Kate and Wills: A Royal Courtship

Royal Romance
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Eve of a Breakup
Only Kate and William know how much strain the photographers put on their relationship. But by March 13, 2007 when the couple attended the Cheltenham Festival horse race, William looked uneasy. One month later, on April 14, news broke that Britain's most talked-about couple were over, and that they had decided to part ways while skiing in Switzerland. Clarence House made only one statement: "We don't comment on Prince William's private life." A nation mourned.

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