Prince William and Kate Middleton current events 1: October-November 2007

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by daisygoogles

It has also been reported that kate has met the Queen and Prince Philip already

It's IMHO unlikely that Catherine wasn't introduced to the queen when she attended William's parade at Sandhurst as William's invited guest of honour. That would have been very unpolite, so I guess they have already been introduced properly.

[BeatrixFan]

How do we know this?

[Avalon]

Beatrixfan, the Telegraph reports it, and why, even the Daily Mail reports it. And everyone knows they are the most credible newspapers in England.

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by Avalon

Beatrixfan, the Telegraph reports it, and why, even the Daily Mail reports it. And everyone knows they are the most credible newspapers in England.

Doesn't the Telegraph article say that the queen is not at Balmoral but at Windsor Castle?

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

Doesn't the Telegraph article say that the queen is not at Balmoral but at Windsor Castle?

Yes, it says the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are now at Windsor for the weekend. It also says HM and HRH have not met Kate yet, which is contradictory (and perhaps correctly so, who knows, I don't) to other (maybe less credible) reports. So it's interesting. Pierce says here quite unmistakably that Kate has not met The Queen yet, while other reports from the tabloids have said otherwise. I won't make a judgement here. I don't know what is true, and frankly, I am indifferent to this point. However, it's interesting, the contradiction of it.

[Avalon]

Right you are Jo.
I'm afraid I was being slightly sarcastic and without proper smilies, it's a bit hard to do so without the appropirate smilies.
Mind, I think I was a bit unfair towards Telegraph too: it's not nearly as unreliable as the Daily Mail.

[BeatrixFan]

So, William and Kate are going to Balmoral and the Queen is staying at Windsor? Wow, the relationship's really blossoming isn't it?

[CasiraghiTrio]

Funny sarcasm, Sam, and good point. I like to think it is blossoming, though! My romantic heart!

Duke of Marmalade, you might be right. It's true that by supporting England here can't be seen (reasonably) as a controversy since Wales is not in the running. I wasn't really thinking of it. But all the same, maybe William just wants to get away from things for now. He can watch the match, in any case, on TV, in his pajamas, and a spokesperson can issue a statement of support.

[Duke of Marmalade]

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Funny sarcasm, Sam, and good point. I like to think it is blossoming, though! My romantic heart!

dito

But all the same, maybe William just wants to get away from things for now. He can watch the match, in any case, on TV, in his pajamas, and a spokesperson can issue a statement of support.

Yeah those hard working royals ... why making an effort. It's a shame nobody shows up especially as William has done similar events in the past.

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by CasiraghiTrio

It's true that by supporting England here can't be seen (reasonably) as a controversy since Wales is not in the running.

Lets be honest, some people would still cry insult if he was seen to be supporting England in this GAME. That would also be decried as having too much time off, enjoying himself when real fans couldn't get a ticket!

[cde]

IMO it would be much more significant if William and Kate spent the weekend at Windsor. Since normally the Queen usually spend the weekend there.

And C+C announced their engagement there.

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by cde

IMO it would be much more significant if William and Kate spent the weekend at Windsor. Since normally the Queen usually spend the weekend there.

And C+C announced their engagement there.

And Charles proposed to Diana there, though the announcement interview was at BP. I wonder if any royal proposals ever happened at Balmoral, just for the sake of wondering....

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by BeatrixFan

So, William and Kate are going to Balmoral and the Queen is staying at Windsor? Wow, the relationship's really blossoming isn't it?

Well, Joachim and Marie went to Turkey while the Danish queen holidayed at Caix and still there is an engagement to celebrate. Maybe William wants to propose in the circumstances they enjoyed while still being at university and freshly in love?

No, I personally don't think so, but we should remember how many members here were sure that Joachim said Adieu to Marie when they split up because she blabbed too much to the press when in truth it was Marie who said she was not sure if she could cope with life as a princess of Denmark and needed somet ime and space. Joachim described himself as "waiting" the whole time till she made up her mind to take him on.

So it could equally have been Catherine who told William that all was too much for her and she needed more time and space to consider their relationship while William was/is waiting.... And now they're back on.
One should never forget that William and Joachim are cousins ans obviously share their taste in the "type" of girl they date....

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

No, I personally don't think so, but we should remember how many members here were sure that Joachim said Adieu to Marie when they split up because she blabbed too much to the press when in truth it was Marie who said she was not sure if she could cope with life as a princess of Denmark and needed somet ime and space. Joachim described himself as "waiting" the whole time till she made up her mind to take him on.

Good point, Jo. I was one of those people who thought Marie spoke too much, and little did I realize that she spoke to Billed Bladet with her beau's consent, and I think even somewhat collaboration. Although I never spoke about it on the forums, I confess that I did think their relationship was unlikely to reach a formal arrangement.

And I might add, Kate has the added favor of never having said a word to the press about Prince William.

[biboquinhas]

Guys we are again speculating of all things regarding Kate, otherwise we see some photos we cannot know anything regarding this couple!!!!! Everything is pure speculation in my opinion and we are at a guessing time!!!

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by biboquinhas

Guys we are again speculating of all things regarding Kate, otherwise we see some photos we cannot know anything regarding this couple!!!!! Everything is pure speculation in my opinion and we are at a guessing time!!!

So what is wrong with speculation, huh? I mean, I understand it's a credible forum, so we should speculate intelligently and have some substantial backings, i.e. article sources. But that we do have.... Others are writing these things, and we comment on them, and we have hopes. What's wrong with that?

[Royal Fan]

So will Balmoral be the Final "test" to an engagement so to speak

[Royal Fan]

Hmmm so if he pops the Question 10 am Tomorrow Balmoral time how soon would Americans hear about it? and do you think William will let his cousin Peter marry first, Ive heard next week William and Kate will step out for the first time since April

[kimebear]

He could propose to her but if, and its a big if right now, he did they would never announce it before Peter gets married. That is not how things are done with the royal family. The focus would never be taken off the wedding of a grandchild of the Queen, especially for the future heir which would generate a ton of pomp itself. Unless BP really is going to H*** in a handbasket these days.

[wbenson]

If he would pop the question tomorrow, nobody outside of the family may even know about it for a while. Of course, it would leak pretty quick, so the announcement would have to be made within a week or two, most likely.