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>> he started visiting the middletons home. he saw it was possible to have a happy family and marriage in the middletons. i think its a big reason kate is the one. >> shes not somebody who has grown up near the palace. shes normal. i think he loves going to dinner around the house and being a part of something which is actually standard. >> reporter: local pub owner and friend john hailey remembers when william would come to town. >> he came in and booked a table or walk in and people would noti...

>> he started visiting the middletons home. he saw it was possible to have a happy family and marriage in the middletons. i think its a big reason kate is the one. >> shes not somebody who has grown up near the palace. shes normal. i think he loves going to dinner around the house and being a part of something which is actually standard. >> reporter: local pub owner and friend john hailey remembers when william would come to town. >> he came in and booked a table or walk in and people would noti...

Princess diana grew up in the shadows of a royal family. her grandmother a confidant of the queen. diana was an aristocrat through and through. kate is what the british called a commoner. she grew up away from estates and buckingham palace. >> its in an area of outstanding natural beauty. >> reporter: john hailey is an innkeeper near kates hometown, bucklebury berkshire. a small sleepy village 55 miles west of london. he met the middletons 14 years ago when they first came into his pub, the old ...

William would travel to kates home in the english countryside often. >> he started visiting the middletons home in bucklebury and he saw indeed it was possible to have a happy family and a happy marriage in the middletons, and i think thats a big reason that kate is the one. >> shes not an aristocrat. shes not somebody who has grown up in a castle or a palace. shes sort of pretty normal really, and i think that he loves going for dinner around the house in berkshire, and he loves being part of s...

Diana was an aristocrat. kate was a commoner. she grew up away from estates and buckingham palace. >> its in an area of outstanding natural beauty. >> reporter: john hailey is an innkeeper. a small sleepy village 55 miles west of london. he met middletons 14 years ago when they first came into his pub, the old boot inn. >> a very nice family, down to earth. a lovely family. >> they are not wealthy. >> reporter: solidly middle class? >> hard working folks. >> reporter: carol and michael met while...

>> its in an area of outstanding natural beauty. >> reporter: john hailey is an innkeeper. a small sleepy village 55 miles west of london. he met middletons 14 years ago when they first came into his pub, the old boot inn. >> a very nice family, down to earth. a lovely family. >> they are not wealthy. >> reporter: solidly middle class? >> hard working folks. >> reporter: carol and michael met while working for a british airline. they married in 1980. kate was born in 1982. her early years were a...

>> reporter: all haunted by memories of a fairytale gone bad. >> im looking forward to seeing what the future holds. >> reporter: will this time be different? april 29th, 2011, westminster abbey, the location of the much anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. it was this abbey where his mother was laid to rest in 1997. in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince williams journey...

bad. >> trying to get away from the paparazzi. >> im looking forward to seeing what the future holds. >> reporter: will this time be different? april 29th, 2011, westminster abbey, the location of the much anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically it was sadly where his mother princess diana was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tredy of her life were critical in prince williams...

>> im looking forward to seeing what the future holds. >> reporter: will this time be different? april 29th, 2011, westminster abbey, the location of the much anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. it was this abbey where his mother was laid to rest in 1997. in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince williams journey to the alter. >> i think shes probably never far from his min...

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