Below are the predictions I wrote for 2010 on this forum. I've marked those that were accurate or close to the mark! Find your predictions and grade them, then post the Predictions for 2011 in a separate post.
Originally Posted by Hopewell
Duke of Edinburgh will suffer a stroke and be out of action most of the year. He will recover.
WRONG!
Her Majesty will cut back her work load to be with him. She will not ramp back up to full-time work again. Close--the Duke is cutting back.
Prince Charles will win a major environmental award. Close--he has a new documentary and new book out on the environment.
Camilla will holiday abroad with her children/grandchildren and be photographed in an unfortunate bathing suit, necessitating the re-publication of a billion photos of Diana in a bathing suit. WRong!
Princess Beatrice and long time boyfriend Dave will try [unsuccessfully] to hide her pregnancy. Andy and Fergie will be surprised, but supportive.WRONG!
Princess Eugenie will party hardy and enjoy University.
Right !!
Harry and Chelsey will be engaged and will have a low key [well, for a royal] wedding and a long honeymoon in Africa. William will still not be engaged. OH SO CLOSE!! Wrong Brother, but he did propose in Africa!
William will take on much of the Queen's workload since Charles will announce he has some form of cancer and will require treatment. He will be ok in the end.WRONG!!
Harry and Chels will do much more charity work and rumors will emerge that they are moving to Botswana. It won't be true. They will have a home in either St. James Palace or Kensington Palace. They will endlessly be compared to his mother, while everyone will forget all the charitable work his Dad has done. WRONG! He will try to speak up about this, but those parts of interviews will be cut before broadcast. Maybe right
Princess Anne and Tim will quietly divorce, as will Andrew Parker Bowles. Anne and Andrew PB will become and unmarried couple.... Wrong!
Zara and Mike will still be together, but her training and his training will get in the way still of marriage. He will be caught out drunk driving again.
Peter Phillips will come home from Hong Kong, start a family RIGHT!!!! and run his mother's estate. He will spend a lot of time with his ailing grandfather and his grandmother.WRONG
Prince Edward will rail at the press for taking an unauthorized picture of one of his children and be even more unpopular. His wife will be frequently seen walking or riding with the Queen. His children will be there to cheer their ailing grandpa.Wrong, but still likely!
One of the Mountbatten sisters [Pamela Hicks or Lady Mountbatten] will die. Nick Knatchbull [now Lord Romsey] will be arrested and Charles will make an unannounced visit to him in prison. Unlike Di, he won't alert the press. Penny [mother of Nick] will be seen sitting on the terrace regularly with the recovering Prince Philip and will be photographed kissing him good-bye. No mention will be made of the Queen being present at the time or of Penny kissing her, too! Wrong, but Lady Pamela IS writing her memoirs and Penny and Norton may have split up if you believe the tabloids......
Minor Royals:
Freddie Windsor's wife will fail in the US and that will lead to a drugs or anorexia report. Freddie, meanwhile, will be seen lunching in NY with his Mum. His father will go on impersonating the last Tzar and will be seen opening a supermarket in Richmond, Kentucky.
Earl of St Andrew's son and heir will be stopped for excessive speeding. People will blame it on his godmother's death [Diana]. He will blame it on lack of focus. St. Andrew's daughers will be photographed in Tattler. RIGHT!!!! and so was their brother!
The Earl of Ulster and his wife will have a baby girland one of his sisters will also be pregnant at the end of the year. BOTH sisters also had baby girls! RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT!!!
Lord Linley, India Hicks and her brother Ashley Hicks will all suffer business losses that are debilitating. They will rebound eventually. Helen Taylor and husband Tim will come close to closing the art gallery, but will have a last minute bonanza and stay afloat. SORT OF RIGHT All have seen a downturn, but Linley's wife just opened her own shop.
Originally Posted by Hopewell
Duke of Edinburgh will suffer a stroke and be out of action most of the year. He will recover.
WRONG!Her Majesty will cut back her work load to be with him. She will not ramp back up to full-time work again. Close--the Duke is cutting back.
Prince Charles will win a major environmental award. Close--he has a new documentary and new book out on the environment.
Camilla will holiday abroad with her children/grandchildren and be photographed in an unfortunate bathing suit, necessitating the re-publication of a billion photos of Diana in a bathing suit.
WRong!Princess Beatrice and long time boyfriend Dave will try [unsuccessfully] to hide her pregnancy. Andy and Fergie will be surprised, but supportive.
WRONG!Princess Eugenie will party hardy and enjoy University.
Right !!Harry and Chelsey will be engaged and will have a low key [well, for a royal] wedding and a long honeymoon in Africa. William will still not be engaged. OH SO CLOSE!! Wrong Brother, but he did propose in Africa!
William will take on much of the Queen's workload since Charles will announce he has some form of cancer and will require treatment. He will be ok in the end.
WRONG!!Harry and Chels will do much more charity work and rumors will emerge that they are moving to Botswana. It won't be true. They will have a home in either St. James Palace or Kensington Palace. They will endlessly be compared to his mother, while everyone will forget all the charitable work his Dad has done.
WRONG! He will try to speak up about this, but those parts of interviews will be cut before broadcast. Maybe rightPrincess Anne and Tim will quietly divorce, as will Andrew Parker Bowles. Anne and Andrew PB will become and unmarried couple....
Wrong!Zara and Mike will still be together, but her training and his training will get in the way still of marriage. He will be caught out drunk driving again.
Peter Phillips will come home from Hong Kong, start a family
RIGHT!!!! and run his mother's estate. He will spend a lot of time with his ailing grandfather and his grandmother.WRONG Prince Edward will rail at the press for taking an unauthorized picture of one of his children and be even more unpopular. His wife will be frequently seen walking or riding with the Queen. His children will be there to cheer their ailing grandpa.
Wrong, but still likely!One of the Mountbatten sisters [Pamela Hicks or Lady Mountbatten] will die. Nick Knatchbull [now Lord Romsey] will be arrested and Charles will make an unannounced visit to him in prison. Unlike Di, he won't alert the press. Penny [mother of Nick] will be seen sitting on the terrace regularly with the recovering Prince Philip and will be photographed kissing him good-bye. No mention will be made of the Queen being present at the time or of Penny kissing her, too!
Wrong, but Lady Pamela IS writing her memoirs and Penny and Norton may have split up if you believe the tabloids......Minor Royals:
Freddie Windsor's wife will fail in the US and that will lead to a drugs or anorexia report. Freddie, meanwhile, will be seen lunching in NY with his Mum. His father will go on impersonating the last Tzar and will be seen opening a supermarket in Richmond, Kentucky.
Earl of St Andrew's son and heir will be stopped for excessive speeding. People will blame it on his godmother's death [Diana]. He will blame it on lack of focus. St. Andrew's daughers will be photographed in Tattler.
RIGHT!!!! and so was their brother!The Earl of Ulster and his wife will have a baby girl
and one of his sisters will also be pregnant at the end of the year. BOTH sisters also had baby girls! RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT!!!Lord Linley, India Hicks and her brother Ashley Hicks will all suffer business losses that are debilitating. They will rebound eventually. Helen Taylor and husband Tim will come close to closing the art gallery, but will have a last minute bonanza and stay afloat.
SORT OF RIGHT All have seen a downturn, but Linley's wife just opened her own shop.
