If we can believe yet another story about Kate Middleton, the U.S. People Magazine website is carrying news of a denial by Mario Testino that he will be employing, or training, Kate Middleton in March.

Here’s an extract :

Contrary to press reports, aspiring photographer Kate Middleton isn’t teaming up with Mario Testino. In January, reports in respected British papers (including The Telegraph) claimed Prince William’s girlfriend would begin working in Testino’s New York studios in March.

“She’s s not! She’s not! I don’t know where that came from,” the photographer told PEOPLE Monday night at a Burberry/Vanity Fair exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery, which included Testino’s famous shots of Princess Diana. “I promise you, she’s not.”

Okay, we get the picture.

This only goes to show how little faith we can put in the current rash of odd stories doing the rounds about breakups, exotic travel plans (why would a Prince advertise his travel plans in advance?), and other weird tales.

Of course, we don’t even know if this rebuttal is true, although it does have the ring of accuracy to my ears.

Sanity, sanity, where art thou, sanity.

Thanks to Susan P. Taylor for the tip.

Prince William tucked into what must be the biggest naan bread on the planet during a visit to a curry restaurant in York on Wednesday. William and 47 friends ran up a bill of £1300 ($2600), matching the size of the offerings.

A family-sized naan bread at the Saffron Desi restaurant in York

The restaurant had been expecting a group to arrive but staff were amazed when the Prince and his RAF colleagues turned up in such numbers.

The owner said: “As soon as he walked in I met him and said, ‘Welcome to Saffron Desi’ — I was amazed, shocked. I shook hands with him and asked him what he would like to drink. He ordered a bottle of Strongbow cider. I then told the kitchen that Prince William was here. The customers were going crazy.”

The Prince apparently ordered the £8 ($16) house special, a mild chicken curry called “Royal Delight”. How could he resist?

He was said to have roared with laughter when one of the huge naan breads was brought to his table. Mr Nisar added, “He said, ‘Oh my God I can’t believe these naans are so big. I’ve never seen anything like it’.”

Gwen Turner was having a meal with her boyfriend Steve Brierley when the Prince arrived. “We couldn’t believe it when we realized it was him.”

Mr Nisar said that William had been very polite. “Myself, my chef and all the staff are proud to have served him.”

William is reported to have had just three small bottles of cider with his meal. Maybe his wild Mahiki days are over.

Rumours abound as Chelsy Davy breezed into Heathrow, apparently on her way back to Leeds University, where’s she’s a post-grad in business and law.

The conspicuous absence of Prince Harry at the airport has drawn a lot of speculation, but none more so than Chelsy’s private life. Mention is made of a liaison with “a certain rugby player at Leeds Carnegie”, and another hints darkly that Chelsy is not back in Britain “to see the hapless Harry”.

We can only await developments on this one. Harry may be on special duties with the Army and simply not available for social activities right now.

Kate Middleton
Meanwhile, back in the Home Counties, Prince William’s girl Kate has been spotted at the O2 Arena (think Millennium Dome) watching the hit show Afrika, Afrika, featuring wonders like the Snake Girl contortionist and a man who wriggles bodily through the head of a tennis racket. Rivetting stuff, doubtless.

It’s said that William asked some close friends to accompany her to the show. They were the ubiquitous Guy Pelly — with girlfriend Susanna Warren — and Thomas van Straubenzee.

Kate dazzled the crowd with her leopard-print outfit in her trademark black and white. The event shows yet again how attentive William is to her comfort while he’s away at RAF Cranwell training to be a pilot.

Prince Harry’s on-off girlfriend has escaped the violence in Kenya, East Africa — where she was stranded for more than a week — and flown home to Cape Town.

Chelsy with friend in good spirits outside her Cape Town apartment

Chelsy was due back at Leeds University on January 4th, but will take a short break and fly to Britain later this month.

The status of her relationship with Harry, which has been under severe pressure lately, is still uncertain. But we are sure the Prince will be delighted that she has left Kenya’s turmoil unharmed.