The Wills and Kate Update: Flights, Besties, and Confessions

So, what have William and Kate been up to since we last checked in with the pair? Here's a condensed update to cover some of the recent news on the couple...

After Prince William's slew of engagements, including a reception for Centrepoint and a tour of St Giles's Trust, he and the Middletons pulled a fast one on Katie Nicholl and spirited away for a ski holiday weeks before she predicted they'd be hitting the slopes. They also headed to a resort in Courchevel rather than their usual hangout, Klosters in the Swiss Alps. It appears perhaps the trip was actually a Middleton family holiday with a prince riding along rather than anything cooked up by William himself.

William made more ski news when he apparently rode in coach on the British Airways flight to Geneva to start the ski holiday. Some suggested that the move was so that he would appear more economically with-it; others said he gave his first-class seats to Kate's parents and cozied up with his girlfriend and their friends in economy instead. Way to get in good with the future in-laws, Wills...

After returning from ski paradise, Kate was treated to the usual roast-and-toast routine from the British papers. First, they suggested that she and Prince Harry's ex, Chelsy Davy, had stopped speaking to each other. Then The Sun published a story claiming that Kate's "best pal" (read: one of the girls who rowed with Kate for a few weeks back in 2007) was running a sex club.

A few more articles have also been published ahead of the new "biography" of Kate, including one that revealed that one of Kate's distant ancestors was in jail. And, to top it all off, the News of the World claimed that Kate was -- wait for it -- cashing in on her status as a royal girlfriend by including princess party items in the Party Pieces catalogue, because no little girl has ever wanted a princess party before Kate Middleton came along.

But Prince William may have capped off this update with a bit of a slip-up ... he reportedly spoke with a News of the World reporter (though the article does not appear in their online edition) and spilled that he wants to go to Afghanistan, Harry misses Chelsy, and we'll all have to "wait and see" about a royal wedding to Kate. His press people, of course, report that he doesn't remember any conversation taking place.