The newspapers this weekend have been full of pages of coverage about Prince William's split with his beautiful (now ex) girlfriend Kate Middleton. Agony Aunts and 'Relationship Counsellors' have populated morning TV and chat shows speculating that this could be history repeating itself as just like his father young William could be sacrificing his true love so that he can become a 'man about town' for a few more years. It has been a phenomenal hullabaloo that certainly doesn't warrant the extent of coverage it has received.
What is interesting to me is how Kate Middleton has conducted herself through all of this and also how she dealt with intrusive media attention and paparazzi for the duration of their relationship. She is a normal middle class English girl who was thrown into a media scrum and she has behaved impeccably, with dignity and good grace. You won't find any pictures of her scowling and you won't find any interviews either. Indeed, she has dealt with highly pressurised situatiions much better than some expensively-advised CEOs and celebrities which is remarkable for a 25 year old working woman.
I hope she maintains this. It is going to be very hard for her over the coming months. She will be offered millions to tell her story and I can see the phones rininging off the hook to get the highest bid in. I am sure there are a lot of oily publicists hammering down her door offering their services. Will she be tempted by the offers? I dare say. But I have a funny feeling and a definite hope that she realises that her reputation - gleaming and untarnished - is worth far more than a grubby income from a 'kiss and tell' feature and she will profit far more in the long term by continuing to act with silent grace and dignity.
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