A Royal Wedding
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As their wedding quickly approaches on April 29, the young couple is all smiles at a recent public outing. For more pics of the royal couple, go to <a href="http://www.x17online.com" target="_blank">x17online.com.</a>
April 22: Union flag buntings hang across Regent Street in London to celebrate the forthcoming royal wedding. (AP)
April 22: Employees pose with face masks of Prince William and Kate Middleton as they pack the masks for shipping at a production plant in Southam, central England. Over 120,000 of the masks have been sold worldwide. That's slightly creepy. (AP)
April 22: People look at souvenirs of Prince William and Kate Middleton on display at a street stall in London. (AP)
April 5: In preparation for the big royal wedding day, workers build a media stand outside Westminster Abbey in London. Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29, 2011. (AP2011)
April 5: The Band of the Welsh Guards perform at a barracks in London. The band has been chosen to perform inside the forecourt of Buckingham Palace during the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
March 8: The princess to be revels in the attention that well-wishers are sending her way outside of Belfast's City Hall. For more pics of Kate, go to <a href="http://www.x17online.com" target="_blank">x17online.com.</a> (X17online.com)
March 8: Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton leave City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AP2011)
March 8: Kate Middleton waves as she leaves Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Police kept watch from the rooftops for a visit by Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton, as the couple's appearance brought the center of Belfast to a standstill. As many as 100 people gathered in the bright sunshine near city hall to greet the couple, who arrived in a convoy of five black Range Rovers, but the crowd swelled to several hundred as shoppers realized the Prince and Middleton were in town. (AP2011)
March 8: Britain's Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, at Belfast City Hall, Belfast, during their visit to Northern Ireland. They will marry April 29 in London. (AP2011)
March 8: Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton get ready to flip pancakes for the Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children charity outside City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AP2011)
March 8: Prince William and Kate Middleton wave to some eager fans outside Belfast's City Hall. For more pics of the royal couple, go to <a href="http://www.x17online.com" target="_blank">x17online.com.</a> (X17online.com)
Feb. 24: Prince William and Kate in a dashing red suit make their first public appearance together after announcing their engagement at Treadurr Bay lifeboat center to launch a new lifeboat in Anglesey, Wales. For more pics of the royal couple, go to <a href="http://www.x17online.com" target="_blank">x17online.com.</a> (X17online.com)
Feb. 24: The young couple is all smiles at a public appearance together. For more pics of Kate and Prince William, go to <a href="http://www.x17online.com" target="_blank">x17online.com.</a> (X17online.com)
After months of speculation that he popped the question, Prince William finally confirmed proposing to his girlfriend of almost a decade, Kate Middleton. Although young girls across England are likely wiping away tears, the Queen of England is "absolutely delighted" at the news. Aw. Let's take a look back at the lovebirds. (AP) (AP)
Although the Royal Family has long said that they don't comment on the personal lives of Prince William or Prince Harry, on Nov. 16 they released this official engagement announcement. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Nov. 16: Kate Middleton is all smiles as she and fiance Prince William discuss their engagement. (APTV)
Nov. 16: Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton discuss their engagement at a press conference. (APTV)
Nov. 16: Kate Middleton's engagement ring, which once belonged to her fiance's mother, Princess Diana, is seen at a press event in London. (AP)
Nov. 16: Kate Middleton and Prince William speak at a press <a target="undefined" style=" text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/11/16/prince-william-gives-kate-middleton-mothers-engagement-ring/#" id="KonaLink0" class="kLink">conference</a> about their engagement. (APTV) (APTV)
Nov. 16: Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James's Palace in London. (APTV)
It seems as though every month, a different tabloid was reporting about a "secret proposal." <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
The couple attends the wedding of their friends Harry Mead and Rosie Bradford on Oct. 23. (AP) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
The couple attend the wedding of their friends in Northleach, England. (AP) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Kate shares a laugh with Prince William's younger brother, Prince Harry, at the Order of the Garter Service on June 16, 2008. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Prince William and Kate sit together at his graduation ceremony for advanced helicopter training at the Royal Air Force base in Shawbury, England, on Jan. 15. (AP) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
The prince walks with his girlfriend at RAF Cranwell on April 11, 2008. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Kate looks excited at Prince William's graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwall on April 11, 2008. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Kate and Prince William spend their winter vacation at a ski resort in Switzerland in March 2008. For more pics of Kate and Prince William, go to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.x17online.com">x17online.com.</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Photographers begin to follow Kate Middleton's every move, finding her here at the Cheltenham horse racing festival in Gloucestershire on March 16, 2007. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
The couple began dating in college, then took a timeout in 2007, reportedly due to too much media attention. Kate was seen out with friends looking somber during this time. (Reuters)
The couple attend the Six Nations international rugby union match between England and Italy in London on Feb. 10, 2007. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
They steal a tender moment during the match. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Kate is seen leaving the wedding of Laura Parker Bowles and Harry Lopes in West England in May 2006. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
For years, magazines have been featuring Kate Middleton as the next princess, reporting the engagement as inevitable. <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Hours after their engagement is announced, retailer Woolworth's designs a proposed souvenir wedding plate. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
A proposed wedding souvenir mug by Woolworth's. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
The late Princess Diana takes her son Prince William to Wimbledon's Centre Court for the women's singles finals in London on July 2, 1994. Princess Diana would have turned 50 in 2011. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>
Princess Diana with her young princes, William and Harry, at Buckingham Palace in 1985. (Reuters) <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/@fox411">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a>