Kate Middleton's first love reportedly "blew hot and cold" before she fell for Prince William. The Duchess of Cambridge met Harry Blakelock, who is said to have been her first love, at Marlborough College.
A friend said Kate was still hung up on him after graduation and spent a lot of time talking about him to her friends during the early part of her gap year, when she was studying in Italy.
In 2001 she spent three months in Florence, where she was visited by her parents who took her and her friends out for dinner.
But perhaps hurt by her break-up with Blakelock, Kate did not find any romance in Florence, according to the Mail on Sunday.
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