Thursday, 14 April 2011

Phew!

It's seven minutes past seven pm on the fourteenth of April 2011, which means two things:

Sweet Valley Confidential was published in the UK today.

YY The shops are now shut.

Seriously, doesn't the cover of the Sweet Valley prom novel look like it should have been on a Point Horror book? Speaking of which, Point Horror! RL Stine! The next part of my ongoing teen nostalgia? Yes!

Thank God that, contrary to one of my previous posts, there is a Kindle edition.

Cannot believe it took me until this hour to remember.

It goes without saying I'm holding the future Princess William of Windsor, and the amount of space she currently occupies in my life, entirely responsible for my late recall.

Laughing all the way to the Abbey, no doubt.

Have I mentioned she can't be called 'Princess Catherine' as she's not a Princess in her own right? So it's either the 'Duchess of whichever area the Queen grants them as a wedding present, hopefully not Windsor,' or 'Princess William.'

We'll be calling it "rubbish."
A broken tiara on the side of the road. Princess William, this is probably not your future.

Anyway, gotta dash. Spending the night catching up with the Wakefield twins.

Another Day, Another Kate Middleton Doll

I take it everyone's already seen Franklin Mint's Kate Middleton doll?



It costs a not inconsiderable $195, and does a pretty good job of Americanising our soon-to-be Princess.

Well, there's a new doll in town, and you can pick her up from Regent Street's own imaginarium of horrors Hamley's. The Princess Catherine Engagement Doll, to give it it's full title, costs £35 and even has accessories: a fascinator, court shoes, a clutch bag, and of course, an enormous engagement ring.



Hell, she's even travelled. Here, courtesy of Caters News Agency, are a few shots that could have come from her Facebook photo albums.*








If the dolls had been available when I was writing the book, I'd have definitely got on and made it some tiny Middleton outfits to model for the pictures. Oh-some as Michelle Bikini might say.**

*Genuinely cannot believe there is someone else as lame as me out there, and they spent time on this. It -the photos, not the doll- is amazing.
**Read: "not awesome". We also call really ugly things 'Fergalicious.'

Evening Herald Interview


Above: The interview I did with the Evening Herald, originally published on Saturday March 19th. Click to enlarge, as per.

Terrible/Amazing News

As I'll be doing radio commentary for the Royal Wedding, the Chez Purple party is off.

It does mean I get to spend the day in here though.



It's the official media platform that's been set up opposite Buckingham Palace. It's full of mini TV and radio studios. Photo by Mishal Husain, BBC News Reporter and all-round nice lady who interviewed me for BBC World last week. She'll be in there too.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

An Invitation

An Invitation to the Royal Wedding.

It looks like I may be working on the day Prince William finally makes an honest woman of the lovely Kate but, in case I'm not, I'm issuing a partially open invitation:

Ladies' Night and Day at Chez Purple: 
A Celebration to Mark the Sacred Nuptials of Prince William and Miss Catherine of Middleton.

The fun will start at around 8 o'clock on April 28th when ladies (it's a girls' only event sorry, well, girls and gays at a push) are invited to come and partake in a sleepover party that will see them toast the soon-to-be married couple with champagne (OK, Cava, and possibly towards the end of the night, Lambrini) and assemble suitably elegant chapeaus to wear to the next day's events (which we will otherwise be watching in the living room in our pyjamas while eating cucumber sandwiches).

Materials for the assembling of hats will be supplied.
Bring your own Bolly!

Do RSVP!

I'd have a street party and hat making event but, you know, people might see me.