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Britain's Prince Harry is being lined up to become the commander of the Household Cavalry, Queen Elizabeth's favourite regiment.
The 30-year-old prince said he would be "honoured" to take charge of the regiment, which is the oldest and most senior in the British Army.
He told friends: "Every serving officer wants to command their own regiment and I am no different."
Prince Harry is currently serving as a staff officer at Horse Guards Parade in London, however he is expected to rejoin his regiment in 2016.
The royal has passed all the exams needed to become a major and if he remains on his current career trajectory, he could be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by 2023.
He's said to have told friends that he will remain with the military for as "long as the Army will have him".
Among senior officials within the Army, it's thought Harry could one day become the first serving royal general in history.
A senior officer told the Daily Star newspaper: "I am absolutely delighted Harry has set his sights high. Every officer at Harry's stage in his career should be thinking of his future and should be ambitious enough to want to command his regiment.
"There's nothing wrong with that. He is a very capable officer and has proved his worth in battle."
Prince Harry ‘to become commander of the Household Cavalry’
Britain's Prince Harry is being lined up to become the commander of the Household Cavalry, Queen Elizabeth's favourite regiment.
The 30-year-old prince said he would be "honoured" to take charge of the regiment, which is the oldest and most senior in the British Army.
He told friends: "Every serving officer wants to command their own regiment and I am no different."
Prince Harry is currently serving as a staff officer at Horse Guards Parade in London, however he is expected to rejoin his regiment in 2016.
The royal has passed all the exams needed to become a major and if he remains on his current career trajectory, he could be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by 2023.
He's said to have told friends that he will remain with the military for as "long as the Army will have him".
Among senior officials within the Army, it's thought Harry could one day become the first serving royal general in history.
A senior officer told the Daily Star newspaper: "I am absolutely delighted Harry has set his sights high. Every officer at Harry's stage in his career should be thinking of his future and should be ambitious enough to want to command his regiment.
"There's nothing wrong with that. He is a very capable officer and has proved his worth in battle."
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Britain's Prince William "loves" to play polo.
The 32-year-old prince and his brother Prince Harry, 30, both attend Cirencester Park Polo Club in Gloucestershire and they continue to sneak in and out of the club to indulge in the sport they enjoy so much.
Tim Keyte, executive polo manager on the 3,000-acre estate, said: "[Prince William] loves it. They're both very good players. Given the amount of time they spent on a horse or playing polo, it's amazing that they are as good as they are."
In fact, he suggested they're both good enough to have represented England at polo, with Prince William being likened to his father Prince Charles.
Tim told The Daily Telegraph newspaper: "They obviously have that talent already. William is so much like his father in the way he plays. I played with his father quite a bit in the early days.
"When you take a quick look, you have to do a double take to make sure that they aren't the same person.
"Harry has got his own style. He's more of a fighter, someone who gets in there and gets his hands dirty. William is more calculated, a lot like his father."
Prince William ‘loves playing polo’
Britain's Prince William "loves" to play polo.
The 32-year-old prince and his brother Prince Harry, 30, both attend Cirencester Park Polo Club in Gloucestershire and they continue to sneak in and out of the club to indulge in the sport they enjoy so much.
Tim Keyte, executive polo manager on the 3,000-acre estate, said: "[Prince William] loves it. They're both very good players. Given the amount of time they spent on a horse or playing polo, it's amazing that they are as good as they are."
In fact, he suggested they're both good enough to have represented England at polo, with Prince William being likened to his father Prince Charles.
Tim told The Daily Telegraph newspaper: "They obviously have that talent already. William is so much like his father in the way he plays. I played with his father quite a bit in the early days.
"When you take a quick look, you have to do a double take to make sure that they aren't the same person.
"Harry has got his own style. He's more of a fighter, someone who gets in there and gets his hands dirty. William is more calculated, a lot like his father."
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Britain's Prince Andrew is to hold crisis talks with Queen Elizabeth over claims he had sex a 17-year-old American girl.
The allegations made by Virginia Roberts, which are detailed in US court papers, allege that she was forced to sleep with the British royal on three occasions when she was 17 by his former friend Jeffrey Epstein, who she alleges turned her into a sex slave.
In the court papers, Roberts claims that between 1999 and 2002 she "was forced to have sexual relations with this prince when she was a minor" in London, New York and on a private Caribbean island owned by her then-employer Epstein.
Although the legal age of consent is 16 in the UK, it was and still is 18 in Florida where the court papers were filed.
Although Buckingham Palace has denied the accusations, Andrew's mother Queen Elizabeth is said to be embarrassed that they have even come to light.
A source explained: "The queen will be totally appalled by all this. I would imagine she feels hard done by on Andrew's behalf for this slamming he is getting and for all the allegations. "We are told Andrew is her favourite son and there is a close bond. She has guided him through stormy waters before and the Epstein thing is something that keeps coming back to haunt them. They must think that they've seen the last of it but it's a recurring nightmare as far as the queen and the Duke of York are concerned."
The queen is fearful that the allegations made against the prince - who has two children, Princess Beatrice, 26, and Princess Eugenie, 24, with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - will damage the reputation of the British royal family.
The source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Inevitably this will cause damage to the monarchy. I think it's going to get messier before it gets better."
Prince Andrew, 54, is flying back from Verbier, Switzerland, to hold talks with the queen, royal lawyers and aides about the allegations made by Roberts, which the prince has already strongly denied.
Prince Andrew to hold crisis talks with Queen over sex allegations
Britain's Prince Andrew is to hold crisis talks with Queen Elizabeth over claims he had sex a 17-year-old American girl.
The allegations made by Virginia Roberts, which are detailed in US court papers, allege that she was forced to sleep with the British royal on three occasions when she was 17 by his former friend Jeffrey Epstein, who she alleges turned her into a sex slave.
In the court papers, Roberts claims that between 1999 and 2002 she "was forced to have sexual relations with this prince when she was a minor" in London, New York and on a private Caribbean island owned by her then-employer Epstein.
Although the legal age of consent is 16 in the UK, it was and still is 18 in Florida where the court papers were filed.
Although Buckingham Palace has denied the accusations, Andrew's mother Queen Elizabeth is said to be embarrassed that they have even come to light.
A source explained: "The queen will be totally appalled by all this. I would imagine she feels hard done by on Andrew's behalf for this slamming he is getting and for all the allegations. "We are told Andrew is her favourite son and there is a close bond. She has guided him through stormy waters before and the Epstein thing is something that keeps coming back to haunt them. They must think that they've seen the last of it but it's a recurring nightmare as far as the queen and the Duke of York are concerned."
The queen is fearful that the allegations made against the prince - who has two children, Princess Beatrice, 26, and Princess Eugenie, 24, with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - will damage the reputation of the British royal family.
The source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Inevitably this will cause damage to the monarchy. I think it's going to get messier before it gets better."
Prince Andrew, 54, is flying back from Verbier, Switzerland, to hold talks with the queen, royal lawyers and aides about the allegations made by Roberts, which the prince has already strongly denied.
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Britain's Prince William is reportedly against fracking.
The 32-year-old royal is said to have had an awkward encounter with Simon Toole - who is an expert on the controversial drilling technique used to extract gas - when he visited Buckingham Palace to collect his CBE.
Mr. Toole is a key figure at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, who released a report last year showing that a large area of Norfolk - where the Duke of Cambridge resides with his wife Duchess Catherine and their son Prince George - was under consideration for fracking.
Speaking about his apprehension about meeting William, Mr. Toole shared: "I went up [to receive my gong for services to oil, gas and energy infrastructure development] and the Prince asked me what I did.
"I explained and said it involved fracking and then waited..."
The energy expert claims his answer was followed by an ominous silence which confirmed his suspicions William had reservations about the technique of drilling.
Mr. Toole added to the Daily Mail newspaper: "I did expect he had views on that and I thought, 'This could be awkward'.
"Then he said, 'Yes, this will be difficult', and quickly changed the subject. I don't think he is a big fan."
Prince William against fracking?
Britain's Prince William is reportedly against fracking.
The 32-year-old royal is said to have had an awkward encounter with Simon Toole - who is an expert on the controversial drilling technique used to extract gas - when he visited Buckingham Palace to collect his CBE.
Mr. Toole is a key figure at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, who released a report last year showing that a large area of Norfolk - where the Duke of Cambridge resides with his wife Duchess Catherine and their son Prince George - was under consideration for fracking.
Speaking about his apprehension about meeting William, Mr. Toole shared: "I went up [to receive my gong for services to oil, gas and energy infrastructure development] and the Prince asked me what I did.
"I explained and said it involved fracking and then waited..."
The energy expert claims his answer was followed by an ominous silence which confirmed his suspicions William had reservations about the technique of drilling.
Mr. Toole added to the Daily Mail newspaper: "I did expect he had views on that and I thought, 'This could be awkward'.
"Then he said, 'Yes, this will be difficult', and quickly changed the subject. I don't think he is a big fan."
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The writer of a play about the late Princess Diana has dismissed claims it suggests James Hewitt is Britain's Prince Harry's father.
Jon Conway - who wrote 'Truth, Lies, Diana' - claims the reports suggesting Prince Charles may not be Harry's father have "run away with that story" and insists it is untrue.
The theatre producer claims that rather than suggest Mr. Hewitt - a former member of the British Army who had an affair with the late Princess - is her youngest son's father, it instead unearths "secrets about Diana and her death the establishment have tried to hide."
He added to BBC's Newsbeat: "At no point did or does [Hewitt] claim he's the father of Prince Harry ... The point we're making is that it would appear that the palace and certain sections of the media have conspired not to tell the whole truth."
Princess Diana died in a tragic car crash in Paris in 1997 when Harry was just 12-years-old and his brother Prince William 15-years-old.
Despite previously insisting he hadn't met Diana - who divorced Harry and William's father Prince Charles in 1996 - until Harry was a toddler, he's reported to have told Conway that he had in fact known her before the 1984 birth of her youngest son.
However, he's previously insisted that there is "no possibility whatsoever" that he is the father of the flame haired royal.
Princess Diana play writer dismisses claims
The writer of a play about the late Princess Diana has dismissed claims it suggests James Hewitt is Britain's Prince Harry's father.
Jon Conway - who wrote 'Truth, Lies, Diana' - claims the reports suggesting Prince Charles may not be Harry's father have "run away with that story" and insists it is untrue.
The theatre producer claims that rather than suggest Mr. Hewitt - a former member of the British Army who had an affair with the late Princess - is her youngest son's father, it instead unearths "secrets about Diana and her death the establishment have tried to hide."
He added to BBC's Newsbeat: "At no point did or does [Hewitt] claim he's the father of Prince Harry ... The point we're making is that it would appear that the palace and certain sections of the media have conspired not to tell the whole truth."
Princess Diana died in a tragic car crash in Paris in 1997 when Harry was just 12-years-old and his brother Prince William 15-years-old.
Despite previously insisting he hadn't met Diana - who divorced Harry and William's father Prince Charles in 1996 - until Harry was a toddler, he's reported to have told Conway that he had in fact known her before the 1984 birth of her youngest son.
However, he's previously insisted that there is "no possibility whatsoever" that he is the father of the flame haired royal.
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has called on her people to help refugees "feel at home" in their country.
The 74-year-old royal has commented on the Danish government's decision to introduce a new temporary resident permit for Syrian refugees by calling on Danish citizens during her New Year's address to help them "feel at ease".
She said: "Recently, thousands of refugees have come to Denmark, very many from the horrifying and protracted civil war in Syria. Everywhere throughout this country, a major effort is being made to help the refugees.
"The task may seem daunting - to receive so many people from foreign countries and different cultures."
The Danish monarch continued: "It is not enough to take care of them, we must also help them to feel at home in society so that they can gain a foothold and manage on their own.
"We must also encourage newly arrived persons to build a new existence where they can take responsibility for themselves and do their best to feel at ease in the foreign country, be it for a long or short period of time."
The Queen also extended a special welcome to those refugees who had recently made their way into Denmark.
She added: "I wish those who have arrived here a happy new year and a good start here."
Queen Margrethe calls on Danes to help refugees
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has called on her people to help refugees "feel at home" in their country.
The 74-year-old royal has commented on the Danish government's decision to introduce a new temporary resident permit for Syrian refugees by calling on Danish citizens during her New Year's address to help them "feel at ease".
She said: "Recently, thousands of refugees have come to Denmark, very many from the horrifying and protracted civil war in Syria. Everywhere throughout this country, a major effort is being made to help the refugees.
"The task may seem daunting - to receive so many people from foreign countries and different cultures."
The Danish monarch continued: "It is not enough to take care of them, we must also help them to feel at home in society so that they can gain a foothold and manage on their own.
"We must also encourage newly arrived persons to build a new existence where they can take responsibility for themselves and do their best to feel at ease in the foreign country, be it for a long or short period of time."
The Queen also extended a special welcome to those refugees who had recently made their way into Denmark.
She added: "I wish those who have arrived here a happy new year and a good start here."
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Britain's Prince Harry's former party planner tried to tout tickets for London's New Year's Eve fireworks display for 15 times their face value.
Fellipe Trindade - who helped organise two official parties for the 30-year-old royal - was reportedly trying to sell the tickets worth £10 for £150 on the day of the event.
The 22-year-old Brazilian student told an individual interested in purchasing the tickets that he'd obtained them through his connections with the British Embassy in Brazillia and that they were special tickets for guests "of the Mayor" Boris Johnson.
According to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, he told a prospective buyer during a phone call: "We are selling to make some money so I want to know how much you guys are willing to pay.
"They Mayor of London had a few tickets that he gave to some embassies.
"As we work for the British consulate we made some arrangements and they gave us tickets."
However, Mr. Trindade later denied claiming the tickets had come from the Mayor and insisted he was simply selling them for a friend.
He said: "He won them in a radio competition. My friend had already bought tickets so he is selling the tickets he bought because he did not know he was going to win some others."
Prince Harry party planner touting tickets
Britain's Prince Harry's former party planner tried to tout tickets for London's New Year's Eve fireworks display for 15 times their face value.
Fellipe Trindade - who helped organise two official parties for the 30-year-old royal - was reportedly trying to sell the tickets worth £10 for £150 on the day of the event.
The 22-year-old Brazilian student told an individual interested in purchasing the tickets that he'd obtained them through his connections with the British Embassy in Brazillia and that they were special tickets for guests "of the Mayor" Boris Johnson.
According to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, he told a prospective buyer during a phone call: "We are selling to make some money so I want to know how much you guys are willing to pay.
"They Mayor of London had a few tickets that he gave to some embassies.
"As we work for the British consulate we made some arrangements and they gave us tickets."
However, Mr. Trindade later denied claiming the tickets had come from the Mayor and insisted he was simply selling them for a friend.
He said: "He won them in a radio competition. My friend had already bought tickets so he is selling the tickets he bought because he did not know he was going to win some others."
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A tree planted by Britain's Duchess Camilla is to be replaced after it was stolen.
The duchess planted a Wedding Cake sapling at St Mary's Church in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, a week before her stepson Prince William married Duchess Catherine in 2011 but the tree was taken from the churchyard last month.
However, the Tetbury Evening Women's Institute, who donated the tree, have now said they will replace it.
President Chris Gibson said: "We were obviously very distressed that the tree has been stolen, and the site vandalised.
"When I reported this to our meeting in December there was an overwhelming response from our members that we should buy another tree, and that's what we are doing.
"It was blooming - flourishing at its site - but we are going to have to start again."
When she planted the Wedding Cake tree - which is so named due to its horizontal, tiered branches and star-shaped white flowers - in April 2011, Camilla told guests she hoped it would "remind everybody in Tetbury of a wonderful and special day".
Gloucestershire Police said the theft took place between 21-28 November and are appealing for information.
Duchess Camilla tree to be replaced
A tree planted by Britain's Duchess Camilla is to be replaced after it was stolen.
The duchess planted a Wedding Cake sapling at St Mary's Church in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, a week before her stepson Prince William married Duchess Catherine in 2011 but the tree was taken from the churchyard last month.
However, the Tetbury Evening Women's Institute, who donated the tree, have now said they will replace it.
President Chris Gibson said: "We were obviously very distressed that the tree has been stolen, and the site vandalised.
"When I reported this to our meeting in December there was an overwhelming response from our members that we should buy another tree, and that's what we are doing.
"It was blooming - flourishing at its site - but we are going to have to start again."
When she planted the Wedding Cake tree - which is so named due to its horizontal, tiered branches and star-shaped white flowers - in April 2011, Camilla told guests she hoped it would "remind everybody in Tetbury of a wonderful and special day".
Gloucestershire Police said the theft took place between 21-28 November and are appealing for information.
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Britain's Countess of Wessex has praised "fashionable" Muslim women.
Countess Sophie - who is married to Queen Elizabeth's youngest son Prince Edward - has spoken out to support women from the Islamic world, saying that despite wearing modest, flesh-covering garments like the burka, they probably wear "something really quite fashionable" underneath.
She told Britain's Harper's Bazaar magazine: "It's very evident that Muslim women can be fashionable while also retaining their modesty... And it's a great way of bringing people together, and saying, 'Look, this is what we're really like'."
"And what people forget is that underneath the burka and everything else, there is somebody who is probably wearing something really quite fashionable."
In September, 49-year-old Sophie held a dinner at Windsor Castle in her role as a global ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation for the Islamic Fashion Festival, where she met representatives from the event and viewed clothes created by a number of designers.
Elsewhere in the interview, Sophie spoke of how she learned to conduct herself in public from observing her mother-in-law.
She said: "It doesn't matter how tired you are - carry on.
"In the early days, I used to rush around as quickly as I could, but when you observe the queen, she does things in such a measured way, and I hope I've learnt to try not to bounce into the room, but do things in a slightly more elegant way.
"The art of talking meaningfully is one that has to be learnt.
"It's hard to make people feel that the conversation you've had with them was worthwhile, but the Queen is very good at that - she makes everybody feel very special."
Countess Sophie praises ‘fashionable’ Muslim women
Britain's Countess of Wessex has praised "fashionable" Muslim women.
Countess Sophie - who is married to Queen Elizabeth's youngest son Prince Edward - has spoken out to support women from the Islamic world, saying that despite wearing modest, flesh-covering garments like the burka, they probably wear "something really quite fashionable" underneath.
She told Britain's Harper's Bazaar magazine: "It's very evident that Muslim women can be fashionable while also retaining their modesty... And it's a great way of bringing people together, and saying, 'Look, this is what we're really like'."
"And what people forget is that underneath the burka and everything else, there is somebody who is probably wearing something really quite fashionable."
In September, 49-year-old Sophie held a dinner at Windsor Castle in her role as a global ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation for the Islamic Fashion Festival, where she met representatives from the event and viewed clothes created by a number of designers.
Elsewhere in the interview, Sophie spoke of how she learned to conduct herself in public from observing her mother-in-law.
She said: "It doesn't matter how tired you are - carry on.
"In the early days, I used to rush around as quickly as I could, but when you observe the queen, she does things in such a measured way, and I hope I've learnt to try not to bounce into the room, but do things in a slightly more elegant way.
"The art of talking meaningfully is one that has to be learnt.
"It's hard to make people feel that the conversation you've had with them was worthwhile, but the Queen is very good at that - she makes everybody feel very special."
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