\u201cCatherine was distressed. She was miserable, but certainly wasn\u2019t desperate. She felt as though she had nothing to lose, and for the first time she probably relayed her true feelings to William.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wasn\u2019t demanding an engagement, but she wanted a commitment, and if he couldn\u2019t deliver that, well, then she left him in no doubt that it was best they go their separate ways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prince William and Catherine Middleton broke up shortly after the 2007 Cheltenham Festival Race Meeting. Photo \/ Mark Cuthbert, UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Prince William was reportedly \u201ccompletely broken\u201d after their breakup, prompting his grandmother to invite the 24-year-old for a Sunday lunch, People reported.<\/p>\n
Seeing that Catherine \u201chad all the qualities of a future Queen\u201d, Myers alleges that Queen Elizabeth II told her grandson: \u201cThe only certain path is the one supported by faith.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the late monarch was the \u201ccatalyst for William changing course\u201d and realising that \u201cif he had faith in the relationship and his love for her, then that would be enough to carry them through\u201d.<\/p>\n
The couple had reconciled by the summer and married three years later in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n
\u201cCatherine, of course, knew she still loved William deeply. That was why she had been so explicit in her demands. She was willing to agree to a future, if only he would stop allowing outside factors to affect his judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n
William and Catherine married at Westminster Abbey in 2011. Photo \/ Peter Slane, Papixs via Getty Images<\/p>\n
They now share three children: Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7.<\/p>\n
The future King and Queen have faced their fair share of tribulations since they married, from Prince Harry\u2019s departure in 2020 to the ongoing allegations of sexual misconduct against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n
Catherine was forced to take a step back from royal duties in 2024 after she was diagnosed with cancer, around the same time as King Charles III announced his own cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n
According to the Mirror, the mother of three leaned on her husband as she underwent chemotherapy, strengthening the pair\u2019s bond as they set out to protect their children together.<\/p>\n
William and Catherine, The Monarchy\u2019s New Era, set to release on March 10, will further detail their love story and envision their plans for the future of the royal family.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow was the right time to provide a definitive account of William and Catherine\u2019s life together\u201d, Myers told People. \u201cThey are pillars of the modern monarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cCatherine was distressed. She was miserable, but certainly wasn\u2019t desperate. She felt as though she had nothing to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7818,112367,9218,13500,124,161198,156,1342,113445,692,1364,78,296,2517,636,131271,111,139,5006,69,4940,42371,3366,520,155558,92647,8692,42327,1361,165,6859,10744,102,1530],"class_list":{"0":"post-290817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-allegedly","9":"tag-assistance","10":"tag-before","11":"tag-catherine","12":"tag-could","13":"tag-elizabeths","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-five","16":"tag-guarantee","17":"tag-he","18":"tag-her","19":"tag-in","20":"tag-into","21":"tag-kate","22":"tag-marriage","23":"tag-middleton","24":"tag-new-zealand","25":"tag-newzealand","26":"tag-not","27":"tag-nz","28":"tag-prince","29":"tag-prompting","30":"tag-queen","31":"tag-relationship","32":"tag-resolved","33":"tag-shortlived","34":"tag-split","35":"tag-stepped","36":"tag-that","37":"tag-their","38":"tag-told","39":"tag-william","40":"tag-with","41":"tag-years"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}