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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...

And through. kate is what the british called a commoner. she grew up a world away from country estates and buckingham palace. >> it's in an area of outstanding natural beauty. >> reporter: john hailey is an innkeeper near kate's 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 boot inn. >> they are very nice, a very nice family, down to earth. very easy going, relaxed, a lovely family. >> they were not wealthy. >> solidly middle class. >> solidly middle class, hard working folks. >> car...

Middleton's 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 that's a big reason that kate is the one. >> she's not an aristocrat. she's not somebody who has grown up in a castle or a palace. she's 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 something which is actually standard. >> reporter: local pub owner and middleton friend john hailey remembers when william would come to town. >> they used to come in and book a table or just ...