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Emma Watson says she feels for Kate Middleton with the intense scrutiny she’s under as she prepares for her wedding to Prince William and becomes a member of the United Kingdom’s Royal Family on April 29th.

“Poor girl. That must be an incredible amount of pressure. I hope she’s enjoying it. Must be intense,” she told the Associated Press.

The Harry Potter actress also spoke of the expectations she put on herself and why she chose to leave Brown University, at least temporarily.

“I just knew I was going to be beating myself up because I wasn’t going to be able to be doing the best that I knew that I could at school or in my job. If I’d been getting B’s or C’s I would’ve been really upset,” Emma said.

Watson just got a new costar for the movie The Perks of Being A Wallflower. The Vampire Diaries actress Nina Dobrev is joining her and Logan Lerman for the film that should begin shooting in the Pittsburg, PA area early this summer.

And Happy Birthday Emma! She turned 21 today.

Joe Jonas is spending time in Maun, Botswana with Prince William as the duo work together for conservation efforts in the African nation. Check out the interview with Joe above.

Prince William and Prince Harry are also taking part in World Cup festivities (England takes on Algeria on Friday) in South Africa later in the week.

Because things like this don’t happen to you or me, (and I certainly don’t wish it on anyone, let alone my most favorite redheaded royal) I thought I would recap what a strange week it must have been to be Prince Harry.

Starting off his week, a pair of inept burglars attempted to break in to the home he shares with his brother, Prince William, as they complete their military training in the Shropshire area of the UK. The wannabe thieves are believed to have been clueless to who lived at the special house with 24 hour surveillance and armed guards. Seriously… duh!

Then comes word the brothers may have had their phones hacked by journalists. Two years ago, a private investigator and a former editor from England’s News Of The World magazine were sent to prison for the breach of privacy of some aides and secretaries to members of The Royal Family including their father, Prince Charles. New evidence is suggesting that the princes’ phones may have been compromised as well.

Detective Chief Superintendent Philip Williams, from the Metropolitan Police, raised the possibility at the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

When asked if he suspected journalists had hacked into the princes’ mobile phones, Mr Williams told the committee: “Yes, I think they may well have done.”

While that is disturbing and creepy, Harry can breathe a bit easier as the Taliban chief who threatened his life has been assassinated. A member of the Australian military found his approved target and killed Mullah Abdul Karim. Karim stated that Harry was “… our special enemy” when the prince was deployed to the Helmand province of Afghanistan in March of 2008. Karim was reported to be a heavy recruiter for the Taliban, disrupting election procedures and directly responsible for many attacks. The Australians ended his life on August 10th, but are just releasing the information now.

On top of all of that, Princes Harry and William have the anniversary of the fatal Paris car crash that took the life of their mother on August 31st, 1997. Princess Diana is missed by many people all over the world but certainly no one feels the loss more than her two sons.

After all that, kudos to Harry for keeping a low profile and his head on straight while all the madness and sadness erupts around him.

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The British heirs to the throne, Prince William and Prince Harry are eager to join up with their commrades in front line combat roles.

Last year, Prince Harry did get 10 weeks of fighting in Afghanistan until the news embargo on his whereabouts was broken by US website TheDrudgeReport.com. He was then pulled from the field because it was determined that it would be too risky for him and his fellow troops while the Taliban put a price on capturing the third in line to the throne.

While Harry is anxiously awaiting being allowed to return, William has not had the opportunity to be on the battlefield and wants the chance to see active duty.

William, 26, who is currently training with the RAF to become a search and rescue pilot and hopes to become operational in 2010, said: ‘To me, I didn’t join the forces to be mollycoddled or treated any differently. As far as I am concerned, in my eyes, if Harry can do it, then I can do it.”

The royal brothers are currently sharing a bachelor pad near Royal Air Force base in Shawsbury where they are training: William continues to train for helicopter search and rescue and Harry is learning to fly a combat Lynx helicopter.

My fave British randy royals, Prince William and Prince Harry have joined an exclusive, upper crust, posh gentlemen’s club in London. The two party princes have been keeping a low profile as far as dinking is concerned and now will be able to indulge in yet more privacy.

Are the watering holes they have been photographed coming in and out of now a thing of the past for these two emerging Royal Family members? They have both cut down on the visible partying this past year and have focused more on their military careers and on charity/royal duties. Expect to see more grown up, responsible ventures from the future king and his brother as they come into their own right and begin to take on more public duties for the british monarchy.