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A Year Later, the Kate Middleton Effect Is Still Going Strong

The Duchess of Cambridge may be a “fully fledged member” of the royal family now, but her effect on fashion sales is still all her own.

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Happy Birthday, Kate: The Duchess of Cambridge Turns 30

Her festivities included a movie premiere with Steven Spielberg. Royals — they’re just like us.

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Fashion Friday: Pippa’s Dress, MJ’s Hair and Other Style Scoop

Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion.

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What’s in a (Baby) Name? 2011′s Most Popular Monikers

Royals and Kardashians alike were inspirations for baby names this year.

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Pippa Middleton’s Bridesmaid Dress Goes on Sale

But will the dress draw the same amount of attention to your derriere?

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Under Historic New Law, Women Given Equal Right to British Throne

For 300 years, the English crown passed to the oldest male heir. Now, it will simply go to the first-born – even if she’s a girl.

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Bhutan’s Royal Wedding: ‘Dragon King’ Weds Commoner in Dazzling Buddhist Ceremony

The Himalayan country known for its policy of Gross National Happiness got a little bit happier this morning after King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck married his longtime girlfriend Jetsun Pema.

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Thanks, Grandma: Prince William Explains How the Queen Helped Plan His Wedding

When Queen Elizabeth II offers her advice, don’t you even think about ignoring it.

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QUOTE: Queen Elizabeth Told Prince William to Throw Away Royal Wedding Guest List

“I was given this official list of 777 names — dignitaries, governors, all sorts of people — and not one person I knew. I rang up [the Queen] … and she told me to bin the list.” –PRINCE WILLIAM, on asking Queen Elizabeth’s advice about who to invite to the Royal Wedding. She advised him [...]

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Wednesday Words: The Buffett Tax, Moustache Vocab and More

Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).