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?

Even if fake, what we are getting is exaggerated dollops of positivity, which, on balance, is probably better than the opposite. Even if she is not feeling it, the fact that she is able to put aside her own issues in order to deliver positivity to her hosts says a lot about a person, and, in this case, about her. She's been doing it for years now. That's pretty admirable.

So it is. YouTube won't take it down though as it has broken no laws.

www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a40443821/prince-william-yelling-photographer-video/

I'm a bit sad so many people think affectionate couples are fake or heading for divorce. I'm very affectionate with my husband and he is with me. We sit close, hold hands when we're out and just generally look loved up, it's just how we are. I am always happier when he's there and it shows.

It may not have broken any laws.

Still a shit thing to do.

If he was following and filming a Joe Public’s kids on their bikes, he probably would have found himself eating his camera. And rightly so.

You wouldn't do it before you go in to perform surgery on someone or give a presentation to a professional audience I assume

Well, any spark they may have had would be lost when one partner cheats, wouldn't it?
I think they noticeably become more publicly demonstrable & friendlier toward the public, immediately after Meghan & Harry's wedding & subsequent popularity. The change in their demeanour was striking & it seemed they took notice of M & H's easy, affectionate rapport with eachother & the public & realised they needed to do better. (This was before all the obsessive hatred of Meghan).

I think the private photos they realise give a better insight to them

DisforDarkChocolate, that works for you, great - you obviously have a lovely relationship with your DH. I think it's just horses for courses, some people are tactile, some aren't. I think pps are talking about the overly flamboyant gestures some couples make which often seem to cover gaping holes in relationships. Over egging the pudding if you will.

I also think we've lost sight of what is normal social behaviour, when celebrities are draped all over each other in public and in the media. Someone upthread used the word decorum - great word, a behaviour obviously not very fashionable at the moment, sadly.

As to the video of William having a go at the photographer, if someone had been deliberately following me and my young family around with the sole intention of trying to catch us out, I'd be lamping them, not just shouting. Without the added worry that such a person might be actually out to do physical harm to your children.

The actress Mrs Patrick Campbell described marriage as the “deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise longue”.

I think that is what you see with Kate and William. They have no need of Daily Mail style PDAs. They keep it low key and understated.

If everyone that started out holding hands in the early days of their relationships continued to do so, there would be an awful lot more handholding in the high street. The lack of handholding does not signify the disintegration of a pair bond, just that it has evolved and matured.

I think Williams probably intolerable behind closed doors and kate has been looking stressed and underweight for years ..

We see them at work where they have to be professional. Holding hands or kissing would not be appropriate in the work place. They seem happy and at ease in each others company. They are also probably tired from raising 3 young children and their increased workload as Prince and Princess of Wales. They now have to run Duchy of Cornwall which is a huge responsibility.

When they are working it is a “performance”. They know they’re being watched, and they show what they want you to see. We’ll never really know them or their personal lives, so it’s a waste of time to try.

So you have special access to the private life of the Windsors to come out with this juicy piece of gossip? Maybe Kate is an axe murderer in her spare time as well?

There are a lot of folk that are probably intolerable behind closed doors.

And then they pipe up to let everyone and their mother know that they exist.

He is very close to her family and they are credited in large part to him having been able to get past the dreadful trauma of his early life. I would hope that those relationships help to keep the marriage stable and tbh seeing Kate's steely demeanour at the walk about I think she'd more than be able to hold her own. She is never looking at him for reassurance or to see if she's doing the right thing. I know that when I was married to an Angry Man, I was always very aware of if I might be inadvertently setting him off. I just don't see that with Kate. They seem like a really happy family though I'm sure they have ups and downs like all families.

You do this at work? It's great that you are affectionate and that your workplace is fine with that. I really don't think holding hands and being in a loved up bubble is appropriate whilst your work mainly involves meeting others and listening to what they have to say as W&Ks work is. It would come across as being disinterested and disrespectful towards the people they are there to meet.

I haven't seen Kate looking stressed and harassed. She always looks professional at official events and happy and relaxed with her children.

There is no evidence That William is 'intolerable' behind closed doors. Why make stuff up?

When we see them they are ' working', I wouldn't want to see them fawning all over each other. I'm sure they are different in private.

Why make stuff up?

Indeed Arbesque

Not only intolerable but irritating. It merely adds to the longed for froth.

What ISN'T natural is the way the Sussexes act. I don’t buy all the hand holding and gazing in each other’s eyes.

Surely lots of ways are natural. There isn't one right way for a couple to behave. Different relationships have different dynamics and I would guess, generally speaking, that a Californian is more likely to be physically affectionate than an upper class English person.

I would guess, generally speaking, that a Californian is more likely to be physically affectionate than an upper class English person.

I don’t think it’s a question of being more physically affectionate, it’s more one of being affectionate when appropriate ie not when working or interacting with the public.

Usually when they’re in public they’re ‘working’.

My husband and I work together in the same hospital. We do not hold hands at work. I think everybody would find it extremely strange if we did.

Except, I physically winced at the hand-on-knee during another speaker's presentation at the H & M UN appearance. If I were to find myself at the same conference as H & M in the future, I would surely be wondering whether a breast feel or a bum grope would be next.

It's embarrassing, clingy behaviour and there is not place for it within those contexts. One sign of an evolved relationship is being able to behave emotionally appropriately in serious situations and behave neutrally and politely allow all of the limelight/attention to shine upon the people/organizations usually ignored. If you cannot do that then you have much to learn. or may be too plebian for the privilege you have claimed as your own.

love the way posters have to get a H&M bash in.