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王室要闻 威廉王子与“准”王妃分手
[ 2007-04-14 20:10 ]

为威廉王子下婚期赌注的人估摸要哭天喊地了。据英国《太阳报》报道,英国威廉王子与女友米德尔顿已结除多年恋爱关系。据称,两人分手主要是不堪承受巨大压力,而威廉的军人职业也是问题之一。从今年年初,外界纷纷猜测2007年将迎来英王室又一为“戴安娜”王妃,一家博彩公司甚至由于下注者太多,停止接受王子婚期的投注。不想,王子和“公主”并未如众人所愿喜结连理。 

 

 

王室要闻 威廉王子与“准”王妃分手
In this photo made available Sunday Feb. 11, 2007 Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton watch the England against Italy Six Nation rugby match at Twickenham stadium in London, Saturday Feb. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton have ended their four-year relationship, dashing hopes of a royal wedding to rival that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

The Sun newspaper reported Saturday that the couple had reached an "amicable agreement" to separate. Sources confirmed the split to the Press Association news agency.

William's Clarence House office refused to comment, saying it did not discuss the prince's private life, but royal sources did not deny the report, tacitly acknowledging it was true.

The newspaper said the split was caused by the huge pressures on the young couple and by William's career in the army. The second in line to the throne graduated from Sandhurst military academy in December and is undergoing further training at an army base in rural England.

News of the break-up took many royal-watchers by surprise. It was widely thought the couple would soon announce their engagement; one bookmaker was so certain of a royal wedding it had stopped taking bets on it.

Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine, said the couple's relationship had reached an impasse.

"They can't go forward because William is in the army and he's dedicated the next few years of his life to that, so he's not in a position to get married," Seward said.

"They had lived together when they were at university, so in a way their relationship has become more difficult. They have seen a lot less of each other and are under a huge amount of pressure."

The prince, 24, and Middleton, 25, met as students at St. Andrew's University in Scotland in 2001 and had been dating since 2003.

Middleton has been the focus of intense media pressure for months as rumors spread that the couple would announce their engagement. She has frequently had to dodge paparazzi on her way to work as a retail accessories buyer, in scenes that evoked the romance of William's father, Prince Charles, and the then-Lady Diana Spencer a quarter-century ago.

Last month, Middleton lodged a complaint of media harassment with Britain's press watchdog, the Press Complaints Commission. She settled the claim earlier this month following an apology and admission of error by the Daily Mirror newspaper.

(Agencies) 

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