The big day was a week ago, but for the brands Kate wore, celebrations are only just beginning

By LIZ JONES Sell out: Demand has surged for bridal dresses like the Alexander McQueen gowns Kate woreAll eyes have swivelled to the new Duchess of Cambridge to take up the baton and help our fashion industry limp out of the recession.Becoming the unofficial style ambassador is the best job Kate can be doing for our morale and the economy. But every brand (and they were all British) involved in

Prince Harry's wedding day secret revealed

By REBECCA ENGLISH Lord of the ring: Prince Harry walks sister of the bride and maid of honour Philippa Middleton down the aisle in Westminster Abbey Prince Harry was so scared of dropping Kate Middleton’s wedding ring that he had a secret pocket built into his uniform to carry it, MailOnline can reveal.While most best men carry the ring in their trouser or jacket pocket, Harry’s Blues and Royals

Elton John wells up at the wedding 14 years after he sang for Diana at Westminster Abbey

By ANDREA MAGRATHEmotional: Elton John appeared rather misty-eyed during the Royal Wedding today In an emotional interview three years ago, he described singing at Princess Diana's funeral as a 'surreal' experience he hoped never to have to repeat. So it is understandable that returning to Westminster Abbey today would be an emotional experience for Elton John.After initially arriving at the

£4,000-a-night honeymoon: William is to whisk Kate off to a tropical hideaway

By REBECCA ENGLISH And they're orf: Kate and William at Buckingham Palace on Saturday before flying by helicopter for their 'mini-moon' The newlywed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to honeymoon in a £4,000-a-night villa on one of the most beautiful and romantic islands in the world.Prince William is to whisk his bride away to a secret hideaway in the Indian Ocean for a ten-day holiday later

Not very Abbey: Cart-wheeling verger carpeted by clerics after becoming wedding web sensation

By JONATHAN PETREThe Westminster Abbey verger who became an internet sensation after cart-wheeling down the nave following the Royal Wedding has been rebuked by senior staff.Sources at the Abbey said the man was feeling ‘fairly chastened’ after his impromptu display of acrobatics was caught on film.Although he is unlikely to face any formal disciplinary action, Abbey staff have warned him not to

Middletons go home ... £250,000 poorer: Family’s huge bill for hotel, banquets, outfits and jewellery

By ROBERT VERKAIK All smiles: Pippa, in jeans showing off the figure that has won her fans on Facebook, leads her mother Carole, brother James and father Michael out of the Goring Hotel yesterday After a long day and night of celebrating, the Middletons finally emerged from the five-star Goring Hotel yesterday... perhaps thinking: ‘And about time, too.’As speculation intensifies over the family’s

Her Royal Hotness will be next to wed...

By SARAH OLIVER and KATIE NICHOLL 'Very close': Pippa Middleton last month in the arms of her 30-year-old City broker boyfriend Alex Loudon It was the day Royal Maid of Honour Pippa Middleton dazzled the world in a dress that left very little to the imagination . . . but it emerged that she may have kept something secret after all.For it seems that Carole and Michael’s second daughter is engaged

Same place, same pose... but two very different stories

By POLLY DUNBAR Happy: William and Kate surrounded by, clockwise bottom right, The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Miss Eliza Lopes, Miss Grace van Cutsem, Lady Louise Windsor, Master Tom Pettifer, Master William Lowther-Pinkerton The echoes of a Royal wedding from an earlier era are difficult to ignore.The backdrop is the same: the opulent red-and-gold decor of the grand Throne Room at