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Prince William & Kate Middleton To Adopt? Could They? Would They?
Could adoption be in their future?
First comes loves, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage – natch! So since the royal wedding is all said and done, now everyone seems to be speculating on when Kate Middleton and Prince William will welcome a baby to the family. But maybe they wouldn’t make one, maybe they’ll take one.
In past royal generations the idea of adopting would totally have been a no-no, if it was even thought about at all. Most royal marriages were designed to create offspring, heirs to the thrown. These were generally not love matches but business moves on having the “company” aka royal family, continue. But Kate Middleton and Prince William aren’t old school royals. They might just try to shake things up a bit. One way? They could adopt a child.
One of those “insiders” at Buckingham Palace - according to a recent story from the National Enquirer (insert snicker here) - said that “Wills thinks a foreign adoption will help finally modernize the Royal family and make it more popular with the people.” And that he likes the idea of adopting a child from another country. Prince William also apparently thinks it’s an idea that his mother would have loved.
Do you think there is any way that the royal family would allow an adopted child join their ranks? Are there some wacky royal by-laws that prevent that?
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5 Comments
Lisa commented on Apr 30 11 at 8:37 pmOnly after the heir and the spare are walking
Triplemom commented on Apr 30 11 at 9:02 pmOh Lisa, I so agree with you!
Sunny Chanel commented on May 01 11 at 12:02 pmLisa – I totally agree too!
Jen commented on May 02 11 at 8:20 pmWhether there is a natural born heir at the time of adoption and the age of the adopted probably wouldn’t matter. I don’t believe an adopted child could ever be in line for the throne for the same reason Kate could never be queen in her own right. Not being born to it the adopted child could never sit on the throne. It would be interesting what the lawyers would have to say about it.
Bonnie commented on Dec 15 11 at 9:48 amyou spelled throne wrong.
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