Princes Ready To Say "I Do"?

(CBS)  Oh, to be a royal gossip columnist in England now that summer's here.

The papers are full of stories of secret vacations and marriage plans, some of which may even be true...one day.

Prince William will pop the question to his former and, it seems, future girlfriend, Kate Middleton, in six months, says one.

Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy have already set a date, but won't go public for another year and a half, says another.

And with the royal's official policy of not commenting on romantic speculation, it's open season, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips.

"Obviously there's intense speculation," said Camilla Tominey, "Royal Editor" at the London Sunday Express. "Both of the princes have been going out with their girlfriends for a considerable amount of time now. Therefore, obviously there's intense interest in where the relationships are going."

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Photos: Kate Middleton
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In fact, there is some possibly real grist for this ever-grinding mill. Kate Middleton, who was Prince William's acknowledged girlfriend until their official breakup earlier this year, has been seen in his company again, has apparently gone on vacation with him to the Seychelles, and did drop out of the boat race she had been training for, allegedly because the palace thought it was a bad idea.

Prince Harry's long distance girlfriend, Chelsy, is known to be coming to England from South Africa to go to graduate school.

But he's got more military training ahead of him and there are other reasons why this would not be the time for the romantic earth to move for either of Princess Diana's sons. The upcoming anniversary of her death.

"We have got the 10th anniversary of Di's death coming up imminently on August 31 and all focus is being pointed towards that at the moment," said Tominey. "And I think we do need to take some of these stories with a pinch of salt because, actually, I do think Diana is going to be the woman of the moment for this month anyway."

Their mother had a knack for selling newspapers. Maybe her boys do too.

[jewi2]

All of yous I thank you for your opinions but lot of you are giving your opinions without thinking what you are talking about youare getting on line just to be on line others that gave their opinions know what they are talking about

[unkie469]

My comment is "Who cares?"

[oakishpines]

'' ...

someone asked me recently,

if there''s people building space ships that are automated with talking computers

then will the future entail people building space ships that are automated with talking people

and if they are automated with talking people,

then will tehy be maid of vinerals or of vegetables

and if they are made of vegetables and automated with talking people,

then will those made vegetables and automated talking people require a cpu

and, more importantly, then might those made vegetables and automated taqlking folk be interchangable with made folk and automated talking vegetables

... ''

[cmp271]

This is good news in a world of bad news. Wills should mary Kate, the sooner the better. As for her in the boat competition she should have done it- the palace was wrong to say it was a wrong thing for her to do. She is a modern day woman and unless it was a security issue they were being sexist. As for Diana''s ten anniversary, it will be the same for ages. The crown can''t hide from her even as a memory. The boys need to live their lives as themselves and not as her clones. They are good kids. (Better than Blenheim Palace''s addicted Marquis-a cousin)

It is interesting Chelsy is from South Africa. Does this make her and African-Anglican, and if she comes to America-an African-American?

Both girls are worth it for the crown to consider. Its not like there are any breed mares available for royal breeding. Considering the cousins all do have that Windsor look about them, and Audrey Hepburn was also of royal blood by the way!!! I believe she had more right to the throne than anyone.

[rational_1]

...all that most folk most time dance get well feed world songs rallied around sick beds drifting tens millions spore bloom weed dragon trail fickle first aid lunch farm cottage studio trail groups''''
Posted by oakishpines at 10:13 PM : Aug 19, 2007

I''m starting to think oakishpines is really a CIA or NSA artificial intelligence programme that periodically just needs to take a break from monitoring our phone calls and e-mails and interact with the human race. I didn''t say it was a very smart A.I. programme, however...

[oakishpines]

'' ...

i used to blame journalists for everything

i still do in a way

not so much because they are responsible

but because they are not, yet people see them that way

ladies lived through mens world wars and mens great depressions and mens religions and currencies and languages

while those men were busy eliminating all the competition, those ladies stood by their men and their armies and such

but they got old and bought guns to sleep with afraid to leave home and afraid to stay

and, socially afforded no market share, they died scared because for them ''beruit'' of all the militants out to save the world was in their living rooms,

not the one on t.v., the one trying to break into the front door while they sat and watched

and no one reported live from their studios

it''s not an issue of technology, cbs should have been bigger than the internet before the internet was,

but ancient problems have ancient solutions,

respect,

stop silencing people in the name of fear of ''evil savages''

most hang flowers on their walls while jounalists and entertainers decorate the gossip with militants

... ''

[sasi1-2009]

There are so many issues that need to be headlined, and the wedding plans for William and Harry aren''t among them.