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GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Prince William (Sorta) 
 Linked to Sex Club 

Plus, Rihanna moves on—two days in a row, and more

Mar 27, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prince William is—very tangentially—linked to a sex club, the Sun reports. A close friend of his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton runs the top-secret swinger sessions. Elsewhere:
  • Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan has just learned he has a 4-year-old son with an ex, Us notes.
  • Rihanna continued
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Prince William • Facebook • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • British royals • swingers club • Howard Stern Grid

Women May Get Equal Rights
to UK Throne

New rules also may
allow royal family
to marry Catholics

Mar 27, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown's office and Buckingham Palace are considering changes to centuries-old laws that bar Catholics from the British throne and give male heirs precedence over female ones. The royal family is said to be open to changing the succession laws, and all 53 countries in the British commonwealth are to... More »

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United Kingdom • women • Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • Catholic • British royals • Commonwealth • succession • Princess Royal • Howard Stern Grid

(Newser) - His personal life may now have all the sex appeal of tea in tweed, but once upon a time Prince Charles was a randy sailor writing risque letters to "exciting ladies (who) lurk behind bushes in order to pounce on unsuspecting naval officers … !" Six such letters, believed... More »

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Prince of Wales • Prince Charles • Navy • letters • British royals • love letter • correspondence

 Henry VIII 
 Hooked on 
 Women: 
 Historian 

Reared in feminine household, Henry king became 'emotionally dependent' on women

Mar 16, 09 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Henry VIII may have been cruel to some of the women in his life, but he was "emotionally dependent" on them, according to a top expert on the oft-married king. Being raised in a feminine household after the death of his dad led Henry to fall in love and... More »

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England • Jane Seymour • British royals • Anne Boleyn • Henry VIII

 William Opens Up 
 on Loss of 'Mummy' 

He becomes patron of child bereavement charity

Mar 13, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prince William makes his first public acknowledgment about the grief he felt after losing his mother in a Daily Mirror essay. "Never being able to say the word 'Mummy' again in your life sounds like a small thing," he writes. "However, for many, including me, it's now... More »

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London • Prince William • Princess Diana • grief • charity • Britain • British royals • bereaved • Royal Family

Prince Charles: We've Only 100 Months to Save the World

Future king warns about the deleterious effects of global warming

Mar 8, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nations have “less than 100 months” to avoid the irreversible damage caused by global warming, Prince Charles will tell business leaders this week in Rio. The British royal, an ardent climate-change activist, will deliver the dire warning as he begins a 10-day South American tour—a trip designed to... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Prince Charles • Gordon Brown • Buckingham Palace • Britain • British royals

'Naked Runway Challenge'
in Prince Harry's Future

Harry will streak, William to drink from toilet

Feb 27, 09 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Princes William and Harry will engage in some undignified behavior in a bid to earn their “drinking wings” as they train to become helicopter pilots, the Sun reports. As part of the RAF's traditional initiation, William will drink beer out of a toilet, and Harry will run naked across... More »

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Prince William • Prince Harry • Royal Air Force • British royals • initiation • nude • streaker

 Dumped Harry 
 Cozies Up 
 to Singer 

Prince, singer strike up 'friendship'

Feb 23, 09 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - It appears it didn’t take Prince Harry long to recover from his breakup with Chelsy Davy: The royal struck up a friendship with singer Natalie Imbruglia and has been constantly texting her, the Mail reports. The 24-year-old prince attended Imbruglia’s 34th birthday party after being introduced by Sir... More »

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Prince Harry • breakup • text message • relationship • British royals • Chelsy Davy • Natalie Imbruglia

 Army Hits Harry 
 With Sensitivity School 

Disciplinary action follows two racial gaffes

Feb 12, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Prince Harry has been booted to sensitivity camp by his army higher-ups following back-to-back racial gaffes, People reports. Shortly after calling a fellow soldier a "Paki," the 24-year-old royal told a black comedian, "You don't sound like a black chap." The diversity lessons, slated to last... More »

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Prince Harry • British Army • Britain • British royals • racist remark

 Harry Stirs Up New Race Row 

Prince in hot water again for telling comedian he 'didn't sound black'

Feb 11, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Prince Harry is facing fresh accusations of racial insensitivity after telling a black comedian "You don't sound like a black chap," reports the Daily Telegraph. Stephen Amos says the prince made the quip when they met after a comedy show for Prince Charles' 60th birthday. "I wanted... More »

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Prince Harry • Britain • British royals • comedian • racist remark

Prince Harry Stands Paris Up in London

Cancels midnight date, leaving heiress to (gasp!) club it alone

Feb 8, 09 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris Hilton reportedly spoke directly to Prince Harry to arrange a midnight date over the weekend, so she might have been a bit put off to hear from a royal bodyguard that the rendezvous was off. But don't feel too bad for the heiress: A source tells the Daily Mail ... More »

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London • Prince Harry • Paris Hilton • date • British royals

Prince Harry, Girlfriend
Call It Quits

Relationship said to have "run its course"

Jan 25, 09 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Prince Harry and his long-time girlfriend Chelsy Davy have parted ways, according to the Telegraph. Davy reportedly decided that their often long-distance romance and Harry's military lifestyle were too much of a strain. The prince is beginning a training program with an army helicopter unit that would have kept... More »

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Prince Harry • breakup • British royals • Royal Family • Chelsy Davy

Harry Faces Disciplinary
Action for Racist Slur

Prince's use of "Paki" violates no-racism policy

Jan 18, 09 5:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Prince Harry will likely receive a formal reprimand after a video of him using a racist slur made waves in the British press, reports the Telegraph. Harry has already had one meeting with his regiment commander over his use of "our little Paki friend" to describe a captain... More »

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Prince Harry • British military • British royals • racist remark

Royal Family in Another Flap Over Nickname

Princes call Indian friend 'Sooty,' deny charges of racism

Jan 13, 09 9:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Another mini-scandal is brewing over a royal nickname. It seems that Prince Charles and his two sons call an Indian member of their polo club by the moniker of "Sooty," an apparent reference to his dark skin. The object of the nickname, however, says he takes no offense,... More »

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Prince Charles • British royals • Royal Family • slang

Glossies

 A Princess 
 and Her Photog: 
 How the Bloom 
 Faded 

18-year marriage had an auspicious start

Jan 12, 09 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Princess Margaret thrilled Britain in 1960 by marrying a dashing photographer—the first commoner to marry a monarch's daughter in 400 years. As Lord Snowdon, he navigated the perils of royal life while hosting parties with Margaret for London's jet set crowd of actors and writers. But Snowdon and the... More »

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divorce • marriage • photographers • British royals • Princess Margaret • Lord Snowdon

 Gordon Brown: 
 Harry's Sorry, 
 Now Move On 

But victim's dad slams prince

Jan 12, 09 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Britain’s PM defended Prince Harry today amid an uproar over an army training-camp home video in which Harry calls a colleague “our little Paki friend,” the Daily Mail reports. “I think Prince Harry knows that these comments aren't acceptable,” Gordon Brown said, in calling for... More »

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Prince Harry • Gordon Brown • video • Britain • British royals • racial slurs

 Furor 
 Follows 
 Harry's 
 'Paki' Vid 

Prince's taped words 'not acceptable in a modern army': official

Jan 11, 09 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Britain's defense ministry has launched a formal inquiry following widespread outcry over a videotape showing Prince Harry calling a fellow military trainee “our little Paki friend” and another cadet “a raghead,” reports the Telegraph. “This sort of language is not acceptable in a modern army,”... More »

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investigation • Muslims • Prince Harry • video • British Army • Britain • British royals • racial slurs

(Newser) - Prince Harry's in hot water again. The young royal issued an apology tonight for referring to a Pakistani member of his military outfit as "our little Paki friend," the Times of London reports. In a newly surfaced video made during his officer training in 2006, then 21-year-old Harry... More »

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Prince Harry • racism • apology • British royals • Royal Family

 Royal Hair: 
 William 
 Shows Off 
 New Beard 

Prince tells female fan he'll be bare-cheeked again soon

Dec 26, 08 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Serious stuff from England: Prince William has a beard. The 26-year-old stepped out in public with it for the first time yesterday to attend Christmas church services, the Scotsman reports. He grew it during a recent stint with the British navy in Barbados and keeps postponing a pledge to shave... More »

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Prince William • British royals • Royal Family • beard

 Charles at 60: Will 
 He Ever Be King? 

Oldest-ever Prince of Wales has much to celebrate on his birthday

Nov 14, 08 9:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Prince Charles turns 60 today, heir to the British throne since the age of 3. Barring calamity, he will one day be king—though perhaps not for a long while, as his mother remains in good health and rejects the idea of abdication. Yet the oldest-ever Prince of Wales has... More »

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Prince of Wales • Prince Charles • birthday • British royals • Royal Family

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