New Idea says William has finally proposed

[sandy]

Everyone it seems is interested in proposing Except Wills himself.

[Lady_In_Waiting]

^ true.

Does anyone remember how long engagement rumours for other Royals went on for before they actually decided to get married? i.e. Sophie and Edward.

[sandy]

Hardly anyone in the press cared about Ed and Sophie. There is MEGAWATT coverage of Kate and WIlls.

[Trudie]

Most people thoght it was because Edward was gay and Sophie a friend. Besides Edward is so far down it really didn't matter.

[tara1982]

the William Kate engagement hasn't even happened and it's already old news!   

[angieuk]

Hello Magazine said Edward and Sophie .... were ready to name the day in April 1994.

They did name the day but it was to be another 5 years down the road in 1999.

[Karlita23]

Oh Boy!! Then in that case Hello Magazine is our most reliable source in the whole bunch  Specially with that cover of William in his navy uniform saying something like he is preparing his future for Kate or something like that 

[Lady_In_Waiting]

Has anyone actually read Hello! magazine this week. I skipped through it in the newsagents this morning. Apart form the article on William's navy career there is a question and answer session on William and Kate's engagement where Hello! have apparently been speaking to 'those in the no' including the palace which blows apart the New Idea article. Examples of some of the answers that Hello! have got are that an engagement is not immenent. People have no clue when an engagement is likely. There are doubts about next year and the article says we could have as long to wait as 2012. It admits that in this day men tend to get married at the average age of 32 (Charles got married at this age) and William seems set on waiting until he reaches 28-30.
It gives little details on a possible wedding such as the venue (St Pauls could be the choice), Harry will be best man and probably also Thoman Vs. Pippa will be maid of honour. Royals tend to favour summer weddings and June/July is most likely. I'm going to have another look at the article tomorrow but these are the details I thought would be most interesting.
The mood from the palace seems to be don't get your hopes up. A wedding could be further off than we think. A wedding may happen next year but it is looking unlikely. They're hinting at 2010 at the earliest (William will be 28 that year) if not later than that. On the otherhand Hello! says that people haven't got a clue when a wedding will happen. Imo, that's if it ever happens.

[lurker]

Thanks, LiW. That at least sounds realistic though all of this makes it even less understandable to me why Kate hasn't found something for herself to do. She, too, must know that she won't get married this year, maybe not even next and I'm pretty sure she knows as much at least since their make-up last year. He told a reporter the truth that he doesn't intent to marry before 28, why should he not have told Kate the same thing? So she decided to just sit around doing nothing basically and wait for another 2-3 years?  That just baffles me! Seriously I can to a certain degree understand why William might not have wanted to get married during his military service (though that's a poor excuse as well especially when he's not send to active duty) but there's no reason really why they couldn't get married next year if he was so deeply in love with her. They could do all the other steps in his preparation together. 

[usa1981]

His mind could have change that over three years ago. There is no prove either way. However, the soonest any annoucement will be made is probably some time next year. Since he begins his full time royal duties next year.

[Emme]

Remember the old adage?.......Where there is smoke there is fire!   

[QueenK]

If you are interested, here in Moscow tabloids said that he will propose in 2009 years.

Why can't he propose now and maybe have the wedding January of 2009?

[Karlita23]

^ Probably for the same reason he haven't done yet... Because he don't want to? 

[Countessa]

If this story is anywhere near the truth, it would basically confirm that the DM story about HM preferring that Kate had a career before she marries William is actually true or very near it. I think it was a public statement by HM that she does not approve of Ms. M and doesn't think she is good enough for her grandson.

[Fitzhay]

I feel sorry for PW with the press and all this speculation.... I don't ever think they will they  leave him in peace...

[sandy]

Hello Magazine said Edward and Sophie .... were ready to name the day in April 1994.

They did name the day but it was to be another 5 years down the road in 1999.

Kate and Wills are no Ed and Sophie. Wills and Kate get megawatt coverage and the Ed and Sophie saga got the occasional story. There are almost daily stories of Kate and Wills.

[Fernanda Nunes]

I feel sorry for PW with the press and all this speculation.... I don't ever think they will they  leave him in peace...

I agree Fitz

[Karlita23]

Everyone it seems is interested in proposing Except Wills himself.

Very true!! And I don't think is nothing wrong if he wants to take his time to propose. I mean, yes they have been dating for five years or so, but is not that long time considered they began dating very young when they were in university.

And in the case she is "The One" it doesn't matter if they marry this year or in five more years, because they will spend the rest of their lives together right? What is the rush in that case? 

[Rasta Watermelon]

Flicked through a copy of New Idea saw the article with some pic that looked old and fuzzy saying that it was them in Mustique. I'm sure if seen those photos in that article before.....are we sure they went there after P&A wedding.

[Inge Jones]

And in the case she is "The One" it doesn't matter if they marry this year or in five more years, because they will spend the rest of their lives together right? What is the rush in that case? 

Due to the hereditary nature of the monarchy, it begins to matter in a year or two.  Statistically, a 30 yr old has much reduced fertility and more pregnancy complications than a 20 yr old.   And I think it would have been nice if they could have had a couple of years married with Kate getting used to royal duties before she had to rush into producing heirs.

[Countessa]

William may or may not have proposed. It seems that HM may be near panic-stricken that he has if those "sources" are anywhere close to what she might be thinking as reported by the DM. I do think Kate sycophants in the media are now worried that she has gone sour and stale to the public, some of whom resent her for her life of laziness. That's not someone to admire or that one would wish to support with their tax dollars. I don't think that the DM story is soley about the Queen not approving of Kate simply because she hasn't got a career. It think HM just doesn't approve of her because she hasn't got anything. She brings nothing. She is an average nobody.

[king aurthor]

so true ,she is nothing more than a girl who frog hopped her way to a prince

[Inge Jones]

William's got nothing to offer either, IMHO.

*However*, if, as it seems, they are both fairly conventional, biddable, stable people, then there is no reason at all they would not make a perfectly workable royal pair.  Staff will be setting up their appearances and guiding them - all they have to do is sit where they're told and read speeches that are written for them.   It's worked well for the Queen all these years.

[lurker]

I agree Inge. They'd make ok Royals but William doesn't have it in him to bring about any of the changes the British public desire from their RF. Actually Charles appears more like someone with a vision for the future of the monarchy (not saying that it's gonna be a good one) than Will. He hasn't done anything innovative or showed interest in any particular issue. Charles might have caused a lot of controversy but at least he was never indifferent or lazy. And judging from todays pov his engagement for ecological farming and environment protection actually turned out to be very forward thinking.

[Inge Jones]

Yes, Charles has always had far more initiative and depth than William.  But that has made many people angry, and some people feel he should just remain affable and neutral like the Queen appears to be (I expect the Queen does have opinions but she has perfected a neutral facade).