"The Ring" is to be made of pure Welsh gold...costing a small fortune

[Bobbisox]

to keep with Royal Tradition, the mine in Snowdonia will be unworkable in 6yrs time for all it is closed now, so ending this tradition.
In these times of severe cuts to just about everything,
Do we really need this shoved at us??

[dotty.]

That's the spirit Joy, sometimes it is nice to be important, but often it's more important to be nice (as Donny Osmond used to say) : )) lol

[Bobbisox]

errrmmmm
I think I know whatcha mean dotty..;-)

[dotty.]

That was one of Donny;s quotes of the week in his column in Fab208 in about 1972 (I still have the clipping in a scrapbook, wierd eh?
Earlier this year my friend Gloria met him in Las Vegas and she has her pic with him on her facebook!

[Bobbisox]

I love Donny (and the Queen) too, lol

[DTCwordfan]

well the engagement ring may be semi extravangant even though it could be seen as a handme down.

Its rather nice to use local gold and after all it is only a gold band, nothing extrvagant about that. If the Welsh gold mine closes down, they could always use Cornish gold as they are taking about opening the Pool (Camborne) tin mine and gold is just one of several extractable other metals apparently.

What do you get if you throw a grand piano down a Welsh pit?
"A Flat Miner"

[237SJ]

How do you know William isn`t paying for it from his own RAF salary?

[dotty.]

He's probably using some oif the inheritance from his mother and his maternal grandfather, William will have inherited his mothers share of the althorp inheritance

[cazzz1975]

I think its a shame that a nice event is marred by constant critisism.

[MickyMacgraw]

Freedom of speech is always a doubled edged sword to those in power.

[NazNomad]

What's a 'small fortune'?

I could go out this afternoon and buy Clogau gold locally, what's the big deal?

[MickyMacgraw]

Now this is what I call a ring.

http://www.telegraph....under-the-hammer.html

[woofgang]

as i said, the RF already have the gold, the only cost is getting it made.

[Innovation]

He's having a hair transplant and his teeth ground down, should be looking good on the big day.

[Invictas]

Lock them both up in the mine,and let them both make the ring!

[DTCwordfan]

aaparently Kate M is the first person to have her finger in D's ring since Dodi tried....

[pastafreak]

What's the big deal about having a ring made up....plenty of couples do it. They are not the first-and they won't be the last. In fact-this may serve as a boost to Welsh gold-and any other gold produced in the UK.It has been written that whatever Kate in particular does will give an enormous boost to fashion,charities...whatever she takes an interest in. So-let's not knock it.

[Mosaic]

Could always use his mum's, she doesn't need it.

[Bobbisox]

ooooh I won't Yankeee...lol
I didn't choose this subject particularly well
I hold my hands up in mock surrender

[pastafreak]

silly geordie..... ;-))

[Bobbisox]

ha-ha
I have been called worse Yankeee ;-)