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tragedy. >> trying to get away from the paparazzi. >> trying to learn from lessons of the past and 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 this abbey 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 tragedy of her life were critical in prince william's journey to the altar. >> i think she's pro...

>> reporter: all haunted by memories of a fairy tale turned tragedy. >> trying to get away from the paparazzi. >> trying to learn from lessons of the past and 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 this abbey 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 tragedy of her life were critical in...

anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically, it was this abbey 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 tragedy of her life were critical in prince william's journey to the altar. >> i think she's probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. >> jules knight says he's been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother? >> i think it was evid...

There's an emotional conversation going on but it's the big breakup call. >> reporter: "the sun" newspaper broke the news, april 14th, 2007. people were stunned. kate looked grim. she packed up and headed home to her parents. >> she's devastated. her mother, carol, says well fight to get him back. don't be defeated. >> reporter: friends say it didn't take long to rebound. st. andrews buddy and singer in the boy band blake jules knight. i remember having lunch with her when they split up. it was quite evident that she was being very forthright. she said, i'm getting on with my life, fine, cool....

Headlines like this, finally, wills gets a girl. for the first time, the palace didn't deny the romance. the couple would retreat behind the protective walls of st. andrews. for the next year, they continued to live together, now without other roommates. they quietly spent more time with the royal family, and it became clear to many that despite her common upbringing kate fit in, perhaps even better than princess diana. >> kate has shown absolutely no hesitation to accompany them on hunting trips in balmoral and go fishing. diana could hardly to tolerate going to the polo matches of charles' b...