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October 30th 2008

Prince William And Prince Harry Celebrate War Heroes At James Bond Premiere

Filed under: campaigns, donations, film-tv, movies — michael @ 11:04 am

Not since they attended Spiceworld: The Movie in 1997 with their father Prince Charles, have Prince William and Prince Harry hit the red carpet for a premiere. Last night, they made up for their dreaded first choice by attending the premiere of the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.

Of course, this was no ordinary movie celebration. Both Princes wanted the event to also recognize the efforts and sacrifice of Britain’s true miliatry heroes. The brothers invited war veterans and their families to line the red carpet and attend the premiere. From the article,

The aim was to raise more than £500,000 from the evening for two military charities, The Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes. A Clarence House spokesman said: ‘The princes chose these two great causes because they are linked to Remembrance Day, but most importantly because they want to make the point that this is a film about a British action hero, but the money is going to our country’s real heroes who put their lives in the line of fire day in, day out, in Iraq and Afghanistan.’

No word yet on totals, but it’s great to see yet another premiere used to raise money for some worthy organizations. Jump here to see some additional pics from the event.

Photo credit: INFphoto.com

September 19th 2008

Kate Middleton and Holly Branson: Disco Divas for Charity

Filed under: donations, events, green and famous — sara @ 11:10 am

Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton and Sir Richard Branson’s doctor daughter Holly Branson went retro for charity on Wednesday. The pair were shimmery and shiny at the Renaissace Rooms in London’s Vauxhall for Day-Glo Charity Roller Disco, a benefit for a new surgical ward at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford.

Kate organized the event (perhaps at the urging of the Queen?) in memory of a friend. In fact, she’s planning on calling the new ward “Tom’s Ward” after her friend Thomas Waley-Cohen, who died of bone cancer in 2004. Holly and Tom’s brother, Sam, helped organize the charity event.

Place2Be, an organization that gives counseling services to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse in 130 UK schools, is also receiving donations from the event.

Photo credit: Goff/INFphoto.com