“Catherine, The Princess of Wales,” reveals the circumstances behind when the royal couple — who are now married with three children — briefly broke up in 2007, three years before they got engaged.According to the book, William, 42, and Kate, 42, were getting pretty serious as a couple at the time, with Kate even snagging an invite to William’s military graduation in December 2006.However, Jobson wrote that “Catherine knew William wasn’t in any hurry to propose, and the truth is she was prepared to wait until he was ready.
After all, they were in love — weren’t they?”When William unexpectedly canceled their 2006 New Year’s Eve plans, Kate knew “something was wrong,” the book said.
Not long after, William called his then-girlfriend and broke up with her. He allegedly said they both needed “a bit of space” to “find our own way” and couldn’t promise a proposal.“In an emotionally charged 30-minute conversation, they both acknowledged they were on ‘different pages,’ ” wrote Jobson. “It was a devastating blow to Catherine, who felt doubly let down at being dumped over the phone.”After the split, William allegedly went out at Mahiki nightclub in London, while Kate traveled to Dublin with her mom, Carole Middleton, and Ibiza with a friend.
Kate “resolved to hide her pain from the outside world” despite being “distraught” about the breakup, Jobson said. Eventually, William started having “second thoughts” and reunited with Kate at a “Freakin Naughty”-themed costume party thrown by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen.Jobson wrote: “She’d arrived dressed as a nurse, and William had made a beeline for her.
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