Inthe new Newsweek, Tina Brown ponders what Princess Diana would be like today – as she would have turned 50 on Friday.
A computer-generated, age-projected image of a Diana shows her appearing to walk next to Kate Middleton, Prince William‘s bride.
“What would she have been like?” Brown writes of Diana. “Still great-looking: that’s a given.”
She goes on to say:
“Fashionwise, Diana would have gone the J.Crew and Galliano route à la Michelle Obama, always knowing how to mix the casual with the glam. There is no doubt she would have kept her chin taut with strategic Botox shots and her bare arms buff from the gym.
Remarriage? At least two, I suspect, on both sides of the Atlantic.”
Brown details all sorts of escapades that might have happened, with men, with her ex-husband, in politics and more. And would Diana have found peace? “Yes, I believe she would,” writes Brown.
But the Los Angeles Times ponders a different question – about the “jarring” cover, asking: “Shocking, brilliant or just plain cheap?” Most readers, it appears, find it “horribly” offensive. How about you?
President Barack Obama and his First Lady Michelle Obama are currently on an overseas tour in Europe at the moment and today they stopped off for a state visit in the U.K. where they were introduced to Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton.
People reports that William and Kate had a quick chat with the Obamas before they were treated to a special lunch that Queen Elizabeth hosted for the visitors in Buckingham Palace.
Apparently during the 15 minute meeting both couples discussed the upcoming tour of the U.S. that William and Kate will be taking in July, they apparently also talked about the recent Royal wedding.
Yesterday the Obamas were in Ireland, where they both had a glass of guinness before Obama gave a speech in Dublin,. Later on today the Royal family will be having a special dinner to celebrate the Obamas visit.
My, how the tables have turned for the future Queen of England, Kate Middleton.
Trying on the hat of a lovesick royal years before even meeting her future husband, Prince William, Middleton played ‘Prince Charming’ in her middle school’s adaptation of ‘Cinderella,’ according to The Sun.
“Oh woe, woe, woe is me,” Middleton’s character laments in one scene. “I’m in love. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I can’t concentrate on anything. My memory is gone.”
With stellar comedic timing, a voice made to hit those high notes and an uncanny ability to pull off a crown, it looks like Middleton has had the makings of a royal since she was just 11-years-old. Brava, Brava! Talk about a serious encore in the making. Eighteen years later Middleton would marry Prince William in what will go down as the wedding of (at least) the decade.
I don’t know if you have been force-fed the Royal Wedding all day but I have, it’s been on every channel and every single website. But anyway here is the moment that the whole world was waiting to see the first kiss as husband and wife between Princess William and Kate Middleton.
I hope it’s made more of an impact on your day than it has on mine because I’m sick of hearing about these two already and unfortunately I think it’s going to go on longer than today because next up they have the honeymoon.
I don’t know if I’m the only one that’s sick of hearing about the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton but anyway here is the official portrait that will be featured in the Royal Wedding program.
The program was available for download earlier on today, you can get it here, and features a little statement from the couple thanking everybody for their support. Here is what they say:
“We are both so delighted that you are able to join us in celebrating what we hope will be one of the happiest days of our lives,” the couple write in their official wedding program, released Thursday. Their message, signed “William” and “Catherine,” goes on to say: “The affection shown to us by so many people during our engagement has been incredibly moving, and has touched us both deeply. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone most sincerely for their kindness.”
Mario Testino was the photographer who shot this uber-cheesy photo for us all to enjoy. The 28-page program also features details of tomorrows wedding service and states that she will walk down the ailse to “I Was Glad” by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, composed for the coronation of William’s great-great-great grandfather Edward VII at Westminster Abbey in 1902.
Kate will follow in Princess Diana‘s steps with her vows and promises not to obey her husband but she will “‘love, comfort, honor and keep” William.” When putting the ring on her finger he will say “with this ring I thee wed.”
Is it just me that is looking forward to this wedding being over and done with tomorrow? Every news channel is going to be full of it all day.
You know when you walk into a store and look at the magazine racks and every week it’s the same celebrities over and over? Well there’s a reason for that because that celebrity is the one that’s selling the most copies for the magazine. Here is a list of the top 10 selling tabloids of 2010.
10. Twilight – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 2.4 million
09. Jennifer Aniston – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 2.6 million
08. The Kardashians – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 2.7 million
07. Teen Mom – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 2.75 million
06. Lady GaGa – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 2.8 million
05. The Royal Wedding – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 3.2 million
04. Bachelor Jake – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 3.6 million
03. Angelina Jolie – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 5 million
02. Dr Oz – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 7 million
01. Sandra Bullock – Total Unit Sales (all magazine titles): 7.4 million
None of this is surprising to me at all, I’ve been sick of all these people for the past year.
I’ve never heard of BeautifulPeople.com but they have polled over 127,000 people asking who they think are the most beautiful royal women in history, the poll ran for seven days and gave users two images at a time. Here is the results:
10. Princess Masako of Japan (68%)
And rounding off the list we have the wife of Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan. A former diplomat, Princess Masako married into the imperial family in 1993. While she has somewhat retired from the prying eyes of public life since 2002 due to a rumoured nervous exhaustion, 68 percent of the votes went to the fresh-faced beauty.
9. Princess Margaret (70%)
Yet another lady from the British royal family to make it in at Number Nine is the late Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Seventy percent of those polled believe her to have been the most beautiful royal in the world.
8. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (72%)
Like Middleton, Princess Mary, 39, is a commoner who married into royalty. The mother-of-four is indeed a beauty and garnered 72 percent of the votes to make it to eighth position.
7. Princess Madeleine of Sweden (74%)
The 28-year-old daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden is certainly gifted with good looks. Besides nabbing seventh place in the BeautifulPeople poll with 74 percent of the votes, she was also placed 12th in a list of the ’20 Hottest Young Royals’ compiled by Forbes Magazine in 2008.
6. Princess Gayatri Devi (75%)
The late, great Queen of Jaipur also figures among the top 10, coming in at Number Six with 75 percent of the votes. The Maharani was celebrated as a style icon, a fashion-forward royal and an eternal beauty not just in India, but across the globe.
5. “Princess” Charlotte of Monaco (76%)
Grace Kelly’s granddaughter certainly looks like she’s taken after her in the looks department and followed her into the poll. Pretty Charlotte, 24, is fourth in line to the throne of Monaco and saw 76 percent of respondents’ votes.
4. Princess Diana of Wales (82%)
Kate managed to pip her late mother-in-law to third spot, but the lovely Princess Diana still figures high up on people’s minds – she came in fourth, with 82 percent of the votes.
3. Princess-in-waiting Kate Middleton (84%)
Hers is being touted as the wedding of the century. When Kate marries her prince later this month, she will be the third most beautiful royal in the world, according to the 84 percent of votes she received.
2. Queen Rania of Jordan (90%)
The raven-haired Queen of Jordan is still as gorgeous as ever at 40. Her impeccable style, figure and fashion choices saw her miss the top spot by a close shave – 90 percent of respondents saw her to Number Two.
1. Princess Grace of Monaco (91%)
Late Hollywood siren and Oscar winner Grace Kelly married into royalty – tying the knot with Rainier III, Prince of Monaco saw her go from playing roles in movies to playing the role of princess consort. The blonde, blue-eyed stunner died in 1982 at the age of 52, but it seems her timeless beauty still takes the top spots when it comes to royalty – she topped the poll with 91 percent of the votes.
I’d agree with this list, especially with Kate Middleton. She is definitely one of the most beautiful royal women that I have ever seen. What are your thoughts?
Kate Middleton‘s childhood home is up for auction.
The asking price: $888,000 (that’s 550,000 pounds). But what does a prospective buyer get for that hefty price tag?
This morning on the Today show, NBC’s Michelle Kosinski toured the property with estate agent Dudley Singleton, who revealed a modest home fit for any future princess.
The semi-deattached, four-bedroom Victorian, named West View, resides in the Berkshire village of Bradfield Southend.
Complete with a very British red front door, the house includes a small sitting room with fireplace, expanded kitchen and cozy sleeping quarters, including the future Queen’s teenage bedroom (no Prince William posters in sight).
At the top of the stairs sits baby Kate’s nursery, which now belongs to another potential princess. Asked if her room contained any magical, fairy tale-like powers, the young girl placed a tiara on her head and replied, “Probably, yeah. All my friends really like me now.”
Kate lived at West View until she was 13. In 1995, her parents, Michael and Carole, sold the lot for about $257,000. But the royal in-laws remain in the neighborhood, and their former home’s backyard garden still boasts the shed where they started their successful party business.
The property is set to hit the auction block in June, but reportedly there haven’t been any bites so far — only inquires from journalists.
The lingerie-inspired dress that a young Kate Middleton wore almost a decade ago sold at auction today for more than $125,000, reported People. The sheer dress is rumored to be what Middleton was wearing when she caught Prince William’s eye.
Middleton wore the dress in a 2002 St. Andrews University fashion show. The designer, Charlotte Todd, was also a student at the time and made the piece as part of her coursework.
Todd told People her assignment “was called ‘The Art of Seduction,’ which is quite apt, really. I didn’t know who Kate Middleton was and I didn’t put her in it. It was just pure chance!”
The dress, which cost less than $50 to make and was originally going to be a skirt, was displayed at the Kerry Taylor Auctions Passion for Fashion sale on Thursday among other haute couture dresses worn by Princess Diana. It sold for £78,000 (or $125,884).
“I’m thrilled,” Todd said. “Everyone says that the fashion show was when the romance started and when she bagged her prince, so a small part of me will always be part of royal history. It’s madness!”
RadarOnline.com reports the new owner of the dress hasn’t been identified and was bidding anonymously through a buyer. The buyer revealed that the bidder “thinks it’s an iconic piece and is very happy with the purchase.”
The gilt-edged invitations to Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton‘s April 29 wedding ceremony went out to 1,900 guests on Wednesday and Thursday.
The palace revealed Will and Kate’s 8-inch by 6-inch invitation to the press, says the U.K.’s Daily Mail, which reports that “more than half” the recipients will be friends of the couple.
The conservatively designed white card is stamped with (grandmother-of-the-groom) Queen Elizabeth’s golden insignia, and requests a dress code of military uniform, morning coat or lounge (business) suit.
But alert your social secretary: This invite to Westminster Abbey applies to the 11:00 a.m. marriage ceremony only. The full celebration is a three-part affair, with increasingly exclusive guest lists. And when it comes to who’s making the cut, some surprising snubs and desperate wannabes are already making news.
