And now for my audience with the Queen! 'Besotted' William and Kate HAVE settled on a name for the princess... but will only reveal it once the Prince has informed his grandmother in person
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided on a name for their daughter (pictured together left) but want to inform the Queen personally before it is publicly released. There is no protocol which says the monarch needs to be consulted about the name of a newborn in the family. But William, who has grown especially close to his grandmother in recent years, has apparently decided to afford her the honour when they meet at Anmer Hall in Norfolk (bottom inset) later today.
How doting dad William now wants to hide his family of four away so that home life is not overshadowed by royal duties
A full and happy family life - at least, as most of us know it - was the missing vital ingredient throughout most of William's impressionable years. As a child, he knew of the rows between his warring parents, only to lose his mother when he was 15. He turns 33 next month and the stability of his family life and its core, story-book ingredients, right down to Lupo the cocker spaniel, are vitally important to him. To this end, he has succeeded in keeping Prince George (pictured with his father) and his family as far removed as possible from the exposure and strictures of royal life. William will be keen to make sure that his daughter is similarly protected.
Best view of the Tour de Yorkshire! Amelie Bone, 7, watches from David Cameron's shoulders - and now wants to stay up all night to watch the election results
The Prime Minister lifted Amelie on to his shoulders after noticing she could not see the race because of the vast crowds that were gathered in the village of Addingham, West Yorkshire. The girl's mother, Joey, said David Cameron was 'very, very charming', but admitted she was still unsure who she would vote for on Thursday. Mr Cameron's time off to watch the Tour came on a day he issued a direct appeal to Lib Dem and Ukip voters to support the Conservatives in a bid to stop Labour and the SNP.
Ridiculed on a biblical scale: Miliband's 'Moses' moment gets the internet treatment as hilarious memes mock his 'shopping list' of commandments
Following Ed Miliband's baffling decision to have Labour's manifesto engraved on an 8ft limestone slab, internet users have posted thousands of tweets and memes mocking the move. On Twitter the hashtag #EdStone is currently the most tweeted about trend, with many people posting photoshopped pictures of Mr Miliband and the slab with some crucial tweaks - including the key promises being switched with a shopping list, Nicola Sturgeon on Miley Cyrus's wrecking ball smashing into the slab and Mr Miliband's face carved into Mount Rushmore. Here are some of our favourites...
Drinking out of bins and stripping off: Thousands of Cambridge students celebrate the start of the summer term with fancy dress and traditional drinking games that leave them unable to stand
More than 2,000 undergraduates from Cambridge University descended on the city's Jesus Green for the annual 'Caesarian Sunday' drinking party today. The students, many of whom were in fancy dress, spent the afternoon playing boozy drinking games and downing copious amounts of alcohol to celebrate the start of the summer term. Some downed drink from bins while others used funnels, and many began to strip off as the afternoon went on. The event, which has taken place for the last 80 years, occurred just yards away from families enjoying the Bank Holiday sunshine.
Antiques Roadshow expert Eric Knowles' son, 26, is killed in a motorway crash as television star cancels appearances over bereavement
Seb Knowles (right) died on the M40 in Buckinghamshire early on Friday morning after his Mercedes collided with a lorry near Beaconsfield. The 26-year-old, from Reading, worked as a DJ and was a supporter of Wycombe Wanderers. Dozens of tributes have since been paid to Seb on social media, with one DJ writing: 'It's with the heaviest heart that we all cope with the news.' Antiques expert Mr Knowles (left) cancelled a weekend appearance on the Isle of Wight due to his son's death, his agent confirmed.
WESTMINSTER TODAY
What a difference a month makes: How weeks on election campaign trail have aged party leaders by up to 30 YEARSAccording to Microsoft's new How Old app, which claims it can accurately guess a person's age from a picture, David Cameron has aged almost 30 years since the start of the election campaign.
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Teenager, 16, who lost his voice when his windpipe was damaged during fight to save his life after heart attack six years ago has £100,000 operation to help him speak again
Lewis Burns, from Glasgow, (pictured left and right) lost his voice when his windpipe was damaged during an operation after he had a heart attack. The 16-year-old has only been able to communicate in a croaky whisper for the last six years, but underwent a £100,000 procedure to help him speak again. Lewis' mother Lynne (centre) said her son wanted to have the surgery because living without speech would have been an 'awful prospect'.
Will police finally find missing Moira? Fresh search for 11-year-old girl who vanished in 1957 after paedophile's daughter came forward with chilling new evidence
A new search for tragic schoolgirl Moira Anderson, pictured left, will take place almost 60 years after the 11-year-old disappeared in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The hunt for her remains will concentrate around an isolated pond after convicted paedophile Alexander Gartshore, pictured right with his daughter Sandra Brown (also pictured inset) reportedly told her that the pond would be an ideal place to hide a body. Moira's body has never been found, and Gartshore is the prime suspect for her murder, although the bus driver died in 2006 aged 85.
Enjoy a night out with man's best friend: From Canada to Scotland, new 'TripAdvisor for dogs' finds bars, shops and restaurants for our canine friends
Mother-of-one Rhian Matthews, from Edinburgh, and her partner Kevin set up Dugs Welcome after they got a puppy but struggled to find bars, shops and restaurants which allowed their dog, a Lhasa Apso named Bailie. The website now lists canine-friendly pubs and hotels around the world as an increasing number of businesses open their doors to a new breed of clientèle.
Original drawings depicting iconic Martians from HG Wells's sci-fi masterpiece The War of the Worlds are on sale for £350,000
The 32 pencil and ink drawings by Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa will be auctioned in Dallas, Texas on May 14 alongside a postcard from HG Wells (inset). They were originally included in the 1906 edition of the novel. Stefan Gefter, an expert at the auction house, said: 'There was nothing like them before Corrêa put his vision to paper for the 1906 edition, the first special edition publication of The War of the Worlds.'
101-year old is pulled alive from the earthquake rubble in Nepal after surviving for 7 days as eight Britons are rescued from a remote mountain monastery
Funchu Tamang (left) was rescued from the ruins of his house in Nuwakot district with only minor injuries while eight Britons stuck in remote Bihi were flown to Kathmandu (top right) on their way back to the UK. The rescues were rare good news for devastated Nepal as the death toll from the massive earthquake on April 25 hit 7,250, according to the Emergency Operations Centre, with more than 14,000 injured, including many in the remote village of Pokharidanda (bottom right) near the epicentre of the quake.
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