First thing – I kind of love that American media outlets still consistently refer to the Duchess of Cambridge as “Kate Middleton”. She was “Kate Middleton” for nine years as Prince William’s girlfriend, and so many of the American photo agencies and American media outlets simply don’t want to use her fancy title. To be fair, I don’t like using her title either. It takes up too much space in headlines, and it’s a bitch to type out “HRH Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge” when everyone knows you’re just taking about “Waity” or “Kate”.
As for the real story – Kate’s neverending pregnancy speculation. People Magazine put Kate’s womb front and center on their cover this week, claiming that Kate might be preggo right now, or that she will be soon. Meanwhile Us Weekly ran a counter-claim from royal “sources” about Kate NOT being pregnant and not looking to be pregnant for a while. There was even more speculation this week too – Star Magazine has a story about Kate eating a “carb-heavy” diet in an attempt to gain weight (to get preggo) and Star also speculated that Kate will undergo IVF to get knocked up with an heir. All of this speculation has upset poor Kate, according to even more speculation from Us Weekly’s royal sources.
Kate Middleton became the subject of pregnancy rumors shortly after tying the knot on April 29, 2011 — and it’s starting to take its toll on the 30-year-old Duchess of Cambridge.
“The constant rumors about Kate being pregnant, or not being pregnant, make her feel uncomfortable,” a source close to Middleton tells Us Weekly. “Seeing stories that talk about her health is really hurtful. It’s difficult to just ignore them.”
Though Middleton “understands that there is interest,” given her new life in the public eye, “certain [outlets] push things too far,” the source explains.
“This week there have been stories about IVF, baby buzz speculation and what not. Usually they don’t mind anything that is written, but this is a little different because it’s so personal.”
Middleton’s husband, Prince William, 29, is doing his best to console her. “William doesn’t like to see her get bogged down about these things,” the source tells Us.
It seems that, for now, a royal baby announcement is a long way off. “They have only been married for one year and they are not rushing to have a baby,” the source says. “Both William and Kate want their first child to happen naturally and at the right time.”
[From Us Weekly]
I have mixed feelings about this. On one side, it’s her body and yes, all of this speculation is rude and kind of creepy. Plus, we don’t even know if this is how Kate really feels, although… I think it’s keeping with a certain storyline that the Palace keeps pushing: Kate and William are so industrious, hard-working, quiet people and they love children and poor Kate is just a poor little victim (just a GIRL at a mere 30 years old!) and everyone wants to make sure that she doesn’t suffer (which is why they go on vacation all the time). On the other side… Kate married into one of the most public families in the world, and her biggest “royal duty” is providing an heir. Of course there is going to be pregnancy speculation. The British people feel like they “own” the royal family (which they do, considering the royal family is subsidized by British taxpayers), and as such, they feel like they’re entitled to know about the comings and goings of Kate’s womb. Still… it wouldn’t hurt to take the speculation down a notch, especially since most people think it will be another year before there are any big announcements.
Photos courtesy of fame/Flynet and WENN.
This is further proof that Chelsy Davy is way smart and savvier than Kate. Kate waited for a decade to be in this position and now she’s “uncomfortable” with the attention and speculation? Give me a bloody break. No sympathy from me. Chelsy knows the hell that will ensue from being a Royal and she’s like “No thanks.”
Plus, Wills married her for her baby making ability. Doubt he would have married an infertile woman.
+1
Kate also didn’t mind the attention from the press when she was stumbling out of various clubs drunk as a skunk, and those deliberate crotch shots of her don’t scream, “Leave me alone!” either. Tons of photos of her smiling and laughing while the paparazzi crowded outside her cab, taking her photos, don’t show someone who was uncomfortable with the media frenzy. She loved all of it.
She courted the press whenever she needed to boost her profile. She used them to get William back in 2007.
She’s had 10 years to consider royal life. Not once did she ever appear to want to break away from it or show any sign that she’s pursuing something else besides being William’s girlfriend. It’s the opposite: she went after William and did nothing else until she got the ring.
There’s no way she didn’t know any of this would happen. This has been the goal for her and Ma Middleton all along.
The only reason I could think of about why she’s being ‘uncomfortable’ now is because people are not giving her as much of a break as she would want. She probably thought that when she got married, she truly would be taking another 2 years off and do absolutely nothing, but also have the perks of being royal: parading around in expensive clothes and jewels and being glamorous. Isn’t that what many people think royals do, anyway? Wear tiaras and sit around doing nothing and still get adored by the media and the public?
She still likes to live the life she had before getting engaged to William, where she got the press’s attention while doing nothing else but having fun and not caring what people think. She’s lived in a bubble all her life.
Now it’s crunch time and she’s expected to do a lot of things and assume responsibilities and she’s “stressed” out by it all.
Never really followed Harry & Chelsy’s relationship, but I do have to give her props for not joining the Firm. She knows her worth goes beyond being a prince’s wife. Good for her. If Harry wants her, let him give up his title & right to the throne. That would be a novel idea.
I’m indifferent toward the royals. I don’t really care about any of them, but I do feel bad for her. The majority of the women in my family all have at least 2 kids and it sucks when everyone is like
“When are you gonna get pregnant?”
pic3…wow… she looks… no words
What about picture 3? Is it her huge grinning head next to Charles or what?
As awful as it sounds, her only job is to reproduce. Why is she surprised?
Exactly. Women born or wed into royalty have had to deal with this for centuries, why should Kate be any different? And did she really think she would be?
Yes, women have been subjugated and used by powerful men for centuries, why don’t we accept it?! I mean, really…if she gets beheaded for not producing an heir that’s what she deserves right?
Get the f–k over it people. Women are have rights now and history should not justify any presumed status quo.
@jess – ‘Kate is a college educated, modern woman’
Are you kidding me?!!!
Modern?!!
She may be college Educated, but clearly it didn’t take…Faberge Eggs anyone?
Secondly, she’s modern only if you consider pre-Emma Punkhurst times – you know the pre-modern age when women didn’t have the vote, when upperclass women were only allowed to look good, say nothing, and adore their men, and be at their beck and call….and produce heirs. And whilst they waited for the ring, they perfected their knowledge of art [ding!], they perfected their looks[ding!], they did nothing but wait to bag a husband [ding! ding! ding!].
Seriously, Kate is May Welland.
If she had done anything other than chase that ring, we would be cutting her some slack, and not notice when she decided to go away. But if 10 days’s work in 6weeks can leave you so distressed you need to take off the next few months, and your job isn’t back breaking….BITCH PLEASE!!
she’s had an 8 years apprenticeship, followed by 11months of more training in which they roped in an 85yr old to help, what she has shown in public is very very unaccomplished.
calling Kate modern in 2012 is an insult to all of us…
This child woman has had every privilege in the world, and a few hours work is too much for her
Many people wait for their rings, but they get on with their lives in the meantime. They do not sit at home and wait, wait, wait,wait and deliberately atrophy themselves in pursuit of that ring. Hell her sister is in pursuit of A RING, but she’s not sitting at home waiting for it.
This child woman has damaged the notion of modern womanhood and that is why it bothers me that she is held up as role model. Her European counterparts are modern women.
If you think this is a modern woman, i pity you. YES, I AM JUDGING YOU.
rant over.
Edit: Her own mother-in-law, who was definately used as a brood mare did what she could so we would get away from that notion and subjugation of women, and Kate has taken us right back to the bad old days because the only thing she can offer is being a Brood Mare!
Point exactly. It’s her job. Plenty of my friends waited until their mid-thirties to have kids. I personally have opted not to go that route at all. Few things matter to me more than a woman’s right to control her own uterus. BUT, I also wouldn’t respect any friend of mine who was lazy about doing the job she’d trained for 9 years to do.
So what if they don’t end up with an heir? It’s not like that family as a shortage of heirs! It doesn’t matter if the next King or Queen comes from William or from Harry or one of their uncles/cousins. Does. Not. Matter!
Leave her womb alone. She may be a “royal” now but she is still a woman and last I checked, women have value beyond their breeding abilities (or lack of). I say this as a very happy mother of 2.
Kate is a college educated, modern woman. Those who feel the need to “knock her down a notch” by relegating her to designated breed mare need to get over it…
Uh but her job as future queen is to be a brood mare. She knew that going in. Royalty is not like us. If she didn’t want this then she should have left like chelsy. It’s like training to be a firefighter and be aghast that you have to run into a burning building.
I think the people who need to get over it are the likes of you.
Yes, women have rights. They have value beyond having children and being mothers. Women should be able to be as independent as they want, and should not be expected to get married and have children if they prefer otherwise.
But royalty is very, very different. Independence and royalty are like oil and water.
It’s an archaic institution bound by traditions that have been forged for almost a thousand years now. If royals want people to leave them alone, then renounce their titles as royals and go live in the country.
As it is, their very existence depends on keeping up archaic traditions, so why would they want to change and modernize the monarchy?
The only way to modernize a monarchy is to abolish it.
Royalty and aristocracy have always been “unkind” to women.
Women, who are either born or marry into royalty, are expected to give up their private lives and dedicate themselves to the Crown and the institution. That means assuming the role of a “brood mare”, as harsh as that sounds.
You give away your right to a private life once you get engaged to a Prince, especially if the Prince is the future King. Once you get married, you become the future of the monarchy, and that means your main responsibility is to provide children who will continue the royal bloodline.
Kate has had a decade to ponder over these things. She’s had lots of chances to get away from it, but she did not. She chose this life and the perks that come with it with her relentless pursuit of William. She’s a public figure now, and this is what it involves: public attention and speculations.
The people who say, “Leave her alone, it’s her womb. Let her do what she wants.” are those who truly don’t know how royalty works.
I don’t agree with Monarch type institutions (or any corruptible governance, which is all of the tested models thus far). The point is, lets progress beyond the historical rules and make things better. The monarchy DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER HEIR! They have a long line of possible successions. Maybe Kate will be an influential woman when she becomes queen (years from now). Maybe she will be a champion for continued improvement in women’s rights and help to stop systemic discrimination. Maybe she will be an advocate and savior of abused children. Her possibilities and influence expand way beyond breeding.
What if she is…infertile? Maybe, just maybe, they do not know if she will ever conceive. William married her because he loves her. In this day and age, she can be a fabulous princess and future queen without having a natural born heir.
Jess –
No modern, independent woman with half a brain and conscience would fight tooth and nail for 10 years to marry into an archaic system premised on the belief that certain people are born to rule others. It’s the flip side of believing that everyone else is born to be a serf. It’s disgusting and she’s just gross for being so desperate to get in on the act.
Speculation into the state of her womb is just part and parcel of it and she’s dim if she didn’t realize it going in.
@jess – to presume that Kate will be Queen is fool hardy. Diana never made it, The Queen’s own uncle only managed Kingship for a few months before abdicating.
As the Diana funeral very clearly demonstrated, monarchy is very dependant on the will of the people.
It shows you how much of the wedding goodwill has been lost when Kate wasn’t allowed to stick to her 2yr grace period.
At most she would have been visible for Jubilee events and Canada tour. Instead she was forced to name her charities and even Patronise each for a few hours.
The frequent Palace spins wouldn’t be happening if there was no need or even cause to keep the monarchy relevant, front and centre.
Finally, POW realised he was in for a long wait, so he created The Prince’s trust to give him something to do.
Kate has become a patron of her PW & PH trust, but i bet she has no clue what it does nor is she involved other than being a name on a headed paper.
PH has his own personal charity, Sentabale, that he is very active with.
Beatrice volunteers with CHildren in Crisis charity
Princess Anne, who would need a complete disaster that wipes out her entire family before she is ever crowned is a very active Patron
The fact is that RF use charity and Ambassadorial roles to foster the illusion that we still need a monarchy. In this scenerio, where she does nothing, what is the point of her except to be a brood mare to continue the line. If not, she should give up the privileges, let someone else take over.
The present HRH Duchess of Kent has done exactly this. She now teaches piano to under privileged kids out of a little studio in Nottinghill.
2 of my sisters ended relationships after 10 years and no marriage (half of it was in HS). The relationships ran their course and the guys were not suitable husband material. In contrast, Kate met William in school and they got married when they were ready rather than when everyone else wanted them to. Her potential is unknown and she may turn out to be worthless to everyone besides the one person who matters; William.
Prince Charles used Dianna as his brood Mare and Camilla was his true love (for some god-forsaken reason). Which situation is better?
Not knowing about Faberge eggs with art history as her education is shameful, I admit. That still has nothing to do with the fact that if she doesn’t produce an heir, the monarchy still goes on. She is 30 after all. If she has endometriosis her fertile days could be over.
@Jess – my criticism of waiting for a ring is directed at Kate and no other women precisely because that was her ONLY goal in life.
I have friends who dated for 10 years, who pretty much knew within a week of meeting that they would marry.
In the meantime they got on with there lives. I would speculate that the same scenerio played out with your sisters even if it did not end in marriage.
i would also speculate that they did not sit around for ten years whilst the relationship played out, dependent on your parents, waiting on the guys etc. I would even say that they are more accomplished than this child woman despite her privileges.
I honestly do not think she has potential only because during the last 2 years prior to the wedding, it was very strongly suggested that she was training and would come out of the gate fully prepared.
I gave her the benefit of the doubt precisely because she was an unknown quantity.
Unfortunately now she is fully in the spotlight, you can see that we were sold worthless goods, and yet she is idolised.
I honestly do not think she has the depth/will/motivation to accomplish anything other than the ring.
And in order to get that ring, she atrophied herself. When you get to 30, it is more difficult to change who you are unless a crisis forces you to. We have seen that this woman is still being treated with kid gloves, so no crisis is going to touch her short of Diana Funeral style media/public assault.
on the continuation of the monarchy, i would like her and PW to go away, and pass the crown to either Harry or Anne, if she outlives Charles.
She looks sonewhat scary in the photo with Prince Charles. Really 3D-ish. Perhaps its her eyebrows.
There’s no way a British source used the phrase “and what not”.
It’s too much makeup. In the sunlight it looks just right but in the shadows, it looks too dark.
obviously am i not the only one who thinks she looks creepy like a horrormovie-character (bobble head with sunken eyes + overdose of kajal and what´s with her cheeks, chin and the neck?)
it’s always been creepy like this when it comes to royal women tho. throughout history queens/princesses were always expected to be pregnant non-stop with a bunch of people watching over them. comes with the territory i guess. you married into it, should have known/surely have been warned that not even marrying a royal is a total fairytale
Oh no the wannabe feminists have come out. How sad that your idol the Duchess Who Waits is pressured to do the only job a woman in her position is expected to do. More exucses for why she can’t handle yet another job I guess.
I wonder if the psuedo femz ever realize that Waity is the complete opposite (glorified geisha/stepford wife) of what they preach? Probably not since they only believe what US or People tells them.
They’d excuse Kate’s laziness and lack of goals and ambition beyond getting the ring as being in control of her own life. She’s independent that way, our poor dear Kate.
Some of the excuses that Kate’s fans use:
Kate didn’t want to work after graduating from Uni? She’s in control of her own life, so she chose not to work. Besides, she’s rich, why does she need to work if she doesn’t want to? (Kate’s fans always say they’d love to trade places with Kate and live her life, have her money, and be lazy for the rest of their lives)
She waited for William for almost a decade and did nothing but shop, party and go on vacations? It’s because she loves him and is willing to wait for him. It was her choice, she’s in control of her own life.
How romantic is it to spend almost 10 years waiting for a man to come around to marrying you while being able to do nothing but indulge yourself and depend on your parents’ money for everything?
It’s the stuff of fairy tales!!!
But talk about another woman having the same lifestyle as Kate and the claws of the said “feminists” and “Leave Kate alone!” brigade come out.
If this were someone else, like one of the female Hollywood celebs or the spoiled heiresses like Petra Ecclestone or Russian billionaires’ daughters, we’d be hearing the endless criticisms about being lazy, being useless, being an attention whore, chasing after men all the time, being the reason for all things wrong in our society, taking feminism back 100 years, the downfall of our civilization, etc.
But poor, dear Kate must be defended and protected at all costs, because she dresses in a “classy” way and she is much better than the bottom-of-the-barrel Kardashians…
We must encourage Kate to continue her laziness because dresses in pretty, elegant clothes and she’s living “the life”. Kate has pretty hair, too, so that must mean she is already leagues above the trashy celebs in Hollywood!
We must all emulate Kate’s greatness.
You said it Sachi!
Bravo, Sachi!
Thank you Sachi,also her fans say that they prefer her as a role model than Kim k which I find odd because being a future Queen she should have better standard and should not be compared to Kim k in order to look good.
Sing it loud, Sachi!
She’s 30, she really can’t wait all that much longer to have kids. It just gets so much riskier past 35, and who knows how long it will take for her to conceive since she’s so thin.
So yeah, these stories make sense. Wanting to wait and have people stop speculating. But the clock is ticking away on her, and it’s not like she still needs to settle into being with William.
Plenty of heirs and spares already. After Prince Charles is six feet under and if William or Harry never have children (unlikely but a possibility) the Duke of York (Air Miles Andy) will be next in line, he will probably have dropped of the perch by the time Wills and Harry kick the bucket so that leaves Princess Beatrice as Queen of England.
not sure, but wasn´t last year a change in the succession to the throne: equality of female/male heirs?
Then Anne would follow after Charles-William-Harry. Or is this “new” equality-law only for the future heirs?
I don’t think it’ll be retrospective (too complicated) unless a sudden accident killed Charles and both sons. Then, laws would be passed, I’m pretty sure. Andrew would be a very short cut to a republic, whereas Anne would probably ensure Windsor survival. The public respects her, yet has pretty well only contempt for him.
The new laws of succession haven’t been put into place yet, they are still ironing out the details, which may be one reason they are waiting to produce that heir. Though it made no difference to the Swedish royals, once the law was signed Victoria became the ‘crown princess’ and her younger brother who was previously expected to become king was pushed to the side lines.
Kaiser if you don’t want to use her title you don’t have to lol. I’m British and i’m not calling Kate ‘the Duchess of Cambridge’. I know that she is i just don’t care. The only one i call by their title is the Queen because she has my respect.
Kate and the rest of them are not superior to me in any way and nowadays their ‘titles’ mean f*ck all other than they are rich and they get supported by the public purse. I have nothing against the Windsors but though they might see regular British people as ‘commoners’, i’m sure most people don’t see them as the exalted royal family. They’re glorified celebs who had the luck (or not) to be born into the right family or marry into it, that’s all.
You can’t marry the direct heir to a hereditary monarchy at almost thirty, and then be upset that people speculate about when you’ll produce the heir. That’s like becoming a chef, and stressing that people expect a meal. Or express surprise that Presidential candidates are questioned on their putative programs.
Whatever you think about a genetic lottery as the way to select a head of state, if that’s the system we have, and she’s knowingly married into it, she has to produce an heir and a spare if physically able. That’s just… the deal. So speculation about when she’ll perform that duty is inevitable.
Moreover, it’s not like anyone is suggesting a horrific Handmaid’s Tale scenario of forced impregnation to benefit the state (though that was nearly Diana’s role).
She’ll be be conceiving through a consensual act of love with the (presumably) man of her dreams.
Waity is expected to breed. I do not think she will try til Willie gives her thumbs up & they finish Jubilee tour (heaven forbid she is not perfect for photos).
One thing bothers me is a comment a “Mr. Crosby” made on the thread with Harry moving into KP. He never responded so I will ask if anyone knows about the following (Thanks in advance):
Willie has problems with trying to get Waity pregnant. So Harry is expected to help out big bro.
If someone is line to throne (Willie) within one year of marriage & no pregnancy with heir on the way the Marriage Act allows the marriage to be dissolved.
Never heard such a law nor could I find it.
Sounds like hooey to me, Perhaps this was a law back in the day (like 1600’s) when succession was imperative but I’ve never heard of anything like this now.
I thought the law was nonsense particularly because it is not in the current Marriage Law Act.
As for pressuring Harry to help make an heir- nothing would surprise. Well, except if Harry would ever do such a thing.
Meh. She fancies herself a celebrity. She doesn’t give a flying F what people think as long as you keep her in the spotlight. She doesn’t understand yet, and neither does her brat of a hubbie, that it does matter what people think,. In the meantime, she is loving the attention, IMO.
I dont think that the palace is doing any real PR for these two. I think that they know that their public image has suffered a lot over the past year and there is nothing that they can do to change peoples minds. They probably are at the point where William and Waity arent listening to their advisors so they have to learn the hard way. God help the UK if these two actually become King and Queen. Its pretty much common knowledge by now that Harry is better suited to be King despite his brothers years of grooming.
Why does being more popular and a charmer make Harry better suited to be king? It’s not a popularity contest. If it was that means Edward VIII should not have abdicated and remained King, Bertie (George VI) was considered the slow, dull, boring one before the Wallis debacle, while Edward/David (believe it or not) was the one that charmed society and the masses in the 30’s.
I think Harry is way less suited to be king, regularly falling out of night clubs drunk and dishevelled at 2am is hardly a good look for a King and he will never live down the Nazi uniform fiasco. William took the time and effort to get a university degree, Harry didn’t he wanted to be action man, William seems more like the type to do the ‘office work’ required of the job, I don’t think Harry would be suited to that at all. His natural charisma would be utterly stifled by the demands of the top job.
The fact is neither one of them really wants to be King but that’s the hand life dealt them so they have to live with it. At least Kate had a choice now she has to deliver the goods.
All very valid points except for the fact that william is more david than harry. Harry doesn’t treat his job as a hobby. William treats all his jobs as a hobby. Did you know that kate went on 22 holidays in 2.5years leading up to the wedding?. Given we know she doesn’t do anything without william, what is the betting he was on each of those holidays? Plus the additional ones he would have had with RF members. Did you also know that william egged harry on to wear that Nazi uniform for a bet?
Let’s face it, Harry has not been protected by press as a result of which we have seen every stupid silly thing he has done, and the fact that he is now a grown up.
William has been protected and fallen out of his share of clubs, drunk and boorish. It hasn’t been reported on in the print or mainstream papers but the photos can be found easily on the net. Same as Kate.many things are now in the open regarding william’s university days and his clubbing days. Eg Who in the public eye openly celebrates a break up by getting drunk and snogging every pretty girl in a club whilst declaring to anyone who’ll listen that you are finally free, as william did in 2007?
It’s only now that he is married, that the protection has fallen away. Something he was aware would happen and so he put off the marriage or idea of marriage for as long as possible.
Now, we are seeing him clearly. You are right that it isn’t a popularity contest but what is coming through loud and clear is that William does not want this, will do what he can to avoid it, and would rather be ‘normal’. Harry is still getting the same press, but he does not shy away from his duties or for that matter pretend to be ‘normal’.
That is what is making the difference. And why Harry is suddenly being talked up.
@LAK: right, William always had the protection of the press, Harry not. The press has created this fairytale of the nice, intelligent, perfect Prince William and his wild, stupid younger brother Harry. I remember this Nazi-uniform-scandal. Some paparazzi and journalists said later that William was there too, joking “Nazi-like” with Harry. Both brothers were together on all this parties and alcohol-nights, + fiddling around with different girls (even while William was in a relationship with Kate!). Harry was never alone, only William has been protected.
If you’re looking for a name to use, the British tabloids seem to have settled on ‘Duchess Kate’, I assume following along from Princess Di.
Hey Waity, shut up and provide an heir and a spare. You waited 10 years for this. Broodmare is the only “job” you will ever have.
What a PR nightmare the palace has on their hands. William is a stubborn brat who will regret his decisions. It may take some time, but it all comes around.
Wow ! Bravo and kudos to the posts by LAK, Sachi and Flowerpot particulary. So clearly explained.
“22 vacays in 2.5 years” The mind boggles.
“the only way to modernize the monarchy is to abolish it” Your lips, god’s ear.
Just close your eyes and think of England Duchess Doolittle. lol
Imagine England without the royal family (after Queen), all the tourists are allowed inside the Buckingham, Kingston, St James palaces all year long plus all the crown jewels and other royal places, no tax payers supporting the royal family or providing protection to them instead half of ths budget spent on protecting these monuments and rest is utilized some place else now that will attract tourism (i don’t know how many tourists have actually seen any member of the royal family) plus English people choose who represent them, someone who is hard working, educated, willing to work self made with high morals not some lying cheating pretending to normal work shy spoilt people with superiority complex.
My thoughts exactly.
It comes with the territory. Look how the media terrorized Diana! While I do not fully understand America’s fascination with her having a child, I do understand England’s. That would be Diana’s grandchild, after all. Whether they have children now, later or never, I hope William is happy because after all the heartache he has been through with losing his mother and having a chump for a father, he deserves all the happiness in the world.
I think this is a bit of Kate’s fault since she has loved patting or holding her belly through most engagements. By doing that she just added fuel to the flame.
So William is apparently a spoiled stubborn clod determined to have his way. Does anyone know why he finally tied the know with Waity? Is it because she wanted the job so desperately and would kow tow to his every need? Or is it because no one else wanted the job? What about the way he went and announced his engagement without consulting the Queen. I presume that was because he knew she would not have approved of his chosen one. If he is so determined, why didn’t he just remain single and ignore the pressure of the press and the public? There is no biological clock ticking for him. Someone please explain.