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Royal Wedding Malt from the English Whisky Company

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Filed under: Spirits

Royal Wedding MaltScotland has a beautiful tradition when it comes to marriages. When a child is born, the parents lay down a cask of whisky, and years later at the wedding, a special "Wedding Malt" is blended from the groom's cask and the bride's. Of course for the tradition to be practiced today, everyone would have to lay down a cask for each of their children, which is not so commonly practiced these days. But the tradition is kept alive by affluent families acquiring a cask from the groom's year of birth and another from the bride's.

With the marriage of Price William and Kate Middleton fast approaching, the English Whisky Company has been commissioned to create this special wedding malt. And while it does not appear to be a classic wedding malt in the vintage of the casks selected for the blend, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate along with the royal couple. A very limited quantity of commemorative bottles (700ml each) are being offered, and are available directly from the distillery and from Single Malts Direct at around £70.00 inclusive of the (recently increased) value added tax.

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Royal Wedding: The Carriages of Choice

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Events

1902 State Landau carriage royal wedding

With the highly-anticipated marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton fast approaching, reports have confirmed the posh vehicles that will be used in the procession.

According to Buckingham Palace's transport manager, the princess-to-be will ride to Westminster Abbey in a 1977 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI. The limousine from the royal motor pool was the subject of an attack when student protesters broke its windows with Prince Charles and Camilla on board this past December.

Returning from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace, the newlyweds are scheduled to ride in a 1902 State Landau carriage, however if the weather doesn't permit for an open carriage ride, the 1881 Glass Coach that traditionally carries royal brides will be hitched up and called into service.

Gallery: Royal Wedding Carriages


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The Stafford London's Royal Wedding Viewing Party

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Events

The Stafford London's Royal Wedding Viewing Party
Don't have an invitation to the Royal Wedding this April, but still want to celebrate along with Prince William and Kate? The five-star Stafford London by Kempinski hotel is staging a Royal Wedding viewing party on April 29 which might be the next best thing. Located just steps from Buckingham Palace, and rumored to be frequented by the Royal Family themselves, the luxe hotel will be celebrating the momentous occasion with a party in its outdoor courtyard complete with a viewing screen broadcasting the momentous event, accompanied by classic British cocktails and cuisine. Tickets for the Royal Wedding viewing party are £85 per person and include all food and beverage. Reservations are required – to purchase a ticket call the hotel directly at +44 20 7493 0111 or email rsvp.london@.kempinski.com.

Gallery: The Stafford London by Kempinski



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Prince William and Kate's Royal Wedding Invitation Revealed

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Filed under: Events, Wealth

William and Kate's Royal Wedding Invitation Revealed
1,900 people just received their invitations (above) to the Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey on April 29. The heavy card bearing the engraved gold insignia of the Queen of England was delivered to various VIPs from kings to charity leaders, close family and university friends, old schoolmates and prime ministers around the world, People reports. The edges of the card, which is about 10 in. by 6 in., are beveled and then gilded. The simple wording reads that the Lord Chamberlain has been "commanded by the Queen" to invite the holder to the ceremony. Guests are asked to wear military uniform, a morning coat or a "lounge" (business) suit. 600 of the 1,900 invitees have also been invited by the Queen to a reception immediately following the ceremony, and 300 of those are also invited to a dinner hosted by William's father, Prince Charles, later that evening at Buckingham Palace.


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Kate Middleton's Fashion Show Dress Up For Auction

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Filed under: Apparel, Auctions


They call it the dress that may have started it all. By all they mean the Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William. The pair were friends but the romance reportedly began after the prince saw Kate Middleton wear a transparent knitted dress over a black bra and panties at a 2002 charity fashion show at the University of St. Andrews. The dress, created by Charlotte Todd (who did not pursue a career in fashion and now works at an aquarium), is expected to sell for more than 8,000 pounds ($12,800) at Kerry Taylor Auctions in London on March 17. The see-through piece was originally meant to be worn as a skirt but Kate wore it as a short dress.



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The Fashion Statement: Countdown to Royal Wedding

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As more details of the royal wedding emerged yesterday -- including the start time ( 11 a.m. on April 29) -- there was, of course, more talk of the dress. Unless there's a press leak the size of a geyser, none of us will know what the bridal gown will look like until that fine spring day. Still, it's fun to speculate and when it comes to designers, there's been plenty of chatter on both sides of the pond. According to the bookies, here's where things stand.

Phillipa Lepley's shop (pictured above) has been under the magnifying glass since bookies first noticed real money being bet on the British designer who's known for simple silhouettes and top-notch fabrics. Another bookie favorite? WWD reported last month that Irish bookmaker Paddy Power says odds are 1-3 that British designer Bruce Oldfield will be Kate Middleton's choice, "and that it has suspended betting on the designer due to a recent 'flurry of big-stake bets' of more than 500 pounds, or $780 at current exchange." Oldfield has dressed everybody from Rihanna to Barbara Streisand. Jasper Conran, who's had his own made-to-measure bridal collection since 2007, is another name being thrown about.

Sadly, Alexander McQueen is not around. If the bride was me, he would be my first choice. Then again, it was rumored McQueen once embroidered the c-word inside Prince Charles' jacket. "I didn't embroider it, I wouldn't waste my time! I wrote it with a biro," he later admitted. Okay, so maybe that wouldn't be the greatest move in father-in-law relations.





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Prince William and Kate Middleton Swear to Live Without Servants

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Filed under: Wealth


Soon-to-be-married couple Prince William and Kate Middleton say they do not plan to employ any servants in their royal household. Although William's father Prince Charles employs an army of 150 retainers, William and his new wife will not have so much as a single Jeeves to fetch their tea, the London Telegraph reports. The future King and Queen of England have been doing their own shopping, cooking and even cleaning at the rented cottage they occupy on weekends, the paper notes, and plan to continue in that vein once vows have been exchanged.

The only staff they can't dispense with are the bodyguards detailed to provide security for the heir to the throne. The couple apparently believe that sharing their home with servants would ruin the intimacy of their relationship. "It's very much their instinct to manage on their own," a senior royal source tells the paper. "They want to do their duty and make sure they are a real asset to the country but they are private individuals who want to get on with their lives." Of course all that will have to change when the couple move in to Buckingham Palace.


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The Fashion Statement: Will 2011 be the Year of the Hat?

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Hats worn for the express purpose of style hasn't been widely popular since the '20s. Millinery did have a brief comeback in the '80s when Princess Diana gave visibility to the British tradition of wearing hats for special occasions. Now Kate Middleton is again putting a modern face under the British topper. And numerous designers on both sides of the pond made the hat a central focus of their spring/summer runway collections. And then there is Lady Gaga entertaining us all with her theatrical chapeaus.

Not since the '80s have we seen so many hats! So we wonder: Could 2011 be the year of the hat?

Arguably the most buzzed about accessory of the season was the colorful, wide-brimmed hat like the one above at Prada. Badgley Mischka and Marc Jacobs channeled Jodi Foster in Taxi Driver with their bright pink versions shown over hair that had been appropriately curled and frizzed. Sally Field in The Flying Nun would have fit right in at Missoni where almost every model wore hats that flapped down the runway like wings. And Alberta Ferretti went boho by pairing floppy fringed brims with her collection of gauzy ethereal gowns.

Gallery: Hat Gallery



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The Royal Engagement Coin, Likeness or Hardly Likely?

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The latest collectible released ahead of the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton has caused controversy. Britain's Royal Mint released a commemorative coin with portraits of Prince William and his fiancee, to commemorate the royal engagement but some says that the couple on the five-pound coin bear little resemblance to William and Kate. Middleton looks matronly with a round face and bags under her eyes while Prince William's profile looks a bit jowly and sports a hint of a pompadour. Some have called the coin's appearance ridiculous but others have defended it saying that images are often difficult to reproduce. The design was approved by both Prince William and Queen Elizabeth.


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The Fashion Statement: The Best Dressed Women of 2010

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Filed under: The Fashion Statement



This was the year politician's wives, fashion editors and designers shoved Hollywood (except for Carey Mulligan perhaps) and the music industry aside to become the best dressed women of the year.

Fashion blogs everywhere have been writing about what fashion insiders Japanese Vogue editrix Anna Dello Russo was wearing in addition to their daily chronicles of Lady Gaga. What was French Vogue's Carine Roitfeld wearing front row at Marc Jacobs? What was Elle's style director Kate Lanphear doing in an online campaign for CFDA/Vogue fund finalist Eddie Borgo? Wrote New York Mag's The Cut in July: "Borgo calls Kate, whose regular appearances on street-style blogs have won her an online cult following, the 'epitome of the modern-day punk.' If anyone needed more face time on The City, it's this woman. Then again, her elusiveness is one of the things that makes her so cool." As for Roitfeld (pictured above), who just this week shocked everybody by announcing she's bidding French Vogue adieu, proved that women in their 50s (she's 56) don't have to age.

Gallery: Best Dressed


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Official Royal Wedding China Goes On Sale

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The official Royal Wedding china has gone on sale. HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton (Kate no more) have approved the Royal Collection's china created in honor of their upcoming wedding on April 29, 2011. The collection includes a tankard (£35), eight-inch plate (£40) and pill box (£25) in English fine bone china. The pieces show a 'C' and 'W' entwined with gold and silver decorations, the coronet of Prince William and the wedding date. A pattern of doves, white ribbons and hearts in silver, gold and gray are set against a pale-gray striped background. The tankard is decorated inside with rows of tiny hearts and two silver doves holding a gold wedding ring.

The china is handmade for the Royal Collection in Stoke-on-Trent using methods that have remained unchanged for 250 years. Pieces are individually decorated and then embellished with several layers of burnished gold and platinum before a final layer of gilding in 22-carat gold is applied by hand. Each piece comes in a presentation box and wrapped in white tissue-paper printed with designs inspired by the wall hangings in Clarence House. It is sold online and will also be available from the Royal Collection shops at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and will be sold at Balmoral, Highgrove and Sandringham. Profits are dedicated to the Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity.

For more details on the Royal Wedding check out AOL's Royal Wedding website.


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Royal Engagement Photos By Mario Testino Revealed

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A few days ago I mentioned that fashion photographer Mario Testino was chosen to take the official engagement pictures of Kate Middleton and Prince William. Testino
hot the newly engaged couple within the last month. The two photos that have been released are rather formal image and one more casual one (shown above).

People reports that Kate Middleton did her own makeup for the photos although Testino's makeup artist was on hand for touch-ups. Her hair was done by her usual stylist, James Pryce, from the Richard Ward salon. The formal portrait was taken in the historic Council Chamber linked to Clarence House, the official residence of William's father Prince Charles. In the formal shot Prince William wore a Turnbull and Asser suit, while Kate selected a white Reiss dress and Links earrings. In he casual look, taken in the Cornwall Room of St. James's Palace, William wore a Turnbull and Asser shirt and Brunello Cucinelli sweater and Kate chose a Whistles blouse.


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Mario Testino Shoots Kate Middleton And Prince William Engagement Photos

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prince william and kate middletonAs my colleague Jared Paul Stern mentioned recently fashion photographer Mario Testino is a starmaker. But Testino also took the beautiful images of Diana, Princess of Wales, five months before her death. It's fitting then that he was chosen to take the official engagement pictures of Kate Middleton and Prince William. Vogue UK reports that Testino shot the newly engaged couple within the last month and the photographs are set to be released before Christmas. Testino also took pictures at Prince William's 21st birthday in June 2003 and Prince Harry's 20th birthday in 2004 and has photographed Prince Charles on multiple occasions, even shooting the photograph for his official Christmas card for this year.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are set to marry on April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey. For all the latest details on the big event check out AOL's Royal Wedding website.


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England Prepares For Royal Wedding

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prince william and kate middletonLet the royal wedding frenzy begin. Prince William and Kate Middleton are finally making it legal. Prince Charles announced that Prince William and Catherine Middleton got engaged last month during a holiday to Kenya. They plan to marry next spring or summer in London. The pair met while in school at St Andrews eight years ago and have had an on-again, off-again relationship since then including a breakup in 2007. Some British tabloids have given her the nickname "waity Katie" as the relationship lingered on without any engagement announcement. The Prince proposed using the diamond and sapphire ring that his father had given to his mother. The ring cost £28,000 back in 1981 when Princess Diana chose it from a selection presented to her by Garrard jewelers.

No details have been released about the wedding but after the marriage the couple will live in north Wales where William is based with the Royal Air Force. Prince William will become the Prince of Wales after Prince Charles ascends to the throne and at that point Middleton would become the Princess of Wales, a title also given to his mother Princess Diana. Middleton will become a duchess when she marries the Prince. She has already spent the last few years in the spotlight because of her relationship with Prince William and has made several best dressed lists.


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