look at the history of prince charles and lady diana, two couples heading down the same path, but for william, a draw mattive move to make sure the same mistakes weren t made. according to biographer christopher anderson, everything came to a head on valentine s day 2007. she thought she would be getting that proposal. instead, he gave her a van cleve and ar pells familiar mel compact. they started to quarrel bitterly. she really demanded that he commit, as they say. and william wasn t ready for it. he went to his father, prince charles. prince charles said you can t keep stringing this girl along. if you re not ready to ask her to marry you, break it off. unfortunately he listened to his father s advice. a father perhaps trying to prevent history from repeating itself. charles would have been perfectly happy staying a bachelor indefinitely.