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Kate Middleton Prince William wedding souvenirs get royal approval
Kate Middleton and Prince William: The three souvenirs — a tankard, plate and pill box — each feature the couple's entwined initials, the prince's coronet emblem and the date of the Wedding — April 29, 2011....

Andrew Morton Writes Again: Famous Author Andrew Morton to Cover Royal Wedding
Kate Middleton and Prince William. Andrew Morton is hard at work with another book about the Royal Family. Morton, the same author who was first to write about Princess Diana's unhappiness in her marriage, has been tapped to author the story of Princess Diana's son Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton.  "The nuptials of the English royal family's most popular and glamorous couple are sure to be essential viewing - not just for England, but for the entire world - and this...

Prince William's Cousin Zara Phillips Is Engaged
Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon have another royal Wedding to attend - one that isn't their own. William's cousin Zara Phillips, 29, is now engaged too, after her boyfriend, England rugby player Mike Tindall, popped the question at their home in Gloucestershire on Monday. There is no news on a Wedding date or whether the blonde showjumper - who, as the daughter of William's aunt, Princess Anne, is 12th in line to the throne - will beat William and Kate to the alta...

The commoner
According to newspaper reports, Prince Williams’s upcoming nuptials to Kate Middleton are facing criticism from some royalists within the British monarchy. The reason? She is too common. Yes, despite being particularly beautiful and having more family than Midas, Middleton doesn’t come from royal stock. In fact, she has some coalminer’s dust on her lineage, as they say in Old Britannia. (One of her ancestors actually worked in a coalmine.) We have royal families in America, too. The Bus

UK royal to marry rugby star
The Queen's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips has got engaged to her long-term boyfriend, the England rugby union player Mike Tindall. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said Mr Tindall, 32, had proposed to Ms Phillips, 29, on Monday night at the couple's Gloucestershire home. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are said to be "delighted" by the news. The news comes just weeks after the announcement that Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry in 2011. Ms Phillips, who is 12...

Official royal wedding souvenirs not likely to be a hit: Experts
The official royal Wedding China has been released just in time for Christmas. But experts say the plates, pillboxes and mug won't likely be a hit because they don't bare a picture of Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton. "It doesn't matter that these bone China items have been approved by Kate and William, the most popular collectors' items have faces on," Ron Smith, who runs the website commemorabilia.co.uk, told The Sun newspaper. "The good quality ones with portraits on are wha...

William's "Recurring Nightmare" about Kate
Like this Story? Share it: (CBS) It looks to all the world like a storybook romance now, but some real-life chapters in the story of Britain's Prince William and his new fiancée, Kate Middleton, were anything but. In his new book, "William and Kate: A Royal Love Story," best-selling author Christopher Anderson chronicles the royal couple's relationship. And, on "The Early Show" Tuesday, Anderson told co-anchor Rebecca Jarvis about some of their rockier times - and what binds William and Ka...

William and Kate at charity gala
Kate Middleton and Prince William have made their first public appearance together since they announced their engagement last month. The couple attended the Teenage Cancer Trust charity Fundraising gala in Thursford, Norfolk. Miss Middleton, wearing a black and white dress and a fitted black jacket, walked by the prince's side as the couple arrived for the event. The couple will be married at Westminster Abbey on 29 April. The prince was guest of honour at Thursford Christmas Spectacular wh...

Author Andrew Morton To Cover Royal Wedding: Same Author Who Wrote About Princess Diana
ThirdAge: Andrew Morton is hard at work with another book about the Royal Family. Morton, the same author who was first to write about Princess Diana's unhappiness in her marriage, has been tapped to author the story of Princess Diana's son Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton. Read the whole story: ThirdAge Get HuffPost Books On Twitter and Facebook! Know something we don't? E-mail us at [email protected] ...

Prince William & Kate Middleton Make First Public Appearance Since Engagement Announcement (PHOTOS)
Prince William and Kate Middleton made their first public appearance since the announcement of their engagement on Saturday night, stepping out to the Thursford Christmas Spectacular in aid of the Teenager Cancer Trust in Fakenham, England. The BBC reports that all money raised from the evening will "go towards the £2.5m [$3.9 million] cost of building the first specialist cancer unit for Young People at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge." The couple was invited to the event by Prince Will...

Prince William approves wedding souvenirs for sale (AP)
LONDON – Britain's royal Wedding is still four months away, but the first official Memorabilia went on sale Monday — a range of Wedding China personally approved by the couple. Prince William's office said the items had been commissioned by the palace department responsible for the royal family's art collection and made in Stoke-on-Trent in central England, a traditional center for British ceramics. The three souvenirs — a tankard, plate and pill box — each feature the ...

U.S. students crossing the pond for college
When Adelaide Waldrop learned that she had been consigned to the wait list at each of the four universities she wanted most to attend, it was as if all the excitement had drained from her collegiate quest. Then she remembered her wild-card school: the University of St. Andrews, the medieval cobblestone campus in Scotland. Now Waldrop, of Silver Spring, is a St. Andrews sophomore, one of a growing number of American Students who enroll at top-ranked British universities, which offer the prest...

Extra, Extra
Flickr user Tim Schreier Remember to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. From the Gothamist Newsmap: shotes fired on 8th Ave & 138th Street in Manhattan, a fire at Amsterdam Ave & W 63 Street in Manhattan and a stabbing at 3rd St & Driggs Ave in Brooklyn. No heat in your apartment? The Daily News to the rescue! Prince William was allegedly not so princely when he broke up with Kate Middleton for a while, telling her, "Do you know who I am! No one tells me what to do. I do what...

Snub for Obamas as Royal Sources Reveal They Will Not be Invited to Prince William's Wedding
© Getty Uninvited: Royal sources have revealed that President Obama and his wife Michelle are not going to be invited to the Royal Wedding as it is not classed as a state occasion American President left off the guest list as it is not a 'state occasion' Royal couple eager to ask ordinary citizens to attend rather than VIPs Heads of State who may attend include Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni President Obama and his wife Michelle will not be invited to Prince William's Wedding next...

Royal wedding: souvenir china unveiled
Prince William and Kate Middleton's official range of Royal Wedding China has gone on sale at the Royal Collection shops just in time for Christmas....

Zara Phillips to wed rugby star Tindall
Buckingham Palace has announced that the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips is engaged to her long-term boyfriend, England rugby star Mike Tindall. The palace said on Tuesday that 29-year-old Phillips, 12th in line to the British throne, had accepted a proposal from Tindall. Phillips is the daughter of Princess Anne and her ex-husband Captain Mark Phillips and is the Queen's eldest granddaughter. She has a successful career as an equestrian. Her cousin, Prince William, announced his engagement ...

Palace: Zara Phillips engaged to be married
LONDON (AP) - Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon have company on the royal Wedding calendar. Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, is engaged. Phillips, an accomplished equestrian, will marry Longtime Boyfriend Mike Tindall, the palace said. No date has been set yet. Phillips is close friends with her cousin, Prince William, who plans to marry Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29. Their Engagement was announced last month. P...

Palace: Zara Phillips engaged to be married
Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon have company on the royal Wedding calendar. Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, is engaged. Phillips, an accomplished equestrian, will marry Longtime Boyfriend Mike Tindall, the palace said. No date has been set yet. Phillips is close friends with her cousin, Prince William, who plans to marry Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29. Their Engagement was announced last month. Phillips, 29, is 1...

Zara Phillips & Mike Tindall Engaged
Scroll down for pictures of the happy couple! Text by the Associated Press LONDON -- Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon have company on the royal Wedding calendar. Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, is engaged. Phillips, an accomplished equestrian, will marry Longtime Boyfriend Mike Tindall, the palace said. No date has been set yet. Phillips is close friends with her cousin, Prince William, who plans to marry Middleton at West...

U.S. Copter Down off Puerto Rico; 6 Feared Dead
Like this Story? Share it: Learn about the people, economy and history. (AP) Authorities in Puerto Rico say a U.S. National Guard Helicopter with six people aboard crashed en route to the neighboring island of Vieques. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad says two of the passengers were prosecutors with the local Justice Department and the other four were officials with the National Guard, three of them crew members. He said the Helicopter was headed toward a Drug Raid in Vieques when ...

Zara Phillips, Prince William's Cousin, Engaged
Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips at the Sport Industry Awards on May 13, 2010 in London. (Neil Mockford/Getty Images) LONDON (CBS/AP) Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon have company on the royal Wedding calendar. Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter is engaged. Phillips, an accomplished equestrian, will marry Longtime Boyfriend, rugby player Mike Tindall. "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news," the p...

Palace: Zara Phillips engaged to be married
LONDON - Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon have company on the royal Wedding calendar. Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, is engaged. Phillips, an accomplished equestrian, will marry Longtime Boyfriend Mike Tindall, the palace said. No date has been set yet. Phillips is close friends with her cousin, Prince William, who plans to marry Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29. Their Engagement was announced last month. Phi...

Palace: Zara Phillips engaged to be married
LONDON (AP) — Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon have company on the royal Wedding calendar. Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, is engaged. Phillips, an accomplished equestrian, will marry Longtime Boyfriend Mike Tindall, the palace said. No date has been set yet. Phillips is close friends with her cousin, Prince William, who plans to marry Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29. Their Engagement was announced last...

Explosive Device Found in Rome Subway
Like this Story? Share it: Learn about the people, economy and history. Italian news reports say an Explosive Device has been found in a Subway Car in Rome. The ANSA and Apcom news agency said the device was found Tuesday inside a train during a stop in Rebibbia, on the outskirts of Rome. ANSA states the package contained pipes and gunpowder, citing a Press Release by the Atac company that runs the subway. The area was cleared and bomb disposal experts were examining the device, according to ...

William and Kate's first royal visit
Kate Middleton has joined Prince William on an official royal Engagement for the first time. The prince was guest of honour at the Teenage Cancer Trust event in Norfolk. The BBC's Nicholas Witchell reports. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date Web Browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling styl...