So, yesterday the worst-kept secret in the history of modern times was let out: Kate Middleton will marry Prince William. Girls weep as they finally realise that a 28-year-old royal they've never met is not going to marry them. Harsh. The criticism for the Middleton family rolls in. Now, I don't know the family, they may be ghastly, they may be wonderful, but this girl has sacrificed her liberty for the man she loves, and that's not a small deal.
So, what are the objections?
1) People think she's a lazy airhead - she's not. St. Andrew's don't let in lazy airheads, and they don't get a 2:1 at the end of their degree either. And...she does work. Lots of people work for their family business, and it's pretty hard to juggle the commuting pressure with the paparazzi following your every move and the tabloids criticising your every outfit.
2) She's 'common'. Er...really? OK, she doesn't have a title, but we live in the 21st Century. And I'm pretty sure the royal family have learnt that it's a bad idea to forbid future kings from marrying the women they love (ahem, ahem: Charles and Camilla).
I'm sure there are more. I know there are counter-arguments. But please, give the girl a break. She has to wear the engagement ring of a woman 'killed by the press'. That can't be nice, can it?
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