British Royal Wedding

She has previously celebrated her birthdays by dining in fashionable restaurants and partying until 3am – but yesterday Kate Middleton turned 28 in more sedate style, with a night in at her parents’ home.

Family and friends, including boyfriend Prince William, descended on the house in Bucklebury, Berkshire, for a low-key event, in keeping with the quieter life that Kate is now pursuing, befitting a Royal consort.

They had thought of doing something at Highgrove but they discounted that as the weather would have made it difficult.

Doing something in London was a possibility but the thing Kate wanted more than anything was to spend time with William – and the simplest way to do that is at home.

Pippa was in charge of the catering and their brother James was in charge of the cake. Kate’s mother was doing some serious pillow-fluffing the day before, preparing everything for William and his security officers to stay overnight.

Read the full story at the Daily Mail (scroll down)…

Kate Middleton celebrates her 28th birthday today.

The Daily Express reckons Kate will join Prince William – visiting the Queen for tea at Sandringham.

The couple, who have been dating on and off for seven years, are due to spend part of the weekend at the Royal Family’s Norfolk estate amid mounting speculation that they will soon announce their engagement.

Senior aides insist they will wait for the couple to approach them, although sources claim there have already been several contingency meetings regarding a royal wedding.

Prince William, his girlfriend Kate Middleton and Prince Harry were among the celebrity-packed audience in Leicester Square last night for the world premiere of Guy Ritchie’s new film Sherlock Holmes, which stars Robert Downey Jnr and Jude Law.

But the Royal party shunned the red carpet and attempted to avoid the cameras by arriving five minutes after the film started and being taken into the venue by a back door. They left as soon as the credits began to role. (via thisislondon.co.uk)

Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middleton are all luvvied up – as they leave a West End show.

Wills celebrated winning his full RAF Wings by taking Kate out in London to see a play about World War One.

The second in line to the throne and mini-skirted Kate watched award-winning production War Horse. Maybe their night out was a recommendation from his gran the Queen, who recently surprised theatre-goers with a visit.

(via News of the World)

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“He’s hoping she’ll be thrilled,” said one aide. William’s request shows just how Kate has become a top dog with the rest of the Royal Family pack.

“The Queen doesn’t put much faith in people, she prefers animals,” said one aide. “So if she’s ready to hand someone a dog it shows how much she really trusts them. Horses and dogs are the only things she ever relies on.”

Wills and Kate will spend months apart next year when he transfers to RAF Valley, in Anglesey, North Wales, to train as an air sea rescue pilot. When she’s home William wanted her to have something to remember him by,” said the royal aide.

Kate Middleton has made a rare public appearence attending the premiere of Tenacity on the Tasman, held at the Odeon Leicester Square. The Daily Mail reports…

Prince William’s girlfriend joined her friend Holly Branson at the premiere. The 27-year-old wore a light blue mini dress, blazer and boots to watch the film – which charts the story of Olly Hicks, who at 23 became the first person to row solo from America to England.

In recent weeks rumours of a royal wedding planned for 2012 have intensified…

‘Nothing is set in stone but 2012 is the date that is now being talked about… Whether William and Kate get married in 2012 or the year before, it will be the Queen who will throw them the most wonderful party and the line of thinking at the moment is that 2012 could be the perfect date.’

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Royal Courtiers have apparently been briefed to begin preparations for a Royal Wedding in 2012. Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper reports…

A wedding is now being openly talked about at Buckingham Palace and early-stage talks are under way to dovetail William and Kate’s wedding with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Significantly, it is the year when Prince William turns 30, the age he famously said he was likely to get married.

According to a source, the Queen, who has insisted that her jubilee celebrations are kept separate from the London Olympics in the summer of 2012, has privately said she would be delighted if William and Kate’s wedding were to coincide with her diamond celebrations.

Nothing is set in stone but 2012 is the date that is now being talked about,’ one royal insider told The Mail on Sunday. ‘Whether William and Kate get married in 2012 or the year before, it will be the Queen who will throw them the most wonderful party and the line of thinking at the moment is that 2012 could be the perfect date. It would be the opportune time to put Britain and the Royal Family on the world stage.’

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