The fashion world is desperate to know who Kate Middleton will pick to design her wedding dress when she marries Prince William in April — and the palace’s silence is only fuelling the feverish speculation.
“It would be better for the designer that people did not know who it was,” said Sasha Wilkins, a fashion blogger known as “LibertyLondonGirl”. “Once they announce the name of the designer, that designer’s life is going to be hell.”
This was the case three decades ago when David and Elizabeth Emanuel were chosen to design the wedding dress of William’s mother, Princess Diana, when she married Prince Charles.
“They were stalked, literally,” Wilkins says.
This time around, palace officials are giving nothing away, saying that Kate, 29, and her 28-year-old royal fiancee have both agreed to keep some of the details of their big day on April 29 a secret.
But in the absence of any official information, speculation is rife.
A photograph of Kate’s sister and mother coming out of the London shop of designer Bruce Oldfield last month was enough to cause the paparazzi to camp outside the boutique day and night in hope of spotting the bride-to-be. —AFP
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Prince William is named Colonel of Irish Guards
London: Britain’s Prince William is now a colonel of the Irish Guards.
The second-in-line to the British throne has received his first honorary Army appointment, after the Queen gave her formal approval for the honour which will see him take a close interest in the lives and activities of the regiment. The Prince, who already holds honorary ranks in the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, succeeds Major General Sir Sebastian Roberts who previously held the post, the Daily Telegraph reported. —PTI