Prince William has confirmed he will marry Kate Middleton next year

[phipps]

I wonder if we will get a Bank Holiday for it.

Well one feels sorry for the elephant

Wow, you're v touchy! The announcement of a royal wedding is bound to spark this kind of debate. Free country isn't it?

And the views of monarchists are neutral and a reliable source of information are they?

Only on MN is something as innocuous as an engagement likely to spark this much chippiness, actually.

Oh my god LeQueen you think Kate's going to get her head cut off in 2014!!

Poor girl

Anne Boleyn wasn't Queen Regnant. Queen Mary II who was married to William III was joint sovereign with her husband, and Mary's sister Anne succeeded them as Queen Regnant.

So .... is Kate middleton an uber-wag then ?

or just a wag ?

wag checklist .

1 )not have real job ,...CHECK
2) not plan to do very much....CHECK
3) become famous on the tailcoats of famous OH ....CHECK
4) wear ridiculously bad ,yet expensive clothing ....CHECK
5) have "big" hair ....CHECK

YES SHES A WAG !

whats the difference between charles and wills ?

ONES WIFES A NAG AND THE OTHERS A WAG !

pmsl.

"something as innocuous as an engagement" - hardly !

It has had special programmes, headline news and comments from the Prime Minister about how it will be great for the country

This is not "just an engagement"

Get real at least.

I believe the term is RAG.

There were news headlines?

must have missed them...

You are just jealous,bitter ladyblablah.

Why would anyone be jealous of the royal family?

gosh georgimama cant be bothered to argue anymore? threads dont follow rules, they are allowed to go where they go..... bit like conversation in real life, perhaps you dont have many of those?

whatever your viewpoint, its not just an innocuous engagement. the royal family's lives is one big pr excercise aimed at sustaining their existence. The whole thing is another pr stunt, incredibly well planned, immaculately executed, as will the run up to the wedding and the day itself.

As for chippiness, us commoners are allowed different opinions at to the ideal make up of a state.

Rag ? ROYAL AND GIRLFRIEND ?

priceless !

Bread and Circuses springs to mind. Am fed up with this already. And there will be no getting away from it. Hardly 'just an innocuous engagement' really, with the press coverage it's going to get.

Rather this then hearing about X factor every day.

stop arguing,the best thing to come out of this whole thing is that today on one of the many tv reports i discovered that there is a magazine entitled "majesty" and the editor says Kenya like this..."Keeeeeeenya" now that is worth a royal wedding imo.

yawn! it'll be a relief when they're married and we don't have to hear about it any more.

Kate is a lovely girl

She would easily win the Rose of Tralee

Ah, you lot are tough nuts. Next year is the Olympics, plus the royal wedding and am looking forward to both.

Oh, all a bit ranty.

You lot need to have a nice cup of tea and calm down.

Look, I have just the right thing for you here

Royalty memorabilia in Asda

All over the news in Japan.

SHe does rather look like Diana, doesn't she;her eyes, I mean

theinternetforum.net/royalforum/index.php?topic=36548.0

According to this they're fifteenth cousins

Chip Monkey, you're right, she'd make a lovely Rose of Tralee