Jane Moore’s article, her style was impecable describing exactly where her sources are from with no shame at all, meaning blogs, comments, posters, and grey men.
August 26th, 2008 19:59
She even included Diana, with the grey men comment.
August 26th, 2008 20:01
Not “jelus” of Kate? An awful lot of idle time is spent at sites devoted to a bald guy and his girlfriend.
And the stalkers will be out in full force at Kate’s upcoming charity Roller Disco event. They’re already trying to contact organizers for tickets so they can “bump” into William.
“SECURITY”!!!!!
August 26th, 2008 20:04
Judging by the price of those tickets, they are going to be sorely disappointed. JMO. If Kate was going to make an appearance there,I would think some paper would know it by now. We’ll see.
August 26th, 2008 20:23
Guest,
“Not “jelus” of Kate? An awful lot of idle time is spent at sites devoted to a bald guy and his girlfriend.” Bwahahahaha!!! Your last post was hilarious. I’m in stitches here!
Lisa,
I hadn’t thought about that before- Kate is on the organizing committee but it doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll be there for the event itself.
Personally I wish the tabs could be a little more creative when it comes to W&K. Why not do a story about how Kate hates Chelsy’s guts? or maybe explore the fallout between William and Peter Phillips because of the Hello deal. It would all be lies of course but at least fun lies
August 26th, 2008 20:30
Bwahahahaha
August 26th, 2008 21:04
Wow, I left this site for a while, and now have come back to see that censorship lives on here. You are not allowed to give your opinion if it is ruled as anti-Kate. I have never seen such a bunch of “you must believe in Kate or you are not allowed to post” bullying in my life.
What is this..a communist website??
Get over it people…everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Of course, my comment here will probably get me kicked off of this site! Ha!!
August 26th, 2008 21:18
Lisa, I think Kate will show at Roller Disco cause her name is listed as commitee member. If she does not attend it would look very bad on her part and therefore ruin what they Firm/PR are trying to change and that is the negative press.
August 26th, 2008 21:53
The SUN story skewers Kate.
I think she brought all this on herself by NOT getting a career or a job.
………………………………………………
The SUN Quote:
“Yet instead, she is rapidly losing whatever public affection she once had by coming across as a rather idle and spoilt party girl.
…………………………………………quote”
August 26th, 2008 22:01
I didn’t hear all of the people crying now about Kate’s press, saying a thing when it was all POSITIVE, except how true it was,
so now that Kate’s getting negative press, somehow it’s not valid, Ha……..!
Kate did this to herself. Some of us have been saying for ages she needs to work, so now the press is finally saying it, maybe Courtiers are trying to get rid of her, because they probably know William is not even close to getting married.
William is not going to marry this woman.
Her press is getting worse by the day, no way the Palace wants this brought on their Golden Prince.
August 26th, 2008 22:07
Never say never when it comes to BP and the press — who’d have thought in September 1997 that CPB would become Charles’ wife? That anyone at BP would allow it?
Kate is no CPB btw — so there’s not much, if any, PR rehab needed.
All KM needs, just as all that CPB needed, was the committment of her Prince. That was all it took.
Kate will be Queen, of that I am sure
August 26th, 2008 22:35
I’m totally sure too alsgal. I have a big hunch that is about to happen. Like I said before, the media is trying to get something out of their Prince and the palace. The media is pushing all of their buttons but the big Royal Correspondents like James Whitaker, Jennie Bond and Nicholas Witchell are keeping their mouths shut and gearing up for the big news.
August 26th, 2008 22:43
We can add Ingrid Seward to that last as well, Rman. Not a peep from the Royal veteran in the Editor’s Letter over the past two issues of Majesty.
Something is up, and it’s gunna be all good in the hood, I can feel it in my gut
August 26th, 2008 22:59
Sorry I forgot about her. Yes I know what you mean alsgal, I feel it too. Although there is some media tension at the moment, something is telling me that all is calm in Clarence House and they are working this all out so the announcement can be made. I wonder where is William & kate at the moment? We have seen Harry on top of Buckingham Palace watching the party and we seen Chelsy joining the party and having tea at Clarence House but we haven’t seen William nor Kate since they was at the club.
August 26th, 2008 23:25
I usually ignore the trolls but there are so many holes in this The Courtiers Are Behind The Negative Stories Theory I just can’t help myself. I think anyone without an irrational dislike of Kate Middleton has noticed it’s not just her who gets criticized these days. The same ones who trash Ms Middleton have started to go after the “golden prince”. But Buckingham Palace must be behind the bad press William has gotten lately too. William has a FULL TIME JOB. But people like Amanda Platell said he didn’t have a real job- he was playing soldier. Rebecca English implied he was not only interested in another woman but was moving back to CH to delay his engagement. Another DM all star Katie Nicholl wrote recently that William was present at booze filled parties when he and Kate vacationed in Mustique. A recent article in The Guardian, the author’s name escapes me right now, said William had been a disappointment, that Charles was more interesting than him. Oh, let’s not forget the 2 Sun columns. The first bashed him for not being at the Olympics and the second called him an absentee ditherer who was stringing Kate along and leaving her to fend for herself with the palace grey men. So are we to believe the Queen has approved a strategy of getting rid of Kate that includes dragging her grandson’s name through the mud? Not bloody likely!
August 26th, 2008 23:42
Pr. William will probably dump her again, it’s what he does, he dumps her and takes her back, he then dithers when the pressure gets to great. This girl has dated him for five years, the Palace is not protecting her, William is not protecting her image. She is out there on her own, if he wanted to, he could have protected her PR a couple of years ago.
I think something is going on. I don’t think at 26 William is going to marry her, I don’t even think he’s close to being ready.
William controls all this, all he needs to do is get OFFICIALLY.
August 26th, 2008 23:55
I love Ingrid Seward’s commentary. She once said Kate looks like ” the cat that’s got the cream”
Very true. Kate projects a quiet confidence. Like she knows something we don’t know!
August 27th, 2008 00:25
Merrick, maybe Kate is just in it for the royal title? No one has ever questioned HER motives, I sure would, William’s always going to be the richer one in the relationship, no matter who he dates. Kate is okay as a person, but she seems kind of boring to me.
August 27th, 2008 00:44
I am sure Kate as well as William were well aware of the possible criticism when she left her Jigsaw job and I am also sure that they decided to go for it for a good reason. I can for a certain degree understand where the criticism is coming from but it is plain wrong to say she is a party girl. Some kind of party girl who goes out about once a month at most.
Unfortunately for Kate the press has found something new but engagement speculation to sell and they’ll continue to write these sort of stories. If I were Kate I’ d continue to ignore it.
August 27th, 2008 01:05
That’s just what she does Trixie. They all ignore the silly press and that is what make members of the media blood boil. They can’t stand the “hush hush” the Palace is in. The silence is killing them. I just have a feeling that the palace will say something that will ease everything with good news.
August 27th, 2008 01:10
Maybe Kate hasn’t lived up to what some people thought she would when she graduated from University,so perhaps as far as the press is concerned Kate is not worth propping up any more.
August 27th, 2008 02:27
Hello,
I think we forget that PC’s people evolved a strategy to have Camilla accepted by the populace and this stategy included the trashing of the reputations of other members of the RF.
There was no clear involvement by PC but many senior RF members were systematically atacked by his PR people and even included stories of the Queen Mother’s extravagant life style. HM was also included ,as were the Princes Royal and her husband Tim.
It succeeded and eventually Camilla rose from a hated figure to the level of almost being accepted as the future Queen. This was all achieved by a dedicated PR team acting on PC’s behalf.
Now we have a report, true or false , that ‘certain’ aids want PC to step down in favour of a younger dynamic (?) PW and what has happened ?
PW is being systematically atacked and one of the weak points of PW’s life at present is KM . So KM, her family, her lifestyle and her culture is systematically attacked and all at whose behest?
The film about the ‘resurrection’ and repositioning of Camilla was very revealing and does raise the question as to who exactly is behind the concerted effort to criticise KM and through her, PW and further raises the question as to why?
It really begs the question as to when and if an engagement is imminent and who really is behind the negative PR and propaganda and what the eventual agenda is.
Perhaps PW/PH’s ‘new’ PR team is being put together to counteract this negativity but then PW remains close to CH by continuing to live there and who exactly is paying their salaries and expenses.
Is the Queen being active too ?
It is all very close to what I said several months ago, it would be interesting to trace the source of the attacks on KM and inevitably PW.
August 27th, 2008 03:30
The attacks on Kate Middleton are by none other than a handful of girls who are bitter because Prince William didn’t give them the time of day at St. Andrews. And they know in the bright light of day he’d step over them like a crack in the road to get to Kate. And that despite all of the howling about Kate and her employment status by a few deranged internet trolls, despite everything they’ve thrown at her but the kitchen sink, she and William remain together.
Catherine & William will be engaged OR married by this time next year. This has been set in stone for a while now. LOL
August 27th, 2008 03:44
Good Morning,
Considering that people from all over the world have a problem with Kate and some are twice his age, I think your “they missed out theory” doesn’t quite add up. I’m not defending them but I don’t think we can stereotype people who dislike Kate that easily.
I was thinking last night though about them and I thought why do they have to marry now? I’m not saying that they won’t but why is there the pressure for them to? The way some people talk it’s as if it is a done deal.
You see, they are only 26, they are both young. William has a lot of royal duty training to do. Plenty of people have dated for more tha 5 years before marrying. I know someone who dated their partner for 15 years (from the age of 20-35) before marrying them. If Kate or William does not feel ready, is that really a problem? There is lots of time for them to. After all, the behaviour I have seen between KM and PW and the events that KM has attended is something that I would expect from a long term, serious relationship. But why does it have to mean marriage?
Kate supported William at his passing out so why should she not support him at the Order of Garter (she had similar roles in both I think), she went to PP and AK’s wedding, but she knows the family now and it would be rude for them not to have invited her by now. She is after all meant to be friendly with Zara.
I’m not saying that they are not in love or that they will never marry. I’m just questioning why everyone seems to be saying that they have to and will soon.
Just something to think about.
August 27th, 2008 04:03
I just wanted to add something about her attending the events. I think she is in with the RF as far as a girlfriend can be (I think “IN” as a future wife can only happen when they are engaged.) But I would expect her to be by now.
I just don’t see the arguments why they HAVE to get married. I would like to see they get married when they are READY and 100% SURE and IN LOVE. Of course, I don’t know if they are or aren’t now but it does bring a different side to this marriage and engagement debate.
August 27th, 2008 07:15
Ked, I think what you are saying has alot of truth in it. The RF is very competitive family amungst each other. I can see Charles or Camilla PR people trying to get the publice at ease with their growing positions in the monarchy. I don’t believe for a moment that Charles would ever give up the throne for William. It is very sad that if Charles PR people are behind the Kate bashing, they show no responsibility to how this could effect William. I am sure they are uneasy about any marriage between Kate and William because they have what Camilla and Charles don’t, the “IT” factor.
August 27th, 2008 07:20
I am referring to the hardcore trolls who are floating lies as well as emailing hacked private photos from off of the internet, which are being picked up by and repeated in the press. This is hardball by a few cowards, some of whom are brazen enough to use the same screennames at various royalty sites and online tabloid comments sections. These loudmouths are rabidly anti-Kate Middleton, at least one in particular I believe is somehow connected to a few journalists or fancies herself one. These people began by attacking her on a few websites and have graduated to a concerted effort to attack her by feeding lies to the press. And snidely braggging about doing it.
This ilk is who I am referring to. If you have your doubts about her fine, that is your right. But to come online and call her every name in the book but a child of God without any credible evidence to back up the smear, as I have seen done here repeatedly by one of those trolls, be prepared to get called on it.
August 27th, 2008 07:33
ked,
Sorry but I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories. Charles has some unattractive character traits but hanging his son and his girlfriend out to dry to boost up Camilla isn’t one of them. I don’t know a parent who loves their child who would do that. He also couldn’t do that and expect William not to find out about it. Besides the 2 people who have gotten the most negative press in the last ten years have been Charles and Camilla. Maybe followed by Edward and Sophie. Not the Queen, Andrew, or the Princess Royal. And I’m not sure how much Camilla is really accepted- she doesn’t use the POW title and the spin before the wedding was that she would never be queen only Princess Consort. From this side of the pond Camilla was sold as the great love of Charles’s life, the one who makes him happy. There was also a makeover so she looked better. That’s how they got more Brits to not object to a marriage. Not by tabloid stories of the other royals.
Trixie
You’re right. W&K have been together for a few years now. There’s only so much gushing and engagement predictions one can do before that gets old. And it is old at this point for some in the media. So they have a new storyline.
August 27th, 2008 08:30
The Marriage Now! pressure seems to arise each time Kate is without a 9 to 5 job because some people start to look for a reason why Kate does not appear — key word here is appear — to be pursuing a career given her remarkable talents.
Although KM has been pursuing all kinds of opportunities behind the scenes it is only because we don’t see pictures of it — and how would we get a picture of someone making phone calls or sending out resumes — that makes certain people say, well, she’s not doing anything since we don’t see two pictures a day of her coming and going to an office. So assumptions are made, and likely inaccurate ones at that.
We’ve also heard two sides of PW’s supposed opinion on the matter which contradict each other. The first was that (supposedly) PW was concerned KM was starting to look like a WAG in the press, hence the Jigsaw job. Yet we also hear that PW wants KM to be on call, understandable given his very busy schedule.
Here’s where I think the solution came in for KM to work for the family business, that it enables both. Kate works when she can, and yet she is also able to arrange her schedule around PW. No, that doesn’t provide people with the two pics a day they want to see, but it works for Kate, and her family. It also seems to offer PW the best of both worlds, a working GF who is also on call, a win-win situation if you will.
August 27th, 2008 09:03
There is no way Charles PR team is behind the bashing. Like I said before I really do think all is well behind Clarence House walls. There is a little media tension but William & Kate are fine and don’t seem to be in any rush. I think the media and the public wants to see William & kate doing more official things together. They want to see her being active in charities and raised awarenes of her interest. That is what The Sun was trying to point out, they want this couple to officially make it known that they will walk down that isle next year and they want this now. I just think the media need to stay calm and not bash them. They need to write encouraging articals about things William & kate can do together. There is some events coming up this year like The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, The James Bond Premire and Charles’s birthday celebrations. I’m sure William & Kate will be able to attend some of these events.
August 27th, 2008 09:04
you seem overly concerned with what others are writing - just get on with your opinion.
If William was ready for marriage they would be married - he isn’t ready - she is CHOMPING at the bit to be married, it means everythign in the world to her to be accepted by him and his family through marriage - a huge step up from coal mining and prams that were too big for the houses they lived in.
It is easy to throw around Jealousy as an answer to someone having a differing opinion to you when it is obvious that what they are saying has truth in it.
The girl can’t even RSVP now?! And she has nothing to do! She is lazy and a real loser to think that her humble beg. can be forgotten now - they won’t be by the general public -a nd she is so STUPID not to see that what would endear her to the public is not this vigorous climb to the top but perhaps staying ‘real’ to her lower class roots
Accepting freebies as a private citizen is one thing but as the girlfriend and the the girl runn ing for the top job of Queen it is inexcusable. She shouldn’t be accpeting anything for free - no rebates on audi’s no free drinks at clubs, nothing FREE -
How do you not know that it is the press that are finding those pictures themselves on facebook. They are easy enough to get for anyone, I highly doubt anyone is sending in photos of naked james - naked james should have thought about being in that photo in the first place - given his sisters want to be part of the RF