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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!There are still eight days before Kate Middleton officially joins the royal family, but the princess bride is already becoming more popular than her famous crowned kin -- even the late Princess Diana. The Global Language Monitor, a Texas company that tracks word usage trends around the world, has just released a study tracing how many times Middleton has been mentioned in different types of media over the last three months. Turns out Middleton is a major headliner. People can't seem to keep her name out of their mouths. Getty Images / AP The late Princess Diana, left, was a major ...
LONDON -- He's been filmed trekking through the Arctic, gives a smoldering look from the cover of a men's magazine and is being targeted by legions of young women who only a few years ago would have been lusting after his older brother. With all the attention being paid to Prince Harry, you might forget that Prince William's the one getting married. David Cheskin - WPA Pool / Getty Images Prince Harry, shown here on Saturday, is joining a group of wounded servicemen trekking to the North Pole to raise money for the charity Walking With The Wounded. "He's a cool guy, he's an ...
LONDON -- Fresh from his brother's bachelor party, Prince Harry is hitting the ice, taking part in the first five days of a charity hike to the North Pole by British veterans. WPA Pool / Getty Images Prince Harry joins the Walking With the Wounded team Tuesday on the island of Spitsbergen before setting off to walk to the North Pole. Palace officials say the 26-year-old royal is accompanying a group of wounded soldiers on their 200-mile trek, an attention-grabbing stunt to raise money for a British veterans' charity. The Walking With the Wounded group hopes to raise $3.2 million ...
LONDON -- Keep an eye on the mailbox - Britain's Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton have sent out invites to their hotly anticipated royal wedding to around 1,900 guests. Military personnel and charity workers will mingle with European royalty, diplomats and the family and friends of the couple at the Westminster Abbey ceremony on April 29, St. James's Palace said Sunday. In addition to royals, diplomats, friends and family, the royal guest list reportedly includes celebrities David and Victoria Beckham. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh will lead a group of 50 members ...
LONDON -- Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their wedding party, and the top two roles will be all in the family. Middleton, 29, has asked her stylish younger sister Philippa ("Pippa") to be her maid of honor at the April 29 wedding. William, meanwhile, has called on younger brother Prince Harry to take on the job of best man, according to St. James's Palace -- the office for Princes William and Harry, and their father, Charles. By naming Harry, 26, as his "best man," William has broken with the royal tradition of choosing a "supporter" for his big day. The Prince of Wales, ...
LONDON -- Red-haired Prince Harry will be his brother's best man and Kate Middleton's stylish younger sister Pippa will be her maid of honor at Britain's April 29 royal wedding. The announcement was made Monday by St. James' Palace, the office for Princes William and Harry, confirming expectations for the highly anticipated nuptials at London's Westminster Abbey. The 26-year-old Harry has shed his partygoing image for that of a military man in recent years, and Pippa Middleton, 27, had long been the favorite for that position because of her extremely close relationship with her 29-year-old ...
Kate Middleton hasn't revealed who will design her wedding dress, but the princess bride-to-be has started naming her bridesmaids. The first to be asked, the Daily Mail reports, is 7-year-old Lady Louise Windsor. Louise is the daughter of Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, and a first cousin of Prince William. Chris Jackson, Getty Images Lady Louise Windsor reportedly will be among the bridesmaids when Kate Middleton marries Prince William. "Lady Louise is ecstatic" at being asked, according to a palace source quoted by the Mail. Prince Edward and his wife, ...
LONDON -- "Is this breaking news?" the woman to my left asked with great relish. The odds were slim. Hana Umezawa, the cigarette-smoking guide on William and Kate's Royal Wedding Walk, hardly seemed likely to be the one announcing to the world the name of the designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress. And yet Umezawa implied she was letting the cat out of the bag with this pronouncement: "I've got an insight for you that's not in the script, this bit. Just found out that the wedding dress is going to be designed by Bruce Oldfield, who's a British designer who lived in the U.S. for a while, ...
They're on, they're off and they may be on again. Royal observers are reporting that Prince Harry and his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy may be reuniting. Although the pair split last fall, they were seen together Saturday at a London nightclub. Rumor also has it that Davy will be Harry's date for his brother William's royal wedding. Here are five facts about the younger prince's on-again, off-again, perhaps on-again girlfriend. 1. She was born in Zimbabwe Davy's father, Charles Davy, runs exclusive hunting safaris in a vast tract of private bushland. Although President Robert Mugabe's regime ...
While Prince William is preparing to walk down the aisle with Kate Middleton, brother Harry is planning another adventure -– a trek to the North Pole. Prince Harry, 26, has been training to take part in a grueling, 200-mile trek over Arctic ice to the geographic North Pole with four disabled soldiers. The trip is being organized by Walking With the Wounded. The prince, who served in Afghanistan, is patron of the charity, which helps servicemen and women who have been seriously injured or lost limbs. Samir Hussein, Getty Images Britain's Prince Harry is training to take part ...
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