Prince William

Approximately two months after Prince William and Kate Middleton broke up, the two have been enjoying clandestine meetings, friends confirm.

"It's true that they have been seeing each other," a source tells People about the Royal couple.

Adds a pal: "They [never] loathed each other. It just wasn't working at the time."

Similar to Kevin Federline and Britney Spears, perhaps.

The couple was spotted at a June 9 bash in William's Dorset, England, army barracks, where the British press reported the twosome talked all night and kissed on the dance floor. Sounds hot.

Sounds like Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush.

William and Middleton, both 25, began dating five years ago, and many had Middleton, an accessories buyer at the British fashion company Jigsaw, pegged as the future Queen of England. It's a title more respected than Firecrotch. By a lot.

Both are expected at the July 1 Concert for Diana; Prince Harry, 22 â€" who is set to return from his army training in Canada â€" has also invited his girlfriend Chelsy Davy, 21.

A source says the spark for this pair is "still there." So the future is wide open. With any luck, they'll end up as happy together as Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil.

Henry Ropner had his chance.

The Brit who was rumored to be dating Kate Middleton may have missed his chance to officially win this beauty over, especially in light of recent reports that say she she's found her royal footing once again.

Following their April split after dating for five years, Prince William is supposedly wooing his ex-girlfriend once again, according to People magazine.

The couple attended a party earlier this month at an army barracks where William is posted as an army officer. Moreover, William has invited Middleton to the Concert for Diana, in memory of his mother, scheduled for London's Wembley Stadium next Sunday. It should be an event almost as anticipated as the next Britney Spears album.

Celebrity gossip talk also says couple kissed at the June 9 army party, and that Middleton will spend time with William, his brother Harry and Harry's girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, backstage at the Diana concert.

Earlier this month, Joss Stone denied a report that she's close friends with the prince, who only last week gained access to the estimated $500,000 to $600,000 annual interest generated by the $13 million left to him by his mother.

He's probably an even better catch at this point than Scott Baio.

What is a prince to do after his beautiful ex, Kate Middleton, takes up with some schlub named Henry Ropner?

Start hanging out with pop stars, of course.

On Saturday, the U.K.'s Daily Mirror reported that Prince William, who is celebrating his 25th birthday today, has been frequently calling Joss Stone, 20.

Reportedly, the discussions revolve around the upcoming concert for his late mother, Princess Diana. The paper says the two are becoming pals.

But a rep for Joss Stone (pictured below, before her pink hair phase) is denying these recent reports that she's becoming super close friends with William.

"They talked about songs she is going to sing at the concert and that is translated into a story about how William has been bombarding her with calls," says her rep, Dave Woolf.

According to Woolf, Joss Stone will sing her song "You Had Me" as well as a cover of Queen's "Under Pressure" and a Tina Turner song that the prince's late mother particularly liked.

"Princess Diana was always a fan of Tina Turner," Woolf says.

Joss Stone, having been born in 1987 - making her a senior citizen compared to Hayden Panettiere, but still a youngan compared to most of us - was only 10 at the time Diana died, so she learned of the princess' musical tastes from Prince William.

"She is really pleased to be involved in the event and was anxious that she do something that would have meant something to the princess as opposed to singing any old three songs. She wanted to get direct input about what they wanted her to do," Woolf said.

William and his brother, Prince Harry, have been taking a big role in organizing the concert, according to a palace source, who says:

"They have had a great time, almost taking the role of promoters. Both William and Harry have had conversations with some of the acts when they thought it was right to do so."

Hopefully Prince Harry's love interest, Chelsey Davy, was also involved in the planning. Otherwise, she might start feeling left out and all.

Just when you thought it didn't get more exciting than going behind the scenes of American Idol ...

On April 13, newly single Prince William hit the town for a wild night out in London, racking up a nearly $10,000 bar tab and partying so hard that by 3:30 a.m. he "was struggling to stand up," a club source told Us Weekly.

Of course, it was then revealed that the hunky prince had split from girlfriend Kate Middleton.

So, where did this relationship go wrong?

"Kate wanted an assurance that there was going to be a future for them, and William wasn't ready to give that," said a Middleton source.

"His family advised him not to rush into things, and so in the end, he couldn't give her what she wanted."

Sort of like Dita Von Teese and Marilyn Manson. We guess.

The strain only deepened when Prince William, now a second lieutenant in the British Army, was stationed in a training camp in Dorset, England â€" two hours away from Middleton's $1.6 million London apartment â€" yet he didn't make time to see "Babykins" (his pet name for Middleton, which is only slightly less obnoxious than anything Heather Mills says).

"Kate never felt like William put her in first place," said a former classmate. "To meet up for dinner, she would have to run four or five different dates by him before he would say he was available. Usually when you are in a relationship, you drop everything for your loved one, but William wasn't like that."

Indeed, he sounds more self-involved than Spencer Pratt.

Lastly, Us reports that one person is relieved the prince didn't rush into anything: his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.

"The queen was fond of Kate, but wants William to take his time choosing a wife to avoid another royal divorce like the ones that damaged the monarchy in the '90s," royal correspondent Judy Wade said.

It's true that divorces are painful. Take note of that, Hulk Hogan.

Considering the fact that Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker have reunited, you can never really say when celebrity couples are truly finished.

But for now, the news that Prince William and Kate Middleton have split is sending the British press into a frenzy â€" for the exes, shockingly, life goes on.

Middleton, 25, spent time over the weekend at her parents' home in the village of Bucklebury, 50 miles west of London, where she avoided throngs of paparazzi.

For his part, Prince William, 24, partied with pals at London's Mahiki nightclub on Friday night before news of the split broke, keeping a low profile for the rest of the weekend.

It is believed that both have now gone back to work â€" the prince in Dorset, where he recently started an armored corps troop commander's course, and Middleton in London, where she works an accessories buyer for the British fashion chain Jigsaw.

Neither could be reached for a comment on Sanjaya Malakar.

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the BBC that the exes should be allowed to "get on with their lives."

"They should be left alone now without reams of stuff being written that I can assure you, from my experience of royal stories, most of which will be complete nonsense," he said, reminding the press that there's an Olivia Mojica sex tape to be covered instead.

Still, after The Sun broke the story, by Sunday all 10 national newspapers had covered the biggest royal split since the prince's parents, Princess Diana and Prince Charles, separated in 1992.

In England, this sort of event is as big as the latest Britney Spears dating rumor in The States. Hard to say which is actually less deserving of coverage.

An American Idol sex tape? Not so surprising anymore.

Not when compared with the news that Prince William has split from his long-time girlfriend.

The breakup with Kate Middleton was "amicable," according to a friend of the couple that talked to People magazine.

The prince, 24, and Middleton, 25, have been dating for nearly five years, after meeting at St. Andrews University in Scotland. A spokesman at the prince's office at Clarence House says they will not be commenting.

"We don't comment on Prince William's private life," the rep says.

Fortunately, The Hollywood Gossip does. And we didn't see this break-up coming. Looks like Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy now have the only royally stable relationship.

Middleton and William reportedly had grown increasingly independent of each other since their university days. The prince is currently taking an armored corps commander course in Dorset, around 125 miles west of London, and it has kept him from Middleton and her new life in London.

Although Middleton has been "brave," as one friend tells People, the media attention was an ongoing source of trouble. Earlier this month, she won a public apology from a British newspaper after it printed a photograph of her heading to work.

Wow. If that makes someone upset, imagine how Olivia Mojica must feel now that we have nude pictures of her.

That could be what they're doing in this picture, right?

Kate Middleton, at least, looks like quite the happy English gal as she takes a look at her man. And why wouldn't she be? This British babe is one proposal away from royalty.

If Prince William would just get his act together, these two kids would be well on their way to the altar and a life of castle partying. Come on, Bill, go ahead and pop the question already.

François-Henri Pinault already did so with Salma Hayek and look how happy those two are. We understand there's a lot of pressure involved when your proposal will lead to the next Queen of England, but man up, Prince.

And if Middleton isn't your woman, allow us to reccomend Hayden Panettiere. She's a cutie.

Okay, so only two out of five of the princes below are actual royalty, while two of them were spawned by the weirdest man on planet Earth and one once changed his name to an unprouncable symbol. That won't stop The Hollywood Gossip from this exclusive photo comparison. We know who Kate Middleton would pick, but who's your favorite Prince?

TOP ROW: That's Michael Jackson's son, Prince Michael II (really), and those handsome heirs to the British throne, Prince William and Prince Harry.

BOTTOM ROW: That's rocker Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson), who's gearing up for the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, and Michael Jackson's other son, Prince Michael I (really).

The woman who will be Queen played the role of cheerleader for a day.

Kate Middleton made it clearer than ever that she's on her way to royalty on Friday when she joined the top British family to watch a certain fellow graduate from his military academy.

Indeed, Prince William was commissioned as an officer in the Household Cavalry as he graduated from Sandhurst in front of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, and his father, Prince Charles.

But it was Middleton, widely speculated to be the prince's future fiancée, who grabbed all the attention as she walked to the historic parade ground with William's private secretary and two of his closest pals.

It was the first time she has been a guest of her boyfriend at an official royal engagement with the Queen present. We can only assume she acted a bit more properly there than Tara Conner, our former Miss USA.

Middleton sat in the front row with her mother Carole (her father Michael was also there) and beamed as William made the traditional march past.

Next up, the Prince will train to become a troop commander in an armored reconnaissance unit, following in the footsteps of his 22-year-old brother, Prince Harry.

The question in England is no longer whether or not Prince William and Kate Middleton will break up, it's whether they will stay together. Forever.

Now into their fifth year as an absurdly attractive couple, Will and Kate have lately seemed so snuggly that the engagement gossip is getting as hot as a pot of Earl Grey, reports People magazine.

The relationship appears a lot more solid than that of K-Fed and Kendra Jade.

On Sunday, it was even reported that Kate has been invited to the Queen's country retreat Sandringham to join the entire Windsor clan for Christmas Day lunch â€" an unprecedented honor for an unmarried partner of a royal and essentially tantamount to an engagement.

Our guess is that Heather Mills has not exactly received the same sort of invitation at any point.

So just how close is Will to popping the question? Those in the know at Buckingham Palace say no one is ordering "Save the Date" cards just yet and insist Kate isn't being formally groomed for the future.

"There are no people advising her or preparing her for anything," says one palace insider. "She is going about her private life as a private individual."

But not for long. These kids seemed more destined to be together than Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock. Then again, so does most of the free world.