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>> he started visiting the middleton's home. he saw it was possible to have a happy family and marriage in the middleton's. i think it's a big reason kate is the one. >> she's not somebody who has grown up near the palace. she's 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 notice him. they would be left alone. >> reporter: soon, that would all change. when the world disc...

>> he started visiting the middleton's home. he saw it was possible to have a happy family and marriage in the middleton's. i think it's a big reason kate is the one. >> she's not somebody who has grown up near the palace. she's 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 notice him. they would be left alone. >> reporter: soon, that would all change. when the world disc...

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. >> 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 lo...

William would travel to kate's home in the english countryside often. >> he started visiting the 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 ha...

Diana was an aristocrat. kate was a commoner. she grew up away from estates and buckingham palace. >> it's in an area of outstanding natural beauty. >> reporter: john hailey is an innkeeper. a small sleepy village 55 miles west of london. he met middleton's 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 ...