Royal Wedding 2011: Prince William, Kate Married
Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in a beautiful ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London Friday. There were so many picture-perfect moments from the star-studded guest list and the bride’s gorgeous gown to the carriage processional and two balcony kisses, we just had to share them all. Click through to see highlights from the royal wedding including the queen, the Middletons, the gown, the newlyweds, and so much more!
Prince William and Kate moved in together about a year ago. In this clip above the commentator suggested that maybe Prince Charles and Princess Diana would not have divorced if they had lived together before marriage. Actually Diana was a virgin, and it was Charles’ uncle (Louis Mountbatten) that gave him the advice that he should seek to marry a virgin.
Jan Tuckwood in her article Kate Middleton, Britain’s commoner queen-to-be,” Nov 16, 2010 wrote:
William asked Kate to marry him during a private holiday in Kenya last month, after getting her father’s permission.
Charles told reporters that he was “thrilled, obviously,” and said, joking, “They have been practicing long enough it makes me feel very old.”
Of course, who did Charles end up with? Camilla Parker-Bowles, a divorcée who was neither virgin nor hot. Camilla had one thing in common with Kate Middleton, however: longevity.
Kate’s been dating William on and off for eight years, so long the tabloids dubbed her “Waity Katie.”
Whether you call it “test-driving marriage,” “living together,” “shacking up” or “living in sin,” cohabitation is on the rise. Sadly, so are the consequences of sharing a home without the commitment of marriage.
Try as you may, it’s not easy to defend cohabiting as “just the same as marriage.” The following myths and truths paint a compelling picture.
Myth: “This is just temporary. We’ll be getting married when we feel ready.”
Truth: Only 30 percent of couples who live together actually get married. 1
Myth: “We want to try each other out. We’ll have a better chance of staying married if we live together first.”
Truth: The dissolution rate for couples who lived together before marriage is 80 percent higher than it is for couples who didn’t. 2
Myth: “We’ll get along better once we’re married.”
Truth: Thirty-five out of 100 couples living together experienced a physical assault in a 12-month period; that’s more than double the rate of violence among married couples, which is 15 out of 100.3 The top three problems for couples who live together before marriage are: drunkenness, adultery and drug abuse.4
Myth: “We just want to get a head start on our finances before we get married.”
Truth: Men who live with their girlfriends before marrying them are more likely to be underemployed (before and after the marriage) than men who have not cohabited. Women who live with their boyfriends before marrying them are more likely to need to be employed full time to compensate for their husbands’ underemployment. 5
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