Kiwi bride-to-be Anna Pilkington jokes that Kate Middleton and Prince William have copied her.

Time to get a wobble on, that old childhood favourite is enjoying a renaissance.

Royal watchers, romantics and well-wishers finally have a date: the royal wedding will take place on April 29 next year.

There are moments in life when you feel the universe is telling you - as politely as possible - that you have become a Fat Bastard.

I don't think Middleton can be hailed as a style icon yet - she dresses far too sensibly and maturely for such a title.

The most ambitious history project of the year — the British Museum’s A History of the World in 100 Objects — is now a book. Boyd Tonkin talks to its creator and author and finds out that how the world looks depends on where you stand.

The Silver Ferns have retained their fastnet netball world series title with a hard-fought win over England in the final.

In London last Tuesday a Latvian, Janis Nords, was caught trying to skip out on a £1000 ($2050) bill at the St James's St restaurant L'Oranger.

I loved it. I couldn't have been happier the other morning when I read of the engagement of William and Kate.

Not to brag, but Wills charmed us long before he ever charmed Kate Middleton.

Israeli David Grossman tells Helen Brown how writing helps him cope with grief.

Britain's Prime Minister has proposed celebrating Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding with an extra public holiday.

The 'woman behind the mask' has recalled the fateful day of the London bombings.

Those of us who were adults in July 1981 will never forget Charles and Diana's wedding. So how will Prince William and Kate Middleton's compare?

If Middleton follows tradition, she'll opt for a wedding band made from Welsh gold.

The announcement of Prince William's wedding adds another red letter day to a UK police diary already overflowing with costly events.

Five months after Irish No 8 Jamie Heaslip brazenly kneed the All Blacks captain in the back, McCaw barely recalls the incident ahead of presumably their next encounter

Prince William gave Kate Middleton Princess Diana's engagement ring because he didn't want her to miss out on his special day.

A growing number of companies are buying so-called 'disgrace insurance' in case their brand ambassador turns into a persona non grata.

Simon Pegg had no plans to become a movie star. In fact he had no plans at all. So just how did the geek from Gloucester catch the eye of the world's best film-makers? It's all down to 'quantum attraction', discovers Tom Lamont.

The New Zealand men's and women's hockey teams' road to the 2012 London Olympics has been smoothened considerably.