Zara Phillips to walk down the aisle

Zara Phillips and rugby player Mike Tindall are set to get married, Buckingham Palace has revealed.

The queen's eldest granddaughter, who won the BBC sports personality of the year award in 2006 for her equestrian accomplishments, has been dating Tindall for seven years.

"The queen and the duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news," a palace spokesman was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.

Tindall currently plays for Gloucester and was part of England's World Cup-winning team of 2003, participating in all but one of their matches in the tournament.

The announced engagement sets up the possibility of a double royal wedding in 2011, with Prince William and Kate Middleton having already confirmed they will be tying the knot on April 29th.

According to the Huffington Post, Middleton is currently learning Welsh and has been for some time in order to better fulfil her duties when she becomes the Princess of Wales.