When willowy Kate Middleton goes walkabout wearing an elegant suit and that optimistic smile, it’s the woman who would have been her mother-in-law who springs disconcertingly to mind.
As they count down to Friday’s wedding, Prince William and his bride will be cheered by an overwhelming surge of popular goodwill, with three quarters of the country planning to watch the ceremony on television. More than half the public think the wedding will strengthen the monarchy, and support for Kate as the future Queen has leapt dramatically. ...read
Ben, has become something of a chum of Prince William. So much so that he and his wife Marina have been invited by the royal couple to celebrate their wedding.
London leads the way with more than 800. And with 85 events approved for the day, Richmond-upon-Thames is the hottest spot for street parties in the capital.
Prince William and Kate Middleton have banned beer from their big day as it was not thought an 'appropriate' drink to be served in the Queen's presence.
The couple completed ten-week expeditions months apart during their gap year. The trips brought them close to meeting a year before St Andrews University.
The 27-year-old showed off her fabulous figure in a peach tiered dress as she attended the bash at Kensington Rood Gardens.
Michael and Carole Middleton were invited to Windsor Castle for the intimate getting-to-know-you meal.
A baldness cure might have come a bit late for Wills. But there's good news for the couple's offspring. A cure of Royal baldness has just resurfaced - dating back to 1910.
The photographs taken of Kate Middleton shopping in London, in her last days of carefree singledom, show the princess-to-be looking happy and lovely in the spring sunshine.
King Norodom Sihamoni has declined his invitation to Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton's nuptials next week because he has 'a very tight schedule'.
The bride-to-be will instead promise to 'love, comfort, honour and keep' her husband when they tie the knot next week.
To my dying day, I’ll remember the loud stage whisper that rang out from my grandmother, filling the whole church, as my bride processed up the nave to join me at the altar 31 years ago: ‘My God! She’s wearing white!’.
Their faces have been captured on mugs, plates, tea towels - and even in Lego - now it's the turn of an Etch A Sketch whizz to pay his tribute to Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Dr Rowan Williams said the pair had been forced to think long and hard about the pressures this will inevitably bring on their marriage.
The 'Instrument of Consent' features decorative artwork chosen by the artist to represent the groom and bride-to-be.
In the strict world of British military protocol, there are even rules on how to faint with dignity.
When it was announced last week that William and Kate have, between them, asked six of their exes to their wedding there were still diehards convinced such a thing was unacceptable.
Earlier this week Downing Street indicated that the Prime Minister was planning to break with tradition and wear a lounge suit rather than tails on April 29.
Just a week before her wedding to Prince William, the bride-to-be hit the shops on Kings Road in Chelsea for a second day running with hardly any security as onlookers gathered to catch a glimpse of their future Queen.
The hotel bill alone for family and friends to stay at the Goring hotel in Belgravia, where one-room suited cost £1,140 each, is expected to exceed £20,000.
She may be able to afford haute couture, but Kate Middleton showed that she is just as happy in the high street. She bought four items from Warehouse.
They’re looking for a new £5m home, thinking of buying more racehorses and their party business is going stratospheric.
After selecting Lindka Cierach, one of Britain’s leading couturiers, to create her outfit, Kate Middleton's mother has left Ms Cierach stunned by refusing to wear it at the 11th hour.
Kate’s Uncle Gary recently displayed his latest adornments — flowers and red-lips cascading down his arm to his elbow and a red zip pattern on his ankle.
Charles and Camilla traditionally spend the Easter holidays in Scotland and have invited William to join them at Birkhall.
Prince William and Queen Elizabeth are depicted as cars alongside Lewis Hamilton in the upcoming animated sequel.
Her boss during these three months of her gap year before going up to St Andrews University was former round-the-world yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth.
After revealing the identities of some rather humble members of the Middleton clan, here we bring you some even more surprising members of Kate's extended family.
A survey of 1,000 employees showed that many believed the uncertainty, coupled with a lack of proper communication from their bosses, could cause anger.
For the bride-to-be there was one essential component missing - William was on duty as a search and rescue pilot on Anglesey.
He will arrive at Westminster Abbey on April 29 – along with his best man, Prince Harry, for moral support – at 10.15am, while bride Kate will not turn up until 11am.
The 29-year-old, who marries Prince William on April 29, is on the verge of overtaking the late Diana in terms of news worthiness and celebrity status online.
The prince held hands with his fiancée as they walked slowly to the island on the Althorp Estate in Northamptonshire where Princess Diana was buried.
Prince William will be the last person in the world to see his bride-to-be’s wedding dress, St James’s Palace admitted yesterday.
The singer revealed last week that he was working on the cover of a 'beautiful' seventies love song for Prince William and his bride-to-be but was keeping it firmly under wraps.
Barely a year ago, Shozna was living a desperate existence, sharing homeless shelters with drug addicts while recovering from a serious stroke.
A wedding is an occasion where good manners require one not to carp, in keeping with the spirit of the happy occasion.
If the names on Prince Charles's list have raised eyebrows, those personally invited by William and Kate to the Abbey service and wedding breakfast are almost as intriguing.
Katrina Darling's signature act, aptly titled God Save The Queen, ends with her attired in nothing more than red nipple tassels and a barely-there thong.
Police fear that rather than terrorists, the biggest threat will come from those obsessed with royalty, and have said they may section potential troublemakers.
It is one of the oldest and most senior regiments in the Army. But even the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) can have their off-days.
Camilla and Charles want Kate to wear a tiara. She and William wants flowers in her hair. But then the whole wedding has become a war between old and new.
Street party organiser Hayley Mills received a 30-point plan from Medway Council, including a demand for public liability insurance.
As the Royal Wedding approaches, female journalists reporting on the day are engaged in a unique, and somewhat unseemly, scramble over what to wear.
Nick Clegg is examining ways of removing 'male primogeniture' which would allow the couple's first born to take the throne regardless of their sex.
When William and Kate marry at Westminster Abbey in less than two weeks, the contrast between the couple’s guests could not be starker.
Her natural charm clearly enchanted the crowds who turned up to welcome her and William to Lancashire - although the future Princess Catherine looked more slender than normal.
During a royal walkabout in Darwen, Lancashire, on Monday, it seemed some serious work had gone on behind the scenes to transform the Home Counties girl.
Retailers have gone all out with Royal Wedding memorabilia, hoping next year's ceremony and all the associated pomp will give the UK economy a much needed shot in the arm. Here are our favourites...
Retailers have gone all out with Royal Wedding memorabilia, hoping next year's ceremony and all the associated pomp will give the UK economy a much needed shot in the arm. Here are our favourites...
Sheila Carter, from Southampton, spent hours every day knitting the three-tiered creation in homage to Kate Middleton and Prince William's nuptials.
The first ever Loving Cup was hand-gilded at a pottery in Staffordshire yesterday bearing the entwined initials C and W to stand for Prince William and Kate - or Catherine - Middleton.
Demand for memorabilia celebrating Prince William and Kate Middleton's marriage in April has reached 'phenomenal' proportions
Whether you're hoping to join the masses lining the streets of the wedding route, watching it on TV or holding your own street party, the nation is fascinated by the Royal Wedding.
Traditionally, the build up to a Royal Wedding is a time of romance and excitement. However, it is also a time when every tat pedlar makes a quick buck by selling crummy souvenirs.
If you're already sick of hearing about the Royal Wedding, you're definitely going to need one of Lydia Leith's creations come April the 29th.
Wesley Hosie, 25, spotted the face of Prince William's bride-to-be in the yellow sweet which was covered in red blotches in Taunton, Somerset.
'Fame: The Royals' charts the royal couple's romance right up to their engagement and beyond.
The card game goes on sale today, and features Kate, William and dozens of royals and other guests - as well as a couple of corgis and Westminster Abbey.
Seven years after the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund paid out £13.5m to The Franklin Mint after a hugely ill-advised legal action, the firm has come up with a new figurine - of Kate Middleton.
To further add insult to injury, William's side of the stamp is worth NZ$1 (47 pence) more than Kate's side.
It's sure to be a hit with Americans seeking out some authentic royal sights. A coach tour dedicated to Kate Middleton has taken to the streets of Bucklebury in Berkshire.
The development will comprise 390 properties, an 18-hole golf course, swimming pools, spa and tennis courts. It is also just ten minutes’ drive from the Silver Coast, which has growing appeal for British buyers.
Princess Anne apparently expressed concern about how Mike Tindall's nose will look in wedding photos. So we dread to imagine what she will think of him postponing his honeymoon.
Zara Phillips' fiance, the England rugby star Mike Tindall, has asked his future brother-in-law Peter to be his best man when the couple tie the knot this summer.
Zara Phillips has always been much more interested in the horses than the hats at the races. But after yesterday's slight mishap the bride-to-be was back on track with a military-inspired number.
Mike Tindall told producers and crew on the set of Sky 1 sports quiz A League Of Their Own that his Royal mother-in-law-to-be had expressed her fears about how the wedding photographs might look.
The horse racing event, celebrating its 100th anniversary, also saw the usual medley of women sporting inconspicuous outfits for Ladies Day, some good, some bad - but most were ugly.
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