William to wear army uniform for royal wedding

2011-04-28T16:30:10Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William will wear the red uniform of Colonel of the Irish Guards when he marries girlfriend Kate Middleton on Friday, royal officials said.

William, who is commissioned in all three of

Embattled Rolls and fairytale carriage for royal wedding

2011-04-28T14:30:34Z

The royal Rolls-Royce that was attacked by rioting students will carry Kate Middleton to the church on Friday, while she and her new husband Prince William will leave afterwards in a fairytale horse-drawn carriage.

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Royal fans from far and wide descend on London

2011-04-28T06:00:24Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - For some fans, no distance or discomfort is too great if the prize is a prime view of the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Some 200 people were already camped out Thursday across the street from ...

Britain prepares for biggest royal wedding since Diana

2011-04-27T01:30:16Z

Britain is putting the crowning touches to the preparations for Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton as the world gets set to tune in for the biggest royal occasion for 30 years.

Two billion people are expected to watch live on television and the Internet to see the elde...

Internet goes crazy for first online royal wedding

2011-04-26T20:30:40Z

The first British royal wedding of the Internet age is generating one mention every 10 seconds online and will be streamed live to an estimated audience of several hundred million viewers.

Internet users can even sign a virtual book of congratulations for Friday's marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

On the website The Internet Forum alone, there have been almost 113,000 posts on t...

Australian support for republic slumps: poll

2011-04-25T06:30:09Z

Support for Australia becoming a republic has fallen to a 17-year low, according to a poll published on Monday, just days ahead of Britain's royal wedding.

The Newspoll survey found that almost as many Australians wanted to retain ties to Britain's royal family as those who wanted a republic, with support for severing links falling to 41 percent -- the lowest level since Ma...

'King's Speech' fear keeps William far from throne

2011-04-21T13:30:46Z

A string of opinion polls have backed Prince William and his bride-to-be leapfrogging Prince Charles to the throne -- an improbable step that would shake the monarchy to its foundations.

One survey showed a third of Britons calling for the 85-year-old Queen Elizabeth II

Factbox: Britain's royal line of succession

2011-04-21T11:00:25Z

(Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton are to get married on April 29.

William is second in line to the throne after his father, Prince Charles

Britain gears up for global royal wedding

2011-04-21T01:30:21Z

Britain is making final preparations for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton next week as the biggest royal occasion in 30 years brings closure to the tragic legacy of Princess Diana.

A worldwide television audience...

Royal Wedding souvenir program to go on sale

2011-04-19T05:30:18Z

LONDON (Reuters) - An official souvenir program to mark the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton is to be sold as a memento of the big day.

The program will include the full order of service that will be used by guests attending the ceremony in LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton is set to overtake Britain's Princess Diana as the most talked-about woman in the w...

Prince Charles begins official visit to Spain

2011-03-30T13:30:50Z

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived on Wednesday in Madrid from Portugal for the start of their first official visit to Spain which will also include a stop in Seville.

Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and his wi...

Royal wedding snapshots: Charles for king, composer snubbed

2011-03-25T07:30:15Z

(Reuters) - Following is a selection of stories related to the forthcoming April 29th royal wedding of Britain's Prince William that have appeared in newspapers and on websites in the last week.

(Reuters does not vouch for the accuracy of reports from other publications.) -- Britons want Charles not William as next...

Britons want Charles not William as next king: poll

2011-03-23T17:30:08Z

LONDON (Reuters) - More Britons want Prince Charles to become Britain's next monarch than his son William despite the huge interest in his upcoming wedding and previous suggestions he was the popular choice, a poll on Thursday said.

Sh...

Kate to use car damaged in student riots

2011-03-22T14:30:48Z

Kate Middleton will travel to her wedding in a Rolls Royce limousine that was damaged when student protesters attacked Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in December, royal officials said.

Staff are repairing the claret-coloured 1977 Phantom VI after it was spattered with white paint and had a rear win...

Kate Middleton to use car damaged in student riots

2011-03-22T12:30:41Z

Kate Middleton will travel to her wedding in a Rolls Royce limousine that was damaged when student protesters attacked Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in December, royal officials have said.

Staff are repairing the claret-coloured 1977 Phantom VI after it was spattered with white paint and had a rea...

Be William's princess? I'd rather watch "X Factor"

2011-03-10T05:00:06Z

LONDON (Reuters) - When she was a little girl, Elsa Hardcastle loved to dress up as a princess and read stories about young women swept off their feet by a prince charming.

Now, the 10-year-old would rather watch a blockbuster episode of reality TV talent show "X Factor" and meet one of its pop singer ju...

Film stars Zeta Jones, Kwouk get top British honours

2011-02-24T16:30:36Z

Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta Jones and Pink Panther star Burt Kwouk were on Thursday awarded top British honours by Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

Kate Middleton got a taste of life as a working royal Thursday when she and Prince William dedicated a lifeboat in their first official appearance since their engagement.

Hundreds of people cheered as the smiling 29-year-old princess-to-be poured a bottle of champagne over the vessel in a dedication service at the lifeboat station Trearddur Bay on Quebec separatists on Tuesday vowed to disrupt Prince William and Kate Middleton's visit to Canada later this year in their first overseas royal tour as a married couple.

"We are not going to let British royals walk upon Quebec soil with complete impunity," th...

Royal Wedding: Beckham's coming but no Obama

2011-02-21T03:00:07Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - News that Britain's royal wedding invites are in the post has touched off lively press speculation, with former England soccer captain David Beckham and the King of Bahrain...

William and Kate invite 1,900 to royal wedding

2011-02-20T08:30:10Z

Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their April wedding, officials said on Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with foreign royals, family, friends and reportedly David Beckham.

Gilded invitations issued in the name of Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their April wedding, officials said Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with foreign royals, family, friends and reportedly David Beckham.

Gilded invitations issued in the name of Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their wedding in April, palace officials said Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with an array of royals, world leaders, family and friends.

Gilded invitations issued in the name of Queen Elizabeth II began dropping o...

Society snapper for Prince William's wedding: paper

2011-02-16T09:30:11Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Society photographer Hugo Burnand has been chosen to take the official pictures of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the London Evening...

Prince William picks Harry as best man

2011-02-14T11:30:39Z

Prince William has asked his brother Prince Harry to be his best man when he marries Kate Middleton on April 29, and she has asked her sister Philippa to be maid of honour, the palace said Monday.

St James's Palace also revealed the four bridesmaids and two page boys who wi...

No 'budget' wedding for Kate, William: British PM

2011-02-06T17:30:19Z

Britons may be feeling the pinch, but the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton will have all the pomp and pageantry befitting a royal wedding, Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday.

Asked by CNN wh...

Camilla to appear on The Archers

2011-02-02T20:30:53Z

Prince Charles's wife Camilla will appear on iconic radio soap opera The Archers, following in the footsteps of Princess Margaret, an actress on the programme said Wednesday.

The Duchess of Cornwall, an avid follower of the long-running rural soap, will appear in her role ...

Britain's Camilla to appear on iconic soap

2011-02-02T20:30:29Z

Prince Charles's wife Camilla will appear on iconic British radio soap opera The Archers, following in the footsteps of Princess Margaret, an actress on the programme said Wednesday.

The Duchess of Cornwall, an avid follower of the long-running rural soap, will appear in h...

Britain offers its subjects a royal knees-up

2011-01-12T04:00:06Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Her Majesty's government has granted its subjects extra time in the pub to toast the marriage of Prince William to his fiancee Kate.

Revellers will be allowed to prop up the bar until 1 a.m. for two successive nights on the weekend of the Royal wedding on April 29 and 30.

"The government considers that, as the Royal Wedding is an occasion for natio...

Royals 'to get new secrecy rights'

2011-01-08T19:30:24Z

The royal family will benefit from changes to freedom of information laws meaning their letters will no longer be disclosed even if they are in the public interest, the justice ministry said.

The ministry said it planned to introduce "enhanced protection" for communications with Queen Elizabeth's family and household as part of wider reforms to information laws brought in six years ago.

"Communic...

Archbishop of Canterbury to conduct royal wedding

2011-01-05T05:00:13Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual head of the Anglican Church, will marry Britain's Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middl...

UK police release video of royal car attack

2011-01-04T07:00:24Z

British police release video showing attack on Prince Charles, Camilla to trace suspects

British police have released a video of a mob attacking a limo carrying Prince Charles and his wife during student protests last month.

The closed-circuit security camera video shows several people kicking and hitting the Rolls-Royce afte...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

2010-12-29T11:00:12Z

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

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The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, N.Y., on flexible spending accounts and over-the-counter drugs.

Flexible spending accounts, which have give...

Royal wedding bells to chime in 2011

2010-12-28T20:30:23Z

An extravaganza of royal glamour should lift the austerity gloom in Britain next year with the wedding of Prince William while Prince Albert II of Monaco will tie the knot in the summer.

The second-in-line to the throne will marry his university sweetheart <...

Want Kate's engagement ring? Just three bucks in China

2010-12-24T03:30:18Z

Chinese vendors looking to cash in on the frenzy over the April wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are selling copies of her engagement ring for as little as three dollars.

Knock-offs of the 45,000-dollar sapphire-and-diamond ring that the prince gave to Middleton -- and once worn by his mother,

UK royal security reviewed after attack on prince

2010-12-23T10:30:10Z

UK police adjust royal security after Prince Charles, Camilla attacked by protestors

British police say they have made changes in their royal protection procedures after student protesters attacked the car of Prince Charles and his wife.

Police say the changes were immediately put into place following a security review and are proving effective. The force declined to specify what the changes were fo...

Rioters 'made contact' with Camilla in fees protest

2010-12-12T11:30:20Z

The Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed on Sunday that rioters who surrounded Prince Charles' car during violent student protests made physical contact with his wife Camilla.

A mob of demonstrators who joined in Thursday's protest against the hike in university tuition fees surrounded the car carrying the heir to the throne and the Attack on Prince Charles' car by protesters prompts flurry of questions about UK security

How could rampaging students so easily threaten Britain's heir to the throne?

Government security officials had no quick answer Friday for that mortifying question, amid calls in the media for officials to be fired and scathing criticism f...

Prince Charles lacks Commonwealth 'respect': WikiLeaks

2010-11-29T18:30:49Z

Prince Charles "does not command the same respect" as Queen Elizabeth II, a senior Commonwealth official said in a US cable released by WikiLeaks and published by the Guard...

Have you come far? Our verdict on the top royal watchers

2010-11-29T15:00:32Z

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Planning a Theme Party for a British Royal Wedding

2010-11-29T14:53:52Z

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Prince William to wed in April at historic Abbey

2010-11-23T18:31:17Z

Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry on April 29 next year at Westminster Abbey, the historic London church where his mother Diana's funeral was held in 1997, royal officials announced Tuesday.

The couple wan...

Bishop suspended over royal wedding slur

2010-11-23T12:31:18Z

A bishop has been suspended after admitting making "deeply offensive" comments on Twitter and Facebook about the forthcoming marriage of Prince William, the Church of England said Tuesday.

Peter Broadbent, the bisho...

Bishop apologises for royal wedding remarks

2010-11-22T13:30:51Z

A bishop apologised Monday for making "deeply offensive" comments on Twitter and Facebook in which he said the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton would only last seven years.

Pete Broadbent, the

Bishop apologizes for harsh royal wedding comments

2010-11-22T07:00:28Z

UK bishop apologizes for 'deeply offensive' comments giving Prince Williams' marriage 7 years

A British bishop apologized Monday for his "deeply offensive" comments saying that he gives Prince William's upcoming royal marriage to Kate Middleton about "seven years."

Bishop Pete Broadbent of Willesden, an area in northwest London, said he apologized ...

Bishop sorry for wedding comments

2010-11-29T15:00:13Z

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Bishop sorry for 'offensive' royal wedding jibe

2010-11-29T15:00:12Z

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The Royals are not a reality TV spectacle

2010-11-29T15:00:11Z

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Prince William 'saves man's life' in chopper rescue

2010-11-21T18:30:52Z

Britain's Prince William was involved in a military helicopter rescue mission to save a stricken man just 48 hours after announcing his engagement, defence officials confirmed Sunday.

Gym worker Greg Watkins was stuck up Mount Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales, in sto...

Britons want William for next king, not Charles: polls

2010-11-20T17:30:47Z

Britons want Prince William and his new fiancee Kate Middleton to be Britain's next king and queen, instead of the current heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, polls showed Sunday.

The surveys come just a day ...

Half see William as next King

2010-11-29T15:00:07Z

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Royals should pay for William and Kate wedding: poll

2010-11-20T02:31:09Z

Most people want the royal family to foot the bill for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, as the country faces spending cuts following a deep recession, a survey said Saturday.

A majority think next year's wedding will cheer the nation and strengthen the monarchy, but they believe that the royals should keep costs down, said the Harris ...

Cash-strapped Brits want royals to foot wedding bill

2010-11-20T02:31:01Z

Most Britons want the royal family to foot the bill for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, as the country faces spending cuts following a deep recession, a survey said Saturday.

A majority think next year's wedding will cheer the nation and strengthen the monarchy, but they believe that the royals should keep costs down, said the Harris...

Prince Charles hints at 'Queen Camilla'

2010-11-19T18:30:51Z

Prince Charles has said for the first time that his wife Camilla could be crowned queen, reopening a debate over the status of the woman he married eight years after the death of Princess Diana.

His comments in an interview with the US network NBC, to be broadcast later F...

Britain's Prince Charles hints at 'Queen Camilla'

2010-11-19T16:30:38Z

Prince Charles has said for the first time that his wife Camilla could be crowned queen, reopening a debate over the status of the woman he married eight years after the death of Princess Diana.

His comments in an interview with the US network NBC, to be broadcast later F...

Prince Charles suggests Camilla could be queen

2010-11-19T15:00:19Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles has for the first time said his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, could ...

Prince Charles says Camilla may be queen

2010-11-19T14:00:38Z

Prince Charles stirs speculation by suggesting Camilla may be queen

Prince Charles has stirred speculation by suggesting his wife Camilla may take the title of queen when he becomes monarch.

The comments came in an interview with U.S. network NBC recorded in August and due to be broadcast later Friday. Extr...

PM urges extra holiday for royal wedding

2010-11-19T06:30:43Z

Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday there should be an extra public holiday to mark the royal wedding next year of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Cameron told a parliamentary committee that although no date had been announced for the wedding, he would support a national day off ...

Polo tycoon friend of Prince Charles throws himself under Tube train

2010-11-29T15:00:04Z

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Extra holiday for royal wedding: PM

2010-11-18T15:43:17Z

Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday there should be an extra public holiday to mark the royal wedding next year of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Cameron told a parliamentary committee that although no date had been announced for the wedding, he would support a national day off ...

Royal wedding plans stepped up with visit to abbey

2010-11-18T14:39:59Z

Prince William plans to tone down the usual pomp when he weds next year, say palace officials, but fiancee Kate Middleton's visit to Westminster Abbey suggests it could still be a spectacular affair.

William, the eldest son of the late princess Diana and heir-to-the-throne <...

Prince William's wedding to fit austere times

2010-11-18T14:32:36Z

Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton will tone down some of the usual pomp and ceremony when they wed next year in line with the country's mood of austerity, palace officials said Wednesday.

William, the eldest son of the late princess Diana and heir-to-the-throne Prince Charl...

Prince William's wedding to fit austere times in Britain

2010-11-18T14:32:19Z

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton will tone down some of the usual pomp and ceremony when they wed next year in line with the country's mood of austerity, palace officials said Wednesday.

William, the eldest son of the late princess Diana and heir-to-the-throne Pr...

Hail to the happy couple - now give William a real role

2010-11-29T14:59:57Z

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Press rejoice at prospect of royal wedding

2010-11-29T14:59:52Z

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Prince Charles calls for action in TV environment film

2010-11-16T14:30:52Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles brings his passion for the environment to U.S. viewers this week with the broadcast of a new TV film designed as a call to action on global climate cha...

Prince William And Kate Middleton Announce Marriage

2010-11-29T14:52:31Z

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Prince William Engaged

2010-11-30T13:55:12Z

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Prince William Knighted

2010-11-30T13:55:12Z

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2010-11-30T13:49:45Z

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Cape Prince Of Wales

2010-11-29T14:42:39Z

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N-Dubz to rap at Royal Variety Performance

2010-11-29T14:59:47Z

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Why British monarchy rule should not end after the reign of Queen Elizabeth II

2010-11-29T15:41:05Z

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The case for the defense of Prince Charles

2010-11-29T15:41:09Z

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Castle hotels of Great Britain

2010-11-29T15:58:20Z

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Commentary: The Duchess of Cornwall at Princess Diana's memorial

2010-11-29T15:41:38Z

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2010-11-30T13:20:49Z

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How to choose spurs

2010-11-29T15:39:48Z

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Prince Charles wages war on McDonald's

2010-11-29T15:20:52Z

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Kevin Spacey honored in UK for services to drama

2010-11-03T08:00:51Z

Old Vic chief Kevin Spacey honored by Britain's Prince Charles for services to drama

Kevin Spacey has received a royal honor from Prince Charles for his role in reviving London's Old Vic Theatre.<...

How to Choose Sapphire Jewelry

2010-11-30T12:48:03Z

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Book reviews: The silver drum, by Princess Chichibu

2010-11-04T15:01:39Z

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Movie reviews: The Queen

2010-11-04T15:39:27Z

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Consensual Incest

2010-11-29T15:03:27Z

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Facts and legends about rubies

2010-11-04T14:43:55Z

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Biography: Prince Harry

2010-11-04T14:49:01Z

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Surnames of the Royal Family

2010-11-04T14:49:07Z

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2010-11-29T15:05:01Z

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Friend of Prince Charles killed in N.Ireland crash

2010-10-24T19:30:27Z

Charles Stisted, who was chief executive of the Guards Polo Club, was one of three men killed in the accident Saturday in Northern Ireland's Mourne Mountains.

The club was reportedly a favourite with the royals, and Stisted, 47, was also known to Prince William and Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, as they react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London. British police released a video Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011 of ...

Britain Royal Christmas

2010-12-25T08:01:23Z

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall arrive for the British royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service in Sandringham, England, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Britain Royals Charles Security

2010-12-10T10:31:48Z

The Prince of Wales talks to navy personnel in the gardens of Clarence House, London Friday Dec 10 2010, as he presents operational medals for service in Afghanistan . The violent attack on a car containing Prince Charles and his wife the previous day has led to...

APTOPIX Britain Tuition Tangle

2010-12-09T19:32:09Z

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. An Associated Press photo...

Britain Royal wedding

2010-11-23T05:32:16Z

Britain's Prince Charles talks to a woman in the crowd in Centenary Square, Bradford, England during his visit to promote the Campaign for Wool.Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Prince Charles' son Prince William will marry his fiancee

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