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Was Kate Middleton rich before marriage? Family life before she became princess

Source: 2011 AP

The Princess of Wales has been at the centre of public frenzy in recent weeks with her ongoing absence from royal engagements sparking a firestorm of online speculation and wild conspiracies theories.

Even a harmless trip to the local greengrocers in Windsor became cause for online sleuths to debate and dissect the latest wrinkle in an increasingly bizarre royal watchers’ saga.

Amid the furore, a survey released this week named the Princess of Wales as the UK's favourite royal.

The poll - which was carried out before the publication of the controversial edited Mother's Day photo - found 38 per cent of Britons like Kate Middleton the most.

Which begs the question, who is Kate

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