Posted on 05/05/2003 1:58:57 AM PDT by 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.
AFP
The real Chelsea before the "help".
Fooled me. Ha!
I see the British monarchy going on a parallel path to that other body with which it is inextricably linked, the Church of England. Since the time of Henry VIII the British monarchy has presumed to rule over this church, with the monarch being its head. The C of E was founded in heresy and schism and rebeled against the God-given authority of the Pope. Most unwise.
The present Church of England is now litle more than a loose association of free thinkers and agnostics which embraces every current trend and heresy. The British Monarchy, whose child this church is, will go the same way.
Thank you for posting another pointless ad hominem.
Its not like renting and owning. Cause I have seen owners that trash thier yard cause its thiers, and renters knowing its not thier takes great care.
Have you ever owned property? Do you know what happens to property values when rental property moves in? The situation you describe is by far the exception, not the rule; college neighborhoods and other rentier districts are almost always full of shabby, dilapidated properties, while neighborhhods full of non-rental housing are generally well-kept. The reason is simple: people who own property want its value to increase over time, so they invest the money and effort needed to repair and improve the property. Renters, who have no interest in seeing the property value of the landlord's buildings go up, do not.
Its about responsibility. If people believe that a person going for office has common beliefs, he will win.
Demonstrably untrue.
It also is good to have change. Change is the American ambition. If something is broke fix it, if something is not broke someone will find a better and improved use. This is our government in the idealist way of thinking.
Change for the sake of change is not desirable. The function of the State is to provide peace, order, and good government, not to reflect the ever-changing and easily-malleable "will of the people". A society no more needs constant change than a family does; in both cases, tranquility, stability, and firm but loving leadership under God are the marks of success.
One thing that needs to be addressed is the uneducated public that has no concern or care for polotics.
History has shown time and again that the average person has neither interest in nor talent for good government. I see no reason to think this is untrue today.
The astute reader will realize that the Pythons are lampooning left-wing participatory politics in that scene, not monarchism.
It makes no sense to install a leader based on birth than it does by a watery tart throwing a scimitar at someone.
It makes no more sense to install a leader based on a mandate from the masses than it does to have a society controlled by an autonomous collective or an anarcho-syndicalist commune.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.