Always on the prowl for oddities and rarities , a Little Darwin newshound here in Darwin has found details of Prince William’s future love life in a pile of Old Moore’s Almanacks dating back to the 1960s.
We immediately thought about flogging the story off to News of the World for a king’s ransom,or an Adelaide pie floater or something chewy from Harry’s Cafe de Wheels, Sydney . Alas, News of the World is no more. Still there must be scores of quality (stet) celebrity(stet) magazines who will come knocking at our castle/dungeon door with fabulous offers for the titillating details once the word gets out on the 24 hour news (stet) cycle . ( As usual , our Little Ronnie Blackberry is already being hacked as we type this scoop.)
The Almanack for 1985 said the astrological chart for Prince William , a chubby , pleasant – faced , little nipper at the time , above , about 18 months old , revealed he would be endowed with natural charm and great charisma-features George V sadly lacked. Even at that early innocent stage of life , Wee Willy was described as "every inch a sovereign." Henry V111 was so described , if our recollection of British Royal hanyk panky is correct.
It went on to say that although William was fortunate to have Venus in his fifth house of love affairs , it was poorly aspected by Uranus , Neptune and Pluto ( a pet palace Corgi?).Clearly, it said, he was going to have problems with romance , likely to be highly attractive to the opposite sex; charming, debonair and amusing to boot.
History looked as if it would repeat itself ... But , like his father, he would need a woman he could love dearly. William would be exceedingly close to his mother – the ill-fated Princess Diana . With him "adoring her", he would look for similar qualities in his wife. Indications were that he would meet , fall in love and marry between the ages of 26 and 29. As it turned out , he was 29 when he married commoner Kate Middleton.
However, said geriatric Moore , the relationship would have initial problems and, later, in his early 40s, a pattern of emotional upheaval would emerge. Wait for it : "It is possible that William will marry twice , and it is in his second relationship that he will find happiness and fulfilment." Astrologically , Prince William’s chart appeared to be obscured by a London pea- souper when it came to predicting if he would become king, with indications of stormy times ahead for the Royal family( true).
SKIPPYMOBILE PREDICTION: The Almanack for 1960 made us pull over for a voluntary breathalyser test when we came across a giant kangaroo driving a sportscar!!!! It predicted , with a sketch, that the production of Australian made cars would reduce the demand for British built vehicles.
