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| Prince William splits from Kate | 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. |
| BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said: "It's a surprise, because it had seemed very stable and very steady." | |
| He said he thought the prince's move to an army training camp in Dorset last month had "a lot to do with the final stages" of the break-up. | |
| 'Mutual decision' | |
| The Sun reported that the couple had seen each other no more than once a week since then. | |
| "One must suspect, though I don't know that this is absolutely certain, that it is more his decision than hers," said Nicholas Witchell. | |
| "He has said in the past that he is too young to get married. But I am led to believe that there is no-one else involved and that it is a decision they have come to mutually." | |
| Duncan Larcombe, the Sun's royal correspondent, 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." | "The last person on earth who's going to be pressured by newspaper columnists and television chat shows to get married is Prince William." |
| The Sun said the pair had reached an "amicable agreement" to part. | |
| Media scrum | Media scrum |
| Mounting speculation about the possible engagement of the couple prompted a media scrum outside Miss Middleton's home earlier this year. | Mounting speculation about the possible engagement of the couple prompted a media scrum outside Miss Middleton's home earlier this year. |
| Police officers were called to a London nightclub in January, to stop photographers getting too close as the couple left the venue. | Police officers were called to a London nightclub in January, to stop photographers getting too close as the couple left the venue. |
| Miss Middleton watched the prince graduate from Sandhurst last year In 2005, Miss Middleton's 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. | |
| William, 24, is an army officer in the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals. | |
| Miss Middleton, who is 25, attended the prince's graduation from Sandhurst Military Academy in December. | Miss Middleton, who is 25, attended the prince's graduation from Sandhurst Military Academy in December. |
| She works as an accessories buyer for a fashion company. |