To think the UK media silence on the Prince William rumours is odd

[Absofuckinglutely]

Just that really. No idea if there's anything more than rumour and speculation, but it's all over social media that Prince William allegedly had an affair with one of Kate's friends, but there is a total media silence on it.
Pretty bizarre considering that Meghan Markle barely has to breathe and the media are covering it.

@willgymforpizza oh of course, I would be livid if it were my husband, at my husband. What I mean is she had possibly had some emotional struggles and acted like a teenager in relationships, and some moral indiscretions but essentially, she was a good person.

If Wills was found to be cheating and it all came out in public then Kate would surely have to leave him - and with not one adulterous man in line to become king but two, people would definitely start questioning the point of it all.

If it’s true (and personally I don’t believe it because I think he’s too uptight and controlling to do anything potentially like an affair) it could only be confirmed if one of the four involved admitted it. I doubt it would come from the other couple, sleeping with your loyal friend’s wife is an age old royal way of ensuring nothing gets out (his Dad did it)

And her humanity and kindness far outweighed the romantic scandals.

Sorry, pressed send too soon. I don’t think anybody except for Kate could conceivably confirm it. And I don’t believe she would. I think she’s a Queen Alexandra, not a Princess Diana. I think she’d stay home, keep her mouth shut and tolerate indiscretions for the sake of preserving the royal family and therefore her children’s future royal roles.

with not one adulterous man in line to become king but two, people would definitely start questioning the point of it all

The Royals aren't there to show us how to live morally and set an example - that has never been their purpose. Maybe their behaviour will lead to their downfall though with today's social mores - perhaps.

Historically, when kings had absolute power, they were basically thugs and bullies who literally fought their way to the top and who did all sorts of unsavoury things. The main thing was to make sure their heirs were legitimate. Apart from that, anything went.

I honestly don’t see any of them outlasting HM Queen regardless of who is exposed or not exposed.

Think Kate will end up leaving him for someone less high maintenance and raising the children with the Middleton’s in a Berkshire hideaway. These subservient types always end up snapping, giving up on perfection and becoming divorced feminists.

That’s so mean and negative but it’s what I think is likely.

and with not one adulterous man in line to become king but two, people would definitely start questioning the point of it all.

Honestly, we should be questioning the point of it all w/o adultery even being a factor. Why is there a point to them if they stay true in their marriage, but not if they are unfaithful?

There's no point to it all, it's archaic and should always be questioned and not followed blindly.

It’s NEVER just about looks though is it? What makes someone have x appeal is charisma, charm and I think that works both ways. I don’t know anything about these women but maybe Rose makes Wills laugh?

Yes and we can't discount the attraction of "forbidden fruit" - a powerful aphrodisiac. How many affairs collapse when exposed? Many people thrive on the secrecy and "getting one over" on their spouse. Take that away and it's all over for some.

Mistresses are in the heir to the throne job description. No way would something so common in aristocratic circles topple the monarchy. If all the public sympathy for Diana didn’t do it, nothing William does could. It’s a republican fantasy to think it would.

Everyone is talking about an “affair”. It could well have been a bit of heavy snogging, which would explain why Kate doesn’t look all that bothered.

No way would something so common in aristocratic circles topple the monarchy. If all the public sympathy for Diana didn’t do it, nothing William does could. It’s a republican fantasy to think it would.

And only someone completely naive would believe William can’t do “anything” which would bring down the Monarchy.

Times have changed. When the Queen goes, who knows what will happen. (No one would have foreseen Brexit 5 years ago.)

Who cares if she stalked a married man who burnt her. There’s a bit of stalker in all of us. Plus this was before Facebook so she couldn’t just look up his social media profile. We didn’t have much then for a broken heart, just public phone prank calls.

Seriously? Can you imagine if you leave out the apparently crucial fact that this adult teenybopper stalker was Princess Diana, and a baffled and unhappy wife posted on Relationships about her husband getting hundreds of silent phone calls from the OW?

If William did something completely heinous perhaps. Having affairs, like every heir to the throne for centuries, no way. Times haven’t changed that much except in the MN bubble where marriages dissolve because DH hasn’t put the cat out.

*The Royals aren't there to show us how to live morally and set an example - that has never been their purpose. Maybe their behaviour will lead to their downfall though with today's social mores - perhaps.

Historically, when kings had absolute power, they were basically thugs and bullies who literally fought their way to the top and who did all sorts of unsavoury things. The main thing was to make sure their heirs were legitimate. Apart from that,*

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria saved the monarchy by turning themselves into examples of wholesome domestic living to change the bad rep the monarchy had from the Georgian period, especially the damage caused by the Prince Regent.

What is their purpose?

This thread has now made me think about sex with Prince William, Andrew Lloyd-Weber and Kim Jong-il. That's a lot to stomach for one afternoon

It you HAD to pick one? I'd pick PW. If I HAD to.

Come on though, they’ve been married for what, 8 years now. Nobody apart from blatant lie mongerers like the National Enquirer has ever had a whiff of this. Suddenly MM turns up, gets a load of bad press herself, starts running their publicity like they’re still in Hollywood and then suddenly there’s an apparently confirmed affair with names and everything?

It’s blatantly MM leaking this. And I don’t believe that it’s much to do with Kate either, I think there is big beef between MM and PW because he cautioned his brother not to marry to hastily.

I just cannot see PW having an affair. He absolutely loathes the press, hates letting people get close to him and has massive, massive trust issues. The only people he really lets in are close friends he’s known since childhood. It would be completely counter to everything in his personality to cheat.

But I’m guessing this will be deleted because Meghan’s stalker superfan on here gets every single negative word about her banned because apparently it’s racist to criticise her but pages and pages of potentially libellous stuff about Kate can stay up without remark.

'A bit of heavy snogging'? They aren't 12 😂

Oh yes it must be Meghans fault just like everything else. Nothing to do with the fact that some men can't keep it in their pants.

@Humpty84 Dians lapped up the luxury on one engagement she was presented with some kind of bowl she immediately turned it upside down to see if it was hallmarked everyone laughed she was embarrassed, When she went to Angola re-landmines the path she walked was checked for landmines before hand, this was reported a few year's later, do you really think she would have put her life in danger when she had 2 young children? no mother would, as for shaking a man's hand with aids she was informed it was alright, in her true story book she admitted she would get a member of her staff to tip of the press to where she would be that day with William and Harry she knew it would be in the paper's the next day, she said she wanted to look like the better parent. As for chasing married men she was a hypocrite she said 3 in a married was crowded, she was the 3rd in a few marriages, remember Will Carling she broke up his marriage, a few month's later she dumped him, Saint Diana, don't think so.

*I can't imagine that William is/was interested in Rose. Kate is infinitely better-looking and elegant.

Sure, because no married man ever cheated with someone who wasn't as good looking as their wife......*

Paul Newman once said “why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home” but he still went out for a hamburger....

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria saved the monarchy by turning themselves into examples of wholesome domestic living to change the bad rep the monarchy had from the Georgian period, especially the damage caused by the Prince Regent.

Yes, that's true, although after her husband died, in the decades that followed she was linked to a couple of manservants in one case earning the nickname "Mrs Brown". Slanderous rumours likely, but she did put herself in an ambiguous position for some reason.

I just cannot see PW having an affair. He absolutely loathes the press, hates letting people get close to him and has massive, massive trust issues

Sounds awfully like Prince Charles

Think Kate will end up leaving him for someone less high maintenance and raising the children with the Middleton’s in a Berkshire hideaway. These subservient types always end up snapping, giving up on perfection and becoming divorced feminists.

They don’t. They really don’t. Not in the Royal Family. Even if we scrapped the monarchy they’d remain incredibly high profile. That’s what finished up Diana’s relationship with Hasnat Khan. She wanted him to go and work in SA or the US and imagined them becoming a high profile humanitarian couple like George n Amal but they just couldn’t do it, the couldn’t just live a normal life. It was Diana’s need to preserve the royal lifestyle without the royal budget that led her to the private planes, private yachts, gated mansions and security details of the Fayeds and we all know how THAT ended.

Problem is, whether he has or hasn’t William having an affair will always tarnish the marriage.
In that Royal foibles link, i think it was spot on saying Rose leaked the story ( after being banned from the turnip toffs set) because Kate’s squeaky clean reputation is the most valuable thing to her and it was revenge.( among the aristos, shagging around is practically a hobby)

I think Kate will stay put much like Queen Alexandra / Coleen Rooney.
She stands to lose way too much.