Kate Middleton and Prince William To Holiday Together
As Royal Anecdotes speculated after their surprisingly amicable split in April, Prince William and Kate Middleton may have taken the step to give themselves some breathing space. A reconciliation may not be out of the question. Kate is pictured leaving her London home yesterday.
Now, according to the Sunday Express, the couple intend to spend a holiday together at the Prince’s Teapot Cottage on the Balmoral estate in August.
William is also due to accompany Kate to her cousin’s wedding on July 21. A friend says, “Kate and William will be going to the event together. The plan for the day was agreed before they split up and William is determined he will still go with Kate. He wants to honour that commitment.”
The source added, “[They] still speak all the time and are on very good terms”.
We also hear that friends are revealing they could well rekindle their romance at some date in the future.
A relationship psychologist is reported as saying, “There is no doubt that William and Kate were extremely close for a long time and you don’t turn something like that off like a dripping tap. Kate has not let any upset show since her split. If she wants him back, she is going about it perfectly.”
Is this another of Prince William’s famous “smokescreens”? Could the golden couple still walk down the aisle together, having confounded the media publicity machines and bought themselves some peace mid-term in their relationship?
How clever is that — if true?
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By Kate Middleton and Prince William Romance at Tea Pot Cottage ยป Great Romances - Past and Present on May 24th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
If that’s what they’re doing, it’s brilliant
By Bex on May 24th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
I agree, Bex, it is brilliant, and I hope that is what they are doing. It will be interesting to see how things proceed this summer, since there is quite a lot going on.
By Gigi on May 24th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I certainly wouldn’t put it past William to think of something like that. It’s the kind of game he loves to play with the press - keep them guessing.
As long as it’s not a game being played against Kate though - that would be cruel.
By On The Outside on May 24th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
I doubt that. Kate doesn’t strike me as dim.
By Bex on May 24th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
No, dim she is not. I do like her very much, from what I’ve read of her.
By On The Outside on May 24th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Yes, me too
I, like Gigi, am hoping the summer plays out in their favor.
By Bex on May 25th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Time will tell!!!
By Trudie on May 25th, 2007 at 1:12 am
I knew it. Their entire drama just didn’t smell right. Her announcing their breakup at her dinner party, etc. And she has always had the look on her face like there’s a bewildered canary fluttering behind her pearly white grill. If they’re in on this farce of a breakup together, then good for them, I love it. If William is “dithering” and stringing this girl along, I’ll detest him forever.
By Positive on May 25th, 2007 at 2:00 am
The only thing that doesn’t quite fit with this theory, however, is that both have been out partying with others. Didn’t PW say something along the lines of “I’m free! Let’s drink the menu!”? Possibly he never said it, but it seemed like both of them had that “I’m free!” moment right after the break up became public.
By Bex on May 25th, 2007 at 4:25 am
Actually, neither has been on a date with someone else since the breakup, which is strange because they both would have had lots of opportunity. Going out with a gang of friends is a different matter altogether, of course.
If Kate is at the Diana Concert — or the service — the case is closed. And consider this, would any couple, recently split up, plan to spend a quiet holiday alone together in a remote cottage in Scotland?
By John on May 25th, 2007 at 8:19 am
I don’t want to sound killjoy but I doubt these 2 are going to get back together. Im convinced Wills has a new girl. When he was with Kate he was enjoying a single life and now that he is free he has disappeared? Don’t rely on what Wills asked a friend to tell. The media intrusion was one of the cause of Wills’ freak out and now he makes announcements. Bizarre. It’s like a warning. Just in case if people are hoping too much. That means I invite her and I will go with her to an event but don’t think we still sleep together again. If they were back together Wills would have never made an annoucement such as “The plan for the day was agreed before they split up”. I think he is preparing to show the new victim
Maybe she will be in Balmoral this summer too. The British people like Kate, so he shows that he is still nice with her, despite a new girlfriend. I may be totally wrong. Maybe all was slyness and he is going to marry her. Maybe the breakup was all make up in order to calm down the world 
But I don’t think so.
By Lilyfromfrance on May 25th, 2007 at 8:32 am
I, like the rest of you, hope its a sign that they will get back together but I am a little worried that it’s just the final phase before they get on with their own lives. Like the psychologist said in the article you can’t just turn off a five year closeness like a tap so this could just be a very gentle weaning off rather than going cold turkey.
Of course if by August they actually go on that holiday well then I’ll put my worries aside and start looking for the hat!
By Eliza on May 25th, 2007 at 8:34 am
The psychologist can theorize all he wishes, but many people turn off relationships of great depth and of far more than five years in less time than it takes to turn off a tap. I have no idea what will happen between Prince William and Kate Middleton, but I am hoping for the best. Like Eliza, I believe that if Prince William and Kate go away together for a holiday in August, we can safely assume that they are committed to an engagement and a marriage. In that event, there shall be champagne served at Royal Anecdotes Tea in August and many toasts shall be proposed!
By Gigi on May 25th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I look forward to that, Gigi. It’s a pity it can’t be held in Teapot Cottage itself — so appropriate.
By John on May 25th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Do we know for certain that Kate Middleton was invited to the Diana concert?
By Bex on May 25th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Before the split it seems she was. Let’s see if that remains the case.
By John on May 25th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I doubt Kate will be at the concert with William because in the time it takes to upload the pictures in a tabloid, that photo will undue all of their bait and switch we broke up BS. So I don’t expect to see her there. I can however believe that they might vacation together at teapot cottage.
They are trying to run game on the public by announcing a split to take the heat off of William and Kate, only because William is not yet ready to marry her. But I will not believe they have shut the door on their relationship forever. Not until he escorts out of some grand chapel another woman wearing his wedding band on her left finger. That’s my hunch. Probably wishful thinking, but I don’t believe they have ended this forever. Too well matched, his family liked her, she’s good for him. He’d be stupid to let this girl get away.
By Positive on May 26th, 2007 at 3:32 am
I can’t believe they will be all alone in vacation. There will be plenty of Wills’ friends. Like the last winter.
By Lilyfromfrance on May 26th, 2007 at 8:29 am
They’ve vacationed alone before during their courtship, at various RF palaces, castles, etc., we just will never know about it. As it should be.
By Positive on May 26th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Now that the media blitz has calmed somewhat, for all we know, Prince William and Kate may be spending time together at secluded locations on a semi-regular basis.
John, I do love the fact that they will vacation at Teapot Cottage! 
It seems ideally apropos and Royal Anecdotes related! 
Yes…I am once again floating off in a dreamy, romantic haze thinking of nothing remotely more serious than cutting roses for the rosebowl. 
By Gigi on May 26th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Has anyone else read the article in The Daily Mail about Pippa? It’s interesting, but a bit harsh, I think.
By Bex on May 26th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
I read it and I agree with you. Why does the Daily Mail seem to be so hypercritical? I confess I find it very annoying. Just because Pippa chooses friends from among the wealthy and titled class does not mean she is self-seeking or insincere. Pippa demonstrates a touching loyalty to her sister which I find quite charming and endearing.
By Gigi on May 27th, 2007 at 2:27 am
All newspaper feature articles have to have an angle, or hook. Pippa is largely an unknown quantity, so the only way of working her out is through her friends. Since they seem to be upper-crust, that’s what they go on.
It’s not very nice sometimes, but there we are. Pippa is setting herself up in the public domain so must learn to live with it.
By John on May 27th, 2007 at 9:09 am
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By Aristocracy Anecdotes - Secrets of Aristocrats and Toffs » Pippa Outclimbs Kate Middleton on May 27th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
John, I dare say that Pippa will learn to live with the media and their angles, but I fear I shall not. I advise the media to mend their ways, since they are also dealing with an older woman (me) who tends to snarl when she is cranky!
She is often cranky with the media! Yes…there shall be snarling, and that right early.
By Gigi on May 27th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Gigi, snarl away. When you’ve finished, have some tea.
By John on May 28th, 2007 at 8:51 am
An excellent notion, John!
Perhaps if I had the tea first, I would not snarl at all! 
By Gigi on May 28th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Couples who have split up do not, in my experience, have weekends together away within a few weeks of doing so.
And certainly, I feel any woman discarded after years has every right to deny her friendship to the man who discarded her. What - after love, “remain friends”? For the dumped party, it’s unthinkable. My line, after shorter relationships was, “You don’t want my love? You don’t deserve my friendship.”
I am hoping that the bizarre chain of commitments - Ascot, Cartier Polo, a family wedding, a Balmoral weekend - may signal a U-turn on William’s part.
Don’t let yourself be used, Kate.
By Elizabeth on June 11th, 2007 at 12:41 pm