Prince Charles & Camilla during riot attack last week

Security around the Prince of Wales during a visit in north London appears to have been stepped up in the wake of the student protest attack on him and wife Camilla. Charles was accompanied by a stronger police presence than normal during a visit to open the newly refurbished Jewish Museum in Camden.

The Prince arrived in a green bomb-proof Bentley limousine, believed to be armour plated with bullet proof glass. He had with him seven protection officers. One rode with him in the £150,000 car. Six more followed in two Range Rovers.  An unmarked silver police van full of uniformed cops also joined the escort, which was protected by four motorbike outriders.

Now that’s safe!  Related piece from People: In the wake of the recent royal attack, will next year’s royal wedding be safe?

Article: Press Association | The Sun

William & Kate Updates

Pendant co-designed by Kate Middleton

A pendant designed by Kate. Kate Middleton is fast becoming a fashion icon, with her blue Issa engagement dress selling out after 24 hours, and with her stimulating high street fashion chains to re-release the old wardrobe she wore in her engagement portraits.

But if you want to buy something designed BY Kate, you can do so.  When she worked at Jigsaw in 2007, Kate collaborated with jeweler Claudia Bradby to create this silver bean pendant (pictured left).  Bradby says: “Kate was very clear in what she wanted. She wanted a very simple bean pendant that a mother and daughter could both wear together. She is a classy girl and I genuinely remember thinking that William was very lucky to be going out with her – I thought she would be a huge asset to the royal family one day”

Article: People
Get the pendant from: Claudia Bradby Website

The 10 most powerful Tweets of 2010. Very interesting!  Clarence House’s announcement of Prince William’s engagement to Catherine Middleton via Twitter made it to #6.  View the list here.

Austrian disabled musicians to perform at royal wedding? Many news sites report that the No Problem Orchestra, an Austrian band made up mostly of musicians with Down syndrome are to perform at William & Kate’s wedding next April, having been contacted by wedding organizers. However Richard Palmer of The Express says this is NOT true, and that the media has the wedding planner’s name mixed up.

The Goring Hotel. It’s 400 yards from Buckingham Palace.  Now word has it that Prince William and Kate Middleton plan to take over London’s exclusive Goring Hotel and its 71 rooms to house their closest friends and family during their wedding weekend. Learn more about the 5-star hotel. here

Royal Engagement photos through the years. The British Monarchy’s official Flickr account has posted a selection of pictures of Royal Engagements photos over generations — from Princess Victoria and Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in 1855, to William and Kate in 2010.

Kate’s hair “unadventurous.” Women all over the world are copying Kate Middleton’s hairstyle, but hairdresser Nicky Clarke thinks her hair is unadventurous.


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