Given that Kate and Will have been living together for some time, her sexual status seems of little concern to anyone. (And in the age of paternity testing, do you really need to be a virgin in order to ensure your future offspring are indeed the Prince's spawn?) But Diana's virginity was a such a big deal back when she got engaged in 1981, worthy of reporting on along with the dress and the ring and the Cinderella carriage. So it's odd that after some searching, I couldn't find any actual evidence that such a test was ever administered.
In fact, people have gone out of their way to point out the test was a myth (of course, the ability to test for virginity is a myth in itself). Seems what the Royal Gynecologist was actually checking out was her ability to bear some heirs to the throne**. Not that her sexual status wasn't on people's minds. Even if she wasn't 'tested' for it, several people were kind and creepy enough to vouch for her chastity, and given that she was only 19 and not known as a party girl, the White Wedding Of The Century could go on as planned.
Poor Diana. She literally saved herself for her handsome prince–and look where it got her.
** Which begs the question: Is fertility a pre-requisite for Kate marrying into the Royal Family?
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I remember Princess Diana saying that she had not messed around because ``I wanted to keep things tidy.´´ She had probably been told for many years that she was a candidate for Princess of Wales as their grandmothers were chums. I think that I read the lurid details in her biography, ´`Diana.´´ What a horrible set-up for her at age 19. Diana `sacrificed her virginity´´ and her life to a man who was using her as a baby factory. Was she shocked or did she always know that she was simply a baby incubator? Some Brits have told me that she knew exactly what she was getting into or was she a naieve young girl who thought they ´´were in love?´´
I would guess that fertility is probably not a prerequisite for marriage given the fertility problems that Edward and Sophie had. Obviously they would probably prefer someone who was able to carry stack and stacks of potential heirs but that is pretty standard.
Turns out the masses are way more interested in the fact that Will is marrying a commoner. I wonder what that says about the British - that class issues trump sex.
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