British Royals

Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton have been plagued by endless speculations about when they will tie the knot. Last week German aristocrat Prince Julius Eduard von Anhalt – a distant cousin of Prince Charles – claimed the pair will formally announce their engagement this autumn and marry next July.

Sources have now told the Daily Mail that secret discussions have indeed taken place about the possibility of a royal wedding next summer.  According to well-placed sources, royal aides have made ‘discreet overtures’ to senior personnel at Westminster Abbey to hold a wedding there on the second weekend in August next year.

Although nothing has been set in stone, talks are sufficiently advanced for the issue to have been raised when the Queen and Prince Philip visited the Abbey on an official engagement in May, insiders say.

A senior source at the Abbey said: ‘A date has been earmarked for a royal wedding next year. It is very tentative at the moment but currently the second weekend in August has been mooted.’

‘Only the most senior personnel here have been privy to the discussions but my understanding is that the issue was raised when the Queen visited here back in May. Many commentators have ruled out Westminster Abbey because of the link with the prince’s late mother, but he has attended several official functions here in recent years and it would not put him off in the slightest.’

Article: Daily Mail

I do hope Kate Middleton has a cunning plan

“I don’t particularly care for Kate Middleton. Like so many in the royal swirl, she’s always appeared safe, dull, a cookie-cutter, far too careful not to frighten the corgis. That said, there’s been something undeniably nasty about Middleton’s treatment that says a lot about supposedly modern classless Britain.”

“If there is a big day, the best-case scenario would be for Kate to make it even bigger by jilting William at the altar and running away, out of the royal hell forever, screaming as she goes, loud and proud: “I’m a commoner, get me out of here!”

Article: The Guardian

Tags: engagement, kate, wedding, william

A distant cousin of Prince Charles has claimed Prince William is already engaged to Kate Middleton and the pair have invited him to their wedding. Prince Julius Eduard von Anhalt, the Duke of Saxony, told Das Neue Blatt magazine that the pair will formally announce their engagement this autumn and marry next July.

He did not provide proof of the invitation and refused to give the exact date of the ceremony, saying it was confidential. He is well known in his home town of Berlin as a socialite and columnist, and often appears on television as a commentator on royal matters across Europe.

He said: ‘Kate issued William with an ultimatum: we marry or we break up. There are obviously no more objections from the public, so the engagement is set for this autumn.The wedding is set for July.’

Clarence House  says: “We’ve never heard of him and no wedding date has been set.”

One source close to Prince William added: “This gentleman does not know what he is talking about. Prince William has probably not even heard of him. ‘The engagement is still an if, not a when.”

Articles: Telegraph | Daily Mail | The Express

Tags: engagement, kate, wedding, william

Gossip rags OK! and Star magazines both have Prince William and Kate Middleton on the cover of their current issues.  But they’re reporting totally conflicting stories…

OK! Magazine scored an interview with Paul Burrell, who was Princess Diana’s longtime butler and friend. He spent decades inside the royal household, serving Queen Elizabeth II, and later, as Princess Diana’s personal butler, until her death in 1997.

Today, Paul lives just a few miles from Prince William and Kate’s home in North Wales. Paul took OK! behind the closed doors of the palace to share all the details of Prince William and Kate’s wedding plan. He reveals why the wedding will be next year and all the “I do” details, plus Diana’s message to William and Kate.

Star Magazine is making claims that Kate Middleton is cheating on Prince William.  The story is based on a photo of William’s friend whispering something on Kate ear at polo last month.  Tired of waiting for him to put a ring on that finger, she’s allegedly flirting around with his best friend’s brother.  We’re yet to see if there’s any valid content beyond the mag’s cover.

Tags: engagement, kate, wedding, william

Another round of the same speculation.  Can any of these sources be trusted anymore?

William & Kate - the usual wedding speculations

Prince is to marry girlfriend Kate Middleton next summer, it was claimed. It is said the pair will officially announce their engagement this November. They will then marry in June in a glittering ceremony, one of the biggest royal occasions of the 21st Century.

Princess Diana’s biographer Tina Brown suggested earlier in the year that the wedding would announced in June this year. She said: “A wedding would probably follow in November.”

But it is now thought that her sources had mixed up the dates and the timing, with the announcement in November and the wedding the following June. If so, it is likely there would be a dress rehearsal on Friday June 3 and the ceremony on Saturday June 4.

The date for the marriage could also deflect attention away from the 30th anniversary of Charles and Diana’s doomed union on July 29. And it would also coincide with Prince Philip’s 90th birthday on June 10, giving William’s grandad a perfect present.

St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle has been mooted as the venue for the ceremony. Buckingham Palace has been suggested as the venue for a reception.

William and Kate, both 28, met at the University of St Andrews, Fife, in 2001. Now sources say it looks as though they are ready to make the ultimate commitment to each other.

Article: Daily Star

Tags: engagement, kate, wedding, william