Topic: Prince Charles

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 ...
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 ...

Australian support for republic slumps: poll

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 ...
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 ...

Factbox: Britain's royal line of succession

(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. Here are some details about the succession to the British throne:* SOME FACTS ...

Britain gears up for global royal wedding

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 of two billion people is set ...

Royal Wedding souvenir program to go on sale

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 ...

Kate Middleton set to eclipse Diana's celeb status

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 world's media, according to a study released on Sunday by the Global Language Monitor.With two weeks to go before she ...

Prince Charles begins official visit to Spain

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 wife Letizia, the official hosts of ...

Royal wedding snapshots: Charles for king, composer snubbed

(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 ...