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LONDON - The girlfriend of Prince William has turned down an invitation to join the royal family for Christmas, the Mail on Sunday reported.
Kate Middleton, 24, has said she will only join them if she and the future king get married.
Media speculation that the couple, together for four years since meeting at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, could be about to get engaged was fuelled when Middleton appeared at William's graduation from Sandhurst, the British military academy, on Friday. But despite their closeness, she has decided to spend the festive season with her own family after the recent deaths of her two grandmothers, the paper reported.
"Kate has said she won't be going to Sandringham [the Queen's country home in eastern England] until she's a part of the family," the paper quoted a friend of Middleton as saying. "She has made it quite clear that she will only be at a royal Christmas if she and William get married and that's not yet on the cards."
- AFP
