Finally,
Prince William is engaged to longtime girlfriend
Kate Middleton, allowing the participation of her late mother's ring and the prospects for the UK's largest royal wedding with Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer for nearly 30 years ago.
Royal officials announced Tuesday that
William married
Middleton next Sprin or summer in London, ending years of rumors splits, reconciliations and-they, won't-they speculation. College of the novel, which seemed to be going under the pressure of adult life and luster of the paparazzi had bloomed finally - after eight years of dating.
In a joint television interview on Tuesday,
William said the pair, who are both 28, were discussing marriage, at least 12 months.
"Like every guy out there will know it takes a certain amount of motivation to come down," he said, adding that he had the feeling that he could marry Middleton, from the outset.
"When I first met Keith, I new it was something special about her. I knew that perhaps what I wanted to study there," said the prince.
William, proposed during a holiday in Kenya last month and gave Kate an oval blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds from jeweler Garrard, his mother, Princess Diana, oncewore. Couple refused to say whether the prince went down on his knees when he proposed.
"It was my way of making sure my mother would not miss today, and the excitement and the fact that we're going to spend my life together." William said as the pair posed for photographs inside the palace of St. James.
William is second in line to the British throne after Charles, his father. the first child of William and Kate to move forward, his younger brother Prince Harry to become third in line to the throne.
Kate admits that being a queen in the future "daunting prospect, and the idea of the royal wedding," nervous, "she said, long-term relationship was not without ups and downs -. The pair split briefly earlier - but the couple got stronger.
The soldier's brother William, Prince Harry, issued a statement after the completion of its preparation for the day Tuesday. He said he is glad that my brother popped the question! " and that he had always wanted a sister.
It is no exaggeration to say that the future of Windsor dynasty depends to a large extent on the success of a union between a commoner Middleton and Prince a helicopter pilot.
Middleton brings youth and glamor of the monarchy, which was tarnished by scandal and divorce. Strong, stable marriage - a warm, which lasts for decades and produce heirs - can go a long way to the abolition of the damage done by ugly squabbles and television confession of adultery that marred the last years of Charles and Princess Diana's tortured marriage, which began on a high note with their spectacular royal wedding in 1981. William said the couple wanted a family, and start thinking about the children after marriage.
"This is their chance to rejuvenate the dynasty," said Patrick Jephson, former private secretary to Princess Diana. "This is an opportunity to welcome a national holiday."
News of their engagement has been met with enthusiasm - and relief - throughout the UK. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, said they were "very happy for them both," Buckingham Palace said. Father of William, Prince Charles, said he was "absolutely delighted."
Middleton parents, Carol and Michael, as well as streamed.
"We all think he's wonderful, we loved it," Michael Middleton said.
They met as freshmen at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, starting out as just friends, but quickly becomes a friend and girlfriend.
"Obviously, we're both a lot of fun time together, both have very good sense of humor that we are on the ground, we take the Mickey out of each other a lot, and she has a lot of habits that make me laugh that I was teasing her about William said he and Middleton faced photographers Tuesday. "She has a habit that can make me laugh."
There is less basis for marriage than laughter.
She told reporters that the accession to the royal family was a "daunting prospect".
"Hopefully, I'll take it in my step," she said.
Middleton described the proposal as follows: "It was very romantic, and it was very personal."
Many details have not yet been announced. There is no wedding date the firm, and the place is not specified, with an emphasis on speculation St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, London, and landmarks.
It is not yet clear which designer dress elegant Middleton will appeal, and the royal couple of the names will take on when they become husband and wife have not yet been identified.
Marriage tie Middleton - whose parents founded a successful business supply party after work in the aviation industry - with Prince William, scion of one of the richest families in the world.
