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| Prince William Engagement |
"The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton," the statement from Clarence House read.
The wedding will take place in the spring or summer next year in London, the statement said.
A friend of the family told press, "Everyone is absolutely delighted. He has never had eyes for any other woman since Kate came on the scene. She is going to make a wonderful wife, a wonderful princess."
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Prime Minister David Cameron said he was delighted by the news, and sent the couple his best.
Within just 25 minutes of the announcement's post on the royal Facebook page, more than 1,400 people "liked" the news.
Prince William, 28, asked Middleton, also 28, to marry him while the two were on vacation in Kenya last month.The two met nearly a decade ago while students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
The relationship garnered some controversy because Middleton does not come from royalty and royals are generally expected to wed other aristocrats
The royal family is said to approve of Middleton, the daughter of self-made millionaires. Her father worked for an airline and her mother was a flight attendant before they started a mail-order business specializing in children's parties, run from their farm in southern England.
It said after the wedding, the couple will "live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force."
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