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Pippa Middleton Attends Another Wedding in London

Originally posted 05/25/2012 01:50PM

Pippa Middleton has been wedding hopping in Britain this week, attending the nuptials of a family friend in London Friday.

Middleton, 28, wore a bright orange dress to the ceremony and appeared to be attending solo, according to an onlooker.

The newlyweds were David Marsham and Katherine Phillips. The groom is the brother of a close friend of Pippa's older sister, Kate.

Following the service, Pippa and the other guests strolled through St James's Park, heading to the reception.

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Filed Under: Weddings, The British Royals, The Royals, Kate Middleton, Pippa Middleton

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Queen Elizabeth Loves to Laugh with Her Grandkids

Originally posted 05/25/2012 07:45AM

To the outside world, Queen Elizabeth sometimes appears as a poker-faced woman who seldom lets down her guard or offers up an opinion.

But when she's around her eight grandchildren (and two great-granddaughters), she "lights up," according to one of them.

Princess Eugenie, 21, says she loves telling the 86-year-old monarch about life at university. "We talk about my Newcastle life and how I've got so many essays and things and she still goes, 'Aha,' [and] laughs at what I say, which is lovely," Eugenie says during an ITV1 special, Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother, airing in Britain on June 1.

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Prince William: The Queen Is 'Just My Grandmother'

Originally posted 05/24/2012 03:00PM

Think wedding planning is tough with your family weighing in? Try being a royal.

About two weeks after Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement, "I was given a list in the first meeting of 777 names, and not one of them on there I knew," William reveals on The Jubilee Queen With Katie Couric, a special marking the Queen's Jubilee. "So it was a bit daunting and it was like, well, that seems to be the guest list's sorted, but no room for friends or family. And I wasn't too happy about it."

Queen Elizabeth to the rescue.

"I rang her for a bit of moral support and a bit of backup," he says. "She said, 'Ridiculous. Get rid of the list. Start from your friends.' "

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Filed Under: The Royals, Kate Middleton, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth

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Prince Charles Tries His Hand at Being a Deejay

Originally posted 05/23/2012 10:40AM

Never too old to learn a new trade, Britain's Prince Charles received some guidance on the finer points of scratching and fading a record while visiting an employment skills workshop in Toronto Tuesday.

The tutorial came during his and wife Camilla's four-day visit to the city, all part of the Diamond Jubilee marking his mother Queen Elizabeth's rule over the Commonwealth. Two weeks ago, Charles, 63, tried out as a TV weatherman in Scotland, and proved he could point to a map with the best of them.

But how was he as a deejay?

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Filed Under: The British Royals, Camilla Parker Bowles, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth

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Prince William Questions the Queen's Noisy Dogs

Originally posted 05/22/2012 04:00PM

Queen Elizabeth II may seem composed in public, but if her grandson is to be believed, the monarch likes a bit of ruckus in her private life.

In an upcoming ITV1 documentary on his grandmother, Prince William spills the dirt on the Queen's beloved dogs, saying that they bark "all the time."

"I don't know how she copes with it, but her private life with her dogs and her riding and her walking, it's very important to her," he tells interviewer Alan Titchmarsh in Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother, which airs in the U.K. June 1. "She has got to switch off."

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Filed Under: Stars and Pets, Dogs, The British Royals, The Royals, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth II

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Prince William Barely Slept on Eve of Wedding

Originally posted 05/22/2012 09:35AM

He was wide-eyed and all smiles as he took Kate as his wife at Westminster Abbey last April. But, like royal watchers around the world, the Duke of Cambridge hardly slept a wink the night before his big day a year ago.

The crowds gathered on The Mall, the London thoroughfare in front of Buckingham Palace, and the excitement of his impending wedding watched by the world made him restless, he tells interviewer Alan Titchmarsh for an upcoming ITV1 documentary on his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

"I hadn't slept at all that night because obviously all the crowds were on The Mall," he says in Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother, which airs in the U.K. June 1.

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Pippa Middleton Borrows a Look from Kate's Wardrobe

Originally posted 05/21/2012 11:05AM

Is Pippa Middleton now taking her fashion cues from her big sister?

At the very least, they both seem particularly fond of a certain wrap dress from Issa.

Kate wore it in royal blue on the day of her engagement announcement in 2010. And now Pippa has dazzled in a raspberry version, which she wore to a friend's wedding in Scotland this weekend.

Pippa, 28, rounded out her look with a floral hat, a black clutch and black suede heels.

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Filed Under: The British Royals, The Royals, StyleWatch, Kate Middleton, Pippa Middleton

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Cover Flashback: Princess Diana in 1990 and Kate Today!

Originally posted 05/20/2012 12:15PM

Much like Prince William's late mother, Princess Diana, Duchess Kate has captured the attention of the world with her grace, style and charitable work.

And just like Princess Diana – who was featured on roughly 55 PEOPLE covers during her all-too-short lifetime – Kate's also landed on several covers of the magazine. In this week's cover story, PEOPLE explores Kate's evolving style and blossoming confidence in her new royal role.

Diana, too, was a trendsetter in her day. In the daring look above from 1990, Diana sports a glamorous, plunging neckline – similar to Kate's own bold, individual style.

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Filed Under: Kate Middleton, Prince William, Princess Diana

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Kate Is Pretty in Pink for the Queen

Originally posted 05/18/2012 10:00AM

The Duchess of Cambridge was looking good for Her Majesty on Friday.

She joined husband William and his brother Prince Harry for a special lunch at Windsor Castle during which Queen Elizabeth entertained monarchs from 26 countries and most members of her immediate family.

Kate, 30, wore a $2,000 coat dress designed by Emilia Wickstead. Described as a pleated dress with a square neck, it is made of double crepe wool and is from the current collection.

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Filed Under: The British Royals, The Royals, Charlene Wittstock, Kate Middleton, Prince Albert, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Queen Elizabeth II

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Prince Harry Tries on a New Title: Pop Star

Originally posted 05/18/2012 07:15AM

Prince Harry, a pop star? It's true – and all for his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.

The prince taps a tambourine – and, in the video (view below), can be seen shaking a leg – as part of a new song especially created to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and her commitment to the Commonwealth.

Called "Sing," the new anthem is the brainchild of singer Gary Barlow and Phantom of the Opera and Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Barlow, who is lead vocalist of the pop group Take That and the head judge on the U.K. version of The X Factor, went around the world capturing the music and musicians of the Commonwealth. His talent haul includes an African children's choir, New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra and reggae greats Sly and Robbie.