Topic: Prince Charles

Britons want Charles not William as next king: poll

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.Shortly after William's engagement to ...

Kate to use car damaged in student riots

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 ...
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 ...

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

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 ...
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.Oscar-winner Zeta Jones spoke of her happiness at being able to pick up her honour, the ...

Bubbly Kate and William launch lifeboat

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 ...

Separatists vow to disrupt royal visit

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," ...

Royal Wedding: Beckham's coming but no Obama

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 tipped to be attending but not Barack Obama or Sarah ...

William and Kate invite 1,900 to royal wedding

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 Queen Elizabeth II began dropping onto doormats ...

Beckhams 'among 1,900 invited to royal wedding'

Prince William and 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 Queen Elizabeth II began dropping onto doormats this ...