Prince Harry is to become the royal face of England Rugby - the organising committee delivering Rugby World Cup 2015 - after being appointed honorary president.

About 10 years ago, I was invited to meet Prince William over a pint of cider in a pub near Highgrove, his Gloucestershire home.

Royal cousins Prince Harry and Zara Phillips and her husband Mike Tindall put on a royal show at a wheelchair rugby match held at the Invictus Games in London.

Prince in shock as motorbike in his royal motorcade smashes head-on into a taxi.

The British nurse found dead just days after a royal prank by two Australian DJs pleaded for hospital colleagues to forgive her.

The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has been forced to pull out of the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games due to her continuing sickness.

Charlotte Bronte probably died of it but these days hyperemesis gravidarum is easily treatable.

Prince Harry may have to split his allegiance at the Invictus Games after receiving a Kiwi supporters shirt.

It took less than an hour after the announcement the Duchess of Cambridge was pregnant again before odds started being offered on what name would be chosen.

The Duchess of Cambridge's announcement was - unsurprisingly - best received in the UK.

It's sent the world's media into overdrive - so it's little wonder Prince Williams request to keep things in perspective has been drowned out by royal baby mania.

The acutte morning sickness Kate is suffering is common, affecting around 15 per cent of all pregnancies, and in its extreme form it can mean hospitalisation.

Prince Harry welcomes news of new royal baby - and also quipped that he can't wait to see his brother "suffer more".

John Key says "Kiwis will be excited for the happy couple" as British Prime Minister tweets his delight.

With the birth of the royal baby not far away now, we thought it was a perfect time to reflect on the royal romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Italian AleXsandro Palombo transformed the Duchess of Cambridge into a dead ringer for a cast member of The Simpsons in a series of illustrations.

Prince Harry has recalled the "horrendous" images he saw during two tours of Afghanistan.

As they posed for a celebratory selfie to mark their first win in the Commonwealth Games, these two Australian hockey players probably didn't think their day could get any better.

When an armour-piercing bullet hit Private Dion Taka, he rolled underneath his Humvee and wondered if he would die.

Two weeks shy of his first birthday, Prince George has snagged a Vanity Fair cover.

Betting on a royal pregnancy announcement this month has been suspended by bookmakers, after a flurry of bets were placed overnight.

The note received by a 100-year-old New Zealand man read just like it was from one Old Salt to another until he saw "Philip" and the monogram of Buckingham Palace.

It was only a matter of time before Buckingham Palace saw its first royal selfie. And yesterday Princes William and Harry did just that.

The Duchess of Cambridge's sister has described how she has felt "publicly bullied a little bit" since being propelled into the spotlight following the royal wedding.

What is true for most babies appears to apply equally to Prince George - he looks like Winston Churchill, according to Prince Harry.

They are the latest craze to sweep the playground and, since Kate was seen wearing one during her tour of New Zealand, loom sales have gone through the roof.

The chubby prince, who will be one-year-old next month, showed the world that he has mastered the art of standing up on those sturdy legs.

A plucky NZ mum presented the Duke of Edinburgh with a surprise birthday gift, but the famously grouchy royal asked her to get someone else to carry it.

Spain's King Juan Carlos told courtiers he wanted to abdicate in favour of his son because he did not want his heir to "grow old waiting for the throne like Prince Charles".