Pregnant Kate attends Queen's Trooping the Colour Parade
Kate Middleton has made her final public appearance before the birth of her first child when she attended the Trooping the Colour parade.
Kate christens new cruise ship in smashing style
A heavily-pregnant Duchess of Cambridge christened a new cruise liner, named Royal Princess, in Southampton today.
PC sold Kate Middleton information to the Sun
A former police officer has been jailed for two years for selling stories about Kate Middleton and a host celebrities to the Sun newspaper.
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Duchess of Cambridge carries out last solo engagement
The Duchess of Cambridge carried out her last solo engagement today before her baby is born - launching a new liner.
Kate, who is around eight months pregnant, looked relaxed as she stepped from her chauffeur-driven vehicle to the quayside in Southampton.
She is due to give birth by mid-July and made the journey from London by helicopter for the naming ceremony of Princess Cruises' 3,600-passenger vessel Royal Princess.
A look at what the Royal Princess ship has onboard
The Duchess of Cambridge will travel to Southampton for the naming ceremony of Princess Cruises' 3,600-passenger Royal Princess today.
This video reveals some of the features aboard the new liner.
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Princess Cruises 'delighted' Kate to launch new ship
– Princess Cruises' president and chief executive Alan BuckelewWe are delighted that the Duchess will launch our new ship and can think of no better way to celebrate our company's British heritage and our commitment to the country.
The Royal Princess ship arrives in Southampton
ITV Meridian's Transport Correspondent Mike Pearse provided this footage of the Royal Princess arriving into Southampton last Friday ahead of its naming ceremony
The Royal Princess is a new-generation cruise ship
The 3,600-passenger Royal Princess is a new-generation cruise ship which will join the Princess Cruises fleet this month.
Among the special features on board is a top-deck glass-bottomed walkway extending 28 feet beyond the edge of the ship.
Duchess of Cambridge to name new cruise liner
The Duchess of Cambridge will official name new cruise ship the Royal Princess in Southampton today.
It will be Kate's last solo engagement before she is expected to give birth next month.
The official ceremony will involve a blessing, the tradition of smashing a bottle over the hull of the ship and a performance by the Royal Marines Band and the pipers of the Irish Guards.
The Duchess, who is the godmother of the new liner, will step aboard the vessel for a brief tour and visit the ship's bridge after the naming ceremony.
The 141,000 ton ship can accommodate up to 3,600 passengers and will join the Princess Cruises fleet this month.
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Prince Charles reviews Trooping the Colour rehearsal
Prince Charles has led the Welsh Guards in the final rehearsal for this year’s Queen’s Birthday Parade.
The Colonel's Review is the final dress rehearsal before the Trooping the Colour, which will be held next Saturday in front of the Queen.
The Queen is currently spending the weekend in Windsor as the Duke of Edinburgh recovers in hospital following his exploratory operation. The Duke is expected to miss the event.
Read more: Prince Philip to spend his 92nd birthday in hospital
PC sold Kate Middleton information to the Sun
A former police officer has been jailed for two years for selling stories about Kate Middleton and a host celebrities to the Sun newspaper.
Read the full storyPC was 'utterly indifferent' when selling details to the Sun
Flattley also texted a journalist to say where student fees protester Edward Woollard, who threw a fire extinguisher from Millbank Tower in 2010, had been taken.And he passed on information about a bomb scare in a branch of Accessorize in central London in 2011.
Sentencing Flattley for two years, Mr Justice Fulford told him his behaviour was "utterly reprehensible".
He said:
In my judgment this defendant was utterly indifferent as to whether his actions would harm particular police investigations and the course of justice and overall he did not care what effect his activities would have on the victims and others involved in the various cases about which he provided information.
Details of information sold by police officer to the Sun
Flattley, from Stockport in Cheshire, passed information to the Sun about a series of stories.
The total benefit to him was deemed to be £8,636.89, and information passed on included details linked to 19 active investigations, including;
- Checking out false rumours about then-England footballer John Terry and former MP Ann Widdecombe.
- Details about ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne being sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
- A car break-in suffered by royal Zara Phillips.
Flatley also sold information on which police station Arsenal footballer Jack Wilshere was taken to when he was arrested for assault.
Other stories concerned pop star Mika when his sister fell from a window in Kensington and the boyfriend of singer Lisa Maffia being stabbed at the O2 in November 2008.
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