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A look at the courtship of Will and Kate. Their April 29 wedding is set to be broadcast to an estimated two billion spectators.

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Kate Middleton and Prince William smile as they visit Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station at Anglesey on February 24, 2011 in Trearddur, Wales.Chris Jackson

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A picture from the Middleton family shows Kate Middleton and her fiancee Prince William on their graduation day at St Andrews University in Scotland, in June 2005.-/AFP / Getty Images

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Prince William and Kate Middleton leave the wedding of their friends Harry Mead and Rosie Bradford in the village of Northleach, England in October, 2010.Chris Ison

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Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton smile following a Naming Ceremony and Service of Dedication for the Royal National Lifeboat Instution's (RLNI) new Atlantic 85 Lifeboat, the 'Hereford Endeavour', at Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station, in Trearddur Bay, Anglesey in north Wales February 24, 2011.PHIL NOBLE

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Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton pose in one of two official engagement portraits, taken by photographer Mario Testino in the Council Chamber in the State Apartment at St James's Palace in London on November 25, 2010.Handout

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Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton pose in one of two official engagement portraits, taken by photographer Mario Testino in the Council Chamber in the State Apartment at St James's Palace in London on November 25, 2010.

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Released by Clarence House Press Office on December 11, 2010, one of two official engagement portraits taken by Mario Testino show Prince William and Kate Middleton posing in the Cornwall Room in St James's Palace on November 25, 2010 in London.

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Prince William and his fiance Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St. James's Palace, central London, Nov. 16, 2010.BEN STANSALL

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Britain's Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St James's Palace, central London on November 16, 2010.BEN STANSALL

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Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate Middleton attend the Six Nations international rugby union match against Italy in London in this Feb. 10, 2007 file photograph.EDDIE KEOGH

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Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for a photograph in St. James's Palace, central London Nov. 16, 2010.PAUL HACKETT

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Britain's Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton arrive at George Best Belfast City Airport for a a one-day visit to Northern Ireland, on March 8, 2011. It was the couple's first official visit to Northern Ireland, and they were greeted enthusiastically by a small crowd who had gathered in the grounds of City Hall for a glimpse of the royal pair.STEPHEN DAVISON

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