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42 facts about Kate, Princess of Wales, as she celebrates her 42nd birthday

Kate, Princess of Wales celebrates her 42nd birthday today. In honour, we've rounded up 42 of our favourite facts about her

The Duchess of Cambridge celebrates her 40th birthday today (Credit: Splash News) We know Kate and Prince William fell in love at uni, but they actually met a long time before that. One royal reporter said: “While William and Kate were working out the first five years of their on-off relationship, the Queen steered clear of meeting her grandson’s girlfriend.” Said fortune teller told the character: “Soon you will meet a handsome man, a rich gentleman,” to which Kate replied, “It is all I ever hoped for.”

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