Royal Wedding Food

To celebrate the newlyweds’ first Christmas together, Royal Crown Derby has produced an £85 bauble that will be very popular with fans of the young couple.

The 11cm porcelain oval displays the ornately intertwined initials of Catherine and William on the front, with the inscription ‘Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 29th April 2011.’

It is hand-finished in 22ct gold and only 1,500 of the baubles will be made.

At least one of them is bound to be hanging on the tree at Sandringham – where Catherine and William will be spending Christmas with the Royal family.

The Duchess of Cambridge accessorised her floor-length silver gown with the Remembrance brooch at a glittering St James’ Palace charity meal.

Hosted by the 29-year-old and her hubby Prince William, the event was raising money for the National Memorial Arboretum Appeal. Among guests at the dinner were veteran actresses Penelope Keith and Susan Hampshire, who have been long-term supporters of the Armed Forces.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have been receiving tons of fan mail since their nuptials back in April. The royal couple does read some of the letters that they receive, and every person that pens a letter receives something back (as long as there is a return address) from the Palace.

“There was everything from posters made by classes of schoolchildren to cards sent by other members of the public,” says a Palace aide. Of course it’s very exciting to receive an acknowledgment in return and there are many people writing to them (possibly for that reason)—the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have received 60,000 messages thus far!

Many children have been writing letters to wish Prince William and Kate Middleton well, and the letters that they are receiving in return are keepsakes. It’s lovely to be able to look up to the Prince and his Princess and to know that fan mail isn’t being shoved aside or thrown in the garbage.

Newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton are to start married life by moving into an apartment in the Royal residence of Kensington Palace.

The couple, who married on April 29 this year, will split their time between the Palace and their cottage in Anglesey, Wales, where William works as a search and rescue pilot.

Prince William will no doubt be pleased to return to Kensington Palace, where he grew up with brother Harry.

Sources said Kensington Palace would be their home for about a year until a more “permanent” one is found – suggesting a bigger place will be needed for babies.

In a break with tradition, Kate Middleton and Prince William will have two cakes at their April 29 wedding.

Kate has been integral in the design of the traditional offering – a multi-tiered fruit cake, made by Leicestershire baker Fiona Cairns (pictured).

The second cake – a groom’s cake – is based on a childhood favourite of William’s.

It is an unbaked chocolate biscuit creation, which will be made by McVitie’s according to a secret royal family recipe.

So the lucky baker is Fiona Cairns from Leicestershire! She has been commissioned to make a traditional fruit cake for the couple, which I did find as a bit of a surprise as I thought they would go for a bit of a twist. However the actual design is still a secret so will they go traditional or will they then have a twist? They said that Kate was very clear on what she wanted, we just can’t wait to see it!

The cake will have dried fruits, such as raisins and sultanas, walnuts, cherries even grated oranges and lemon it’s also said to have lots of French brandy and very animal friendly free range eggs. The cake is also rumoured to feature the couples initials.