>>> on the broadcast tonight, the world is watching as the future king of england, prince william and kate middleton announce their engagement. tonight the proposal, their new life and the ring that links her to william's mother, princess diana. >>> royal watching. why is the world so fascinated? >>> and also in the news tonight, the image problem. the furor over the airport scandals. it's not dying down. >>> a humble hero and an emotional ceremony at white house for a soldier that bolted in the line of fire to save his comrades. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. perhaps because the news here has been so grim of late, there was an explosion of interest around the globe today when word first broke this morning that prince william, a future king of england, is engaged to marry kate middleton. the two will wed in the spring or summer of 2011. americans of a certain age were instantly transported back to the wedding of william's mother, diana. her ring is now worn by kate middleton. prince charles, the groom back then, remains next

today, william and his bride-to-be appeared at saint james palace as a engaged couple. kate showed off her stunning diamond and sapphire engagement ring, the same one worn by princess diana, echoing back almost 30 years. >> she's not around to share in the fun and excitement a this is my way of keeping her sort of close to it all. >> he's a true -- >> reporter: these, the first words manyad ever heard kate middleton speak. william said the couple discussed marriage for months and that he popped the question on a private safari trip to kenya last month. >> we were out there with friends and things so i really didn't expect it at all. i thought he might have thought about it but, you know, it was a total shock when it came and very excited. >> why did william wait so many ars? mostly, he said, to protect kate and her family. >> i have been waiting this long because it wanted to give her a chance to see and back out if she needed to. >> reporter: unlike the aristocratic diana, te is from a close-knit middle-class family with a highly successful business in party wares. the

. >> she kind of nurtures prince william. she's very supportive. and i think kate middleton has the sort of credentials that i think will make prince william, possibly, one of the most popular kings, obviously, for many a year. >> reporter: and reaction today in a country hit hard by recession and cutbacks has been overwhelmingly positive. >> the country is under a bit of pressure at the moment and this will really help the country in getting -- feeling good about itself again. >> i want to marry prince william but she's beautiful and she's down to earth and she's a proper english lady. >> reporter: from this happy day on the lives of william and kate will never be the same. and tonight, prince harry weighed in as well saying he was delighted that his brother popped the question and he's finally getting the sister he's always wanted. brian? >> what a time in london. our own jim muceda starting off the reporting. the ring blongd to diana. in an interview with britain's itv the britons revealed more details about the moment whe

prince william finally pops the question. he and kate middleton will marry next year. >> the palace saying the couple got engaged last month in kenya. and they're getting married next spring or summer in london, 30 years after charles and diana got married, with almost 1 billion people watching around the world. >> we have the latest on how william proposed, the london wedding, and the couple's plans for the future. >>> good morning, everyone. so, the big lose out of london crossed the wires around 6:00 a.m. this morning. >> finally. >> that's right. prince william and kate middleton will be married. they will be married next spring or summer. there is a statement out of buckingham palace. queen elizabeth says she is delighted for h her grandson and his bride-to-be. >> we are hearing that the couple became engaged while vacationing last month in kenya. and the prince asked kate middleton's father for permission. you may have heard that the papers are calling her waity katy. >> since they were together in college. we go straig

prince william finally pops the question. he and kate middleton will marry next year. >> the palace saying the couple got engaged last month in kenya. and they're getting married next spring or summer in london, 30 years after charles and diana got married, with almost 1 billion people watching around the world. >> we have the latest on how william proposed, the london wedding, and the couple's plans for the future. >>> good morning, everyone. so, the big news out of london crossed the wires around 6:00 a.m. this morning. >> finally. >> finally. that's right. prince william and kate middleton will be married. they will be married next spring or summer. there is a statement out of buckingham palace. queen elizabeth says she is absolutely delighted for her grandson and his bride-to-be. >> we are hearing that the couple became engaged while vacationing last month in kenya. and the prince asked kate middleton's father for permission. you may remember that the british papers have been calling her waity katy. it's been eight years.

she accompanied william when he received his raf. those that have known them since the first met say that they are a good match. >> having seen them at the beginning of their relationship, i see them as a couple. we have seen them at parties here in st. andrews and they always strike you as normal people. prince william is also very lovely and down to earth. i think that they really fit each other. definitely. >> the one criticism is that for her educational advantages, she has chosen an aimless life since university. she withdrew from her all women rowing team in the face of scrutiny. much of her recent life has seemed to revolve around regular holidays with william and her social life. holidays, nightclubs, social events. sometimes she goes alone, but usually she is with wm. if he is playing polo, half she is in the crowd, doing her best to keep a low profile. now she will have to step out in her own right as a royal princess. friends believe that she is up to it. >> her character is perfectly suited to the role she will now have.

we have gone to the william very well. we all think he is wonderful and we are extremely fond of him. they make a lovely couple. we have had a lot of laughs together. we've list them every happiness for the future. -- we wish them every happy as for the future. >> at one point, their future together was not certain. >> we did split up. we were at university and we were both defining ourselves. >> at the time, i wasn't very happy about it, but it made me a stronger person. you find out things about yourself that maybe had not realized and you can get quite consumed by a relationship with your younger. >> she was asked about falling in princess diana's footsteps. was that intimidating? >> i would love to have met her. she is an inspirational than to look up to. it's a wonderful family and very inspirational. >> its about carving your own future. no one is trying to fill my mom's shoes and achieve what she did. it's about making your own destiny and she will make a very good job of that. >> this evening, the focus is on a new

william and kate. they've known each other a long time. they're very much in love. i think everyone can see that. i didn't want to go down in history about being the reporter that asked an unbelievably stupid question, which i think it would have been. there was no need for it. i wanted it to be more subtle than that. >> i was struck by a candid moment in the interview. when william was talking about one of the reasons he waited so long, is he wanted kate to get a chance to feel what life was like in the fish bowl and to back out if she wanted to. was he testing her over this long period of time? >> i think he was a bit. william is a very, very thoughtful, sober, serious guy. and in many ways, he's emotionally, still, i think wounded by a lot that's happened in the past. he's determined to live his life exactly the way he wants to live it. you know, i don't make predictions. but i would put a great deal of money they will never get divorced. even if they are unhappy, they won't get divorced. like their

en agosto 2010 william levy fue demandado por 4 delitos asalto sexual ja532n y otros. con la demanda se buscar retribución de 2.5 millones de dolares. >> extorsión, conspiración, daño y angustia emocional, engaño y con la demanda levy busca retribución de millones de dólares. william levy dijo haber sido engañado por la joven que dio que tenía 19 años. >> ella con 17 años. >> menor se había presentado como adulta y en posición que estaba se tenía que presentar como adulta y presentamos caso como criminal y en oficina distrito de los Ángeles rechazó el caso. >> especulaciones surgieron de la joven y hoy en exclusiva la tijera y cuando cumplió mayoría edad la presentamos.>> no puedo hablar ahorita. >> no me siento bien, pero es cosa de mi abogado. >> carla ha sufrido mucho por esto y paso de ser alegre a retraída en año 2011 comenzaría el juicio. >> tanya charry cara de carla alvarez ya tiene rostro y muchos la vendían como muchacha barata y esto es ver una cara de niña decente y aterrada.>> me pareció muy niña y apariencia física es menos de 18 años y en mom

william and kate. they've known each other a long time. they're very much in love. i think everyone can see that. i didn't want to go down in history about being the reporter that asked an unbelievably stupid question, which i think it would have been. there was no need for it. i wanted it to be more subtle than that. >> i was struck by a candid moment in the interview. when william was talking about one of the reasons he waited so long was he wanted to give kate a chance to feel what life was like in the fish bowl and to back out if she wanted to. was he testing her over this long period of time? >> i think he was a bit. william is a very, very thoughtful, sober, serious guy. and in many ways, he's emotionally, still, i think wounded by a lot that's happened in the past. he's determined to live his life exactly the way he wants to live it. you know, i don't make predictions. but i am prepared to bet great deal of money now that they will never get divorced. even if they are unhappy, they won't get div

william's used to it but, no. i'm willing to learn quickly and work hard and i'm -- >> she'll do really well. we'll do really well. >> i'm sure she will and she will learn the ropes very quickly now that the announcement is made about the engagement, of course, the guessing game is beginning about the gown, the date of the wedding, the setting. by all accounts it will happen in spring or summer of next year. 2011. of course, a very important year in the royal family. would have been the 50th birthday of princess dina ya that and 30th anniversary of charles and diana's wedding, the last time a royal wedding got this much attention. it was called the wedding of the century back then and now people calling this the wedding of the century. >> of this cent. >> that's right. >> she will be a gorgeous bride, too. >> oh, i can only imagine. >> she hats really well. >> very, very well. i wish we did more of that here. >> we can't all pull it off. thank you. >>> we'll be joined by john saunders live from london, a reporter

william is a great teacher. >> prince william has given her his mother's engagement ring, the gesture is a poignant reminder both of princess diana's tragic death at a marriage that failed. >> as you may recognize, it is my mother's engagement ring. it's very special to me. it is my way of making sure my mother did not miss out on today and the fact we're going to spend the rest of our lives together. >> no doubting the prince of wales pleasure today, even if there was a hint he had expected his son's engagement long ago. >> let me ask your reaction? >> its been a long enough. >> i'm so happy for both of them. they are so happy. >> the prime minister came out of no. 10 to give his reaction. >> i was given the news in a cabinet meeting. i've given a piece of paper and i announced it in the cabinet meeting and there is a great year that went up and a great banging on the table. >> the formal announcement is short on detail about the wedding itself, both the date and venue. but it does make clear that prince william and ms. middleton became a gauge in october. he also set the formal perm

william is a very independent minded guy. i think that interview, first of all, congratulations the credit interview scoop. it would have been better if i had done it. but it wasn't bad. but actually to be serious, it's great for britain and for the world that we're in this terrible recession, people are losing their jobbings and stuff. along comes a good old-fashioned british royal wedding. this is going to be the wedding of the millennium. >> this is our royal family. tom during the interview, prince william said that they're going to forge their own way, nobody should expect kate to be like his mom. so what should we expect from kate going forward? >> one of the reasons i think it's taken them so long to get here is that they have put a lot of thought into this and, you know, the charles and diana years were very crazy and william had a better view of that than anybody else. he doesn't want to repeat that. but famous last words. i would eat my hat if they ever got divorced. i hope they'll be happy, i'm sure they will. but

prince william and kate middleton are now officially engaged. let's bring in robert johnson, editor of "the royal world." good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let me start with you, there have been so much speculation about these two getting engaged, why do you think they decided that now was the right time? >> well, now is the right time because next year is going to be the perfect year to get married, the year after, we -- and also it's the queen's silver so she'll be on the throne for almost 60 years, that's extraordinary. so this year is the year where there is time and space for them to get married and they have been together, a real love story for over eight years. >> they got engaged, robert in kenya last month. how do you think they were able to keep it quiet even this long? >> well, actually there has been some news leaking out since kenya. i actually wrote that they would be getting engaged before christmas and i also heard that they're looking to point a female bodyguard for kate middleton which was written over the weeken

>> william loved his mother. let's be clear about that. obviously her death, i imagine kate and maybe his brother are probably the obviously two people he's ever talked to really thoroughly about his mother and what he feels about and what he feels about her death. i imagine when she says, you know, i really wish i'd met her, i think she means it in a heart felt way. but having said that, he wants to shut the issue down. he doesn't like the endless comparisons, discussion, debates, because diana was a global phenomenon. he wants to get on with his life and he'd love nothing more than for it to drift back in time. >> appreciate you talking to us. thanks. >> seem like a very nice couple. we're going to talk to richard quest and author of "william and harry, behind the palace walls." and tonight, a tv network claims it didn't censor tina fey. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t and blackberry have teamed up to keep your business moving. blackberry torch now just $99.99. only from at&t. rethink possible. one month, five years after you do

william was telling all the jokes. not very funny jokes but, no, he's got a good sense of humor and he was relaxed. kate was, you could tell, she was tense. she doesn't particularly like the limelight. she's been gearing herself up for this moment for quite a long time as in this is the place she has to face the public and slightly grit her teeth. she was relaxed and got through it fine but i think she-been very relieved that it's over to be honest with you. >> a lot of us in the united states haven't been following their relationship over the years. it's been going on for a long time. has she been followed by paparazzi for years and years? we're looking at her being photographed with all these flash bulbs going off. is she used to that sort of attention? >> she's used to it but she doesn't like it and he particularly doesn't like it for her. he's very protective of her. there's absolutely no doubt one of the reasons he's taken so long is he's been asking himself the question, can i really put her through this? is she

i had the levi's guy on my -- not a picture of william. sorry. sorry. >> it was me -- >> well, she, as you can imagine, there was a sudden frenzy in the u.s., for copies of that 18-carat sapphire ring. set amid diamonds and white gold. that's on kate middleton's finger. phones have been literally ringing off the hook at one manhattan jewelry market. >> its website crashed as customers swamped with online orders. the ceo had to call his wife to say i'm not coming home tonight. >> wow. >>> you can keep it here for complete coverage of the royal announcement on "gma." we've dispatched a team of reporters across britain, for a look at possible wedding venues. and how kate middleton prepares to become a princess. >>> and now, back to other news this morning. there's new developments in the case of a reality tv producer, accused of killing his wife. bruce beresford-redman is now back in police custody. the arrest comes seven months after his wife's body was found at a mexican resort where the family was vacationing. his attorney says the former "surviv

a few months later, william and kate suddenly split up. it emerged someone had made snobbish remarks about her family background. soon the middle-class girl was back with her prince. in recent weeks her mother has been photographed shooting at balmoral. just one indication of royal approval and an imminent wedding. since leaving university, kate middleton has faced criticism about her lack of a formal career path. she's been dubbed waity katie. here she's on her way to a charity roller disco. she had a short spell with a fashion firm. now she will have a full diary and a life of public appearances. she's already faced the full force of the paparazzi. it's the same sort of scrutiny that william saw his mother endure. so how will kate cope with this, and how will she fare in a world which others before her have found so difficult? >> this girl, katherine as we'll probably know her from now on, comes from a very happy home life. brother and sister, parents are very together. and i think it's going to make a huge difference because it gives he

it belonged to prince william's mother. he said it was a way to make sure that princess diana did not miss out. some flash photography from the start. >> first sight of prince william and kate middleton as a couple engaged. a flash for a man and woman who have known each other for nine years and it decided to move on to marriage. so how does kate feel? prospect. daunting i will take it in my stride. i believe -- [inaudible] flattery.ood at >> prince william has given her his mother's engagement ring. that gesture is a reminder of her death and of a marriage that failed. >> as you may have recognized, it is my mother's engagement ring. it is special to me. it is only right to put them together. it was my way of making sure that my mother did not miss out on today and the excitement of the fact that we will spend the rest of our lives together. >> later, in calmer ,, surroundings, they talked about the moment he proposed. >> in kenya, we were away together with friends, and i decided it was the right time. >> of their romanti

can you tell us how prince william proposed to you? >> a true romantic and we had a wonderful holiday in africa and it was in a very quiet lodge. it was very romantic and -- >> did he get down on one knee? >> that's a secret, peter. >> thanks, peter. sarah. >> congratulations to you both. absolutely fantastic news -- how you feel about that. >> well, it's quite a daunting prospect, but taken my stride and william's a great teacher so he'll help me along the way. >> very good at flashry. >> that's lovely. thank you. tim. ask you to just pause for a second, please. photographer -- thank you. just pause for a second. >> quite a long time, prince william, why did it take you so long to propose and catherine, do you worry -- >> well, i don't remember how many years it's been. forget the memory. i also didn't realize it was a race, otherwise i probably -- but also, the times is right now. we're very, very happy and i'm glad that i have done that. >> and we're happy for them. it's not a race. no finish line there. eve had mentioned being aske

prince william proposed to kate middleton. how william pommed the question and the special meaning behind the ring he gave his fiancÉe. >> one of the world's most famous bands taking a bite out of the cupertino company. >> later, should teachers warn parents that the childrererererx >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a british royal wedding is officially in the works as buckingham palace said prince william is engaged to his long-time girlfriend. he's given her an engagement ring once worn by his mother. why now prince william said he's been training to ask kate to marry him for some time now. and kate said it seemed like a natural step for both of them. the couple said they're looking forward to having a family. in front of a sea of flashing cameras, prince william and kate middleton made their first appearance together after news broke they are officially engaged. the prince was not hesitant talking about his bride to be. >> brits have a great fun time together. (inaudible) >> the engagement ring

so how did william pop the question? >> we had a wonderful holiday in africa and we got back in a very quiet lodge. it was very romantic. and very personal. >> did he get down on one knee? >> you'll have to wait for that. >> prince william, why did it take you so long to propose? >> well, i don't remember how many years it's been, i also didn't realize it was a race. but also, the timing is right now. we're both very, very happy, and i'm very glad that i have done it. >> reporter: in her first interview before the world, a rather nervous kate talked about becoming part of the royal family. >> i'll take it in stride. william's a great teacher, so he'll be able to help me along the way. >> reporter: and that fabulous sapphire and diamond ring, it was william's mother's back in 1981. kate's parents expressed their joy. >> carol and i are absolutely delighted by today's announcement and thrilled by the prospect of a wedding some time next year. >> reporter: an reaction echoed around the country. >> heard the news and it's ab

william is a very independent mindedguy. i think that interview, first of all, congratulations the credit interview scoop. it would have been better if i had done it. but it wasn't bad. but actually to be serious, it's great for britain and for the world that we're in this terrible recession, people are losing their jobbings and stuff. along comes a good old-fashioned british royal wedding. this is going to be the wedding of the millennium. >> this is our royal family. tom during the interview, prince william said that they're going to forge their own way, nobody should expect kate to be like his mom. so what should wexpect from kate going forward? >> one of the reasons i think it's taken them so long to get here is that they have put a lot of thought into this and, you know, the charles and diana years were very crazy and william had a better view of that than anybody else. he doesn't want to repeat that. but famous last words. i would eat my hat if they ever got divorced. i hope they'll be ppy, i'm sure they will. but he w

not a picture of william. sorry. sorry. >> it was me in levis, honestly. >> reporter: they seem to have the gift of laughter with each other. >> did he get down on one knee? >> that's going to say a secret, peter. >> reporter: and they'll need it. this royal couple, these young lovers. >> and it looks like a bright future, indeed. all the best to them, god bless. and when we come back, well, for the better part of nine years, the prince and his fiance have maintained private lives despite living in the public eye. now their love story is coming into focus, and we'll have a look. [ male announcer ] first is the first 4g phone. first is live video chat on the go. so you can be face-to-face even when you can't be. whether you're on 4g, 3g... and of course wi-fi. first lets you stream live video to the web. in 3...2... 1. what will you do first with evo, the first 4g phone? only from sprint. the now network. deaf, hard-of-hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. is a powerful force. set it

next in line behind them will be william and kate. if the function of the royals is to provide continuity, the pieces are now all in place. they've had a tough enough time carrying on their relationship in the past and, as they showed at the end of their interview, they seem to know there are tough times ahead, too. >> all done. >> reporter: mark phillips, cbs news, london. >>> in other news, the defense is getting its tern in the elizabeth smart kidnapping trial in utah. yesterday the defense called witnesses who knew accused kidnapper brian david mitchell when he was a member of the mormon church and defense attorneys asked the judge to acquit mitchell saying prosecutors failed to prove their case. >>> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather and in sports an overwhelming choice as the best pitcher in the national league. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis

william is the son. this is the wedding she ewill become the queen. >> richard quest, thank you so much. and later this hour, we have an interview with the royal couple. prince william and kate middleton who spoke about their plans for the future and they tell us how the late princess diana's ring played a key part in the engagement. the interview with both of them in london coming up later in the hour. >>> other news, senator john mccain says he foresees tension inside of the republican party with the arrival of budget slas slashing lawmakers eyeing defense spending and war in afghanistan and singled out the tea party favorite rand paul from kentucky. we will talk about it with our political analyst gloria borger and john king who is the host of "john king usa" that begins at the top of the hour. let me play this clip, and then we will discuss. >> i think that there are going to be tensions within the party. i don't knt no't know the incum paul, but he has already talked about withdrawals or cuts in def

prince william and kate middleton are now officially engaged. let's bring in robert johnson, editor of "the royal world." good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let me start with you, there have been so much speculation about these two getting engaged, why do you think tyecided that now was the right time? >> well, now is the right time because next year is gng to be the perfect year to get married, the year after, we -- and also it's the queen's silver so she'll be on the throne for almost 60 years, that's extraordinary. so this year is the year where there is time and space for them to get married and they have been together, a real love story for over eight years. >> they got engaged, robert in kenya last month. how do you think they were able to keep it quiet even this long? >> well, actually there has been some news leaking out since kenya. i actually wrote that they would be getting engaged before christmas and i also heard that they'reooking to point a female bodyguard for kate middleton which was written over the weekend. so th

now it is william's turn to give that symbol of love to the woman he loves. it is a great gesture. i remember william once saying, paul, i remember when i was a little boy, holding mommy's hand and that huge ring being there. that's one of my first memories. so he has given this ring to kate that means a lot. >> kimberly: princess diane 19 at the time a lot for her to handle and feeling like outsider. what do you foresee for kate? >> kate is much more mature. and their romance has already lasted eight years in private. that's very important. because they've managed to have a private life before coming out in the public. now on the world stage kate will never have a life again. everything she does will be scrutinized. everything they do as a couple will be watched. they've had their private life, lived together for a short time. got to know each other well. kate simulated -- assimilated in the royal family gradually, protocols, manners, etiquette and the pomp and padgettry is a lot to handle. with the help tan -- pageantry. a lot to handle. with the help and support of clearly the m

prince william proposed to kate middleton. how willia pommed the question and the special meaning behind the ring he gave his fiancee. >> one of the world's most famous bands taking a bite out of the cupertino company. >> later, should teachers warn parents that the children are l@ >>> a british royal wedding is officially in the works as buckingham palace said prince william is engaged to his long-time girlfriend. he's given her an engagement ring once worn by his mother. why now prince william said he's been training to ask kate to marrhim for some time now. and kate said it seeme like a natural step for both of them. the couple said they're looking forward to having a family. in front of a sea of flashing cameras, prince william and kate middleton made their first appearance together after new broke they are officially engaged. the prince w not hesitant talking about his bride to be. >> brits have a great fun time together. (inaudible >> the engagement ring belonged to prince william's mother, the late princess diana, an ov

i had the levi's guy on my -- not a picture of william. sorry. sorry. >> it was me -- >> well, she, as you can imagine, there was a sudden frenzy in the u.s., for copies of that 18-carat sapphire ring. set amid diamonds and white gold. that's on kate middleton's finger. phones have been ringing off the hook at one jewelry market. >> customers were swamped with online orders. the ceo had to call his wife to say i'm not coming home tonight. >> wow. >>> you can keep it here for complete coverage of the royal announcement on "gma." we've dispatched a team of reporters across britain, for a look at venues. and how kate middleton prepares to become a princess. >>> back to other news this morning. there's new developments in the case of a reality tv producer, accused of killing his wife. bruce beresford-redman is now back in police custody. the arrest comes seven months after his wife's body was found at a mexican resort where the family was vacationing. his attorney says the former "survivor" producer is not guilty. and will fight extradition to mexico

the relationship between prince william and kate middleton began in school in scotland. over the years, their love has blossomed. there have been in the spotlight drop their eight-year courtship. now the future king of england is making it official and married his longtime love. prince william presented kate middleton with his late mother's a ring. >> we are happy in the fact we are going to spend all of our lives together. >> prince william has been long considered one of the world's eligible bachelors. >> i am a little sad because i had a crush on him during out of. >> for prince william, growing up around cameras has been a struggle. they chose to take their time of. >> i wanted to give her time to see what it was like. it is a bit much. i am trying to learn from lessons in the past. >> kate middleton is from the middle class and has endured the constant media scrutiny. >> i would have loved to have met her. she is one of the most wonderful women to look up to. >> what she did is fantastic. kate will do a very good job. >> kate middleton is a professional photographer

you're basically suggesting, now william's got a wife. are they going to skip over charles and just jump to the younger, more handsome one and the answer is no. that's not the way it works. no matter how unpopular or how dowdy charles may be perceived. in his favor, he has brought these boys up to respect their own freedoms, to recognize they have their own lives, and not to make the mistakes of the past. and from that point of view, full credit to the prince of wales. but to your question, no. the line of succession will go from queen elizabeth, long may she live, on to charles, and from charles on to william. >> and i was reading earlier that kate once had a schoolgirl crush on william as a teen. that's kind of interesting. >> she did, and it was something that they were asked in the interview because there's long been a rumor she used to have pictures of prince william on her bedroom wall but she said the record straight for the first time today, and we've never heard her speak before, but it was a levi's model, so perhaps that was a m

as william has said, "this isn't a race." the smart money is still on westminster abbey as the site for the ceremony. despite the sad memories of william's mother dianne's funeral there. as for the style of william and kate's wedding, look for something perhaps a little less dramatic than the fabled fairy-tale-turned(lñrp william's parents' wedding at st. paul's cathedral. >> the details like the moment in which the bad fairy appeared at your wedding and lays a curse upon you. >> reporter: are we stuck with it? >> we are, except everybody is apart from kate middleton who exudes a kind of straightforward common sense. >> reporter: whatever they do, they'll do it in their own time. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> glor: we'll be right back. >> glor: chicago, tonight, has another candidate for mayor. former u.s. senator and presidential hopeful carol moseyley braun. when she was elected in 1992 she became the first black woman in the u.s. senate. her five rivals include former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. the new

next in line behind them will be william and kate. if the function of the royals is to provide continuity, the pieces are now all in place. they've had a tough enough time carrying on their relationship in the past and, as they showed at the end of their interview, they seem to know there are tough times ahead, too. >> all done. >> reporter: mark phillips, cbs news, london. >>> in other news, the defense is getting its turn in the elizabeth smart kidnapping trial in utah. yesterday the defense called witnesses who knew accused kidnapper brian david mitchell when he was a member of the mormon church and defense attorneys asked the judge to acquit mitchell saying prosecutors failed to prove their case. >>> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather and in sports an overwhelming choice as the best pitcher in the national league. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis

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after the announcement of william and kate, there's a little bit of a media presence here? >> reporter: they have been expecting this engagement for a long time. it's been widely reported in some media outlets here for a while as well as you know with a proposal that happened back in october, but we're of course only finding out all the details now. but it's been widely reported that this was sort of a secret engagement, but the world media has descended here and this is a little glimpse or glimmer of what's to come over the next couple of months. the wedding could happen as soon as spring or summer. wedding plans are fast in the works and a lot of anticipation and excitement building. >> tamron said bob marley called and wants his hat back. we all think it looks great. >> we like it. >> it's adorable. >> you flew overnight. come on. we're going to check in with natalee in just a couple of minutes. anyway help for your money emergencies. >> speculation about the royal couple, will this modern couple have a more traditional wedding? a wedding planner will join us as well as

behind the newlyweds, four-year- old pageboy, prince william. his parents were married in the larger st. paul's cathedral, but for centuries, westminster abbey has been the setting at key times in the nation's history, including the funeral of williams' mother. >> there have been 38 coronations here since 1066, and william and kate's wedding will be the 10th royal wedding says princess of, was married here in february 1919. there is an enormous amount of tradition associated with westminster abbey. >> they will be married on the friday before the may 1 bank holiday, and for many, it will be a long weekend. >> we discussed it at cabinet this meeting, and we decided to hold a bank holiday so everyone who wants to take part in the celebrations or have a day off and what is the celebrations will be able to do that, and i think that is absolutely the right thing to do, so we are all looking forward to the happy day. >> william and kate are said to be calling the shots with the wedding plans. now, we know there are five months to go. >> stay with us o

a few months later, william and kate suddenly split up. it emerged someone had made snobbish remarks about her family background. soon the middle-class girl was back with her prince. in recent weeks her mother has been photographed shooting at balmoral. just one indication of royal approval and an imminent wedding. since leaving university, kate middleton has faced criticism about her lack of a formal career path. she's been dubbed waity katie. here she's on her way to a charity roller disco. she had a short spell with a fashion firm. apart from that, has been said to have worked for her parents' mail-order business. now she will have a full diary and a life of public appearances. she's already faced the full force of the paparazzi. it's the same sort of scrutiny that william saw his mother endure. so how will kate cope with this, and how will she fare in a world which others before her have found so difficult? >> this girl, catherine as we'll probably know her from now on, comes from a very happy home life. brother and sister, parents are