William reveals he gave Kate the chance to 'back out' of royal life in heart breaking interview

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The Prince and Princess of Wales have now been married for over 12 years but their relationship did not always run as smoothly in the early days of their romance.Prince William and Kate Middleton famously met while they were both students at the prestigious St Andrews University in Scotland and started dating during their studies.

However, despite remaining together for the entirety of their time at university, they shocked the world when it was revealed they had split several years after graduation.Thankfully, their break-up turned out to be short-lived and three years later, Prince William got down on one knee and asked Kate to marry him, the Mirror reports.Many had wondered what had taken the heir so long to propose to Kate but he revealed his heartbreaking reason in their 2010 engagement interview.When asked by interviewer Tom Bradby whether the long time before their engagement was because William wanted to slowly introduce his future wife to royal life and give her the opportunity to "back out", he replied: "Massively so."The royal explained: "Her and her family, I really want to make sure that they have the best, sort of, guidance and chance to see what life has been like - or what life is like - in the family. "That's kind of why I have been waiting this long as I wanted to give her a chance to see and to back out if she needed to," which was met by a laugh from Kate.In the interview, they also addressed their earlier split as William said: "We were sort of both finding ourselves as such and being different characters and stuff, it was very much trying to find our own way and we were growing up. "It was just sort of a bit of space and a bit of things like that, and it worked out for the better." While Kate