When everything falls together just right and you’re having the kind of day when nothing can go wrong, life is a breeze. Your face hurts from smiling and you might think you can do your job forever.
You were put on earth to do exactly what you’re doing.
As was William Wales for his but – according to journalist Robert Jobson – Prince William doesn’t yet want the job that awaits him. In the recent audiobook William & Kate: The Love Story (read by Paul English), you’ll learn why, and more.
But in the path toward marriage, Prince William and Kate Middleton took a few side-roads …
They met while at school.
Jobson says that the prince was inundated with dates – girls who wanted to be seen with the handsome second-in-line to the throne. Beautiful Kate caught the prince’s eye, too, but they were friends first, then roommates sharing a flat with a few others.
During that time, William’s “greatest hope” was to be left alone by the press, and he was – to a point – but when it became obvious that he and Kate were an item, the paparazzi practically drooled.
Was press stress the reason that William and Kate kept breaking up? Jobson reports several messy break-up-make-ups but says that Kate Middleton did everything right. She didn’t push her prince or give him an ultimatum. Instead, she gave him lots of room and freedom to decide that she was the one he ultimately wanted as his queen.
With an edge that only someone allowed in the inner circle could have, author Robert Jobson tells not just how the “Wedding of the Century” came about, but he also shows why it’s significant.
And, of course, half the appeal of an audiobook is its narrator. With perfect verbal aristocracy, Paul English is exactly the right reader to bring this romance to life.
If you climbed out of bed in the wee hours of the morning last April to watch a wedding, just think of this audiobook as a belated wedding favor. If you hope that rumors of a pregnancy are true, then consider this an early shower goodie. Or if you’re looking for something for Christmas, think about buying two copies (one to keep, one to give). For you, William & Kate: The Love Story is quite your cup of tea.
BOOK REVIEW
William & Kate: The Love Story
By Robert Jobson, read by Paul English
Bolinda Audio – Brilliance Audio
$29 (9 CDs, 10 hours, 31 mins.)
