Royal wedding! Prince William, Kate Middleton announce engagement - Pair to marry in the spring or summer of 2011, official statement says — Britain's Prince William is to marry his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton in London in 2011, the royal family said on Tuesday.
The pair will wed in the spring or summer, according to a statement from the prince's official residence Clarence House. Recent speculation about the site of the event has focused on Westminster Abbey, where the funeral for prince's mother, Princess Diana, was held in 1997.
But the palace remained mum: "Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course," the statement said.
The prince, second in line to the throne, proposed during an October vacation to Kenya, it added.
"Prince William has informed The Queen and other close members of his family," the statement said. "Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton's father."
Visions of a royal wedding
Kate Middleton and Prince William attend Harry Meade and Rosie Bradford's wedding at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on Oct. 23. The couple are both 28 and met more than eight years ago as students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
After they're married, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William is currently serving with the Royal Air Force.
The couple are both 28 and met more than eight years ago as students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Visions of a royal wedding have been stoked by the visit several weeks ago of Kate's parents — Michael and Carole Middleton — to Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth II's 50,000-acre estate in Scotland, for a weekend of shooting hosted by Prince William with the queen's approval. It marked the first time the Middletons had been invited to such an intimate royal gathering.
The event sent Britain's tabloids into a tizzy and prompted bookmakers to lower the odds at Britain's legal betting shops, reflecting the conventional wisdom that Middleton would soon be a princess, and in line to become queen. The bookies even predict a wedding for the two 28-year-olds this summer.
Britain's royal watchers said the hunting invitation was a way of welcoming the middle class Middletons into the very highest realm of British society. Middleton is not from the aristocracy: Her parents worked for British Airways before founding Party Pieces, a successful party-supply business.
But her background is acceptable, and perhaps even an advantage, as the British monarchy prepares to modernize and streamline in an age of austerity. ( msnbc.msn.com )
The pair will wed in the spring or summer, according to a statement from the prince's official residence Clarence House. Recent speculation about the site of the event has focused on Westminster Abbey, where the funeral for prince's mother, Princess Diana, was held in 1997.
But the palace remained mum: "Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course," the statement said.
The prince, second in line to the throne, proposed during an October vacation to Kenya, it added.
"Prince William has informed The Queen and other close members of his family," the statement said. "Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton's father."
Visions of a royal wedding
Kate Middleton and Prince William attend Harry Meade and Rosie Bradford's wedding at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on Oct. 23. The couple are both 28 and met more than eight years ago as students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
After they're married, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William is currently serving with the Royal Air Force.
The couple are both 28 and met more than eight years ago as students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Visions of a royal wedding have been stoked by the visit several weeks ago of Kate's parents — Michael and Carole Middleton — to Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth II's 50,000-acre estate in Scotland, for a weekend of shooting hosted by Prince William with the queen's approval. It marked the first time the Middletons had been invited to such an intimate royal gathering.
The event sent Britain's tabloids into a tizzy and prompted bookmakers to lower the odds at Britain's legal betting shops, reflecting the conventional wisdom that Middleton would soon be a princess, and in line to become queen. The bookies even predict a wedding for the two 28-year-olds this summer.
Britain's royal watchers said the hunting invitation was a way of welcoming the middle class Middletons into the very highest realm of British society. Middleton is not from the aristocracy: Her parents worked for British Airways before founding Party Pieces, a successful party-supply business.
But her background is acceptable, and perhaps even an advantage, as the British monarchy prepares to modernize and streamline in an age of austerity. ( msnbc.msn.com )
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