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Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton (photo: chinanews.com)
The fairy-tale royal wedding seems to reappear in the United Kingdom as Prince William and his commoner girlfriend Kate Middleton finally got engaged after years of dating.
童话般的皇室婚礼将再现英国。在历经多年爱情长跑后，威廉王子与平民女友凯特?米德尔顿终于订婚了。
The happy couple made an engaging debut at St. James`s Palace in London on Tuesday - just hours after announcing their plans to wed in London in the spring or summer of 2011.
本周二，两人宣布将于明年春夏择日在伦敦举办婚礼。消息发布数小时后，英国威廉王子携未婚妻在伦敦圣詹姆斯宫于订婚后首度亮相。
The wedding will attract one of the biggest worldwide TV audiences since the Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981.
这场婚礼定会掀起自1981年查尔斯王子迎娶戴安娜王妃后的又一场全球收视狂潮。
Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton with his late mother's engagement ring to bring together the two most "special" women in his life.
威廉王子将已故母亲戴安娜的订婚戒指送给凯特作为订婚礼物，将自己生命中最“特别”的两个女人联系在一起。
"I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all. This was my way of keeping her close to it all," William said as he gave a TV interview Tuesday.
威廉王子在周二接受电视采访时称“我觉得（这么做）非常恰当，虽然她无法分享我们的快乐和兴奋，我想这枚戒指也代表了她在我们身边见证一切。”
"We're hugely excited. We're looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together," he added.
他补充说：“我们都很激动，希望能够携手共度一生。”
The young couple's families were all enthusiastic about the news of the engagement.
双方家人听到订婚消息后都兴奋不已。
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, said they were "absolutely delighted for them both."
女王伊丽莎白二世及其丈夫菲利普亲王也表示为他们二人深感高兴。
William's father Prince Charles said he was "thrilled."
作为威廉王子的父亲，查尔斯王子称自己处于极度惊喜之中。
And Middleton's parents, Carole and Michael, also gushed.
而米德尔顿的父母卡罗尔和迈克尔也是乐不可支。
Royal officials said that while Middleton is commonly known as Kate, her official name is Catherine Elizabeth. She will be named Queen Catherine if William, as expected, eventually takes the throne.
皇室官员表示，虽然人们喜欢称米德尔顿为凯特，但她正式名字的将是凯瑟琳?伊丽莎白。如威廉最终能登基，她将成为凯瑟琳王后。
The two 28-year-olds met as freshmen at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, starting out as just friends but quickly fell in love with each other.
这对28岁情侣还在苏格兰圣安德鲁大学读大一时就相识了，起初彼此只是普通朋友关系，但很快便坠入爱河。 |
