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Royal portraits released; Duke and Duchess of Cambridge fly off; Middletons leave hotel

April 30, 2011/15.12

New footage today after the Royal Wedding show the official photographs taken inside Buckingham Palace immediately after Their Royal Highnesses Prince William and Princess Catherine’s return. The portraits show the happy couple alone, with the flower girls and pages, and with the Royal Family and the Middletons.    For all the talk of modernity, the […]

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Miss Universe New Zealand 2011, day six: parading at Johnsonville; more judges arrive

April 29, 2011/15.48

Charlotte Webb Top Talia Bennett (Miss North Harbour) and Isabelle Pearson (Miss Great South Vets) with the children at Johnsonville Mall. Above Danelle Kaukau (Miss Horowhenua). Below Isabelle Pearson with a young fan. Charlotte Webb Time has flown this week for the Miss Universe New Zealand 2011 contestants. In their last weekday outing, they went […]

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Royal Wedding recap: Prince William wears red Irish Guards tunic

/14.54

A few of the Lucire team had the overall style of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress and the designer predicted accurately, but what many of us did not foresee was HRH Prince William’s choice of the Irish Guards tunic with a forage cap.    The Prince had received his first honorary army appointment from his grandmother, […]

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Royal Wedding recap: the dress, designed by Sarah Burton

/14.09

As predicted by many, and originally denied by the Alexander McQueen company, Sarah Burton was the designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding gown.    The choice of Burton stemmed from ‘its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing,’ according to an official statement.    It continued, ‘Miss Middleton wished for […]

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Royal Wedding recap: the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s celebrity guests

/13.27

Celebrity guests at the wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey included David and Victoria Beckham; Sir Elton John and David Furnish, both in morning suits; director Guy Ritchie; actor Rowan Atkinson; socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson; singer Joss Stone; and athlete Ian Thorpe.    Sir Elton’s presence is most likely due to […]

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Royal Wedding recap: the Beckhams and Carole Middleton arrive

/12.55

Now that the Royal Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is over, we thought we’d recap some of the arrivals from earlier in the day.    From our fashion point-of-view, the hope we had that Kate Middleton’s wedding dress was from Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton was fulfilled.    Also from the fashion perspective, […]

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Supermodel Elle Macpherson, Gary Lineker star in Walkers Crinkles TVC

April 28, 2011/13.10

Supermodel Elle Macpherson stars with former England striker Gary Lineker in a humorous TV commercial for Walkers Crinkles crisps in the UK.    The premise of the commercial is Macpherson becoming jealous of Lineker’s fondness for the crisps.    Lineker lip-syncs ‘Groovy Kind of Love’, plays the piano and rides on a motorcycle in the […]

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Miss Universe New Zealand 2011, day five: dressed in lavender

/12.46

Above, from top Danelle Kaukau (Miss Horowhenua), Cassie Matthews (Miss Auckland) and Georgia Easter (Miss Christchurch) at Farmers Lambton Quay. Priyani Puketapu (Miss Wellington), Talia Bennett (Miss North Harbour) and Courtney Ramsdale (Miss Howick). Bottom Isabelle Pearson (Miss Great South Vets), Nancy Yan (Miss Tend-a-Foot), Talia Bennett (Miss North Harbour), Courtney Ramsdale (Miss Howick), Georgia […]

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Primal Earth, Fudge launch affordable hair and skin products for May

/12.19

Primal Earth has announced two new organic grooming products for men. One of New Zealand’s top selling organic grooming ranges now has Primal Earth Face Scrub and Primal Earth Balm SPF 15.    The brand new products are made with cutting-edge green chemistry. The Face Scrub has natural silica beads that buff away the excess […]

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It’s relatively quiet in terms of Royal Wedding buzz

April 27, 2011/14.06

We wouldn’t exactly call this the Windsor publicity machine in high gear, or the British media taking a huge interest. With a few days left till the Royal Wedding, ITN’s clips are about Brit Week in LA, where Sir Ben Kingsley talks of his friendship with HRH Prince Charles, Eric Idle minimizes the role of […]

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