For some of the time in Kenya, William and Kate were with friends. But near the end of the holidaythey had some time together. Kate did not know it, but in his bag William had a very specialring. It was his mother’s engagement ring – a beautiful gold ring with a big blue sapphireand little diamonds. William carried it carefully in his bag all through the holiday.Then, on 19 October 2010, he asked Kate to marry him, and he gave her the ring. Kate,of course, said yes.The young couple came back to the UK, but they could not tell the exciting news to their friends,and Kate could not wear the ring. In public, they lived their usual lives and did not talk abouttheir engagement.在肯尼亚期间，威廉和凯特有时有朋友相伴，不过假期将尽时二人单独相处了一段时间。凯特并不知道，威廉包里装着一枚非常特别的戒指。那是他母亲的订婚戒指—— 由数颗小钻石围绕着一颗大蓝宝石组成的漂亮金戒指。整个假期威廉都小心翼翼地将它藏在包里。2010年10月19日，他终于向凯特求婚，并给她这枚戒指。凯特呢，当然同意嫁给他了。这对年轻的情侣回到英国，却不能马上与朋友们分享这一激动人心的消息，凯特也不能戴那枚戒指。在公众场合，二人一切如旧，闭口不提订婚之事。
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