Prince William has confirmed he will marry Kate Middleton next year

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

You promised to get rid of them girl - get on with it !

And PMSL at scaryteacher thinking that changing of the guards is anything other than a lot of crap for the tourists! Bless .

Another one who would not donate a monkey's chuff to the cause thereof.

Well good luck to them.

For those don't like the choice of bride - who would they think would me more suitable.

"She's dull, she's never had a job despite being nearly 30 (unless a couple of months at Jigsaw doing bugger all counts), she just hangs around, wears bad clothes and does nothing. Oh and she very enthusiastically embraced bloodsports. Urgh, I can't bear that she is going to be on every paper from now on." - but isn't that the typical royal spouse?

oh I want to see the engagement ring too - but then I love the opportunity for bling envy/bitchiness (I rather hope it's hidious.)

As for the costs, surely if her family run a party business, they'll be able to organise a decent do at trade cost levels? (hopes for photos of the Queen having to put up with table confetti and other such shite)

I agree a vegas wedding would be fantastic. Or, Gretna Green? The scots would love it.

Diana all over again,big deal

I think we should be applauding the fact that someone who is an air hostess can sell party gear, put her kids through Marlborough on the proceeds, and then her daughter can nab a royal. I think that's all very cool and MN actually.

You will all have seen the engagement ring - it belonged to his Mum.

Knitting - the Guards are on ceremonial duty, but are serving members of HM Forces. They would not be there doing that, unless the Queen was there. When they aren't in the UK, you will find them in Afghanistan being shot at or avoiding IEDs.

I am aware that the changing of the guard is a ceremonial duty, like Divisions, a Passing Out Parade, or the Trooping of the Colour. The point is, the changing of the guard would not happen if we didn't have the Monarch there.

It has just been announced that she has been given Diana's engagement ring.

i wont be requiring a day off work cos i will have no job by then with all the public sector cuts alongside librarys and youth services,but hey at least they will be happy.

Bloody cheapskate!

Blimey I wouldn't want my husband's mum's ring even without the unhappy marriage which followed it being used the first time.

Cost cutting initiative? Maybe she'll wear an Oxfam dress and have trade price party favours from the fmaily business...

Yeah right....

I can't help thinking that an eight year wait (and a break up in between don't forget) smacks of extreme reluctance on his part and I think he has been very unfair to her.

Although I'm certainly no fan of the unpreposessing Ms Middleton, I can't help thinking that he has made her media fodder with no Palace protection or protocol just because its taken him eight years to do as his father has probably told him to.

The long wait has pissed everyone off and we're all bored now, its such an anti climax. In the meantine, William has started to look a bit horsey and boring and Harry just gets hotter! He puts the Ninja into Ginger!

I wish them well but arrgh this makes me feel so OLD!! I can so clearly remember Diana with that ring and all the press questions etc when her and Chas got engaged.

Kate and William look a better matched couple; like they actualy like each other. Diana and Charles never looked that comfortable together even in the early days. (Imo disclaimer obv)

Well they´ve been living together so long it´s hard to get excited.

Didn´t Diana also wear blue for her engagement announcement?

Fed up with people saying thats it's a distraction to bad things happening. The world is a pretty depressing place sometimes, it's nice to see the news including a happy story for once. Isn't it?

i am pleased, nice to hear something nice on the news for a change, and I hope it is on tv and the kids get a day off so that dd can watch it.

Good grief, I wouldn't take his mum's ring if I were her - such unhappy connotations.

How do you organise a street party do you reckon ? Who would close the road off for you, planning a head but knowing the council it'll take a year to organise.

mamatomany - organise your street party here

Diana's ring.... oh well, that's an auspicious start then The new Princess of tarts Hearts

I was thinking of posting a thread in AIBU

AIBU to think that to be given an engagement ring that was originally from a marriage that went spectacularly wrong is a bit ?

It's right up there with: "hemhem whatever love really means hemhem"

do you really think there will be street parties? really?

Waity Kate waits no more

Bleugh...just hope we get a day off for it

I feel exactly the same - my reaction was 'yuk'. Seems very insensitive. But it's their choice, I guess.