Kate Middleton Quits Her Job; Preliminary Wedding Invites Go Out By Secretary, Fax

She may not be a royal yet, but Kate Middleton just made her latest step toward officially becoming a member of the royal family – she quit her day job.

According to Britain’s Hello magazine, Kate quit her job as a project manager for her parents’ mail-order party supply company, Party Pieces.

Kate reportedly left her gig at the company in order to continue planning her wedding to Britain’s Prince William, which will happen in just 93 days at London’s Westminster Abbey.

“She is really throwing herself into it with gusto and energy and is an absolute pleasure to work with,” a friend of Kate’s told the mag.

“It is a steep learning curve and at the same time she is learning a lot about the royal family and what the future holds,” the friend added.

While no invites have officially gone out yet for the couple’s big day, according to Britain’s Daily Express, the Queen’s private secretary has contacted private secretaries for other royals in recent days, asking them to “Save the Date” of April 29 – the big date William and Kate have chosen for their nuptials.

“It’s a sort of pre-invitation, asking them to keep the date free. It’s been done because of their diary commitments but they haven’t received a gold embossed invitation yet,” a senior Buckingham Palace official said on Tuesday evening, according to the newspaper.

Among those who have already announced they will attend include several deposed royals including, Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and his wife, Crown Princess Catherine, the Romanian royal family and the Greek royal family, the paper reported.

A rep for the Greek royal family said they received a “Save the Date” notice via fax.

“They received a fax in the last few days,” the spokeswoman said. ‪