Is Prince Philip affected by the dreaded cancer? Buckingham Palace denies the news!
August 9, 2008
Prince Philip was hospitalised in King Edward VII Hospital in London and spent three days there. According to a report in the Evening Standard publication, the 87 year ailing old, Prince Philip, had been diagnosed with prostrate cancer in April.
Generally, the Palace abides by the rule of not commenting on any news about private lives of the royal family. However this time around, in an apparent departure from the convention, the Buckingham Palace issued a strong denial of the report.
The statement said: “Buckingham Palace has always maintained that members of the royal family have a right to privacy, particularly in relation to their personal health. For this reason, we have always refused to confirm or deny the persistent rumours that circulate about their health, particularly during the quieter news months.”
Cancer, the dreaded disease, can be painful for a patient to endure. The disease should not strike a Prince or even a Pauper for that matter, we pray! Hope there is ample proof in the Buckingham Palace denial of the news.
London Mayor Boris Johnson’s Royal Connection
August 4, 2008
Here is an interesting piece of news about London Mayor Boris Johnson’s royal connection. Conservative party leader was elected in May as the Mayor of London.
According to a revelation, Boris Johnson has a close royal connection. The Sunday Times recently reported that Boris is a direct descendant of King George 11, a distant cousin of Queen Elizabeth 11 and is also related to the famous royal houses of Europe.
The report was based on details uncovered by a BBC documentary entitled ‘Who Do You Are?’ King George 11, who occupied the throne from 1727 till he expired 33 years later, came from Hanover, and was the last British monarch born out of the country. He has the distinction of being the last ruler, to lead his troops right into the battle zone.
However, claims made by Mr. Johnson that he is descendent of a Caucasian slave bought by his Turkish forebears, could not be proved by the documentary, which is known to trace family trees of the celebrites.
Prince Charles’s Aston consumes 4.5 bottles of wine per kilometre
July 5, 2008
Prince Charles converted his 38 year old car Aston to run on bio-fuel made from wine. Available surplus wine used for bio-ethanol production, helped Prince Charles to reduce carbon emission. The car was a present from Queen Elizabeth on Charles’s 21st birthday.
The car is sparingly used clocking up usage of 300 miles a year at 16 Km/ gallon. In other words, 4.5 bottles of wine is consumed for each mile covered. Fleet of several jaguars, a Range Rover, and an Audi no longer pollute the environment as they are converted and made to run on bio-diesel fuel made from used cooking oil there by biding good bye to carbon emission.
In Prince Charles household’s 2008 annual review, it was also disclosed that beside bio-fuel usage, utilising green electricity supplies has resulted in reduction of 18 per cent travel-related emissions. With the spiraling prices of conventional fuel, even a small step like the one taken by Prince Charles if followed, will certainly make us live in unpolluted environment in times to come when the bio-diesel fuel will take over.
Kate likely to get a proper professional employment prior to her marriage
June 15, 2008
According to Britain’s The Mail on Sunday news report, the Queen thinks that, it will enhance Prince William’s public image once his girlfriend Kate engages herself fruitfully in professional activities on full time basis. Maybe a full time professional engagement will make people consider Kate Midleton a thorough working professional, which will also give Prince William’s public image a boost.
The royal couple recently went on a vacation in the Caribbean and enjoyed a romantic holiday. A senior aide told the Mail: “The Queen is very aware that it is a serious and long-term relationship. Although they are not yet engaged, it seems more likely than not that Kate will be a Royal bride one day, and the Queen is of the opinion that Kate should be working.”
Midleton’s interest revolves around photography. She had quit her job as an accessories buyer for High Street chain Jigsaw. She is engaged for the last three months by Party Pieces, owned by her parents, photographing new stock for its web site. However, this does not amount to a nine-to-five job. At present, there are no serious carrier plans for the 25 year old Kate.
In the meantime, Prince Williams will be deployed in the Royal Navy for about two months. He will be on board HMS Iron Duke, a frigate performing hurricane relief duty and counter-narcotics patrol duties in the Caribbean.
World’s hottest Royal…Who else? Prince William!
June 4, 2008
Do you know that Britain’s future monarch, Prince Williams is third Estates favourite grabbing unparalleled, media attention? Such is his charm and intrigue that he has been named as the ‘world’s hottest royal’ overtaking his brother Harry, Princess Beatrice and Zara Phillips.
He is photogenic which coupled with the public aura and attention makes him a darling of the press. Other contributing factor is his mother’s high profile lifestyle plus dramatic events surrounding the royal family since her death has worked in his favour in achieving perhaps the’ World’s hottest Royal’ title according to the Forbes.com’s ranking.
Prince Harry and his elder brother Prince William were subjected to media coverage for their recent stint with the military. Harry was secretly in Afghanistan for about ten weeks as reported. The non- British royal to be among the five listed personalities is Charlotte Casiraghi, fourth in queue to succession to Monaco, the daughter of Monaco’s Princess Caroline. Her involvement with elite fashion circles and reported proximity with Kate Moss is one of the reasons she has hogged considerable limelight.
Prince Williams ‘joyrides’ in military choppers termed wastage of money, but he defends them
May 23, 2008
Prince Williams was recently criticised for using military choppers for ‘joyrides’. But according to him, the choppers were not used merely for ‘joyrides’. Defending his flights, Prince Williams stated the military choppers were used as part of his training to earn a flying qualification
Daily Telegraph, quoted the Prince saying, “I am working on my licence. I am trying to do as much flying as I can. But I have been accused of wasting money-joyriding.” During his various flights, Prince William used military aircraft to fly over his Father, the Price of Wales’s home Highgrove in Gloucestershire, and even the British Queen’s palatal residence in Norfolk.
There are many like Mildred Francis who does not agree with the critics of Prince Williams. He said: “I congratulated him on his pilot’s licence, but he said he has not had that. He said he has got into a bit of trouble for flying, but he was very nice about it’’. Mildred Francis is 82- year old pensioner. As a popular saying goes, a coin has two sides; how true!
Prince William visits Afghanistan troops
May 4, 2008
Prince William made a secret visit to interact with British troop members in Afghanistan. The prince received earlier this month his RAF pilot’s wings; he flew a military transport plane from the UK to Kandahar for part of the journey.
According to media reports, Prince William spent nearly three hours with UK service personnel at the airfield before coming back to the UK. A Clarence House spokesman stated the Prince of Wales and also the Queen had given their permission for this confidential trip, which had been described as a “success”.
The prince flew in a C-17 Globemaster plane that left RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, on Sunday to arrive in Afghanistan the next day. The spokesman added: “The purpose of the trip was for the prince to get himself familiarised with the operations of the RAF in theatre.”
He stated the entire trip had taken about 30 hours and it ‘passed without a hitch’.
After leaving Afghanistan, Prince William, who is second in line to the throne, flew on to Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base. Earlier this year, his younger brother Harry happened to serve on the front line in Afghanistan. However, his tour of duty was abruptly ended after a media blackout broke down.
It led to fears Harry would perhaps be targeted by the Taleban, when details of his deployment leaked, and he returned to the UK after having served for 10 weeks.
Prince William, meanwhile, is coming towards the end of four month long training with the RAF. He is known there as Flying Officer Wales.
No more on combat duty, Prince Harry to battle Aids
April 30, 2008
Prince Harry will have a break from combat duty. Recently he was on combat duty in Helmand province of Afghanistan. Unfortunately he will not be able to return to the frontline in near future. According to a report in the Sun, British Army Chief General Sir Richard Dannat has again said “Prince Harry would not see active service soon. There may well be some point in the near future where it will be appropriate to deploy him somewhere- but that is not going to happen any time soon.”
Supporting the decision to send Prince Harry to Afghanistan, he said: “It was absolutely the right decision to send him. It reflected very well on the relationship between the royal family, the armed forces and the nation.”
Harry had been on a 48 hour flying visit to Lesotho. The Sun quoted an unnamed source as saying:” It had been unclear what he planned to do next. Harry decided to do something different and came up with the idea of heading a three- month mercy mission to the troubled kingdom in Africa
Prince Harry will not be on a combat duty but will be battling Aids in Africa
For public life and throne, a spell in the ‘Fourth Estate’, for Prince Williams on the cards
February 15, 2008
The Guardian reported that Prince William the second heir in line of succession to the British throne is considering a brief career in the fourth estate. The spell in journalism is one of a ‘work experience’ placements being discussed by the Clarence House as a plan to prepare the Prince for public life.
A senior official involved in the decision-making process at Clarence House was quoted as saying,“ I think it would be a good idea for him to find out how the media works. It’s something I would like to see him do.”
According to him, presumably William Wales, may appear on something other than the court circular. At present, the Prince is under going training with the Royal Air Force, to become a pilot and later this year, will be spending time with the Royal Navy. He has already served in the Royal Army.
After training in the military, the advisers are keen for him to get acquainted and under take training in civilian life, to complete his education, in the ways his country, functions, he will one day rule
“He has knowledge about the armed forces, now he has to learn about the state.” The official said. Other options are a stint at the Foreign Office or in a government department to watch the civil service at work.
This will probably complete the grooming process of the future monarch.
Duke of Edinbururgh’s talent for gaffe-making did not even spare Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett.
February 9, 2008
Elizabeth actress must be surprised, as Prince Philips failed to recognize her and even taking Blanchett for a film technician asked her how to fix his DVD player, British broadsheet The Telegraph reported. The mistake is more embarrassing as the 38 old actress has twice played the Queen’s ancestor ‘Elizabeth1’.
According to a courtier, ‘The Prince, discussed, his broken DVD player with the celebrity actress. He said “, “There’s a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes?”
According to the paper, he appeared “nonplussed” when she politely responded that she was an actress, not a technician.
Blanchett won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in the 2004 film, The Aviator. She has been nominated for her role as Queen Elizabeth 1 in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, the sequel to the 1998 block buster, Elizabeth. She is also in the running for the best supporting actress for the Bob Dylan biopic, I’m Not There.
According to a Buckingham Palace spokesman, “The Duke of Edinburgh meets numerous people on engagements, some of them are often film stars. We do not comment on private conversations”.
