How Kate Middleton Was ‘Consumed’ By Prince William Relationship, On Board With Split

Kate Middleton didn’t stop Prince William from breaking up with her years ago. In fact, after the Duke of Cambridge expressed his desire to call it quits, Kate immediately got on board with the idea.

But luckily for the royal couple, they found their way back into each other’s arms just months later. And three years after their second split, Prince William and Kate got engaged. During their joint interview to celebrate their engagement, Kate surprisingly said that she valued her breakup from her husband.

“I think at the time, I wasn’t very happy about it but actually it made me a stronger person,” Kate said. “You find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn’t realized. I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you’re younger and you know I really valued that for me as well, although I didn’t think at the time,” she added.

Interviewer Tom Brady asked the mom of three if their split gave her the opportunity to re-encounter herself, and Kate said yes. She also said that the split wasn’t that bad. Upon hearing this, Prince William couldn’t help but poke fun at himself. “Phew, got away with that one!” he said.

“We were both very young. It was university and we were both finding ourselves and being, you know, different characters. It was very much trying to find our own way and we were growing up and so it was just a bit of space. It soon worked out for the better,” he added.

But according to royal author and broadcaster Vicky Ward, Prince William wouldn’t have gotten back together with Kate if the other women that he was interested in showed interest in him as well. In an article she wrote for Vanity Fair, Ward said that the dad of three wanted to “sow his wild oats.”

“He talked to friends such as Tamara Rosenberg during this time and basically expressed his confusion,” Ward said. “On the one hand, he loved Kate and wanted it to work. But he wanted to be sure he’d explored all his options,” she added.