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Pippa Middleton Is Single! Breaks Up With Alex Loudon (Again)
Single looks good on you, Pippa!

Pippa Middleton Is Single! Breaks Up With Alex Loudon (Again)

Here are three reasons why we think they couldn't make it work.

Pippa Middleton has a lot on her plate these days: Coming up with $1.5 million worth of party planning tips for her forthcoming book, being photographed daily by the British paparazzi, and, of course, being related to the future queen of England, her sister, the Duchess of Cambridge. So, is it any wonder, that the 27-year-old socialite has let her relationship with longtime boyfriend, 31-year-old Alex Loudon, slide down the drain?

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Spanish Duchess Gives Away Millions To Marry True Love

The ultimate sugar mama ain't saying he's a gold digger. In fact, she's trying to disprove that.

If the Spanish Duchess of Alba teaches us anything, it's that you can find love at any age. At 85, the twice-married—let's take a deep breath!—Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva will give away her millions to marry Alfonso Diez, a civil servant 24 years her junior. She's giving the fortune to her children simply to prove to them that the love is genuine and Diez is no gold digger.

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Prince William & Duchess Catherine Land In Hollywood!

After a whirlwind trip to Canada, Prince William and Duchess Kate are visiting our sandy shores.

By all accounts, Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton are having an amazing first summer together as man and wife. In the past few weeks, the couple has raced each other in Dragonboats (Prince William's team won), planted a tree, worn cowboy hats, shaken hands with who-knows-how-many Canadians, and wowed the world with their numerous wardrobe changes. ut, now, for the piece de resistance of their summer royal tour, the Cambridges have landed in Los Angeles, and, considering that this is Kate's first time in America and William's first visit to the West Coast, they will no doubt be seeing all the sights and turning on the charm for SoCal's lucky denizens.

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Prince Albert Weds Charlene Wittstock In A Civil Ceremony

Despite the rumors, the Monaco sovereign's wedding went off without a hitch.

It wouldn't have been a royal wedding without a kiss on the palace balcony, and 52-year-old Prince Albert and his new wife, Charlene Wittstock, the new Princess of Monaco, didn't dissapoint! (They even followed Prince William and Duchess Catherine's lead by delighting the crowd with two smacks on the lips!) Despite all of the rumors that Charlene, 33, was planning on pulling a Crystal Harris and ditching her fiance just days before the wedding, the royal bride looked every inch like a woman in love, as she and Prince Albert waved from the balcony of Monaco's pink palace, shortly after tying the knot in a civil ceremony.

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Charlene Wittstock: Runaway Princess Bride?

The Monaco palace denies the rumors that Prince Albert's fiancée wants to cancel their wedding.

Prince Albert of Monaco, the royal head of the tiny Riviera principality and the son of American actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly, is set to wed South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock this coming weekend in this summer's second, major royal wedding. However, if you believe one French publication, the wedding was nearly called off!

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Chelsy Davy Doesn't Want To Be A Princess

Will Chelsy be Prince Harry's future princess? Pals of Chelsy's don't think so.

Is Chelsy Davy on the road to becoming Princess Chelsy, Duchess of Crumpets? Not likely, claims royal insiders. Although she attended Prince William and Kate Middleton's recent wedding as Prince Harry's date, those that know the 25-year-old South African native say that Prince Harry will never be able to convince her to join the British royal family as his wife.

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Did Osama Bin Laden Force William & Kate To Delay The Honeymoon?

The newlyweds reportedly won't go on vacation until the end of the month.

It looks like our guessing game about where Prince William and Kate Middleton should honeymoon was all for naught! After marrying in front of their guests at Westminster Abbey (and nearly 2 billion TV watchers around the world,) the couple has reportedly decided to postpone their honeymoon. Some, like the Daily Mail, are speculating that the announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death and related security concerns may have been the cause for the delay, although the official reason given is that Prince William needs to return to his job as a helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force.

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Royal Wedding: Will Kate Middleton Always Live In Diana's Shadow?

Princess Di and Kate Middleton: What do you do when your mother-in-law is a saint?

And as if being a bride- and princess-to-be isn't enough pressure, Kate Middleton has been thrust into the international spotlight and her appearance, style and wedding have become ripe fodder for gossip. She's gotten flack for quitting her job to prepare for her wedding and been the center of a media-invented kerfuffle over whether or not Camilla will have to curtsy in her presence.

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Is Prince William & Kate Middleton's Wedding Cursed?

Astrological predictions about the future of Prince William and the soon-to-be Princess Kate.

Should "Waitie Katie" and her prince have waited a few more months and had a summer wedding? That's what one YourTango astrologist believes, after having drawn up Prince William and Kate Middleton's marriage birthchart. Reportedly, on April 29th, 2011, the day planned for their royal wedding, "nearly all of the planets are in disharmonious positions, which could mean a married life filled with challenges and misunderstandings," claims Astrology Detective. So are Prince William and the soon-to-be Princess Kate destined to have a rocky marriage, like Prince William's parents, Prince Charles and Princess Di, or will they achieve their happily-ever-after future? Read on for more predictions.

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5 Royals Who Are Still Looking For Their Princess Brides

William, who? From Sweden to Greece, these European princes are still unmarried and unengaged.

With Prince William set to marry Kate Middleton in April and perennial bachelor Prince Albert of Monaco said to be getting hitched to in July to girlfriend , it seems like all the good princes of this generation are snatched up and happily wed. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden may have started the trend last year when she walked down the aisle and married her former exercise trainer-turned-HRH husband Daniel , but, luckily, for those commoners with palace dreams, there are still quite a few available princes on the market.

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Prince Harry & Chelsy Davy Are Back Together...Again

The prince reportedly smuggled his on-again girlfriend back to the palace in the trunk of a car!

It looks like Chelsy Davy is taking the long, Kate Middleton road to becoming a princess. The word in London is that Prince Harry, 26, and his longtime on-and-off, South African girlfriend are back together again after having broken up and reunited more times than we can count.