Prince Edward: controversy over death remarks – Telegraph
The Earl of Wessex is embroiled in controversy after suggesting that the death of a boy during a Duke of Edinburgh Award exercise had made the scheme more popular. The Prince made the comments during a trip to Australia when asked about a schoolboy who died in 2006 on an unsupervised bush walk as part of the adventure scheme…

Princess Beatrice mistaken for Cheryl – Monsters & Critics
Britain’s Princess Beatrice was mobbed by fans during a recent night out – because they mistook her for Cheryl Cole. Guy insisted Beatrice was flattered and “easygoing”, even when she realised people thought she was Girls Aloud singer Cheryl. He told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “She was happy to chat to the locals and really down to earth.”…

Excerpt from ‘The Queen Mother’ Book – Wall Street Journal
In warm afternoon sunshine, as the National Anthem was performed by massed military bands, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a choir of a thousand singers,Queen Elizabeth, dressed in pink, arrived with her grandson the Prince of Wales in a landau escorted by the Household Cavalry. After she had inspected the troops, she and the Prince sat on a flower-bedecked dais (though she stood much of the time) to watch the parade together…

Henry Conway – London Evening Standard
He is 27, tall, very blond and, I reckon, wearing a flick of black mascara to set off his light blue eyes. Conway is best known as a nightclub host, whose Thursday nights at Mahiki in Mayfair are near-legendary for their popularity with an über-Sloaney set that includes Kate Middleton and Prince William…

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