Kate Middleton Hopes for Proposal in Caribbean
Now we can’t vouch for this story but it does have a ring of truth. According to Katie Nicholl in the UK Mail on Sunday, Kate Middleton is whisking Prince William off on an Easter break to the Caribbean where she hopes the soldier Prince will pop the question.
The journalist quotes an unnamed friend. “This will be the first occasion for a while they have spent time together alone and Kate really thinks a proposal could happen.
“She has definitely spoken about marriage with her girlfriends. She and William have been going out for more than three years and she is thinking about the future, like any girl her age would do.
“She’s really missed him while he’s been at Sandhurst and is looking forward to them spending some quality time together in the Caribbean. They have a lot to catch up on, as they have been apart since January. Kate wants to discuss their future but she is planning her moves carefully and is waiting for the right moment.”
We have no idea who this friend is, but spilling the beans on Kate’s strategy is likely to do more harm than good. Men have a tendency to hang fire when they know a girl is pushing them to propose.
The very words we have no idea who this friend is speaks volumes. IF this were really a friend why in the world he/she divulge Kate’s thoughts if any on the matter of marriage and Kate seems to be a private person and keeps a low profile. It seems that there is no truth to this and is just a press attempt to undermine her character much like Diana and the royal train incident.
By Trudie on March 27th, 2006 at 11:45 am
I imagine she’s annoyed that this “friend” has spoken so freely, Trudie. It’s a bit crass, isn’t it?
By John on March 27th, 2006 at 11:55 am
I think it is all crap. If there was a real proposal/engagement, the press would not be allowed to published it like this.
By Lucy on March 27th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
John and Lucy You are both right. First to John it’s more than a bit crass, Kate is smart enough to know how much William values his privacy and I really do not think she would discuss such a sensitive matter with any one but her family who she could trust not to speak to the press and secondly Lucy your right the press would not be allowed to print this with out notification from either Clarence House or Buckingham Palace as first the Queen must give her consent to any engagement/ marriage must really be a slow weekend for royal news.
By Trudie on March 27th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Under the old “D” notices system that would undoubtedly be the case, but I think that’s been relaxed in these days of nil deference.
By John on March 28th, 2006 at 9:13 am
Do you mean “D” notices as in defamation? I don’t quite understand John. Could you please explain more.
Also I don’t think Wills is thinking about marriage now, he is just enjoying his time with Kate and taking it slowly. Oh knows, he could fall in love and marry someone else.
By Lucy on March 30th, 2006 at 6:50 am
Lucy, I think the “D” stood for “Deny” or something like that. If a “D” notice was slapped on a story it couldn’t be published in Britain. The abdication crisis in 1938 is a good example of how D-notices were used. In these days of the internet, they wouldn’t be much use, though.
By John on March 30th, 2006 at 8:47 am
Yes but wasn’t that story from a newspaper? I think it was the daily mail.
Poor Will, getting all this peer-pressure to marry…
By Lucy on March 30th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
The story has been reported in most of the tabloids, Lucy, and the online forums and gossip websites. The Daily Mail usually carries most of it too.
By John on March 31st, 2006 at 8:03 am
[...] So what do we really know? Royal Anecdotes featured this story as long ago as March 27. It was speculation then, and still is. However, a swell of opinion has grown in recent weeks with no rebuttal emerging from Clarence House or the Palace. If William really wanted a quiet holiday with Kate, surely he would have moved to quash the story weeks ago? [...]
By » Royal Anecdotes - Royal Secrets Past and Present on May 2nd, 2006 at 10:34 am