First came the royal engagement. Now — 10 days later — comes the first book.
"William and Kate: A Royal Love Story," by Sun newspaper royal reporter James Clench is being published Friday, the first in a slew of new titles about the relationship between Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton.
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Published by Harper Collins — like The Sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch — the book is scattered with photos by Arthur Edwards, the paper's long-serving royal photographer.
Several books on the royal romance are in the works ahead of the April 29 royal wedding at Westminster Abbey.
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They include one by celebrity journalist Andrew Morton, whose 1992 book "Diana: Her True Story" rocked the royal family and punctured the image of Princess Diana's fairy-tale romance with Prince Charles.
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