Prince William has confirmed he will marry Kate Middleton next year

[phipps]

I wonder if we will get a Bank Holiday for it.

I know, I started to get worried when last night I posted on that poncey Christmas thread

Next thing you know you'll be organising a street party for the wedding.

Or a tour for the Japanese tourists

Eightieschick - perhaps I expressed myself badly - I'm the very last one to say an education doesn't have its own value and rewards. (After all, am now doing a PhD in an Arts subject. But I do also think that, once you have received it, it's better to support yourself by going out and doing a job (if it's possible to find one - presumably that's not a problem for KM, though). Most importantly, for your own independence and fulfilment, but also to pay back something in taxes, contributions, etc.

Btw, I'm not entering the 'working mums' debate here - have no desire to do that - just commenting on someone with no commitments who seems to have chosen to do no work except a bit of dabbling.

To those of you asking why William isnt marrying someone more urbane, career motivated etc, arent you all rather missing the point that it's unlikely that someone with those qualities would want to marry into the royal family?

It's easy to criticise but I wonder how many of us would be quite so career motivated if money were no object? Her family is very wealthy and she's clearly been on a promise for some time.

Good uni? I dunno - posh dating agency more like. And 'History of Art'?, I'm sure it was a rewarding topic to study, but not much of a preparation for a career.

On the other hand - they seem like a lovley young couple. I wish them every happiness, and I hope we get a day off.

PS Nice gesture with the ring - Sentimental AND frugal. Full marks William x

BaggedandTagged,
women work for the independence and self-satisfaction it brings, not just the money.

I married into a "clan" . MIL seems to be under some illusion that she is royalty. She reckons I've married up , when if anything I've married down. But it doesn't matter. THe point is that women need to bring something of themselves and of their own to a marriage, or they're going to suffer. Diana did.

Is it me or is her outfit just a bit too like Diana's and that ring is ugly

Does anybody on here no kate middleton personally? IF not how do you know what job she has been doing? She says working in the family company, what's wrong with that? She is helping the family prosper! She might be doing 12 hour days who knows ! Also why should she be judged on working or not working its upto her . Lots of green eyed monsters on here!

I believe her 'job' will be some sort of philanthropy. Diana didn't do much 'teaching' after she was married.

"And 'History of Art'?, I'm sure it was a rewarding topic to study, but not much of a preparation for a career."... I'm dumbfounded by the utter ignorance of this statement, just in general.

I have given up reading all the nasty, vitriolic posts on here. Why do so many of you feel the need to be so bitchy about someone you don't know personally.
I am assuming that you are all: beautiful, have great careers and dress well.

Chip on the shoulder? Envy?

Good luck to them I say, and I hope the marriage is happier than his parents.

I can´t decide about the ring.

I actually think I find it a bit creepy.

If the reports are correct he didn´t want his mum to "miss out".

Also the ring is special to him & so is Kate so they should "be together".

Vomit inducing for me, sorry.

I am so glad that I am not in the public eye to be chewed over and spat out! She seems an ordinary, fairly unremarkable woman to me. They have lived together so know each other and have realistic expectations so it will most probably work. Good luck to them. I don't think that the fact that the general opinion in MN is against them is going to cause them sleepless nights-bearing in mind that the majority haven't even made a comment!

I think the people moaning about the tax payers paying for the wedding would have a point if it meant schools, hospitals, the firemen, etc didn't get the budget they would have done without a wedding.

Rather my taxes paid for this then some of the old shite they get spent on

You can't tell me that if there wasn't a wedding the schools etc would get the money!
It would be nice if they said instead of a wedding we want the money that would be used sent to the schools but it never works like that!

How times have changed, Charles and Diana's wedding brought people together and I remember the street parties.

Trouble now is so many people are anti English, anti royal family and anti anything nice, I would hate to have such a sad empty worthless little life that all I could do was be mean about two people getting married

"Anti anything nice". Yeah, everyone hates anything 'nice'. Don't be so stupid and ridiculous, Runaway.

They're a pair of weirdos (anyone who kills wildlife for fun is more than weird) and I wish to god that they're ugly mugs would disappear from the news.

Sorry, I meant "Their ugly mugs".

It's not just "two people getting married" either. It's the British public having to foot the bill for two weirdos to have a lavish, ultra-expensive wedding.

Yeah, what's not to like?

Phipps, but where is the money going to come from? It's hardly as if there's been a secret kitty stashed away against a possible Royal wedding. It has to come from somewhere and it will have to have an impact on services elsewhere.

Am not getting the comments that we who object to this malarkey generally are 'envious' or 'chippy'. Um no, just politically opposed to an out-moded system and resent paying for it. KM is extremely pretty and (I presume) very much richer than I am, even before the engagement. So? I don't care - good for her. So are loads of other people and I'm not chippy about them either. I just don't approve of the monarchy.

I am not anti-Royal but I don't think there's any reason at all why collectively we should foot the bill for anything other than the security aspect. Seriously.

'Trouble now is so many people are anti English, anti royal family and anti anything nice,'

As much as the royal family is anti-Catholic? In the not-too-distant past, this family had a distinctly anti-Allied Nazi streak in it, too.

I wouldn't have a problem with the Royals if they worked for a living or signed on like the rest of us.

is he paying for the wedding or am I to pay for that as well, simply because he was born into a family of blue blooded inbred germans.

I would rather my tax paid for this them to keep some fat lazy mother of 10 by x amount of dads on the social