Prince William has confirmed he will marry Kate Middleton next year

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

Yeah, Runaway and all those immigrants.

I'm glad you're on this thread. You really are incredibly stupid it's funny to read your 'thoughts'.

I'd rather keep neither of them if i'm honest, i don't want to support anyone.

Agree with Bunbaker to a large extent, so far, Kate Middleton has been criticised, on the occasion of her engagement, for:

• being dull, when nobody actually knows her (I presume), or has even heard her speak until yesterday, and she has studiously avoided the media spotlight and conducted her relationship very discreetly, so I'm not sure how anybody here has a clue whether she is dull or not

• not dressing in a mn approved style, when she hasn't even been photographed that much, and when she has, has been dressing in a very 'normal' way. Not sure what people would rather she wear, or even why we are judging someone on their clothes or looks anyway, not very mn-esque is it...

• not doing anything with her life after uni, and being a 'WAG' type, when she has been working in her parents business for a number of years, and again, I assume nobody here has any idea what hours she works etc.

• having a grand and lavish wedding, when again, we have no idea what kind of wedding they are planning, maybe even they don't at the moment.

Whatever you think about whether we should have a royal family, and how they should/shouldn't be funded, none of the above would be acceptable here if this was any other bride to be. We simply don't know anything about her and to criticise someone when we have hardly any of the facts takes a perculiar kind of arrogance I think.

What a lovely message from the mn community - 'we don't know anything about you, but we're going to make a bunch of ridiculous and unfounded assumptions and use them to slag you off anyway'. Nice.

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We wouldn't be paying for it if it was any other wedding. Any other bride to be wouldn't be plastered all over the news either.

I'm sure there must be something important going on in the world, but who knows because it's just those two weirdos all over the press.

We also do know things about them. They both hunt, she wears fur and we subsidise their lavish lives. They are a disgrace.

She definitely has the X factor when she smiles.

I think he probably though I'd better do it before I go bald.
Good luck to them, I say.
I can feel it in my waters, it will be May.

I've seen her face in the 1st birthday party online order catalogue thingie. My impression of her was how posh she sounds, but then to fit in she has to be posh.

They seemed very happy and good luck to them both.

I bet it's not a public holiday.

I think a lot of businesses will be up in arms at the thought of having to pay people for a non production day.

Oh, FFs. I can hardly believe the defences posted here. Loki, let's get it clear, then. I know little about either of them and care less. What I do care about is that the bill for their wedding and their utterly feckless lifestyle will land on my doormat. Will IDS come round and ask the new princess to pick up rubbish because she's never had a job and needs to understand the world of work? No, but she'll go on collecting from the taxpayer all the same, and I'm sorry, but I bet the nation WASN'T brought together by that farce in 1981. There was no Internet then and people had nowhere to voice their dismay or boredom or nausea.

I kinda like Loki for Look. Bleeding smart software. Apologies.

I would rather by Cameron AND Osborne a drink before contributing a penny towards this wedding - and that is really saying something!!

If one of the richest families in the land needs a contribution from outside themselves to pay for the wedding, let the newspapers pay them. Er HELLO?!?!?!!

But they will bring in the tourists even if the locals don't care.

This is a young man who lost his mother at a young age and has worked for his country, has trained in the armed forces and has had to live his life with ever present media attention.

I think it is quite vile that people are so nasty about him and his future wife.
When push comes to shove it matters not a bit to anyone here, it will not take anything from you, it will not effect your well being you will not get a special invoice to pay anything towards the wedding.

Really I do not see what the whole big deal of having a go about it is, they will get married, they will do whatever it is they do and it will effect no one here at all

Frankly I'd rather buy Hitler a drink and I'm of Anglo-Aramaic decent.

I know nothing or the woman and I don't care, the only aspect of the royals I have even the remotest interest in, is when the hell are they going to publicly admit that the other one is Hewitt's kid they could at least stop giving him our money seeing as he isn't even related to Charles.
Lucky him not being an inbred but getting paid and treated like one thats got to be the best gig in the world, right there.

Yes, being an RAF Search and Rescue pilot is very "feckless"

Ryoko - Harry is not Hewitt's kid. Juicy rumour but not true.

For all the dissenters, the fact is that the majority of the population (especially the people with a lot less money than the average MNetter) will be looking forward to this wedding.

To start saying 'I'd rather buy a round of drinks for genocidal maniacs' is stupid.

Whenever there are heated debates with a political slant on this forum, I always get the feeling that a large number of posters say the things they do to be part of a cliquey little club.....before they head off to Bikram yoga in the 4 x 4.

My word some of you are vile and stupid

Wonder if while you're getting drinks for Hitler you might like to get some in for the 7/7 bombers, the folks that flew planes in to the towers and all the pedophile's in the world so bloody stupid

For all the dissenters, the fact is that the majority of the population (especially the people with a lot less money than the average MNetter) will be looking forward to this wedding.

So how much money does the average mums netter have then?
Also are you implying that if you have a low income then your a bit thick so will like a royal wedding?

I agree with Bunbaker as well.

Yesterday I thought quite a lot about how me and DW felt when we got engaged. We met at University and then had a period living together. DW even has a saphire ring.

These are two young people embarking on the most important and riskiest decision of their live in the full glare of the world media. I just think we should wish them all the best and yes I will be glued to the TV on the wedidng daylike most everyone else.

I do though hope we dont have wall-to-wall Royal Wedding coverage every day up until then.

"and has had to live his life with ever present media attention."

Actually I disagree with that.

I think he´s led quite a private life.

Quite HRHCavey, RAF search and rescue pilot is hardly feckless, and even when these people are not 'working' has anybody seen some of the schedules they have? Lazy and idle they are not. HRH Sophie whatever her name is, is patron of oodles of different organisations, and it is through her work with those that I met her, and really, she visited our town, spoke intelligently and eloquently on the issue we were there for (opportunities for girls and young women), was very well researched and really knew her stuff. She was with us for about 90 minutes, busy and on her feet the whole time, and then was whisked off to three other engagements the same afternoon, with literally barely time to have a pee and a sandwich.

Yes they are paid for by the public purse, as are many many many other people, but lazy and feckless they are not.

I completely understand that some people would prefer not to have a monarchy, and completely respect that view, but the vitriol on here is something else.

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I am about as interested and as happy for them as I would be for any other engaged couple who I do not know and will never meet....

Runaway, of course we'll pay for the wedding - who the bloody hell else do you think will pay for it?

Some people on here are vile.

There are so many people on Mnet who we do not know but when they say they are getting married, having/had a baby of lost a love one we all make the right noises even though most of the time no one really gives a fuck!

A strange who is a name on a talk board has lost a parent, child, spouse, you say sorry for your loss and get on with your day it means nothing and effects no one, and really no one cares but out of decency you offer condolences.

Someone posts that they are getting married we all say how lovely, and no one really gives a toss really as it effects no one.