Unpopular Opinion - William and Kate

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Don't come at me, I'm sharing my unpopular opinion because I want to know what you all think but just don't see a spark between William & Kate.

Loved them since the day they starting dating way back when they were undergrads at St Andrews but I just don't see their connection in pictures and it seems a little forced when she has her hand on his back or when they do hold hands.

I don't expect them to hold hands and snog because I know they're mostly photographed whilst they're working but he looks bored and she looks like she's trying her best.

Does anyone agree with me?

They have to be like that in public as the tiniest thing would be blown out of proportion on the tabloids.

I think it's odd that pp don't see a 'twinkle' or a spark - there are literally dozens of photos on line which show them quite obviously sharing a joke, and moments of real and obvious intimacy (without being all over each other). I'm not sure what the op's intention is, tbh, other than being a bit mean, commenting adversely on the relationship of two people they don't know, denigrating their relationship, implying issues where there genuinely appear to be none.

OP, is there any couple in the public eye you deem to have a good relationship so we can see what you mean by a 'twinkle'?

I agree. They seem more like good friends, I don't feel a chemistry between them at all.

I always feel they look unhappy.. she sometimes looks quite sad, there was a time about a year ago where I never saw her smile in photos? She has also lost a lot of weight and I am wondering whether she was going through something
it’s true they don’t hold hands in public but I think that’s protocol? I’m not sure ..I know Harry and Megan were holding hands looking around the flowers and they seem much more closer than William did with Kate
Maybe they don’t want this real life but feel forced to it
she can never go to the shops on her own she can never go and visit a Coffee shop with a friend, she could never browse the shops, she can’t take a walk or jog round the park on her own she can never have a girls night, She can’t take her kids to the local soft play, it must be quite SAD to live in her shoes and the same for William.

I dont think they can win whatever they say or do.
They are under such scrutiny and their every move can be interpreted in different ways. It must be difficult to be natural in those conditions.

she can never have a girls night

Yes, she could. She could take everyone to the Tower of London and try on jewellery.

..I know Harry and Megan were holding hands looking around the flowers and they seem much more closer than William did with Kate

I think Meghan was trepidatiously clutching Harry's hand because of the murderous glint in Kate's eye who was having none of it.
Oh to be a fly in the car that day. Lol.

This is hilarious.

I said on another TRF this evening to a MN Mod that I'm pretty neutral on the subject of Harry and Meghan but that all this pushback is making me want to start a 'Constructively Critical of Harry and Meghan' thread.

Three or so hours later and this thread turns up. Using the phrasing of 'Unpopular Opinions' used on Lipstick Alley and Tattle Life, two sites not known for being the Mary Whitehouse of the Interwebs. Bless.

I love it when people complain about 'negative' Harry and Meghan threads and combat those by starting a negative one about Kate and William. I wonder whether these same posters tell their children that two wrongs don't make a right.

But to join in, because like most posters here I'm a petty be-atch when it comes to celebrity gossip, I don't really think about it tbh. They are constrained by so much formality its hard to tell. I think they're a team but wouldn't be surprised if theirs isn't a passionate marriage anymore. They're Royalty, you don't marry into (or out of if you're the royal one) Royalty just for love, there's always more going on.

she can never go to the shops on her own she can never go and visit a Coffee shop with a friend, she could never browse the shops, she can’t take a walk or jog round the park on her own she can never have a girls night, She can’t take her kids to the local soft play, it must be quite SAD to live in her shoes and the same for William.

Honestly I sometimes think people want Kate to be living a life of abject misery, trapped behind the palace walls wistfully gazing out the window wishing she had a normal life. She does do all these things, albeit with a protection officer in the background, her girls night out will be at some Private members club with Pippa and her posh friends, she can jog in Windsor Great Park if she feels like it and she has often been photographed shopping.

Indeed.

Better that life than waiting for the big boys to come chapping on your door asking for their money back.

Big boys? 👀 👀 👀

I agree with you OP
i thought it was noticeable in the recent slimmed down monarchy picture.
KC had one arm near his wife and she had one arm round him.
kate had one arm round her husband who had both his hands on his, for lack of a better description, on his crotch.

I should imagine he felt it just fine to put his hands there.

Imagine the inane chatter there would have been if he’d put his hands covering her crotch.

I hate with a passion the no hand holding rule for royals and then you all go bonkers when they touch each other.

I was looking at the pictures of them today at the Olympic Park and thinking that they look so happy and comfortable together. I think there’s certainly a spark there. They appear to be really good friends and to like each other a lot, which imo is a great basis for a relationship. I also think that judging by the way William looks at her at times that he’s justifiably proud of her.

Are you a mind reader? It's none of your business.

No ,don’t agree with u at all
im not especially one for the royals
but they seem in love to me ,and are a lovely family

People analysing photos and video footage of people in public and trying to diagnose their relationships based on this are really weird.

This goes regardless of who it's being done to (I see just as much stupid speculation about Harry and Meghan).

They look fine to me. When the public see them they are officially working, I've known couples who work together and none of them have felt the need to show any sort of "spark" while at work! They seem easy in each other's company, and tbh I don't want to see PDAs from a working couple.

she can never go to the shops on her own she can never go and visit a Coffee shop with a friend, she could never browse the shops, she can’t take a walk or jog round the park on her own she can never have a girls night, She can’t take her kids to the local soft play, it must be quite SAD to live in her shoes and the same for William.

She does all these things. She regularly nips out onto Kensington High Street which a gate from Kensington Palace opens on to. She's been seen stopping at coffee shops with the kids on the way home from school, she's regularly seen in Kensington Gardens with the youngest on his bike, the other children too. Clubs/restaurants have private rooms for friendship gatherings and meals out together. Meghan and Harry used to regularly pop out for dinner at local pubs and restaurants when they were staying in the Cotswolds for a time. They're not royalty from a fairy tale where the princess just sits around brushing her hair and longing to escape the castle all day.

I do think photographers take pics to try and create an image that they hope will elicit a certain reaction from the viewer. I don’t think we can tell much from images when people know they are being photographed. Someone could have a headache and be frowning with pain, and we could ‘read’ it to mean they were angry or irritated when in reality they just had a headache. I don’t believe in ‘body language’ that so many royal ‘experts’ talk about when creating their stories.

Even the photos taken of people unawares aren’t all that good indicators of how they are feeling.

I’ve never been into speculating on peoples’ marriages. The old saying ‘no one Knows what is really happening inside a marriage but the two involved,’ rings pretty true to me.

They seem happy enough and I hope they are, they’ve got a lovely 3 kids and I wish them well.

I definitely don't think K is 'acting' - I just think she is very conscientious and keen to do the right thing

They look very happy together to me because I think they work hard at their relationship

I think you’d be surprised, my friend worked for a high end furniture shop a few years ago when Kate came in solo to browse and asked a few questions. Her security was of course lurking around too.

Even if there isn't a 'spark' or a 'twinkle' - so what? They've been together two decades, they work together. If happy comfortable companionship is where they've landed, why is that a problem if it works for them? They're not exactly rowing about how they're going to pay the mortgage this month.

Funnily enough, I thought the opposite when catching a glimpse of them doing Newsbeat recently. They looked very comfortable in each other’s company.

my dh and have been together for over thirty years. I’m sure we don’t display ‘a twinkle’ either.

I don't think either of them are very demonstrative people, especially her. So I do find all the attempts at touching (not just each other but members of the public too) to be a little forced and awkward. I mean she's not a Diana, who for all her faults was incredibly naturally warm and tactile. This isn't particularly meant as a criticism as I'd look the same as Kate, I'm not touchy feely either! And I'd struggle to make it look natural.