Prince William has spoken of his and fiancee Kate Middleton’s happiness, as the newly-engaged couple faced the cameras for the first time.
The couple, both 28, will marry next spring or summer after he proposed while on holiday in Kenya in October.
The prince said: “The timing is right now.” His brother Harry said he would be gaining a sister.
William gave Kate his mother’s engagement ring, saying: “It was right to put the two together.”
Speaking as they stood arm-in-arm before photographers, and later as they gave a TV interview, Prince William said giving Kate his mother Diana’s distinctive sapphire and diamond engagement ring was “my way of making sure my mother didn’t miss out on today and the excitement”.
He stressed that no-one was “trying to fill my mother’s shoes”. Miss Middleton paid tribute to the princess as an “inspirational woman”.
She admitted joining the Royal Family was a “daunting prospect” but she added: “Hopefully I’ll take it in my stride.”
- BBC News
*This Does Not Bode Well
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I propose a new abbreviation. IHL. “I’m going to Hell for Laughing.”
Yes, Jacques. Mind you, if you’re going to Hell, so am I. I ROTFLed when I saw this.
Oh… I still chortle quietly whenever one of those Charles and Di 50c pieces gets into my hand.
I’m wondering when “royal divorce” souvenirs will become a tempting way to generate cash.
I hope this doesn’t come off as too obnoxious, but I simply cannot get my head around how dim this kid – William – is. What would he have turned out like had he been switched at birth with some average suburban family?
It kinda peeves me actually. If you are not able to make the best use of your mind-boggling advantages, you should have them taken from you.
Ooohhh DEM. I just read it properly. MIAAOOOWWW!!!
if we are going for acronyms, apart from the giggles, DILLIGAF?
Dave, watching the British press (and the Scottish press, too, with the St Andrews angle) fawn over this is interesting in the same way as those anthropological studies of remote tribes where people stick bones through their noses are interesting.
Also: riots in Britain, recession, royal wedding in the offing… we seem to have been here before.
SL@7: “riots in Britain, recession, royal wedding in the offing… we seem to have been here before”
Hmmm. Perhaps the Spanish can be persuaded to invade Gilbraltar.
To be honest, I wish them both all the luck in the world. Because they’re going to NEED it!!
Kate Middleclass seems as thick as a brick.
I wonder is she’s realised yet what they were doing, when they tipped on her back to check out her virginity.
Nasty stuff, as ever, when comes to the morbid media ritua lof a (yawn) royal wedding.
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