Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child

[panic]

Just saw that Canada welcomed the new Princess by turning Niagara Falls pink.

Beautiful.

[CornFlakegrl]

It's so odd to see "Occupation: Prince of the United Kingdom"

[A*O]

Yeah, well given this couple's apparent complete lack of any kind of "occupation" it is quite amusing.

[twitchy2.0]

'Standing around in funny hats, smiling and waving' wouldn't fit into the box?

[Brookie]

I think there's a difference between "occupation" and "job title".

[A*O]

Even as royals they do sweet FA to "Earn" their keep. Duchess Dolittle used both pregnancies to hide at home with her ghastly mother and will now use the "new baby" excuse despite the tribe of nannies and staff she has at her beck and call 24/7. Meanwhile William is playing helicopters which he will use as an excuse not to perform his royal duties. I had great hopes but I'm very disappointed in these two.

[Clubber Lang]

Really? Why so? I like them, though admittedly I don't know much about them.

[A*O]

Because they are the future of the British monarchy and need to be seen to be going above and beyond in terms of official and public duties because King Charles isn't going to be popular. Look what he did to poor Diana!! And then he married that home wrecking WHORE!!!!

There's going to be a seismic shift in the whole stable, predictable, safe institution when HMQ dies anyway. Things will never be the same again no matter who's on the throne but the public scrutiny is going to be unforgiving if either Charles III or William V don't do what's required to provide value for taxpayers' money. It's too late for Charles, haters gonna hate, but if William is smart and actually listens to his advice he will start storing up his goodwill points now and his lazy wife has to support him in that effort. Marrying a future king may seem like a dream gig and in many ways it is, but there are also responsibilities and duties which are non-negotiable, a reality that the Dolittles seem to be carefully avoiding.

[twitchy2.0]

Look what he did to poor Diana!!

She's dead! Get over it!

Seriously, though, I hope having that as one of her middle names won't be too big an albatross for the little princess.

[A*O]

She'll be OK if she insists on Charlotte. If she starts using Diana then obviously she has Kardashian DNA.

[Cartermrc]

Is it possible that Will and Kate are keeping a lower profile than expected as not to upstage Charles? Remember how jealous and bitter he got over Diana's huge popularity.
I do agree about Kate and her mother though. Carole seemingly has manipulated Kate for so long that Kate is still drifting and not the secure grown woman she should be. I think that Will and Kate will eventually step up and act accordingly, but it will be years from now.

[twitchy2.0]

Remember how jealous and bitter he got over Diana's huge popularity..

No, but then we didn't hang out that much back then. I was busy with school and he was doing....something. Sometimes people just drift apart.

[sputnik]

and he was doing....something.

[lindsaywhit]

Am I the only one who thinks Carole M has been a life line to both Kate & William? Kate's been married for four years, produced heir & spare and managed not to throw herself down a staircase - all while living in a fishbowl she was not raised in. She hasn't screwed up much that I can see, and I'd rather have her hide away with Mum than have a breakdown. I think she's probably brought in enough tourism $$$ to more than pay her way, all while negotiating her way through the emotional shoals of her sensitive father-in-laws feelings of inadequacy.

[A*O]

Carole and Kate have a very unhealthy co-dependent relationship where Carole still controls every aspect of her daughter's life up to and including making sure she married spectacularly well. Kate gives her ruthless social climbing mother the kudos and status of being a future king's MIL and grandmother. The plan didn't go quite so well for Pippa whose current wealthy banker boyfriend (no title, pity about that) steadfastly refuses to put a ring on her finger after she failed to snag the future Duke of Northumberland and James who kinda "works" for the family party tat firm but mostly basks in the reflected glory of his sister's spectacular rise to the top of the social ladder.

Ma Middleton is the real power behind the throne (literally) and I've seen rumours that her very grand airs and graces are going to lead to a messy divorce from her pussywhipped husband Michael who's had enough.