British Royals

Hold your breath.  The second in line to the British throne, Prince William, and erstwhile girlfriend Kate Middleton are back together -- sort of.  And while they are seeing each other again, Kate is said to be holding out for the promise of a ring before she gets serious again. More »

Prince William, the man who will be king, is about to get a whole lot richer. Today marks his 25th birthday, when he can start to collect his share of the $40 million left by his mother. It's also a time of reckoning, CBS News reports. William recently split with his longtime girlfriend and is about to end his military training, More »

As Tony Blair prepares to leave office, one of those uneasy about his legacy is his queen, who the Telegraph reports is "exasperated and frustrated" at the effect of 10 years of New Labour rule. Queen Elizabeth is said to be unhappy about Blair's  "overstretching"  the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, and too much time spent buttering up the US. More »

British brass have dashed 22-year-old Prince Harry's dreams of fighting in Iraq, citing fears of a targeted assassination. The head of Britain’s army made today’s announcement—a reversal from earlier promises that Harry would fight—after a visit to Iraq last week revealed direct threats against the prince. More »

British protocol hounds were on high alert for lapses as President Bush hosted their regent yesterday, and he did not disappoint. At a photo op with Queen Elizabeth II, he mangled the date of a previous visit. "You helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17—1976," he told her, drawing a sharp look from her and a laugh from the crowd. More »

England's Prince Harry is scheduled to deploy to south-east Iraq with his regiment next month, in spite of misgivings about the high-profile royal becoming a target for insurgents. The British Ministry of Defense continues to support his deployment, saying that holding him back would be a "tremendous propaganda coup" for the enemy. More »

A new book about Princess Diana portrays her as a "spiteful, manipulative, media-savvy neurotic" more in love with her title than with Prince Charles, the Daily Mail reports. Ex- New Yorker editor Tina Brown's book, timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Diana's death, depicts the heir apparent as caught between two scheming women. More »

Royal watchers were rewarded today with a report in the News of the World   that  Queen Elizabeth was behind the sudden split between Prince William and his commoner girlfriend, Kate Middleton. The tab said Wills dumped Kate after a closed-door meeting with his grandmother, who said she didn't "want another Diana."  More »

Prince William's four-year romance with shopgirl Kate Middleton is off, the Sun reported in a "world exclusive" today. Though palace-watchers had been betting on another fairytale wedding at St. Paul's, the couple has been growing apart since Wills started his military service, and seemed to prefer carousing with army buddies to  canoodling with Kate, the Sun reports. More »

Prince William's girlfirend Kate Middleton is getting tough on tabloids to get the paparazzi out of her face. Her lawyers filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission yesterday after the Daily Mirror published a close-up photo of her she said was obtained through harassment, the Daily Telegraph reports. More »