Prince William and Kate Middleton engaged

Prince William and Kate Middleton pose for photographs in the State Apartments of St James Palace in London, England. After much speculation, Clarence House today announced the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The couple will get married in either the Spring or Summer of next year and continue to live in North Wales while Prince William works as an air sea rescue pilot for the RAF. The couple became engaged during a recent holiday in Kenya having been together for eight years. (GETTY IMAGES)
A souvenir mug is seen to mark the anticipated engagement of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton. Beneath the portraits of Prince William and Kate Middleton is the message Celebrating the Royal marriage of William and Kate," with a space left for the date. The leading high street store has designed a range of memorabilia including traditional china plates, thimbles, mouse mats and Will and Kate shaped pick and mix sweets in anticipation of the event. It was announced by Clarence House that Prince William will marry girlfriend Kate Middleton in the Spring / Summer of 2011. (GETTY IMAGES)
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrives at the Apollo Theatre in London, England. After much speculation, Clarence House today announced the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The couple will get married in either the Spring or Summer of next year and continue to live in North Wales while Prince William works as an air sea rescue pilot for the RAF. The couple became engaged during a recent holiday in Kenya having been together for eight years. (GETTY IMAGES)
Prince William and Kate Middletonarrive to pose for photographs in the State Apartments of St James Palace in London, England. After much speculation, Clarence House today announced the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The couple will get married in either the Spring or Summer of next year and continue to live in North Wales while Prince William works as an air sea rescue pilot for the RAF. The couple became engaged during a recent holiday in Kenya having been together for eight years. (GETTY IMAGES)
Parents of Kate Middleton, Michael and Carole Middleton, make a statement following the engagement of their daughter to Prince William, outside their home near the village of Bucklebury in Berkshire, United Kingdom. Prince William, who is second in line to the throne following his father Prince Charles, has been in a relationship with Ms Middleton for the past 8 years. They were engaged in October whilst on a private holiday in Kenya and are due to marry in London in the spring or summer of 2011. (GETTY IMAGES)
Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she is congratulated on the news of Prince Williams engagement to Kate Middleton during a reception for Leaders of the Overseas Territories at Windsor Castle in London, England. (GETTY IMAGES)
Britain's Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St James’s Palace, central London. Britain's Prince William has given his fiancee Kate Middleton the engagement ring that belonged to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, Clarence House said Tuesday. The blue sapphire and diamond ring was given to Diana by William's father, Prince Charles, when they became engaged in February 1981. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996 and she was killed in a car crash in Paris the following year. (AFP)
Two police officers stand guard outside Clarence House shortly after the announced engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London, England. Prince William, who is second in line to the throne following his father Prince Charles, has been in a relationship with Ms Middleton for the past 8 years. They were engaged in October whilst on a private holiday in Kenya and are due to marry in London in the spring or summer 2011. (GETTY IMAGES)
Prince William and Kate Middletonarrive to pose for photographs in the State Apartments of St James Palace in London, England. After much speculation, Clarence House today announced the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The couple will get married in either the Spring or Summer of next year and continue to live in North Wales while Prince William works as an air sea rescue pilot for the RAF. The couple became engaged during a recent holiday in Kenya having been together for eight years. (GETTY IMAGES)
A close up of Prince William's watch and Kate Middleton's engagement ring as they pose for photographs in the State Apartments of St James Palace in London, England. After much speculation, Clarence House today announced the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The couple will get married in either the Spring or Summer of next year and continue to live in North Wales while Prince William works as an air sea rescue pilot for the RAF. The couple became engaged during a recent holiday in Kenya having been together for eight years. (GETTY IMAGES)
Frank Soto works on a replica of the engagement ring Prince William gave to his fiancee Kate Middleton at Natural Sapphire Co. in New York. Minutes after the world first saw the ring _ an oval blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds that once belonged to William's late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales the phones started ringing off the hook at the Manhattan jewelry maker. (AP)