In Shakespeare's Hamlet, comment on how the flowers of Kate Middleton's bouquet relate to Ophelia's bouquet.

What a refreshingly interesting question!  I absolutely
adored doing the research as well as the resulting thoughts which ensued!  In short,
Kate Middleton's bouquet is the EXACT OPPOSITE of Ophelia's bouquet, ... and we hope
that it will produce a much happier match in marriage as well, of
course.

At first glance, none of the flowers match up at
all, so allow me to guide you through my zany thought process here.  Let's begin with
looking at the flowers.  Ophelia's bouquet contains  rosemary, pansies, fennel,
columbines, rue, daisy, and NO violets.  Kate's includes lily-of-the-valley, sweet
William (ha!), hyacinth, ivy, and myrtle.

Now for the
ever-important meanings.  Let's start with Ophelia's exact
words:

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There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.  Pray
you, love, remember.  An there is pansies, that's for thoughts. ... There's fennel for
you, and columbines.  There's rue for you, and here's some for me. ... There's a daisy. 
I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father
died.

Ophelia doesn't give
all explanation here (the poor dear), but if my memory serves me correctly, the
remembrance of rosemary is to remember the DEAD and not the living.  Further, fennel
often stands for infidelity and columbines stand for lack of sincerity.  (Yuck!)  The
daisy that I remember so well as the "friendliest flower" is named so because it stands
for love that is forsaken, or not leading to marriage.  Rue is for sorrow or, as I like
to say, regret.  Violets that Ophelia nixes from her bouquet stand for faithfulness, ...
ah, let's nix the one positive thing, shall we?

Now let's
look at Kate Middleton's bouquet (according to CBS News, by the
way):

The
lily-of-valley represents the return of happiness; sweet William means gallantry;
hyacinth is for the constancy of love. Both ivy and myrtle represent both love and
marriage. In fact, myrtle is the emblem of
marriage.

Both ladies carry
five flowers of sorts that correspond, ... if you take out Ophelia's rosemary for
remembrance (Kate would never have included a remembrance of the dead in her bouquet)
and her pansies for thoughts (did Kate not think at all?  Ha!).  You will find ALL the
other flowers correspond as exact opposites:  infidelity/marital fidelity,
insincerity/gallantry, forsaken love/constant love, unfaithfulness/marriage and
sorrow/happiness.  Phenomenal!

Although I highly doubt the
paradoxes above were planned by Kate, the meanings speak for themselves.  In conclusion,
I wish Kate and William all of the warmth, love, and faithfulness of a long and happy
marriage, ... and I'll reiterate that hope is reflected in Kate having the EXACT
opposite bouquet as Ophelia. R.I.P.