Steve - This seems the right thread for a comment on an interview on telly with the pair.
In the interview, William commented that he had waited some length of time until he found the right moment to propose. He had wanted to "get it right" because (and this is by no means an accurate quote of the words) "you hear so many horror stories about proposals going wrong".
Bearing in mind that he is a royal prince, I did wonder what stories he had heard. Did they involve fingers being pricked on spinning wheels, fighting dragons, sudden transformation into frogs, piles of mattresses and uncomfortable peas?
Perhaps someone ought to point out to him that although such dire consequences used to happen once upon a time, they seldom happen to princes these days...
Quack!
Geoff the Duck.