8:33pm UK, Sunday January 16, 2011
Prince William and Kate Middleton are considering asking guests to donate to charity instead of giving them wedding presents.
The couple are keen to avoid any shows of lavishness
The couple, who will marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29, are mulling over the potential benefits for the range of good causes they champion if they make such a decision.
The pair announced their engagement in November, nine years after meeting as students at St Andrews University in Scotland.
But with all the cost-cutting brought on by the financial crisis, the pair are said to be keen to avoid shows of ostentatiousness.
The second-in-line-to-the-throne and his wife-to-be have already confirmed she will travel to the 11am ceremony by car rather than carriage.
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A Royal spokesman confirmed that the Prince, an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot, and Miss Middleton, were discussing whether to urge guests to donate to charity.
The Clarence House spokesman said: "It is something they are considering but no decision has been made yet."
It is thought the couple will still happily receive presents from close friends and family.
But the 28-year-old Prince and his fiancee, 29, are unlikely to require a wedding list to provide them with the practical items they will need to start their married life.
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