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Prince William and Kate expecting first baby
LONDON (AP) — Get the nursery ready: Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting their first child. St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton —...
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Britain's royal wedding to be on iTunes
LONDON (AP) — Prince William and Kate Middleton can go straight from Westminster Abbey to your personal playlist. Royal officials say that for the first time in history, the entire April 29 royal wedding ceremony — including the couple's...Tags: Marriage, Charles, Prince of Wales, Weddings, Music Industry, Human Interest
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Kate Middleton's family photos go online
LONDON (AP) — A small batch of photographs from Kate Middleton's early years have hit the Web, giving the world a glimpse of the soon-to-be royal's early years. The five pictures from the Middleton family album show her as a pigtailed toddler, a...Tags: Hobbies, Christianity, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Anglicanism, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Palace nixes 3D TV broadcast of UK royal wedding
LONDON (AP) — Palace authorities say Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding will not be filmed in 3D because of the space needed for the format's cameras and relatively small demand. Some British broadcasters had hoped to use the technology...Tags: Marriage, Charles, Prince of Wales, Weddings, Human Interest, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
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Royal maid of honor hits Hogwarts society wedding
LONDON (AP) — Was it a dress rehearsal for Kate Middleton's sister and Prince Harry's on-again, off-again girlfriend? Pippa Middleton, 27, the princess-to-be's maid of honor, and Chelsy Davy were photographed at the swanky castle wedding for...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Harry Potter (fictional character), Marriage, Weddings, Family
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Check the mailbox: Royal invites posted
LONDON (AP) — Keep an eye on the mailbox — Britain's Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton have posted invitations to their hotly anticipated royal wedding. St. James's Palace says about 1,900 guests are expected. Military...Tags: David Beckham, FIFA World Cup, Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011), Weddings, Elizabeth II
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Prince William, Kate depart on honeymoon
LONDON (AP) — Palace officials say Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have departed on their delayed honeymoon. William's office declined to say where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have traveled and for how long, but stressed on...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Marriage, Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011), Trips and Vacations, Honeymooning
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Lego Queen Elizabeth dons diamond crown for 60th coronation year
Los Angeles Times Daily Deal and Travel BloggerThe roughly 4-inch Lego likeness of Queen Elizabeth II will wear a silver-and-diamond crown less than an inch big to mark the 60th anniversary of the British monarch's coronation. The Queen of Miniland, as she's called, will show off the crown with 48...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Anglicanism
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Album skewering Margaret Thatcher to be reissued on April 17
After former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was pilloried following her death last week with a campaign in England to vault the song “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” to the top of the nation’s pop chart, an English satirist is...Tags: Religion and Belief, Apple iTunes, Music, Twitter, Inc., Music Industry
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Can you dig it?
LONDON — In basically the backyard of austere 10 Downing Street where British Prime Minister David Cameron officially resides in a stately, executive manor, a raucous block party rocked his neighborhood Saturday night. Queen Elizabeth celebrates...
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10 reasons to travel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGulliver traveled. Look where it got him: lashed to the land by little people. Columbus, big traveler, right? Underestimated the circumference of the Earth and died thinking he'd found India. Sure, you can come up with justifications for never leaving the...Tags: Oak Park, Cruises, Jean-Paul Sartre, Skin, Human Interest
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Make it stop: Jane Austen via 'Downton Abbey' in new book
Jane Austen has been dead for close to 200 years, but it's hard to imagine she's gotten much rest in her grave in Westminster Abbey, what with all the rewrites, updates and zombifications of her work. We get it: her books are much beloved, and readers...Tags: Religion and Belief, Stephen Colbert, Google+, Downton Abbey (tv program), Christianity
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