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Many a young man meets a girl he does not marry, but whom he cannot quite get out of his system. Courtship and romance are followed by a life-long affection, together with nagging thoughts of what might have been.

Some will wonder if these were the emotions stirring deep within Prince William when he abruptly announced that he was flying to Kenya for the Easter weekend, in order to attend the wedding of his old flame Jecca Craig.

Before Kate Middleton came into the prince’s life, the conservationist’s daughter was frequently described as his ‘first love’, who became so close to him when they were teenagers that they reportedly entered into a ‘pretend engagement’.