"I was just talking with friends and they said it was good idea and I just sort of liked the idea."

“Royal.gov.uk – Prince William”

“My plans aren't quite solid. I'm hugely disorganized, you see, so once I sort it out you'll probably find out.”

“I think at first they were a bit surprised that it had happened, then they realised it was really nice and it was good fun and we got on really well, they were good friends of ours as well so we had a good giggle with them as well.”

“Monarchy Wales – leading campaign organisation”

“We had been talking about marriage for a while so it wasn't a massively big surprise. I took her up somewhere nice in Kenya and I proposed. … I'd been planning it for a while but as any guy out there will know it takes a certain amount of motivation to get yourself going. I was planning it and then it just felt really right out in Africa. It was beautiful at the time. I had done a little bit of planning to show my romantic side.”

“Of course, Harry and I are both quite upset about it - that our mother's trust has been betrayed and even now she is still being exploited.”