Prediction (bets are on): how long will the royal marriage last?

As soon as her hubby gets wind of her illicit affair with Gadaffi, resulting in an unholy pregnancy which will rock the monarchy to it’s very foundations…...& then I woke up!!

Longer than his fathers.

I actually think it will be quite long – they seem to have taken several steps to ensure that they can last long-term, that Kate can handle the lifestyle, that they really care about each other and are doing it for love, etc. Actually, I don’t see most people being this cautious and practical towards marriage, much less most royalty.

Forever.

ahhh, lets be optimistic here. After all this is more Diana’s son, than Charles’ son. I’m holding out hope that they will last a life time.

3 lustrums.

They vowed ‘Until death do they part’. What part of that don’t you they understand.~

I don’t want to wish them ill! I hope that it lasts forever.

I’ll give them at least a couple hours years.

Considering she already had a chance to sell their story and dish out the dirt on him once to the tabloids and she turned it down, I really don’t think she would do it in the future either. I hope things work out for them.

@Season_of_Fall “Diana’s son indeed.” :DIANA and Charles’s marital undoing began in earnest in 1992, when a tell-all biography of Diana’s private hell hit the shelves. Reading about the turmoil of her palace life left a bewildered populace wondering how Charles could possibly give the cold shoulder to that gorgeous paragon of motherhood and fashion he claimed as a wife. Despite efforts to suppress the details of their marital attrition, it was not long after the biography became public that British intelligence released to a London tabloid a taped telephone conversation—the so-called “Squidgy” tape—that agents recorded during their surveillance of Diana’s close male friend, James Gilbey, in which Gilbey passionately declared his love for Diana, his “Squidgy.” The realm had just barely recovered from its disappointed shock when a second seismic disturbance rocked Buckingham Palace. In November, an Australian publication printed a transcript from an alleged conversation between Charles and Camilla, in which Charles fantasized about living “inside [Camilla’s] trousers or something.” The release of the tit-for-tat bombshell revelations left the Prince and Princess with little choice but to give the prime minister leave to announce an official separation that December. The following year provided a cooling-off period for both halves of the embattled couple, and Diana withdrew for a time from her official duties, if not from the public eye.

http://www.coopsjokes.com/amz/amzdiana.htm

I get good vibes about this one and I think it will last.

@ zen (or whoever the hell you are now!) Diana and Charles marriage started coming unglued from the moment they said I Do. Charles was in love with Camilla, not Diana, remember?

William and Kate just seem to have it so together. Diana was sweet and lovely, but Kate is…strong. I’m with @flutherother. I think it will last too. They appear to have mutual respect for each other, which is something that was lacking with Diana and Charles.

And I can’t believe I’m talking about them like they’re my neighbors! I love the Royal Crown people!!

I think it’s clear that they are together because they WANT TO. And they’ve been thru two separations so it’s clear they came back to each other. It’s not as if they never had a chance to be with others.

Charles was with Diana because he HAD TO be even tho he would have preferred to marry Camilla. But marrying someone divorced was against the rules.

And Diana married far too young to have much of a realistic idea of whom she would be compatible with. She just bought into the whole fairy tale aspect, not reality.

William (being older than Harry) was basically his mothers chief confidante after the separation so he grew up fast. And I’m sure he chose his bride well, being determined NOT to follow in his parents footsteps into disaster.

I think their chances of remaining together are pretty good. They didn’t rush into this and they both have some level of maturity; much more so than his parents.

She apparently comes from a functional family with her parents still together so that’s an added plus.

@Season_of_Fall Very true, he is his mother’s son. And most of the influence Charles had came after Diana died, and Charles made a conscious effort to stop being so… Charlesy and started being a real father to the boys.

@Dutchess_III or whoever you are now – it takes one to know one – eh?

I still didn’t hear your bet? You think they’ll be together forever like some kind of Rickroll?

Does the future really matter? Why can’t we let them be happy now? It seems that many people are willing this marriage to fail which is incredibly cynical and sad.