Kate Middleton

Pictures Of The Day: 27th February 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK

The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

The Week In Photos - Vote On Your Favourite Picture

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 24.02.2013 | UK

This week in pictures has seen us transfixed with the ongoing court case surrounding Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. The 26-year-old, who is char...

Funny Tweets Of The Week: Hilary Mantel, The Brits And More

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK Comedy

What a week! And it all kicked off - literally - with the Daily Mail headline 'HILARY MENTAL'. Which in turn led to David Cameron and Ed Miliband wadi...

The Strange Death of Liberal England

Alastair Roderick | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Politics
Alastair Roderick

I recently wrote on this site that, in reference to the recently published photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, pregnant and on holiday, that '...our morbid fascination with this bizarre, ordinary family invests them with a sort of inverted dignity just by them doing and saying nothing of real consequence.' I didn't expect such a vivid illustration to present itself so soon.

Koh-i-Noor Diamond Will Not Be Returned To India, David Cameron Insists

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK Politics

David Cameron has rejected suggestions Britain should return a giant diamond the country forced India to hand over during the colonial era. The Ko...

Mantel-gate Isn't About Kate Middleton

Philippa Warr | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Philippa Warr

If you stop and think for a moment, this whole thing isn't really about Kate Middleton. Sure, she's the focus of this round, but you're noticing it because she's ubiquitous enough that everyone feels they can give an opinion and because it involves talking about women's bodies and women's representations in the media.

Hilary Mantel, Royal Bodies, And Women Who Speak for Themselves

Olivia Rudgard | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Olivia Rudgard

In a chorus that has chirruped on since the dawn of time, the world united to shut Mantel up. Some of the nastier comments on her facebook page were painful in their venom. Tweets called her rude, and admonished her with patronising clichés like 'If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all'.

Duchess Of Cambridge Admits 'I'm Nervous About Giving Birth'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK

The Duchess of Cambridge admitted she's "nervous" about giving birth as she visited a south London addiction charity on Tuesday. The 31-year-old w...

None of Us Know 'The Real Kate'

Bill Coles | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Bill Coles

Kate faces the same problem that every other royal faces when they're out in public. The very moment that they step out of line, say something a little risque or a little daring, then get absolutely pilloried. So for the past decade, Kate has been absolutely squeaky clean.

Hilary Mantel 'Completely Wrong' For Kate Middleton Comments, Says David Cameron

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK Politics

David Cameron has described novelist Hilary Mantel's comments about the Duchess of Cambridge as "completely misguided and completely wrong". The pr...

Jessica Elgot

10 Reasons Why Hilary Mantel Might Be Right About Kate Middleton

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 20.02.2013 | UK

Hilary Mantel's piece contains some harsh words about the Duchess of Cambridge, but lost in the media furore over phrases like "plastic princess" and ...

Duchess Responds To 'Mannequin' Comments By Refusing To Talk

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 20.02.2013 | UK Comedy

The Duchess of Cambridge has not hit back at novelist Hilary Mantel. The Booker Prize winner had described Kate Middleton as a "shop window mannequ...

Pregnant Duchess Of Cambridge Visits Addiction Charity (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK

The Duchess of Cambridge visited a South London rehab centre on Tuesday to meet and speak to women recovering from addiction. The mother-to-be, who...

'A Plastic Princess With No Personality': Booker Prize Winner Hilary Mantel On Kate Middleton

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Imagining the Royals as they were in Tudor times has brought Hilary Mantel unprecedented literary success. Now, this year's Booker Prize winner has...

Pictures Of The Day: 19th February 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK

The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

Why Does Vivienne Westwood Think Kate Should Stop Buying Clothes?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.02.2013 | Home

Fashion icon Dame Vivienne Westwood has called on the Duchess of Cambridge to stop buying so many different outfits and instead make more of an effort...

The Week That Was: Kate's Fate

Carla Buzasi | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK
Carla Buzasi

Initial reaction from pretty much every female I know was horror, not so much that the Duchess of Cambridge can't so much as sneeze without someone capturing the moment for posterity, but that if you're going to be photographed in a bikini, you want a tiny bit of warning, and that's even if the picture is only being saved to someone's iPhone, rather than splashed across supermarket shelves the world over.

These Kate Middleton Pictures Infantilize Us All

Alastair Roderick | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Politics
Alastair Roderick

Our morbid fascination with this bizarre, ordinary, family invests them with a sort of inverted dignity just by them doing and saying nothing of real consequence.

Kate Pictures Harmless Insists Italian Gossip Mag

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

The editor of the Italian magazine which published pictures of a bikini-clad Duchess of Cambridge has defended his decision saying they did not "harm"...

If The TV Flash of Kate's Bikini Photos Was a Genuine Mistake Then I'm a Monkey's Uncle!

Bill Coles | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Bill Coles

Just the teensiest point of order about the Duchess of Cambridge pictures being "mistakenly" flashed to millions of viewers on ITV's This Morning: would it be too daring, too risky, to suggest that, just perhaps, there was no mistake whatsoever about it?

The Pope, the Duchess and a Real Italian Pizza

Cordelia Kretzschmar | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK
Cordelia Kretzschmar

Some thoughts over pizza at a restaurant in Rome after a 14 hour day on three hours sleep. I'm in Italy reporting on the Pope when another story breaks. Pictures of the royal baby bump appear in an Italian gossip magazine. Back to work for me, I'll never get to finish that pizza now.

Kate Middleton Pregnant Bikini Photos: This Morning Mistakenly Shows Chi Magazine Cover

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

An image of a bikini-clad pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was mistakenly broadcast to millions of This Morning viewers on Wednesday. Presenters Eamm...

Royal Outcry As Australian Magazine Says It Will Print Kate Bump Pics

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge face fresh anguish and frustration after an Australian magazine announced plans to publish photographs of Kate, with...

'Very Disappointed': Palace Reacts As Bikini Shots Of Pregnant Kate Are Set For Publication

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

St James's Palace says it is "very disappointed" that pictures taken of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge while on holiday in Mustique are to be print...

Papped Again: Bikini-Clad Kate And The Royal Baby Bump

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

UPDATE: ITV Apologises For "Deeply Regrettable" Gaffe Which Saw Uncensored Pregnant Kate Middleton Bikini Pic Aired'Very Disappointed': Palace React...