Prince William

Everyone wants to get close to Prince William as his wedding approaches - but it turns out the future king can't always get the restaurant table he wants.

Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton took their electric smiles to northwest England on Monday for the last trip in their pre-wedding tour of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Football star David Beckham will be there with his pop star wife Victoria. Elton John is attending with partner David Furnish. And the Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala will be there too, probably one of the few guests at the wedding of the year wearing orange Buddhist robes.

British divorce lawyers have words of warning for Prince William: not all fairy tales have happy endings.

Score that Prince William 1, the British tabloid press 0.

Don't give the Queen a friendly hug and don't tweet from the church.

An embarrassing mistake has forced NZ Post to withdraw its royal wedding presentation stamp pack only a few weeks before Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, and Kate Middleton are married.

Prince William described the devastation in Christchurch as "unbelievable" during his tour of Christchurch's quake-hit city centre today.

Prince William had a first hand taste of New Zealand's two most recent deadly tragedies, visiting earthquake-ravaged Christchurch and meeting families of the Pike River Coal mine victims.

Powerful husband? No problem. Money? Got that too. Clothes, good looks? Ditto. What does the woman who has it all do after her honeymoon? That's a tough one.

Prince William will address the thousands of people expected at next week's national memorial service for the victims of the devastating Christchurch earthquake.

Several hundred people cheered as Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton made a rare public appearance to dedicate a new lifeboat.

The dress Kate Middleton wore in her official engagement photo with Prince William is now available to the public.

Equality is not normally something associated with the royal family but British MPs are doing their level best to change discriminatory succession laws.

Palace officials today revealed key details about the upcoming royal wedding, announcing that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will marry Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29.

First came the royal engagement. Now - 10 days later - the first book.

King Charles or King William? Royal wedding bells have reignited the debate over whether Prince Charles should step aside to let his more popular son William be king.