Luv2Cruise
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Absolutely. That dog don't hunt anymore. The boy's in love with Kate.
Chiyo said:Ayup. "Lie back and think of England" doesn't work anymore.
Why not? probably yes, if she's suitable for the role as Queen ad Princess, and is not Roman-Catholic, I don't see problemssophie said:if william fell in love with an american would the queen allow them too marry?
felicia said:I think that's a bit mean.
ZandraRae said:I think the times of choosing wives, husbands has passed BeatrixFan. He should marry someone who he will be happy with for the rest of his life.
A number of postings and magazines are hinting that Prince William may not marry Kate.
HRH Elizabeth, I feel exactly the same way. I agree with your post 100%HRH Elizabeth said:I agree, he absolutely should and hopefully will. But I also think it is not as simple as him simply falling in love, and voila, she becomes the future queen...
rani said:A number of postings and magazines are hinting that Prince William may not marry Kate. In that casr,why does nobody mention the very eligible Princess Theodora of Greece?
TonyaR said:HRH Elizabeth,
Do you feel that Kate is an embarrassment of the type you described, or do you feel that she could ever possibly fulfill the role of Queen one day?
Incas said:I think it matters more for William to marry someone he respects and is happy to be with for the rest of his life. Everyone has a different criteria to what constitutes an ideal wife or huband. It's really unfair to impose one person's view onto another. In the two generations earlier, there were plenty of ideal unions that didn't result in personal happiness for the couples involved.
felicia said:HRH Elizabeth, I feel exactly the same way. I agree with your post 100%
HRH Elizabeth said:I agree, he absolutely should and hopefully will. But I also think it is not as simple as him simply falling in love, and voila, she becomes the future queen. While all people should be able to marry someone they truly love, William is not an ordinary person, he is the future King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis, and all His other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Lord High Admiral, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Lancaster and Lord of Mann (if or until that title is amended). Ultimately, being king or queen is to have a great deal of power, indirect if not direct, and while it would lovely for him to truly love the woman he marries, it is more important to his role as leader of those 16 nations to choose a woman who is suitable than one he loves.
Now, there are many women in the world, and I'm sure he can find one whom he can love who is suitable, but were he to choose someone completely inappropriate, no matter how much he loved her, it would be incompatible with his role as king.
With great power comes great responsibility, and his grearesponsibility may someday involve sacrificing personal passion for the sake of his people.
In a Hollywood version of royalty, such a sacrifice would never be necessary, but in real life, sacrifices usually are.
I absolutely wish him the best of luck in romance and hope he decides to marry someone who is also suitable to be a queen. However, I have to say, as one of his future subjects, I have not yet been overly impressed by his seeming reluctance to be king and would not be too pleased if he were to marry the woman of his dreams who just so happened to be an embarrassmentto Britain.
At the end of it, royals no longer actually rule, but merely symbolically reign and perform some constitutional functions. And in my opinion, since their role is so largely symbolic, and yet affords them so much privilege, they ought to be held to higher standards of public behaviour and should be expected to contract marriages that will, if not actively help, will not hurt their country.
Once we expect no more from them than from the Smiths down the road, I feel that they become superfluous and should no longer hold their positions. I am happy to curtsey and be a subject to the Queen, but I see no reason to curtsey before Mrs. Smith in a tiara.