British Royal Wedding

There seems to be an easy familiarity between Joss Stone and Prince Harry, demonstrated by the rather enthusiastic hug the pair shared at an event to celebrate Britain’s armed forces last night.

The pair, last seen together at the memorial concert for Princess Diana last July, hugged warmly, and chatted together at the open-air extravaganza in London last night.

Joss, who wore a slinky black dress, with her red coloured locks freely flowing, greeted both prince William and Harry like old friends, hugging them enthusiastically, and chatting animatedly.

The 21-year-old singer got to rub shoulders with soldiers Harry and big brother William at a tribute to Britain’s armed forces on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral in London. (via Daily Mail)

Prince William will miss the Royal wedding this month – to go on holiday with girlfriend Kate Middleton.

Wills and Kate, 26, had booked two weeks away before he starts a three-month Royal Navy attachment in June.

But they will miss William’s cousin Peter Phillips’ wedding to Autumn Kelly on May 17. Wills is said to have apologised.

A senior source said: “William has already got the couple’s blessing.” The Queen and 300 guests will see Princess Anne’s son, 30, marry at Windsor Castle.

Meanwhile Autumn, 30, has revealed Peter hid his Royal roots from her for six weeks. She only found out when she spotted him on TV next to the Queen. (via The Sun)

Princes William and Harry threw themselves into a polo match yesterday, Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy sat side-by-side sipping their drinks and chatting.

The pair stayed in the shade of a marquee at Coworth Park, near Ascot in Berkshire, while watching the Princes compete.

While Chelsy was casual in her blue jeans and double-breasted plaid jacket, Kate looked a little smarter in a fitted cropped jacket and dark jeans.

The girls were inseparable for much of the time. But although Kate sat back and watched William on the field, Chelsy, a student at Leeds University, seemed preoccupied with a stack of papers she had with her, which she looked to be studying.

William and Harry were competing in the Audi polo match for the Um Bongo team. After the match they collected medals from a tent, although their girlfriends remained in the neighbouring marquee. (via Daily Mail)

Prince William showed his support for British soldiers wounded fighting for their country as he attended a fundraising dinner in aid of health charities.

The young Royal was seen wearing a Help The Heroes coloured wristband as he mingled with guests at the black-tie event in aid of this year’s Lord Mayor’s Appeal.

The £2 wristbands were launched last October to raise £5m to help build a much needed swimming pool and gym complex at Headley Court, the tri-service rehabilitation centre in Surrey.

At the event held at the Guild Hall in central London, the second in line to the throne looked smart in a black bow tie and matching dinner jacket, at a pre-dinner reception attended by celebrities like Sir David Frost, Carol Vorderman and Henry Kelly.

William, 25, is patron of the appeal launched by the current Mayor of the City of London, David Lewis, who has chosen health charity Wellbeing of Women and Orbis, an international sight-saving organisation to benefit from his appeal.

The Prince said he was delighted to become patron of the initiative and added: “Becoming involved in this way is particularly special for me because of the past association and commitment of my mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, to Wellbeing of Women. (via The Press Association)

Who said there’s a lack of genetic diversity among Britain’s upper class?

More charitable observers might conclude that Kate Middleton put an advert in the paper for a Prince William lookalike to accompany her to Boujis last night.

Either way, her mystery date bore a striking resemblance to her royal boyfriend, who is away training with the RAF.

Tousled dark blonde hair? Check. Doe eyes? Check. Obligatory Sloaney shirt and crisp trouser combination? Check.

The pair climbed into a taxi together after the night out at the exclusive Kensington nightclub, which has become a firm favourite with the younger royals.

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Prince William flew into Afghanistan to meet frontline troops, Clarence House confirmed tonight.

The Prince met service personnel at Kandahar airfield for three hours on Monday before returning to the UK. The Prince of Wales and the Queen gave their consent to the trip, a Clarence House spokesman said.

The Clarence House spokesman described the trip as a “success”, saying that “it had passed without a hitch”.

Secrecy had surrounded Prince William’s visit, which was classified as confidential.

The whole trip took around 30 hours in total, the spokesman added. William’s trip follows the deployment of his younger brother to southern Afghanistan.

Prince Harry recently returned from Helmand province after his presence there was leaked by the media. He worked as a forward air controller, a post responsible for directing air support for ground troops. (via The Guardian)

Princes William and Harry give their guards the slip and head off for a night at the movies…

An Australian magazine has gone out on a limb announcing the upcoming marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The Aussies have also claimed Kate as their own, labelling her “Our new princess”.

The magazine tantalizingly promises “All the details inside…”

“Wills and Kate: The wedding of the century
Royal insiders are in agreement — Kate Middleton is set to finally walk down the aisle with long-time boyfriend and heir to the throne, Prince William.

Woman’s Day brings you all the inside details on the wedding the world has waited for…”

The May 2008 edition of the magazine is currently on the newsstands.

Prince William must have fancied a bit of crispy duck on Thursday when he visited a Chinese restaurant in Woodhall Spa.

The Prince, along with around 30 of his RAF friends, dined at the Golden Dragon restaurant in the Broadway.

The Lai family who own the restaurant were over the moon when Prince William and his party arrived at around 8.30pm.

Manager, Simon Lai, said: “His body guard came in first to check the place out and then the group came in. They were eating our set banquets and they had plenty to drink.”

Female members of staff were sent into a whirl over the dashing Prince, but for security reasons were unable to get a picture of him.

When asked how Prince William was, Mr Lai said: “He was very happy and chatty. It would have been better if Kate (Middleton) was there,” he added cheekily. (via Horncastle News)

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