There is growing expectation that Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton are about to take their relationship to the next level by making their first official public appearance together. The news comes in the wake of newspaper reports that the second-in-line's partner has also attended two private dinners with the Queen, who is said to have given her seal of approval to the relationship.
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Suggestions of a royal wedding in the near future would appear to be premature as Wills once said he doesn't want to marry until he is at least 28. Royal insiders say the prince is tired of all the secrecy surrounding his romance, however, and has decided it is time for them to "come out" as a couple. "He wants her to be acknowledged as an important part of his life," a Clarence House source told one newspaper.
In recent months, it has been reported, Kate has received instruction from press officials at Clarence House on how to handle the pressure of media attention. And it seems the pretty 23-year-old has already become a popular figure within the royal household.
She first met William four years ago at St Andrew's University, though it wasn't until 2003 that love blossomed between them. Since then she has twice joined her beau on family holidays to the Alpine ski resort of Klosters and just three months ago she introduced her parents to the Queen and Prince Charles. |
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