i m just not that fond of charlie. i don t hate britain in general. shepard: you have indicated. you can t be that fond of him. they have waited long enough. anyway, yes, she does appear to be a very level headed woman. she is 28 which is very different to the 20 years of age that diana was when she became engaged. she did not either kate middleton grow up as a child of great privilege. her parents both worked for british airways it was a middle class family. the parents later made millions through their own business. it appears that kate middleton has always had her feet on the ground. perhaps her most important asset though in terms of the royal family is that she appears to be very discreet. when she and the prince split up for a while in 2007, she did not say a single word publicly about the reasons for the split. that more than anything else, shep, ship, shep, would have endeared her to the queen. shepard: i suppose. she is following sort of in the footsteps of the prince