British Royal Wedding

Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy fail to impress French photographer - The Telegraph
Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy may be the darlings of British photographers, but they have failed to win over the celebrated French snapper Michel Comte. “William and Harry — they are good in their own skin, don’t you think?” he says of the Princes. “The girlfriends are not so pretty.”…

How playboy royals became tabloid heroes - The Guardian
A changing of the PR guard at Clarence House has helped to repair the images of Princes William and Harry. It is a compare and contrast case study that will no doubt appear in PR textbooks in years to come. Return to the tabloids of three years ago, and Princes William and Harry were not faring well. Here’s a drunken Harry groping a female friend, or sparking outrage by wearing a swastika armband to a fancy dress party…

Kate Middleton Parties Without Security - FOX News
Let me tell you a secret: Kate Middleton — princess in waiting — who parties at least four times per week, is without security. I know, how mad is that? But it would appear that the British public doesn’t want to pay for the security until she is married to Prince William. I can reveal that Kate is “fine with this“ and fully understands…

Queen Victoria’s ‘queen-size’ bloomers had a 50-inch waist! - Daily India / ANI
A pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers has been discovered, and they suggest that the famous British monarch had a large 50-inch waist. “It’s hard to imagine, say, a likely future Queen such as Kate Middleton wearing these. Some accounts claim Victoria had a waist measurement of up to 60 inches by the 1890s, and these items certainly suggest a fair girth,” Telegraph quoted auctioneer Charles Hanson, as saying…

Like it or not, Prince William and Prince Harry are coming of age - The Telegraph
They scrub up well those Windsor boys. Prince William and Prince Harry, who always take a good photograph, were out and about this week on behalf of Queen and Country in their respective military roles. All told, it seems the young princes are coming of age. Prince William has carried out 16 official engagements this year, more than the whole of 2007; Prince Harry has had 12…

Prince Harry enjoys some simple comforts while in Africa - Daily Mail
He may be busy rebuilding a school in southern Africa but Prince Harry is still enjoying a few creature comforts while he completes a three-week expedition to Lesotho with colleagues from the Blues and Royals. Harry, 23, starts each morning with a bowl of cornflakes and has his mobile phone with him to keep in constant text touch with girlfriend Chelsy Davy…

Prince Harry shows Diana, Princess of Wales’s touch with children - The Telegraph
His mother was renowned for her warmth with children and now Prince Harry is showing the same skills. He first went to the home - at its former site - four years ago, and on his return to the landlocked mountain kingdom last week he laughed with eight of the children in a relaxed way reminiscent of his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales…

Harry’s honey makes royal fool of herself - IOL.co.za
Everyone’s been talking about it, but there was no proof - until now. It seems Chelsy Davy’s boozy antics at the Durban July recently earned her a long talking-to by Prince William’s girlfriend, the prim and proper Kate Middleton. While Harry was building a school in Lesotho, Davy was being kissed by best friend Kirsten Rogers, carried on the shoulders of a male friend and even climbed up a tree…

Prince William has embarked on the second phase of his training with the Royal Navy onboard the frigate HMS Iron Duke where he has been working with the local authorities of the British Dependent Territory Montserrat in an exercise that tested the island’s ability to cope with a major natural disaster such as a serious hurricane.

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Prince Harry tackles ‘Whispering Witchell’ - The Independent
After 10 years following the Royal Family’s every move, Nicholas Witchell must be yearning for a new post. In 2005, the BBC’s likeable royal reporter faced the insult of being “dissed” by the Prince of Wales during Charles’s annual ski tip to Klosters. “These bloody people. I can’t bear that man,” he was heard mumbling to his two sons. “I mean, he’s so awful, he really is.”…

Peter Phillips joins the family business - The Telegraph
The Princess Royal’s son, Peter Phillips, appears to have quashed recent suggestions that he is planning to move to Hong Kong by signing up for the “family business”. Mandrake learns that the Queen’s grandson who was criticised for selling the rights to his wedding in May to Hello!, has taken on the role of his father, Capt Mark Phillips, in organising the Gatcombe Park horse trials…

Fergie to make TV comeback - Daily Mail
The critical drubbing the Duchess of York received for the documentary in which she gave dietary advice to a fat family in Hull would have been too much for some fledgling TV presenters. And this time, I can reveal, Princess Beatrice will be joining her on the project. I understand an ITV film crew will accompany Fergie to Romania, where she plans to investigate conditions in the country’s notorious orphanages…

Feel like a Big Maj and fries? - The Sun
It looks like The Queen’s checking out the opposition – after we revealed that she has her very own drive-thru McDonald’s. Her Majesty paused for a quick break yesterday next to a hamburger van at an agricultural event. The Queen became the Big Maj last month when a retail park just down the road from Windsor Castle was bought by the Crown Estate for £92million…

Prince Harry did his best Bob the Builder impression yesterday as he helped to lay the foundations of a new school for the forgotten orphans of Lesotho.

The Sentebale charity he set up in 2004 aims to ease suffering in the Aids-ravaged African kingdom, where vast numbers of children have been left without parents.

And in a direct appeal, Harry said: “The plight of the orphan children of Lesotho cannot be overstated. I know Sun readers can make a huge difference to their lives and that the people of this country blighted by Aids will be so grateful for any assistance they can possibly give.”

Harry, 23, is in the tiny kingdom with 26 chums from his Household Cavalry regiment.

Sweat dripped from the 2nd lieutenant’s brow as he rolled up his sleeves and got stuck in to the foundation work.

But he said: “There is no point in becoming a patron or setting up a charity just to sit back and let someone else do the work…”

Read entire story at The Sun…

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian star Ben Barnes based his character on an unlikely source - the UK’s Prince Harry.

The 26-year-old is actually the same age as Harry’s elder brother Prince William, but admits that Caspian is more like the younger, more laid-back royal.

He says, “Caspian is not a swashbuckling heroic Prince Charming, but Americans expect somebody like that. Their concept of a Prince is Disney - that’s all they know.

“But I’ve grown up with two princes, one my age, one my younger brother’s age. Prince Caspian makes mistakes; Harry goes to a party dressed as a Nazi. Caspian does something heroic; Harry goes and fights for his country without telling anyone.

“I think it’s interesting that they are real people, making real decisions about their lives, but they have the responsibility that they may or may not want.” (via The TSD Blog)

So Chelsy, how much are you missing Harry? - Daily Mail
To her adoring Daddy, she is undoubtedly a real princess. But one wonders whether the Royal Family will feel the same when they see these pictures of Chelsy Davy. Prince Harry’s girlfriend of four years seemed to have gotten over any despondency she might have been feeling at being separated from her royal beau…

Chelsy Davy has a hoot as dozens of men run naked - Daily Mail
Up to 100 men stripped and set off under starter’s orders, egged on by the crowd. Miss Davy 22, who was with her brother Shaun, was clearly amused by the display. An onlooker said: ‘Chelsy was soaking up the sun in a VIP lounge for most of the day with her friend and clearly found the whole thing a hoot.’ …

Beatrice cools off on the French Riviera - Daily Mail
Beatrice has escaped the rain this weekend and headed for sunnier climes. Holidaying on the French Riviera, the princess took full advantage of the sun as she took to the St Tropez port  for an afternoon stroll…

Kate due on court at Queen’s - Herald Sun
It seems the royals may have yet another feisty princess on their hands when Kate officially joins them. She’s already her own woman and has told “insiders” she isn’t interested in adopting the role of mere stand-in for William or to look as though she’s taking advantage of a dubious royal status…

Kate Middleton: Beauty Icon - Style.com
Despite her comparatively humble beginnings, Kate, or Catherine, as she’s reportedly calling herself these days, is by all accounts perfect HRH material. The daughter of former airline employees who amassed a sizable fortune with a mail-order business, she is poised, well-educated, disarmingly lovely in a fresh-scrubbed way, and blessedly scandal-free…

Royalty TV: Which television show should the Windsor’s appear on next? - Daily Mirror
Prince Harry in Booze Britain - He may have done his duty in Afghanistan, but the partying prince is still best known for falling out of posh nightclubs after one Treasure Chest cocktail too many. His taste for rum punch makes him perfect for Booze Britain, a fly-on-the-wall documentary following young binge drinkers on a night out…

Prince William Set To Star In Hollywood Film? - Fashion.ie
Britain’s Prince William and Prince Harry are set to star in a Hollywood movie. The royal brothers have been asked to make a cameo appearance in new romance “Of Kings and Cowboys”, which is currently in pre-production. “There is a scene in the move supposedly with the royal family at Guards Polo Club in Windsor and we would love to have princes William and Harry doing some cameos…”

Prince William to receive US medal for role in drugs bust - Hello Magazine
Sub-Lieutenant Wales, as he is known in the naval force, will be presented a Joint Services Achievement Medal by the US Coast Guard for his actions during this week’s £40 million Caribbean drug bust…

Kate Middleton was the subject of much criticism after it was alleged that the Queen had “voiced concern” that Prince William should not announce an engagement to his girlfriend until she had secured herself a full-time job.

Mandrake learns that the claim could not, in fact, be further from the truth. According to a close friend of Kate, the 26-year-old St Andrews graduate has been advised by courtiers not to take any permanent job.

“She’s not working and there are no plans for her to work,” says her chum.

I understand that officials are keen to avoid a similar situation to the “Fake Sheikh scandal”, in which the Earl of Wessex’s wife, Sophie, was accused of exploiting her royal connections to win business for her PR firm.

Kate’s imminent engagement to William, who is on a two-month attachment to the Royal Navy, is widely expected and her only job is taking photographs for her parents’ mail-order company, which provides paraphernalia for children’s parties.

It has also been reported that Kate would work for Mario Testino, but the photographer told me at his Obsessed by You exhibition, at Phillips de Pury & Company, in Westminster: “It’s simply not true. She was never going to work with me.” (via The Telegraph)