My mate once told me that someone he knows used to go out with/once hooked up with Kate Middleton. It may sound like an outrageous lie but this story was first told merely days after they met and she found herself the focus of the media. She also does have family from up this way, so although I can't be sure it is true it is far more probable than it may first appear to be.
Anyway, after hearing his stories I can't quite look at her royal status the same way