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Here is a photo of France’s new First Lady arriving in England with her midget husband. Her outfit speaks diplomatic volumes: flats, so as not to tower over M. Sarkozy; modest tweed, so as to remind Camilla of her youth back in the Depression. (In turn, Camilla wears a trashy befeathered nightmare hat because she is a tart.) But the real question is, why would a rail-thin former model be sporting a little belly pooch? We smell shotgun wedding. [The Sun]

Prince Charles celebrates his 59th birthday today. Right-o, good man! You know what that means? Yep, Camilla Parker Bowles administers his annual tooth-scraping blowjob! Ouch! Know what else it means? He gets an ice cream named after him! Ben & Jerry’s has rolled out its latest flavor Heir to the Cone. Those goofy, hirsute Vermont Deadheads describe it as a “royal treat of creamy banana ice cream, walnuts and chocolatey chunks. Of course, only the finest ingredients were used in this ice cream fit for a king (to be).” Awesome.
Ben & Jerry’s Celebrates Prince Charles’ Birthday [Wellfed.net]

Sure, the Brits focus on First Lady getting randy, but it looks like she got the idea from someone else…

In this White House pool report, we discover the sacrifices that the Bush family is willing to make in order to strengthen alliances in the War on Terror:

The prince joked that much the was was afoot with respect to his son and one of the Bush girls - he didn’t say which. “It seems to be an entirely hereditary feature.”

And we thought this talk of “the Bush dynasty” was just a metaphor.

Full report after the jump.

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• Reliable Source: Prince Charles and Camilla determined the guest list for tonight’s reception at the British Embassy. . . Michael Brown called himself a “fashion god” in an email dated Aug. 29th. . . Lewis Libby, like Harriet Miers, failed to pay bar dues. [WP]
• Under the Dome: Congressional candidates’ creative fundraising methods –such as dating for a donation– backfire. . . Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) gets married. . . Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is not running for president in ‘08: “[S]omeone needs to be the designated driver. I’m in detox.” [The Hill]
• Page Six: Clinton reportedly has two escape clauses from his Harlem lease: “one, if Hillary runs for the Senate and loses, two, if she runs for president and wins.” [NYP]

Does DC have its own Kanye West, Jr.? According to a FLOTUS (cute) pool report this afternoon, a visit to a Southeast Washington public charter school by Prince Charles, the FLOTUS, and Camilla prompted this observation from Denzell Grimes, 14: “It’’s awfully rare for white people to come to our school–like, from other countries.””

Speak truth to power, Denzell! Or just make an observation:

Upon further review of an audiotape, the quote from Denzell Grimes appears to be incorrect. According to the tape, Grimes stated: “It’s awfully rare for ROYAL people to come to our school–like from other countries.”

Both things technically true. You’ve got a future in politics, kid.

Full reports after the jump.

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Do you have PRINCEMANIA? Can you stand the thought of the PRINCE OF WALES dining right here, in your very area code? Are you hungry for every detail one can scrounge about the royal visit to the White House?

Yeah, we’re the same. However, for the mildly bored and easily amused (do we know our audience or what?), the guest list for tonight’s “Social Dinner” (as opposed to State Dinner) provides the opportunity to play six-degrees-of-Nancy-Reagan (who’s going with Merv Griffin): From now on, Mr. Oscar de la Renta, Designer will have a connection with Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, USA, Commanding General, First U.S. Army. Oh, and incase you were wondering about who won the date night lottery:

Ms. Mary Cheney
Ms. Heather Poe (Guest)

Miss Jenna Bush
Mr. Henry Hager (Guest)

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
Mr. Gene A. Washington, Director of Football Operations, National Football League (Guest)

 Full list after the jump. (Ooooh, look! I broke an embargo!)

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Yes, Prince Charles and Camilla are here. We’ve been studying the coverage for clues as to why we should care. So far, no luck. However, we did just receive the menu for today’s White House luncheon for the Prince, and our interest was, er, piqued. They’re serving “Composed Salad of Butter Lettuce, White Cucumbers and Golden Pea Tendrils.” That’s British slang for something, right?

Mmmm… golden pea tendrils…

Full menu after the jump.

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• Democrats win concession on the investigation of pre-war intelligence by holding private Senate session; Republicans outraged by maneuver. Bill Frist: “This is an affront to me personally [and] an affront to the United States of America.” Harry Reid: “The American people had a victory today.” [WP, NYT, LAT, WT]
• White House hopes to avoid filibuster attempt by selling Alito to moderates; Karl Rove is “deeply involved” in the strategy. Arlen Specter: “I hope we do not come back to the terrible schism we had. That just about tore the Senate apart, and it has the potential to do it again, except that the stakes would be bigger. You are talking about the Supreme Court.” [WP, NYT, NYT, LAT, WT]
• Bush calls for $7b in emergency spending for avian flu preparedness: “[I]f we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare, and one day many lives could be needlessly lost because we failed to act today.” [WP, NYT]
• Democrats want to use Alito’s conservative record “to drive a wedge between Republicans and swing voters who could be critical in next year’s midterm elections.” [WSJ]
• Samuel Alito’s “legal reasoning” implies his disapproval of Roe v. Wade; legal history shows “his thinking is shaped by a traditional concept of marriage.” [WP, NYT]
• Liberal colleagues of Alito say he is no ideologue. Said one attorney, “He didn’t decide cases based on ideology, and his record was not extremely conservative.” [LAT]
• Judge in the trial of Tom DeLay is removed from the case because of his donations to Democratic candidates and causes. [WP, NYT, LAT]
• DeLay is angering some Republicans by not relinquishing influential role. Said one congressman, “My issue is having an indicted former leader hanging around the leadership offices… Why does he want to stick around? He’s not helping us.” [WP]

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