Love-struck Prince William eyes move to US: reports

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | May 5, 2003 | AFP

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Prince William, son of the late Princess Diana and heir to the British throne Prince Charles, wants to move to the United States after he finishes university in Scotland, a London newspaper said yesterday.

Meanwhile, newspapers also reported that William, 21 next month, has fallen in love with a female flatmate.

William "is determined to hold on to his privacy and believes living in the States gives him the best opportunity," a royal source told the Sunday Mirror tabloid.

A courtier said William, a student of art history at St Andrews University, wants to take either a post-graduate degree at a US college or a job with a US art auction house or gallery.

The courtier said New York was William's preferred choice of destination once he finishes university in Scotland in the summer of 2005.

"Various options are being discussed. It would be for a year or perhaps two... Like his mother, he wants his independence and is convinced the States will offer that to him," the courtier said.

The news came as British tabloids reported that William was dating fellow St Andrews' student Kate Middleton, 20.

Papers said William fell for the brunette after watching her at a university fashion show where she modelled a revealing lace dress.

"Wills thinks Kate is absolutely gorgeous," a friend of the pair was quoted as saying in The Mail on Sunday.

"They have a lot in common and they get on very well. They both love art and travelling and Kate has become a real confidante. They are certainly very close, but she's very discreet about William and he's very coy about her," the friend said.

Tabloids carried pictures of Kate and William being tactile while watching a university rugby match together on Saturday.

But Kate's father, company director Michael Middleton, said his daughter, who shares a flat with William and another male and female student, were "just good friends".

"We are very amused at the thought of being in-laws to Prince William, but I don't think it is going to happen," he told the Sunday Mirror.

Meanwhile, The People tabloid said William was planning a marathon drinking session with friends to celebrate his 21st birthday next month, after turning down the chance to have a big birthday concert in the grounds of Buckingham Palace.

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[JZoback]

Well, ok.

I much prefer being a "citizen" than a "subject"

[Goetz_von_Berlichingen]

Good luck arguing with these mental defectives.

The problem is that anti-monarchical Americans are like the abused children of a broken home, who then grow up and become ardent enemies of the family as an institution. Monarchy (allegedly) did not work for the thirteen colonies, so it can't possibly work anywhere else. Americans (allegedly) hated King George III, so people everywhere must also hate their kings.

And-- by God -- if they don't, that means that they are evil and we must forcibly correct them.

I blame the Yankee Puritan heritage for turning the U.S. into the most arrogant, intrusive, self-righteous nation on the face of the earth. This attitude has survived even after the explicitly Christian content of original Puritanism has been sacrificed. Now it is wanton hedonism, materialism, and anti-European cultural "diversity" that have become the pillars of the civic religion of the U.S.

The "political correctness" that so-called conservatives pretend to deplore when it intrudes on their private lives, reflects the same self-righteous know-it-all attitude that has motivated the Yankee government in all of its dealings with foreigners.

If hereditary monarchy is an integral part of a foreign culture, then it should be preserved. But the Yankee hypocrites don't really care about allowing foreigners to be themselves, because that might cut into the overseas markets for American rubbish, both commercial and cultural.

Although America has traditionally done all in its power to destroy the Christian monarchies in Europe, over the past several decades our rulers have become defenders of Islamic hereditary monarchy. Imagine that! I wonder if this has anything to do with the probability that the Arab "street" would vote overwhelmingly for the formation of Islamic republic of given half a chance. And this might not be very good for American business. So a crowned head is good if he will function as a stooge for the Yankee military/industrial complex, but BAD if he merely represents the native culture.

American ideology is always quite flexible when it's a matter of making a buck. And they wonder why people hate us.