The Saga of Kate, The Police & Media: Please post all stories here....

[MamaMia]

so she hired a police officer to protect her from other police offers?! ... man, she's a weirdo.

[Countessa]

Princess Mary never complained about the press or tried to stop them from doing their job. The Danish tabloids had gone thru her garbage and published the info they found out about her. She was on the cover of the tabloids constantly, more than Kate is now actually. But there were never any pictures of her clubbing and shopping all the time. There was no falling out of bars at 3 o'clock in the morning with Frederik or his friends. She had a job. 8)

Princess Maxima was also hounded by the press and the Dutch tabloids were ruthless going thru her father's Argentine junta past. They started trying to dig up dirt on her "partying" in New York. But Maxima was not clubbing and shopping or complaining about the press. She had no right to. She was dating the future King of the Netherlands. Instead she was working, and she was secretly learning to speak Dutch. :thumbsup:

Felipe and Letizia kept their romance a secret until they were engaged. Letizia didn't even tell her own parents she dating her country's crown prince and future King. She told them she was engaged only a few days before the public announcement. But she continued to go on television every night and deliver the news without giving away a thing to anybody. ;)

Pampered, spoiled Kate needs to get a life. She is not being hounded nearly as much as Diana was who had dozens of photogs on her from the first moment they knew who she was. Kate has had years of dating William without any intrusion and it is she who has put herself out there for all to see. :thumbsdown:

[La Cie]

finally daily mail is actually publishing plp's real comments.....what the heck is going on....i mean why isn't the royal family sitting this guy down 2 grow up & get out of this drunkenfest of a relationship...not 2 mention these kind of headlines  :thumbsdown:

I AGREE totally with you hippi_cyndi !  I am dumbfounded at PW's choice and even more shocked as to WHY on earth would the QUEEN even CONSIDER this woman of 25 who DRINKS and acts like a sailor until THREE A.M. so often  (AND who is so LAZY and smug about it all)    ??????    It seems unheard of!  I must admit, I am NEW to following any/all of this Kate news, but I became interested a few weeks ago, and read info/posts/forums to pickup the major details quickly.  NOW, this latest story (everyone assuming and waiting/expecting an official engagement??    I'd hate to cal PW spineless but come on why be pressured into such an early marriage....   HE IS A KID !    A man is very YOUNG at 24 !   ALL I can say is, I NEVER should have given PW ANY credit for having his OWN MIND.    KATE is really the best the RF can do?!   * On another forum, lol, a poster likened " her BIG mannish fat face to Jay Leno in a wig  " .  Harsh I thought but then I looked at recent close-ups...hmmmmmm.    And as an American, all I can think is, that the monarchy has been watered down, or dumbed down, meaning STANDARDS have OBVIOUSLY been tremendously LOWERED.  :(  

[Wombat]

Pampered, spoiled Kate needs to get a life. She is not being hounded nearly as much as Diana was who had dozens of photogs on her from the first moment they knew who she was. Kate has had years of dating William without any intrusion and it is she who has put herself out there for all to see. :thumbsdown:

:thumbsup:

[Lola]

so she hired a police officer to protect her from other police offers?! ... man, she's a weirdo.

naw...she didnt hire them...the poor taxpayers footed that bill......

C: totally agree w/you......that girl is just WORKING MY NERVES..... :hissyfit:

[brokenxhearts.]

 :brainwashed: 14 pages  :whine:

[La Cie]

AGAIN!  I copied and pasted  cindi's, then clicked QUOTE....screwed it up. Hippi_cyndi's QUOTE ends with thumbs down icon.   Apologies!

[La Cie]

oh and now VOILA! I see on the forum, my post came out OK.

[Wombat]

I fixed it  ;)

[Wombat]

Is Kate going to cop a ring? ~ The Sun

"It didn't seem to faze her though. She was smiling for the cameras as she left."

Well duh!?!?

[La Cie]

THANKYOU Wombat !!!

[brokenxhearts.]

what a horrible 2nd picture on the Sun  :lmao:

[Lola]

 well, at least for now we wont get any more stories of the betting going on....it would be really funny if a break-up announcement was given.....there would be a whole lot of money being handed over to the bookies..... :teehee:

btw: that was a really bad pic of km, wombat! paps that close and she is still smiling?  :rolleyes: didnt look scared to me....scary to look at but she herself doesnt look like she is scared..... :laugh:

[Wombat]

what a horrible 2nd picture on the Sun  :lmao:

She's insane I tell you :lmao:

If the police presence was to stop the press speculation then it's backfired ..badly....PW and Clarence House have been very naive..because now the press are proclaiming that the engagement is definite :gaah:

[Margherita]

officers form a cordon for grinning Kate as she leaves

Well done Midds you played it all so well. And what's that- the hideous floral dress is available in Jigsaw stores nationwide? So product placement as well! :rolleyes:

[La Cie]

I found this from the Sun online (at the end of the story about Kate's protection...)  :  "  Earlier this year Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy Davy was given an armed escort after landing at Heathrow.

The stunning blonde was led through Terminal Four by five officers as she arrived to watch Harry's passing out parade at Sandhurst. "


So, I am wondering, now, why did Chelsea have this protection too?  Did anyone else catch this story?

[Countessa]

So it was a real shock when two vans full of cops arrived.

Two vans full of cops just to escort these two from a night club at 3 in the morning? It's not like they were helping starving children in Africa or consoling victims of terrorism. What an arrogant display of privilege.

[Countessa]

Yeah, Chelsy had a group of officers escort her from Heaththrow last year and there was no hysteria about an imminent engagement. It also didn't look like Chelsy was using them to try to ward off traffic wardens because of illegal parking.

[Wombat]

What will Kate do next? ~ Scotsman

The request was highly significant because it marked the first time a Royal girlfriend has been invited to spend Christmas with the Windsors at Sandringham in Norfolk. Never before has a non-marital partner been afforded this level of recognition by a monarch but, rather than embrace this modern approach, Middleton allegedly said she would rather wait until there is a ring on her finger, and would only sacrifice her own family Christmas if she were sure of becoming Prince William's wife.

Err.....didn't Fawbie say there had been times when a royal gf had been invited?

Police guard sparks Kate engagement talk ~ Scotsman

See..they just made it a whole lot worse :gaah:

[busyme]

what a horrible 2nd picture on the Sun  :lmao:

Now think about a pic like that with a laugh like this......and there you have it, Kate at 3 am after hours of clubbing.

http://www.superlaugh.com/1/catnip.htm

[Dutch]

Okay this just pisses me right off!! They say she isn't the fiancee of William, and had no intention of becoming a celebrity and therefore as a private citizen is entitled to privacy. Okay I understand that.Everybody is entitled to privacy, famous or not. What I don't understand is the ''no intention of becoming a celebrity'' part. Although IMO I don't consider her a celebrity, instead of b******* to her lawyers for fears for her safety, being ''hounded'' by the paps, she should of thought about all of this shit when she started dating William. What does she expect when one is dating the heir to the throne. Of course she is going to arouse public interest, especially in the UK, this girl is their ''potential'' future queen, the public have the right to know about who and what their tax money is paying for, and also to determine if she is an asset or liability to their country. In that respect she NEEDS those paps to promote her which as we all know THEY HAVE...to goddess status. She should be greatful, it could be a hell of a lot worse! Although there could be some ''serious'' threat's to her safety, some of which we don't know of, it's all to be expected when your dating William, your privacy will be comprimised if anything diminished. You can't date William and be a totally private citizen too. Sorry honey, but you can't have a tiara, cough,cough, and privacy too!!!!! Sorry it's so long!

[Wombat]

The Express..part of their article..

Kate gets a police escort

KATE Middleton was yesterday given a 10- strong police escort as she left a nightclub in the small hours. Uniformed officers including constables and a sergeant arrived in two vans and formed a cordon to escort her and Prince William from trendy London club Boujis at 3am. Although the Prince usually has his own guards, it was the sight of a team dedicated to Kate that fuelled speculation the lovebirds are set to get engaged.The rise in protection comes after increasing numbers of paparazzi have started following Kate, who is expected to one day marry William and be a future Queen.Such interest in the couple brings back memories of Prince William's mother Diana, who was followed endlessly by photographers.She was being pursued by a gang of paparazzi when she was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997. It is thought 24-year- old Kate's rising profile – which has grown rapidly over the past few months – has led to increased protection to avert a similar disaster. Police were stationed outside her home in Chelsea on Thursday to cope with the growing number of cameramen waiting to catch her go to work. The problem of snappers has become so bad for her that she made a complaint about them following her in 2005. As an ordinary member of the public she is not entitled to a police guard – but would qualify for the protection should she become engaged to Prince William.The security detail came just days after photographers captured embarrassing images of Kate receiving a parking ticket near her west London home. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman last night said of the increased security: "We don't comment on protection matters. We never have and we never will."

Diana didn't die because of paps..Diana died as a result of a drunk driver :thumbsdown:

[agentblueberry]

dude! in the pictures of the sun Kate looks so wasted, but ironicly that's how she looks everyday! she probably drinks a bottle of brandy before going out! she goes through life... walking... looking wasted! :gaah:

[Wombat]

She looks the way she does because she is forcing a smile instead of it being natural. She should just not do anything and follow Wills lead :whine:

[serene grace]

I think Kate and her mother are desperately using the press attention from the intrusive Papparazzi to FORCE an Engagement out of Willlam, before he gets settled into Military life. I think Kate and Mum Midds were frustrated by NO Engagement ring, or Proposal at Christmas or New Years and this is a frustrated move to play Kate as little lost UNENGAGED-Lamb in the big city all alone with those nasty pappz and their camera lenses ; of course the only solution for Mom-Midds and Kate is an OFFICIAL ENGAGMENT Announcement or a home for Kate on one of the protective Royal Estates until they can work William into an Engagement announcement.  I don't think Charles or the Queen is going to fall for this at all , there are a few alternatives for William and Kate...1.Official Engagement\ Marriage..2.Kate moving into William's Apartment on one of the Royal Estates (to which they could Probably Never GET HER OUT without a Fight, IF HE WANTED TO BREAK-UP WITH HER)...3. Have Kate stop going to clubs with William .4. Have William cool his relationship with Kate IF he doesn't intend to marry her(she's 25 now and many will say he's JUST WASTING HER TIME IF HE DOESN'T INTEND TO MARRY HER. 5.....uh...no idea....brain freeze. Sorry. :cry: :blink: