Speculation that Prince Willliam will announce his engagement to his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton today has reached a fever pitch. Even main stream media like the Washington Post and the Toronto Sun have now started to report about the increasing number of clues for some upcoming announcements from the royal family.
Speculation about a Royal Wedding grew yesterday after claims that Buckingham Palace has ‘cleared its diary’ for a June announcement of an engagement between Prince William and Kate Middleton. According to well-connected former editor and author Tina Brown, aides plan to announce on either June 3 or 4 that a wedding will take place in November. more
William and Kate are said to be reluctant to marry in 2012. The wedding would compete with the London Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The following year, 2013, has been ruled out as “unlucky”. That leaves 2011 as the most likely option for William and Kate. Palace officials have earmarked next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand as the perfect “honeymoon” for the new princess. more
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Kate Middleton is expected to celebrate her 28th birthday by joining Prince William on a trip to Sandringham to see the Queen. They will spend part of the weekend at the Royal Family’s Norfolk estate amid mounting speculation that they will soon announce their engagement. However the celebration will probably not be the wildest party they have ever been to.
According to Richard Eden form the Telegraph, Prince William and Kate Middleton have taken on a wedding planner. Sarah Sienesi, a “wedding and event consultant”, has quietly been appointed as a lady-in-waiting to the Countess of Wessex.
She is an old Fulham flatmate of the Earl of Wessex’s wife from the days when the countess was a PR executive known as Sophie Rhys-Jones. more
Kate Middleton will leave England for the Big Apple in January for a job with top fashion photographer Nikolai von Bismark. The couple will spend the traditional Christmas together with the rest of the royal family at Sandringham before she she jets off to New York. more
Only days after the Queen stunned a theatre audience by attending a regular West End show, William and Kate caused a similar stir at a Chelsea restaurant. They booked a table under the name “Goldsmith” and made no special requests for an out-of-sight table, just a table for two at 8pm. Continue reading ›
Monday, September 21, 2009
Jules Knight, a university friend of Wills and Kate, has revealed that he was told they want to wait with the wedding until William turns 30 and has finished his RAF duties. According to him Kate is fine with this. Until then Prince William will use the time to get as high up as he can in the military. Jules also mentioned that he might be invited to play with his band at the wedding. More.
Undercover reporters of “News of the World”, posing as business people, were invited into Kate Middletons uncle Gary Goldsmith’s villa in Cala Jondal on the south of the island after meeting him at a nightspot. He offered the reporters drugs and prostitutes on multiple occasions. Kate Middelton is repoted to be “severely shocked”. more
The couple have whipped up fresh speculation they are poised to get engaged after it was revealed Kate has been invited to spend August bank holiday at Balmoral with the Queen and Prince Philip. According to reports, insiders think this meeting is significant. more