Is it a case of Jecca and hide for Kate? – Daily Mail
(Thanks to benign for the heads-up on this story!)
One hopes that Kate Middleton is used to surprises. For when she arrives in Switzerland, where she is expected for a skiing holiday this week, I can reveal there will be a familiar face on the slopes — Prince William’s one-time squeeze Jecca Craig. The daughter of conservationist Ian Craig, Jecca was once so close to William it was rumoured (and subsequently denied) that the two had made a “pretend engagement”…

Harry’s charity gives fraction of funds to Aids orphans children – Telegraph
Prince Harry is angry that Sentebale – the charity he set up in southern Africa in honour of his mother – has been able to give only a tiny fraction of the money it has raised to the Aids orphans it was intended to help. “Harry is bitterly disappointed by the figures,” a senior courtier tells Mandrake. “He knows it’s the orphans who need the money – and quickly.”…

Hats Off To Stylish Kate! – OK Magazine
Kate Middleton showed punters how it was done at the Cheltenham festival! The 26-year-old beauty placed a £20 bet on Denman to win the famous Gold Cup yesterday. And the brunette – who wore a dark trilby just like fellow racegoer Zara Phillips – cheered wildly from the stands as Denman beat hot favourite Kauto Star to land her a very useful £60! Earlier Kate had arrived with three friends, dressed entirely in stylish black, just in time to watch the first race…

James Hewitt’s affair with a sex-obsessed clairvoyant – Daily Mail
When a balding, ruddy-faced James Hewitt was pictured recently leaving a restaurant with an ageing blonde, it seemed that the man who has spent the past decade ruthlessly profiting from his five-year affair with Princess Diana had hit a new low. First, in 1994, came Princess In Love – a gratuitous account of his affair with Diana, which earned him a reported share of £100,000…

Camilla’s head of security shoots himself – The Sydney Morning Herald
The police weapons expert in charge of security for Prince Charles’s wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, has been found dead after shooting himself at his home. Sergeant Richard Fuller, 55, was married with three grown-up children. At the opening of the inquest into his death, coroner’s officer Douglas Hills said Sergeant Fuller had experienced recent domestic problems. The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles were told of the death while they were on a tour of the Caribbean…