On February 17, the Duchess of Cambridge will join the Queen in hosting a star-studded bash at Buckingham Palace. The reception will celebrate the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts (RADA) and will include such guests as Dame Helen Mirren, Benedict Cumberpatch, Cate Blanchett, and Sir David Attenborough. The Queen is patron of RADA. [HELLO!]
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Kate Middleton and Prince George were reunited with Prince William today after returning from a 10 day holiday in Mustique with the Middleton family. HELLO! has some exclusive pictures from their trip but only the magazine cover is available online….at least so far.
Reports have surfaced that Prince George has accompanied the Middletons on their annual trip for Carole’s birthday. Papa Prince William stayed behind as he continues his course at Cambridge.
Flashback to the trip last year, photos were snapped of a pregnant Kate on the island…..
The Duchess of Cambridge turns 32 years old today. According to Kensington Palace, she will be celebrating privately with family and few friends at her London home. Carole Middleton was spotted out shopping at Whole Foods at lunchtime picking up items for the low-key dinner.
Yesterday, Kate and Carole were spotted out in Sloane Square at Peter Jones enjoying some quality time together. Check out Carole’s tights!
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The Middleton sisters were spotted at a friend’s laid-back New Year’s celebration Monday afternoon in Berkshire according to PEOPLE.
“ ‘Kate looked incredible,” a fellow reveler told PEOPLE. “She was very jolly and very happy.’
The eyewitness says the new mom, 31, who gave birth to son George in July, ‘has really got her figure back. If anything she actually looks better now than before she had Prince George.’
While George and his dad, Prince William, weren’t spotted at the party, Kate clearly enjoyed herself.
‘The thing that really strikes you is that she is just so normal and smiley,’ the partygoer said. ‘There are no lights on Kate here, so she can be totally relaxed and herself.’
‘I came away from the party thinking, ‘She looks really happy.’ Kate really is glowing and full of life.‘ ”
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Word on the street is that Prince William and Kate Middleton’s dog, Lupo, was not invited to be a part of the holiday festivities in Sandringham this year. According to Cindy Stockman of Royal Central blog, it appears that the Queen, concerned about the playful nature of the the cocker spaniel versus the territorial and slightly unpredictable temperament of her corgis, decided it was best if Lupo went to spend Christmas with the Middletons in Berkshire.
The Queen’s corgis have a history of run-ins with other family pets, including Princess Beatrice’s Norfolk terrier, Max, and Princess Anne’s bullterrier, Dotty. Dotty unfortunately injured the Queen’s dog, Pharos, so badly that he had to be put down the next day.
Stockman went on to write, “perhaps Lupo will be allowed to join in the holiday merriment someday. Hoey (author Brian Hoey) writes; ‘As Duke of Cambridge, William recently said, perhaps only half-jokingly, that one of the changes he will make when he eventually succeeds to the throne is to get rid of the corgis. ‘They bark all the time,’ he said, but not within hearing distance of his grandmother. Of course, he would never do or say anything to upset her during her lifetime, but there may have been more than a little truth in what he said.'”
Here is a clip from the royals’ appearance at Christmas…the Duchess of Cambridge comments on Prince George and Lupo!
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