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Kate Middleton Watches Princes William & Harry Play Polo

Jul 11

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Kate Middleton watches William play polo

Kate Middleton watches William play polo. Click to see more pictures from Getty Images

**Updated with link to more pictures below** Finally!  An appearance from Kate this polo season!

Kate Middleton was all smiles yesterday as she watched Prince William take part in a polo match.

The 28-year-old beamed as she chatted with a male friend in the glorious sunshine at the Beaufort Polo Club in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Wearing a belted light green summer dress and carrying an enormous bag, she was there to watch her Royal boyfriend and his brother Prince Harry compete in a charity event.

William, 28, and his 25-year-old brother were taking part in the Chakravarty Cup and were left with big smiles on their faces after their team won the match. It was put on to raise funds for charities including the English Schools’ Swimming Association and Wellchild, which helps sick children and their families across the UK.

Last year the event, which is named after Saroj Chakravarty, a patron of The Prince’s Trust, raised more than £50,000.





Article: Daily Mail
Pictures: Getty Images
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William & Harry’s Official African Tour – (Part 3)

Jun 18

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Day 3, June 17, Lesotho

visiting Sentebale & Lesotho’s children…

Prince Harry in Lesotho

Prince Harry in Lesotho

Prince Harry and Prince William are on a two-day visit to Lesotho, where Harry’s Sentebale charity – set up in memory of his mother – helps vulnerable children. They visited a remote village in one of the world’s poorest countries.

William and Harry met children infected with HIV. Wearing a traditional tribal blanket and a beanie hat, Harry rode a pony alongside his brother to the village of Semongkong before he and William visited schools supported by the charity for village children and nomadic shepherd boys. They also took part in a friendly soccer match with the Lesotho orphans





Prince Harry wants to be a photographer or surfer, or live in Africa…

Later, the princes traveled to the palace of the Lesothan king. In a confidence-building exercise through Mamohato Network Club, which allows HIV-infected youths to work together without being stigmatized for their disease, Prince Harry said that his dream job would be to be a surfer, helicopter pilot or wildlife photographer. He also dreams of living in Africa, a fact which has reportedly caused Prince Charles some concern.

Prince William just wants to be a successful helicopter pilot… and to be happy, lucky and caring.

Prince William and Prince Harry will travel to South Africa tomorrow, to watch the England vs. Algeria deciding match.

Articles: The Examiner | The Express

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It’s Business As Usual for Prince William

Jun 7

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June 3 and 4 have come and gone — without any engagement announcement as previously suggested by Tina Brown. It was highly improbable, in the first place, especially with Prince William & Harry’s upcoming joint official tour to Africa.

Prince William spent the last 2 days doing what he’s been doing — playing polo for charity and becoming patron of social movements.

Prince William helps team win charity polo game

Prince William plays polo for charity

Prince William plays polo for charity

Prince William was instrumental in helping his team win a charity polo game that raised money for two of his favourite charities – Centrepoint and Mountain Rescue. A keen player, he helped his team Umbogo beat Cirencester Park four to three-and-half.

Several hundred spectators watched the Prince play an “excellent” game at the Cirencester Park polo club, Glos., on Sunday. Organisers said Kate Middleton, his girlfriend, did not attend the game after speculation the pair would announce their engagement last week fizzled.

In the same event, William has told how he took part in his first helicopter mountain rescue mission. Sadly, the Prince’s first taste of a real-life rescue attempt involving the RAF Search and Rescue force, ended in tragedy. The climber, who was suffering from severe head injuries after falling down a mountainside, died.

“I did my first mountain rescue the other day. It was amazing after all the training to see it all work in practice. But it was someone with head injuries. Unfortunately, he didn’t survive” he said.

Article: Telegraph | The Express

Prince William backs bid to save playing fields

Prince William launched a nationwide campaign to prevent thousands of playing fields being sold off by granting them royal approval. The prince will become a patron of the Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge, which is aimed at slowing the decline of playing fields and giving millions more children the chance to play outdoors. The scheme is to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

Members of the public will vote for their favourite playing fields and 2,012 will be designated as “Queen Elizabeth II Fields” over the next 3 years. Playing field owners will sign a legal deed with Fields in Trust, the organiser, to grant protection to the area beyond the existing planning laws.

William said: “The sad truth is that, over the years, thousands of playing fields have been lost to development and many more are under threat today. Being able to play outdoors is a basic right of childhood”

Article: London Evening Standard

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Prince William Opens Headley Court Rehab Centre

Jun 5

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Prince William has attended a ceremony to mark the opening of new facilities at armed forces rehabilitation centre Headley Court. The Surrey facilities were built using money donated by the public to the Help the Heroes charity.

The Help for Heroes centre features a range of resources including a new swimming pool and gym. William, 27, met service personnel rebuilding their lives after being injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Articles: BBC News | The Express

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Prince Harry is Set for New York (Again)

Jun 3

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After his joint African tour with William, Prince Harry is heading to New York…

Prince Harry is to visit New York for the 2nd straight year this June. This time, it’s on a mission to improve treatment for British and American troops wounded in Afghanistan. He will visit military and veterans’ organisations on a fact-finding tour designed to explore how UK and US charities can work together and learn from each other to help severely wounded servicemen and women.

A senior aide said the Prince, who served in Afghanistan as a forward air controller two years ago, will be accompanied on his visit by two British officers representing veterans’ organisations and wants to act as a facilitator, encouraging charities in both countries to cooperate.

During the 3-day visit from June 25 to 27, Prince Harry will also play in the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic to raise funds for his African charity Sentebale. Last year, he raised £245,000 playing in the same match on New York’s Governors Island.

Article: The Express

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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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