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Princes William & Harry’s Joint Trip to World Cup

May 16

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Prince William and Prince Harry are to undertake their first joint overseas tour next month, St James’s Palace announced, with a week-long tour of southern Africa in separate aircraft.

The two Princes will visit Botswana and Lesotho before traveling to South Africa in time for England’s World Cup match against Algeria in Cape Town, where they will be supporting England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018.

However, because of rules forbidding the two Princes from flying together, William and Harry will undertake the tour without ever traveling on the same flight. Although it has involved drawing up a complicated itinerary for the pair — the week involves half a dozen flights for each of them — St James’s Palace has been at pains to ensure that the rule is adhered to. “Particularly after the death of the Polish president, it is something we take very seriously,” a Palace source said.

It said that Prince William’s international travel was being paid by the FA, while Prince Harry was paying his own costs.  They will be in Africa from June 14 to 21. Would that mean William is spending his 28th birthday on a plane?

Article: Times Online

Marathon not a sprint for Prince William and Jecca Craig

Prince Williams former fiancee Jecca Craig

Prince William's "former fiancee" Jecca Craig

Prince William supports marathon on Kenyan estate of his ‘former fiancée’ Jecca Craig.

Jessica Craig, with whom Prince William reportedly carried out a “pretend engagement” while he was staying at Lewa, her family’s wildlife reserve in Kenya, before going to university, still looms large in his life. The latest project which has brought them together is the Safari Marathon, on Lewa, which William is supporting. Last week, the Prince received prospective runners at St James’s Palace.

Jecca is the only woman to have precipitated an official bulletin about William’s love life. In 2003, the Prince of Wales’s staff issued a statement in which it was denied that the couple were involved in a relationship. They had never done this for any of William’s other alleged girlfriends. Shortly after, Jecca was the guest of honour at William’s 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle. In an interview, he insisted that he did not have a steady girlfriend at St Andrews University, where he had first met Kate Middleton two years earlier. It was not until 2004 that he was happy to be photographed with Kate.

Article: The Telegraph

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Prince Harry’s Favourite Pony Drizzle Dies at Polo

May 9

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Prince Harry and Drizzle

Prince Harry and Drizzle

What a disheartening way to start polo season — bad weather and a favourite pony’s death…

Princes William and Harry were ‘very upset’ after their favourite polo pony collapsed and died of a heart attack during a match.

Harry had just played a chukka in the second half of the charity match at Coworth Park in Berkshire when he realised that his ten-year old pony, Drizzle, was struggling.

He noticed that the brown mare was not running comfortably and decided to take her out of the match.

‘Harry instinctively realised that something was wrong with Drizzle,’ a senior Palace aide told The Mail on Sunday. ‘He decided to ride her to the side of the pitch and she was then walked off. Sadly within minutes she suffered a heart attack and died.

‘William and Harry are very, very upset – Harry was in tears.’

‘Harry and William were shaken. Harry had a cigarette at the end of the game and said he did not want to stay for the lunch because he was so upset. He kept saying he couldn’t believe what had happened. Everyone was telling him not to blame himself. Unfortunately these things happen.’

Prince William also did not bother to stay for lunch, as Kate Middleton had not attended the match due to bad weather.

Despite the death, the Princes – who were playing for The Prince William Team against The Audi Team – won 5-4.

Article: Daily Mail


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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson: William-Kate Wedding Not in the Cards

May 9

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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has rubbished rumours of a pending royal wedding – insisting the world has a “long wait” before Prince William marries Kate Middleton. The socialite, who is a close friend of the royal family and god daughter of Prince Charles, insists there is no way the lovebirds are getting set to tie the knot.

A video is attached on the News of the World website.

“No comment on that,” she first says when asked. Then ads: “I think you’re all barking up the wrong tree, though.  I think you’ve got a long wait.”

Article + Video: News of the World





Kate Middleton Turns Down James Blunt’s Ibiza Holiday Offer

Kate Middleton has turned down an invitation to join singer James Blunt and his pals at his £1.7million home on Ibiza this summer.

Prince William’s girlfriend received the invite after meeting the You’re Beautiful singer on a night out.

But sources say Kate, 28, is staying away from the island, where her uncle Gary Goldsmith has his home ‘Le Maison de Bang Bang’, after last year’s Press reports of him as a cocaine user who arranges call-girls.

Since then the Middleton family have all agreed not to holiday on Ibiza.

‘James invited her to visit,’ says a source. ‘But she’s said she won’t be going back to Ibiza for a while’.

Article: Daily Mail

Pippa Runs Rings Around Jealous Friends

Kate Middelton’s sister, Pippa, has raised eyebrows among her chums by allegedly wearing a signet ring.

Guests at a recent wedding report that Pippa, 26, was wearing a signet ring. Her father, Michael, a former airline pilot, was reported to have inquired about a coat of arms from the College of Arms in 2007. It is unclear whether Pippa’s ring contained a seal or her initials, but it raised eyebrows among some friends, who have, rather snobbily, nicknamed the Middletons “the wisteria sisters” because of their perceived social climbing.

Anyone willing to pay at least £3,500 can apply for a coat of arms. Protocol suggests that someone marrying into the Royal family should have one.

Article: The Telegraph

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Prince Harry to Wed Chelsy Davy Before Heading to War Zone

May 9

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Prince Harry marrying Chelsy Davy next year?

Prince Harry marrying Chelsy Davy next year?

Let the Harry-Chelsy engagement rumours begin!  In light of their recent very public show of togetherness at Harry’s Wings Ceremony, this story isn’t surprising…

Apache warrior Prince Harry has blitzed royal aides by telling them he wants to wed Chelsy Davy before he goes back to Afghanistan. The prince’s bombshell came as he was awarded his helicopter pilot wings by dad Prince Charles, with proud Chelsy as his guest. Her presence at the family-only ceremony at the Army Air Corps’ Middle Wallop HQ is an important sign of how serious their romance has become.

His announcement has astounded palace aides who are already planning diary dates for Prince William’s wedding to girlfriend Kate Middleton.

One family friend said: “Harry is completely committed to Chelsy and wants everyone to know it. He doesn’t have time to sit around and wait for his brother to make up his mind. Harry has been to Afghanistan before and he knows only too well that where he’s going life really can be too short to worry about protocol.”

The Queen is understood to be unaware of the situation at present.

One palace aide explained: “We have to establish if Prince Harry is really serious about this, and if it’s possible first.”

Article: Daily Star

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Prince Harry Set to Fly Apache; Earns Wings in Front of Beaming Chelsy

May 8

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Beaming couple: Prince Harry & Chelsy Davy

Beaming couple: Prince Harry & Chelsy Davy

It was announced today that Prince Harry has decided to fly Apache attack helicopters. He also received his RAF wings from father Prince Charles, with beaming girlfriend Chelsy Davy as his guest. It was a day that vindicated his decision to go after one of the most demanding jobs in the Army, and into a path that will most likely see him back in combat in Afghanistan.

For his girlfriend Chelsy, it was a chance to show that she is back at the heart of the Royal Family – and happy to be there. The 24-year-old trainee solicitor looked glamorous in a chiffon mini dress and cream jacket. In a display of renewed confidence, she warmly kissed his father Prince Charles and wheelchair-bound stepmother the Duchess of Cornwall after the ceremony. Harry and Chelsy have split up several times during their six-year relationship but reunited last autumn.

Also present during the 40-minute ceremony at Middle Wallop, Hampshire, were the sisters of Harry’s late mother Princess Diana, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes and his former nanny Tiggy Legge Bourke (now Pettifer).

Prince Harry will start an eight-month conversion course in July followed by a further eight months tuition at RAF Wattisham in Suffolk to ensure he is ‘combat ready’. That means he could be back in Afghanistan by the end of 2011.

He has time off until July, and is likely to spent some time on holiday with Chelsy, who herself is on a “gap year” between school and starting her legal training as a solicitor in the fall.

Very well done, Harry!  May he continue to fly high and keep safe…

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Video: Happily Ever After for Prince William & Kate Middleton?

May 4

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Royal correspondent Robert Jobson gives a summary of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship, and answers the question…”just who is Kate Middleton?”

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