The Royal Couple

1. Prince William and Kate Middleton

The happy couple have announced that they are set to marry at Westminster Abbey on Friday April the 29th next year.

2. Prince William and Kate Middleton

The engagement ring which belonged to William's mother Diana.

3. Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William and Kate Middleton have announced they are set to marry in 2011.

4. Prince William and Kate Middleton

The couple met at St. Andrew’s University in Scotland, where they were housemates before beginning a romance.

5. Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William pictured taking part in a charity polo match at Cirencester Park Polo Club.

6. Prince William and Kate Middleton

William asked Kate’s father for her hand in marriage before popping the question, and has told his grandmother Queen Elizabeth about the impending nuptials.

7. Prince William and Kate Middleton

The pair got engaged during a private holiday to Kenya in October, but had decided to wait a while before making an announcement.

8. Prince William and Kate Middleton

The royal wedding will take place in 2011 will be the biggest royal event since the wedding of his parent Prince Charles and Diana.

9. Prince William and Kate Middleton

After months of speculation Prince William and Kate Middleton have officially announced their marriage.

10. Prince William and Kate Middleton

Aynsley China shows one of a series of designs for a new range of china pieces which went into production Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010, following the announcement of Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement. Royal officials announced that Prince William, who is second in line to the throne, and Kate Middleton will marry next spring or summer in London.

11. Kate Middleton' s parents

The parents of Kate Middleton, Michael and Carole, makes a statement on the engagement of their daughter to Prince William, outside their home near the Berkshire village of Bucklebury.

12. Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William stands beside his father, the Prince of Wales, on Fathers Day after competing in The Calcot Manor Hotel Cup at Beaufort Hunt Polo Club.

13. Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William in the garden at Kensington Palace, London, seven days before his second birthday

14. Prince William and Kate Middleton

Kate Middleton who is to marry Prince William next year, Clarence House said today. Issue date: Tuesday November 16, 2010. The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2011, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.