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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Paige Freshwater

Kate Middleton discovered 'awful burden' about Prince William years before wedding

The Prince and Princess of Wales shared their wedding day with 162 million supporters - but it wasn't always smooth sailing to get to that point. The royal couple split for a period while they were at university as they each debated whether their love for each other would last the test of time and what sacrifices they would have to make for it to work.

There is still a lot of speculation over what made them temporarily call it off - but one royal expert believes it may have happened because the then Kate Middleton realised how different her life would be as a senior member of the Royal Family, reports Hello Magazine. Judy Wade, former royal correspondent at Hello! magazine, said: "She might have realised the awful burden she would have taken on.

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