準王妃凱特忍痛辭職 專心忙皇室婚禮
Mrs Windsor-to-be Kate Middleton has left her job at her family's online party supplies firm to prepare for her wedding to Prince William, a royal aide has confirmed. The future princess quit as Party Pieces' project manager to 'concentrate full-time on preparing to become a member of the royal family,' the spokesman said. She worked as a website designer and photographer for her parents' Party Pieces website.
隨着威廉與凱特的婚期日益臨近，這位老太太伊麗莎白二世的“準孫媳婦”除了應對每天輪番“轟炸”的媒體，還要積極參與婚禮籌備的所有細節，忙得焦頭爛額的凱特由於本身已經在父母開辦的郵購公司“聚會寶貝”（party pieces）工作，分身乏術的她不得不辭掉自己的“老本行”（郵購公司網站設計師）的工作，投入到“新本行”（王妃）工作中。據悉，凱特本身的工作其實也是一波三折，原本老太太一麗莎白二世“嫌棄”凱特沒有一份固定工作，凱特幾個月前才正式幫助父母打理家族生意的，誰知道，人算不如天算：凱特的確沒想到，當王妃真累，專心當王妃更累！
Royal aides confirmed she stepped down on Friday, one saying, 'She has handed over her work to colleagues and is now preparing for her future life.' She is now dividing her time between her parents' home and Prince William's cottage on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, near the Royal Air Force base where the prince works as a search and rescue pilot. The Queen is said to be keen for the couple to stay out of the spotlight for the first two years of their marriage, while William continues his career with the RAF.
皇室發言人說：“凱特已經正式辭掉家族企業的工作，全身心投入到婚禮籌備過程中，準備當一名合格的皇室成員！就我所知，她已經把工作轉接給同事，所有在工作交接上的事宜已經妥當辦理完成。”據悉，凱特目前已經屬於“無業”人員，但是她還是十分忙碌。她的“工作”就是孃家和婆婆家兩頭跑，爲了使得家庭成員之間的關係更加和諧，貼心的凱特把她全部的生活時間分成兩部分，一部分分給自己的父母，一部分給未來的老公威廉。據透露，女王伊麗莎白二世被問到如何看待威廉與凱特的感情時，她說道：“這對新人現在被狗仔追得連喘氣的時間都沒有，我要懇請媒體放過他們，給他們在新婚2年中一點隱私的空間！”
According to one friend, Kate, who helped organise parties in her former guise, has taken on the role of wedding planner with 'gusto and energy'. The friend, who was quoted in Hello! magazine, said: 'Catherine is a naturally creative individual and has spent her professional life in the creative industries having worked at Jigsaw, then as a website designer, photographer, marketer and events organiser. Skills she has built up in her working life translate naturally to organising a wedding.
凱特的閨蜜在hello雜誌上大曝凱特籌備婚禮的情況，她說：“凱特天生就是當王妃的料，她畢業後做過網站設計師、攝影師、市場調查員、還有活動策劃，這些在凱特生活中擁有過閃光點的職業都會幫助她順順利利完成與威廉的婚禮，我覺得她策劃和威廉的婚禮根本就是小菜一碟！”
