reporter: mary robertson was diana spender s boss and friend when she was dating prince charles in 1980. i think there was a great deal of pressure from his mother and father to get married and produce some heirs for the throne. i think diana was just sort of the right girl at the right time and the right place. reporter: insiders say charles did care deeply for diana but was pressured to marry before he was ready. no surprise that their son william would not be pressured to propose. one spring day, kate was at work, an accessories buyer for this clothing company. she gets the call on the cell phone, the other employees can hear what s going on in there. it s not pretty. she s hearing the news he s breaking up. she doesn t want this to happen, an emotional conversation going on. the big breakup call. reporter: the sun newspaper
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.
tradition started 30 years ago. his parents, charles and diana kissed on that same balcony after their wedding. so come along for the ride as we now look forward to the big day, less than a week, the royal wedding. so where will the couple spend their last night of singledom? for prince william, it will be the london home of his father, prince charles, clarence house and st. james s palace. also here will be younger brother prince harry. one can only imagine what the late night tittle-at that timal will be. this is where kate middleton and