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Post by countess on Apr 11, 2011 12:49:18 GMT -5
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Post by tigerben on Apr 11, 2011 13:04:07 GMT -5
At this rate she will be able to fit in to a Childs communion dress  she so thin I think the wedding stamp is wider than her now  |
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Post by creativemind on Apr 11, 2011 13:55:08 GMT -5
nice old photos on e! news tonight of prince william -- exclusive from his teen years. tune in to see the context.
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Post by MadameConcorde on Apr 11, 2011 13:57:34 GMT -5
Kate Middleton comes from royal blood line. I am convinced that William would not have married her if she wasn't blue blood. Quote: Kate and William share a common ancestor in the fourteenth century monarch, King Edward III. An additional common ancestor is Sir Thomas Leighton. Sir Thomas married Elizabeth Knollys, a granddaughter of Mary Boleyn and was therefore great-niece to Henry VIII's second queen, Anne Boleyn. The Boleyn sisters’ mother was a Howard, a member of the family of the Dukes of Norfolk. Her maternal ancestors, the Goldsmiths, had more humble origins and were working class labourers and miners from County Durham.www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/windsor_30.htmlBoth Diana and Kate are descendent's from the Merovingian bloodline, the ONE bloodline that weaves it's way through all others - the line to bind them all - the purest bloodline of them all. |
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Post by creativemind on Apr 13, 2011 9:34:49 GMT -5
I posted this as well in the British Wedding thread. Sorry -- there's no way for me to post a link on this.
Kate Middleton confirmed in Church of England
Eds: APNewsNow.
LONDON (AP) -- Kate Middleton has been confirmed as a member of
the Church of England as she prepares to marry Prince William.
St. James's Palace acknowledged Wednesday that Middleton was
confirmed by the Right Rev. Richard Chartres, the bishop of London,
at a private ceremony on March 10.
Chartres, who is dean of the Chapels Royal, also confirmed
William in 1997.
As a confirmed member, she is entitled to receive communion in
the Church of England.
Confirmation is not necessary to marry a future monarch, who
also will be supreme governor of the Church of England. However,
the Act of Settlement of 1700 bars Roman Catholics or the spouses
of Roman Catholics from the throne.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
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Post by refia on Apr 18, 2011 11:55:55 GMT -5
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Post by mrszinck on Apr 18, 2011 15:12:32 GMT -5
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Post by hibou on Apr 18, 2011 17:23:38 GMT -5
I sometimes want to read Hitchens with caution because he can be quite acerbic in his analysis, but he writes so well that he draws you into his statements, leaving the reader wanting more pithy comments. This is classic Hitchens.
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Post by countess on Apr 21, 2011 15:09:04 GMT -5
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Post by countess on Apr 22, 2011 9:16:56 GMT -5
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Post by MyAdia on May 1, 2011 4:43:09 GMT -5
Here's the link to the video of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Will & Kate) leaving Buckingham Palace in a helicopter to begin their married life together. |
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Post by hibou on May 1, 2011 9:02:25 GMT -5
What was going on with the hem of that dress. It was much shorter in the back than the front? Otherwise I thought they looked very happy.
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Post by countess on May 1, 2011 13:05:06 GMT -5
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8485767/Royal-wedding-new-bride-Kate-Middleton-takes-her-place-in-the-Royal-hierarchy.htmla curtsy from the new Royal bride will continue to be the order of things when she greets other "more senior" members of her new family including stepmother-in-law Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall
In an attempt to get round the issue, the Palace let it be known that people who wanted to call Catherine "Princess" were welcome to do so.  that's new, everyone always made a point of that it was Diana, princess of wales NOT PRIncess DIANA VERY INTERESTING
After Friday's Royal wedding, Paddy Harverson, the Prince of Wales' communications secretary, suggested the public be encouraged to use the names Prince William and Princess Catherine if they preferred.
He said: "I think it's absolutely natural that the public might want to call them Prince William and Princess Catherine and no one is going to have any argument with that."
Fears of offending Prince Charles' second wife and demoting her in the Royal hierarchy apparently led to the decision not to make Prince William's bride a Princess.
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Post by refia on May 1, 2011 13:34:40 GMT -5
Oh, why do they blame Camilla now?
We saw Friday what the public thinks of her. They shouldn´t point that out as reason Nr. 1.
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Post by hibou on May 1, 2011 14:56:24 GMT -5
Oh, why do they blame Camilla now? We saw Friday what the public thinks of her. They shouldn´t point that out as reason Nr. 1. Camilla was the one who didn't want to be called the Princess of Wales because of a harsh backlash. Diana will always hold that title until William and Kate become the new Prince and Princess of Wales. However, royal protocol being what it is, the title Princess does outrank the title Duchess. Technically Camilla is already the Princess of Wales but she shrewdly doesn't use it. No one will upstage Camilla. She will eventually be Queen Consort no matter what. So unless Charles divorces her, her position is secure. JMO |
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Post by hibou on May 4, 2011 6:54:08 GMT -5
There's a new article out saying that Kate is going to be a housewife, and is taking her ques from Camilla. This is a huge mistake. The public thinks Camilla is lazy. On the RD there is a huge debate about Kate staying home. She has no kids so why not do charity work. or go back to school part-time, get a part-time job. Work in a soup kitchen one day a week. If she's taking a page out of Camilla's book she's listening to bad advice. Her honeymoon with the press is going to be short-lived. JMO
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Post by MyAdia on May 4, 2011 7:06:40 GMT -5
I totally agree Hibou - big mistake on Kate and William's part. Kate already sat around and did nothing for the last 8 years after finishing college - why does she needs more time?. Kate waited on William's ever beck and call until he proposed - why does she need to wait at home while he comes home from work now? The press, especially the British press, now expect their cash cow to pay up (since they were the ones who pestered in Will to marrying kate in the beginning and getting back with her when he dumped her in 2007). Paying up means going out and royal duties looking pretty so that they can sell their papers.
Now, Kate has captured extremely goodwill with the press and she will lose it all if she sits on her but for two years, except the occasional public outing. This decision shows just how spoil William is and just ho little he understands the role of the British royal family with the public. Well, we know that they have the Canadian tour planned starting June 30th (I think. I know it's during Albert and Charlene's made-for-tv wedding) so the public is going to expect much more public outings from these two. Else, Kate will be Waity Katey again instead of Kate the Great.
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Post by mariebeth on May 4, 2011 8:33:23 GMT -5
I don't buy what the daily-mail have to say b/c they are known to make s*** up, like Carole offended the Queen when she meet her in 2006, when in fact she meet her 2 weeks ago. And when they said Will and Kate was not going to do any engagement in the next 2 years before and after they got married. They ended up during four engagement and going to visited Canada for a 2 weeks engagement.
Anyway they are planning on going to New Zealand and Australia as earlier as September and October. And believe to be coming to the U.S. after their Canada tour
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Post by mariebeth on May 4, 2011 8:43:20 GMT -5
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Post by mariebeth on May 4, 2011 8:46:20 GMT -5
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she so thin I think the wedding stamp is wider than her now 
that's new, everyone always made a point of that it was Diana, princess of wales NOT PRIncess DIANA VERY INTERESTING