Brits To Take Part In The Royal Gala

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LONDON - The names of 42 young Britons chosen to meet with Hollywood executives at a Los Angeles gala to be hosted by Prince William and the former Kate Middleton have been announced.

Included are actors Tom Hughes and Harry Lloyd, actresses Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Talulah Riley and the writer Jack Thorne.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts said Friday that most of the people invited are not complete beginners and have already begun to show promise in their fields.

The July 9 event at the Belasco Theater is a centerpiece of the royal couple's brief visit to southern California after their eight-day tour of Canada.

It will bring young British film talent including directors and writers into contact with Hollywood decision makers.

Kate Middleton isn't a virgin?

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Heh. We knew that -- and the Palace thinks it's OK, too. While Princess Diana and previous royal brides had to publicly confirm their virginity, The Queen and Co. are relaxing the expectation for the thoroughly modern Middleton.

It's been three long decades since the fuss over Princess Diana's V-card: the family desired a "pure" wife for Charles, rather than someone whom he'd already dated (see: Camilla Shand, now his current partner. Diana, 19 and innocent, was the chosen one.

"Charles may well have wanted to marry Camilla, but she was not seen as an appropriate choice because she was known to have had several boyfriends by that time," writes Greg Katz of The Associated Press.

Some historians and commentators believe this was a major factor in Charles' fateful decision to marry Diana rather than Camilla, setting in motion a tragic chain of events that culminated with Diana's 1997 death in a car crash."

Oof. Meanwhile, Prince William and Middleton have been together for eight years; the 29-year-old brunette first caught his eye wearing a see-through dress in a college fashion show. Sexy, modern times.

The bigger issue regarding the Royal Wedding might be the monarchy's prudishness about prenup. That's a whole 'nother can of worms.