Kate Middleton asked her mates to call her 'Catherine' when her relationship with Prince William started getting serious, according to a source close to the Princess.
The name change was reportedly insisted on in 2008 when she began to believe the royal heir would soon be proposing to her.The now Duchess of Cambridge even sent round an email to her friends at the time letting them know of the change, it's been said.They did indeed get engaged two years later in 2010, and married in a royal ceremony watched by millions of fans around the world on April 29, 2011.Writing for the Sunday Express at the time, royal columnist Adam Helliker said: "With Prince William’s engagement now a surefire certainty (even Ladbrokes has stopped taking bets on.
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