Kate Middleton buys "Diana" book

Kate's bizarre book buying.

In a baffling move, Kate Middleton has reportedly bought a book about the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Written by ex-Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, "The Diana Chronicles" has had it's share of critics. It was blasted as the most savage attack on Diana ever. Of the books contents, a friend of Ms Brown's told the Daily Mail before it's official launch (just 4 months before the 10th anniversary of Diana's death): "Almost everyone except Charles, William and Harry comes off badly - the Queen, Camilla and, most of all, Di."

Having reportedly bought the book for her jaunt to the Caribbean let's hope Kate doesn't let Wills see her reading it. After all, both Wills and Harry have complained about those who sellout their mother's memory by writing books to line their own pockets.

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Another commerical deal for Kate Middleton?

Yet another deal for Middleton?

She's gotten a discount Audi, handbags galore, luxury holidays and nights out on the town, now it's been revealed that Kate Middleton is also gaining a huge wardrobe in her role as onff girlfriend of the future King.

Brazilian designer Daniella Issa Helayel (of the Issa brand) is delighted to have Kate Middleton as one of her clients. It seems that not only is Kate wearing the label she's getting it for free. Katie Nicholl from the Mail On Sunday writes: 'Kate enjoys a VIP service from the firm and receives a complimentary wardrobe, with ‘ bag- loads’ of Issa frocks being sent to her home.'

Wearing the Brazillian designs at the Philips/Kelly wedding, Wimbledon as well as to the Boodles Boxing Ball, Kate is reportedly now being dubbed Issa's ‘unofficial ambassador’ in what could be described as a similar deal to that between Jigsaw and Kate Middleton.

Ms Nichols quotes a source: "Kate must have thousands of pounds worth of gifted dresses,’ said a source. ‘Issa is incredibly generous with her. Issa is one of Kate’s favourite labels and she is always at its offices choosing dresses. They also courier bag-loads of frocks to her house for her to try on in her own time. There is no limit on what she is allowed to take. Kate gets sent so many clothes from other labels but many go back unworn. Her taste is quite classic and that’s why she goes for Issa’s print wrap dresses. She loves their floor- length gowns for black- tie events. She’s a size six and the dresses all look great on her. She often lets her sister Pippa wear them, too. When Issa sent her the floor-length pink gown to wear to the Boodles do, she absolutely loved it and knew it would be a showstopper. Kate actually loves all the attention of being photographed and she knew she’d steal the show in that gown. It worked – she outshone everyone in the room, even Chelsy Davy."

All of this leaves a very bad taste in royal fans mouths with the comments section of this article overwhelmingly negative about Kate and her freebie lifestyle.

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Prince William on the move: New staff but no job?

How about a job at McDonalds?

Prince William maybe about to cut the apron strings between himself and his father. The heir to the heir is about to get his own office and brand new staff at St James Palace in a £1,000000 refurbishment that is set to make Wills more independent from the stuffy types who have in the past advised him. For a long time royal fans have called for Wills to get his own office because of the seemingly ineptness of Clarence House officials and now perhaps they may all breath a sigh of relief.

Although at 26 he's finally getting a bit of freedom from his father, it seems that Wills is not leaving the nest completely. He's set to remain in his Clarence House apartment that he shares with Prince Harry. And for the time being at least, this means any engagement to Kate Middleton may be on the back burner.

But is an office that is independent from Charles enough to help Wills find his feet? Amanda Platell from The Daily Mail thinks not. She writes: 'Wills must get a job or he'll end up like Charles.'

Again echoing the calls from royal fans, Amanda is concerned with the way Clarence House officials handle the young prince. She writes: 'The fault lies with the Palace spin doctors trying to improve the Prince's playboy image. Alas, their recent attempts have been beyond parody.' Then she continues: 'Soon, doubtless, we'll be told that Wills has earned the admiration of his SAS colleagues by taking part in some daring enterprise - the siege of Boujis, perhaps.'

With these growing fears of another "Charles", Amanda Platell at least has a solution: 'By all accounts, William is, in fact, an intelligent and likeable young man. What he desperately needs is a proper job - the very thing his self-pitying father never had.'

Also in her sights (appeasing some royalists) is the eternally jobless Kate Middleton: 'And while the Palace is at it, shouldn't they find proper employment for Kate Middleton, too, if she is to be a royal fixture? (On the evidence so far, the only difference between work-shy 'Waity' Katie and Camilla is about four decades and a lorry-load of Silk Cut.)'

Isabella Calthorpe talks about Prince William and Kate Middleton

Isabella Calthorpe caught Prince William's eye in 2005.

She was the girl that held Prince William's attention at a summer ball and in the process he totally ignored ONFF girlfriend Kate. Aristocrat, actress, dancer and singer Isabella Calthorpe has spoken to ES Magazine about her life, love with Sam Branson and Prince William.

When asked by ES Magazine's Marianne Macdonald about the tabloid reports concerning her friendship with Prince William, Isabella said: "That was just... um... a bit weird, and a bit unsettling." Isbella confirmed that she only met Wills after the pair had attended university in Scotland and said that they meet up regularly: "Um... yes. No, I did, and he's a friend."

During the summer of 2005 Prince William reportedly met Isabella at a charity ball. It was said at the time that Wills left Kate to sit like a wallflower all night whilst he danced, chatted and laughed the night away with Miss Calthorpe. Some other reports allege that Wills was seen passionately kissing Isabella at a nightclub a few weeks later. Although this history appears to exists between them, it seems that all is well between Wills'ladies. When asked if she had met Kate, Isabella said diplomatically: "Yes, I have met her once and she's lovely."

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Stay boring Kate Middleton

Kate is no Diana.

It's not often that journalists write something that puts the whole Kate-drama into perspective but Viv Groskop from The Evening Standard does just that in her opinion piece called: Sorry, plain Kate is no Diana.

Scoffing at Kate's inclusion in the latest Vanity Fair Best Dressed list, Ms Groskop (like most of us) was baffled at how anyone could compare Kate to the world's fashion elite. But it seems that this is one journalist who shares the growing opinions of a lot of royal fans. Groskop writes: "In this company she is a Sloane way out of her depth. She always looks so incredibly boring — and is the world’s worst advert for Jigsaw. Her inclusion on the list smacks of a blind desperation to unearth a new Diana-esque style icon, regardless of all sartorial evidence to the contrary."

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Prince William to have tea & biscuits with the SAS

During his last stint in the army, Wills learnt to point.

When is a stint not a stint but a visit? When you're Prince William and you're stints in each of the armed services have been met with a degree of cynacism. When he arrives back from his luxury break with Kate Middleton, Prince William will "visit" the SAS. This lastest stunt, sorry, visit will last 5 months and show Wills the most elite of fighting units in the British army.

A Clarence House official stressed that whilst William's visit is important he will not see any sort of combat or be involved in any type of operational activities. Well might you wonder why he's bothering with this visit but it seems that the heir to the heir of the British throne might find the experience enjoyable. A MoD source told the Daily Mail: "William won’t be joining the Special Forces in any hands-on role but we feel it is important that he learns more about them. They are a small but massively important part of the country’s defences and are currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan to great effect. This is going to be an incredibly exciting experience for William. It’s real Boys’ Own stuff."

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Kate Middleton: VIP or not?

Waity Katie exchanges her image for another free holiday.

Kate Middleton was hailed an "ordinary" person when she reportedly refused the invite of an upgrade to 1st class on her Barbados bound BA flight. After telling BA staff to "Call me Kate" her "normalness" doesn't seem to have lasted very long according to Richard Kay of the Daily Mail. He writes: 'SHE hates her nickname ‘Waity Katie’, so Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton must have been refreshed when reports of her refusal to accept a first-class upgrade from British Airways reached home. Alas, Kate’s humility was not the whole story. For when she landed in Barbados on her way to a holiday with William, she left the economy flying hoi polloi behind. On leaving the plane to get a flight to Mustique, Kate was met by police who took her through immigration, customs and bag collection.'

According to Kay's source, it was then that Kate cast aside any claims of normality to receive the full VIP treatment. His source said: "She was taken to a VIP suite reserved for visiting dignitaries and then escorted to a waiting plane. She was treated like royalty."

It also seems that Kate's penchant for commercial deals in exchange for luxury holidays hasn't stopped. Kay reports: 'Meanwhile, I am told William and Kate will be the star turns at a party next week to mark the 40th anniversary of the Mustique resort being set up by Princess Margaret’s pal Lord Glenconner.'

It's nice to know that even the unemployed can get by.

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