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Apr 26, 2011 9:32 AM CDT

Royal Wedding: Who Got Snubbed?

It's not just prime ministers that are notably absent from guest list

(Newser) - With just three days left before the royal wedding, the inevitable complaints of guest list snubs are coming to the surface. News came out over the weekend that the last two British prime ministers weren't invited, and now the New York Times notes that some of Princess Diana's...

Church of England Keeps Catholics Off British Throne

Church Keeps
Catholics Off
British Throne

Apr 25, 2011 11:28 AM CDT

Church Keeps Catholics Off British Throne

Anglican leader must not be subordinate to pope: Church of England

(Newser) - Royals are free to marry atheists, agnostics, Jews, and Muslims—but don’t expect a Catholic wedding anytime soon. The British government recently attempted to end a policy, in place for centuries, that bars marriages between royals and Catholics ... but the Church of England blocked the move, the Telegraph reports....

Beyonce, Jay-Z to
Rock Royal Reception

rumor mill

Apr 25, 2011 10:51 AM CDT

Beyonce, Jay-Z to Rock Royal Reception

Wills, Kate have extended an invitation, says source

(Newser) - The countdown is on: Prince William and Kate Middleton marry on Friday, and performing at their reception will be ... Beyonce and Jay-Z. Wills and Kate are "massive fans," a source tells the Daily Star , and have asked the musical couple to perform Beyonce's "Crazy in Love"...

Royal Wedding: Bahrain Prince Salman Declines Invite, Cites Country's Troubles

Bahrain Prince Declines
Royal Wedding Invite

ALSO: BLAIR, BROWN SNUBBED

Apr 24, 2011 12:45 PM CDT

Bahrain Prince Declines Royal Wedding Invite

Under duress; and it's no place for old Labour PMs, either

(Newser) - The news that Bahrain's crown prince was ducking out of his troubled country to attend Prince William's much ballyhooed nuptials raised some eyebrows, and Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa today reversed course, sending Prince Charles his regrets. Saying he was "saddened and troubled" by British media...

Royal Wedding: Prince William, Kate Middleton Release Guest List

Here's Who's Going
to the Wedding

Apr 23, 2011 8:03 AM CDT

Here's Who's Going to the Wedding

Other royals, politicians, celebrities, even normal people

(Newser) - You might not have heard, but Prince William is getting hitched in six short days, and the confirmed guest list is out today. A list of the notables, as per the AP:

Foreign royals: Denmark's Queen Margrethe; Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja; Spain's Queen Sofia; Prince

...

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding: Hunger Strike Leads to Ticket to London for Mexican Teen

Teen on Hunger Strike Gets
Flight to Royal Wedding

Apr 22, 2011 10:15 AM CDT

Teen on Hunger Strike Gets Flight to Royal Wedding

Desperate to attend, Mexican woman spent weeks outside UK embassy

(Newser) - She went on a 16-day hunger strike for a cause: to get to the royal wedding. Now, the dream is coming true for 19-year-old Estibalis Chavez of Mexico, after a pitying man lent her the airfare to head to London. Desperate to attend the wedding, she spent two weeks camped...

Kate Middleton to Drop 'Obey' from Royal Wedding Vow

Kate Dropping
'Obey' From Vows

Apr 22, 2011 4:30 AM CDT

Kate Dropping 'Obey' From Vows

Royal bride will pledge to 'love, comfort, honor, and keep' prince

(Newser) - Princess-to-be and jelly bean apparition Kate Middleton is following Princess Diana's lead and dropping "obey" from her wedding vows, according to the Daily Mail . She will instead promise to "love, comfort, honor, and keep" Prince William at the big ceremony next week. Diana bucked royal protocol and...

Kate Middleton
Gets Coat of Arms

Apr 20, 2011 4:05 AM CDT

Kate Middleton Gets Coat of Arms

Family commissions design for royal wedding

(Newser) - The Middleton family has created its own coat of arms, just in time for daughter Kate to give it up. The design, commissioned by Kate's dad, Michael, to mark his daughter's marriage to Prince William on April 29, features three oak sprigs—one for each of the family'...

Kate Middleton:
3rd Prettiest Royal

survey says

Apr 19, 2011 10:31 AM CDT

Kate Middleton: 3rd Prettiest Royal

Or she will be when she becomes one, that is

(Newser) - It's exciting enough that she's becoming a princess, but this news is sure to make Kate Middleton's day even brighter: On April 29, she will become not just a royal, but the third most beautiful royal in history—in the entire world. She scored 84% in a...

Kate, Beware This Batty Crew

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Apr 18, 2011 7:23 PM CDT

Kate, Beware This Batty Crew

The Windsors are pretty wacky, says Christopher Hitchens

(Newser) - For those salivating over every bit of cake or gown drivel that oozes out of the royal wedding, Christopher Hitchens is here to rain on your parade. The "constitutional absurdity" (ie, monarchy) is getting ready to claim its latest victim, he writes in Slate, and Kate Middleton had best...

Brits Fear Irish Terrorists
Will Attack Royal Wedding

Apr 18, 2011 1:31 PM CDT

Brits Fear Irish Terrorists Will Attack Royal Wedding

There are no concrete threats, but they think it's a tempting target

(Newser) - British authorities are on high alert, afraid that the wedding of Prince Williams and Kate Middleton represents an all-too-juicy target for the so-called " Real IRA, " or another Irish militant group. Though there have been no specific threats, security officials tell ABC News that they have “concrete intelligence”...

Wills, Kate Dance
Down the Aisle

viral videos

Apr 18, 2011 9:07 AM CDT

Wills, Kate Dance Down the Aisle

T-Mobile ad is closing in on 5M views

(Newser) - Just because he's royalty doesn't mean Prince William wants to be left out of the viral wedding video craze. AdWeek points to a new ad from T-Mobile imagining a royal wedding complete with Wills, bride-to-be Kate Middleton, Charles and Camila, the Queen, Prince Harry, and a variety of...

Among Royal Wedding
Guests: Lots of Ex-Loves

Apr 11, 2011 11:40 AM CDT

Among Royal Wedding Guests: Lots of Ex-Loves

But no official word yet on Harry's date

(Newser) - Prince William and Kate Middleton chose 250 of the guests invited to their wedding, and Middleton's family chose 100. Among those? Quite a few of Wills' and Kate's ex-partners, the Daily Mail reports. For Kate: Rupert Finch, whom she dated pre-William, and Willem Marx, one of her teenage loves. For...

Why Prince William
Won't Wear a
Wedding Ring

Apr 1, 2011 12:05 PM CDT

Why Prince William Won't Wear a Wedding Ring

He just doesn't dig rings, an aide insists

(Newser) - Perhaps when you heard that Prince William won’t sport a wedding ring after he finally ties the knot with Kate Middleton, you thought it was some sort of royal tradition. Nope, turns out the prince just doesn’t like jewelry, the Daily Mail reports. “It is simply down...

Prince William
Parties at Secret
Bachelor Bash

Mar 28, 2011 9:51 AM CDT

Prince William Parties at Secret Bachelor Bash

No details yet, but you can be sure booze was involved

(Newser) - The palace confirms that Prince William had his bachelor party (or, as the Brits call it, his "stag do") this weekend, but anyone who expected him to go wildly cavorting around London's nightclubs is about to be disappointed. Wills is believed to have spent the weekend at a...

Anarchists Targeting
Royal Wedding

Mar 28, 2011 4:44 AM CDT

Anarchists Targeting Royal Wedding

British police on alert after latest violence in London

(Newser) - Anarchists in Great Britain—who wreaked havoc in protests in London on Saturday—will likely next target the April wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, say Scotland Yard officials. "That has been on my radar for a long time," says a police official in charge of security....

Royal Wedding: In Lieu of Gifts, Please Donate to...

Mar 24, 2011 11:55 AM CDT

Royal Wedding: In Lieu of Gifts, Please Donate to...

...help save endangered Asian elephants

(Newser) - Prince William and Kate Middleton are saying no-thank-you to fondue sets and the like: In lieu of wedding gifts, one of the charities the pair would like you to donate to is to save Thai elephants. They're asking that charitable gifts be made to the London Zoological Society, which works...

William:
Maybe We'll
Have Aussie
Honeymoon

Mar 20, 2011 9:36 AM CDT

William: Maybe We'll Have Aussie Honeymoon

Weather back home is 'dreadful,' he tells Aussies

(Newser) - It certainly hasn't made the official royal website yet, but Prince William hinted to hopeful Australians today that he'd like to return... as a newlywed, reports Australia's News. "I will have to come back, maybe we'll have a honeymoon in Cairns?" he told a crowd in the flood-ravaged northeastern...

Cue Next
Royal Debate:
Kate's Weight

Mar 11, 2011 11:19 AM CST

Cue Next Royal Debate: Kate's Weight

Not surprisingly, slim appearance is now a topic of discussion

(Newser) - Well, you had to know this was coming, and here it is: the inevitable debate over Kate Middleton’s weight. Specifically: Has she lost too much of it? Middleton visited Northern Ireland this week, and her appearance during the visit became a hot topic among the crowd of well-wishers …...

Here's England's Future Queen

MIDDLETON FAMILY PHOTOS

Mar 7, 2011 4:48 PM CST

Here's England's Future Queen

Royals release photos of

(Newser) - For the rabid royal watchers out there, for whom no detail is too trivial, Prince William's office today released a crop of new family photos documenting the life of his bride-to-be, AOL News reports. The photos, which start out with Middleton as a young girl and move up to her...