Prince William proved his star power Monday as thousands of New Zealanders cheered the second-in-line to the throne in the face of a small republican demonstration.
The 27-year-old prince opened a new Supreme Court Building in Wellington during the second day of his first official trip overseas on behalf of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The number of spectators swelled to between 3,000 and 4,000 as the prince left the building after the hour-long opening ceremony and walked among the crowd, shaking hands and greeting enthusiastic onlookers. (via AFP)
Prince William’s royal magic captures the crowds – NZ Herald
Prince William rubs noses with New Zealanders – Daily Mail
Prince William wins plaudits on first solo official tour – Reuters UK
Why Wills is the chosen one! – The Mirror
Video: Wellington welcome for Prince William – ABC News (Australia)
Video: Prince William woos Wellington – TVNZ
Candid Video: William at Sailing Event Reception – YouTube
Candid Video: Prince William meets the Crowd 1 – YouTube
Candid Video: Prince William meets New Zealanders – YouTube
Candid Video: Prince William in Wellington, NZ – YouTube
Photos: Prince William in New Zealand Day 2 – Getty Images
Candid Photos of Prince William in NZ: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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Steve, thank you so much for the hard work.
I am glad that Prince William’s trip so far so good. The crowds love him.
Thanks Me.
I like the candid photos and videos shot by the public the best. They give a real sense of ‘being there’.
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Don’t suppose anyone bought the latest copy of Hello! magazine and knows what the “homemade gift” was that William gave to Kate?
hellomag
This week in Hello! William gives Katie a birthday to remember while Jude Law learns the flamenco. Don’t miss it http://bit.ly/7aZ5o1
22 minutes ago from web
i think that people in nz really love pw he has charisma like his mom princess diana
update from telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/7017609/Prince-William-in-New-Zealand-Prince-evokes-visions-of-his-parents.html
I agree bluefire. He sure does have his mother’s charisma.
Prince William in security scare as DJ gatecrashes barbecue at New Zealand prime minister\’s house
The incident occurred 20 minutes before William arrived at the \’traditional Kiwi\’ party, held to introduce him to the great and the good of New Zealand\’s capital city. It will come as a terrible embarrassment to the local authorities who have adopted a low-key approach to policing in order to allow the future king to meet as many members of the public as possible. …read
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1243905/Prince-William-rounds-day-New-Zealand-tour-traditional-Maori-Sunday-dinner.html
Here’s a better version of the “Prince William gatecrasher” story;
TheSun_News
DJ has cops in spin at Wills bbq: INTRUDER breaks into the New Zealand PM’s house minutes before Prince Will… http://tinyurl.com/y8jo8f3
17 minutes ago from twitterfeed
Here are some nice pictures of The Queen & Prince Philip attending church:
http://tinyurl.com/yef4nf6
More pics of The Queen-
http://tinyurl.com/yz4nq7v
I LOVE her red outfit! Darling Queen – Now her and Philip that IS the love story of the century!
Aren’t the Queen’s boots awesome? There arent’ many women that age who would wear boots like that. She is styling!
Belga pictures
QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN WOLFERTON
http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/1644823.html
really? I think The Queen looks great too.
Here’s James Whitaker’s take on William’s royal role-
http://tinyurl.com/ydgz68g
This guy is always quick to dismiss Kate. I guess it’s easy to do that when you really don’t know the person of subject. He and many other people like doing that to Kate but once they see her start playing a royal role along side William will they recognize Kate is her own person and will bring her own special qualities to her royal career.
What a pathetic snob James Whittaker is! I was told by someone who met him that Whittaker was an unpleasant person.He hardly can say any good word about anyone.So I never trust his opinion about anything.
Isn’t it so nice that he and the Queen see eye-to-eye.
Sarcasm.
He and the courtiers see eye to eye is my take. He voices what a lot of people close to the Queen think – and the Queen does take advice from them for the good of the monarchy.
Whitaker believed he made Charles and Diana marry !! With all his good press!!!
He believes he has influence which I don’t believe he has but I do believe he has good contacts very close to the top and that ‘his’ opinion is there’s
I think there is a move to shove kate out by courtiers BUT I believe this would onlly backfire and make PW all the more willing to marry her
he is determined — wilful as the Queen put it
Good Evening,
really? James Whitaker is a former royal photographer that would like another Diana. Everyone in their right mind should know that there will never be another Diana and that is what he think William’s wife should be like. Kate is not trying to be like Diana and I’m sure the royals would like Kate to be herself.
The royal courtiers are not trying to shove Kate out because they all like her. If that was the case, Kate would have never been seen with the royals so many times like she have. There are so many signs that Kate has been embraced by the royals and royal courtiers but people don’t take the time to see it. The Queen honored her grandson by inviting Kate to the most important event on the royal calendar, The Order of the Garter ceremony. That was The Queen’s way of recognizing William & Kate’s relationship. No one is shoving Kate out, the problem is that some have grown bored of the couple because the length of the relationship and the lack of knowledge about this woman that William seem to so crazy about. People just have to wait for the announcement and give her chance.
Sigh I really can’t wait for an announcement to come. I’m over all of the waiting, cloak and dagger, opinions from sources who may or may not know what is going on.
I want to see a coach and a pretty wedding dress.
LOL, it’s coming JJ. Keep your fingers crossed. I can’t wait for the burst of excitement on this site.
I second that,jj! Enough of the speculation already,bring on the wedding cake!
Hello Magazine placed a poll online asking if Kate’s the right choice as William’s future bride:
http://www.hellomagazine.com/
(scroll down — to the right to vote)
William’s motorcade..live!
http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/abc-video2.asx
nice work on the live action
As I said RMAN it is inconsequential what the Courtiers think as it is william who has to make that decision to ask Kate.
My feeling is though that the court has worked against her.
Viewers in Australia are complaining on twitter that coverage of William’s arrival interupted the Ellen show,LOL
oh CRAP
how AWFUL!
William is a great hit with the Kiwis. He has such charm that all the pictures show delightful expressions on his face.
Whitaker lost his main job as a royal reporter because he was so far off target most of the time. He is a snob exactly as you say and wants William to marry a princess. He has zero contacts with the Firm but lets on that he does. In fact he is one of the few reporters avoided by anyone to do with Harry or William because he is overly critical of both of them. They don’t like him either.
William is a great hit with the Kiwis. He has such charm that all the pictures show delightful expressions on his face.
Whitaker lost his main job as a royal reporter because he was so far off target most of the time. He is a snob exactly as you say and wants William to marry a princess. He has zero contacts with the Firm but lets on that he does. In fact he is one of the few reporters avoided by anyone to do with Harry or William because he is overly critical of both of them. They don\’t like him either.
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From what I can tell,the entire trip was a huge success! Mr Whitaker is indeed a snob and has spoken very badly about Kate to whoever will listen. All these would be know it all’s are starting to annoy me!
dasi thanks for the link.
Well really? we will see. I just don’t think they have. I think what Kate has been dealing with is the British tabloids that nearly drove Diana & Sarah crazy. Things are totally different from those days though, Kate is dealing with the media that is way more advanced, with YouTube, online news sites, blogs, forums etc. The media has pretty much worked against her because they don’t know her. If the courtiers were doing it, if would have had a bad effect on the relationship and as we can see, the relationship between William & Kate is stronger than ever and he still brings her around his family. Also from those pictures we saw last summer of Kate being kissed/greeted by William’s official team at the charity polo event, you can tell that they are pretty much behind her and not working against her.
Well Lisa, Ellen is great and I guess watching William’s arrival is not all that and a bag of chips.
He may be a bit of a snob, but he understands how the Palaces, the Courtier’s and the Queen work.
Whitaker semi-retired on his own after a long, fruitful career covering the Royals. He is one of the few reporters who could constantly, get into private tents with Royals for years.
Much of what he reported later was found to be accurate, such as Diana’s eating disorder when everyone said he was making it up. He had spoke directly to Diana’s sister who told him but he could not reveal his source.
He was invited to garden parties at the Palace, where other reporters were not. He still has his sources with the old guard courtiers around the Queen.
Good luck to William on his tour, he is doing a wonderful job.
Prince William has landed in Sydney for a whistlestop three-day visit to Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/19/2795787.htm
anglophile, James may still have his sources but I think it’s wrong from him to diss William’s girlfriend without even knowing her and then go on to make it seem like the royals don’t even like her. We know that’s not true so that’s the point i’m getting at.
Well, he may have his sources but I know one thing…he can call Kate whatever he wants now but I hope he chokes when he has to call her “your highness”!
Video of William arriving down under:
http://player.video.news.com.au/theaustralian/#1389738010
Side note.
Sara Ferguson was among the celebreties fundraising money to support Haiti.
On CNN.
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/tv-alert-larry-king-presents-special-haiti-01-18-2010
Lisa I agree with you on post # 35!
Prince William meets an aboriginal
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/19/2796147.htm
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royals/2813991/Wills-ball-lad-Im-sorry-Kate.html
It’s the first time i’ve written in this site but im totally thrilled today, i live in sydney and I MET PRINCE WILLIAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SHOOK HIS HAND!!!!!!!
AND……….
i asked him if he would marry kate and he said as usual, “WAIT AND SEE, THAT’S WHAT I TELL EVERYONE”
HE LAUGHED AND he must be the most blessed person in the whole world!!!!!!!!!!!
Aussie, how wonderful for you! You clearly enjoyed your experience. But typical of William not to give anything away!
Keep the pics/videos coming everyone!
Hi Aussie,
How exciting for you! Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
PS. Good work on the Kate Middleton line of questioning!
Aussie, you got more info out of William them the press has is all these years! Congrats!
i love pw pics are nice
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/W5bMKRqTDIt/Prince+William+Visits+Australia+Day+1/DVv-NdzDNpU/Prince+William
pics
Great pics!
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/a-lovely-young-man-but-regally-bland/story-e6frg6zo-1225821369314
this article is interesting. They could have a point that maybe William could have done some media interviews to generate interest. It’s also interesting that they acknowledge that the visit would have had a lot more sparkle if Kate had been there. Sometimes I think his advisors really need a fresh new approach to the modern world, bacause right now it looks like the old boys club with lots of aging gentlemen….
BritishMonarchy
Gallery: Wearing a cloak of kiwi feathers, Prince William addresses New Zealand’s Supreme Court in Wellington,… http://www.royal.gov.uk/K6
PopSugarUK
Prince William Is Welcomed to New Zealand and Australia http://www.popsugar.co.uk/7096802
DailyTelegraph ( Australia )
NSW – William’s awkward Diana moment http://bit.ly/8Pjmr1
about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed
DailyTelegraph (Australia )
Prince William is nearly in Australia…should he shave his head now his hair’s thinning? Vote in our poll! http://tinyurl.com/ydlzddv
about 16 hours ago from web