Prince William and Kate Middleton stunned the world last December when their official engagement pictures showed them – shock – looking affectionate. The images, shot by renowned photographer Mario Testino, show the young couple cuddling and grinning and have been praised as some of the most relaxed and intimate royal images ever taken. To put […]

With the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William looming, we take a look back at some of the most stunning royal wedding gowns, crowns and the women who wore them.

Kate Middleton’s parents have reportedly contributed a “six-figure sum” to help pay for her April 29 wedding to Britain’s Prince William. Michael and Carole Middleton have broken with royal tradition by insisting they give some money towards Kate and William’s wedding bill. In pictures: The most amazing royal wedding dresses An unnamed Buckingham Palace source […]

Kate Middleton’s parents have sparked fresh controversy after they launched a set of royal-themed scratch cards on their company’s website. The Middleton’s mail-order party supply firm, Party Pieces, is now selling sets of Britannia Scratch Cards designed to be used as entertainment at royal wedding bashes across the UK. In pictures: The most amazing royal […]

When Princess Diana died in 1997, 3 million people lined the streets of London to pay their final respects, while up to a billion more watched on television around the world. In the years that followed, however, it became apparent that public interest in the royal family had died with the “People’s Princess”. In pictures: […]

Our flood-affected farmers are still doing it tough but news of Wills’ surprise visit has raised their spirits – and one small town is preparing to throw him a right royal bachelor party. The long-suffering residents are hoping William, 28, will pay a visit when he arrives in the country. If he does turn up, […]

Images of Kate Middleton showing off her toned physique in a sexy white bikini while holidaying on a boat in Ibiza have been unearthed. Since 29-year-old Kate began her relationship with Prince William, who will soon touchdown in Australia, she has slowly transformed herself into a royal. And with the royal wedding just seven weeks […]

Everyone is trying to solve the mystery of who will design Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, but it seems for now designers around the world are lining up to supply her day-to-day wardrobe. When she wore a double-breasted beige wool Burberry trench coat with a frilled, flared hem to a pancake-tossing session in Belfast, it sold […]

Opportunistic retailers are selling everything from tea towels to sick bags to commemorate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Liz Burke looks at the best and worst royal souvenirs on offer. When Princess Diana and Prince Charles wed in 1981, few households in the Commonwealth were left without a plate, mug, or even […]

Look out Barbie, there’s a new doll in town — and in just eight weeks she’s going to be a real-life princess. The Franklin Mint has released a limited-edition Kate Middleton figurine, which will sell for $195. The hand-painted doll is dressed like Kate on the day she announced her engagement to Prince William last […]

Prince William will visit Australia before his wedding with Kate Middleton in April, exclusively revealed by Channel Nine’s Mornings with Kerri-Anne show. The prince will fly out in eight days to visit flood devastated areas in Queensland and Victoria as well as earthquake ravaged Christchurch and Greymouth, the scene of the Pike Mine disaster in […]

Prince William will visit Australia and New Zealand before his royal wedding on April 29, but his bride-to-be Kate Middleton will not be by his side. While his visit to New Zealand was an official tour, the prince said he requested a less formal trip to Australia so he could get to know the country […]

Millions of people around the world will watch her wedding, but the Middleton family are giving people just a small glimpse of their daughter Kate’s life before she became a princess. These images have been released by the Middleton family through Clarence House which has published an official biography of Kate Middleton. The Biography details […]

Princess Anne has asked her future son-in-law, Mike Tindall, to have his nose straightened before he weds her daughter, Zara Phillips, in July. The English rugby player is due to marry Queen Elizabeth’s eldest granddaughter in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30. In pictures: Royal weddings Princess Anne is said to adore Mike but is concerned […]

All eyes are on William and Kate as they enter this new phase of their life, preparing for their marriage. But can we predict how happy they’ll be? There are certain key elements to their personal histories and personalities that give us many clues. Their different family backgrounds William and Kate could hardly come from […]

Casually sipping on Starbucks, flicking through style bible Vanity Fair and using her own credit card to buy designer heels… Suri Cruise behaves like a bored twentysomething. But next month the world’s most indulged preschooler will be celebrating only her fifth birthday. And what a celebration it will be! A source close to Tom Cruise […]

Everyone from the butcher to the local publican got an invitation to the wedding of the century, so why didn’t Kate Middleton invite our Princess Mary to share her joy? Read all about Prince Williams pre-wedding visit to Australia! Kate has instead invited a bizarre list of friends, including her butcher, grocer and postman. Even […]

William’s bride-to-be wins over the public at her first official royal engagement. Judy Wade was there. Sharing whispers and jokes as they pulled up in a Range Rover, Prince William and Kate Middleton began a new chapter in their love story when they embarked on their first official royal engagement together. The launch of a […]

Eight weeks out from the wedding of the decade, Kate Middleton’s family have released a series of intimate family photographs of the young princess-to-be. The snaps show Kate as a toddler, on holidays with her family, and posing informally with Prince William on the day of their graduation from St Andrews University. The candid images […]

Are you desperate to discover what Kate Middleton’s wedding dress looks like? Intrigued about what colour hat Queen Elizabeth will wear? Wondering whether Prince William will cry when he makes his vows? If so, the new official royal wedding website will probably fill you with joy. William and Kate launched the site dedicated to their […]

The newest members of Denmark’s royal family have posed for official portraits, just seven weeks after their birth. Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Princess Mary welcomed the baby boy and girl at Copenhagen’s University Hospital on January 8. The babies were photographed leaving the hospital six days later in the arms of their parents […]

It’s the place where they first fell in love, but when Prince William and Kate Middleton returned to the University of St Andrews in Scotland, there was no time to reminisce about their romance. He revealed the prince didn’t settle into college life straight away because he was “very nervous” when he first arrived. “What […]

David and Victoria Beckham have been invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding. The football player and the former Spice Girls singer are reportedly thrilled to receive an invitation to the April 29 nuptials, which will take place in London’s Westminster Abbey. David met William and his younger brother Prince Harry last August at […]

A campsite in Wales is hosting an event for Londoners who want to avoid the hysteria surrounding the upcoming royal wedding. Prince William will marry Kate Middleton on Friday, April 29, in London’s Westminster Abbey. Millions of tourists and locals are expected to flood the streets on the big day to watch the wedding procession […]

Prince William’s brother Prince Harry will be his best man when he weds Kate Middleton on April, 29. The 28-year-old royal and his fiancée, 29, announced their wedding attendants on the British monarchy’s official Facebook page yesterday. In pictures: Royal weddings William will be supported by Harry, 26, and two page boys, William Lowther-Pinkerton, the […]

With less than 100 days until the wedding of the century between Prince William and Kate Middleton, royal biographer Claudia Laudia Joseph looks at how preparations are going.. Kate Middleton’s days as a commoner are coming to an end. On April 29, she and Prince William will exchange vows in front of a global TV […]

Royals expert James Whitaker says the palace is concerned about Katie’s dramatic weight loss as the big day nears. While the daring see-through panel that allowed guests a good look at her cleavage may have turned heads, it was Kate Middleton’s whippet-thin figure that caused the biggest stir at a recent wedding. The princess-in-waiting revealed […]

William is determined his bride won’t struggle the way his mother Diana did when she married into ‘the Firm’. When Kate Middleton stepped through the door of Clarence House on Tuesday, November 16, as a newly engaged royal fiancee, she wasn’t exactly entering a whole new world. Prince William had made certain her preparation to […]

As her romance with Prince William developed, Kate Middleton reportedly received intense royal training to help her cope with the pressures of one day becoming a part of the royal family. Kate, who will marry her prince on April 29, 2011, at Westminster Abbey, was treated like no other prospective princess within the royal family, […]

Their big day will stop the world and breathe new life into the royal family. It’s the happy news we’ve waited so long to hear. William, undeniably the world’s most popular prince, is finally set to marry his beautiful princess-in-waiting, Kate Middleton. Their engagement has ignited a fresh tidal wave of royal fever. This is […]

Prince William of Wales and his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton are officially engaged. They faced the media on Tuesday in London as an affianced couple for the first time with Kate wearing a ring that first belonged to the late Princess Diana. In pictures: William and Kate’s life together In pictures: Royal Weddings In pictures: […]

Prince William of Wales and his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton are officially engaged. They faced the media on Tuesday in London as an affianced couple for the first time with Kate wearing a ring that first belonged to the late Princess Diana. William popped the question to Kate while on holidays in Kenya a month […]

Keira Knightley, 25, is the first choice to star as the late Princess of Wales in a movie that will span Diana’s unhappy marriage to Prince Charles, the births of her sons Prince William and Prince Harry, and her untimely death in a car accident in 1997. Dame Helen Mirren, 65, is also rumoured to […]

My boss Roy Anderson looked at me in some amazement. “Your brother Charlie, cautious and careful where both heart and money are concerned? I don’t believe it.” I handed him his coffee. “Actually, neither do I, but it makes a change, doesn’t it? He’s putting any furniture he wants to keep into storage and coming […]

Prince William has let slip that the next royal wedding is by no means imminent. While chatting to Corporal Simon Brown, the prince remarked on the glass eye the soldier wears which is decorated with the Union Jack. Corporal Brown had been blinded by a sniper in Iraq three years earlier. “Very patriotic,” the royal […]

Kate Middleton has asked Prince Edward’s seven-year-old daughter, Lady Louise Windsor, to be her bridesmaid. Kate is set to marry Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, on Friday, April 29, and Louise is the first girl to be asked to accompany the bride down the aisle. Related: The making of a […]

Recent reports from the UK indicate that Prince Charles is planning to make his wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles the queen of England when he becomes king — despite concerns amidst the royal family that the reputation of the British monarch could be at stake. According to British newspaper reports, the Prince of Wales has met with […]

The Aussies have taken a bite out of the Big Apple this week with our largest department store, Myer, making a big splash in downtown Manhattan.

An exclusive extract from the June 2004 royal wedding souvenir edition of The Australian Women’s Weekly. When the girl from Hobart came down the aisle, dressed in a luminous, duchesse satin gown with a six-metre train, she took her hand off the arm of her father, John, and took her place on a cream-upholstered stool […]