Star: Prince William “regrets missing out on so much because he was tied to Kate”

Earlier this week, I covered some highlights from this Star Magazine story. The excerpts were from Hollywood Life, and there was some weird wording and I didn’t quite get the gist of who was saying what about Duchess Kate and Prince William. Now that I’ve read the whole Star story, I think it’s worth covering in full – Star sat down with journalist and royal biographer Nicholas Davies – you can read his (sketchy) Wiki page here. Arms deals! Mossad! Iran-Contra! Sounds like Davies is less of a “royal biographer” and more like a rogue MI6 agent. Anyway, he’s quite a character. He’s also a conspiracy theorist about Princess Diana’s death, so… I mean, that should help you in determining whether or not to take him at his word. Star uses Davies’ quotes to fill in a story about William and Kate’s lack of spark, and how their “honeymoon is over”. Just so you know, I though Prince William came out of this sounding like a massive tool, and I have no problem believing that’s what he’s really like.

Barely a year after their nuptials in Westminster Abbey, royal insiders describe Prince William and his wife Kate not as glowing newlyweds but as a dispassionate couple stuck in the sexless rut of a decade-long relationship.

“William’s been with her for more than 10 years,” Nicholas Davies tells Star. “He missed out on all the fun once he and Kate met at university.”

William’s military commitments have also been the source of friction – or lack thereof. Starting in February, the couple were apart for almost two months as William, a pilot in the Royal Air Force, was sent to the remote Falkland Islands to fly rescue missions with his helicopter unit. Unpon his return, family obligations for the Queen’s many Dia,ond Jubilee celebrations have resulted in a little too much alone time for his bride.

Even when William is “home,” Kate is forced to spend long, lonely nights at their isolated country estate while her husband is at his base in Anglesey, Wales, eight miles away.

“More often than not, it’s a case of off to bed for the night on her own while her husband is working,” says one source, while royal expert Davies puts it more succinctly: “Lord knows when he finds time for sex with Kate.”

There’s another reason the royal bedroom has been so boring: neither William nor Kate, both 30, is ready for a baby. The Windsors have a long tradition of quickly getting down to business, but the prince isn’t ready to play papa.

“As a royal, he’s expected to father an heir immediately,” Davies explains. “But I can only speculate that right now he’s reluctant to get tied down with a family.”

William isn’t alone. Kate is having to much fun playing global fashion icon to get busy. “There have been rumors that Kate has had difficulty conceiving, but my guess is that she doesn’t want to spoil that gorgeous figure,” Davies explains. “The flight attendant’s daughter is suddenly the world’s most adored fashion icon. With a baby, the glamour would be over.”

Prince Harry isn’t helping matters – he’s repeatedly joked that his older brother became “middle-aged” after the wedding. And having a front-row seat to Harry’s well-documented bachelor lifestyle hasn’t made things easier for William.

“He sees Harry with a string of beautiful girls, and he must regret missing out on so much because he was tied to Kate,” says Davies. Harry’s peer pressure appears to be working.

In June, William was pictured leaving a London bar with an old hell-raiser pal, nightclub owner Guy Pelly. Another time, he was spotted enjoying a raucous night out with a friend in Surrey –with no sign of Kate. Does William want to make up for lost time?

“Some feel he should have sown some wild oats before settling down,” one veteran royal correspondent tells Star. “You just hope he hasn’t got married too young and is tempted by other women.”

Says another: “William is definitely breaking out on his own. He enjoys a booze-up with the boys, and he’s no longer living in Kate’s pocket.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Ugh. Doesn’t Will sound like such a d-bag in this story? And in what world is 30 years old “too young” to be married? And what about all the times William and Kate broke up and he hooked up with other women? I guess that doesn’t count for “sowing his royal oats” because he was “tied to Kate”. Basically, it feels like the royal press is already working on a pro-William storyline in case this marriage doesn’t work out. Before you yell at me – I think William and Kate will stay married. For a while, at least. I think Kate will have a baby and then… anything goes. I think Kate has already shown William that she’s perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to his infidelities, both past and future. And here’s something else that the pro-William contingent needs to consider: Kate is already working her own press machine, and she has been for years. If the royal family ever tries to push Kate aside, she and the Middletons have The Mail on speed-dial. It could get very, very messy.

PS… It also occurs to me that all of this talk about “they don’t have time for sex” is maybe the precursor to explain away a pre-Olympic vacation? They’re totally due for a vacation, y’all.

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  1. cmc says:

    Wow. If any of that is true, Prince William is a massive douche. And Kate is an empty-headed pretty waste of space, so maybe they’re even more well suited for each other than I’d previously thought.

    Whatever their arrangement is, I hope it works for them. She gets a title and money for pretty clothes, he gets…??? A wife? Whatever happened to Pippa, by the way?

    • irishserra says:

      I agree. And both of them knew what they were getting into. No surprises on either side. It wasn’t like Will was forced to marry the girl. I think this biographer is pulling things out of his ass.

      • Liv says:

        Yup – when they broke up, he had the chance to move on. He knew that would be his choice for the rest of his life.

    • backwards says:

      Agreed.

      Plus MISSED OUT??? How about all those girls you slept with while dating her? You were hardly missing out on anything Wills.

  2. mel2 says:

    Not sure I’m buying into these rumors but they do seem to be a boring couple.

  3. spitfire says:

    Silly Willy!

  4. Micki says:

    Hm, I never saw her as a fashion icon, good they tell me so.She dresses conservatively (as expected from her I guess), she knows what works for her but that sums it up. Oh, yes I actually like her buttons! and hate her mascara.
    And they are a couple for 10 years now.No wonder if it got sexless.Shit happens.
    I don’t doubt they both are able to close their eyes and think of England when the time comes!

  5. Dibba says:

    Their whole lives sound horrific to me. It’s like a prison.

  6. DanaG says:

    William had several ‘official’ girlfriends and many ‘unofficial’ ones before and during his time with Kate. If she doesn’t mind him having a wandering eye then she isn’t likely to be too upset by things. It is something of a Royal right to have a mistress but only once you have had an heir. Maybe that is why Kate doesn’t want to produce a baby? Also being royals they wouldn’t be tied down to a baby they will still travel all over the world. Royals don’t let babies stop them doing anything even if it means on missing huge portions of their lives. I don’t see William doing that though he is too much like his mother. Kate could have trouble getting pregnant when you are too thin it can and does cause problems conceiving. As for Pippa who cares she looks about 40 and has questionable taste in clothes to say the least. Now there is someone the press are going to turn on.

  7. Suzie says:

    She’s certainly not locked away at their “isolated country estate.” She has her hair done in London every 3 days and is photographed shopping there often. My question is, are they ever in Wales?

    • Veruca says:

      No. It’s pretty much a title, and that’s about it.

      I don’t know if they’re happy, but I do wish people would stop comparing her to his mother. Will’s made it quite clear he will not have Kate being another Diana (whom, people forget, was not a saint by any means), and it wouldn’t surprise me if the royals are controlling nearly every aspect of her life.

      • LAK says:

        Veruca, it was a given that whom ever he married was going to be compared to Diana. By giving her Diana’s iconic ring, he pretty much yoked her to Diana whether he intended to or not.

        The diana comparisons from a work perspective are due to the fact that she made the charitable aspects of the royal family so outstanding that it is now expected of most of them even if they are not charitably inclined. Just like the military is expected of the boys in the immediate succession positions. Edward will never live down his decision not to have a military career.

        Kate using fashion and make up as her only public face these past 15months also yokes her to Diana who did the same for her role in the Royal family.

        If Kate had really not wanted to invite the comparisons, she would have used Anne’s fashion sense and recycle technique as her guide.

      • Veruca says:

        I don’t disagree — but if you’ve followed the British press, you’ll know that they were constantly picking on Anne’s sense of fashion.

        I don’t think the girl can win no matter what she does. If she gets too fat, too thin, how she does or doesn’t do her hair, the fact that her husband told the world what to expect of her role and the public ignored it — she always fails.

        I’m not a fan either way, but I think the lady’s getting a really unfair deal. And living in St. Diana’s (gag) shadow is an impossible expectation to live up to. Lord knows, Diana sure as hell didn’t (but her fails have been conveniently forgotten).

        I just think people are way too harsh on her.

      • ANGELIC 20 says:

        Veruca

        how would you feel if you get a future state head who do nothing and is a glorified clotheshorse ? i think people are harsh on her because of her own doing , if she would have worked for a charity part time before marriage or any job or any interest other then being at william’s beck and call i would cut her some slack but she did nothing . i have been seeing her doing nothing for not just last year but from the past 10 years and it irks me that now all of a sudden she is a role model or someone to look up to . half of the people already don’t like her and by not working (for whatever reasons ) she is digging her own grave .they got rid of the most popular and beloved princess diana and they can very easily do the same to her especially since in her case she is waity katie to tabloids and william is the darling (like his mother ) ,a man looking to fill up a gap left by his mother’s death .if william ever choose to dump her she will not stand a single chance in front of him .

      • Sachi says:

        @ Veruca,

        The press criticizes Anne for her wardrobe because they can’t criticize anything else.

        Can you say the same for Kate? The press focuses on her clothes, her weight, her eyeliner, and her hair because she’s got nothing else going on for her. Her charity works are not taken seriously because she was never someone who did a lot of charity work until she got married, so now it just comes across as something she must do to ingratiate herself, and she doesn’t even do a good job of it.

        So you get these “harsh” stories and criticisms because Kate has less charisma than a potted plant and doesn’t seem to be doing anything to remedy it.

        At this rate, it would be better if she, William, the Palace, or whoever is handling her to have her be like Diana when it comes to doing royal duties and her sincere, genuine persona in public.

        Not have Kate be like Diana? On what aspect? Attract attention? Isn’t she already doing that, no matter what she does? She overshadows everyone whenever she goes to an event anyway, so this argument about “The Palace doesn’t want another Diana” doesn’t really hold much water since Kate has had the press’s attention since she became William’s girlfriend. That’s not likely to change, so why not put her to work and tell her to at least pretend she’s interested in the events she attends and the people she meets?

        The press doesn’t report about her bored and uninterested attitude and her stupid, inane comments, so they only focus on her clothes and hair.

        But the people who read them and who see the photos/videos can surmise it for themselves. So they comment on it, and they are not gentle and kind in their criticisms.

        I am one of Kate’s critics. I don’t wish her harm. I don’t wish her to fail. But I do wish that she would learn how to show a more genuine side of her than what I’ve seen the past 15 months. She’s come across as smug, arrogant, and fake to me over several events I’ve seen her attend. She’s new to this, I’ll give her that. But I hope she progresses, because the stories aren’t going to get better if she doesn’t.

      • Veruca says:

        Well, I’m not going to say anyone is ‘wrong’ in their perceptions, but if my memory serves (and that’s always subject to debate), Diana didn’t start her charity work until much later (after Will & Harry wore born). She stood by Charles and looked pretty/shy/timid — whatever the press’ mood that day (and they were not kind) — and her wardrobe, hair, makeup, and lack of public speaking ability was of constant discussion and/or criticism.

        Again, William established before the marriage that he would NOT have Kate being a Diana. If he, or the Queen wanted her doing anything beyond what she is, she’d be doing it.

        I just don’t believe the lady has that much liberty.

      • ANGELIC 20 says:

        Veruca

        Diana started supporting Aids after harry’s birth but she started appearing alone before william’s birth ,after william’s birth ,during pregnancy . Comparing diana only makes kate look even more bad , you are comparing a 19 years old high school pass out to a 30 years old collage graduate woman who was full aware of what she was getting herself into and was not alien to media attention or paparazzi unlike diana . diana gave her first speech in welsh and way more fluently then kate , there is just no comparisons between these two woman . with all her faults she did more then kate can ever even dream of considering her progress and performance . as far as queen not allowing kate to work is wrong imo , i think it is william who do not want her to work and she do not seems to have a problem with this plan .

      • Micki says:

        @Sachi:
        When you talk about inane questions
        do you refer to her “Are they still being produced?” about Faberge eggs, when shown one? And she studied history of arts I believe? I pissed myself laughing…

      • LAK says:

        @Veruca – let’s hope for all our sakes that she’s not a prisoner bride despite appearrances.

        Most of what they all do is a combination of charity and patronages and meet& greet & inspect the society of teapot makers and other such organisations.

        Diana started out working with Charles on a combination of the above as was normal for all royals. She wasn’t given any time learn the ropes or take time out because she was pregnant with the heirs. Over time, She preferred working for underprivileged, health and humanitarian charities, and re-aligned her work in that direction.

        Later when she was fighting with the Palace and CHarles, she used the lack of care to point fingers at the palace. So this time, Palace and RF are making sure that Kate and the public don’t have any reason to complain. Ever.

        Take something as simple as protocol. We all know, because the palace has made sure to tell us, that Kate is receiving protocol. So when Kate messes up, we don’t point fingers at the palace, we point them at Kate.

        I think whom ever William married would have suffered the comparisons, as will any daughters they have if they make the mistake of calling her Diana.

        I think he made a mistake by giving her that particular ring. You can see on videos when they do walkabouts, the crowds are shaking Kate’s hand, but they are asking to see and touch Diana’s ring. From that perspective, i feel very sorry for her.

        BTW:- i don’t subscribe to notion that she can’t over come this comparison. I think she can if she tries, but she won’t and so it goes on. Her own Jigsaw boss said she wasn’t really interested in being her own person and was ok with pandering to other people’s dictations of her life. I want her to roar Diana/Katie Holmes style [without the destructive elements] but i don’t think we will.

        That same quality is also what makes me think that she will not be a helpful Queen Consort because she only goes along with what she is told to do rather than seek out or question etc. What ever will she do if there is some kind of crisis during the reign? let’s hope Ma Middleton lives long enough to be a special advisor.

      • Veruca says:

        Thanks LAK — I thought that was the way it played out, too.

        A lot of brain cells have been erased since the 80s (:P). I can’t always trust the memories.

        Regardless, I agree with your assessment. I hope the gilded cage isn’t too suffocating, and I wish people would cut the chick a bit more slack.

        I mean, she has to curtsy to princesses in her own home (when she’ll one day be Queen). Yeah, that sounds like someone with a lot of personal freedom to me.

      • HME says:

        @LAK- do you really think he didn’t realize the implications of giving her Diana’s ring?? He might as well have had a sign installed over her head saying please compare Kate and Diana.

        I think if Kate and Will were actually living living the life they are trying to project (hard workng RAF pilot and house wife who doesn’t want to be a clothes horse who live in Wales) then people wouldn’t give them such a hard time. But they aren’t. Will only seems to turn up for work when there is a photo op of some kind, they mainly live in London apparently, Kate spends her time shopping for clothes and getting her hair done every THREE DAYS, she wears expensive designer clothes to meet riot victims and can’t even wear her hair pulled back to tour a cancer ward or take a cooking lesson. And they go on so many vacations!! If Kate wants to be a WAG she should have married a footballer not the future King of England.

        Does Hary actually work or is he like William too?

      • LAK says:

        @HME – i know because you can see the results that they invoke the ghost of diana when it suits them.

        I can’t tell whether it was deliberate or naivety in giving her that ring because to be honest, there wasn’t much diana fever in the press as a whole until Kate popped up with THAT ring on her finger.

        He was very naive in giving her that ring if he thought it wasn’t symbolically yoking Kate to Diana.

        She doesn’t help matters by always flashing it.

        Harry takes all his jobs seriously. He works 5 days of the week like a regular person unless he is on Royal/charity duties. if you notice press pictures of Harry doing extra curriculum activites like bar hopping and surfing etc, it is always at the weekend.

      • HME says:

        @ LAK- If he truly was naive as to what giving her that ring would mean then he’s not anywhere as savy as he likes to think he is. I think it was a mistake too. It been over a year and it still ‘Diana’s ring”, I don’t think it will ever really be Kate’s ring. Plus it’s just ugly! I hated that ring on Diana and it doesn’t look any better on Kate. It’s just sooooo 80’s, not an elegant piece at all.

        Phew about Harry! That’s what I thought but then I used to believe the PR about Will and the RAF.

      • boredsuburbanhousewife says:

        @LAK the ring puzzles me too! Why do you think he was so keen to give THAT ring to Kate instead of choosing a new one especially for her, or perhaps an “old ring” from the family collection that does not awaken so many turbulent emotions? Also agree it is an ugly 80s ring.

      • LAK says:

        @boredsuburbanhousewife – This was the answer William gave to that very question at the engagement conference.

        ‘As you may recognise now, it’s my mother’s engagement ring. so of course it is special to me. Kate is very special to me now as well. it is only right that the two of them are put together, but it’s my way of making sure that my mother didn’t miss out on today and the excitement, and the fact that we are going to spend the rest of our lives together.’

        I can be charitable and say he was naive but he thinks he is a seasoned media player, which means he can’t be unaware of the Diana mystic and how it extends to him so i question his motives beyond being a loving BF proposing to his GF with his mother’s ring.

      • Mare says:

        @ ANGELIC 20
        She said she worked for her parents’s company. If you have proof that she lied, please share.

  8. Anaya says:

    Maybe there’s a tiny bit of truth to these rumors, some of which I think were surfacing long before the engagement and wedding. Nothing is ever really as it seems. I don’t think it’s all doom and gloom for Wills and Kate in the future but I don’t think everything is that great now either.

  9. Hope says:

    I just read a story about how they go off to Scotland from time to time, and how they just recently went “because they were so ticked off about their honeymoon pics being leaked.” It seemed like it came right from their camp, both as a justification for the vacation, and as a response to “the honeymoon is over” press. Oh geez, it looks like Marie Claire even picked up on the story!

    So yes, they’ve taken vacations, but they’re just being subtle about it. Probably because everyone is railing against them every time they find out that they’re off doing nothing, AGAIN.

  10. Kate says:

    She should hook up with Harry;D he seems 1000 times more interesting than Will…

  11. MooHoo says:

    I think this is very mean-spirited. It is all Davies take on it and his speculation. I don’t think it is fair to write off this marriage one year after the wedding. They always seem perfectly okay with one another in public. K knew what she was getting in to and so did W when they tied the knot. So what if Harry has a bevy of beauties. You read elsewhere that he wishes he had one girlfriend that he could settle down with. I am not a big royalist, but Kate gets a real hammering all the time about her figure, her fashion, her hair, her eyeliner, her family and some man speculating, that she might be finding it hard to conceive – enough already. It is too much. She has a boring and difficult job and it can’t be easy.

    • ozmom says:

      Thanks, MH! Totally agree! Kate can’t win, bless her heart. She found her prince and let’s let them live their lives!

  12. Raven says:

    Both Wills and Kate come off badly in this interview and I don’t believe any of it. What did this “conspiracy theorist” think Wills was missing out on after he met Kate? They clearly had fun and after they broke up, Wills sowed wild oats. He apparently didn’t like it much. This is one more fameseeker trying to ride the royal family’s coattails (or skirt hem,if you will).

  13. T.C. says:

    Missed out on what. Waity Katie let him have all the strange he wanted. Guy sowed all the Oates he wanted in England. Not jumping on the poor William bandwagon.

  14. Talie says:

    Oh, honey, Kate is way *WAY* too pragmatic to ever give up her position. She worked for too long and too hard to get where she is. She would absolutely turn a blind eye and live a separate life before she would ever give up the chance to be Queen.

  15. LAK says:

    i know that STAR is a tabloid blah blah blah….., but who has Kate pissed off at The Palace?? no way is this sudden deluge of negative stories [true or untrue] about her or blaming her for stuff she hasn’t done a coincidence. The media don’t just start running like this plus Kate as a star, liked by all members of RF is a narrative that protects the RF and makes them look good.

    • ANGELIC 20 says:

      hey LAK ,

      did you read the Italian tabloids saying that they have pictures of kate at a commercial sex parties and they are about to be released very soon ? i think it will damage the tabloids propaganda (if it is true )and will be a shock to all saint kate fans . i don’t think she will be able to get pass this especially since she is already so much disliked .

      i think the negative stories are coming out because kate the great is not selling very well . imo and experience other then true royalists and teenagers no one is buying this kate whitewash because we are aware of her past and this normal wife pr image is disaster in the light of her poor performance ,lack of work ,expenses on clothes make up hair , vacations , and her family following around also doesn’t help . i actually feeling a little sorry for her fans that the true colors of this media created fairly tail are beginning to show . this reminds me of tabloids reporting on diana just before her death or duchess of pork , i think media is taking their gloves off and she better start reproducing or working before they damage her image permanently (something i am not holding my breath for ). i have to admit , i didn’t expect this backlash so soon . i guess we are not the only one who are disappointed with her .

      • Alti says:

        sex parties? I´m googling it….

        “Kate Middleton’s soon to be ex-BFF Emma Sayle is under investigation for using her house for sex parties.(…) It is reported that Kate has been snapped by a cell phone camera as she got frisky at one of these parties.”

        WOW Kate has a FRIEND?

      • LAK says:

        @Alti – That’s what i picked out too. Kate has/had a friend?? who wasn’t/isn’t William’s friend??

        @Angelic20 – i am not sure that they have pictures. why tease rather than just show the pictures.

        i know that Kate attended premiere for a mockumentary for a sex toy/film back in her pre-engagement days which was connected to Emma sayles, and there is a camera phone picture of her at the event.

        I have a hunch that is the picture that everyone is talking about as the picture was never widely circulated.

      • Alti says:

        here is the pic of Kate on a sex toy party:

        http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly6nvk7x8A1r5eib1o1_500.jpg

      • LAK says:

        @Alti – that’s the picture i was talking about.

    • Sachi says:

      I think it’s simply because the media has nothing else to focus on.

      They’ve already done the rounds of touting her as a style icon, a modern fashionista, an inspiration and role model for girls, her supposedly sexy and beautiful body, the constant attention on her clothes, etc.

      They’ve done the “They are so in love! Modern fairy tale couple! Wedding of the century!” spins on her marriage.

      They’ve done the pregnancy watch and speculations.

      And so far, what results have they gotten? Nothing.

      So now they’ve used up all the goodwill that they can extend, they’re now looking for the dirty laundry. They whitewashed Kate’s life as well as her family’s, but not everyone is buying it and the constant fawning over her clothes have gotten boring.

      The only thing that amazes me is how quickly the tide has turned. Even Sarah Ferguson had a lot of leeway in the first few years of her marriage.

      I think that whoever has been handling Kate’s PR messed up. The announcements and posturing that she’d take 2 years off and will not do much is starting to backfire IMO. They should have had Kate do a steady round of charity work so the media can push the angle of the philanthropic Duchess with the big heart, the kind Duchess who dedicates her time into volunteering and helping others.

      Had Kate developed a career, or at least a body of work in volunteering before she got engaged, then she’d appear as a more sympathetic figure.

      However, her lack of charity work in the past 10 years doesn’t show a woman who’s always been interested in helping others, so her charity work now that she’s a royal seems more of an obligation, an expectation, than her own initiative.

      The Palace has been scrambling to do damage control for her for the past 10 months or so, beginning with her scar/hair extensions. It seems like with Kate, it’s always spin after PR spin. They can’t fool everyone all the time.

      • LAK says:

        @sachi – I do not think they should have done any pr to begin with.

        It’s like Kate Moss. She never gave any interviews, we saw her partying, saw the wasted pictures, but yet no one really knew anything. she had mystic. Then she started giving interviews….as my grannie says…oy vey!!!

        They shouldn’t have pr’d Kate middleton. even for the engagement beyond ‘she’s looking forward to marrying William.’ period.

        Ditto after the wedding. it should have stopped at ‘I am happy to be married to william’ [‘the love of my life’ if we must]. period.

        That’s why Harry, B&E are winning the media war.

        To some extent they are fighting negative images already implanted in the public’s mind, just like Kate before the white wash.

        By remaining silent and not raising any expectations of themselves or PR-ing their images, everyone is pleasantly surprised when they do come out for royal occasions or charities.

        The Palace started PR-ing Kate’s image from before the engagement, went into overdrive afterwards thus raising everybody’s expectations.

        Everything they do now is simply damage control until they give that up too and then the knives really will be out.

        Many of the commentors who criticise Kate talk about being/feeling disappointed because they have had years of being indoctrinated with the idea that she is the second coming.

      • mayamae says:

        Sachi/LAK/Angelic 20 –

        How was Edward and Sophie’s courtship and early marriage handled? I know the American press spent about 5 minutes comparing her looks to Diana’s then nothing. I don’t even remember coverage of when they had their children.

        Are they that boring? Do they live that quietly or do stories on them not sell well? I always assumed they were just happy that Edward settled down and actually married a woman.

      • ANGELIC 20 says:

        mayamae

        Sophie have two young children , did roughly around 230 engagements last year , supports a lot of charities involving children . Edward and Sophie together with all the other senior royals do not get that much press because they are not young and happening . It’s sad because you will be surprised when you see that most royals come out on a weekly basis , supports hundreds of charities and do so much work in uk , commonwealth and around the world . Any way here an article about sophie and her charities :

        http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9370089/Countess-of-Wessex-the-Royal-Familys-latest-style-icon.html

        also no of engagements by spohie :230
        by edward:255
        They are also full time parents to 2 young children (their children are not attending a boarding school yet ) . Sophie was the first real commoner with actual (no millions) middle class family marrying into rf, she started her own pr firm and even tried working after her wedding but due to a scandal she retired from her own company and started doing full time royal duties . She had selected her charities and made visits within 3 months after her wedding . She is one of my favorite royals at the time. She also had two life threatening pregnancies .

      • LAK says:

        @Mayamae – I think she’s relieved that one of her children didn’t marry a drama queen and the marriage will probably go the distance.

        Sophie and Edward dated for 6 years prior to wedding and for alot of that they semi-lived together at BP. The Queen has always liked Sophie, and that friendship appears to have deepened because they meet up quite often privately and go riding together etc. I also think she gets on very well with most of the family, and seems modest with regards pecking order and being elevated into the RF. Her family is the same. Like The Middletons, they are invited to all the royal occasions. They don’t always attend, but they are very modest and keep in the background.

        Edward and her live quietly in Surrey. If there are any scandals, they aren’t reported on. They do something like 250+ engagements every year but get very little media reports. i think after the fake sheikh drama Sophie also learnt to live a quiet life.

        I always thought Sophie looked a tiny bit like Diana, and i still do. Whatever she’s doing healthwise, i think she’s aging very well.

        As for children, it’s amazing she has the two that she does. It was all IVF treatments, lost babies, difficult pregnancies on of which nearly killed her, terrible births etc. It certainly wasn’t a smooth experience for her at all.

      • mayamae says:

        Angelic 20 and LAK –

        Thanks for the info. I hope it doesn’t get too irritating for you answering questions. I guess I am still curious why Andrew was allowed to marry Sarah Ferguson – I don’t think she hid the kind of person she was. Was it simply because he is the Queen’s favourite?

      • LAK says:

        @Mayamea – Andrew and Sarah are two peas in a pod. The marriage may have blown for other reasons, but not the usual ones because they were/are soul mates -per their own words to this day. They were forced to divorce which is ironic when the marriage barely stood a chance as they were kept apart for long periods during the marriage.

        With regards her personality, she wasn’t an unknown quantity. She grew up around the royals, her father was PC polo manager. Andrew was her occasional playmate. However, it is hard to predict how people who aren’t royal will turn out even if like Sarah you have the best intentions going in.

        Many of her personal problems are the result of the palace not reigning her in whilst simultaneously indulging and protecting her so she grew more and more entitled until she felt she could do anything and it would be covered up. She went too far, they cut her off with barely a dime – in terms of her acquired status and lifestyle, the results of which you see today. The fact that they still bail her out from time to time means that she will never learn the lesson so she can change her ways.

  16. melmel says:

    Hasnt it been noted that Kate has said that William is lucky to have her not the other way around? Yes he is lucky to have someone that would accept his dalliances? As of not having a kid, well they should not rally wait. What if she has problems conceiving? Also she is lucky to have him. That wardrobe, the globe trotting, the money, not having to work and vacay

    • Elise says:

      I’ve always found that comment odd (if Kate did say that). I would say she is lucky to have been picked by him because he has what her family craves for: the title; the aristocratic lifestyle; prestige; etc. If you think about it, who has more to lose if their marriage does not work out? Who’s lucky to have who?

  17. RobN says:

    The problem with stories like this one is that the information that’s supposed to be so shocking is information that only people who are actually in the room could possibly know. Unless Will or Kate is pulling a Diana and cozying up to a “journalist” to screw over the Royal family, then it really is just made up crap.

  18. Lindy says:

    Actually, I kind of am surprised that they have not started in on the baby-making yet (if, in fact, that’s case–who knows, perhaps they are having trouble conceiving). I fully expected she’d have gotten pregnant by now. So maybe their sex life *is* boring as hell? 10 years is a long time if you’re not paying careful attention that aspect of your relationship. It can get dull. And they both seem a bit dull anyhow…

    • Brenda C. says:

      Many people have reasoned that William and Catherine are postponing a pregnancy until after their tour of Southeast Asia later this year. I do suspect an announcement will come in December. If there isn’t an announcement I think that would be a cause of concern for the state of their marriage.

  19. XOxoXO says:

    Maybe the negative press is to pressure them to get on the baby making so that they are at least working in terms of child rearing.

  20. Djinn says:

    He’ll have affairs like every other English blue blood in history and she’ll ignore and go shopping like the dull, vapid Sloane Ranger wannabe she is.

    • flower says:

      You’re 99% right about the affairs, but there have been a few who were faithful, the Queens father for example.

  21. HoustonGrl says:

    Kaiser, are you going to write about those honeymoon pics :)??

    On the topic of Kate and Wills’ 10-year romance, I do personally believe that 20 is too young to settle down, especially for men. However, after everything Wills had been through, maybe he was happy to find a constant in his life (Kate). Plus, her family seem like they know how to have a good time, i.e., live lavishly apparently on Wills’ dime.

    Whatever the case, it’s not like either of them didn’t know what they were getting into with this marriage.

    • Mare says:

      I agree with you about marrying in twenties. Although this opinion is not very popular with my friends who got married in their twenties 🙂 It’s very hard to be with only one person most of your life, especially for men (not all of course). When they hit fourties and have been married for more than 20 years, well… I don’t know, I’m not very optimistic.

      • bettyrose says:

        I don’t think it’s true that it’s easier for women to be with just one partner for life. If anything, I would say that the observation misses the point that women enter their years of sexual desirability at much younger ages than do men. So, a 20 year old woman who marries has probably been dating/flirting (even if not sleeping with) with older boys & men since she was 11 or 12. Whereas her husband at 20 is probably marrying his 1st or 2nd serious girlfriend.

      • Mare says:

        @ bettyrose
        Since 11 or 12? Sounds a bit too young… I don’t know…. I still think it’s more often men and not women who get bored with sleeping with just one person and want to try something new. This is generalisation of course but in 9/10 cases it’s men who risk family, long marriages and stability for something new on the side.

      • bettyrose says:

        @Mare – It does seem to be a stereotype that’s backed up by data, but I know that in my case, I started dating when I was 12 (in an age appropriate way, but still). And I routinely became bored in relationships and developed a wandering eye until I met “the one” in my late twenties. He had also had quite a prolific love life prior to meeting me, and now I tend to think that the formula for staying interested is 1 part lots of experience + 1 part genuine interest in each other. I guess I really and truly don’t get why women would have less of a wandering eye than men if those above factors aren’t present.

  22. A says:

    They don’t seem interested in having children and look very awkward around kids (from what I’ve seen anyway). Especially Kate.
    Maybe they don’t even want children? Not all married couples want children…it’s a shame since their main job is to produce an heir…and a spare.

    • Janet says:

      In their position, it’s not a question of wanting children, it’s their duty to the crown to have some. A childless king and queen? Perish the thought.

      The English royals have always impressed me as an absolutely useless lot, with the exception of Diana, who, although she was definitely no saint, at least gave the impression of caring about life outside the rarified atmosphere of the palace by her interest in helping AIDS victims. I remember when she visited the pediatric AIDS ward in Harlem Hospital in NYC and she wasn’t afraid to pick up the AIDS children and hold them, when a lot of people acted like they were contaminated and wouldn’t come near them. I thought it was a very gracious gesture on her part. Kate acts like she’s got nothing in her head but what she’s going to wear for the next two weeks.

  23. DaisieB says:

    Star is among the lowest of the low in tabloids and that is saying a lot since none of them are above printing stories which have no basis in truth whatsoever. If there is no story they will pull anything out of their a$$ just to elicit a reaction from the subjects.

    William is the future king and the palace gives him and Kate their marching orders. This Jubilee thing and the Olympics are not to be overshadowed by a royal pregnancy or Pippa’s love life. Nothing is to take focus off the Queen. The years prior to the wedding were basic training in royal life and responsibility for Kate. William did say that he wanted her to have every chance to back out.

    William hates and mistrusts the press and holds them responsible for his mother’s death…and rightly so!

    Kate and the Middletons and his military career are his escape from scrutiny and his chance at normalcy. I do not think for a second that he or she are passionate for royal life. He and Harry have inherited their mother’s empathy for the helpless rather than what appears to be the palace’s disgust for the common man. It may just be a generational thing, but the ruling generation , which didn’t do such a great job with their kids, just goes on and on.

    William appears not to enjoy the ceremonial events or encounters where paps have intruded on his personal time.The tabloids interpret this scowling as negative feelings for his bride. How many hundreds of pics do they scan to find a split-second expression that will back-up the narrative they think will sell the most papers.

    I feel very sorry for them. He can’t walk away from his destiny regardless.

    • bluhare says:

      He could very well walk away. His great great uncle did it. He wouldn’t be treated nearly as badly either.

      That’s what I don’t get. He could certainly walk away if he chose. Then he could work the job he says he loves. Only he wouldn’t get all the breaks due to being a “working royal”.

      So I call BS on that stuff. It’s probably Kate who wouldn’t want him to walk away even if he was so inclined.

      • Sachi says:

        William is self-centered and has a big ego.

        But he doesn’t have the cojones to pull an abdication. Edward VIII gave it all up for the woman he loved.

        Does William love Kate? From all his cheating and philandering while he was dating her, to him treating her as no more than a doormat available to his beck and call, I doubt he truly loves her in the sense that he’d give it all up if she asks him of it and even then I really don’t think he’d walk away and have Harry or someone else assume his position.

        He loves being a royal. He loves being the media’s Golden Boy and being protected from all the stories that can damage his reputation.

        He also loves his job at the RAF because he gets to use it as an excuse for when he’s asked to assume his responsibilities as a full-time royal. He gets to use the RAF as the image of the “humble Prince” who prefers normalcy to being ‘imprisoned’ in a gilded cage.

        And from all the fawning and defense of his so-called job from Kate’s fans who adore anything that has to do with those two, William is doing a good job of selling an image, isn’t he?

        Only those who pay attention know that he takes so much time off that if he weren’t a Prince, he’d have been fired a long time ago. Only those who read the reports about his ‘progress’ at his job know that he shouldn’t have been allowed to be a S-a-R pilot in the first place, because his eyesight isn’t 20/20, and it was due to special treatment that he got that job.

        Walk away? William is only posturing when he mentions how hard it is to have his life. He’s loving every minute of it. The only reason I think why he says it’s a tough decision to leave the RAF is because he’d no longer have a hiding place to use as an excuse the next time he’s asked why he hasn’t done much in terms of royal duties but he has all the time he wants to go on vacations and holidays. Again, the perks of being a royal. William won’t want to give those up.

      • mayamae says:

        Sachi –

        Please tell me you don’t admire Edward VIII. He was such a sniveling, weak, Nazi-sympathizer. In fact I’m embarassed that an American woman had him by the nose.

        I know I’ll be corrected if I’m wrong about this. It seems to me that the current Queen’s life was somewhat devastated by the abdication. In fact I’ve often read that the Queen’s mother blamed Wallis Simpson for the early death of her father.

        It seems to me that the idea of an abdication would be considered even more of a betrayal now than it was back then. Both Charles and William have been taught this is their destiny. It may suck but they need to grin and bear it I would think.

        Please correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not a British citizen of course.

      • LAK says:

        @Mayamae – Sachi & British/Commonwealth do not admire Edward VIII.

        I presume what Sachi means is that William is very much like Edward VIII in the sense that they are both self indulgent, came to resent their royal duties despite the public loving them. They both complain all the time about the burden of their royal destiny. They both would rather indulge in ‘normalcy’ than perform any royal duties. It is said that was part of Mrs Simpson’s charm ie that even as she indulged him, she treated him as a normal person which he loved.

        When Edward VIII was finally king, he apparently neglected his basic royal duties such as reviewing and possibly commenting on the various daily/weekly governmental papers in favour of his personal life.

        In the end he put everyone out of their misery and abdicated. William will not for the very reason you have stated.

        I have been reading a biography of the period and i think that whilst Mrs Simpson was foolish, and got in over her head, in the end it was all his fault. As the King’s brother, a popular one at that, he couldn’t be blamed directly or have his shortcomings pointed out. It was easier to point fingers at Mrs Simpson who wasn’t much liked, least of all by the Queen Mother.

        The Queen Mother would have blamed Mrs Simpson for everything if she could get away with doing so. She definitely blamed her for her husband’s early death but i question that seeing as he was a heavy smoker who died from lung cancer. That said, i am sure that behind the scenes he was super stressed all the time in a job he hadn’t been trained to do. Both Queen Mary [the current Queen’s grandmother] and Queen Mother were so shocked that Edward VII would choose love over duty that they probably terrorised our current Queen into fetishing it. The abdication also threatened to topple the royal family so the new King and Queen had to re-fashion themselves differently to win over the public.

        As for the Nazi leanings, the entire establishment, including The Queen’s own father, at that time was sympathetic to the Nazis. Only Churchill was an early and vocal opponent. This was simply how everyone felt until war was declared.

        We all know that history is told by the victors, so entire European establishment white washed their reputations except for a few who couldn’t or were not allowed to defend themselves including Edward VIII.

      • mayamae says:

        LAK – As always, thanks for the feedback.

    • ANGELIC 20 says:

      Daisie B

      inherit his mother’s empathy ? since when ? do you know that he has made only two visits to actual charity in the last 14 months since his wedding ? just compare this number to the 6 vacations he took in this year alone . he is even more lazy ,entitled ,spoiled then kate . harry is diana’s son .wiliiam is windsor inside and out .

  24. Lisa Turtle says:

    The problem isn’t Kate. Although dreadfully dull, the Duchess is only a symbol of whats causing William’s malaise.

    William is undergoing a midlife (or quarterlife) crisis. By all accounts, William is private, and a bit of a control freak. Now his life is rapidly changing and he’s not in control of those changes. The carefree days of youth are over for him, and the uncertainty of his future is probably extremely unsettling.

    Now that he is a grown man, a husband (and soon a father) he’s going to be expected to take on more royal duties. He won’t be as protected, as sheilded, as he has been for 15 years. He was Diana’s boy – the darling young Prince, the golden heir. He’s spent the better part of a decade avoiding the public, avoiding royal life, and avoiding his responsibilities and obligations.

    Prince Phillip is ill, a sick grandfather is enough to make anyone think of their own mortality. Let alone, the realization that when Phillip and the Queen pass, William will HAVE to move up the line. He will HAVE to take on more work. Up until now, he’s been utterly pampered.

    Kate isn’t the only workshy Cambridge.

  25. Laura says:

    “gorgeous figure?” no.

    • Nymeria says:

      In this case, “gorgeous” is code for “thin” and does not actually mean “gorgeous.”

      Some people find her gorgeous, but, as I believe she has an eating disorder, I do not find her to be attractive in the slightest. (Side note: Even before the weight loss, she had a sly, conniving b-tchface that was a huge turn-off.)

  26. shar says:

    My God, why the rush for kids??? Get to really know each other first. Why, or why do seemingly intelligent people believe the press the biggest liars in the WORLD. This is a different generation folks and believe me if anyone knows the press, William does. They destroyed his mother. Kate & William are like any newlyweds trying to find the right balance. Not sure how many commenters on here are married, but I would give anything to live in your perfect world..

    • bluhare says:

      It’s because Kate’s only duty is to provide an heir and a spare. They will have two children just like Charles and Diana. Both the Queen and Charles were either pregnant or had children within a year of their marriage.

      There have been stories about not upstaging the Queen at the jubilee, but that seems so stupid. What better thing for the Queen to show everyone that the line is being continued?

      • mayamae says:

        In a perfect world a 30 y/o woman would have no problems getting pregnant. Even if they tested her fertility (I have no idea if they are still that archaic), there is often unexplained fertility.

        I would think they would want to get the show on the road to make sure there aren’t any problems. Of course most marriages benefit from holding off kids but this is no typical marriage.

        If I were Kate I would practically be taking fertility meds. God – get the pressure off the bump watchers and I would think the press would be nicer for awhile at least.

    • iseepinkelefants says:

      The rush? They’ve been together 10 years.

  27. L says:

    These were all the same rumors that went around about them when he was in the military before they got married-so I think Star is recycling.

    And she might be in London frequently, but he’s not. And the pregnancy thing is totally on the queen. Don’t take away my thunder for the jubilee or the Olympics. Plus many people (even royals-take a look at most of the european houses) take at least a year or two to enjoy being a married couple before having kids.

    From what they have said first hand in interviews, I think they are ready for kids and will get to it when they get to it. I don’t think there’s some huge drama going on between them on it.

  28. nicole says:

    Unfortunately, they both have a role to play in this household/monarchy but come on….they should LIGHTEN UP. Smile, laugh, have fun…..in public they act as old as the Queen. It’s ok for them to act their ages in public. Maturity is one thing but stodgy is another. No wonder people can easily plant stories like this. That said, it’s an odd contradiction because they don’t do much (work-wise) so actually act younger than they are. So confused. lol.

    • shar says:

      These pictures are purposedly taken to make it look like she/he is upset or angry. We can’t all have a smile plastered on our face 24/7. Check around and see some of the pictures where they are glowing. I have seen one picture recycled of them when they were at a memorial…. honoring fallen soldiers…well hello… this is not a giggling affair… Don’t do much work wise. He is Search/Resue.. My son is currently trying to get into this and I couldn’t do it for any money. She is being groomed to take on much more for charity. If you don’t need money, do work for others. She is no dummy, University educated..

      • LAK says:

        @Shar – ‘She is no dummy, university educated….’

        Let me acquaint you with Kate’s pronouncements in public, and presumably coached before allowed to speak. List comes from RoyalDish.com a website dedicated to Royals of the world.

        1. ‘Do they still make them?” as she peered at the rare Faberge eggs. (As an Art History university graduate shouldn’t she have known that?)

        2. ‘Obviously I would have loved to have met her and she’s obviously an inspirational woman to look up to,’ (when she was asked about Diana.)

        3.’I’ve really enjoyed it, yeah, it’s been very interesting, umm, there’s lots of interesting, umm, lectures going on and things, so yeah” (when asked about her day at a marketing convention.)

        4. ‘”It’s all part of the plan” (when asked by a member of the public why she was so thin.)

        5. ‘can it. can you umm test the umm smell by smelling it?’ (to the sales lady at Fortum & Mason’s tea counter.)

        6. “what i think it was a initially a very big story and people did hear about it but i think because it has been going on people have perhaps lost track of their terrible situation and so i think this hopefully will put the light back on this crisis..i was shocked by some of the statistics and i think other people will be if they lost track of this story” (at Unicef. Can you name the crisis she’s talking about?)

        7.”I haven’t played since I stopped” ( on Hockey)

        8. ‘I have been to a fashion show before.’ (to University chancellor Lord Alli of De Montfort University as they watched a fashion show together)

        let’s not forget the ‘speech’ she gave at EACH where she read every other word in the speech including ‘William’ and ‘Thank you’.

        And many other dumb mistakes eg riot visit in brand new expensive McQueen.

        Is it any wonder they don’t let her speak??

      • Sachi says:

        LAK – so many gaffes in only 15 months. It’s really incredible isn’t it? No wonder her charity works must be done in secret 90% of the time. We might have more “Ummmm” instances than what we’ve already read/seen.

        Kate may have graduated from University, but from past outings, she doesn’t seem to have taken away much from her time in school. An Art degree graduate like her should know about Faberge eggs, or at least research it before she went to the event and made a fool of herself with the Queen.

        And that’s the crux of the matter with her. Every time she attends an event, she does something that make people question her intelligence because the things she does/says are what you’d expect from a 14-year old who doesn’t get out much, not a 30-year old who has a Masters of Art in Art History.

        Someone like her who went to a good University should be “experienced” in many things. But she doesn’t seem to have social skills beyond talking to other rich kids and celebrities and she’s at a loss when talking to clerks, charity organizers, and kids. She doesn’t know how to interact with them. What does that say about her and her life for the past 10 years? She’s never had to go inside a tea shop to buy tea? What else has she been doing for a decade aside from clinging to William?

        The things she says are just…so shallow and childish and as if she’s only learning about them 1 day before she goes to the event. She sounds so uninformed and unaware of even the littlest, simplest, most trivial things like tea leaves.

        It doesn’t take an analyst to answer properly when asked, “What do you think of the famine in Africa?” without bumbling and getting lost for words.

        It can be two things: she’s a nervous public speaker, like many people.

        Or she hasn’t taken the time to actually get to know about the crisis in Africa so she couldn’t string one coherent sentence together and the words she did say made no sense whatsoever.

        She’s had more stereotypical “blonde moments” than other ‘commoners’ who married into royalty.

      • Micki says:

        @LAX:
        I am speechless.I haven’t followed Kate/William romance closely although I find RF highly entertaining.But honestly I haven’t dreamed it’s so bad.It’s cringeworthy.
        Don’t the Palace offer some training?

      • LAK says:

        @Micki – the palace has given Kate alot of training and continues to do so. I SMH that this seems to be the best they/she can do.

  29. Patricia says:

    It’s always entertaining to hear the tabloids try to make stories up out of thin air. May or may not be any truth to them but at his point – meh – who cares about their marriage. All relationships have plusses and minuses. Royals are no different. Give me a scandal and I’m there, but this is just nothing about nothing. Makes the gossip rags crazy that these two are not Diana and Chuck 🙂

  30. The Original Mia says:

    Don’t know if I believe the story because William didn’t miss out on any women & partying during his 10 year courtship. He may not like being married, but that’s his own fault. He didn’t have to marry Kate. Granted, she wasn’t going away, but he didn’t have to tie himself to her. Now, they are both stuck.

    • Elise says:

      Exactly, and apparently divorce is not an option for these two: “this marriage has to work because it will determine the future of the monarchy.” For the couple’s sake I hope their marriage does work out. However why do I have a feeling that if it doesn’t, William will get all the blame?

  31. iseepinkelefants says:

    8 miles?!?! 8 miles?!?! Poor poor Waity having to be so far away from her husband *eyeroll*

    “William regrets missing out on so much” Duh. He’s never acted like he was totally in it. It’s always been like she’s the only one that would have it so after ten years of “stringing her along” (the UK presses view) he had to make her his wife. I don’t know how many other people remember the press right before the engagment but it had changed pro-Waity in the sense that William had become the bad guy for using her and taking her youth.

    Add to the fact that he was not ready for marriage and I can see why he’d be unhappy. William is a douche but I don’t see how this makes him look like one. I think if we were all in that situation we’d act the same way.

    • LAK says:

      i do remember the press stories being slanted exactly as you mention.

      It’s amazing to me that people can say that he wasn’t being potrayed as a cad, the press had nothing to do with it blah, blah, blah.

      It really was embarrassing. It is even more embarrassing now if it turns out that he regrets the marriage, for whatever reason.

      ditto Charles blaming his father for marrying Diana.

  32. ANGELIC 20 says:

    here to elegant kate middleton’s fans :

    http://royaldish.com/index.php?topic=11148.75

    you know i never thought kate will ever cheat because she is a doormat or geisha to william but looking at this photos i m not sure . she is sitting on a lap of some other guy in a party where william was with her .

    • Alti says:

      firstly the sex parties
      and
      now that pic…

      🙂

    • maemay says:

      I don’t get it?? should we stone her for sitting on someone’s lap?

      • angelic 20 says:

        Did I say we should stone her? All I wanted to show that she is not the last eleganT young lady on earth that some of her fans believe, she just got a media white wash.

  33. Reece says:

    It sounds more like I gave her the ring and all that goes with it(which is what she wanted) now I don’t have to deal with her.

  34. LeeLoo says:

    God, I wish everyone would give Wills and Kate a break. They are royals, yes but they are also contemporary early 30s Brits. They are going to act like it.

    Firstly, I don’t think they will ever break up. Yes, certain things such as babies have been planned out. I guarantee you, expect a Christmas announcement of a baby. That would cap off a great year for the UK concerning a Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. It is planned and they know exactly when they will do it. Their image is meticulously planned whether by The Palace or of their own volition. They know when the right time to strike is. Kate may not be the perfect royal but she is there, she has a womb and they will f—ing use it. Once she pops out her heir and a spare she will be treated much better than she currently has been. It has always been that way. She is effectively useless until that point.

    Secondly, once she pops out an heir and a spare she is set. She won’t divorce William and she sure as hell won’t pull a Diana either. She’ll have the name and the title and in 10-30 years from now (I don’t imagine Charles will last very long on the throne, I think the stress will cause a massive coronary), she will be Queen. She sure as shit is not giving that up.

    Lastly, if William were to cheat, EVERYONE WOULD KNOW. Does anyone honestly believe William would be able to get away with a discreet affair at this phase? Hell no!!!! Now if he were king, sure, he could get away with it. But not while he’s still Duke of Cambridge or whatnot. It would kill his reputation.

  35. Dibba says:

    The both look like they are in their late 40’s. Too bad she’s had that pesky eating disorder.

  36. lea says:

    “…..suddenly the world’s most adored fashion icon.”
    seriously, WTF????

  37. jwoolman says:

    Just silly tabloid stuff. They were on again off again for years, if he was into wild oats there was time. Many men are quite happily settled with a wife and children by his age. I do hope it’s not a like father, like son thing though.

    Military service for royals always seems like make-work for PR/propaganda purposes and to keep them apparently busy and give them a fancy uniform to wear, though. It must cost the government more to have them in such positions than any work they do warrants. Combat seems especially stupid (well, even more than for non-royals)- Harry was putting everybody near him at extra risk since he would be a plum political target. Their real jobs, whether they like it or not, are to wave at people, smile, make babies, cut ribbons, etc. if they want real jobs, they’ll have to ditch the titles and their place in line for the throne. Maybe that will be how such royal lines will eventually end – younger generations just decide to quit the whole thing at some point. Even rich kids have a better shot at a normal life than royals. It just seems like such an awful thing to do to a kid, having them born with both a silver spoon in the mouth and encased in a strait jacket.

  38. Boo says:

    I’m a little sick of stories in which William whines about not being able to do what he wants.

    It must be a huge responsibility to know from the start that you are born to be king, but come on. STFU about getting what you want. I want a job that pays me what I’m worth. I want to go on one vacation in three years. I want to be able to work less and spend more time with my family. We ALL want stuff that we are not destined to have, so again, STFU.

  39. Chrissy says:

    I don’t think she’s as much of a fashion icon as people expected. While I like some of her clothes, most of them are very similar. She takes few risks and therefore is less than interesting. What gets me is the line that the author hoped they didn’t get married too young. At 30? By the time a woman is 35, doctors will be telling her she is at an advanced aga for bearing children. And in my opinion, a man should be an adult capable of having a wife and family before age 30. It’s so ridiculous how men keep trying to push the age of growing up farther up.

  40. Dena says:

    Sorry if someone mentioned this in a previous post but, although Princess Diana didn’t start charity work right away, she worked prior to her marriage to Prince Charles–totally not expected of someone from her class. On the otherhand, I am not sure that many people actually believed that Waity worked at Party Pieces. I think a good number of people are convinced that her real job, her full-time job plus overtime, was hooking Prince William.

  41. Sara says:

    I can’t fathom finding ” the one” at 20 years old and then marrying ten years later.

  42. Lizzie says:

    As to why they haven’t started their family yet – they have a trip to the Solomon Islands and other places sometime this year – all part of the Jubilee celebrations (all the royals are supposed to be visiting somewhere in the Commonwealth), and I read that starting a family would be put on hold till after that.

  43. Ava says:

    Ugh. Stupid. Silly. Tabloid. Stuff. From the most credible of publications with years of journalistic integrity: The Star.

  44. Emily says:

    “Waaah it’s so hard being born into immense wealth and privilege because it means I have to show up for parties now and then.”

    What’s with all this press acting like William was forced into an arranged marriage with Katie, oh poor William? He’s a rich celebrity who never had to work at anything to get a crown handed to him. He gets all sorts of wealth and fun stuff because of that crown, and none of the responsibilities monarchs had when they had power. If he hates it oh so much, he can abdicate in favor of his brother. Yeah, like that’s gonna happen.

    I’m waiting for the stories that say Katie was feeling tied down and pressured by her family to marry a spoiled jerk just because he has a meaningless title. Not that I feel bad for her, either. She wasn’t exactly rushed into marriage. She just waited around forever for a meaningless title.

  45. Tiffany says:

    What’s going on with Victoria and Daniel. It has been quite on the Sweden front as of late.

  46. kellyinseattle says:

    She might miss all of his hair from way back when….

  47. dorothy says:

    I hope it’s not true. I love them together.

  48. Mika says:

    I think William and Kate will stay married. For a while, at least.
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    Kate and William will stay married. Period. For ever. The only way the marriage will ever dissolve is if William puts her aside. Kate is not going anywhere. She waited ten years to get where she is today. After all, she is and always will be “the limpet”.

    • maemay says:

      i find it funny that people believe that Kate’s limpet velcro fingers are the only thing that kept this relationship together.

      I know plenty of men in long term relationships who dumped the long term and married quickly after that…ex. Daniel Craig. William is the heir to the throne if he wanted kate gone before he married her he would of put his team of grey men on her.

      • Mika says:

        William would not have dared marry anyone else after stringing her along for ten plus years – he was villified in the press when he dumped her. Don’t forget – he asked others for marriage and was turned down. I repeat and stand by it – Kate will never leave this marriage. If the marriage ends, it would be because William wanted it to end. Period.

      • maemay says:

        Sorry but not buying it, if this man did not want to marry her he did not have to marry her. But say you are right at this commoner brought the ENTIRE royal family down to their knees. I’m supposed to believe this chick who is called dumb and lazy had all this power. Point is the MAN married her because that is what he wanted.

      • Mika says:

        What you are not recognising is that free will does not exist in the monarchy as to the extent it exists for me or you. We have the 100 percent right to make choices and only have limited people to answer to – this is not the case with the Royal Family. At the end of the day they still have to take into account public opinion and
        account for their every public action. That is why Fergie is banished from the inner circle.

        It’s not that Kate has the POWER to bring down the monarchy – SHE doesn’t. We are not as in love with Kate as the rest of the world seems to be – there would be no public sympathy for HER if she was set aside. She not media savvy as Diana was to use PR spin to make her likeable and endearing and she can’t play the innocent ingenue card that Diana played so triumphantly when her marriage failed.

        It’s simply that the monarchy itself cannot take a large hit if they were to divorce. Public sentiment on the monarchy is more anti than pro.. We don’t actually like the people in the Monarchy – well not all of them anyway – we only like the “establishment” – the institution and what it stands for itself. The Queen is loved partly because of her backstory and partly because she has proven herself to be a diligent person to carry out her duties.
        I can assure you that if by some stroke of blind luck and advanced medical and scientific intervention, Prince Charles ascends the throne and has a Diamond Jubilee (yes I know highly unlikely considering his age), there is no way that the crowds will come out to support Charles as we all came out to support the Queen last month. we just don’t love Charles and Camilla as much as we love dear old Lizzie.

        If William and Kate divorce – it could potentially rip apart the monarchy – especially since the Queen may be deceased if their split does happen (she is the glue that is holding the institution together). The world is a far different place nowadays than it was when the Queen came to the throne – my grandmother’s set was deferential, respectful and needed/wanted the Monarchy.

        People who are the peers of Kate and William, people like me and my friends, could care less for them especially since they are viewed as pampered spoilt priviledged rich kids who do not work when many of their peers are struggling to find a job and pay bills. This is a topic that is frequently discussed among our age group when the monarchy is mentioned – do we care for them? NO. (We are not all in this together Cameron!).

        William was given a deadline to get married by his dear old granny and panicked. He foolishly thought that there would be tons of hot young nobile girls lining up to marry him – boy was he wrong! Not only was there a lack of girls not lining up but the ones he actively chased were giving him the brush off! He married Kate because she FIT THE PART that is needed for their continuation of royal lineage – she’s white, pretty, slim, middle-class, university-educated and most of all, obliging and discreet. Kate revers Wills and treats him like a GOD – she is very accommodating to his needs. Kate passed the royal vetting with flying colours because her and her mother’s determination to get on that throne allowed them to never put a foot wrong. Kate would simply never put a foot wrong when it comes to her role in the marriage – she is now the future Queen – her job is done – she’s got the ring. He’s a lazy spoiled, self-indulgent royal little boy – yes little boy – he’s not a responsible royal duty bearing man as yet as all he wants to do is party and play – his military peers are pissed off at him, complaining about him being given so much holiday time to vacation with Kate’s parents and so on. We all know he has to be handled with kid gloves – he is very temperamental. People tread lightly around William because of Diana. See what happened when Diana died? I was at Kensington palace every day to sign the books – the crowd was angry more so than aggrieved and I dare say some people were on the verge of pelting the Queen when she did the walkabout to see the flower banks and the only reason the Queen did the walkabout was to quiet the masses as they were baying for blood. They only reason public hate did not do more damage to the monarchy at that time was out of respect to “Diana’s boys” – little Wills and Hen-Hen (more publicly referred to as Harry). Ask anyone on the inner circle – no way is Kate going to bail- she is in it for the long run.

        William is stuck between a rock and a hard place because he knows that the media and the public would hate him if he put Kate aside – see what hell he got when we were expecting news of an engagement but he dumped her instead? He chose Kate (partly through duty and partly through desperation) and he is miserable because he knows he choose poorly and has to stay locked down for the sake of “royal duty”. Better the devil you know ‘eh Wills? If he wasn’t such a coward and had been a man all those years ago and dumped her firmly, he would not be in this miserable place.

      • ANGELIC 20 says:

        hey Mika,
        i am with you on william and kate relationship analysis and me and my friends also feel the same way about them . But as a fellow british citizen i have to disagree with you on the divorce part , i don’t think that people will abolish monarchy especially in england if william ever divorce kate . i think in his case , people and media will choose william as the golden boy who was vulnerable and looking for a gap to fill left by his mother’s death . kate is not even near diana’s popularity, she contributes nothing to her charities ,half of people already believes that she and her mother are social climber and gold diggers , i don’t think people love her at all . even most of her fans can only talk about her clothes , i feel because of her unpopularity and popularity of diana and william being seen as diana’s son , kate will not hold a chance in front of william if he ever choose to leave her. i know i would not hold this against him.

      • Elise says:

        @Mika: Good point. I also remember after their breakup in 2007 how the press “villified” William for stringing Kate along for years and dumping her (i.e. not marrying her). I think the press even mentioned how the Queen (correct me if I’m wrong) felt the same way. I like Kate’s fashion sense and I am willing to give her time to grow into herself within “the firm,” but I am by no means a fan of her.

        @maemay: You’re absolutely right, William did not have to marry Kate if he did not want to. But can you name other women who were eagerly lining up for this job except Kate? William has a public image to uphold and is the future king, and I feel that in some circumstances he does not always get to make the decisions and someone else is making it for him.

  49. Victoria says:

    Her first child will sit on the British throne. Enough said.

  50. the original bellaluna says:

    If Wills was smart, he’d get her pregnant. That way she’d have something to focus on other than him, shopping, and getting her hair done.

    I highly doubt he’s been unable to “sow his royal oats” – he’s sown them dozens of times over. It’s not like he was tossed into a relationship at the age of 12.

  51. mimi says:

    I’m annoyed by the snobbish undertones:
    the mentioning of her being a flight attendant daughter and the likes, as if any of that is relevant, or that she should be so grateful for having him agree to marry her.

    and how ridiculous is to claim that marrying at 30 years old is somehow too young and having a girlfriend at the end of your university years is “missing out all the fun”.

    Isn’t finding a cool and pretty girl at the beginning of your 20s is actually fun, and quite normal?

    and being to young at 31 years old to become parents?
    Should he wait till he is 40 perhaps?
    They are making his sound extremely childish and spoiled, not to mention quite odd.

    The final and most ridiculous point of them all is to claim that 2 married people would not have sex in 2012 in order to avoid getting pregnant. Birth control is something they have heard about in England, yes?

  52. john says:

    Divorce there will be.
    I guess he will marry the love of his life – the woman Kate Middleton and Mum went to humiliate during their “real love engagement”. Now the news about her being a former teenage prostitute – participant in sex orgies where MONEY was exchanged.
    For 10 years, none of them told William about that. I doubt he’d want to have a kid with her.

    • Annie Nonymous says:

      Oh, for heaven’s sake, take off the tinfoil hat. Do you even hear yourself? Don’t like the Duchess? Fine. But to come up with insane slanders like this one is simply ridiculous.

  53. rj says:

    Kate was reported to have gone to sex parties her friend had during their 2007 breakup. I do believe there will be a divorce and it will be a shocker. Pr.William seems like a person who rivers run deep with, he keeps a lot hidden below the surface.