{"id":674,"date":"2011-02-02T10:47:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T10:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=674"},"modified":"2011-02-02T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T10:47:41","slug":"debate-surrounds-prince-williams-marriage-proposal-3493","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/debate-surrounds-prince-williams-marriage-proposal-3493\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Surrounds Prince William’s Marriage Proposal-3493"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rather strange debate is going on at the moment as to whether Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton because he is going bald.<\/p>\n

The prince\u2019s baldness was originally noticed in 1998 when it was commented upon in People Magazine. Ten year\u2019s later, William even joked about. Since then, there has been a certain amount of speculation as to the sudden (so it seemed) marriage proposal; after all the relationship at one time wasn\u2019t apparently going anywhere.<\/p>\n

Fuelling this debate is a columnist for the New York Times who wrote: “Men may give themselves some leeway when it comes to putting on a few extra pounds and having wrinkles (two typical areas of concern among aging women hoping to attract a mate).<\/p>\n

\u201cBut hair loss<\/a> \u2014 both androgenic alopecia, often referred to as male-pattern baldness, and alopecia areata, which typically involves temporary and localized shedding \u2014 can be emotionally traumatic, especially for men in their 20s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether going bald was Prince William\u2019s prime motivator for asking Kate Middleton to marry him, only he will know. As far as Kate is concerned, she doesn\u2019t seem concerned at all.<\/p>\n

But why should she? Going bald isn\u2019t the end of the world, and she\u2019ll get used to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A rather strange debate is going on at the moment as to whether Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton because he is going bald. The prince\u2019s baldness was originally noticed in 1998 when it was commented upon in People Magazine. Ten year\u2019s later, William even joked about. Since then, there has been a certain amount […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[339,90,180],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hair-loss","tag-baldness","tag-hair-loss-2","tag-male-baldness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t