Prince William And Kate Middleton

On 16 November 2010, Clarence House announced that the two are to marry in 2011. The couple became engaged in October 2010 in Kenya, East Africa, during a 10-day trip to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to celebrate William's passing his RAF helicopter search and rescue course. The wedding is scheduled for spring or summer of 2011. It is customary for royal men to receive a dukedom when they marry – the suggested dukedoms are the Dukedom of Clarence, Dukedom of Cambridge, Dukedom of Connaught or Dukedom of Sussex; Kendal, Avondale, and Strathearn have all also been mooted. As the wife of a royal duke and prince, Middleton would assume the courtesy title of duchess as well as the style of Her Royal Highness.
If William is not given a dukedom or some lower title in his own right, she would be known as Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales, the female equivalent to her future husband's title. Should William become heir and subsequently become Prince of Wales, Kate will revert to the female equivalent of the title. Finally, should William succeed his father as monarch in the future, it is assumed Kate will, upon the accession of her husband, legally become queen.