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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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Royal Wedding recap: Prince William wears red Irish Guards tunic

April 29, 2011/14.54

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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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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William and Kate: the Movie stars have UK promo tour

April 26, 2011/11.44

If only they had the budget to make the movie in the British Isles and not Los Angeles—but there are a few bob to send the stars to the UK to promote it. William and Kate: the Movie is having a UK promotional tour at the moment, with stars Camilla Luddington and Nico Evers-Swindell in […]

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Billy parodies William and Kate, set on a council estate

April 21, 2011/13.24

To those of us of a certain generation, Billy was a musical based on the novel Billy Liar, starring Michael Crawford. But to this generation, it may well be this parody of the Royal Wedding shown below, answering a ‘What if?’    In this case: what if Prince William and Kate Middleton lived on an […]

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New footage from William and Kate: the Movie

April 19, 2011/12.46

We’ve already shown you the trailer for William and Kate: the Movie, but ITN has got its hands on some extra footage.    The verdict from those who have seen it? So bad that it might even be worth catching—just to see how bad it can get.    And with a mere $3 million budget, […]

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