Britain's Prince Charles goes shooting with William's girlfriend

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Britain's Prince Charles was pictured in Sunday newspapers out shooting with his eldest son Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton in a sign of her growing acceptance in royal circles.

The pair donned camouflage clothing for a deer stalking lesson with two gamekeepers at Queen Elizabeth II's private Balmoral country estate in eastern Scotland.

It was the first time Charles had been photographed publicly with Middleton, fuelling speculation that she may soon become engaged to army officer William, second in line to the throne.

It was the "clearest sign yet that she will one day become his (Charles's) daughter-in-law," said the Sunday Express's royal editor Camilla Tominey.

However, the excursion was criticised by anti-hunt...