William and Harry (L) went surfboarding (Photo Credit: John Brown), while the Duchess of Cambridge and Pippa Middleton (R) went to the men’s final at Wimbledon (Photo Credit: AP).
While tennis fan Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, was in the Royal Box cheering at the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday, one couldn’t help but wonder where her Prince Charming, the Duke of Cambridge, was on the momentous occasion.
Thousands gathered to help celebrate the Queen’s official birthday on Saturday. The monarch’s birthday is actually in April, but the Trooping, a traditional military display, occurs yearly on a Saturday in June, because of the fine weather. This year, however, the weather was rather windy; in a few instances, The Duchess of Cambridge‘s hat looked as if it might take flight, as the Daily Mail pointed out this weekend.Photo Credit: BBC
This year’s Trooping the Colour military parade was an especially joyous occasion for the royal family; Prince Philip, clad in a Colonel of the Grenadier Guards uniform, was out of the hospital and back by the Queen’s side for her official birthday celebrations on Saturday. The Queen, as Colonel-in-Chief, proudly wore her Brigade of Guards brooch.
The event was a traditional display of pomp and pageantry: “Some 1,600 officers and soldiers in the traditional uniforms of the Household Cavalry, Royal Horse Artillery and Foot Guards took part in the parade,” reports The Daily Mail.“with more than 200 horses and around 290 musicians from 10 bands and corps of drums.”
The Duke of Cambridge. Photo Credit: Bauer Griffin via Zimbio
The Duke of Cambridge, who rode on horseback during the parade, looked very dashing, wearing the very same uniform he wore during the royal wedding; the uniform of a Colonel of the Irish Guards. He arrived for the parade with The Prince of Wales, also in uniform (Colonel of the Welsh Guards) and The Duke of Kent (Colonel of the Scots Guards).
Prince Harry was not on horseback like his brother and father, but in an open horse-drawn carriage with the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge. He wore his Blues and Royals uniform. Photo Credit: Bauer Griffin
The Duke of Cambridge, The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Kent. Photo Credit: BBC
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Thousands filled the Mall this weekend. Photo Credit: BBC
The Queen and Prince Philip originally were to travel in an open carriage during the celebrations, but instead they opted for a covered glass coach, because of the unpredictable weather. Photo Credit: PA
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The Duchess of Cambridge was often caught in the wind during the Queen’s official birthday celebrations this year, her hat ready for takeoff. She wore a beautiful silk number by Canadian designer Erdem and a hat by Jane Corbett. Photo Credit: Mark Cuthbert / UK Press.
The senior royals traveled down the Thames on the Royal Barge Sunday during the River Pageant.Photo Credit: Splash News.com
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Prince Harry, The Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke of Cambridge wave from the royal barge. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Queen. Photo Credit: SplashNews.com
Camilla and Kate have a laugh during the festivities. Photo Credit: AFP/ Getty Images
The weather may have been gloomy and a few of the main events of the celebratory day (like the flypast) cancelled, but that didn’t stop around one million people from lining the Thames on Sunday to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee via the River Pageant.
The nation looked on as around 1,000 boats escorted Queen Elizabeth and the senior members of the royal family down the River Thames; it was a new world record for the number of boats taking part in a parade, according to the Daily Mail.
The Queen was looking regal in a classic ivory dress and a white boucle threaded coat, complete with silk ribbon and crystals.
The Queen. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Prince Charming aka Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, was looking quite stylish in his Flight Lieutenant No 1 Dress Uniform complete with blue garter sash.
The Duke of Cambridge. Photo Credit: UK Press Association
Prince Harry was ever the dashing prince in the No 1 Ceremonial dress of the Blues and Royals and the Army Air Corps light blue beret.
Prince Harry. Photo Credit: AP
The Duchess of Cambridge looked glamorous and sophisticated in a red Alexander McQueencreation— a gorgeous, albeit safe, choice.
The Duchess of Cambridge. Photo Credit:UK Press Association
Guy Pelly, an old friend of both Prince Harry and The Duke of Cambridge, co-owns Public with David Phelps.
Phelps told The Daily Mail: “We have been doing this for years, and the closure shouldn’t have happened. We are clearly the premium club in the area,”
Local residents had been complaining for the past year about extensive noise and mess associated with Public party-goers.
And, while there are two other clubs located in the same warehouse as Public—Embargo and Rumi— the problems were blamed on Public.
“Guy and David still have the lease and a license until midnight so they are working on a new concept which can work with those hours,” a club source told The Mail. “Things are being sorted out at the moment and there’s talk about Public becoming a joint venture with another well-known brand.
Since Public’s closing, Harry’s been spotted at a variety of night spots— most often at The Arts Club in Mayfair— where his grandfather, Prince Philip, is Patron.
Public has been frequented in the past by Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, Pippa Middleton, Chelsea Davey (Harry’s ex) and the former Prince William and Kate Middleton (now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge).
Michael, Carole, Pippa and James Middleton.Photo Credits: Pippa (WEEN.com); Carole and Michael Middleton (XPOSUREPhotos.com); James Middleton (Royal Gossip); Photo of Elizabethan via thamesdinnercruises.co.uk
The Queen has issued an invitation to the entire Middleton family (Carole, Michael, Pippa and James) to join the Diamond Jubilee pageant on The River Thames, it was revealed recently. The surprise move by the Queen shows just how much Kate means to the royal family.
Though the Middletons won’t be situated on the royal barge, they will travel behind the Queen as part of the royal squadron on the the Elizabethan, a replica 1890s Mississippi paddle steamer.
“Michael and Carole’s inclusion on the Elizabethan has only just emerged and has taken a lot of people by surprise, but the Queen is incredibly supportive of the Duchess and her family,” a source told the Daily Mail.
“Boats travelling in the Royal Squadron are solely reserved for special guests of the Queen, which demonstrates just how far the Middletons have come.”
Prince Charles’s former valet (Michael Fawcett) has been hired to attend to the Middleton family for the day; this is possibly a result of Kate’s close relationship with her new father-in-law.
Who is responsible for the event? “The Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation is organizing the event,” according to thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org. “The team is led by Lord Salisbury, Chairman, Michael Lockett, Chief Executive and Adrian Evans, Pageant Master.”
Cost of the celebration? £10.5million according to the Daily Mail.
James Middleton’s latest ploy to draw attention to his newer cake business, Nice London, might just cause some serious embarrassment to the royal family; as the brother-in-law to the future King of England, one would think James would have thought twice before releasing a new line on his Nice Cake’s website, which features a host of cakes with naughty, suggestive slogans written in icing.
The line of cakes, James told the media, “are clearly intended to be humorous and are clearly not intended to cause any offence as is quite obvious. The Great British public is renowned throughout the world for its sense of humour and a cake design is hardly likely to cause it to lose it. We intend to embrace that sense of humour.”
Prince Harry dancing outside the Bunga Bunga Bar (in the street). Photo Credit: Jesal/ Tana/ IKON Pictures
Despite reports that Prince Harry has been told to tone down his social life and focus on his military career, it seems he’s not taken the advice (given by military personnel) to heart.
On Friday night, Harry took part in a marathon drinking session; he began the night at a Barts in Fulham, before continuing the evening at the Bunga Bunga Bar, run by a former Etonian, according to the Daily Mail.
Harry decided he was up for a night out and started drinking at about 8 o’clock. He was pretty plastered by the end of the night and left Bunga Bunga at about 3.30 in the morning. They had been drinking cocktails and shots and Harry was in really good spirits. It was like he was in a world of his own. His friends were chatting on the pavement and Harry skipped into the road and did a little jive. It was hilarious to watch and he was really getting into it. He gave one of his mates a bear hug good night and then did a funny little jig to his chauffeur driven car.
Harry’s night culminated with a private lock-in until 3.30 am.
Earlier in the day, however, Harry was a picture perfect Prince— rigged out in a dapper suit to attend a a memorial service for the late Queen Mother and Princess Margaret at Windsor Castle. In tow were many members of the royal family, most notably The Queen.
Harry looked the proper Prince in his suit earlier in the day. Photo Credit: Arthur Edwards
Photo of Duchess via Getty; Sketch Photos via Raymond Press Partnership; collage work by Elspeth Lodge
The Duchess of Cambridge is to receive a special present when she begins her Diamond Jubilee tour duties as a member of the royal family next week; when she arrives in Leicester on March.8 with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh by her side, she will be presented with six sketches of shoes created by students of De Montfort University (in the schools renowned footwear design course), say sources. Kate will choose her favorite design of the six; a design which will then be made into a real pair of shoes especially for the Duchess. According to the Daily Mail, there were over 100 students that applied for the chance to show their sketches to the Duchess.
Take a look below at some of the shoes the Duchess has worn on past royal engagements.
Photo collage of Kate's shoes via catherine-duchessofcambridge.tumblr.com
Kate will not be alone in receiving a gift during the visit to Leicester, however: “The Queen will be presented with a picture of a Corgi drawn by a primary school pupil in a competition to be judged by celebrated artist Sir Peter Blake,” reports the Daily Mail. “She will also receive a headscarf designed by a De Montfort University textiles student.” And “The Duke of Edinburgh will be a given a lenticular – a 3D image – of himself driving a horse and carriage.”
When the royal party arrives in the area, the trio will be greeted by a crowd of 8,000 at Magazine Square. Here, the Queen and Kate will witness a fashion show created by four 2011 graduates of the university. The Duke of Edinburgh (who probably has less of an interest in fashion than the Queen and Duchess of Cambridge) will meet staff and students involved in university’s Square Mile Project— an endeavor which aims to improve the lives in Fosse Road North, Tudor Road, Woodgate and Newfoundpool.
This is a landmark event, as it will be the first time the Duchess and the Queen have been on a public engagement together.
Pippa Middleton, about to start promoting her new party planning book, is the subject of a £300,000 bidding war.
Two U.S. television personalities are both angling to snag Pippa’s first live interview … and the competition is fierce: “Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters, America’s arch-rival chat heavyweights, are ‘pulling out all the stops’ to snare her as a guest in an hour-long special,” reports the Daily Mail.
In 2011 the Duchess of Cambridge’s younger sister signed a £400,000 book deal with Penguin:
“It [the book] will be about entertaining and how to throw the perfect party. It’s not just about being the perfect hostess – it will also include recipes and information about how to host different types of events,” a friend of Pippa’s told the Mail in November. “Pippa has been sketching out the chapters and has decided to start each one with an amusing anecdote.”
