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Prince William's cheeky move when he asked Kate Middleton to marry him 14 years ago


The Prince and Princess of Wales announced their engagement 16 years ago - but what was the less than conventional move Prince William decided to make when he popped the question?

It emerged that Prince William had asked the all important question a few weeks earlier during a private holiday to Kenya - but he chose to stray from convention in a surprising way. During their engagement interview with journalist Tom Bradby, the couple were asked many questions and one answer revealed that Prince William had broken a major tradition when he proposed. The couple had become engaged during a private holiday to Kenya a few weeks earlier and had travelled around the country before heading to Lake Rutundu, which William had decided was the perfect place to pop the question.

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