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Prince William and Kate draw up wedding plans.

LONDON — Prince William and his new fiancee Kate Middleton began planning for their eagerly anticipated wedding next year after news of their engagement sparked congratulations worldwide.

Britain is waiting excitedly for further details about the royal nuptials, due to be held in London next spring or summer. William popped the question last month during a holiday in Kenya, offering Middleton, the daughter of a businessman, his late mother Diana's engagement ring to seal a long romance that began at university in Scotland.

The 28-year-old, whose father Prince Charles is heir to the throne, admitted he waited so long to pop the question because he wanted to make sure Middleton, also 28, knew what she was getting into."I wanted to give her a chance to see in and to back out if she needed to before it all got too much,"

Referring to the difficulty his mother had in adapting to palace life, he added: "I'm trying to learn from lessons done in the past and I wanted to give her the best chance to settle in and see what happens on the other side."

Earlier, Middleton told a press conference at St James's Palace that joining the royal family was "quite a daunting prospect but hopefully I'll take it in my stride", adding that William was a "great teacher". He was also a "true romantic", she said, proposing with the sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring that his father gave Diana in 1981 and which he had carried around in his rucksack for three weeks before making the proposal.

Giving Kate the ring "was my way of making sure that my mother didn't miss out on today and the excitement and the fact that we're going to spend the rest of our lives together" William said.Asked if they planned to have children, he said: "We want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that." After marrying, the couple will live in North Wales, one of the most remote areas of Britain, where William is a search and rescue helicopter pilot with the Royal Air Force.

Prince Charles said he was "thrilled" at the engagement while William's brother Prince Harry said he was delighted as "it means I get a sister". Kate's parents Michael and Carole said the family thought William was "wonderful". Prime Minister David Cameron said the wedding would be a "great moment for national celebration". Messages also poured in from abroad -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quick to invite the royal couple to his corner of the Commonwealth, while congratulations arrived from New Zealand, Australia and Japan.

Source, Alice Ritchie

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