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At Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee celebrations in 1897, a banner in the crowd proclaimed her “Queen of earthly queens”. Royal commentator Robert Jobson says Elizabeth II can now claim that title.“In many ways, whenever you mention the words 'the queen', everyone immediately thinks of Queen Elizabeth.“She's effectively, if you like, the queen of the world. She's not only the queen of Great

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THE Queen begins five months of diamond jubilee celebrations this weekend, marking 60 years on the throne. Despite the British monarch's wishes for restraint, the British people are expecting pomp and splendour. The Queen will make a deliberately low-key visit to Norfolk in eastern England on Monday, 60 years to the day since she ascended to the throne after her father King George VI

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Quotes of the Day Monday, Jan. 09, 2012 We've not seen much of her, but when she's in public, she has performed with aplomb. ROBERT JOBSON, author of William and Kate: The Love Story, on Kate Middleton, who turned 30 on Monday more:http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,2104017,00.html #ixzz1lP3ippXp

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Gala premiere, then quiet 30th for Kate Middleton By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press  LONDON (AP) — After attending a gala film premiere in a full-length lacy evening gown, Kate Middleton stepped out of the public gaze Monday to celebrate her milestone 30th birthday in private. She turned heads — and dominated Britain's Monday morning front pages — by attending the London opening of Steven

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LONDON - The former Kate Middleton turns 30 on Monday - but royal fans expecting a lavish birthday bash to mark the milestone will be disappointed. Palace officials say the Duchess of Cambridge's birthday celebration will be a "low-key and private" affair, appearing to quash press reports that she will see off her 20s with a fun '80s themed party, complete with karaoke, in a throwback to her

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Princess Catherine tiptoes into the limelight (AFP)8 January 2012 LONDON — Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, turns 30 on Monday after a near-faultless nine months of low-key royal engagements as she makes a gentle entrance into royal life alongside her husband Prince William. The tabloids are full of rumours that Williams’s party-loving brother Prince Harry and Catherine’s high-profile

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Associated Press LONDON—Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, turns 30 on Monday after a near-faultless nine months of low-key royal engagements as she makes a gentle entrance into royal life alongside her husband Prince William. The tabloids are full of rumors that Williams’s party-loving brother Prince Harry and Catherine’s high-profile younger sister Pippa Middleton are preparing a birthday

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The Queen's Christmas message this year focused on family, friends and community spirit. Describing her family's visits to tragedy-hit communities, the Queen said: "We have seen that it is in hardship that we often find strength from our families. It is in adversity that new friendships are sometimes formed. And it is in a crisis that communities break down barriers and bind together to

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PRINCE William, his brother Harry, and other royal grandchildren visited Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, in a UK hospital overnight as he continued to recuperate from heart surgery. William and his younger brother drove separate cars to Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, central England, to spent time with their grandfather. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Peter Phillips and Zara

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By Robert Jobson Prince Philip has been treated in hospital for a blocked coronary artery. Buckingham Palace said he had a successful “invasive procedure of coronary stenting”. The Duke was taken to the cardiothoracic unit of Papworth Hospital near Cambridge after suffering chest pains  The Palace said: “Following tests at Papworth Cardiothoracic Hospital in Cambridge this evening the

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Check out @theroyaleditor on twitter and www.theroyaleditor.com for all the latest updates about the British Royals.

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By JEANNE WHALENJudy Wade, a royal correspondent for Britain's Hello! Magazine, has a juicy story to tell, and it isn't about the Queen.As Ms. Wade has it, royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton upbraided a rival columnist—Katie Nicholl of the Mail on Sunday—at a tea party with reporters the day Ms. Middleton's engagement to Prince William was announced in November. "'That story you wrote about my dog

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The other week, the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World, which had begun with Clive Goodman, the royal editor, publishing suspiciously well-informed accounts of matters such as Prince William’s pulled tendon and his future wife’s nickname for him (Big Willie), managed to shut down the hundred-and-sixty-eight-year-old tabloid, where Winston Churchill was once a reporter, for good

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NBC Today Show features a day in the life of royal journalist Robert Jobson.Click on on cut and paste this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42730462

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/25016454

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Follow me on Twitter for all the latest royal news on @theroyaleditor Publish Post

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News 'Vulgar, vulgar, vulgar' Sarah brought down by greed; CASH FOR ACCESS ROLLERCOASTER OF SCANDAL BY ROBERT JOBSON ROYAL EDITOR WHO KNOWS HER BEST 23 May 2010The News of the World© 2010 Times Newspapers Ltd. All rights reserved THE Duchess of York has always had a unique talent for reinventing herself. She has ridden a rollercoaster of Royal scandal for years with breathtaking sexual

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Why the News of the World was right to expose the Duchess of York Roy Greenslade guardian.co.ukGuardian UnlimitedGuardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2010. All rights reserved After two stories built around subterfuge without a genuine public interest (John Higgins and Lord Triesman) comes a third that, on balance, justifies the use of entrapment After two stories built

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I've got such a bollocking from the Duke; EXCLUSIVE: FERGIE'S AMAZING CLAIM By MAZHER MAHMOOD INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR and ROBERT JOBSON ROYAL EDITOR;6 March 2011© 2011 Times Newspapers Ltd. All rights reserved THE Duchess of York told pals she had recruited Prince Andrew's paedophile friend Jeffrey Epstein to bankroll her fight against bankruptcy. Shameless Fergie, who owed a total of

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London Evening Standard's Londoner's Diary ROBERT Jobson was lucky to make it to his own book launch last night at The Yacht at Temple Pier. The author of William & Kate: The Love Story was on one of only two Virgin flights to leave New York for Heathrow on Monday night, having been unable to fly out on Sunday as planned. Jobbo paid tribute to snapper Niraj Tanna, whose “great photos”

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WSJ(4/9) Britain's Newshounds Wage A Wedding Battle Royal 19 April 2011Copyright (c) 2011, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. WSJ(4/9) Britain's Newshounds Wage A Wedding Battle Royal Judy Wade, a royal correspondent for Britain's Hello! Magazine, has a juicy story to tell, and it isn't about the Queen. As Ms. Wade has it, royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton upbraided a rival columnist -- Katie

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Follow Robert Jobson on twitter @theroyaleditor and www.theroyaleditor.com

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23 April 2011NBC News: Saturday TodaySTDTNBC Universal Inc. All Rights Reserved. CARL QUINTANILLA, co-host: With all this talk about the upcoming royal wedding, we're hearing the term "royal watcher" used a lot. But what--or rather who, exactly--are these royal watchers? Natalie Morales joins us once again from London with more. Natalie, good morning. NATALIE MORALES reporting: And good

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ROBERT JOBSON REVEALS WHY PRINCE CHARLES WAS QUIZZED OVER DIANA'S CRASH ON CBS.http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1117405n

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ROBERT JOBSON DISCUSSES THE PRINCESS'S LEGACY ON CNN'S INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3YoM7prR6c

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SEE ROBERT JOBSON'S INTERVIEW ABOUT PRINCESS WILLIAM AND HARRY ON CBS NEWShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmiW8qY0lX8

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Prince Andrew at 50 on our boys, our country and his girlsBy Robert Jobson, 14/02/2010TO admirers he is prince, pilot, patriot. To critics. . . philanderer, playboy, even parasite.But today - in his most candid interview ever - Prince Andrew exclusively gives News of the World readers a fascinating insight into his life, his family and his hopes for Britain's future as he approaches his landmark

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CHARLES TRIED TO STOP WAR; Prince thought Blair was wrong on Iraq Made fears known to senior politicians Mocked the PM as 'our glorious leader'EXCLUSIVEBY ROBERT JOBSON ROYAL EDITORPRINCE Charles was so convinced Tony Blair was WRONG to take Britain to war in Iraq he broke Royal tradition and actively campaigned against the invasion, the News of the World can reveal.Behind closed doors, the heir

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Valentine LowThe Times2nd October 2009The Evening Standard was always the great survivor. Since it first hit the streets 182 years ago — as a morning newspaper at first, not becoming an evening one until 1859 — it has seen off 13 rivals, absorbed nine other titles and thwarted the ambitions of all who would do it down, from Robert Maxwell to Ken Livingstone.Until now. The decision to go free may

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Bulletproof is published on 24 September 2009News of the World, 13/09/2009A ROYAL Marine who won the George Cross for diving on to a live grenade to save his comrades today reveals how he has cheated death SIX TIMES in bloody and brutal tours of Iraq and Afghanistan.From being hit by a ROCKET to surviving a ROADSIDE BOMB and famously smothering the blast of that grenade, supersoldier Matt

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Royal timing lets regionals break news of engagement18 February 2005By Sarah LaganFor once regional evenings were in a position to break a major royal story.The news that Prince Charles and Camilla Barker-Bowles are to wed broke just after 9am on 10 February — far too late for the nationals.Editors in the regions often complain that royal and Government announcements are timed to get maximum

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By Robert JobsonFirst Published in the News of the WorldKATE Middleton is getting used to walking down the aisle at a wedding on Prince William's arm.But on Friday, yet again, it was not their marriage, but a friend's - Guards officer Nick van Cutsem, who quipped to the couple: "Your'e next!"All the talk after the ceremony in London was of "pressure" on the prince to finally pop the question to

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EVERY year I attend a meeting at Buckingham Palace when the Royal Family's accounts are published.There is the usual nit-picking by some journalists who trawl through the book trying to find some fact that shocks the public.But I always come away feeling that the Queen is excellent value for money as our Head of State.Some of the junior royals would do well to trim their budgets, Prince Andrew

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Robert Jobson, author of four books, has become a member of the Biographers' Club - an umbrella organisation which seeks to educate, inspire, promote and foster a better understanding of the art of biography and its relevance across the broad spectrum of human endeavour.The club's events create a forum for this understanding, a public benefit for all in the art of biography across all media and

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By Robert Jobson, Royal CorrespondentLondon Evening Standard 06/12/2004Princess Diana considered running off with her bodyguard lover Barry Mannakee.The princess admitted she "fell deeply in love" with the policeman and insisted she was certain he was "bumped off". A top detective has been called in to investigate the claim which appears in tapes Diana recorded for her voice coach. In excerpts to

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How to live like a prince: the shabby style, Sloaney slang and social rules of William and Harry's inner circle, by Guy Adams, The Independent, Sunday, 17 June 2007"Both princes expect absolute loyalty from even minor acquaintances, and as a result tend to draw friends from families, schools and backgrounds that they can rely upon. Having often been betrayed in the press, they are said to rate

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AUGUST 2008 BOOK OF THE MONTH, MAJESTY MAGAZINERobert Jobson, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller 'Diana: Closely Guarded Secret', reveals the true story of Prince Harry’s heroism in Afghanistan. The book, the first serious solo biography about the Prince, gives a fascinating insight the third in line to the throne. It explores how he developed from cheeky schoolboy who was forced to cope

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CBSBritain's Prince Charles didn't get married until he was 32. His oldest son may not wait that long.Prince William, who's in line to become king, and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, have been dating for four years. Observers say it could well be that she's being groomed to be queen.Robert Jobson covers the royals for the London Evening Standard, and has written a book about the young

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Queen Elizabeth II Celebrates Golden JubileeAired June 8, 2002 - 07:40 ETKYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: This week's Golden Jubilee celebrations in England were filled with food, fun, singing, and a whole lot more. Richard Quest takes a look at the queen, and why this Jubilee is being dubbed a success.(COMMERCIAL BREAK) (MUSIC)RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): London comes alive. A

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WOMAN'S DAY, AUSTRALIA, June 22, 2009After a fling with sexy TV presenter Caroline Flack, Harry is now considering a reunion with old flame Chelsy Davy. Get ready for a right royal cat fight, says Lucie Morris.Let the battle commence! There are now two contenders for Prince Harry's royal affections – two feisty and headstrong women who aren't used to taking no for an answer. British TV host

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Robert Jobson and Richard Quest present the historic funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother for CNNRICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT:Good morning from London and welcome to viewers in the United States to CNN's extended coverage of the ceremonial procession of the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. As the coffin and body is moved from St. James Palace, where she has been lying,

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The Royal Wedding - ChronologyThe following is a timeline of the key events from the announcement of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall's wedding to the day itself.THE ENGAGEMENTThursday 10 February 2005 - Clarence House is forced to hastily announce the engagement of the Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker Bowles after London newspaper The Evening Standard breaks the news in its early

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Racially charged comments from Britain's Prince Harry that were captured on video while he was in the military are creating an explosive backlash in Britain, with lawmakers and Muslim groups condemning the 24-year-old's language.Prince Harry has issued an apology for controversial comments caught on tape.While filming a video diary during his military training, Harry turned the camera on a fellow

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Published in the News of the WorldTuesday, 30 June 2009By Robert JobsonWHERE were the Royals on Armed Forces Day?As the nation united to celebrate our brave servicemen and women past, present and future yesterday they were nowhere to be seen.Only the Queen - now 83 years old - was on duty, giving out medals to soldiers in Scotland. The rest, including the cosseted "boys" William and Harry, were

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INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTSDeath of DianaAugust 31, 2007FIONNUALA SWEENEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL HOST: Hello, I am Fionnuala Sweeney in London. Welcome to CNN's INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS where we examine how the media are covering the big stories.She starred in a story that captivated the world. This week, Diana, "The People's Princess", 10 years on. A decade ago this week, Diana was killed in a

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Prince Harry’s exploits on the frontline in Afghanistan are revealed in this extract from a new book“To the fighter pilots and the crews manning spy planes above the battlefields of Afghanistan he was just Widow Six Seven, another radio call sign, a reassuring voice of authority, a brother in arms, a bit of a wag and, in Harry’s case, an incorrigible flirt.It seemed you could take the boy out of

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CNN 13 November 2002Nic Robertson reports live from London, where Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to open parliament soon. Jobson discusses the latest royal scandal and its impact on the monarchy.CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: To London again to see the queen. It's stiff upper lip time as the royal family faces what some say could be the end of the monarchy. The reason, because of allegations of a

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6 January 2004Death of a Princess: Britain Opens Inquest.WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: First up this hour, what caused the deaths of Princess Diana and her companion, Dodi Fayed? More than six years after their fatal car crash in Paris, Britain has opened up a formal inquiry. And now a report in a British tabloid adding fuel to conspiracy theories, it says Diana feared Prince Charles was plotting to

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CNN 9 April 2005ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Wedding day at Windsor. Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles.BECKY ANDERSON, CNN ANCHOR: A trip to the altar 35 years in the making. A controversial love that's stood the test of time. A formal invitation now to join us for a royal wedding.COOPER: It is the day some thought would never come. Prince Charles has finally married his long time love

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Royal Commentator on England's Golden Jubilee30 April 2002CNN: Live TodayDARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The British monarchy is alive and it's doing quite well. It's just going through some changes. That's according to Queen Elizabeth, who today addressed a joint session of Parliament. This is the only the fifth time in her 50 years on the throne that she has done this.Well, we are going to try here

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1 April 2002CNN: Live TodayCAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Britain's Queen Mother is being remembered and honored today. Shots fired during a 41-gun salute could be heard around Britain and Gibraltar. And while mourners lined up at St. James Palace, an emotional Prince Charles today spoke about his grandmother.PRINCE CHARLES, UNITED KINGDOM: I learned so much from her, of immense value in my life. Apart

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Queen Mother Dies at 101CNN: Breaking NewsFREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: We have a breaking story now. Sad news that Britain's queen mother has died. We want to now take you to a look back at her long life and reign as a queen.WHITFIELD: So if you're just joining us, Britain's queen mother has died at the age of 101. She died in her sleep at 3:15 London time, which is 10:15 Eastern time today

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Aired June 8, 2002 - 07:40 on CNNKYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: This week's Golden Jubilee celebrations in England were filled with food, fun, singing, and a whole lot more. We take a look at the queen, and why this Jubilee is being dubbed a success. Are these the best times for the royal family, or just the calm before the next crisis? That's the question. In London, CNN's royal commentator, Robert

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Here are the best-selling royalty books and DVDs of January and February 2009, based on sales made through the Royalty.nu site and its companion blogs:#1Harry’s War: The True Story of a Soldier Prince by Robert Jobson. Book about Britain’s Prince Harry and his 10 weeks of military service in Afghanistan.#2The Tudors - The Complete Second Season. DVD of the popular TV series. England’s King Henry

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The Guardian, Wednesday 30 April 2008Evening Standard royal correspondent Robert Jobson is joining the News of the World as royal editor after seven years at the Associated title.Jobson, who broke the story about the engagement between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles in February 2005, will take over the brief formerly held by Clive Goodman.Goodman was sacked after he was convicted

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This docu-drama series - due to be broadcast autumn 2009 - promises to be a hit.I will feature in the 5th episode about Prince Charles's wedding to Camilla and how I broke the story, and the fall-out that followed. Here is an article from the Daily Telegraph about the series that will be shown on Channel 4. The series has also been sold to the ABC network in the USA.

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THE Queen will be rightly horrified at this appalling failure of royal security. It shows she and her family are in grave danger.If a terrorist wanted to plant a bomb in her limo, we have shown that they can. If a terrorist wanted to blow up part of Buckingham Palace—as iconic a symbol for our country as the Twin Towers were to America—we have shown they can.I am totally amazed by this breach. I

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Transcript of interview: Robert Jobson discussing Prince William's relationship with long-time girlfriend Kate MiddletonHANNAH STORM, co-host: Britain's Prince Charles did not get married until he was 32 years old. But his oldest son may not wait that long. Prince William's long-time girlfriend is this young lady, Kate Middleton, and there's every sign that she is being groomed to be a future

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Harry on the front lineGavin EngelbrechtHARRY'S WAR: THE TRUE STORY OF THE SOLDIER PRINCE by Robert Jobson (John Blake, £7.99)WHEN news leaked out that Prince Harry was serving on the frontline in Afghanistan it was only a matter of time before he was whisked to safety. . . and a matter of not much more time before a book followed.First off the mark is journalist Robert Jobson who records Prince

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STEPHEN Fry called her a "Princess Diana from the wrong side of the tracks". When I first heard the comparison between Jade Goody and Diana I thought it was daft. One was the "People's Princess"-the essence of compassion and duty-the other a funny reality TV star.But just as at Princess Diana's 1997 funeral, which I attended, thousands of well-wishers turned out to throw flowers on the hearse. It

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PRINCE HARRY IN NEW YORK31 May 2009The News of the WorldPRINCE Harry told yesterday how his mum is still his inspiration — then vowed to continue Princess Diana's work for AIDS victims.In an emotional speech in the US on his first official overseas tour he pledged to continue her crusade to help African children struck down or orphaned by the disease.He told a celebrity fundraising dinner in New

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HARRY'S natural ease and the way he carried out his first official overseas duties with a smile surely means he is ready to take on his mother's role.After all, his style in New York — mixing effortlessly with A-listers and Joe Public — was poignantly reminiscent of the Queen of Hearts.He even evoked memories of his mum in Luxembourg in 1993 when he planted a tree in the British Garden.Harry has

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HOW RUPERT LOST HIS BABYKINS TO BIG WILLIEBy LAURA COLLINS20 August 2006The Mail on SundayIT IS never far from public eyes, as countless pictures testify yet, remarkably, little is known about the romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton and the extent to which it could redefine the Monarchy.For theirs is a relationship that bucks all precedent on both sides of the palace walls. In a

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Prince William's girlfriend will become queen: royal analyst(c) 2007 Kyodo NewsLONDON, Jan. 31 2007Prince William's girlfriend of four years, Kate Middleton, ''will become Britain's next princess and ultimately queen consort,'' royal analyst and correspondent for London's Evening Standard newspaper, Robert Jobson, told foreign press in the capital Wednesday.''I personally believe that, in this

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‘Diana: Closely Guarded Secret’Chapter ExtractCopyright of Ken Wharfe and Robert Jobson’Gran-gran’ was the pet name William and Harry used for their great-grandmother,the Queen Mother, while the Queen was always ’Granny’; but to the police,there was only one ’Supergran’.Diana’s mother, the Honourable Mrs Frances Shand Kydd. To Dianashe was simply ’Mummy’, the one person in the world to whom she

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BY ROBERT JOBSON10 February 2005The Evening StandardTHE PRINCE of Wales is to marry Camilla Parker Bowles in the spring.Charles's office Clarence House confirmed they will get married on Friday 8 April after the news was exclusively revealed by the Evening Standard.As well-wishers congratulated the Prince at an official function in the City, he said: 'I am very excited.'Mrs Parker Bowles, 57,

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CHARLES PUTS ONE'S OAR INTO MY PALS' ROWING DATE WITH ROWAN.by IAN WOOLDRIDGE, Daily MailTHIRTEEN days ago, four friends of mine received a kind but apologetic letter from Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury. Alas, it said, he could no longer fulfil his readily given agreement to bless the open boat they hoped to row from Newfoundland to the British mainland inside 55 days this summer to

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On 10 February 2005 Downing Street denied it leaked the story of the royal marriage.Downing Street today strongly denied that anyone inside No 10 had leaked the news of Prince Charles' impending marriage to the media.Downing Street today strongly denied that anyone inside No 10 had leaked the news of Prince Charles' impending marriage to the media.The Evening Standard appeared to secure a scoop

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IF THE Queen ever doubted her decision not to give an interview, she should watch her grandsons flirt Hollywood-style with a US TV network.William and Harry did their best on NBC, speaking because they wanted to commemorate their mother's death 10 years ago. However, some of the answers William, in particular, gives to a skilled interviewer like Matt Lauer were patently absurd. When asked about

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WARRIOR PRINCE29 June 2008Sunday Herald SunPrince Harry's exploits on the frontline in Afghanistan are revealed for the first time in this extract from a new book Harry's War by royal watcher ROBERT JOBSONTO the fighter pilots and the crews manning spy planes above the battlefields of Afghanistan he was just Widow Six Seven, another radio call sign, a reassuring voice of authority, a brother in

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30 May 2009NBC News: Saturday TodayAMY ROBACH, co-host:Britain's Prince Harry is on his first official visit to America and receiving a welcome made for a king. Well, Robert Jobson is the royal editor at Britain's News of the World. He is also the author of "Harry's War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince."Robert, good morning.Mr. JOBSON: Good morning, Amy.ROBACH: So as you've been saying, this

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THE Queen will be rightly horrified at this appalling failure of royal security.It shows she and her family are in grave danger.If a terrorist wanted to plant a bomb in her limo, we have shown that they can. If a terrorist wanted to blow up part of Buckingham Palace-as iconic a symbol for our country as the Twin Towers were to America-we have shown they can.I am totally amazed by this breach. I

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HARRY'S natural ease and the way he carried out his first official overseas duties with a smile surely means he is ready to take on his mother's role.After all, his style in New York - mixing effortlessly with A-listers and Joe Public - was poignantly reminiscent of the Queen of Hearts. He even evoked memories of his mum in Luxembourg in 1993 when he planted a tree in the British Garden.Harry has

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THE Queen prides herself on her timing. Everything about her schedule is done with military precision. But when she stepped out last week, bedecked in diamonds for a champagne party to celebrate the Golden Jubilee success, even she couldn't fail to appreciate the irony as the Royal Family tried to come to terms with one of its gravest crises for years.The Queen being the Queen did her best to

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As as he posed for birthday portraits at Clarence House, it must have crossed his mind: "Will I ever be King- and do I even want the job?" Our 82-year-old Queen is still in fine health, and her mother lived until she was 101, so it is possible Charles could be 80 before he ascends. And even if he does become monarch, the constraints that go with the job could "suffocate" the outspoken royal, as

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AS HE sits in the breakfast room of Highgrove this morning, the Prince of Wales will be contemplating his future.The death of his beloved grandmother has left Prince Charles devastated. Those close to him say he was particularly distraught that he was not there at the end to hold her hand as she passed away. But as the tributes continue to the royal matriarch, who died at 101 last weekend, his

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