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K_\eXci\_\XijPRINCE William and KateMiddleton went to West-minster Abbey last nightfor the main rehearsal aheadof their wedding tomorrow.

Best man Prince Harry andthe brides parents, Michaeland Carole Middleton, andKates maid of honour, hersister Pippa, and brotherJames also attended.

William and Kate will wedat the 950-year-old Abbey ina ceremony watched by twobillion people worldwide.

Despite the pressure, asenior royal aide said of thePrince and Kate last night:They are very upbeat. Theyare very relaxed.

The royal party arrived in aconvoy of blacked-out cars,heightening the excitementof a growing throng of fanscamped in a mini tent city.

Inside the Abbey, officialswalked William and Katethrough where they mustbe at every moment of the

hour-long ceremony.The rehearsal involved theArchbishop of Canterbury,Dr Rowan Williams, who ismarrying the couple, theBishop of London, the RtRev Richard Chartres, whowill give the address, and theDean of Westminster, theVery Rev Dr John Hall, who isconducting the service.

Kate, 29, walked up thenave arm in arm with herfather and went through thevows with William, 28.

Earlier in the day, Kateappeared to let slip some ofher wedding vows or perhaps

a reading from the servicewhen she left her family homein Bucklebury, Berkshire.

A sheaf of paper visible inthe back seat of her carincluded phrases from anunknown work, leading tospeculation the couple mighthave written their own vows.

Many of the words wereobscured but one phrasestood out: With so muchlove within our hearts.

Yesterday was a day ofrehearsals. Up to a 1,000 mili-tary personnel who will formthe procession or line theroute took part in a pre-dawnrehearsal for the historic dis-play of pomp and pageantry.

To the sound of thunder-ing hooves and barked out

orders, the Army, Navy andRAF went through a full-scale re-enactment. As daybroke the 1902 state landau,used by Princess Diana andPrince Charles in their wed-ding 30 years ago, waited

outside Westminster Abbey.Four white horses pulledthe empty carriage, escortedby mounted HouseholdCavalry on black steeds as itleft for Buckingham Palace.

The horses of the mountedLife Guards waited patientlyin perfect line for the order togo. Every moment in the cer-emony was tested to the pre-cise second. The practice runbegan shortly before 5am.

RAF planes rehearsed fortheir flypast for when thecouple gather with the Royal

Family on the balcony atBuckingham Palace.Today a music rehearsal is

scheduled, along with clergyand broadcasters taking partin a full-dress practicesession at the Abbey.

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WELL-WISHERS cheer theQueen in Cambridgeyesterday as speculationmounts that William couldbecome the citys duke.

Wearing a royal blue coatand hat with red trim, heroutfit fittingly matched theUnion flags being waved inthe crowd. Her Majesty wasattending a 500th anniversaryparty at the universitys StJohns College.

William and Kate are tippedto become Duke and Duchessof Cambridge if the Queenfollows tradition by givingthem a title on their big day.

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for themIN 24 hours she maynever have to carry a boxagain. But for now, Katecan do without flunkies,thank you.

The bride-to-be,dressed casually injeans, right, was spottedarriving at ClarenceHouse yesterday forlast-minute weddingpreparations.

She was seenunloading a carton fromthe rear of her blue Audi,inset. Despite her royalstatus from tomorrow,Kate and William insistthey want to continueliving as a normal RAFcouple without servantsin their rented northWales farmhouse.

Kate, however, isbound to needsecretarial support inLondon for a mountainof correspondence fromwell-wishers.

THIS could be it the mosttalked about bridal gown of the21st Century.

Amid heightened security atthe hotel where the Middletonfamily will be based for the wed-ding, porters brought in bagscontaining carefully concealedgarments yesterday.

They arrived with MichaelMiddleton, 61, the brides father,who was not inclined to saywhether one of them containedhis daughters wedding dress.

He and his wife Carole, 56,have booked out all of the 71rooms at the 345-a-night Gor-ing Hotel, close to BuckinghamPalace, for their guests.

Inside the five-star hotel, thebrides lavish suite was filledwith white roses, eucharist liliesand freesias delivered in threecars by florist Jenny Tobin, whohas provided flowers for manyfilms including Love Actuallyand Sense And Sensibility.

Kate, however, is not expectedto check into the hotel until latertoday. She spent last night atClarence House after leaving herfamilys house at Bucklebury,Berks, for the last time as a singlewoman yesterday morning.

Wearing a substitute for her

wedding dress, the 29-year-oldbride has been practising how tocurtsey for a tricky moment inher marriage ceremony when sheand Prince William will payobeisance to the Queen.

In one of the more difficultmanoeuvres for any royal bride,she will perform a full, formalcourt curtsey to the monarch,while William bows his head, justafter the couple have signed theregister.

Kate has been practising withthe help of Clarence House.

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The first phase of the publicticketing process the biggest

of its kind ever staged in thiscountry is now over. Officialswill check applications beforerunning ballots for sports whichare oversubscribed.

Money will be taken fromaccounts from May 10 until

June 10 and winners will receive

email confirmation of whichevents they will receive tickets forby June 24.

Applicants who missed out onevents will be given further

opportunities to apply forremaining tickets in June and Julyas part of this process.

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uring a bitter custody battle spokesterday of his anguish at failing tootect them.Pasquale Riggi said he was pained

the core after estranged wifeheresa was jailed for a minimum of

years for killing eight-year-oldwins Austin and Luke and theirster Cecilia, five.The oil company executive saide horrific manner in which his

hildren died would leave anndelible mark on his life.Theresa Riggi, 47, was initially

harged with murder but last month

he pleaded guilty to culpable homi-de on the grounds of diminishedsponsibility.The bloodstained bodies of the

hildren were discovered last Augustthe familys rented flat in an

dinburgh townhouse following auspected gas explosion.They had been stabbed eight

mes each and were found lying sidey side in a bedroom.US-born Mrs Riggi, a violinist whought music, was badly injuredter falling head first from a second-

oor balcony in a suicide bid.The court heard she had beenossessive about the children

nce they were born and insistedey wore locators in publicaces. The situation worsenedhen she and Pasquale Riggi, 46,egan divorce proceedings and theouple began a custody battle.

Mrs Riggi fled with the children toe address in Edinburgh and 24

ours before their deaths a judgearned they could be in dangerhen she failed to appear at avorce hearing.The judge told social workers toack the children down and takeem into care if necessary.An earlier court hearing was told

ow she spoke to her husband byhone on the evening of August 2, atound 11.30pm.She accused him of being in collu-on with their solicitors and asked ife would take the children away.On being told that she left him

o choice, Mrs Riggi replied: Sayoodbye then. And she hung up.Psychiatrists found she was

aranoid and suffering from aarcissistic personality disorder.But passing sentence at the Highourt in Glasgow the judge, Lordracadale, described her crime ashastly and grotesque and told

er: You are not mentally ill.He added: You, and others, must

nderstand that, while your respon-bility is diminished, you are stillsponsible for your actions.The number and nature of theab wounds to each child isdicative of a truly disturbing

egree of violence.Riggi married her husband in her

home town of Bakersfield, Califor-nia, in 1989. But the couple hadseparated by the time they movedto Scotland in February 2007.

Mr Riggi stayed in a flat inAberdeen city centre while the restof the family lived in the nearbyvillage of Skene.

Defence QC Donald Findlay told

the court that Riggi was whollydevoted to her children and fearedthey would be taken from her.

He said: However irrational andhowever insane, that was the worldas Theresa Riggi saw it.

The divorce judges order was notfaxed for 24 hours and was receivedjust minutes before reports of the

gas blast sent emergency services tothe flat. Despite the delay, City ofEdinburgh Council said nothingcould have stopped Theresa Riggismurder-suicide plan.

In a statement read outside court,Mr Riggi said: The horrific mannerin which my children died will leavean indelible mark on the rest of my

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silence damaging speculationat he was not born in America.His hand was forced by thellionaire and potential presiden-al candidate Donald Trump.He revived gossip about Obamastizenship which, had it beenue, would have made him ineligi-e for the White House.Obama has already had to pro-

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out beautifully.He added that he could notannounce his official presidentialcandidacy until his reality TV showCelebrity Apprentice reaches itsfinale on May 22.

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A government plan to assassinate President Moishe Tshombeof Katanga, who was staging a sit-in at Coquilhatville airport inthe Democratic Republic of the Congo, is uncovered. Tshombewas protesting as he had been forbidden to leave the country.

A Daily Express exclusive reveals how Sarah Fergusoncaptured Prince Andrews heart and earned the Queens

approval when she gave him a playful right-hander at Ascotthe previous year. The Queen said: Hes met his match.

An Aliens Bill proposed by Unionist backbencher EA Gouldingpasses its second reading in the Commons. It calls for every

steerage passenger immigrant to register with police on arrivaland every ship carrying aliens to be liable for inspection.

Actress Renee Houston is kidnapped from Edinburghs EmpireTheatre by rag week students. Clad in scanty stage clothes sheis bundled into a car and suffers facial injuries. They let her go

when she becomes hysterical and she walks back to the theatre.

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Drought fears as river levels faEARS of a summer drought grewsterday after it was revealed that

ver levels are low across the country.Poor rainfall in March and April

as left waterways from the Don inouth Yorkshire to the Tamar inevon and Cornwall far lower thanual, the Environment Agency said.

It added that river levels arearticularly low in parts of theidlands, South-west and East.To make matters worse there istle chance of any prolonged rainfall

oming in the next few weeks, theet Office said.The source of the Thames, threeiles south of Cirencester, wassterday said to be as dry as a

one while the earth on the banks ofe Cam at Grantchester Meadowshard and cracked.

In Oxford the fire service urgedudents not to make the traditionalay Day leap from Magdalen Bridgeis Sunday because the water thereonly 2ft deep 3ft shallower than

ormal at this time of year.The water shortage is raising

oncerns about water supplies,

articularly if it lasts into the summer.Jonathan Powell, senior forecasterPositive Weather Solutions, said:

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LAVISH OCCASION: The state banquet at St Georges Hall, Windsor Castle, in honour of Jacques Chirac

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and her tales of conceiv-ing Leo at Balmoralbecause she was tooembarrassed to packher contraception butnot too embarrassed togo on about it after-wards. Would you wantthat pair of bad fairiesblighting your big day?

There are also darkmurmurings about theWindsors displayingpolitical bias. Rubbish.

It has always been saidthat the Queens favour-ite prime minister wasJim Callaghan. Andthen there are com-plaints that Kates blacksheep Uncle Gary (oncea cocaine user) will bepresent, as will theBeckhams. Look. UncleGary is family and whichwould you prefer to seeat your nuptials DavidBeckham or GordonBrown?

Of course there has tobe some degree ofprotocol involved. This isnt just anyold family wedding, its our futurehead of state. But Kate and Williamare going to have to live lives that arecontrolled down to the last comma

and this is their final chawhat they want rather tthey have to. Is it really soallow Kate and Wills to choown wedding guests?

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NE day to go and still the carpers carp: shes too thin, shewears high street not haute couture, shes getting aboveherself and now, in a last-minute gasp of indignation,she hasnt invited Tony Blair or Gordon Brown to thewedding, they cry. Well I never. The sky will fall in. Theofficial line is that neither ex-premier has been invited

to the Royal Wedding as they are not Knights of the Garter,unlike Margaret Thatcher and John Major, both of whom are onthe guest list, though the former is too ill to attend.

Bah humbug, say the doubters. There were five former primeministers for Charles and Diana only one of whom, HaroldWilson, was such a knight. But why on earth should Blair orBrown be at the event? Blair, in particular, must have irritated theRoyal Family mightily in recent years. If it wasnt him claiming tohave saved the monarchy after the death of Diana, it was Cherie

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Sally Bercow, the Speakers wife, observed:Dont go for a takeaway in Blackpool, when toldchildren were being groomed for sex at fast-foodoutlets there, and has been forced to apologise.

School governor David Moyle put up a posterfeaturing a plastic model of Charles Darwinsurrounded by a mob of Creationists. The schoolhead, Shirley Patterson, who is black, decided thatthis clearly white male figure was her, surroundedby a lynch mob. She called the police and Mr Moylehas resigned. Since when did it become de rigueurto phone the police every time someone irritatesyou? Why are we such a nation of wimps?

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whatever your background, whard and the chances are yosucceed. What this boils dowhowever, is the nastiest phraplayground: Just who do yoyou are?Miss Watson is beautiful, ta

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Butlins has banned bumper cars from bumping inanother. Sometimes comment really is superfluous.

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sterday announced it isxing around 700 UK jobs asart of plans to reduce its glo-al workforce by 4,000.The group said the posi-

ons would go by the end of12 as it looks to slash costs

y 886million.A further 3,000 jobs will befected worldwide by a move

outsource its softwareperations to Accenture.Nokia the worlds biggestobile phone maker

mploys 2,400 staff in Britain,th main sites in London

nd Farnborough, Hants.The Finnish company saide jobs would largely go

cross research and develop-ent and in software roles.Nokia confirmed it willose its operations in South-ark, central London, and

outhwood, in Farnborough,y the end of next year. But itll retain offices in Bristol,

Cambridge, Soho in centralLondon, and Church Crook-ham, Hants.

The group, which employs65,000 staff globally, said theUK was among the worstaffected by the job cuts.

It comes just a week afterthe firm revealed its marketshare slipped below 30 percent for the first time in adecade as it lost out toApples iPhone.

President and chief execu-tive Stephen Elop is hoping torevive the companys fortunesby using Microsofts Windowsmobile software in futuresmartphones.

Unions are planning a con-certed campaign to halt thejob losses in the UK.

Tony Burke, Unite assist-

ant general secretary, said:This is another dark day forthe British economy.

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HREE migrant Poles were yesterday chargedth the murder of an elderly couple butcheredth a hammer and knife in their home.Guiseppe Massaro, 80, and his wife Caterina, 77,ere killed in what police called a sustained androcious attack after a botched burglary inolverhampton.Wojciech Ostolski, 32, and Lieneusz Bartnowski,, from Wolverhampton, and Macaej Kus, 30,

om Birmingham, have been charged withurder and aggravated burglary. They are due to

ppear before Wolverhampton magistrates today.The battered bodies of the couple were found ineir bedroom by their granddaughter Lindsey

Guiseppe,80, andCaterina,77, weresubjectedto thehorrific

attack aftera botchedrobbery attheir home,police said

ooth, 23, on Good Friday. A post-mortemvealed defensive injuries on Mr Massaro,dicating he had put up a struggle.A breakthrough in the case came whenlevisions stolen from the house were recoveredom an address elsewhere in the city. Theouples Peugeot 307 was earlier recovered half aile away from their home.Superintendent Mark Payne, of Wolverhampton

olice, said: This is a one-off, isolated tragiccident. Tragedies like this are extremely rare but

ave enormous impact.Granddaughter Miss Booth said: We cant begingrasp the evil that took place in their house and

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WHEN award-winningwildlife photographer Sue

Flood told her schoolcareers officer she wantedto make films with DavidAttenborough, Mrs

Brown smiled indulgently and told herto study domestic science instead.

I used to think of her when I saw mytelevision credits on Blue Planet, saysSue. In many ways you cant blame MrsBrown for her mistake. The womansitting across from me in a London caflooks as if shed be more at homebaking cakes in a cosy cottage thanstruggling through sub-zerotemperatures to photograph theworlds most inaccessible creatures.

Sue has nice fluffy hair, round,twinkling eyes and a smiley, unlinedface that makes her look younger thanher 45 years. Yet her mild exteriormasks a steely tenacity. When I firstlanded the job as researcher on BluePlanet in 1996 it was better thanwinning the lottery, she says.

It was my absolute dream. Now Imalways asked two questions: How doyou go to the toilet? and Is DavidAttenborough as nice as he looks?.The answers are, With difficulty andEven nicer.

Sue has a string of photographyawards under her belt and a beautifulcoffee table book of photographs calledCold Places.

So how does a country girl fromnorth Wales end up spending most ofher life at either of the Poles, riskingfrostbite and exposure to capturestunning images of frozen landscapesand the polar bears, penguins, seals,walruses and whales that live there?

Sue had never ventured abroadalone (apart from a school trip to Italy)until she left Durham University in1986 but her father entranced her withhis tales of exotic lands and adventuresas a merchant seaman.

Today she admits to being a travel

addict. Im bipolar, she jokes. Youcan usually find me at either the Northor South Pole. What attracts her tosuch harsh climates? I love theamazingly resourceful people who livethere, the incredible wildlife and thespectacular scenery.

Where else do you find an area thesize of France so dramatically beautifuland so empty? she asks, showing meher aerial photograph of tiny, ant-likepeople dwarfed by the majesty of theAntarctic Ross Ice Shelf.

Her photographs range fromimpossibly cute, cuddly baby penguinsto savage and bloodied polar bearsafter a kill. Sue loves the breadth andextremes of nature and celebrates thefact she can photograph the samepolar bear out on the kill one day andaffectionately nuzzling its cub the nextand shes prepared to go to daredevillengths to capture her shots. She tells

me of the time she was husband, the film cameAllan, when a polar bea Dont show it youre sDoug. That was all veryheart was about to expchest and the bear kep

We fired a warning sbut it must have been ddidnt even flinch. It go

had to spray pepper in it go away. Another timfilming mother and calfwhales underwater andflipped me with her tail

My camera began siwith a choice of whethewife or the footage, Douafter the camera, Sue

Though they recentlyis sanguine about beingdont think people whoto spend days in a freezto photograph a pengumake the best partnerstalking about herself as

Doug, whom she met30, proposed five years than romantic circumshe proposed because hwere going to die, sayscamping on the ice seveanywhere. We woke up

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ome true

nd us. The ice was breaking up asmeone had hurled down a giantw and it was all in pieces.e must have been there, terrifiedng under, for five or six hours andproposed. I remember crying

relief when I heard the rescueopter.

F

OR Sue, none of this isextraordinary. This is hernormal life. If anything she

coming home strange. I live in aictorian flat in Bristol and ittimes feels like an aeroplanear after months of being coopeda tiny cabin with others onpedition ship or in a tent.lways amazed by what aerful contraption a kettle is whenhome.e is also used to the unrelentingon trips. Foods vary from adian version of Pot Noodle toc char, a salmon-like fish. I loveon but week in week out it doesather repetitive.e dives in a dry suit so she is ablear thermal underwear andsocks but admits to having once

jumped into an icy pool at the sternof a Russian icebreaker in a swimsuit.Even I, who should have knownbetter, was shocked by the cold, sheremembers. Im sure I burned a fewcalories doing that.

She has avoided frostbite by wearinglots of thin layers, goggles and thinthermal gloves with rubber tips shecan peel back, under thicker gloves. I

just dont feel the cold when Im intenton a photograph, she insists.She shows me shots of a penguin and

its chick standing within inches of hercamera. I lay very still in the snowabout 50 metres away, knowing theywere so curious they wouldnt be ableto resist having a look and sure enoughthey soon toddled over.

As we part, I ask if she feels ready tosettle down and have a family. Whatdo you think? she says, grinning. Imalready itching to be off on my nexttrip. Maybe Bhutan. Its all so exciting.Im living my dream life.

Cold Places (25, New SuePublishing) is available at Amazonand Waterstones. Sue will discuss thebook at the Hay Festival on May 28.See sueflood.com for more information.

Interview by CHARLOTTE METCALF

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TELL ME THETRUTH ABOUT...

ctress CLAIRE GOOSE, 36,ves in west London wither husband, TV producerraig Woodrow and theiraughter Amelia, one

APPINESS

or me its about finding aalance in life and trying to findme for everything. I never want

look back and wish Id triedomething. My parents were veryood at making us try differentings and I hope Im like that withy daughter too.I know too many people who

ave jobs they hate. You spendore time at work than you do atome so you may as well doomething you love and enjoy.

AMILY

y family is a tremendous support.ere very close. We have what Ill a Mafia family. Its very large andtended and Im close to all myusins and aunts. Its strange tonk that were all at that point in oures where most of us are marriedmpared to the days when we wereildren running around on theach chucking sand at one another.

RIENDS

y friends are understanding. Iavent seen anyone properly for

year because its been hard toavel with Amelia. Now shes a bitder that should change so wereoing to try to make up for that.

UCCESS

ou could be very successful but notarticularly happy at what you do soy idea of success is making aing from something you love.Equally if you choose to be a mumwhich is the hardest job in theorld and bring up your children to well-adjusted, well-roundedople then youve been extremelyccessful. Success depends onur expectations.

OVE

ou have to work at relationshipsspecially if youre not gettingny sleep. You have to dig deepccasionally but hopefully youont have to work too hard all theme because thats a signomething isnt right.

OOKS

takes an effort. Eating healthily isportant. Im quite lucky as mysband and I both enjoy cooking so

e rarely eat processed food. Weoth love a glass of wine and Im notoing to give that up easily. I used too to the gym but now pushing aam is my main form of exercise. I

ate folding it up and putting it in ther so I just walk everywhere.

Claire Goose appears in Exile, aew three-part drama on BBC1hich begins on Sunday at 9pm.

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ALL GROWN UP: Author Meg Clothier at home with her daughter Rowan

The boy wh

grew up tobe a motheIDIDNT just hate dolls anddresses. I didnt just love mudand bows and arrows. I didntjust want to be a boy, I was aboy: one called Edward. Itwas always part of me, like

having slightly red hair and freckles.The proudest moment of my

early years came when a teacher ona cricket course lectured me on thedangers of not wearing a box. I toldhim I didnt have any testicles. Hetold me not to talk rubbish.

There were other triumphs suchas sauntering into the gents whenthere was a queue for the ladies,winning special dispensation atprimary school to wear a blazerrather than a cape and casting myhandsome little brother as the uglysister while I was Prince Charming.

My mother, of good feministstock, says she was delighted tohave escaped the plague of MyLittle Ponies that swept the UKin the early Eighties and my father

was pleasantly surprised to havea daughter who thought catchingand gutting fish was the best funever, especially if you landed agarfish, a mini swordfish that hadbright green blood.

They did, however, often havesome rather tricky explaining todo. A few months into primaryschool one of my first friends toldhis mother that he only wantedboys at his fifth birthday party.

No problem, she said, who doyou want to ask? He reeled off a list

of Simons, Stuarts and one

Margaret. Um, said his mother,isnt Margaret a little girl? No, heinsisted, Margarets a boy. Cue onevery confused phone call to ourhouse that evening.

Yet the glory days ended agedseven when I went to an all-girlsboarding school and blunderedinto a weird new world of stickerswapping, skipping ropes anddancing to Top Of The Pops.

I begged for special dispensationagain. Please, please, could I justbe allowed to sit quietly by myselfin the library? I was much happierreading Willard Price adventurestories than figuring out the rulesto girl world.

L

UCKILY for me a newheadmaster arrived, an

eccentric who often forgothe was no longer head of a boysprep school. He called us by oursurnames, despised wetness andobsessed about cricket.

The older children used to watchTV with him and his wife onSaturday nights but one week hedeclared hed had enough of BlindDate and Miss Marple. We were allgoing to watch his favourite videoinstead as it would be good for us.What was it? Bothams Ashes.

He even dreamed up a brilliantnew after-tea activity calledPirates. It involved the entireschool chasing each other over allthe gym equipment in a wayguaranteed to give any Ofstedinspector a seizure. It wasdangerous and it always ended intears. Of course I loved it.

I was excited about mysecondary school. For one it was

mixed. For another it was close toLondon which to me meant aninfinite number of McDonaldsmeals and the Royal Tournament.Yet the reality came as a massiveshock.

While Id been playing chess andrunning the tuck shop, girls andboys in the South-east had becometeenagers. Cool teenagers.

On my first night the girls in myroom were talking about whotheyd got off with that summer.

I had no idea what that meantbut I knew Id never come evenclose. They cleansed, toned andmoisturised while I had nothing

but a toothbrush. I still wore boyspyjamas and read Tolkien-stylefantasy novels. I knew I was introuble.

Two years later I had undergonea transformation so dramatic thata girl from home whod known mesince our first day at nursery didntrecognise me when I turned up ather 15th birthday party.

Was it puberty that steered metowards floppy hair, teeny-tinyskirts and silly platforms? Partly.

Yet I dont like to put it all downto hormones. Id always been a bitcompetitive and it must havedawned on me that boys and

parties and cider were timportant game in towwork out how to play.

Later, much later, I emarried (no long white ring, no make-up, I didnthat much) and got pre

My friends assumed tturned out to be a he,be called Edward.

I worried about the pimplications of naming his mothers male alter the end it didnt matterit is a she called Rowwatched her toddling a

kissing her bear and kicball, Ive thought aboutproperly for the first tim

My only regret is thatI could be myself and stthat liking adventures adangerous games someme a boy. The best I caone-year-old is to give htrucks and tea-sets, dindolls and wait and see wlikes best. And if its fairprincesses I wont mindbit. Honest.

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MEG CLOTHIERlived her whole

childhood as heralter ego Edward

I blundered into aweird new world of

skipping ropes

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sychologist Dr PAM SPURRemember the three Rs: respect,sponsibility and romance.You must have respect for

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oyal expert JENNIE BONDsten to what the Duke ofdinburgh, Williams grandfather,id when he and the Queen werelebrating their diamond

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ad learned was that toleranceas the one essential ingredientany happy marriage. It may

ot be quite so important whenings are going well, he said.

However it is absolutely vitalhen the going gets difficult. Youan take it from me that theueen has the quality oflerance in abundance.If William and Catherine canllow that example and also

how kindness to one another,eyll have the foundation forstrong and happy marriage.

ate Middleton lookalike

ATE BEVANaving just recently got marriedyself my advice would be to

make sure that you laugh a lottogether. Also, dont forget tocount your blessings every dayand never let the sun set onan argument.

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William but a family and a role. Asyour circumstances continue tochange, such as becoming amother or William becoming King,check with him what he expectsof you, as yours, his and thecountrys expectations will evolve.Keeping the intimacy is also vitalto your happiness.

Life coach FIONA HARROLDYou must carve out boundariesand a role you are comfortable

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Im thrilledwith mynew nose

How to fight ageingDr AAMER KHAN is a qualified GP and one of the UKs leadingauthorities on cosmetic and non-surgical procedures. His wife

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FOR Tara Palmer-Tomkinson,just a glimpse of herreflection was enough toundermine her confidence.In 2006 the socialite paid6,000 to have her nose,

amaged after years of drug abuse,built using cartilage from her ear.However the original surgery hadorn out leaving her nose looking

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treet Skin Clinic asking for help.ather than have reconstructive

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osmetic filler into misshapen orunken areas.As she wanted her new nose in

me for the royal wedding, this wase perfect solution.After a topical anaesthetic was

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mprovement in the overall shape.ara was thrilled with the results.There was no bruising or swelling,

o recovery time and her new nosell retain its shape for between

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urgery to correct it permanently orontinue with injectables.After her treatment Tara told us:

The criticism made me so unhappy.ith my old nose Id look in theirror and feel self-conscious butis has changed the way I feel

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Surgery can cost up to 5,000while injectables cost between300 and 650 depending on theamount used.

We used the hyaluronic acid fillerTeosyal in Taras nose. This gel-likesubstance is found naturally in thebodys connective tissues and itbreaks down gradually over a periodof up to a year.

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IF YOU live a five-starlifestyle you want afive-star wedding tomatch. My clients eat inthe finest restaurants, stayin world-class hotels and

fly on private jets so the bar for aspecial celebration issignificantly raised.

They will often spend in excessof 100,000 on their wedding.People assume they must be

incredibly spoilt or dontunderstand the value of moneybut thats not the case. In myexperience, you dont becomewealthy without appreciating it.

I have worked in the weddingplanning business for more than20 years and every client wantstheir event to be more fabulousthan the last one they attended.This is where the real challengelies for me.

One father said he wanted hisdaughter to have the bestwedding in the world andwhatever amount Id spent on mymost expensive event, I was toadd another 500,000 to ensurehis daughters was superior.

This wedding is set for nextyear and I hope hes not watchingtomorrow. I cant close The Mall,get a full Household Cavalryescort, hire the Queens Ascot

Landau horse-drawn carriage orthe London Chamber Orchestraat short notice. I also doubt Icould hire the fanfare team fromthe Central Band of the RAF togreet his daughter atWestminster Abbey. I can,however, organise 10,000canaps, rent a palace andemulate Kates wedding dress.

I am wholeheartedly committedto every wedding I do, whateverthe budget. However, no matterhow big the price tag and thelevel of organisation and thereare weddings costing severalmillion pounds on my books the day itself is never uneventful.

In the past two decades Ivehad to deal with a whole rangeof incidents from locating amisplaced bride to retrievingdiamonds from a muddy pond.

On one occasion the bride got

so over-excited on her weddingmorning that when the registrarspoke to her she projectilevomited everywhere. Luckily thevenue co-ordinator realised whatwas about to happen andmanaged to shield the bridesdress with her jacket.

Then there was the time agroom sent for me halfwaythrough the wedding breakfast.He declared he had not prepareda speech and asked me to writeone for him. I scribbled down theusual format of bullet pointsnoting who to thank and somewords for the toast. Rather thanadding to it, the groom read itjust as it was written and thedelivery left a lot to be desired.The bride was not impressed.

Ive had to arrange forhelicopters to be refurbished atthe last moment, have fresh crab

and chilled champagne waitingaboard private jets and Iveordered wedding favours such asTiffany pens and keyrings orengraved iPods complete withready-downloaded weddingplaylists for every guest.

Ive facilitated diamondpurchases that cost more thanthe weddings, collected gownsthat cost more than most peopleearn in a lifetime and managedeye-watering budgets but abride-to-be is a bride-to-be

whether marrying a prince or apauper. The passion is the same.

W

ILLIAM and Katesbig day will, ofcourse, be incredible

on every level. There will be 2,000guests in Westminster Abbey and650 will go on to BuckinghamPalace for the canap reception.

In the evening the 300 closestwill stay for dinner. Thats the bityou or I would consider ourproper wedding reception.

Even though the venue isBuckingham Palace, guests willsee the same touches from otherhigh-end events. For instance, allthe crockery, linen, tablewareand glasses will be set out on thetables using little blocks so the

spacing is even betweplacing, just as I woulevents. People keep awhat the royal weddiand Id say given the event, not much at al

Buckingham Palachas the infrastructureare no hire, transportstaff hire costs. Apartflowers, food and the attire, which will havealmost certainly purccost, theres not mucbest way of explaininyou cant buy an expethe royal wedding. Thmagic and mystique owhich makes it utterl

Working with couplfamilies so closely mereally get to know theand all. There are all k

stories I could tell youclients behave in the their big days, wheththe fabulously rich (awho pretend to be), taristocracy, celebritiemotherless brides-to-hard-working City folme because theyre juto manage the preparalone.

At a time when emhighly charged, expecalmost unmanageablcracks in family relatiwill deepen. To kiss awould be a betrayal arelationship with my sacred. Whats said towedding planner staywedding planner.

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Dresses fit for a queen

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TOMORROW we willfinally learn whichBritish designer isbehind the dress ofthe century.

Until then, I havetried to alleviate thetension by showcasingthree styles inspired bythe royal bride-to-be.

I headed to bridalhotspot Pronovias onLondons Bond Streetwhere the Spanishcreative directorManuel Mota hasdesigned three gownswith our future Queenin mind, taking Katespersonality as theinspiration for each one.

After all, the secret towedding dressing,whether bride or guest,is to find a look thatflatters your figure andcharacter.

It should be

something you trulylove rather than whatyou deem appropriate.

So while Kate willhave endless royalprotocols to whichshe must adhere, Ihope her dress willallow her true self toshine through.

I tried theThirties-inspireddrop-waisted Telma(right), the traditionalall-lace Marbella style(far left) and myfavourite, the Alcira(left) from the aptlynamed Dreamscollection because allthose cascading rufflesappealed to my owninner princess.

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njoy this tribute to the remarkablereer of Sir Bobby Charlton (rightntre, with Alan Ball and Bobbyoore), a key member of the Englandam that won the World Cup in 1966d a Manchester United squaduched by success and tragedy inual measure. Charlton survived theunich air disaster in 1958 that killedveral of his team-mates, dubbede Busby Babes. Renowned fors attacking instincts, he is still thecord goalscorer for England andanchester United and received aighthood in 1994. Contributions fromme of footballs biggest names, suchDavid Beckham, Sir Alex Ferguson,

r Geoff Hurst and Bobbys brotherck Charlton, loom large.

If you thought all thebetrothal excitement thisweek is at WestminsterAbbey, think again. Channel4 viewers will have front rowseats to celebrate a big fatroyal gypsy wedding. Somepeople may live in palacesand others in caravans butregardless of wealth or title,everyone wants their ownwedding day to be perfect.For this wedding can thedresses get any bigger orthe cake any higher? Moreimportant, will one Irishtraveller bride (left) andgroom have the perfectwedding of their dreams?

When businessman, journalist, chickenbreeder and fan of all things technologicalL Frank Baum wrote The Wizard Of Oz in1900 he had no idea what he had begun. Hisambition to create the first American fairytale(above) was successful beyond measure.

Gloom descends on theGoonies gang when acorrupt developer buysup their neighbourhoodand announces plans toflatten all the properties.When the pals comeacross a treasure map(right), hopes run highof raising a fortune tobuy back the doomedhomes. Cue a rollickingride aboard pirateships and throughunderground passages.Fun for all the family.

Its 1961 and Joan is still keeping the Trotter fortunesafloat, as the late John Sull ivans comedy about theearly lives of the Trotter family returns for a one-offspecial. Joan has two jobs, one at the Ritz cinemaand the other as wrong un Freddie Robdals charlady,while Del (James Buckley, above) romances half thegirls in Peckham. Meanwhile, Det Insp Thomas iskeen to make an arrest for the Margate gems heist.

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