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Everyone knew that 2011 was the year of love when it came to Kate Middleton. But could it also be the summer of six-love?
Today in your Kate Middleton, royal wedding related news: the future Queen of England is lined up to take over presenting duties at the world’s most famous tennis Grand Slam. Not only does she apparently like to play and attend the annual festivities down at SW19 but she might take over some trophy presenting duties from the Duke of Kent.
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The Queen’s first cousin, and president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the Duke took over from his wife, the Duchess of Kent (her most memorable moment was Jana Novotna crying on her shoulder after she lost the 1993 final to Steffi Graf) 10 years ago and it would seem that if Middleton gets involved, it would be to present the women’s trophy.
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A royal source (and my, haven’t they been busy these past few months?) said, “Kate adores everything about tennis and would love to have an official role at Wimbledon.” Kate plays tennis at the fancy Harbour Club in Chelsea, London where the late Princess Diana was a member. The word on the street — or should that be court? — is that Kate often gets the better of her beau. And if she does land the presenting gig, Prince William shouldn’t struggle getting hold of the odd ticket. We hear excellent reports about the Royal Box. (via Daily Mail)