Why is Wills Still Flying Solo? He Won’t Yet Make an Honest Woman of Waity Katie

[angieuk]

Why is WILLS still flying solo?  He won’t yet make an honest woman of Waity Katie
by Richard Kay and Geoffrey Levy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243336/Prince-William-awarded-wings.html

[Lindelle]

This article seems to have answered it's own question.

[Ursula]

Yes it did, Lindelle.   

[Mimi-chan]

Congrats, William! And I love the pictures of him and Kate. They look really happy. She must be very proud of him.

[WOW]

Her mother, former air stewardess Carol Middleton, is clearly desperate to have William as a son-in-law. She even has a picture of him as the screen-saver on her mobile phone.

I hope it's a pic of Wills and Kate together, if not that's just weird.

[Kate]

As far as the article question goes, I don't think it would be a good idea for Kate to accompany William. I think William should do some of these engagements alone, so has he can establish a style of his own, confidence etc, and for people to see HIM as he is, in the role he will play for the Monarchy. Once they are married, will be soon enough for both to make visits etc..but NOT prior to marriage...

[Countess of Highgrove]

Time to drop the dumb 'waity katie' stuff,really. It should be obvious to even this silly paper that Kate is William long term partner and will be his wife someday. They need to start showing some respect!

[lisalisa88]

Why should they?  Kate's a grown woman, if she can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen!!  Unless there's some type of announcement re: WK, then the press can make whatever assumptions it wants--in a democracy, its call freedom of the press!  There's no statements coming from her or Wiliam directly, so the press make guesses--its just business as usual.  Makes you wonder if William stayed in the military just to have a normal life or use it to avoid more responsibilities of royal duties, i.e., marriage, kids, etc.

[Kate]

Lisalisa88..   Quite right. She isn't a kid any longer. Time waits for no man! ( or woman in this case) I believe everyone was surprised when William announced that he was signed up for another 5 years, when he did, even Kate and Ma Midd...

[Lady63]

...'Carol Middleton, is clearly desperate to have William as a son-in-law. She even has a picture of him as the screen-saver on her mobile phone. '...

Maybe the reason William is 'reluctant' to tie the knot with Kate is because he knows that with Kate comes Ma Middleton and if this is anything to go by I would be running - quickly in the opposite direction.  How naff is that, his picture as her screensaver ooooh if Kate doesn't find that embarrassing then nothing will.  I would be mortified if my mother did something like that. 

Regards,
Lady63

[easydoesit]

Her mother, former air stewardess Carol Middleton, is clearly desperate to have William as a son-in-law. She even has a picture of him as the screen-saver on her mobile phone.

That is weird if it's just him. Hopefully it's a group picture.

[Kate]

I don't care, any longer about the pros and cons of this couple. IMM, she is NOT the right one, but I'm soooooo bored with the longevity of this romance, let's get on with it!! Regardless what comes...Hopefully William is nothing like his adulterer father.. that he respects women and the state of marriage....Let him and Kate ( cough cough) become role models for the younger generations and let them be happy!! Allow the queen to see any gggrandchildren from Diana's line ( did I over do the GG's?)... and if a girl child, allow the names of Elizabeth and Diana for the girl...

[Ursula]

Time to drop the dumb 'waity katie' stuff,really. It should be obvious to even this silly paper that Kate is William long term partner and will be his wife someday. They need to start showing some respect!

AMEN to that Countess.  This theme also makes the "journalists" look rather unprofessional.   

Oh well, they will eat their petty words one of these days.    

[sandy]

A few comments.

What makes the press so "sure" Wills will never take a mistress. Years ago Charles was portrayed as the "clean living" anti Duke of Windsor in the press and look how that turned out Tiger Woods was portrayed as a clean living husband and dad and look how that turned out. Nobody can predict the future least of all the press.

In what capacity should Kate go with Wills to NZ and Australia. Diana didn't get ot go whilst engaged to Charles and living in royal HQ, why should Kate? The Queen would have a fit if she saw Kate doing "official" appearances IMO no matter how much she may like Kate.

[Lucy]

William is a Law unto Himself...NEVER in the history of the British Royal Family has one man, unmarried, been so loyal to one woman for so long...

Chas and Tiger have absolutely no relevancy. Willyum is another cup of tea altogether.
He's never solo, Kate just wants to be single a bit longer...like Willyum said, 'Wait and see.'

[Hale]

So private has he become that even his closest advisers at Clarence House were taken by surprise in 2008 when, just as plans were being finalised for his role as a fully active royal the following year, he suddenly announced he was extending his stay in the RAF for another five years.
 

How many times have I said the above?

the so-called 'reluctant royal'

  Yep........very reluctant.  The tour of New Zealand & Australia came about because the Queen personally asked him.

In particular, he was shocked by the intimate revelations of Diana's former butler Paul Burrell, in whom she confided so much.

Why should PW be shocked by Burrell's revelations anymore than Jephesons or anyone else's?  Is this the DM's way of telling us that they have an idea of what happened to George Smith's tape.  Many times the press no nothing, but act as if they know everything and sometimes they more than they can say because they cannot prove what they know.

But there have been noticeable changes in William in recent months. Those throbbing nightclubs where he used to be almost as frequent a visitor as his brother Harry have seen very little of him.

Well, well, well.  Just as I always thought.  PW was as much as a clubber as Harry, but the media were always tipped off about PH.

They include Ludgrove School pal Tom van Straubenzee, showjumper's son Harry Meade and the ubiquitous Guy Pelly, marketing director of celebrity haunt, the Mahiki nightclub, in London.

This is a turnaround.  The DM have admitted Pelly is PW's friend.

Sorry, I don't buy the idea that PW is loyal to KM.  Loyal guys do not get themselves photographed groping other females breasts.  I happen to think that PW is better protected than Harry, so we don't here of PW's escapades.

PW hasn't married Kate because marriage represents to PW, settling down and doing full time royal duties.

angieuk........nice to see you back.  Have missed your posts.  

[sandy]

It's also too early to tell how Wills will behave as a husband (if he marries Kate or anyone else). Charles was considered the anti Duke of Windsor getting married to a Suitable girl back then and the monarchy was secure, etc etc. Yes, this does have relevance.

Not all Windsor men have been faithful. It's too soon to tell if Wills will be another George VI or another Prince Charles after marriage. And dating one woman for years is not always a future barometer. Longevity in dating does not always guarantee a marriage happening or at least, future marital success. ANd WIlls if he was always so in love with Kate would never have posed groping those girls nor allegedly wanting to see if it wasn't too late to ask Isabelle Calthorpe out and cooling things off with Kate. ANd if he were so loyal he wouldn't have allegedly shouted I'm Free when they had the split in 2007.

I also think both boys have been told not to publicly club as much so the press cannot take embarrassing pics of them. I think Wills still parties but more discreetly than previously.

I honestly think it's WILLS not Kate who wants to be single longer. I think Kate would have said Yes in a hearbeat had WIlls proposed soon after Uni.

I don't think WIlls set any sort of longevity record being with the same woman for years. William IV stayed for MANY years with Dorothy Jordan, having a dozen kids with her. By all accounts of the definition he was "loyal" to her. BUT when he had to produce a legitimate heir he married a Princess and Dorothy was history. Wills still has not had the official announcement. Let's see if he can have a lasting loyal Marriage to Kate (provided they marry) to see how this pans out.

[Lucy]

William was split from Kate when he was with the other girl...HUGE difference...
And it's NOT true he is better protected than Harry....he is just more cautious. The press shadow William far more than they do Harry.Full stop.

Those who have followed Charles' whole 'career' have always known he was a cad....he proposed to Amanda Knatchbull one minute and bedded another woman the next. He slept with any wife who let him. ( Amanda was clever to turn him down. ) He has been a 'confidantes' with Elizabeth Buchanan for years...Camilla finally had her sacked since their marriage.

Camilla and Chas' Blonde Secretary who paid the price for being too close:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026129/Camilla-blonde-private-secretary-whos-paid-price-close-Prince-Charles.html

Guy Pelly is a neighbour in Gloucs..more Harry's age, but they have loads of mutual friends.

Kate woul kick William to the kerb in a NY minute if he was unfaithful and he knows it...the feeling is mutual. William will brook no dallying.

[sandy]

Nobody (the average readers that is not the insiders like Andrew Parker Bowles) knew Charles secret life and proclivities pre marriage to Diana nor at the time of the marriage. He was protected by the press. He was seen dating "suitable" ladies and was the World's Most Eligible Bachelor (something a "seedy" character would not be awarded). Charles was not seen as a "cad" but a "catch" back then. The bad stories about CHarles came out in the late eighties and early nineties. Take a look at t he literature of PRince Charles in the late seventies and eighties. There was a book Charles and Diana that came out ca. 1981 that relegated Camilla to his "safe married friend." And the average reader never heard of Camilla's real role until much later.

And the literature at the time of the wedding praised Charles for getting married unlike the Black Sheep of the Family the Duke of Windsor and the monarchy was "safe" etc. The average reader had not the slightest idea that The DOW's great nephew had married mistresses. HE was seen on dates with the likes of Jane Wellesley in the press and he was supposed to be advised by "safe" married ladies who were of course "just friends".

I disagree. WIlliam as the heir has been more protected than Harry the spare. ANd there has been prejudicial reporting. Wills clearly liked to drink and party as much as his brother but Harry was labeled the drinker and partier.

Kate didn't kick WIlls to the curb. Caroles' mother was said to reconcile Kate with WIlls (after she had a spat with him about his roving eye) at a bonfire party. She took him back.

[sandy]

To see the picture of Charles at the time of his marriage to Lady DIana. Check out Youtube who put up in pieces two made for TV movies about C and D (they were shown in September 1982). One was Charles and Diana a Royal Love Story (which showed Diana and Charles, Camilla and APB and the Queen Mum all playing a friendly game of croquet together unreal when it's seen today) and the Royal Romance of Charles and Diana. There was a "fictional" character based on Anna Wallace who broke up with Charles at his grandmother's eightieth birthday party (nothing about her seeing him slow dancing with Camilla). Charles was seen as this wholesome young man looking for the right girl and so madly in love when he found Miss Right, Diana. It's really sad considering how things turned out to watch these films on youtube.

[Hale]

Guy Pelly is William's friend.  The press only said he was Harry's friend when the story about Harry smoking Cannabis broke.  Why?  To protect William.  Every documentary I have ever seen, every person interviewed says the same thing over and over again, and that is William gets up to the exact same antics as Harry its just that William is more protected because he is the heir.

Ingrid Sewards book William & Harry, goes as far as to say that PW has also experimented with drugs.

Sorry guys, I have never nor shall I ever look at royals or their WAG's and friends through rose coloured spectacles.

[Ella Kay]

They run in privileged circles, and unfortunately, drugs seem to permeate that set.  I agree, Hale, they've certainly been exposed to excesses like drugs and have probably experimented a little, though we've not seen any hard proof that William has.

[Lucy]

Ingrid Seward loathed their Mother...why would she show fairness to either lad? She is a Charles worshipper...Her word is worthless on any point in my view.

Pelly is friends with BOTH princes and has been from the start. His father is friends with Charles. He is just nearer Harry's age and they spent more time together when William was at St. Andrew's.

Rumours mean nothing. I find it amusing that some wish to drag William into every negative facor of Harry's life. Neither is a saint....albeit William is the more responsible of the two as well he should be.

William and Kate are a very close and happy couple....which seems to plague a handful of spectators.

[Countess of Highgrove]

Will and Kate make it to the US media!

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20337822,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

[Lucy]

He's on our news every few hours here , showing what William just said or did....and mention of Kate as well.

Cheers, Countess!