Whenever I see myself visiting Petra in Jordan, I'm always on horseback -- galloping from the magnificent rose-hued Al Kazneh (known as the Treasury) to the score from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". While I didn't have Indy, or Sean Connery, who played his Holy Grail scholar father with...

Much of what's in the news about air travel these days is bad. If it's not lost luggage, then it's surly flight attendants, excessive fees or plane loads of passengers stuck on the tarmac for hours without food or water. It makes you misty-eyed for the days when flying was...

As a seasoned travel writer and royal journalist, I'm often staying at hotels as I travel the world covering royal weddings, royal tours, film festivals and other assignments. However, not all hotels are equal -- there are definitely some more noteworthy than others. Sometimes what makes a place memorable is...

The tremendous media coverage on both sides of the Atlantic generated by the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton this spring has created a global surge of interest in all things British. Fresh from covering the royal wedding for the BBC in London, I had set sail around the...

As the world now knows, William and Catherine are honeymooning in the Seychelles, which I correctly revealed in my HuffPost report on April 10 as the most likely of all the rumored honeymoon destinations. Like the newly-minted Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, I've embarked on a holiday after...

There's Bragelina, TomKat and Posh and Becks. Now, the world's newest glamour couple, William and Catherine, may be heading for Hollywood -- will they be dubbed "WillCat" by the entertainment press? Though the itinerary won't be released until later, Clarence House officially confirmed on May 5 that the Duke and...

Helen Mirren did it. So has Colin Firth. Now Madonna is hot for it. They, and the rest of Hollywood, know that a royal wave could very well lead to Oscar and box-office gold. With Colin Firth's Best Actor victory as a stammering King George VI in The King's Speech,...

"Oh wow!" Those were the first words uttered by Catherine, the new Duchess of Cambridge as she stepped onto the balcony at Buckingham Palace and surveyed the sea of well-wishers. "Wow" is also how I would describe the excitement of covering this wedding live and being part of a historic...

With less than a week to go before the royal wedding, I'm in London for The Huffington Post where I'll be bringing you coverage from the heart of all the festivities. On the day of the wedding, I'll also be joining the BBC as a special royal commentator.

If the...

UPDATE 4/29: Kate Middleton's wedding dress designer is Sarah Burton. Read more about Kate Middleton's McQueen wedding gown here.

Previously:
I've reported many exclusive details on the royal wedding, but the biggest scoop is undoubtedly the identity of Kate Middleton's wedding dress designer.

I...

In February, the Duchess of Cornwall had a very publicized lunch at Koffman's restaurant in the Berkeley hotel with royal bride-to-be Catherine. The jovial and high-spirited girls' lunch, which also included Camilla's daughter Laura and Catherine's sister Pippa, caught the attention of fellow diners, and snippets of their conversation was...

The royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton has created a huge interest in tourism to Britain. If you're one of the many international visitors who will travel to London for the event, consider also venturing outside the capital for other...

Another day, another royal honeymoon destination rumor. In addition to Kenya, Mustique, Necker Island and the Scilly Isles, there has also been talk of places as far-flung as Corfu, Croatia, Barbuda, Nepal, and even Tonga. At this rate, you might as well just throw a dart at a world map!...

Both Prince William and Catherine had their secret stag (bachelor) party and hen night (bachelorette party) last week. What is most remarkable is how successfully they managed to elude the press -- all of whom were anxious to find out any snippets of information. As Prince William stated with satisfaction...

Here are some things I've been checking off on my "To Do" list for April: Get a flight to London in time for the royal wedding. Check! Find a fabulous hotel in the heart of all the action. Check! Buy a chic...

It seems that ballroom "Dancing with the Stars," Bollywood-style, is set to arrive at Buckingham Palace. The Press Trust India has reported that celebrated Indian choreographer and entertainer Sandip Soparrkar and his dancer wife, Jesse Randhawa, will perform for guests at the Buckingham Palace reception after the wedding....

Well, I'm not the only one who's ready to join in the festivities of William and Catherine's wedding on April 29. More royal guests have confirmed their attendance...while some have bowed out.

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Fat Tuesday is on March 8th, and for the last two weeks, the pre-Lent celebrations have filled the streets of Mobile, Alabama, with costumed and masked revelers, colorful paper-mâche floats, live marching bands, and throngs of exuberant parade spectators waiting to catch...

Well, I must be making quite a mark as a noted royal journalist going by the amount of attention I've received, and the number of noses I've seemingly put out of joint with my coverage of the royal wedding. First of all, I want to say thank you to all...

I've been asked by several TV networks to comment on Catherine and William's first joint engagement last week. The couple was in Anglesey, Wales to launch a lifeboat, but it was also the launch of Catherine's public role, and the first of many engagements and duties she will...