William Split Advice from Kate Middleton

When he was asked about the split in their commitment interview in November 2010, William explained: “We were both very young. It was at the university, and we both found a kind of ourselves as such and being different characters and so – it tried to find our own way and we were growing up.”

Kate added: “I think I … At that time it wasn’t very happy with it, but it actually made me a stronger person.

“You discover things about yourself that you might not have realized, or I think you can be consumed considerably by a relationship if you are younger, and I really appreciated that time for me, although I didn’t think so the time.”

The couple of reunited quietly reunited months after the split and continued to date their royal wedding in Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.

This year they celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary, with three children – Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.

A friend of the couple said: “Kate showed how strong she really was in that period. She didn’t look for attention or tried to manipulate the situation – and in the end William realized exactly what he had lost.”