Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, nicknamed Kate Middleton, the English wife of Crown Prince William, was born in Reading, Berkshire, in 1982.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton on January 9, 1982, and is a British royal. Catherine is a likely future queen consort because her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is second in line to the British throne.
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