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Diana's memory lingers over royal engagement

London, England (CNN) -- News of Britain's next royal wedding was on the front page of every British paper Wednesday, but so were mentions of the late Princess Diana.

The day after Prince William announced he had proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, tabloids carried full-page pictures of the couple and broadsheets ran large, above-the-fold headlines.

"We got there in the end, darling!" was the headline on the Daily Mail. "(And it's sealed with Diana's ring!)"

"Something borrowed, something blue," wrote The Times, referring to the large sapphire-and-diamond ring William used to propose to Middleton last month....
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