Pics of Zara & Mike at Cheltenham Festival

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Helo,

I’m not sure if anyone here is interested but Mike T has been recalled to the English Rugby side to play on saturday.

Interesting comment that PH is possibly on his way back to Afghanistan . This must be a worry for many ,as accidents etc happen in war zones and although I don’t think it will happen, I expect PW to continue to push for a posting there.

PH has something that PW really envies which is his Afghan campaign medal which PA presented to him. PW hoped that his flight thee in the Hastings would qualify him but the rules state that it is only awarded after so many days spent in the war zone.

I’m sure KM knows that PW wants this medal and may be one reason why she wont commit until he’s out of the RAF. Can you imagine her life if they were married and something happened.

The whole matter of PH and PW going there just dowsn’t bear thinking about! I hope that someone on the staff sees sense but perhaps the whole report is just paper talk. Lets hope so.

Ked food for thought, I never thought about that!

Phoebe, you want to mean the cream coat and black boots outfit, don’t you? I totally agree if your answer is “yes”.
Eugenie also dressed an outfit like that in the Christmas but we know who was the first to wear this combination. It seems someones girlfriend is already influencing the RF wardrobe!

Kate and Zara cross-pollinate fashion-wise frequently, and I think they would be the first to admit it, although Zara is a little more edgy.

Harry has launched the first unaided trek to the North Pole for disabled servicemen and said he would like to take part in the challenge.

Video of Harry’s speech:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8575727.stm

Pics of Harry preparing to drag sled to the North Pole: Practice

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Zimbo has some of the Prince Harry pics up, too.
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/NeVzlDXU4Ks/Prince+Harry+Launches+Walking+Wounded+Exhibition/TcNsZYm66HX/Prince+Harry?pa=1

Hello,

The 23rd April will be a very significant for photographers covering Royal events and it will be interesting first to see how the RF react and secondly how the press will respond to recent judgments.

It would be a sad day indeed if the press decide to boycott what is one of the longest established annual Royal events purely on the basis of the RF’s privacy issues and so very sad for the British Public who have so long supported and upheld the Monarchy.

It will just be time itself that will eventually decide if the RF’s advisors acted with ‘due diligence’ and ‘worthy thought’ on these privacy issues which may only have been initiated by the wishes of the younger Royals.

The system had worked for many years previously with the public giving very enthusiastic greetings at every Royal appearance.

The comments recently about KM bringing her hands to her face is interesting and the last three or four photographs of her after the Christmas holiday show her putting her hands to hewr face. Interesting? I’m not sure but has she suddenly stopped smiling when photographers are about ?

Is this again symptomatic of the privacy issue and fears she may be criticised and accused of encouraging photographers?

Yet again ZP seems to attract the press and takes it with good grace as do the DofY’s daughters and PH seemingly relishes relishes any valid photo opportunity.

Is PW’s phobia now reaching others around him?

It seems like Crown Princess Mary has landed herself in hot water:

http://tinyurl.com/ygfm3sm

Hello,

Rman, on valentine’s day KM also put her hands to her face when she saw the photographer at the pub

Oh, you are talking about these pictures:

http://tinyurl.com/yeo6p6v

She just had her two hands on her face but didn’t hide herself. Kate is pretty much graceful with the photographers when she’s in public. Over the years since the photographers have gained interest in her, she has given them great pictures. She just stood up for her and her family’s privacy when they are not in the public arena. I know many people think The Queen and her advisors were wrong to put their foot down on the family’s privacy but boundaries had to be set. If that had happened long ago, may the late Princess of Wales wouldn’t have had such a terrible battle with establishing privacy for herself and her children.

I know many think bad of Kate right now for taking legal action on privacy but at some point royal watchers will look back on the ‘royal girlfriend years’ and talk about the hardships she had to go through and how strong she remained throughout it all. She has endured so much, more than any previous royal girlfriends but she haven’t allowed it to break her. That’s why I’m going to be proud to see her walk up the isle most likely next year.

I doubt it. There could only be 24 Companion Members, in which to date non have died. The QEII may include a Supernumerary Member, which doesn’t do the Walk, Talk or any of the Order procession and personalized flag in Windsor church! I think Prince Harry was rumoured by the press to get the latest, we shall see.

Does Kate Middleton need a new stylist? Style deconstructed: Kate Middleton:

http://tinyurl.com/ycufypn

I do like Kate’s style but I’m not a fan of the same black boots. The kind of style I think she should have now will only come when she’s officially the future Queen.

Let me add that to say she also is not an object of obsession with the press nor was her mother hounded to her death by paparrazzi, so she can enjoy…err…face the cameras better than William and Kate ever will. But she strikes me as a very well adjusted young woman who just “bucks up” as is said. Easy to buck up when your granny is the Queen, but hey, who am I to judge?

The paps are not obsessed with Zara like they are with William and Kate. Zara has a big heart but she have her mother and grandfathers tongue.

I plainly made the point that Zara is not an object of obsession like William or his mother, which probably explains her comfort with the cameras, to describe it nicely. She generally just strikes me as a bit over the top, especially in front of the cameras. I do like her though. As for the acid tongue, Zara (nor her mother or grandfather) has not met her match in someone who is not impressed with her station and who would give it right back to her in spades. If Prince Philip ever dared to form his lips to say anything off color to this Guest, he should be prepared for an in-kind response. I can go with the best of them.

Rman

Crown princess Mary had better watch it. She should have better advisers who vet the company that she keeps but it will blow over.. as long as she doesn’t make the same mistake again..

Express has made a great point in the privacy issues when you join these sites. Not only do the RF members have to be very careful anyone on these sites should be very wary of what you put on your site (or what someone else puts on their site about you). I don’t feel it is an invasion of privacy b/c Facebook and other sites like it are public and you know this when you set up your page. Read the fine print…..

I somehow think James, Pippa and Chelsy are not the ones that put those pictures of themselves up, but friends and friends of friends did. Some of them think it’s okay to post those pictures without much thought about it. There have even been pictures up of Bea and her sister up as well. Their friends and friends of friends must know that it’s not cool to post private pictures of those who are of media interest.

another tweet from Courchevel (5 hours ago)…..

EmsyD: “back from skiing,amazing snow/sun. Shared a gondola with Prince William & Kate. Watched my mate survive a cliff drop all in 3 days!”

AnnieBeee: “and how were Prince William and Kate?”

EmsD: ” they were having a good time. she’s stunning in the flesh (bitch).”

Hi AJ, here is the article from the SE-

“Reports that Kate Middleton’s dog had eaten an antique pearl earring given to her by William raised eyebrows in royal circles recently, not least because the Prince’s long-term girlfriend doesn’t own a dog.

A Sunday newspaper was last week forced to issue a statement confirming it was removing the made-up story from its website after it was discredited by its rivals, including the Sunday Express.

Kate’s lawyer Gerrard Tyrrell of royal solicitors Harbottle & Lewis, who recently won her damages for breach of privacy, confirmed the article was untrue, joking: “We have been searching in vain for the dog.”

The incident has opened up yet another can of worms in the ongoing saga of the Royals’ quest for a less intrusive press. There are suggestions the canine caper was leaked by sources close to Kate, 28, in a bid to flush out someone who has been selling stories sourced from the social networking website Facebook. It would not be the first time the Royals have fed false information to someone they suspect of snitching.

Princes William and Harry are both known to have outed tell-tales this way, while their uncle Earl Spencer famously misled a blabbermouth in his midst into thinking he was moving to New York. When the hoax made its way into the newspapers he knew exactly who to point the finger at. Kate doesn’t have a Facebook page but her younger brother James does, as do a great many friends.

The Princes’ closest confidantes, those in the so-called “Circle of Trust”, are renowned for being the souls of discretion but ultimately the Royals have little control over what friends (and friends of friends) post on such sites as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace.

Although you generally have to be a “friend” of someone on Facebook to access their personal information and photo albums, not everyone opts for the most stringent privacy settings, leaving their own page and those of their “friends” vulnerable to prying web surfers.

The Sunday Express can reveal that incriminating photographs of Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Eugenie had to be removed from the internet after they were posted by a Facebook friend and offered to a Spanish magazine. They are alleged to have shown a tipsy Eugenie, 19, kissing a female friend during her gap year in 2009.

Prince Harry’s girlfriend Chelsy Davy, 24, who is also on Facebook, had to beef up her privacy settings after learning that her photos could be accessed by outsiders while a source close to Zara Phillips revealed that Zara too had been the victim of well-meaning friends posting photographs of her online.

He said: “Zara doesn’t have her own Facebook account but has plenty of friends who think nothing of posting pictures of their nights out together.

“Although she makes no secret of the fact that she likes to socialise and enjoys a drink, these aren’t the kinds of photos she wants making it into the newspapers.”

A number of Royals are on Facebook under pseudonyms. For example William, 27, is known as Wills Wombat Wales but since this became public his activity on the site is limited to just befriending others. He doesn’t post pictures or comments on his page.

Harbottle & Lewis, which represents the Queen and Prince Charles, may now be minded to look into whether accessing the Facebook pages of the Royals and their friends constitutes a breach of privacy but, because the internet is a relatively new phenomenon, the law surrounding the use of pictures posted on the web is a grey area.

So far newspapers have “lifted” images from Facebook pages that are accessible to the public (ie not blocked by privacy settings) under the assumption that posting photographs is akin to publishing them. However, what if the subject of the photograph feels their privacy has been breached?

By having Facebook accounts, the Royals are effectively invading their own privacy but it could also be argued that photographs “snatched” of them in private by their friends and posted online are as potentially damaging as paparazzi shots.

Senior partner Tyrrell will no doubt be giving this careful thought having recently won Kate £5,000 in damages from picture agency Rex Features after it circulated photographs of her during a Christmas holiday with her family at Restormel Manor, Cornwall. British media outlets were offered the pictures but chose not to publish them after the Queen requested more privacy for her family over the festive period at Sandringham.

Previously the Royals had turned a blind eye to snatched photographs of them taken from public roads that did not involve trespass but a ruling in Germany in 2004 set a different precedent when Princess Caroline of Monaco won a claim after objecting to photographs taken of her in a public place.

The case appears to form the bedrock of Tyrrell’s quest for a privacy law, apparently supported by the Queen and heir to the throne, much to the chagrin of royal photographers and reporters alike, who fear it might lead to a blanket ban on photographing Royals anywhere but on official engagements.

So far the law has suggested that a person’s expectation of privacy must be “reasonable”. Only time will tell how “reasonable” the Palace and the press are willing to be.”

I hope it’s okay that I posted the article on here Steven.

What “embarassing” photos of James have surfaced recently?

The “embarassing” photos of James were sold to the press and printed in 2007! Folks, that’s over three years ago. Give this guy a break. His life has been, if not ruined, definitely side-tracked by his sister’s relationship. He also deserves some credit. I personally would have told her and her BF to go jump in the lake.

Hi Lisa,

I think the Middleton’s and the Davy’s are trying to be very careful on what they do but most likely didn’t know that their private ‘party’ pictures would be leaked by their friends and friends of friends. The article did say:

“The Princes’ closest confidantes, those in the so-called “Circle of Trust”, are renowned for being the souls of discretion but ultimately the Royals have little control over what friends (and friends of friends) post on such sites as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace.

Although you generally have to be a “friend” of someone on Facebook to access their personal information and photo albums, not everyone opts for the most stringent privacy settings, leaving their own page and those of their “friends” vulnerable to prying web surfers”

Maybe the young royals shouldn’t take private pictures anymore. Their friends shouldn’t be so careless.

That’s true too Phoebe & Guest. That’s why I made the argument awhile back that Pippa and James should be allowed to go on and live their lives and go to parties with their friends and attend fashion shows. Kate & William have not blocked Pippa & James from enjoying their young lives. If they did, it would become a major problem for William & Kate and the Middleton family. People have said that Pippa & James should stay hidden away from the publics view but that’s not in anyway possible. Chelsy have not stopped her brother Shaun from enjoying his life either and we have seen some pictures of them leaked on the net too. The Sunday Express made this article seem like its all about Kate and her family but it’s also about the York girls and Chelsy too.

I think the Middletons and Davys are careful but they must get serious with their friends and their friends friends and tell them not to leak photos and beef up their networking accounts security.

Lisa many of those pictures of the Middleton sibilings and even the Davys are pretty old but the people on the royal forums pretty much keep passing on these pics to use against Kate, James and Pippa and they make up their lies with them. The photos of Chelsy, her friends and her brother are on the royal forums too but her supporters say that the Davy’s pictures are fun and cute but the Middletons pictures could possibly ruin the royal family. There’s a double standard in this case too.

As far as I know, anybody can get on Facebook and call themselves “Wills Wombat Wales”, or “James Middleton” for that matter.

Yeah, I noticed the Kate/Chelsy double standard, too, but since you don’t see Chelsy all that much I agree with Lisa – I think they’re not exclusive anymore.

I think the North Pole trip would be interesting – while I would have loved to have been the NBC woman who got to interview Harry ( and spend the rest of the time lying on the beach ) I would hate to have to be the poor reporter who has to follow him to the North Pole and interview him- wonder if NBC’ll send someone for that?

Is at least William going on the South African trip still, or are neither of them going? Has anyone heard anything more about that?

Re: Facebook

Either in the US or UK, I forget, the wife of a candidate to head a very high level intelligence agency totally hurt said candidates chances (might have even got them fired) by posting simply silly pictures of them on their Facebook account.

People really don’t get Facebook, I am afraid.
I learned my lesson vicariously. My husband opened an account and within 24 hours of having it, a “friend” from high school posted a picture of him laying in bed with 6 girls (everyone fully clothed, but still…) on to his account. While I was LMAO, he spent over a week making sure it was totally closed down.

Rman,I recently saw that Carole Middleton account on Twitter.Someone should consider dropping a line to Kate’s attorney’s as Twitter has impersonation in their terms of service and will act but it must come from the person themselves or a legal representative.

These Kate haters out there are just sad. I had to protect my tweets because one of them put me on one of their stupid little “lists”.

Good Morning All,

Lisa my friend I do agree.

Is the cover real? It looks weird.

Yes I think the cover is real. I notice William didn’t have his sheild down on his helmet so I think his face was cold. They both gave the photographers the shot they wanted.

I hope someone would scan the Hello! article.

I will buy the digital version when it is available.

I love the photo because it shows them having fun and it shows their love for each other. I know some may say that it’s staged or something but this is the real deal here.

They look like they are enjoying themselves. Does anyone wonder why they don’t want to get married?

Well they can still have this kind of fun even while they are married. The Prince & Princess of Wales went skiing nearly ever year while they were married. The Duke & Duchess of York went skiing every year too. This fun won’t stop once they say ‘I do or I will’. I see some on the other forum think William is an idiot for having fun with his girlfriend on that trip. They make me laugh i have to say