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Prince William Gives Kate Middleton His Mother's Engagement Ring
Fox ^ | 11/16/10

Posted on 11/17/2010 4:49:04 AM PST by workerbee

The engagement ring given to Kate Middleton by her fiancé, Prince William, belonged to his mother, Princess Diana.

The ring is the stunning 18 carat blue sapphire and diamond ring his father, the Prince of Wales , gave his mother in February of 1981.

In an interview with Fox News, Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell said the ring will be introduced to a new generation through Kate Middleton.

"This was my way of making sure that my mother didn't miss out on today," William said as the couple posed for photographers inside St. James's Palace.

The wedding is set to take place next spring or summer in London. According to several reports, Prince William asked for Middleton’s hand in marriage while the two vacationed in Kenya.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: british; diana; royalengagement; william
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To: kabumpo

If you like that kind of thing, there are some excellent concert videos. The ones from the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002 bring tears to my eyes. This one gives me goose bumps: God Save the Queen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnuoGOo3Bew


21 posted on 11/17/2010 7:28:07 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: macquire

“Reparations for the victims of Anerican slavery!”


22 posted on 11/17/2010 7:42:42 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce - Karl Marx)
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To: workerbee
Thank you. I am very partial to saphires.

(I'm more partial to beautiful young ladies in bikinis but I'm satisfied with the ring at this point. :^) )

23 posted on 11/17/2010 8:27:41 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: RexBeach
I suspect that:

Now get ready for non-stop royal marriage coverage.

...is a considerable factor in why...

The royal family doesn’t have much of a record for successful marriages.

24 posted on 11/17/2010 9:09:23 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: macquire

Do you believe that people cannot give money to whomever they so wish? And most people would give to their own progeny above all else, not so? So apart from the sums involved, how is that different from anyone else leaving money in their wills?


25 posted on 11/17/2010 9:12:46 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: macquire
The wealth needs to be redistributed eh?

I'm not sure what I would do with my share, which would probably amount to a few bricks in Buck palace.

26 posted on 11/17/2010 9:16:29 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: La Lydia

Sure he does. Curiously, they are all people who don’t have any property...


27 posted on 11/17/2010 9:18:16 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: La Lydia

I was very touched by Queen Elizabeth’s response to the 9-11 terrorist attack:

The Queen’s Tears for America: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/food_travel_uk/80132


28 posted on 11/17/2010 9:47:47 AM PST by RedWhiteBlue
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To: miss marmelstein

Yes, I was 13 for the C & D wedding. What a spectacle! I had all the kitchy memorabilia, LOL. Can’t wait to see this one. She is going to make a stunning bride.


29 posted on 11/17/2010 12:24:10 PM PST by workerbee (We're not scared, Maobama -- we're pissed off!)
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To: I still care
Nice, insightful post.

I think your take on Charles and Diana could be applied to much of secular, narcissistic Europe, (and increasingly America), at large.

30 posted on 11/17/2010 12:26:59 PM PST by EyeGuy (RaceMarxist Obama: The Politics of Vengeance)
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To: workerbee

If you want to keep up with the wedding details, you should read the Daily Mail online. It has all the details we Royal nuts love.

I must say though, I feel somewhat sorry for the girl after the terrible experience Diana had (not that she was completely innocent, either). Perhaps Kate Middleton has a stronger center than Diana to withstand all the abuse coming her way.

I, too, collected C&D wedding kitsch. Some of it is still in plastic. I wonder what it’s worth!


31 posted on 11/18/2010 7:03:17 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: workerbee

Who in her Right mind would waste her time on this effeminate fop were he not representative of the obscenity of “royal” birth? Only a woman patterned — as she has stated herself to be — on the effeminate fop’s similarly cynically opportunistic and subsequently serially promiscuous trollop female parent, Mz Dianna Spencer.


32 posted on 11/20/2010 11:02:42 PM PST by Brian Allen (Buraq Hussayn bin Buraq Hussayn bin Hussayn Ubambi, is to America what Pol Pot was to Cambodia)
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