Join me in a wedding gift to William and Kate?

May 14, 2011

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are the couple who have everything. Except the teensiest bit of privacy. I have an idea for a wedding present for them, and I wonder what you think about it? I promise not to click on any newspaper stories that seem to be invading their privacy. That means no […]

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Princess Beatrice & Princess Eugenie are free of their minders

May 7, 2011

News today that the princesses have lost their bodyguards. No, they didn’t give them the slip. Someone with a grain of sense at the Metropolitan Police decided that half a million pounds a year was a bit steep for, basically, escorting two princesses out of nightclubs. So the girls will no longer have protection officers […]

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Royal newlyweds head back to private life, royal watchers collapse

May 1, 2011

Is your head still spinning from the wonderful wedding? Mine is! I watched the wedding on NBC — but I wasn’t alone in the wee hours, I was live-blogging snarky (and sometimes teary-eyed) commentary with the team from Andrew Morton’s new celebrity and lifestyle site The Morton Report. I’ll be bringing you lots of fun […]

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Kate Middleton: The Mystery of the Wedding Gown Designer

April 26, 2011

For months, The Mystery of the Wedding Gown Designer was the only gripping story about Prince William and Kate Middleton. Prince William kept doing good deeds in Welsh helicopters, and Kate kept out of sight. Faster than the tide went in and out, the names of designers rose and fell as the one who had […]

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Royal wedding fashion train-wreck, and only 5 days to go

April 25, 2011

What happened to the legendary British reserve and stiff-upper-lip? The females in the royal wedding are freaking out over fashion — in public! Here’s the state of play on Day 5 in the Royal Wedding Fashion Countdown: * Prince William’s aunt, Sophie Wessex, throws a hissy fit IN THE STREET outside the atelier of couturier […]

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Queen Elizabeth and her birthday horse, Burmese

April 21, 2011

For 17 years Queen Elizabeth rode sidesaddle to her birthday parade, Trooping the Colour, on her horse Burmese. How would you like to have “must be able to ride sidesaddle” in your job description? The Queen and Burmese practiced each year in the gardens at Buckingham Palace. They survived some unseasonably hot parade days, and […]

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How thin is too thin for Kate Middleton?

April 20, 2011

Kate Middleton, on a warm-weather shopping trip in London, a week before her wedding to Prince William. Hope the secret honeymoon location has some good restaurants where she can get a decent meal. Speaking of meals, her parents had lunch with the Queen and Prince Philip, an occasion that was reported as “very warm.” Since the […]

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Springtime 1956: Grace Kelly in her role as royal fiancee

April 20, 2011

Who ever played the part better? The Kelly bag not yet part of her wardrobe, the Oscar-winning star sailed the Atlantic to Monaco with her trunks, her poodle, and an entourage. Here she’s about to disembark in Monte Carlo and meet the Monegasques for the first time. Lots of glam Grace cruising pics at Habitually […]

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Sartorial advice for Carole Middleton

April 19, 2011

Just two words: Susan Barrantes. Who? Mother of the bride, when Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew. Look at the group photo from 1986. All the clothes now look embarrassingly dated — except for Susan Barrantes in yellow. No, not Princess Anne in yellow. The one with the elegant hat. Watch Susan at the 8:40 mark […]

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The royal fashion war that wasn’t

April 19, 2011

When is a story not a story? When two royal wives are on a photo call and they’re not grinning like hyenas. Stop the presses! It’s a fashion war!, cried the Daily Mail. I can’t blame the journalists for being in a lather. They’re exhausted from the run-up to the William & Kate shindig and […]

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