Here we’ve got some lovely photos of our favorite royal couple at last! Prince William and Kate Middleton were a cozy couple at the Audi Polo Challenge at Ascot’s Coworth Park Polo Club on Sunday, May 10, 2009.

Prince William and Prince Harry played at the charity polo match with Kate and her sister Pippa watching from the sidelines. Afterwards, Prince William and Kate took a stroll across the grass, looking happy and relaxed.

Kate was sporting a familiar look of a black jacket over a simple blouse, skinny jeans, and brown boots.

With the low profile these two have been keeping in the past months, I am so thrilled to see them looking at ease and enjoying each other’s presence. I get the sense that their relationship has matured and is as strong now as it has ever been. Do you agree?

More photos below!

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The Daily Mail is reporting that Prince William and Kate Middleton will get married this summer.

The report is based on the latest issue of Point de Vue, a French society magazine. The Mail is giving credence to the scoop, saying that Point de Vue has “impeccable contacts within royal families”. Here are the main points of the exclusive front-page report:

• The wedding will be this summer.
• An announcement will be made sometime this month.
• Prince William proposed sometime in January, possibly around the time of Kate’s 27th birthday.
• Other royal families have been asked to keep their schedules clear for the wedding.
• Harewood Estate is being feverishly prepared to be the couple’s new home.
• The British press are clueless about the impending wedding.

I soo wish I could get a copy of this issue of Point de Vue. It could turn out to be the biggest scoop in the history of royal romances. If it’s true, Prince William and Kate have keep the best secret to themselves all this time. And, we’ll see a royal wedding even sooner than we thought!

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Prince William and Kate Middleton seem to be going out of their way to keep a very low profile these days. Good thing we continue to see the occasional photo of them, clearly still together.

Here, the couple, walking paces apart, emerged from Tom’s Kitchen last weekend. Prince William kept his head turned away from the photographers, while Kate tried to shield her face. I wonder how often they see each other these days?

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Prince William and Kate Middleton at the RAF ‘wings’ ceremony in April 2008. image: Newscom

In January, we had a poll here on Merry Royals about the possible timelines for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement and marriage. Four hundred six (406) of you pitched in your votes.

Here’s how the votes panned out:

When will Prince William and Kate Middleton get engaged and marry?

• 4 (1%) say there will be an engagement this year, and a wedding in about 4 years (2013).
• 25 (6%) see an engagement during Prince William’s RAF service, and a wedding immediately after the tour (2013).
• 26 (6%) believe the engagement will be after Prince William’s tour and the wedding in 2014 or later .
• 34 (8%) voted for the engagement happening fairly soon, and the wedding in 2-3 years (2011-2012).
• 130 (32%) readers say that it will never happen.
• 187 (46%) keep the faith for an engagement this year and a wedding in about 18 months (mid-2010).

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Prince William and Kate Middleton enjoy a cuddle at the Beaufort Polo Club in June, 2008.

So far, we’ve enjoyed photos of married royal sweethearts in our feature about romantic royal couples. I believe that a list of romantic royals will be incomplete without Prince William and Kate Middleton. Though they’re not married (yet), they have been together long enough for people to think of them as on the sure way to wedded bliss.

Just before Valentine’s Day, our featured couple is therefore this young prince and his lovely girlfriend. There is a lot of tenderness between Prince William and Kate, testament to the many years they’ve been together.

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Doing the rounds of the news today is the report on Readers’ Digest that Kate Middleton, Prince William’s girlfriend, is allergic to horses.

The revelation was allegedly made to Australian author Kathy Lette during a polo match last summer. According to the story, Ms. Lette approached Kate, who was watching the match from a tent.  Kate told the author, “I’ve got to pay attention to every second, I’ll be discussing the game in minute detail later on." When asked why she didn’t play polo, Kate revealed that she’s allergic to horses.

There are the obvious questions of for whom or, more importantly, WHY would Kate have to learn the minute details, down to the last second, of the match.

Then, there is the unexpected revelation of her allergies to horses. She has been at countless polo matches and eventing competitions in her five-year relationship with the polo-playing Prince William. Have you ever seen her show any symptoms of being allergic? In other words, is this story rumor or fact?

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There are reports going about that Kate Middleton wants to work in New York City, upon the advice of designer Tom Ford and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

The decision is said to have been precipitated by Prince William committing to an extended time in the Royal Air Force. Kate is reportedly keen to “expand her horizons” and gain more work experience. She has worked for clothing chain Jigsaw and is currently involved in her parents’ party supplies company, Party Pieces.

This is not the first time that Kate is rumored to have plans of moving to the Big Apple. Remember the Mario Testino stories? It was right at this time last year that reports came out that Kate would train with photographer Mario Testino in New York. The rumor was subsequently squashed by the lensman himself.

This latest round of reports may be just more of the same. Kate has never been in New York, as far as I know. If she moves away while Prince William is in the RAF, that would mean they would get even fewer chances of seeing each other.

What do you think of this rumor? True or not?

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Kate Middleton turns 27 today, January 9, 2009. 

Prince William’s long-time girlfriend has been busy with her job at her parents’ party supplies company. She does manage to find time to relax with her man, in between Prince William’s commitments to various charities and his military career. The couple recently returned from Scotland after spending the New Year break at Birkhall with Prince Charles and Camilla.

Though there were rumors earlier this week that a birthday bash was being planned at Birkhall, there is no truly concrete news about how Kate will celebrate her birthday this year. Maybe she will celebrate it quietly as she did last year. It seems that at this time every year, speculations heat up over an engagement announcement. If the bookies are to be believed, the possibility of that happening this year are bigger than ever before.

Regardless of whether she will become a princess soon (or later), Merry Royals is sending Kate all the best and warmest wishes for a very very happy birthday!

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A clean-shaven Prince William returned to London with his girlfriend Kate Middleton after a romantic holiday break in Scotland. The couple have spent the last few days at Birkhall with Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

Prince William and Kate Middleton arrive in London’s Heathrow airport on January 6, 2009.

The pair looked relaxed and happy when they arrived in Heathrow airport on January 6, 2009. Prince William, wearing glasses, led the way to a black Audi on the tarmac, after the two got off their British Airways flight ahead of the other passengers.

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After months of laying low, Kate Middleton has resurfaced at Sandringham, enjoying a traditional royal activity with Prince William. Prior to this, rumors have swirled that the couple have ended their relationship.

The photos taken last weekend show two people who “looked relaxed and happy as they tramped around the Royal estate in the rain”. Kate was definitely not the picture of a girl who had just been dumped. And William? If he and Kate had broken up, would he have taken her to the weekend shoot with him?

William was also sporting a different look last weekend… a full beard! The report says that he had not shaved in a fortnight, and he certainly looks it. He won’t keep it for long though, as he has apparently been ordered to shave it off.

The Daily Mail has the pics!