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

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Absofuckinglutely · 25/04/2019 14:27

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.

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SummerPlace · 27/04/2019 00:51

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

That comment was made by Paul Newman in reference to his second wife, Joanne Woodward. If he was ever involved with another woman during their marriage, he must have been incredibly discreet. Her main competition was his hobby of race car driving, which apparently did lead to their separating for a while.

His first wife, however, was a different story.

Humpy84 · 27/04/2019 01:26

@ NaBiAgOl happens to the best of us, I am on my way there. Good for you 😊

OnlineAlienator · 27/04/2019 01:47

Why did charles and diana marry in the first place? They seem to have made each other miserable - did they ever like each other??

SlipperOrchid · 27/04/2019 02:05

@Online Charles needed a wife and heirs. Diana's grandmother and the QM were friends. Initially they tried to set Charles up with Diana's older sister but that didn't work out so they chose Diana. Diana was very young and somewhat vulnerable and like many young girls would be, was happy to have a Prince Charming.

Mummylovesbags · 27/04/2019 02:11

There are some really great Diana, Camilla and charles biographies. Cover the squidgy gate era well and often interview friends. More in depth than anything you will read online. Can’t think of the names but a great read of a cup of tea.

Everyone said Diana was magical in person, much more so than photos. Wish I had a chance to meet her

Paradyning · 27/04/2019 04:20

Does anyone know why the Duke of Gloucester would be sat in between Kate and Harry at the ANZAC service.
Is he further up the tree as a Royal Duke in the absence of William?
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Paradyning · 27/04/2019 04:23

Hmm this comment may answer my query.

In the church they are seated in order of precedence. Harry, Duke of Gloucester and then Kate. If William was there Kate would have preceded both of them. The idiosyncrasies of royal precedence.

Paradyning · 27/04/2019 04:29

Another interesting explanation ( I should know all this - it crops up here frequently!)
fromberkshiretobuckingham.blogspot.com/2019/04/why-did-harry-rank-above-kate-at.html?m=1

lyralalala · 27/04/2019 04:40

I think it’s a combination of precedence without William, and Harry’s late attendance. It would have been set up for just Kate and Richard until Harry was actually in the car.

Sometimes the Queen does place her cousins (presumably as grandchildren of a monarch) higher in the seating order than expected though. At William and Kate’s wedding the Gloucester’s and Kent’s were seated behind only the Queen’s children and in drily of Zara, Peter and the Armstrong-Jones/Chattos who are all higher in the line of succession.

lyralalala · 27/04/2019 04:42

In Drily of = in front of

derxa · 27/04/2019 06:10

Times haven’t changed that much except in the MN bubble where marriages dissolve because DH hasn’t put the cat out. Grin

RiversDisguise · 27/04/2019 06:29

What a thoroughly foolish thread.

Thanks so much to all who built it. Wine

SerenDippitty · 27/04/2019 06:32

If these people are now marrying for love as opposed to convenience, you'd think that the practise of affairs might be becoming less!

Well yes in the past they’d have been expected to make a suitable match and it would be a huge bonus if they liked/fancied the person as well. So it was accepted that they could look elsewhere for physical satisfaction as long as they did their duty in ensuring heirs and were discreet about it.

SerenDippitty · 27/04/2019 06:34

Edward VII had so many mistresses that at his funeral a special pew known as the horse box was set aside for them.

Settlersofcatan · 27/04/2019 06:42

I am surprised that people think Kate looks radiant since Louis was born - to me, she has looked much older and more tired, partly due to weight loss. It has made her look more grown up/regal but also more severe.

I have never bought that Diana was some kind of innocent when she married into the Royal family - she grew up in that set, she knew what she was getting into. To us now she seems really young when she got married but young adults are so different now in terms of maturity.

DeadWife · 27/04/2019 06:51

David Cameron descends from William IV and his Irish actress mistress Dorothea Jordan via their illegitimate daughter. Fact.

Just shows it's not what you know ...

Iamnotagoddess · 27/04/2019 07:21

The Andrew Morton book is probably the best considering it came from the horses mouth (Diane herself)

Iamnotagoddess · 27/04/2019 07:21

*Diana

BertrandRussell · 27/04/2019 07:21

“To us now she seems really young when she got married but young adults are so different now in terms of maturity.”
She seemed really young then too. And there were people who were uncomfortable at the age difference between her and Charles. One hopes that wouldn’t happen nowadays.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 27/04/2019 07:32

People will risk everything when they are caught up in lust

When has political responsibilities stopped presidents/kings/pm’s having an affair (and woman!)

SummerPlace · 27/04/2019 07:33

limitedperiodonly: The oft-repeated myth was that at last she could look the East End in the face because Buckingham Palace had been bombed

I've always thought that comment was one of the most patronising I have ever heard. It may just be wartime propaganda, but that anybody could actually think that that was an acceptable comment to be made public appals me.

Let's not forget the Queen Mother's criticism of European royals who left their countries as the Germans invaded. You can be sure that she would have been on the first flight to Canada in the same situation.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 27/04/2019 07:35

Diana didn’t know what she was getting into because the media frenzy this hasn’t happened before

No one expected her to have such appeal no one was interested in Charles or the Queen it’s became all about Diana

JenniferJareau · 27/04/2019 07:42

I once heard someone remark that Diana should have married Andrew Ridgley and Charles should have married Mavis on 4.

While anyone under 40 will probably have no clue who those two are, it is accurate!

JenniferJareau · 27/04/2019 07:44

I recently read Andrew Morton's book Her True Story 25th Anniversary edition.

It was fascinating as part of the revamp was his reflections on what happened after publication and what came out versus what she had told him. Well worth a read.

longwayoff · 27/04/2019 08:01

Yeah, tracybeaker, but they're FOREiGN royals. Which doesn't count although Plantagenet heritage does. Weirdos.