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
I don't see a bright future for the British monarchy. I see William's expressed desire (if acurately reported) to be an attempt to live some semblance of a "normal" life away from the protocol and formality expected of an heir to throne. This is extremely dangerous. Once experienced, it will become most difficult for him to abandon it for the regimentation that is a monarch's life. It tells me that he is not fond of the royal court nor its denizens.
On the contrary. He's inherited his mother's independence and probably some of her rebelious nature and who knows what he truly thinks of the way the Windors treated her and the extent to which this contributed to her untimely death.
I doubt that he'll ever be king.
Make that Windsors. My apologies, Your Majesty.
On Prince Charles, see these two excellent columns by Magnus Linklater and former Conservative Prime Minister John Major.
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.
Its about responsibility. If people believe that a person going for office has common beliefs, he will win.
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.
One thing that needs to be addressed is the uneducated public that has no concern or care for polotics.
Well in a free market they should change to secure thier livelyhood. I would think they dont need the government. If they dont make it on thier own someone else will get the hall and perform. People will come to shows that they like.
It's not her fault.
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