Congratulations!

We learn this morning that Pippa Middleton has been spotted wearing an engagement ring for the
first time since news broke that her partner James Matthews popped the question.

The stunning brunette was glowing as she beamed at passersby while out and about in London on
Tuesday morning.
She has been dating the Hedge fund manager  for less than a year but are planning to wed in 2017.

Interesting to note that more than a third of people these days are single, ONS figures show
just over half of adults are married, compared with 90% of 60-year-olds – but divorce rates are
also highest among older couples.
Are all the good ones really married? Not according to new data that shows that more people in
England and Wales have never wed than at any time since records began.

In 2014 more than a third of people (33.9%) were not or had never been married, an increase of
three percentage points on 10 years ago, according to the Office for
National Statistics.

About one in eight people were living together as a couple but were not married. More men (28%)
than women (22%) lived alone and had never married.

I would just like to add my congratulations to Pippa and James and wish them a happy and long
life together.