You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong – it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.

I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William – for now.

When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. We ended up being friends for a while and that just sort of was a good foundation. Because I do generally believe now that being friends with one another is a massive advantage. And It just went from there.

I think it’s very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you’re responsible for your actions, so you don’t blame other people.

Only the mad girls chase me, I think.

I hope I’m not a tourist attraction – I’m sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

There’s been a lot of speculation about every single girl I’m with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it’s a complete pain for the girls.

You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong – it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.

No one is going to try to fill my mother’s shoes, what she did was fantastic. It’s about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that.

When I was trying to impress Kate I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time.

I’m always open for people saying I’m wrong because most of the time I am.

People say it’s not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

I’ve had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I’ve had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear.

We’ll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we’ll have to start thinking about that.

I just want to go to university and have fun – I want to be an ordinary student. I’m only going to university. It’s not like I’m getting married – though that’s what it feels like sometimes.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

It’s my mother’s engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she’s not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all – this was my way of keeping her close to it all.