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In a weekly report on London’s regal rumpus, VF.com’s Royal Watch plucks the best of Old Blighty’s tabloid news for your crib notes. In today’s edition: Pippa’s putdowns, Catherine’s baby names, William’s deployment.
- Well, let’s get the rumors out of the way, shall we? In Touch has reported that a “palace insider” has revealed to them that Catherine is indeed pregnant, and is roughly six weeks into her first trimester. Per the magazine, Prince William and his beaming bride have already discussed names—they report that “Edward, Philip, and Michael are likely choices for a boy; Alice or Rose for a girl.” The palace will not confirm or deny the claim, as is customary, although it had this to say to the New York Daily News: “If it were true, you’d hear the announcement from us and not a gossip magazine in the U.S.”
- Not to be outdone, it’s also been a big week for Pippa Middleton. First she got dumped by her Old Etonian beau and royal-wedding date, Alex Loudon—and then her dirty laundry was aired to the world, when we heard that the Loudon family didn’t think she was “wife material.” Ouch. If that weren’t enough, the same
friendsource divulged that “Pippa is very sweet but she is socially ambitious—all her friends are so ‘trophy posh’ it’s ridiculous. [Alex’s parents] didn’t honestly see Alex and Pippa’s relationship as a long-term thing.” Eek! So what’s the world’s most eligible bachelorette to do? Find a lad with a larger house and a grander title, naturellement. Earl George Percy, you’ll do for now. - Or there’s always Prince Harry. Some never-before-seen photos of Pippa and Prince Harry from the wedding night have surfaced, and they are . . . candid! Albeit, in jest—the snapshots are satirical fakes, shot by renowned jokester-photographer Alison Jackson. But we must admit, the resemblance between the look-alikes and their official counterparts is uncanny. We wonder whether Pippa double Sarah Carrington achieved her Pippa-esque derriere with “bum boosters,” apparently all the rage after the royal wedding?
- Given all the current strife, at least Pips will have her older sister’s shoulder to cry on, as it’s been announced recently that Prince William is to be posted to the Falklands next year for six months—part of his Royal Air Force duties. Kate, meanwhile, will be twiddling her perfectly manicured thumbs in Scotland.
- And in monarch/art news, the Queen recently met provocative Young British Artist Tracey Emin while on a tour of the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Kent. We wonder if the pair discussed Emin’s well-known work Everyone I Have Ever Slept with 1963-1995.
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