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The BBC "fawns"over the royal family, says BBC presenter Paxman

Jeremy Paxman, a presenter of the BBC TV show Newsnight, said that Queen Elizabeth and her family brought out "the worst aspects" of the BBC, a government owned TV and radio broadcaster in the UK.

Will's & Kate's Highland get-away

Prince William and Kate Middleton are reported to be planning a romantic return to Tam-na-Ghar, the three bedroom cottage given to William by the Queen Mother as a place to get away for a little R&R when he was a student.

New book highlights jealousy of Diana

A new book written by former Tatler and Vanity Fair editor, Tina Brown (C.B.E) is set to highlight the jealousy of others surrounding Diana, Princess of Wales.

Queen Elizabeth to open memorial gardens in honour of the Queen Mother

HM the Queen is set to open a memorial gardens in honour of her mother, the Queen Mum.

The memorial garden is to be located within the Royal Botanic Gardens and is costing approximately £600,000.

ABC screens Prince William movie

ABC broadcast the TV movie Prince William on 29th September 2002. William was played by Jordan Frieda, the son of the singer Lulu. Jordan Frieda went to school at Eton College five years before William.

Prince William attends the funeral of the Queen Mother

Prince William was one of many mourners at the funeral of his great-grandmother on 9th April 2002.

Westminster Abbey's Tenor Bell tolled 101 times to mark the start of the Queen Mother's funeral. As the sound rang out across central London - one toll each minute for every year of her life - thousands of people gathered in the streets outside before to the service which began at 11.30am.

Prince William joins the vigil of the Queen Mother's coffin in Westminster Hall

At exactly 5.40pm on Monday, the 8th of April 2002, the four grandsons of the Queen Mother walked silently into Westminster Hall.

Minutes before the royal party appeared, a hush descended on the hall as mourners filing past the coffin came to a halt.

Prince William, Prince Harry, the Queen Mum and Ali G

Prince William and Prince Harry revealed how the Queen Mum stunned a royal family Christmas dinner with her Ali G impression.

William and Harry told how she stood up at the end of the meal, did the Ali G trademark finger snap, and said: "Respec."

Prince William joins procession of the Queen Mother's coffin

Three generations of the British royal family joined a procession carrying the Queen Mother's coffin through London on 5th April 2002.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princes William and Harry walked behind the gun carriage bearing the coffin from St James's Palace to the lying-in-state in Westminster Hall, alongside the Houses of Parliament.

The princes return to England following the death of the Queen Mother

Prince William, together with his brother Prince Harry and his father Prince Charles, were skiing in Klosters, Switzerland when the Queen Mother died.

The princes were devastated at hearing the news and returned to England the following day to be with the rest of the family.

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