Wings: Prince Harry and girlfriend Chelsy Davyat his graduation ceremony. They will now take a holiday together
Newly qualified helicopter pilot Prince Harry has rewarded himself with a five-week holiday in the African wilderness.
The 25-year-old prince, who was awarded his Army Air Corps wings a fortnight ago and has been cherry-picked to fly the military's showpiece Apache attack helicopter, is celebrating his success by 'backpacking' through Botswana and South Africa.
And he hopes to fit in a World Cup game and a few days on the paradise island of Mauritius with girlfriend Chelsy Davy before heading back to Botswana in mid-June for the start of his first official tour with elder brother Prince William.
After the six-day tour, the prince will fly back to the UK for a series of public engagements before beginning the second phase of his helicopter training.
Harry jetted out from London last weekend, arriving in Maun, the 'tourist capital' of Botswana, on Monday before heading into the bush with a small entourage of Metropolitan Police bodyguards.
He is paying for his flights but the bill for his bodyguards will be footed by taxpayers.
Among the highlights of his visit is a camping safari with friends and several days' partying on a houseboat in the country's renowned Okavango Delta.
Harry has hired a £600-a-night, two-storey houseboat which evokes memories of the 1951 film The African Queen.
Royal vessel: harry will spend his days fishing and partying on a houseboat in Botswana. He and Chelsy previously spent a few days on the Okavango Delta in Botswana in The Kubu Queen boat
Guests can sleep under the stars or in one of three luxury bedrooms.
The prince's party will spend their days sailing up and down the river, indulging in some fishing and having their meals cooked by an on-board chef.
Harry hopes to be joined by his on-off girlfriend of five years, Miss Davy, during his travels.
Zimbabwean-born Miss Davy, 24, is travelling to South Africa for next month's World Cup and plans to join her boyfriend in Cape Town for England's match against Algeria on June 18.
She and Harry also hope to spend a few days with her family at a luxury resort in the Indian Ocean at the end of his trip.
The prince is due back in Africa on June 14 to embark on a six-day tour with William of charity projects in Botswana and Lesotho, before the brothers fly to South Africa to support England's 2018 World Cup bid team.
St James's Palace declined to comment on Harry's holiday, describing it as 'private'.
A source said: 'Prince Harry has thrown himself into his training over the last 12 months or so and astonished everyone - not least himself - at how well he has done.
'He won't have the chance to take another holiday for almost eight months, so he wanted to make the most of it.'
A friend said: 'He adores Botswana, where he is never recognised or bothered, and just likes to rough it.'
WGRZ's video page is so busy for video footage of Obama's suprise lunch visit, or unavailable for other reasons.
WVIB doesn't appear to have the video up yet either -- at least not of Haley complimenting Obama's "smoking little body" (she may be more right than wrong, is the Prez still smoking cigs?).
And the YouTube.com videos tagged "Obama Buffalo" show Obama in the eaterywith surprised folks clapping and pulling out their cell phone cameras, but don't show the exchange reported by the New York Daily News and all over the net now.
After LuAnn Haley reportedly told Obama about his "smokin' little body," the President allegedly gave her a hug -- and when Haley was warned that Michelle Obama may be watching, she said for Michelle to eat her heart out.
Saif’s debut home production Agent Vinod is all set to take off on May 24 in Mumbai though its actual shooting would take place in Morocco. The film will have a combat scene where the lead pair Saif and Kareena fights.
It comes to hear that Kareena has already started training for the particular sequence.
It was reported that Kareena plays a Pakistani spy in this film directed by Sriram Raghavan. It is slated for release in March next year.
Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone is all set to make heads turn at Cannes 2010 red carpet. The actress will flaunt a saree designed by fashionista Rohit Bal.
Rohit, who is working on an entire new wardrobe for Deepika, says,
“Indian women have been criticized for wearing Western outfits at red carpets of premiere events. But this year will be different as Deepika will show the world how beautiful sarees are. She will steal the show in wearing a super sexy saree.”
Deepika on the other hand is super excited to be the Indian representative at Canne. She says,
“It is a great honour to walk the red carpet representing India in Cannes and it’s a great joy to work with Rohit again.”
Bollywood diva Shilpa Shetty, despite having made it big in many events, has never really been a top star.
Recently on the show of ‘Zara Nach Ke Dikha’, The item girl Rakhi Sawant declared:
“Even Sachin Tendulkar is out on zero at times.”
Shilpa was clearly stumped, but her co-judge Arshad Warsi came to her rescue.
“When Sachin scores a zero, he is credited zero runs on the scoreboard too. You should keep that in mind,” he told Rakhi.
Bipasha Basu wore a burkha for the first time. Apart from this, she also experimented with her hairstyle and changed the colour of her eyes.
The actress plays a character called Aziza, who is a modern politically active and aware, Kashmiri girl. Bips says,
“She is not dainty so don’t expect a Kashmir-ki-kali kind of look.”
In the film, she wears plain salwar kurtas with PT shoes, and her head is covered with dupatta at all times, “I also wore lots of printed, colourful dupattas with plain earthy-coloured salwar kurtas. Everything was loose and oversized. I could wear nothing fitted in this film,” and i wear no make up for most part, save the kaajal.
Designer speak Rocky S says,
“Since the character is a complex strong individual, my motive was to portray Aziza’s essence to the tee. My research included a lot of intricate detailing taking into consideration the kind of fabrics and colours that are preferred by Kashmiri locals. Tweed phirans in dull earthy tones along with kurtas were used to show a clear distinction over the seasons through autumn to winter. Bipasha’s accessories and burkhas were authentically purchased from Kashmiri shops in and around Lal Chowk and Dal Lake.”
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