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| Prince William splits from Kate | |
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| Prince William has split from his girlfriend Kate Middleton. | Prince William has split from his girlfriend Kate Middleton. |
| The couple had been under intense media pressure since they met at St Andrews University, Fife, in 2001, BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said. | The couple had been under intense media pressure since they met at St Andrews University, Fife, in 2001, BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said. |
| Earlier this month, Miss Middleton settled a harassment complaint against the Daily Mirror over a close-up photograph published by the paper. | Earlier this month, Miss Middleton settled a harassment complaint against the Daily Mirror over a close-up photograph published by the paper. |
| The prince appealed for the paparazzi to stop harassing her. Clarence House has not commented on the split. | The prince appealed for the paparazzi to stop harassing her. Clarence House has not commented on the split. |
| Duncan Larcombe, who reported the story for the Sun newspaper, told BBC Five Live: "My understanding, from what I've been told, is that William's feeling is he's too young to get married. | |
| "The last person on earth who's going to be pressured by newspaper columnists and television chat shows to get married is Prince William." | |
| Mounting speculation about the possible engagement of the couple prompted a media scrum outside Miss Middleton's home earlier this year. | |
| In 2005, her lawyers contacted newspaper editors to ask the press to leave her and her family alone. | |
| They said that photographers had followed her almost every day and night since she had left university. |