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Paul Hechinger

Royal Roundup:
Princess Anne,
Olympic
Torchbearer

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Friday,
May 18th, 2012

Princess Anne takes the Olympic flame from Greek Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos in Athens. (Kostas Tsironis/AP Images)

In a rainy ceremony in Athens that included school children singing “God Save the Queen,” Princess Anne accepted the Olympic torch on Thursday as it was symbolically handed over to London.

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Royal Roundup:
Queen Delivers
Address to
Parliament;
Windsor Pageant
Kicks Off
Jubilee

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Friday,
May 11th, 2012

Queen Elizabeth speaking to Parliament. (Express Newspapers/AP Images)

Amid pomp and ceremony, Queen Elizabeth traveled to Westminster on Wednesday to deliver her annual speech to Parliament outlining the government’s plans for the upcoming year.

Royal Roundup:
Mr. Wales Goes
to Washington

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Tuesday,
May 8th, 2012

Harry Harry receiving humanitarian award from Colin Powell. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP Images)

Prince Harry received a prestigious award in our nation’s capital last night, but the young royal’s acceptance speech emphasized his belief that the real honors belong to soldiers injured in war.

British Woman
Chooses
161-Word Name

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Saturday,
May 5th, 2012

We’ll try to make this short.

Anniversary
Gallery: Will
&
Kate’s
First Year of
Marriage in
Photos

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Saturday,
April 28th, 2012

The first year of any marriage can be difficult, as partners face unfamiliar challenges, but most couples go through it more or less on their own, or within the view of their families, friends and community. That’s just not true for the future King of England and his wife. Their wedding, after all, was watched live by millions of people all around the world; it even became a social media event. If you don’t remember exactly what the big day was like, just take a look at Anglophenia’s live coverage. Will and Kate’s wedding jump-started the British monarchy, but the couple’s reinvigoration of England’s historic ruling institution didn’t end with the wedding. All through the past year, these newest royal celebrities have had to juggle the public and private parts of their lives in ways that are unimaginable to the rest of us. We start our look back at their first year of marriage with an image of one of the more private moments of their wedding day, shortly after the ceremony itself in Westminster Abbey, as an historic 1902 State Landau carriage delivers the newlyweds to Buckingham Palace. (Andrew Winning/AP Images)

Royal Roundup:
Kids Light Up
Buckingham
Palace on the
Queen’s
Birthday

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Sunday,
April 22nd, 2012

Buckingham Palace, seen in a whole new light. (Stephen Simpson, Rex Features/AP Images)

Hundreds of thousands of Britain’s children helped to turn Buckingham Palace into a gigantic screen, onto which the UK’s largest artwork was projected this past weekend.

Royal Roundup:
Pippa Pal
Points Pistol
at Paris
Paparazzi

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Tuesday,
April 17th, 2012

Pippa at her sister's wedding last year. (Yul Mok, Press Association/AP Images)

WATCH:
Surveying
Richard
Hammond’s
Career Away
from ‘Top
Gear’

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on Friday,
April 13th, 2012

As you surely know, Richard Hammond is setting out on his own – without the other two rascals – in his first American series, Richard Hammond’s Crash Course, which premieres this Monday, April 16, at 10p/9c.