The icons of British culture are countless. The major ones that come to mind are the big red buses, football, tea, Shakespeare, The Beatles, and the royal family. During her life as a member of the royal family and leading up to her passing, Princess Diana was the “people’s princess”; the country adored her. Her charismatic character, generosity and sense of style won over the masses when she married Prince Charles of Wales.

 In April, their eldest son, Prince William, will be marrying the next potential “people’s princess”. Kate Middleton is already becoming an English icon herself. Her story is one the masses find endearing and fairy-tale-like because of her familiar background. She comes from a middle class family; both of her parents worked for British Airways and now own a party supplies store. Kate plays sports, goes out with her friends on the weekend, and loves fashion; she sounds like your average college student, and she was, up until she met the royal prince at St Andrew’s University.

 They began dating in 2003 and took the country by storm. Much like Diana, Kate was followed everywhere by the paparazzi. Also like Diana, her charm and grace translated through the camera and the people began to fall in love with her. But what was missing about Kate that Diana was stricken with, were the scandal stories.  The media could find no faults with her. The royal wedding is in the news almost every day. Everyone in England will be getting the day off from school and work on April 29th and millions of those people will be watching the ceremony at Westminster Abbey from their living rooms. It will be an event to go down in history.