Britain's Prince William has become engaged to his long-standing girlfriend Kate Middleton and the couple is expected to marry in 2011, Clarence House announced on November 16.
Prince William and Middleton got engaged during holidays in Kenya in October and will get married in 2011.
Prince William and Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, known as Kate, met in 2001 when they were both students the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Their relationship, which began in 2002, soon received widespread media attention, and there has been constant speculation that they will eventually marry.