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Has Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton won the Royal Wedding dress commission?

March 7, 2011/2.09

Reports are claiming that Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, will design Kate Middleton’s wedding dress.    ITN claims that Burton won the commission after numerous high-profile designs for US First Lady Michelle Obama and Sara Buys, journalist and wife of Tom Parker-Bowles, son of the Duchess of Cornwall.    The McQueen company has […]

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Kate Middleton and Prince William’s wedding may be streamed online

March 3, 2011/10.19

Mario Testino We were already impressed with the high-resolution and fast streaming of the Royal Wedding in Sweden last year on the state television website. This year’s Royal Wedding, of Kate Middleton to HRH Prince William, could go one better: it may be streamed on the couple’s own website, according to Marie Claire UK.   […]

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Mario Testino photographs Prince William and Kate Middleton in official portraits

December 12, 2010/9.52

Mario Testino Mario Testino has photographed HRH Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton in their official engagement portraits.    Testino was a personal friend of the Prince’s mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and considered to be one of her favourite photographers.    It was Prince William who made the request of Testino, […]

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Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock are engaged

June 23, 2010/13.24

HSH Prince Albert of Monaco II, 52, is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Charlene Wittstock, the Prince’s Palace announced today.    Miss Wittstock, 32, a South African, is a former Olympic swimmer.    No date has been set for the wedding, although by protocol it would have to be at least six months from the […]

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