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Prince William and Kate Middleton stunned the world last December when their official engagement pictures showed them – shock – looking affectionate. The images, shot by renowned photographer Mario Testino, show the young couple cuddling and grinning and have been praised as some of the most relaxed and intimate royal images ever taken. To put […]

Kate Middleton’s parents have reportedly contributed a “six-figure sum” to help pay for her April 29 wedding to Britain’s Prince William. Michael and Carole Middleton have broken with royal tradition by insisting they give some money towards Kate and William’s wedding bill. In pictures: The most amazing royal wedding dresses An unnamed Buckingham Palace source […]

Kate Middleton’s parents have sparked fresh controversy after they launched a set of royal-themed scratch cards on their company’s website. The Middleton’s mail-order party supply firm, Party Pieces, is now selling sets of Britannia Scratch Cards designed to be used as entertainment at royal wedding bashes across the UK. In pictures: The most amazing royal […]

For now, fashion isn’t about trends, per se. Words such as minimalism, pared-back and subtle (meaning simple and classic, in non-fashion speak) have dominated the last few seasons, with designers giving women the kind of clothes that feed our pent-up desire for grown-up, flattering, and simple but sexy dressing. Thankfully, it seems fashion has become […]

For years I thought poppies were one of the glories of spring and summer — stunning sprawls of California poppies in vivid orange, yellows, reds and even cream and white, flagrantly elegant oriental poppies. They’re the sort of flower you stop and stare at because you can’t believe that one thin-stemmed bloom could look quite […]

You may already know that cranberry juice and its freeze-dried extracts can help to treat and prevent recurrent cystitis, but Czech researchers have also found cranberries can help prevent benign prostatic hyperplasia in men. Researchers writing in the British Journal of Nutrition have found that cranberry’s protective effects can also help men who are suffering […]

When Princess Diana died in 1997, 3 million people lined the streets of London to pay their final respects, while up to a billion more watched on television around the world. In the years that followed, however, it became apparent that public interest in the royal family had died with the “People’s Princess”. In pictures: […]

Opportunistic retailers are selling everything from tea towels to sick bags to commemorate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Liz Burke looks at the best and worst royal souvenirs on offer. When Princess Diana and Prince Charles wed in 1981, few households in the Commonwealth were left without a plate, mug, or even […]

Just days after designer John Galliano’s anti-Semitic comments, the fashion industry has again prompted outrage, this time by featuring cigarette smoking on the catwalk. British supermodel Kate Moss defied anti-smoking laws in France and smoked on the runway during a Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week. In pictures: Million dollar bodies The incident coincided […]