This page will be continuously updated this weekend as news of Autumn Kelly and Peter Phillips’ Wedding becomes available! The wedding is being held today at 4pm (London time) at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle…
Zara Phillips has given her biggest hint yet that she wants to marry the England rugby player Mike Tindall.
The Queen’s granddaughter said that the pair exchanged vows of love every day, adding that she was waiting for Tindall to pop the question.
“I’m old-fashioned. I think they should ask you,” she said. “Everyone at the [Gloucester] rugby club seems to be getting married and having babies so they keep asking me, ‘What about you?’ We tell each other we love each other every day.”
Asked in an interview for GQ Sport magazine if she thought she had sown her wild oats she said: “Yes – I think I have . . . ”
Ahead of her appearance at the Badminton Horse Trials this Thursday, Ms Phillips also said in the interview that she preferred being known as a horse rider rather than as a royal.
When asked if she would have done anything differently in her life if she were not a member of the Royal Family, she replied: “Yes . . . because I could have got away with more things. So it’s probably a good thing I am.”
She also praised her family members, adding that she and her brother Peter had been brought up “quite normally”. She added: “I think it’s better to be known as a horse rider than a royal. They are my family but it’s nice to be known for something else.” (via Times Online)
Prince William is planning to formally propose to Kate Middleton at Christmas, The People can reveal.
The engagement has been warmly approved by the Queen who fears the monarchy could suffer if her grandson ditches Kate a second time.
And a wedding in the summer of 2009 - at St Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey - would be the most celebrated royal event since William’s father Prince Charles married Diana in 1981.
December has been earmarked for a public announcement from Army officer William, 25, and Kate, 26.
The couple are currently holidaying in the Swiss Alps - with a royal bodyguard accompanying Kate for the first time.
A highly-placed Royal source said: “A number of bridges have to be crossed before any announcement.
“A Christmas engagement will allow William time to complete stints in all the armed services.
“It will also allow Kate time to be to be gradually introduced to the Royal court and be groomed in such matters as protocol and service.” (via The People)
In recognition of the Queen and Prince Philip’s 60th Wedding Anniversary, Channel Four last night aired the documentary “The Queen’s Wedding”. It told the story of how the young couple’s path to the alter was strewn with controversy and difficulties, and how, behind the scenes, there was political machination, public hostility and court intrigue.
The documentary focused on the three main protagonists in the romance: the young Princess Elizabeth, the dashing sailor, Philip, and his uncle, Lord Louie Mountbatten, the matchmaker who ensured their union was secure.
Using a rich array of visual material, including film archive, photographs and diary entries, the documentary showed how Philip’s suitability was called into question: his “Teutonic strain” and his “unlikeliness to remain faithful”. It also described the manoeuverings of the ambitious Lord Mountbatten, who was determined to remove any obstacles placed in the way of the young couple.
The documentary then focused on the public hostility that the young couple faced after announcing their engagement: that the regalia of a royal wedding was frivolous in a time of post-war austerity. However the British public eventually warmed to the idea, and huge crowds turned out for the royal wedding, which Winston Churchill described as a “bright ray of colour on the hard, grey road we have to travel”.
60 years later, it is obvious that their marriage has stood the test of time, and has helped keep the monarchy stable in these modern times.
Click here for another review of “The Queen’s Wedding”, via The Times Online.
Kate Middleton has set tongues wagging after she arrived to curate a photo exhibition sporting a massive diamond ring on her left hand.
Wearing a demure grey gown Prince William’s girlfriend seemed in high spirits as she ran the event with her sister Pippa at The Shop in Chelsea.
Kate’s ring was on her middle finger, but that didn’t stop speculation over who bought the dazzling jewel for her.
William turned up late wearing a striking stripey shirt and black blazer. But he made up for his tardy arrival by having dinner with Kate, Kate’s sister and mother, and nightclub promoter, Guy Pelly.
The Canadian-born fiancee of Peter Phillips has not just won the heart of Princess Anne’s son, she has also endeared herself to the Queen and Prince Philip with a down-to-earth and mature approach to her impending royal life…
In the official photograph taken at a Clarence House dinner to mark the Queen’s 60th wedding anniversary, there was one rather less familiar face among the generations of the monarch’s family gathered around her.
The tall, fresh-faced blonde was there again at the service of celebration the following day at Westminster Abbey. But while not many people may know that the woman is question is Autumn Kelly, that will soon change when she becomes the next royal bride.
Canadian-born Autumn is the fiancée of Peter Phillips, 29-year-old son of the Princess Royal from her first marriage to Captain Mark Phillips, and she has already made a good impression on the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, who have welcomed her into the royal fold.
That might have something to do with the ease and maturity that Autumn has displayed in dealing with the royal spotlight and its attendant circus. And perhaps also because she and Peter are determined to remain a low-profile couple – which has not always been the case with young royals and their partners.
Kate Middleton’s recent trip to join the Royal family at Balmoral has once again sparked speculation that her engagement to Prince William is imminent. But a source close to the couple has said that she will have to wait until 2009 to be a royal bride.
Says the friend:
William is very happy at the moment and everything is great with him and Kate, but he’s aware that now their romance is back on track, all the speculation about a Royal wedding will start up again.
He and Kate have had a lot of discussions about their future together. William has told Kate that he is in no hurry to get engaged and while he does want to get married, he doesn’t want to marry just yet.
If William has his way, there probably won’t be a wedding until July 2009 when he finishes all his military training commitments. As long as Wills behaves himself, Kate will be happy to wait.
And with the young couple reportedly planning to jet off to a private island in the Bahamas for a romantic Christmas break, there is sure to be renewed speculation of an engagement.
While the ‘are they’ ‘aren’t they’ riddle has been solved and Prince William looks to be firmly back with Kate Middleton, bookies are hoping that they aren’t as reconciled as they appear as one punter stands to win £25,000 if they return from their Seychelles holiday as man and wife.
Speculation has mounted recently that the prince will propose to his girlfriend after reports emerged that the couple had staged their break-up and in fact were still very much a couple. In recent weeks the pair have been spotted at the Live Earth concert and Middleton was a guest in the royal box at the Princess Diana tribute concert.
Bookies William Hill are hoping that the romance of the Seychelles will not result in a beach wedding as it would cost them £25,000 as one punter put £100 on the market when it was put on to the firm’s website recently.
“We have not had any sleepless nights on this one, but we understand that the hotel they are staying at does cater for weddings. If their next holiday is in Las Vegas or Gretna it will be no more bets on this one!” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.
If the mystery punter from central London misses out this time there is still time for him to profit from the future royal couple as the firm offer 100/1 that they will get married in the next two weeks or 1000/1 that William will get an ‘I love Kate’ tattoo on his arm. (via Bettingchoice)
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Princess Anne’s future daughter-in-law, Autumn Kelly, has been showing off her dazzling engagement ring after getting engaged last week.
Dressed casually a black top and camouflage trousers, Autumn looked relaxed and happy as she posed for the cameras.
Her engagement to Peter Phillips, the Princess Royal’s son, was announced last week but it was the first time the striking piece of jewellery had been on public view.
It has emerged that Peter may be disqualified from succeeding to the throne because his fiancee is a Roman Catholic.
Peter Phillips, 29, is tenth in line to the throne and the Queen’s eldest grandson. (via Daily Mail)
If he marries his Canadian Catholic fiancee, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Peter Phillips may be disqualified from succession to the British Crown by a law which bars the monarch and heirs to the throne from marrying a Catholic.
The Times Online reports that Mr Phillips, who is the son of the Princess Royal and her first husband Captain Mark Philips, is tenth in line to the throne but his marriage could cost him his birthright because his fiancee, Autumn Kelly, is a Catholic.
The paper quotes The Tablet as revealing that Miss Kelly, the daughter of Brian and Kathleen “Kitty” Kelly, was baptised on 18 June 1978 at St John Fisher Parish church in Pointe-Claire, a suburb of Montreal in Quebec.
Although it is not clear whether she is still a practising Catholic, unless she agrees to renounce her religion the union will fall foul of the 1701 Act of Settlement, which bars the monarch or heirs to the throne from marrying a Catholic.
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