Kate Middleton’s family business introduces wedding accessories range
Kate Middleton is helping to sell wedding accessories from her family's company
As the world waits eagerly for news of a possible royal wedding between Prince William and long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton, the potential bride-to-be is busy selling wedding accessories to other couples from her family’s own Party Pieces company.
The Middleton family business which is headed up by Kate’s parents, Caroline and Michael, specialises in accessories for all kinds of parties including children’s birthdays, garden parties and seasonal parties amongst others, and now the business has launched a new line in bargain wedding accessories.
Some could accuse the savvy family-run company of cashing-in on their daughter’s high profile relationship by introducing a wedding range just as the world’s media is speculating about a possible Royal wedding later this year.
Kate, who has been dating the Prince for the past 7-years, works at the family company which is based near the Middleton’s home in Berkshire. Previous to this she worked as an accessories buyer for a junior fashion range at Jigsaw.
If a royal wedding is on the cards for November 2010 as has been rumoured, Kate will certainly have picked up a few tips on how to keep the cost of the a wedding down with some of the discounted accessories on offer at Party Pieces. The company has a range of confetti available from £1.99, plus a three-tier wedding cake stand for just £19.99 and invitation card packs for £6.99.
Prince William and Kate Middleton engagement announcement set for June?
Rumour has it Prince William will announce his engagement to Kate Middleton this June
Speculation is mounting that Prince William and long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton could be about to announce their engagement in June after a leak from a palace source.
Former Vanity Fair editor, Tina Brown, broke the news in her blog saying that she had received her information from a “high placed source” at Buckingham Palace. An elusive gap in the Royal diary on June 3rd and 4th has prompted the rumour. It is speculated that these dates have been put aside for the official announcement of the Prince’s engagement to his girlfriend of 7 years.
Ms Brown, who is reported to be extremely well connected and was a friend of Princess Diana, goes on to say in her blog that a wedding is likely to be scheduled for November. This would fall after the General Election, and prior to William taking up his 3-year post as a Search and Rescue RAF pilot.
If a November wedding is on the cards they’ll be following in the footsteps of the Queen herself who married Prince Phillip in November 1947.
It has been reported that the Royal family would like to see William married before the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee in February 2012, which marks 60 years on the throne.
Prince William laughs off wedding invite request
Prince William declares we'll have to "wait a while" for a wedding with Kate Middleton
Prince William poured cold water on any hopes Kate Middleton might of had of a imminent wedding following an off-the-cuff remark this week. The 27-year-old laughed off a question regarding a potential marriage from an injured serviceman during a public visit.
The Prince was visiting a rehabilitation centre in Llandudno, North Wales, when serviceman Simon Brown who has been blinded, cheeky asked for invite to the Prince’s wedding.
William took the question in his stride and answered good naturedly: “You’ll have to wait a while I think.”
That was probably not the response long-tern girlfriend Kate Middleton was hoping for. The pair have been dating for the past 7-years after meeting at St Andrews University as students. They’ve been playing the dating game for so long that the press have invented their own nick-name for the 28-year-old, Waity Katy, as she’s hung on so long for an engagement with the Prince.
The pair split up back in 2007 but remained friends and by the end of the year, they were back together again. Kate and William have been forced to spend a lot of time apart in recent months whilst the Prince has been away in Anglesey, at RAF Valley training with to become a helicopter pilot, leaving Kate alone in London.
Reports had surfaced that the Royal family were working behind the scenes in preparation for the nuptials. However given William’s recent comment, this seems unlikely. Although speculation has been mounting that a wedding could be planned between William and Kate in 2012 to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Kate Middleton and Prince William attend friend’s wedding in London
Prince Willam and Kate Middleton mingle with the other guests at a friend's wedding last week
Kate Middleton looked every inch the princess-in-waiting when she accompanied her royal boyfriend to a friend’s wedding last week. Dressed in an elegant cornflower blue tailored skirt suit with matching hat, the 27 year old beauty looked relaxed as she chatted with the other guests. Prince William, along with his brother Harry, were ushers at the ceremony which took place at the Guards Chapel near Buckingham Palace.
The high profile were there to celebrate the marriage of their friend Captain Nicholas Van Cutsem, an Army Officer, to 25-year old Events Organiser Alice Hadden-Paton. 31-year-old Captain Nicholas is due to be deployed to Afghanistan at the end of the year.
Whether the happy union of their friend will spur the royal couple into announcing their own wedding remains to be seen. Kate and William started dating in 2001 after meeting at university in St. Andrews. Kate’s patience has earned her the nick-name Waity Katy as she has been a permanent figure in the Prince’s life for 8 years, without the hint of an engagement.
Rumours surrounding the couple and a possible wedding have been rife for years. Recently it has been suggested that the wedding will take place before the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, meaning wedding bells should be imminent.
The couple certainly looked the picture of love’s young dream as they enjoyed their friend’s wedding reception in London last week. Kate looked tanned and healthy after enjoying a long break on the exclusive private island of Mustique in the Caribbean. William looked less sun-kissed as he has spent the last few weeks in Anglesey, North Wales, where he is undergoing pilot training.
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