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Saturday, April 14, 2007

We've been keeping score all year here in my annual Predictions Game with my brother. A few weeks ago it looked as if I was in line to get TWO POINTS for predicting in the "outrageous" category that Prince William would announce an engagement. Today comes word that he's broken up with his girlfriend.

Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton have ended their four-year relationship, dashing hopes of a royal wedding to rival that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

The Sun newspaper reported Saturday that the couple had reached an ''amicable agreement'' to separate. Sources confirmed the split to the Press Association news agency.

William's Clarence House office refused to comment, saying it did not discuss the prince's private life, but royal sources did not deny the report, tacitly acknowledging it was true.

The newspaper said the split was caused by the huge pressures on the young couple and by William's career in the army. The second in line to the throne graduated from Sandhurst military academy in December and is undergoing further training at an army base in rural England.

News of the break-up took many royal-watchers by surprise. It was widely thought the couple would soon announce their engagement; one bookmaker was so certain of a royal wedding it had stopped taking bets on it.

Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine, said the couple's relationship had reached an impasse.

''They can't go forward because William is in the army and he's dedicated the next few years of his life to that, so he's not in a position to get married,'' Seward said.

''They had lived together when they were at university, so in a way their relationship has become more difficult. They have seen a lot less of each other and are under a huge amount of pressure.''

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