# Am I the only one who doesn't give a damn about William and Kate?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 3, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016 "2011-04-03T05:48:48Z")
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### Author:  [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/101 "2011-04-04T11:18:34Z")
> [@Raguleader](#):
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> Which brings us back to Post #91. š
Agreed but Old Lizzie Chips is my countries Head of State so William will be around for quite sometime and (hopefully) one day will be our King.
The Beb (this is a horrible thing to say about a teenager) will be REALLY REALLY OHHHHHHHH SO FORGOTTEN in a few months (pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!)
I would actually pay to kill off the teenage girls responsible for this shit!
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### Author:  [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/102 "2011-04-04T11:24:22Z")
Iām just happy the service is starting at 11am, thus giving everyone a perfectly legitimate excuse to start drinking from 10:30-ish.
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### Author:  [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/103 "2011-04-04T11:29:57Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#):
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> Iām just happy the service is starting at 11am, thus giving everyone a perfectly legitimate excuse to start drinking from 10:30-ish.
I just wish we also had a holiday, I have no clue when it is time wise (probably the middle of the night) but all the colonies should have the day off too!
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/104 "2011-04-04T11:49:40Z")
Just chiming in late to say the OP is very far from alone.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/105 "2011-04-04T12:01:33Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#):
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> 15th cousins, isnāt it? _Iām_ probably related if weāre going that far afield.
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> William and Kate produce the same emotion as pretty much everybody else who appears in magazines - mildly benign disinterest.
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> I have the apparently rare talent to not be affected by papers I donāt read, links I donāt click or conversations I donāt take part in, though š
MUCH closer! [12th cousins, once removed](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1299794/How-Prince-William-Kate-Middleton-related-thanks-Tudor-tyrant.html) (whatever the fuck THAT means). š
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### Author:  [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/106 "2011-04-04T12:15:57Z")
Iāve heard of Justin Beiber, but since Iāve never heard any of his music that I know of, my mind plays an earworm of Ted Nugentās āCat Scratch Feverā as āJust-in Beiber!ā
For lady Gaga I use Bam Bam from the Flintstones.
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### Author:  [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/107 "2011-04-04T12:18:05Z")
> [@calm\_kiwi](#):
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> Agreed but Old Lizzie Chips is my countries Head of State so William will be around for quite sometime and (hopefully) one day will be our King.
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> The Beb (this is a horrible thing to say about a teenager) will be REALLY REALLY OHHHHHHHH SO FORGOTTEN in a few months (pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!)
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> I would actually pay to kill off the teenage girls responsible for this shit!
I have to say, youāre not really living up to your username right now. š
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/108 "2011-04-04T12:46:04Z")
Charles and Diana got married just after I graduated from college and I went down to Florida to visit my aunt and uncle before I started work. She was enthralled with the royal wedding and so we watched it together. My uncle had just given her an opal ring surrounded by sapphires which coincidentally resembled Dianaās ring, and she was just besotted with the whole thing. It was kind of funny at the time, but my aunt died a few months later and that was about the last memory I have of her, and my uncle gave me the ring.
So if I can watch this wedding, I will do it for my aunt, and I will wear our ring. She would just have loved it.
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/109 "2011-04-04T13:54:29Z")
> [@jjimm](#):
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> HOWEVER we do get an extra public holiday in April for the wedding, which is the Friday before the May holiday on the Monday, which means if we bridge the mere 3-day gap between Easter Monday and the wedding holiday, we can have 11 days off work in a row for only 3 daysā leave. So therefore, I love them.
I like how your mind works.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/110 "2011-04-04T15:35:57Z")
> [@Chimera](#):
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> Donāt give a shit about the wedding.
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> But given that I felt that Diana wasnāt anywhere near as beautiful as she was cracked up to be and didnāt improve the Royal Genetics one bit, I think Kate may help in that department.
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> Of course, it would be far more amusing if he was marrying Jessica Simpson or Christina Aguilara. š
Iād pay money to see that.
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> MUCH closer! [12th cousins, once removed](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1299794/How-Prince-William-Kate-Middleton-related-thanks-Tudor-tyrant.html) (whatever the fuck THAT means). š
Once you get that far out on a family tree limb, I think all of the British Isles and most of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand would qualify as related.
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### Author:  [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/111 "2011-04-04T15:43:41Z")
I not only donāt care about Kate and William, I also donāt care to see āThe Kingās Speechā which, as I understand it, has about the same plot as āSeabiscuit.ā
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### Author:  [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/112 "2011-04-04T16:10:02Z")
I am one of those folks who are intrigued by the whole royalty thing. Donāt know why. Certainly I wish āWillsā and Kate all the love and happiness I would wish any young couple and, bearing in mind that I think that just marrying into that cold, stiff, unhappy family is an act of bravery all by itself, they are going to need all the love and support they can get from one another. While I have said before that their on again, off again eight year long relationship does not exactly scream āTrue Loveā to me, William seems like a good guy (I bet heās a fascinating combination of sophisticated and sheltered) and Kate is not the frightened child that Diana was (sorry, Diana), so maybe theyāve got a chance at real, lasting happiness.
But when we get to the actual wedding (and Iām not going to watch) I start to get more impatient and disgusted thinking about monarchies in the modern world and what the heck is the _point_ and they bring out the carriages that are a hundred years old and the jewels that are worn only on the most special occasions and the streets are lined with spectators and who the heck _are_ these people really and what do the Britons who do not own hotels get out of it all and how am I supposed to feel about any of this and at some point I just argle blargle son of a barrgh totsit frenking stuple mopits feena mashonits _PAH!_
Ahem. Now you know my thoughts on the matter.
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/113 "2011-04-04T16:44:15Z")
The extent of my interest has been watching a news item showing them together and thinking āDamn, boy grew out of that cute phase didnāt he?ā, and when it said theyād have no servants I wondered if the UK has a similar show to āCLEAN HOUSEā that goes looking for āThe Messiest House in the UKā once a year to do a makeover. Otherwise, Iāll wait until William and or Kate do something worth making an Oscar winning movie about and give a damn then.
I remember people getting disgusted at all the media over his parentsā marriage a generation ago when you didnāt have 24 hour news and Internet to add in. I just donāt get royal watchers. Of course Iāll admit to an irrational prejudice when it comes to people who inherited great wealth; one reason I donāt take more interest in Charlie Sheenās celebrity meltdown is the boost he got in his career by his dad.
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/114 "2011-04-04T18:20:50Z")
I am certainly not all atwitter, but hell, Iāll watch if I happen to be at home.
Just to see the hats - love seeing those British women and their hatsā¦big floppy ones, tiny ones with huge feathers from endangered animals, all colors of hats - the millinery industry must be peeing in their pants for joy.
Plus, nothing more fun than to watch the queen with a face that looks like she ate a sour pickle during the festivities - is it illegal for her to cast a few smiles every once in awhile?
Oh, and the dress - come on, sequins hand-sewn by virgin Mongolians by light of a candle, 200,000 feet of sheer white, stretching across London like a piece of Christo artwork, providing shade to thousands, costing more than I earn in five years, never to be worn again.
And letās not forget that final image - the grand kiss on the balcony, with the queen using every muscle left in her body to force a hint of a smile of approval, but making sure no tongue is involved in that disgusting display of animal lust.
The pomp, the circumstance - quite nice to have these photos to display when discussing the Royal Divorce.
OK - so, letās start the divorce pool.
I say three kids, then Will has an affair with Camilla and all hell breaks looseā¦so, about 6-7 years, tops.
In the meantime, looking forward to Harryās wedding with a Brazilian hooker in a chapel here in Las Vegas.
Love that Royal Family - far better than most reality TV here in the US.
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/115 "2011-04-04T20:23:00Z")
Seems like yesterday Charles and Di were getting married. I didnāt give a fuck about that either.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/116 "2011-04-05T04:39:17Z")
> [@kelly5078](#):
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> I not only donāt care about Kate and William, I also donāt care to see āThe Kingās Speechā which, as I understand it, has about the same plot as āSeabiscuit.ā
Seabiscuit stuttered too?
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### Author:  [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/117 "2011-04-05T06:58:26Z")
> [@DMark](#):
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> Plus, nothing more fun than to watch the queen with a face that looks like she ate a sour pickle during the festivities - is it illegal for her to cast a few smiles every once in awhile?
I think the Queen has said that if she smiled all the time, sheād look foolish, so itās better if she never does, to quash speculation of why she smiled at procession A but not at native dance B.
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### Author:  [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/118 "2011-04-05T07:55:32Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#):
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> I think the Queen has said that if she smiled all the time, sheād look foolish, so itās better if she never does, to quash speculation of why she smiled at procession A but not at native dance B.
What a weird life, where you have to much such decisions about your own smile.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/119 "2011-04-05T08:12:51Z")
It would be so much easier if she simply had all her facial muscles removed. Honestly, I thought that had been done years ago. Iām astonished she has to waste time every day deciding to remain deadpan.
Iām sure they could leave enough jaw muscle behind so she could mutter the occasional ājolly goodā.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-william-and-kate/577016/120 "2011-04-05T08:34:01Z")
The Queen smiles frequently and has a lovely smile. Piffle on all of you.
A pity that her not-smiling face looks so dour.
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