Yummy Piece Of Royal Memorabilia Sold for £1,000

A piece of the wedding cake baked for Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding has been sold for £1,000 this week at a sale in Glous.

Moyra Smith, who at the time of the wedding was a cleaner at the Queen Mothers residence, Clarence House was given a slice of the cake form a huge piece sent to the Queen Mother. Mrs Smith carefully wrapped the cake in cling film and stored it in her attic. Her husband put it up for sale thinking it would be a prize piece of someone's collection. Along with the cake is a thank you letter from Charles and Diana for Moyra's contribution to their wedding present and a bottle of beer brewed in 1982 to celebrate the birth of Prince William, Charles and Diana's first son.

HM Still Concerned About Kate Middletons Lack Of Employment

HM The Queen is still hugely concerned about Kate Middleton's unemployed status newspapers have reported this weekend. According to the Daily Mail HM has suggested privately that Kate Middleton should take up some charity work, possibly with children or animals, in order to convince the British public that Ms Middleton is doing more then simply shopping and waiting for beau, Prince William to propose.

In the Daily Mail it is quoted that Kate Middleton has been told of the concerns and that it comes from somebody 'at the very top' of the royal system.

Kate Middleton worked briefly, in a part time status, for TopShop as an accessories buyer but ending that after saying she wanted a career in photography.

In my opinion if Kate Middleton suddenly started doing charity work it would look contrived and not in the slightest, genuine. Girls her age, if they are doing charity work, are usually doing it on a paid basis, not on a volunteer one. I think her best option is to get a job, stick it out until William proposes or till the relationship ends.

Also, according to the paper, a royal engagement will soon be in the offing, with a announcement made just before, or after, Christmas and a tentative wedding date in May. Now this story has been written several times before so I wouldn't at all hold my breath for a royal engagement.

However, I do whole heatedly agree with HM the Queen. With Britain's economy being in such a dire state, with youth unemployment high, and less and less youngsters choosing to go onto university, it's very difficult for the public to swallow more and more pictures of William and Kate on yet another Caribbean holiday, or out late till 3am at their favourite nightspots, barely sober. In years gone by Royals were people to look up to, and who led by example (for instance in the last great UK recession in 1992, Williams mother cancelled a ski-ing holiday as it would not look good that a royal goes to posh Switzerland while the poorest of the country were struggling to keep a roof over their head). Sadly William and Kate do not do this.

Previous Royal Brides have works. Diana, William's mother worked in a Kindergarten and was a childminder to a young American boy, Sarah Ferguson worked in a publishing company and continued to do so after her marriage, Sophie Rhys-Jones worked in the world of PR, and although not something that went naturally hand in hand with Royal life, she continued to run her company for several years. So, working and dating a royal can be done, so it's rather hard to imagine why Kate Middleton isn't doing the same.

But then again, maybe charity work wouldn't' be a bad thing for Kate to undertake. If she does marry William that is what her life, as a future Princess of Wales and Queen of England will consist mostly of. Yes, there will be tours abroad and films premieres but mainly both of these things are tied in with charity work. Some of that charity work will be boring, a lot of the routine will be mundane. Kate must learn how to do this, so perhaps, although it would appear a little convenient to her image to suddenly start doing charity work now, it may be a good idea after all.

Charity work though isn't the wonderful solution. As Diana found out, when entering the royal world it's very hard to find charities to undertake that doesn't step on other people's toes. Diana got involved with children's charities early on in her career, but was always mindful not to upset her sister in law Princess Anne who has famously been patron for 'Save The Children' for decades. Sophie Rhys-Jones, in turn, had to be selective when choosing her charities, as she was asked to be patron to a AIDS charity but turned it down as AIDS was a concern for the late Diana, Princess of Wales. So selecting charities is hard work. You have to appear totally interested in the cause, and you have to be careful what you pick. Diana, for instance, loved ballet and in the early days because patron to a couple of ballet companies. Some in the press tried to hint that the new Princess was only taking on charities she had a deep interest in. Though, at the time, she was so popular that the story died a death very quickly.

I think, at the end of the day, Kate will be involved in charity work in the role of Princess of Wales as I'm sure she and William will marry, though I dont think it will be soon. But she does need to do something other then shop, holiday, socialise. If she doesn't' then she will have to work even harder to build up a positive profile after her marriage. Why not do the groundwork now and make life easier. I'm sure then that stories such as these will stop and Kate can be left in peace.

Strange Photograph Of Diana

There are probably millions and millions of photographs of Diana, Princess of Wales in storage, yet, when new books are published they use the same old tired photographs of her. Even nearly 11 years after her death, we have only seen very few new pictures come to light. However, I stumbled on this one. I'm positive that it was taken before she was even engaged as I don't recall Diana's pageboy hairstyle being this short before. Nor, do I recall her make-up being applied quite so heavily.

I fine this photograph strange and everyone I've shown it too has disliked it. Do you like it?

Paul Burrell 'I Slept With Diana'

Paul Burrell = vile, disgusting, pig of a liar.

Not wasting anymore energy on him.

Diana Didn't Trust The Right People Says Elton John

In an interview for music channel, VH1, Elton John claimed Diana didn't 'trust the right people' and was 'airy fairy' with her real friends towards the end of her life.

The musician, who is magically put next to friends Princess Diana and John Lennon for his in depth and candid interview on VH1 is seen visibly upset when watching himself perform Candle In The Wind at the Princess's funeral in Westminster Abbey on the 6th September 1997.

His observations that the Princess trusted the wrong people, I feel, are entirely correct. Apart from two loyal and trusted friend's, Rosa Monckton and Lucia Flecha De Lima towards the end of her life, Diana seemed to ditch the friends she had known for her entire life, or her time as Princess of Wales for celebrity friends, such as Micheal Barrymore and George Michael

It's interesting to note that friends such as Rosa and Lucia have not sold out. Yet people like Michael Barrymore have talked about his friendship with Diana, George Michael has claimed Diana wanted to sleep with him and Bryan Adams have also hinted they were lovers and that he wrote about her in a song.

That said though, even Diana's 'normal' friends have sold out on the Princess, the two worse offenders in my mind being Paul Burrell and Simone Simmons. Ms Simmons who wrote two tomes on Diana was proven to be a liar by James Whittaker on UK daytime TV show, 'This Morning' and Paul Burrell also has been proved a liar when he admitted in a candid video that he had lied and laid down 'red herrings' while being questioned at the Diana inquiry this year.

So although I agree with Elton John that Diana trusted the wrong people, I also think it was hard for her to know who to trust and her distrust of certain people proved right. She must of felt at times as though she was stuck in a maze not knowing the right way to get out of circumstances.

Everyone from Diana's beautician to dress designers, from hairdressers to holistic healers have had something to say about Diana, 99% of it I suspect as not true as all these people have put themselves in a position where Diana's life would of been empty and worthless without them. It's funny though, how none of these people dared speak out while Diana was still alive , I suspect in case they worried about falling out of favour with Diana. Most of them waited till after Diana had died to sell their stories, be it on television or in print.

So, for once, I agree with Elton John. He words are very true.

Paul Burrell: What a let down.

It seems that for Mr Burrell admitting that he committed perjury during the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and her companion, Dodi Fayed wasn't enough. Now it has been revealed that the Princess's butler removed a blood splattered ring from her finger while she was laying in the morgue and handed it to a neighbour of his in Cheshire.

The Daily Mail today reported that Burrell planned to take the ring, other items of jewelry and documentation and dump it over board on a cruise, so sensitive was the ring (which Burrell claimed he believed to be a engagement ring) and the other items.

Now, he has also admitted that the Princess's neck was 'grotesquely twisted' when he visited Diana's body after her death in Paris.

What happened to this man that has turned him from tight lipped 'rock' to someone who proved himself on video tape to be a liar? To add insult to injury he seems to take glee in the fact that he has deliberately mislead the jury who are sitting in on the inquest and taunted them with 'red herrings' knowing that those red herrings would take away the spotlight from him.

Mr Burrell's character has always been, for me anyway, in doubt. During a homosexual relationship he was conducting in 1981 he wrote letters to his lover in May describing Lady Diana's wedding dress in great detail (even though the designers, David and Elizabeth Emanuel were spending a small fortune in security to keep the design secret). Rumour has it that even while he was still in Diana's employ he was leaking information about her life, particularly in the days after the Wales separation. In the late 1990's he made a fortune speaking about Royal life on cruises, he wrote 'A Royal Duty' in the early 2000's, and then followed it up with the second book 'The Way We Were' in 2006. He has also penned books about entertaining in style, creating flower arrangements and has appeared in series on TV such as American Princess and Australian Princess, with all the things he does he names Diana, although he calls her 'The Princess'.

I feel this man is a shame to Britain and now he has been caught admitting to lying in court I believe he should be made to return to Britain and answer questions. I also feel that no matter what he writes (and yes, I believe a third book could be in the pipeline) people will not believe a word he says.

I hope that Mr Burrell will one day find happiness in his life and that he can quit his obsession with Diana. If he wants to drag his name into the mud then he is free to do so. However, I hope he stops doing the same to Diana who cannot answer back.