Royal News Links – Bumper Edition
‘Waity Katie’ has a wobble as Prince William commits to the RAF – Daily Mail
Kate Middleton had a ‘minor wobble’ when Prince William decided to commit the next seven years to the RAF – but intends to stand by her boyfriend. Friends say the couple smoothed things over on a trip to William’s bolt-hole at Balmoral last weekend when they discussed their future…
How massaging Prince William changed one woman’s life – Daily Mail
The Prince made use of her services as he neared the end of his 1,000-mile motorcycle ride across Africa last month with his brother Harry – relieving the stress of six days in the saddle of his 250cc Honda enduro bike. ‘Massaging William was the cherry on the top. You can’t get any better than that.’…
Prince William unveils cartoonist honour – BBC News
The prince opened the new Cardiff HQ of Media Wales, which includes a sculpture based on the work of rugby fanatic Gren Jones, who died early last year. On a tour of the newspaper offices, William was shown photographs of himself on the picture desk and joked: “2,000 pictures of me looking gormless.”…
Rod Stewart tops the bill for Prince’s birthday bash – Times Online
The singer has waived his usual £1m fee for performing at private parties to entertain Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and several hundred guests at Highgrove on Saturday. Charles, Camilla, princes William and Harry and their girlfriends, Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy, will be joined by friends such as Stephen Fry, the comedian and presenter, Edward Fox and Prunella Scales, the actors, and Jilly Cooper, the author…
Queen remembers fallen heroes – Press Association
The Queen has attended a Festival of Remembrance to commemorate those who died while serving their country. Her Majesty was joined at the Royal Albert Hall in London by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of York, the Earl and Countess of Wessex and the Princess Royal…
Prince Charles inspires men’s wear – Financial Times
No one would have predicted it, but almost 60 years after his birth, Prince Charles is in the style vanguard. “I like Prince Charles,” says Vivienne Westwood, whose anti-monarchy punk movement in the 1970s made Charles look starkly out of step in his young adulthood. “I think he deserves our respect.”…
Poppies banned in Palace – The Sun
Royal staff are furious over an amazing ban on poppies at full state banquets at Buckingham Palace.Flunkies were ordered not to wear the flower in remembrance of Britain’s war dead at a bash for foreign diplomats. Some claim Foreign Office officials warned they could be fired if they did…
November 9th, 2008 05:10
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1084193/The-Windsors-No-42–Kumars-Highgrove-60th-celebration.html
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November 9th, 2008 10:00
Poor Catherine!! wills want to have full job at RAF until 7 years again! and that’s mean Catherine was getting married at 33 years old! so long for waiting.
But Catherine must glad cause Wills said to her that she’s are important girls in his life!! make me sick of course in my heart he..he..make me envy. the conclusion is all Catherine decision is in her hand, if she’s trust Wills she must to move on and wait him but if she’s doesn’t trust Wills is mean over! how will you choose??? and that’s a risk for her too, if someday they relationship is over, her age not young anymore, damage for her. up to you my lady
November 9th, 2008 10:12
mariskaagusta this couple may just get married while he serve in the RAF we just don’t know how they will handle this. People are just assuming that they will wait, we don’t know that so we can’t say that. We just have to wait and see. It will be a surprise to us because all we can think of a big waiting period.
November 9th, 2008 10:32
People in the military get married all the time. Plus, she won’t have to worry about him deploying into war zones like other military wives. If they really do use this as an excuse to wait, it is just that — an excuse. They don’t really want to marry and are blaming it on his work committments.
BTW, wasn’t he supposed to go on a tour of Whitehall offices to get him ready for that part of goverment? So, is he really committing to the RAF for 7 years with all his other duties?
November 9th, 2008 10:51
rosetta, the reports about his “apprenticeship” with the governement were apparently wrong. They were never officially announced by CH and not reported by the reputably press like the Times or the BBC either so I think he won’t do the government internships next year, he was at the Ministry of Defence this September though. I also don’t think it’s certain how long William will be with the SAR. CH only announced he’ll do the 1.5 years training and that the TYPICAL tour is 30-36 months (2.5 – 3 years). CH didn’t even say that he would complete a typical tour let alone two. So if he does the training and one tour that would be 4.5 years mayimum. Only if he did TWO tours it’ll add up to 7 years. Here’s the CH announcement again:
http://tinyurl.com/5d6nhh
November 9th, 2008 11:56
That is a very good point to remind us of Trixie. I’m pretty sure that the palace has written into his contract that he may have to leave a short notice due to unforseen circumstances Prince Charles or the Queen. They can afford to buy his contract out so I think anything is possible.