Live in sin and pay the price (Prince William's "practice chick" was too common for royalty)

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | April 19, 2007 | Miranda Devine

[the OlLine Rebel]

She is attractive.

The 1 on the left could be a “bad angle”. I think her eyes are pretty in the middle. Although there she is classy and on the right....giving away the store.

[SuziQ]

or as my dad commented, "when you've caught the fish, why throw in more bait?"

My Daddy described the attitude as "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
Sounds like we had wise Dads, huh? Amazing, in this age of women's lib, that young girls don't seemed to have cottoned to these facts of life, huh?

[AnAmericanMother]

This is one of the reasons Nancy Mitford wrote that essay.

One of the tip-offs between a "U" and a "non-U" is what I suppose you could call false gentility . . . iow using ultra-refined terms. "Pardon" is one of those.

I would have thought, though, that "toilet" and "lavatory" would be the other way around. "Lavatory" is definitely an ultra-refined euphemism. You should wash when you go to the loo, but that's not what you go in there for. I wouldn't use that as a distinguishing mark, though, because matters of elimination habits are rife with euphemism. "Loo" and "toilet" are also euphemisms.

[Fawn]

Kate is lucky to be rid of him. Prince William is a pure playboy with terrible manners....he abused her emotions with all his playing around. He needs to grow up.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Well, there she was talking about her general “manners”.

The bottom half of the article really sticks it about shacking up.

[twigs]

She is extremely attractive, but she can do better. I have a 22 year old daughter who thinks William is hot. I’ve told her no thanks. I want her to marry into a good family.

[Nathan Zachary]

"This brings up a question I had after reading my husband’s lineage. Did any Royals actually marry because they loved each other or were they all basically “business contracts”?

Actually that's quite true. In days of old it was part of a business strategy to have a daughter marry into another Sovereign's family. It kept the peace.

[goodnesswins]

Yeah....I was thinking....HA....maybe this was HER PRACTICE Husband........I think she wins in this one.

[Bigg Red]

If Middleton had really wanted to marry William she never should have set up house with him. Smart girls don’t give away marital perks free.

^^^^

Amen! Are you listening, young women?

[sauropod]

I agree with Miranda’s column to a large extent, but am surprised with the ease with which she absolves the fairer sex of having any advantages resulting from shacking up.

If women are such victims and so put-upon, then why do they shack up in droves?

[madprof98]

The problem is that being sexually active is being promoted as a sporting activity instead of one of the final acts committing to a life long relationship and beginning of a new familly group.

Exactly. And our society is the worse off for it.

[Churchillspirit]

Perhaps if Mrs M had said Say what, girlfriend? to the Queen that would be PC enough for everyone to be happy.

[MuttTheHoople]

Pretty, though to me there's something sorta unattractive about her eyes.

I wasn't looking at her eyes

[the OlLine Rebel]

Wow. That’s an education.

That totally blows me away!

“What?” is all too common in America now, but I was given “the look” if I used such a reply word growing up, and would “get it” if I really had the attitude. Never mind the other words!

[Cecily]

“But those lines are dying out too, so it’s only a matter of time before they have to marry into the dreaded ‘middle class’.”

Isn’t that what His Royal Chuckness, Princess Anne, Prince Edward, and Prince Andrew all did? They married people from middle or upper middle class backgrounds, and Camilla will be the de facto queen no matter what her title is when Charles is on the throne. If Camilla is finally acceptable as a consort to the king, why not Kate?

I hope William ends up marrying another Diana who gets rid of all his snobbish friends, courtiers, and hangers-on. It would serve them all right.

[Interesting Times]

Crisply written article, that.

The only problem is that Brit / Aussie inflections creep into your writing after you read it...

[Malichi]

Must...get...mind...out...of...gutter.

TAW

[Churchillspirit]

Why buy a book when you can borrow one from the library.

[wideawake]

Two absolutely shocking revelations:

(1) A British prince is surrounded by friends who qualify for Monty Pyhton's "Upperclass Twit Of The Year" award;

(2) A woman was respected less for shacking up with her boyfirend than if she held out for marriage.

I note as an aside that the "U" individuals had particular contempt for the young lady's mother because she, unlike them, had actually worked to earn a living.

[jdm]

LOL. Here's another for your enjoyment.