Royal Wedding of William & Kate
Many of you have asked my opinion on the royal couple. Compared to Prince William’s mom, Princess Diana, I think this couple stands a real chance at success in their relationship. When young Princess Diana wed her more mature prince, Charles, 30 years ago, the relationship was unbalanced on many levels. Diane was unsure of herself, and didn’t know who she was. Charles was in his element. It took Diana years to find her footing and place in the world, and when she did, she realized they were very different people with opposite values in life.
With Kate and Will, we have maturity in the both of them and a solid sense of self in each. They are both well grounded and seem to know what they want, which is important for success in anything we seek to do. I suspect with that, they have a good idea that they share similar interests.
When I look at Kate, she gives us lots of genuine smiles.
William on the other hand does not. His face strains in almost a painful way when he puts on the “media grin” as I call it, but it is logical, considering he is expected to smile every time he is in public, and has had to do so for his entire life. When I look at the media images of Prince William, it is a common face, so I do not use it to judge his emotions towards Kate. It seems to be his baseline behavior when in the media. It is much less common for the media to capture true emotions out of William in their photographs.
Talking of smiles, I was actually quite surprised at the photo released to the media by the royal family before their wedding. The grin on Prince William was painful. I would call it a torturous smile — so forced it almost hurts him to do it. They need a facial expression expert to help them before they release official photos!
To judge William, I would need to see him one-on-one with Kate to have more of an honest critique of his true feelings outside of the media glare. Prince William understandably has a distaste for the paparazzi–considering how his mom died.
But from the outside looking in, I’d say this couple has a good start, likely a solid foundation and will stay together for many years.
