Prince Harry had a really great time at the Olympics, didn’t he? I was pleasantly surprised by how much we saw of Harry, William and Kate all throughout the Olympics, even when it was a so-called “minor” event. I liked that they didn’t just show up for a medal round, and I liked that they diversified their appearances. Basically, I think the younger royals are going to come out of the Olympics with some great public goodwill – they’re patriotic sports fans too! Just like us! So what will Harry do now that the Olympics are over? Reportedly, Harry is still hellbent on serving another tour of duty in Afghanistan. I believe that too – I think Harry’s military career is his main priority, and they (the palace, the military) will have to let him go back. So until then, Harry is resolved to not get serious about any lady until he comes back from another tour of duty. What a great excuse to have a series of hookups with eligible blondes.

FOUR YEARS ago when Prince Harry was deployed to Afghanistan he had the support of his girlfriend Chelsy Davy. However since their relationship ended last year the prince has not had the constant presence of a woman at his side. The reason, I can disclose, is that he doesn’t want to embark on a long-term romantic commitment until he has returned from another tour to the war zone.

The Apache pilot, known among his men in the army air corps as Captain Harry Wales, first served in Afghanistan on the front line in 2008 as a forward air controller and saw combat. However, Chelsy, now a trainee solicitor with a London law firm, found the stress hard to bear compounded by the secrecy surrounding his mission.

“I think Harry has learned from that and would not want to put anyone else – or indeed himself – through that worry again,” confided a member of his circle. Who knows in matters of the heart what will happen, but at this stage Harry wants to be deployed without ties.”

The prince is one of the world’s most eligible bachelors and has been linked to a bevy of beauties since his break up with the feisty Zimbabwean. They include model Cressida Bonas, television presenters Natalie Pinkham and Caroline Flack and the leggy lingerie lovely Florence Brudenell- Bruce, but none has developed into a lasting love affair.

There have even been rumours of a reunion with Chelsy but she has made it clear that a royal lifestyle is not for her. Earlier this year funloving Harry said he wished he was “normal” and that finding the right woman to share his life was not easy.

“I mean look at me,” he said. “I’m 27 years old, and not so much searching for someone to fulfil the role, as obviously, you know, finding someone that would be willing to take it on.” For the moment though he is putting his career before love.

“When he returns from Afghanistan that’s another matter,” the confidant adds, “But for now he is just having fun.”

[From Express UK]

Was this Harry’s way of telling poor Cressida Bonas to cool her jets? Perhaps. She’s a pretty, blonde, rich, blue-blooded girl who many think would be the perfect wife to Harry – so I hope he doesn’t treat her like his other hookups. Now, do I think Harry is a rampant womanizer? I don’t, actually. I think he likes girls, I think Chelsy is his “great love” and I think that in a few years time, he will “settle” for a girl like Cressida. But for now he’s sticking with the “I can’t get too serious because I don’t want you to worry about me when I’m serving my country, baby” line. It’s a good line. It will work on Cressida.

Here are some photos of Harry playing polo last weekend. I love the photo of Harry with the little girls. He really does adore children.

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Everybody wants to talk about these photos! So here you go – Prince William, Prince Harry and Duchess Kate were all in attendance at yesterday’s Team Pursuit Track Cycling Olympic event, where they watched Team GB take the gold and set a new world record. William and Kate were so pleased, they actually forgot they were out in public and William (prepare to gasp and clutch your pearls) EMBRACED his wife in an enthusiastic manner. Kate, unsure of exactly what was happening and unfamiliar with such a public gesture, gently embraced her husband back, throwing one arm around his neck and placing her other hand on his arm. THIS IS THE BIGGEST SCANDAL EVER.

Of course I’m being facetious, so don’t yell at me. I do believe William was caught up in the emotion and excitement, and he just grabbed onto Kate. I like how Kate still had her body turned towards the action, though. And she still looked like, “I need to make sure the photographers get a good shot!” No, I jest. Or am I?

Coincidence or conspiracy: William publicly embraced his wife when she had her hair pulled back in a ponytail! Perhaps he’s tired of her sausage-curl security blanket? Doesn’t Kate look adorable with a ponytail? Don’t they both look like… kids? Not kids, but they look like they’re in 20s again, carefree and happy. Bedhead said that she thinks Kate and Will definitely went home and had sex after this. Maybe the Olympics will finally be the magic that makes a baby! Nine months from now, I’m calling it – nine months from now, there will be a royal baby.

You know one of my favorite parts about Will, Kate and Harry at the Olympics? Even though I know they have handlers and security people around them, I like that there aren’t “royal boxes” for most of these events, and that the young royals are mixing it up in whatever seats they get.

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This story is slightly complicated, so let me get through some background before we begin. Allegedly, Prince Harry and William are pretty close to their younger cousins, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice. Harry is said to be especially fond of them, and Harry (who is closer in age) seems to travel in many of the same aristocratic and moneyed circles as his cousins. When Harry found himself single recently, Eugenie set him up with a friend – a beautiful, blonde model friend named Cressida Bonas. Harry and Cressida hit it off, and they might still be seeing each other. Here’s where it gets more complicated.

Because it seems like Duchess Kate doesn’t get along so well with her cousins-in-law. Kate, Eugenie and Beatrice are not outwardly bitchy to each other, but there are some tensions and some hard feelings over old grudges. It doesn’t help matters that the Queen recently re-emphasized the royal hierarchy so that princesses who “marry into the family” have to curtsey to “blood princesses” – making Kate lower in status than Beatrice and Eugenie. So, why is this Cressida Bonas thing raising Kate’s hackles? Because Cressida’s sister Isabella is the one person that made Kate incredibly jealous – because William was totally in love with Isabella. So…

Prince Harry and a beautiful blonde? It seemed like just another date in the life of the eligible young royal. But when the blonde is Cressida Bonas – half-sister of the woman Prince William once wanted to marry – and the matchmaker is royal cousin Princess Eugenie, palace insiders see Harry’s rendezvous as the most recent volley in the way between the Yorks (Eugenie, 22, and Beatrice, 24) and the Middletons.

“No woman makes Kate as insecure as Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe,” a palace insider tells In Touch of Cressida’s half-sister – for whom William left Kate for five years ago.

“Eugenie knew it would get under Kate’s skin,” adds the source, explaining that were things to get serious between Harry and Cressida, family gatherings would become excruciating for the duchess.

Why would Eugenie put Kate in such an uncomfortable position? The source says there’s been a royal battle brewing for quite some time: “There is no love lost between the sisters. They have nothing in common, unless you count Kate now being a member of the royal family.”

The source says it’s not entirely one-sided. “Prior to the royal wedding, Kate invited Beatrice to a party, but forgot to mention it was costume,” says the source. “Poor Beatrice was so embarrassed, she ended up in tears in the bathroom.”

Now that she’s part of the royal family – and a future queen – Kate knows such oversights are beneath her. But it won’t be easy to forgive and forget.

“Although Kate will have to socialize with the Yorks at royal events, they’ll never be good friends,” the source says.

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

I mean, in some sense In Touch is just reorganizing some facts and gossip to pit the princesses against the duchess. But… there might be something there. I’ll admit, I don’t pay much attention to Eugenie and Beatrice, but I remember hearing stuff about the York girls not getting along with the Middleton girls – and this was years before Kate married William. So, maybe Eugenie decided to get back at Kate using a weird method. I don’t know.

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Here are some new photos of Prince Harry “watching the swimming event” yesterday at the Olympics. I do not know WHICH swimming event or anything (I was just quoting WENN). That’s not the point of this post! The point of this post is… Harry… in a navy Team GB button-down and great jeans… looking hot. This post is about the many (hot) faces of Harry. I love how involved he gets. I love his boyish enthusiasm. I love the way he seems to be muffling his laugh… perhaps he’s chuckling over some athlete screwing up? Because I do that too, and then I feel guilty for laughing. But really, how can we not devote more time to Harry wearing a navy shirt? Navy is his color. Navy looks AMAZING on Harry. He should wear navy more often.

Harry has been all over the place during the Olympics thus far. I like how Harry, William and Kate have been going to all kinds of events – not just the biggest ones. Harry and William were at Men’s Gymnastics the other night, and they saw Team GB win the gold in rowing yesterday too (they were thrilled!). Harry has also been spending time with the athletes, and with some young people in London. Reportedly, he spoke to a “group of youngsters” during a Clarence House reception, and he said: “As soon as I left school it was impossible for me to play sport anywhere. As soon as people finish school, there doesn’t seem to be opportunities for sport.” Interestingly enough, Team GB is facing some criticism in their home country because many of the athletes have been privately educated – politicians are complaining that the public schools haven’t been focused enough on sports.

My friends over at Prince Harry Watch have been keeping tabs on all things Harry – you can follow them on Twitter here.

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I could stare at these photos all day. In fact, I actually had to hold back and just pick and choose what I considered the most interesting shots as far body language and facial expressions went. These are photos from yesterday’s Olympic equestrian event (Team Jumping), in which the British team took home silver medals. On Team GB? Zara Phillips, granddaughter of the Queen, daughter of Princess Anne, and cousin to Princes Harry and William. And cousin-in-law to Duchess Kate. Zara’s family was out in full force to support her – and these are some photos of Kate, Will and Harry in the stands cheering her on.

Can I just say? At most public events, Kate’s smile seems shellacked, sometimes forced, sometimes frozen. I don’t really blame her for that, and it’s only a mild criticism of a completely subjective reading of her body language. But in these photos… she seems so un-forced. So much more relaxed. So comfortable. Maybe it’s because she forgot she was being photographed. Maybe it’s because she’s interacting with her husband and her brother-in-law and they’re both paying attention to her and that makes her genuinely happy. Maybe she just loves horsey events.

Kate wore her favorite Stuart Weitzman wedges for the event. I don’t know who made her nautical-striped tank, but the navy blazer (which she took off at one point) is Smythe, and it costs more than $700. Kate did wear the same blazer for the past several days, so I guess that constitutes a “repeat”. Plus, I’m pretty sure that blazer has been in her closet for a while, right? I think she was photographed wearing it last year too. I’m a little bit surprised Kate didn’t wear her own Olympic medal in Waity-ing.

You can see more photos from the event (and read more about the event) here, at The Mail.

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Here are some photos of the young royals on Friday, first for the Queen’s heads-of-state reception at Buckingham Palace, and then at the Olympic Open Ceremony. As you can see, Duchess Kate wore the same outfit for both events. And why shouldn’t she? It was appropriate for both occasions. Kate wore a fitted silk-satin coatdress by Scottish designer Christopher Kane. Kate wears a lot of blue in general, but I feel like she’s been wearing shades of pale blue and ice blue a lot lately. Maybe that’s just my imagination, but she’s definitely developing more of an interest in paler, softer shades.

Last year, Christopher Kane was one of several designers criticizing Kate for her reliance on “High Street” fashion – Kane told WWD, “It’s a shame she doesn’t wear more designers. I don’t really like the High Street getting so much of the credit. I understand that there would be an array because you need to relate to so many people in the market, but she is a princess. If I were a princess, I’d be like, ‘Oh yeah, bring it on.’” Looks like she was listening?

Did you notice how many times the camera went to William and Kate during the Opening Ceremony? I swear, there were more cutaways to the two of them than the Queen. All of the royals looked pretty grumpy during the opening ceremony, but maybe they were just concentrating on the awfulness.

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Since it went over so well the first time I mentioned it, let’s do it all over again: Prince Harry and Duchess Kate seem really close these days. Especially close. Like, if you didn’t know who you were looking at, wouldn’t you assume that Kate and Harry were the married couple? I’m including new photos of Harry, William and Kate “waiting outside Buckingham Palace to receive the Olympic Torch as part of the final leg of the relay in London, England.” Kate is wearing bright blue skinny jeans, wedges and a flirtatious smile for her brother-in-law. She also seems to be ignoring her husband completely. Obviously, Harry is definitely a more interesting conversationalist, plus he’s just hot. But smile at yo’ husband too, girl! I’m also including some additional Waity ‘n Harry photos from earlier in the day yesterday, when the three young royals were opening up that sports complex. Once again… Harry and Kate seem so tight.

Is anyone else actually concerned? Do I think that Harry and Kate are actually having some torrid affair? Not really. But I am concerned about the optics, and I think the Palace should be too. There are already stories about “William is kind of over Kate already” and now we’ve got “Kate and Harry are always flirtatious with each other.” It doesn’t look good.

But maybe we should just focus on the continuing rumors that Harry has a new girlfriend? A week ago exactly, we were discussing the possibility that Prince Harry might have found himself a 23-year-old, blonde, beautiful, bluebood girlfriend/hook-up. Her name is Cressida Bonas, and her mother is some kind of famous 1960s “It Girl” who got married and divorced a bunch of times and she had a bunch of (now adult) kids. Cressida has a half-sister, Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, who briefly dated Prince William. It was believed that William was really, really into Isabella and she shot him down. Isabella is beautiful too – and Cressida looks a lot like her sister. Anyway, In Touch had a recap of what we already knew:

Prince Harry definitely has a type. After calling it quits with his on-again, off-again girlfriend of seven years, Chelsy Davy, he’s spending time with a new blonde! Cressida Bonas, 23, and Harry, 27, hit the town on July 18 after catching a flick.

According to an insider, Bonas and Harry were “kissing in a corner” at London’s Salon nightclub. Here’s the twist: Cressida is the half-sister of Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, who many insiders believe is the girl Prince William fell head over heels for years ago – and wanted to marry. Rumor has it she wasn’t fond of living the royal life, opening the door for Kate Middleton.

Family dinners would certainly be awkward, should things ever get serious.

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

E! News also has some royal sources who claim,“They are definitely dating, but it is not serious. They have known each other a while, but only recently has it turned into more than friendship. They are not exclusive though, just having fun. They met through [Princess] Eugenie, who is friends with Cressida… Cressida is really smart, very naturally pretty and just a really cool girl to hang out with. It’s hard for Harry to date as there are so many opportunities out there, but Cressida is someone he knows he can trust as she is already in his circle. She’s already passed the test of being discreet.” So discreet that her friends are speaking to E! News. Allegedly. Oh, well. I’m guessing Cressida will last for a month or two (maybe) and then Harry will be back with Chelsea Davy. Why can’t Harry get it together and find a nice girl? Maybe he already has… judging from these photos with his sister-in-law.

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I hope these are the first of many photos that we will get of the younger royals at Olympic events in the next two weeks. Are you excited? I’m excited. I can’t wait to see the swimming. And the beach volleyball! And the gymnastics, which is my favorite event. Prince Harry, Prince William and The DOC (the Duchess of Cambridge, I’m trying out a new nickname for Kate) were photographed earlier today “on the football pitch at Bacons College.” They were surrounded by kids, and while I’m not sure what the goal (ha!) was, it was a cute photo-op and I’m sure it had something to do with the Olympics. Let’s see… they were attending the launch of a new sports center. There you go.

The DOC was wearing the “Wessex” dress from Hobbs and LK Bennett wedges. The cost of the dress? £35 or roughly $55 – but you can no longer buy it. It’s already sold out. I’m not in love with this – it looks like what it is, basically – a mass-manufactured housedress. I’m guessing Kate got it tailored and she jazzed it up with a white belt, but at the end of the day, she’s just wearing a housedress. I’m surprised the DOC didn’t do a repeat for this event.

Meanwhile, CB sent me this story about The DOC that made me giggle, mostly because it’s so obviously written by Kate’s publicist. It’s nice and everything, and what Kate is trying to do is sweet. But a lot of “WAITY IS AMAZING” tidbits are dropped in:

For months now, the Duchess of Cambridge has been working with the Scout Association near her home in Anglesey, North Wales. The low-key role has proved to be one of her most rewarding and frequent commitments – with Kate often volunteering up to one evening a week.

So when the Olympic authorities invited their royal ambassador to nominate an inspirational torchbearer from amongst her patronages, she put fellow Scout volunteer Jon Sayer, 33 at the top of her list. To understand what it is about this unassuming Yorkshire man that caught her attention is to go back to the night of his birthday in August 2011.

On the beat as a volunteer Police Constable, Jon ended the evening rescuing a drowning man from the chilly waters of the River Calder, sacrificing a night of celebrations – not to mention his own life – to help someone else.

The reluctant hero told HELLO! Online: “Once you put on that uniform,as a paid policeman or a volunteer, you have been bestowed an honour and I was just acting on that” and added that he “didn’t really do anything”.

The Duchess of Cambridge disagreed.

And now, she’ll meet Jon as he carries the Olympic torch into Buckingham Palace on the eve of the London 2012 games.

This is one experience he isn’t playing down.

“To get to carry the Olympic torch is fantastic. That, and meeting the Duchess of Cambridge, who is a volunteer in Scouting herself, will be absolutely incredible – something I will remember for the rest of my life.”

[From Hello Magazine]

He sounds like a lovely man, and he should get to be part of the Olympics. But I’m still stuck on this whole “the Duchess of Cambridge has been working with the Scout Association near her home in Anglesey, North Wales…The low-key role has proved to be one of her most rewarding and frequent commitments – with Kate often volunteering up to one evening a week.” O RLY?!!? I’m sorry, I need proof of that, please.

More pics from today… how f—king cute is Prince Harry with those kids? Oh, and Will and Kate definitely look more engaged with each other. Somebody must have handed them a memo! “Try to look like you don’t hate each other, PLS.” The DOC even touched William briefly!

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In yesterday’s coverage of the “Hot Guys” of The Dark Knight Rises premiere in London, I included photos of Prince Harry rubbing his nips as he left the movie. Something about The Dark Knight “rising” had put a “rise” to Harry – it’s always the violent movies, isn’t it? Ladies always think the sexy movies will get them all riled out, but really, dudes tend to get randy after violent movies. So there was Harry, having just sat through a three-hour epic of destruction, and he was ready to go. So he headed to the nearest leggy blonde. Her name is Cressida Bonas, and I’m including photos of her exit from the premiere too. The Mail is suggesting that Cressida, 23, could be Harry’s new girlfriend.

With a mane of blonde hair, endless legs and an impeccable pedigree, Cressida Bonas would certainly appear to be – as her friends suggest – ‘posh, pretty and perfect’. And the 23-year-old model’s charms have not been lost on Prince Harry.

The Mail can reveal that the third in line to the throne has been kissing and cuddling up to Miss Bonas, the daughter of Sixties cover girl Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon. On Wednesday night the pair went to great lengths to convince photographers they were not together – a tactic which, when it comes to the royals, is often the biggest clue that something is going on.

As well as boasting the ideal credentials to become Harry’s new princess, Miss Bonas bears an uncanny resemblance to the 27-year-old prince’s past amours, long-term girlfriend Chelsy Davy and last year’s summer fling, Florence Brudenell-Bruce. Indeed, like Miss Davy, whose seven-year relationship with Harry was often tempestuous, Miss Bonas went to Stowe public school followed by Leeds University.

She is a familiar figure in London’s upper-class social scene and as a teenager was labelled by society bible Tatler as ‘really pretty, really nice and absolutely obsessed with Eva Cassidy’.

Currently a model for luxury brand Burberry and an aspiring actress, she is said to be a ‘sweet, bubbly’ character and was introduced to the prince by her close friend, Princess Eugenie. On Wednesday she joined Harry and his cousin for a party following the London premiere of Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, at the Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden – where they were at pains to walk in and out separately. Miss Bonas was, however, quietly but significantly chaperoned by Harry’s best friend, Tom ‘Skippy’ Inskip.

When the pair arrived – separately again – at their second venue for the night, Le Salon, Miss Bonas made a huge show of entering the Central London brasserie and nightclub with her arms around a handsome dark-haired decoy, who in fact was Eugenie’s boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank.
Inside the club, according to onlookers, it was not long before she and Harry ‘hooked up’ and were seen kissing in a corner.

Dressed in a clinging white dress and vertiginous heels, and with a plait in her hair, Miss Bonas left at just after 4am, jumping alone into a cab. Harry departed with his bodyguards just ten minutes later.

The liaison comes after the prince complained in a US television interview earlier this year that girls were put off by his title and indicated he was keen to settle down.

Miss Bonas is the daughter of four-times married and divorced Lady Mary, who was the It girl of her day. Lady Mary – herself the daughter of pre-Second World War racing driver Earl Howe, a godson of Edward VII – has five children with three of her husbands. Miss Bonas was the product of her third marriage, to Old Harrovian Jeffrey Bonas, which ended in divorce in 1994. Another of her daughters, Isabella – by her second marriage, to property magnate John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe – was once falsely romantically linked with Prince William. She is currently engaged to Sir Richard Branson’s son, Sam.

Lady Mary was one of the most glamorous debutantes of her era, appearing in daring Sixties coffee table book Birds of Britain posing half naked and covered in engine oil as a nod to her father’s racing past.

When asked last night about her daughter’s relationship with Harry, Lady Mary, who lives alone in a Chelsea townhouse, burst into giggles. ‘I’m sorry, I don’t know anything about it,’ she said, amid further laughter.

A spokesman for Prince Harry, who hopes to return to Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot, declined to comment.

[From The Mail]

A 23-year-old blonde model and aspiring actress with enough old-money, blue-blood connections to impress the royal family? Eh. It sounds like Harry and Cressida are definitely hooking up and she’s probably up for whatever he wants (23-year-olds usually are). But will this end up being something more? Or will it just be a few months of royal shagging and then Harry will run back to Chelsea Davy as soon as she crooks her little finger?

Interesting sidenote: I’ve read in several unauthorized tabloid pieces that Prince William was really, really into Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, Cressida’s older sister (UGH THESE NAMES!!!!). I’ve read that Isabella (who is completely beautiful, btw) had no desire to have a royal life, and she turned down William’s advances many times – and this is during the same time period when he was with Kate Middleton.

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Yay! We finally got some photos of Prince William, Prince Harry, Duchess Kate and puppy Lupo at yesterday’s polo game in England. “The Boys” were playing polo, Kate and her puppy Lupo were just watching with some of the members of the royal family. First, a comment about Lupo: he’s supposed to be a cocker spaniel. I think he’s definitely part cocker, but I have my doubts as to whether he’s a purebred. He looks like a mix to me.

Now, can we just have a word about how HOT HOT HOT Prince Harry is in these photos? Of course I love him in a suit, of course I love him in uniform, of course I love him in casual clothes. But my absolute favorite version of Harry is where he’s sweaty and rumpled from physical exertion. These photos of Harry are killing my concentration. Now all I can think about is flying to England to make this ginger boy my own. Oh, and Kate TOTALLY noticed how hot Harry looked too – my Twitter friend Prince Harry Watch retweeted this great photo of Harry and Kate looking like they were ready to make love in the polo field. They are SO attracted to each other. Know that it’s wrong just makes it so much dirtier and hotter.

I do have to admit… William looks pretty hot in his polo gear too. Maybe I need to start boning polo players? I might have just learned something about myself. Sweaty dudes in polo outfits = I can’t concentrate for the rest of the day. There are also some cute photos of William holding and kissing Lupo – you can see them here. William & Lupo = Sweaty Harry? Perhaps.

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