02:04 AM EDT 10/15/2009
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Kate Middleton Joins Prince William for His 27th Birthday Party
Originally posted 06/23/2009 01:05PM
So what kind of birthday celebration was in the cards for a prince who has everything? A weekend away at a country house with girlfriend Kate Middleton and some pals and a trip to the seaside.
This was the simple, but idyllic, break that Prince William's girlfriend helped make special for her beau to mark his 27th birthday Sunday.
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Prince William Wants To Go To War
Originally posted 06/18/2009 09:35AM
Call them brothers in arms: Prince William gave his strongest hint yet that he would like to follow his brother Prince Harry and go to war.
"In my eyes, if Harry can do it then I can do it," William said Thursday. "I didn't join the forces to be mollycoddled or treated any differently." And, he added that while others think it "impossible" for him to take a front line role, "I still remain hopeful there's a chance."
Harry, 24, fulfilled a 10-week tour in Afghanistan, in March 2008 and is now learning to fly helicopters because, he says, it's his "easiest way of getting to the front lines."
He joined his brother at a special media day to talk about their training and living together while they are both based at RAF Shawbury, in Shropshire, England. William is undergoing tuition to be a pilot in Royal Air Force Search and Rescue crews, while Harry is in the early stages of learning to fly army helicopters.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton in Rare PDA
Originally posted 05/11/2009 11:20AM
Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middleton may have managed to keep the lowest of low profiles throughout the winter, but on Sunday they were out for all to see – and to be caught in a rare moment of public affection as they walked from a post-polo match party near Windsor, England.
"William spent about 40 minutes at the party after his match, and then picked up Kate and they wandered back to the car," says an onlooker. "He put his left arm around her back and there was plenty of smiling between them."
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Daniel Craig Helps Princes William and Harry Fight to Save the Rainforest
Originally posted 05/05/2009 09:45AM
Heard the one about the frog and the prince? Well, make that a frog and three princes ... but this is no fairytale.
Prince William and Prince Harry have joined
their dad, Prince Charles in cameo performances in an online video to highlight Charles's fight to save the rainforests as part of the Prince's Rainforest Project.
In the 90-second film, which goes live on several Web sites at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, the young princes are joined by a digitally-created frog and a few real-life stars: Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Robin Williams, the Dalai Lama, soccer legend Pele and singer Joss Stone.
In the short clip, William, 26, and Harry, 24, are shown sitting together
discussing their fight to save the environment "for all of us," as they
raise awareness of the Prince's Rainforest Project.
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Prince William Inspired to Follow in His Mom's Footsteps
Originally posted 03/18/2009 02:20PM
Prince William sees himself carrying on his mother's legacy.
Less than a week since he movingly spoke about the emptiness he feels since Princess Diana's death in 1997, he went on a U.K. children's show to talk about how his patronage of London's Royal Marsden Hospital is something that would make mom proud.
"For a very long time my mother was involved with the Royal Marsden, and she had a very close connection with them ... So I wanted to follow in her footsteps, in that sense, and help," he told CBBC's Newsround show for 6- to 12-year-old children.
Diana opened the current children's unit in 1993 and the prince, 26, is lending his support to the building of a special Children's and Teenage Cancer Centre.
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Prince William Bares His 'Emptiness' Since Losing Diana
Originally posted 03/13/2009 09:30AM
Mother's Day isn't easy for Prince William – it stirs up the palpable "emptiness" he says he feels since losing his mother, Princess Diana, more than 10 years ago.
William was only 15 when his mother died in 1997, and he and Prince Harry were watched by millions of people around the world as they walked behind the carriage carrying her coffin. They rarely speak about her death and the pain that they felt.
But, now 26, William has accepted a new responsibility – royal patron of the Child Bereavement Charity, to which Diana was closely linked through her life – and he addressed families at a London event about how "losing a close family member is one of the hardest experiences anyone can endure."
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Kate Middleton Is Allergic to Polo Ponies
Originally posted 01/28/2009 08:25AM
Bad news for Prince William: His girlfriend Kate Middleton is unlikely to be joining him in the saddle on his favorite ponies.
Middleton, 27, is allergic to horses, she revealed to a fellow polo fan.
Australian author Kathy Lette, who says that she approached the royal girlfriend at a polo match last summer, told Readers Digest that she spotted
Middleton alone in a tent, watching the game with keen interest.
"I've got to pay attention to every second," Middleton told Lette when asked why she didn't come over and join the main party. "I'll be discussing the game in minute detail later on."
Lette also inquired why she didn't play polo herself. Middleton's reply? 'I'm allergic to horses."
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Prince William Honors Mother, Friend
Originally posted 01/09/2009 09:05AM
Prince William invoked the memory of his mother Thursday night as he spoke at the launch of a charity dedicated to a close friend who died in a car crash – like Princess Diana.
William, 26, speaking at the reception to mark the day he and brother Harry became patrons of the Henry Van Straubenzee Memorial Fund, called becoming a patron of the charity, which helps schools in Uganda, Africa, the "easiest decision I've had to make."
Standing alongside his brother, William said, "Having lost someone so close in similar circumstances, Harry and I understand how important it is to keep their memory alive, there's no finer way than [his family] have chosen."
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William and Harry Become Patrons of Their Late Friend's Charity
Originally posted 01/08/2009 12:30PM
Princes William and Harry are paying an emotional tribute to a late friend by becoming patrons of a charity established in his memory.
In a first for the princes, they have agreed to take on a joint role at a charity that raises funds for schools in Uganda.
The Henry Van Straubenzee Memorial Fund was named for a boy who died in a car crash in 2002 and whose family is very close to the House of Windsor.
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William & Harry Now Mean Business
Originally posted 01/06/2009 01:05PM
Princes William and Harry now have their own support team to handle their affairs.
The princes said Tuesday that their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, has granted them their own "households," meaning three staff members and a "small" support team to advise them and facilitate their public duties, the Associated Press reports.
Previously, the affairs of William, 26, and Harry, 24, were handled by the office of their father, Prince Charles.
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