British Royal Wedding

Zara Phillips has agreed to appear in this autumn’s series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, in a move that is likely to infuriate traditionalists in royal circles.

Miss Phillips, who is granddaughter to the Queen and 12th in line to the throne, has signed an early stage agreement to appear in ballroom dancing contest, to the delight of BBC bosses.

However a source close to Miss Phillips indicated that her involvement with the show may not go down well with everyone in the Royal Family. The source told Sunday Mirror: The Queen may have something to say about Zara appearing on a live TV show every Saturday. Many in royal circles will find it inappropriate.”

But the BBC hope Miss Phillips will boost viewing figures as they go head-to-head with ITV’s popular Saturday night reality contest, The X Factor.

Read the entire story at The Telegraph…

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…

Prince Harry’s lover Chelsy Davy walked out on him in a humiliating public bust-up.

The row blew up at a charity polo match just as the prince was about to take the field.

One spectator said: “Chelsy sat there for about two minutes with a face like thunder and then she walked out.”

The spectator added: “He grabbed his phone and started texting like mad but she didn’t surface again and he left the club as soon as he could.”

Last week the couple were said to be arguing again over his bachelor lifestyle as an Army officer.

While Chelsy sticks to her studies at Leeds University, Harry can’t resist going clubbing with his pals.

One friend of Chelsy’s said: “Harry is incorrigible. He is at that age when he likes drinking with his mates and Chelsy will have to resign herself to that or it will be over.”

Read entire story at the Daily Star…

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)

Kate Middleton advises Chelsy Davy on how to pick her friends - Daily Mail
Having taken Chelsy Davy under her wing to deliver some much-needed sartorial advice and tips on how to conduct herself, Kate Middleton is now counselling her on the company she keeps. Kate told Prince Harry’s Zimbabwean girlfriend to lose some of her less scrupulous friends when she returns to Leeds University in September…

Beatrice and Eugenie to take on more royal charity work - The Telegraph
While their mother has stayed away from Royal occasions since she divorced the Duke of York, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are to be given significant roles within “the Firm”. “Because of their HRH titles and their security costs, there is a feeling in some circles that the Princesses have a ‘debt’ to repay,” says a courtier…

Where are our anti-royalists when you need them the most? - The Guardian
Fans of Prince Harry will recall that underwear was, in fact, the only part of his wardrobe not shown earlier this year, when the royal gunman was filmed beating off waves of battle-hardened Taliban fighters. His brother William was also conventionally dressed last week when, as one of many admiring headlines revealed, his ship pulled off a ‘£40m cocaine bust during his first week at sea’…

Letters from British royals sold at auction of servant’s collection - AFP
Memorabilia belonging to a former British royal servant, including a letter from the late princess Diana after the birth of Prince William, shattered pre-sale estimates at auction Saturday. The 700 lots, which sold for nearly 450,000 pounds (569,000 euros, 892,000 dollars), almost double their estimate, also included a note highlighting Queen Elizabeth II’s late mother’s penchant for gin…

Eugenie’s Coat Of Arms Unveiled - Sky News
Princess Eugenie will come home from Marlborough College to a present from the Queen - her own Coat of Arms. The Princess leaves the college for the last time today to set out on the next chapter of her life. Her own Coat of Arms is a sort of late birthday present and marks her official coming of age as member of the Royal Family…

Please don’t take after your father, William - Daily Mail
Most of us, when we were 25, were still tempted to think that life was about what one could get away with. If somebody was generous or silly enough to lend us a helicopter to play with, it would have seemed a hoot to land it on the girlfriend’s lawn. Trouble starts, however, when the young man in the case is Prince William and the helicopter belongs to the RAF…

Do you know who I ma’am? - The Sun
THE Queen’s favourite servant was restrained by police in an astonishing Palace bust-up after she forgot her security pass. Angela Kelly, Her Majesty’s closest friend and aide, was furious when cops refused her entry into Buckingham Palace last week. The divorced mum of three “lost the plot” when a desk officer asked to see her pass at the side staff entrance.

Chelsy Davy is considering travelling to Afghanistan to visit British troops. She is said to have been inspired by boyfriend Prince Harry’s tour of duty in the war-torn country.

‘She would love to go out with Prince Harry as part of an official visit,’ a source reveals.

‘Harry feels he has some unfinished business in the area and would love to visit troops still working out there. Chelsy would also relish the opportunity.

‘If she did it would really mean she had been accepted into the Royal “Firm”,’ the insider tells the Daily Star Sunday

Harry, 22, had to leave service in Afghanistan after when his whereabouts were leaked on a US website. He had been secretly serving in the country for 10 weeks.

Meanwhile, law student Chelsy, 22, is organising a series of club nights to raise money for the armed forces. (via Now Magazine)

Prince Harry’s exploits on the frontline in Afghanistan are revealed in this extract from a new book
Harry’s War: The True Story of Prince Harry’s Heroism in Afghanistan by royal watcher Robert Jobson.

“To the fighter pilots and the crews manning spy planes above the battlefields of Afghanistan he was just Widow Six Seven, another radio call sign, a reassuring voice of authority, a brother in arms, a bit of a wag and, in Harry’s case, an incorrigible flirt.

It seemed you could take the boy out of Boujis, his favourite London nightclub, but not take Boujis out of the boy.

Laughter could be heard coming from the control. Much to the amusement of his colleagues, Harry chatted with a female Harrier pilot, Michelle Tompkins, about the snow-covered mountains over which she was soaring and commented on how perfect they would be for a spot of skiing.

Moments later, a separate radio channel crackled into life with Harry’s laughing comrades telling him to get a room if he was planning on pursuing that line of chat.

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When Harry upset Chelsy… again - Daily Mail
While his older brother’s romantic life moves inevitably, and a touch predictably, towards an engagement, there is less optimism about Prince Harry’s volatile relationship with Chelsy Davey. The passionate pair appeared happy enough when they were spotted drinking together with pals at the Duke of Beaufort’s Polo Club in Gloucestershire the other day. But I hear that behind the scenes all is not well…

Mandela’s Grandsons Taken By Kate - Sky News
Their grandfather is one of the most famous men in the world; they attended last week’s Hyde Park concert with Hollywood A-listers Robert de Niro and Will Smith; but Nelson Mandela’s grandsons have revealed that what made them REALLY star-struck was a chance meeting with Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton…

Should Prince William be marrying Kate Middleton? - Times Online
I never thought I’d say this, Molly, but I’m beginning to feel sorry for Prince William. The pressure on him to marry Kate Middleton is getting ridiculous. Why can’t everyone just leave the poor guy alone? Forget leaving him in peace. I think the more onerously the pressure mounts on him to make a decision, the better…

Prince William’s Warship Snares $80M Drug Haul - ABC News (with video)
Prince William took part in a major drug bust as his Royal Navy ship seized cocaine worth at least 40 million pounds ($80 million), according to the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence. A Lynx Helicopter was dispatched from the warship to track down the 50-foot speedboat. The ship’s commander, Mark Newland, told ABC that Prince William was onboard the helicopter…

And some new photos of a shirtless Prince Harry on duty in Afghanistan have surfaced on an adult website… Racy Photo #1 Racy Photo #2 (these are links directly to the images)

Prince William’s ladylove Kate Middleton could soon be embarking on a new career as a fashion model-after she was approached by a modeling scout at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party in London.

At the Nelson Mandela concert in Hyde Park, the stunning Kate caught the eye of a clueless model scout, who told her she had “model potential” before handing her his card.

She was also wooed by a stylist from fashion magazine Wallpaper, who informed her she has “amazing style”.

Kate was dancing and singing along to Simple Minds and Amy Winehouse in the VIP golden circle when she was spotted by the two fashionistas.

“Kate was hanging out with friends, enjoying the band and drinking wine out of pint-size paper cups,” The Daily Express quoted a source, as saying.

“She is amazingly tiny in real life and we were astounded at how slender she is. Kate is tall but has a wasp waist that we thought must make her a size four, or certainly no more than a size six. She’s certainly a head-turner, though.”

“This chap was wandering past with a couple of young, blonde catwalk-model types. He suddenly stopped when he saw Kate and told her he ran his own modelling agency and that she had fantastic cheekbones and a great figure and had great modelling potential,” the source added.The source said: “She smiled and said thanks and he slipped her his card. He really didn’t seem to know it was Kate. Then this other guy went up to her and he knew exactly who she was. He told her he was a stylist for Wallpaper magazine and he loved her cowboy boots and thought she had amazing style.

“He asked if he could take a photo of her for the magazine but she told him she was flattered but wasn’t really supposed to have photos like that taken.” (via ANI)