Prince William Engaged to Kate Middleton

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Nov 16th 2010 07:32AM

Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middleton have the engagement news that the world has been waiting for and will marry next spring or summer in London. The announcement Tuesday by royal officials ends an on-again, off-again romance that began after the two met more than eight years ago as students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Prince Charles' Clarence House office said the heir to the British throne is "delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton." It said they got engaged last month during a vacation in Kenya.

The prince, who is second in line to the throne, once told an interviewer he wouldn't marry "until I'm at least 28 or maybe 30." He turned 28 in June and recently completed training a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot.

The royal family is said to approve of Middleton, the daughter of self-made millionaires. Her father worked for an airline and her mother was a flight attendant before they started a mail-order business specializing in children's parties, run from their farm in southern England.

Middleton works for the family business.

Commentators have been anticipating a summer 2011 wedding, a date that avoids both the Olympics and Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, both due to be held in 2012. Bookmakers stopped taking bets on a 2011 wedding months ago, saying all signs were pointing to a marriage next year.

Earlier this month the Middletons joined members of the royal family for a shooting holiday at the Balmoral estate in Scotland -- another milestone on Kate's road to acceptance by the family's inner circle.

The venue for the wedding was not announced.

"Prince William has informed the queen and other close members of his family," the Clarence House statement said. "Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton's father."

It said after the wedding, the couple will "live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force." More on the Prince William Engagement from AisleDash and AOL News

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Tuesday 16 November

By sway

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Congrats! I hope this charming young couple has a long and happy together. Hard to do so when constantly in the public eye.

By KADEN

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william and Kate have been living together for last few years.The royal family have not made that your girls life easy I hope after marrage they treat her better,I think she will be another peoples princess's just like Diana,I hope the old drunk Camile leaves her alone to.god bless them

By robin

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I sure hope they don't cut into my soaps for the wedding!!!! who cares

By Di

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So you don't care but you're here and reading it? yeah, right!

By victory

Finally!!! If Kate can deal w/ that kooky bunch, more power to her. They've dated long enough.

By Cathylinh

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[BlackwhiteCupid is] widely considered to be the greatest s''ingles c'lub ever by m'illions of s''ingles, about half of which have ac'tually found m''atches from it.

By Hailon

Congratulations William And Kate!! Rule Britania!!

By timangiek

Congrats. To bad this wedding will be so over priced. There are a lot of other things to spene the money on than a over done outragous wedding.

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