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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Catherine Armecin Martin

'You're Marrying Into the Wrong Family': Kate Middleton's Early Polo Match Confession Triggered Stark Warning

Kate Middleton reportedly overcame her allergy to horses and gradually embraced the royal family's equestrian traditions after being warned she was 'marrying into the wrong family'. (Credit: Carfax2, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Long before she became the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton was reportedly warned she was marrying into the wrong family. And it had nothing to do with protocol or palace politics. It was about horses.

According to a royal correspondent, one throwaway confession at a polo match was enough to raise eyebrows among those close to the Windsors. But the Princess of Wales was eventually able to turn things around.

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