Queen tells William to focus on public life

caraboskaMay 4th, 2006 - 20:16:45

I thought William only has to have Elizabeth's permission until he's 25. Am I missing something here? That having been said, I see the following options:

1) Perhaps Elizabeth will recall how old she was when she got engaged, apparently without her father's permission or approval, so that the wedding was apparently delayed by a year (and by the time she was William's age, she was not only married, but at very least pregnant with Charles). Nor have I ever read anything suggesting that she in any way regrets marrying Philip or being with him for quite so many years - quite the contrary: apparently she's only loved one man and is still in love with him as much as at first if not more.

2) Failing that, they can perhaps get secretly engaged and wait until Charles (or for that matter, William) accedes to the throne to get married.

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An arranged marriage isn’t that bad people.May 4th, 2006 - 22:51:58

Romantic love is the ‘new’ love as far as marriage is concerned. You make it sound like he COULD NEVER love some other girl. It’s not going to fail just because it didn’t work for Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Kate is not his first girlfriend or even the first girl he has been romantically linked to.

Or she could be a total jerk, who puts her foot down and snatch little Miss Kate’s hair out. He could turn around and marry Jecca Craig. According to some sources, that’s even in the cards.

They also don’t act like a couple who is that much in love. Read what his brother is up to, and then read about his ‘romantic vacation.’

Then there is always the wisdom that comes with age. Have any of us met Miss Middleton? Maybe she saw something didn’t, even if it were one of those ‘takes one to know one’ kinds of things. In that case he is absolutely right to listen to his Grandmother. And given his father’s track record, he might be better off taking advice from Henry.

Let’s just see how things pan out. You know before we start throwing bricks through all the windows of Buckingham Palace.

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caraboskaMay 7th, 2006 - 03:27:00

No, I don't think it's impossible for William to love someone else. But I do question whether it would be the honorable thing to do, given how far things seem to have progressed already. And I think it is a VERY good sign that they are not all over each other, 'I can't live without you', etc. There's a chance that it's real love, instead of idolatry...

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She said she lusted for himMay 8th, 2006 - 01:42:13

They do not have to be sucking face 24/7 or going at it like bunnies. They just really do not act like a couple. When you look at the photos of Henry and his girl together and you get the feeling they are together. They seem like a couple and they are not even on each other all the time.

I did not say their love was not real or fake. They only way we could tell is if he dumped her and could get more then three feet from the bed with the new girl. They stay together and eventually get married…happily ever after and all. Then again he could just be a very reserved person with a very conservative girlfriend. Henry is the life of the party with a girlfriend just like him.


Yes, I see what you mean, but time together does not equal obligation. He is still free to make a decision. They only ‘100% obligation’ he would have to marrying her is if she were pregnant, and even then times are different. Children out of wedlock don’t carry as big a stigma as they once did. Live-in partner and gay relationship stigmas have declined as well.

When your adoring fans say you two act more like siblings than lovers or even question whether or not you are secretly gay, there’s a problem. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t he also the receiver most of the time?

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caraboskaMay 10th, 2006 - 21:58:59

Right. There are entire churches, and even entire cultures on this planet where you don't even touch before you get married. Compared to that, William and Kate look like Harry and Chelsy :>

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Puritans?May 14th, 2006 - 20:32:11

Are William and Kate part of one of those described societies? If William were the Prince of Persia, than a peek on the cheek would really mean something. Traditional Asia culture is the same way.

Consider this Sir Elton John just married his gay lover at the same place that Prince Charles married his long time lover Camilla Parker Bowles. England and Western Europe are just as if not more liberal than the United States.

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caraboskaMay 16th, 2006 - 20:28:07

Of course. British friends tell me their society has become so liberal that even straight teenage boys worry about themselves if they *aren't* interested in experimenting with boys.

But the question is whether William and Kate are as liberal as the society that surrounds them. And that is not at all a requirement. Furthermore, apparently William and Kate were both notorious for their good behavior even before meeting each other. Why should that change now that they have?

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I suspected that much.May 17th, 2006 - 18:51:58

Of course one does not have to subscribe to the views of a particular society or even religion. I was just countering your argument. I have read some of the article on The Prince as well as Ms. Middleton. I have also read commentary by fans on his fan-sites.

Something just seems off, you know a little odd. However, I am not sure what. Time will tell.

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