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09th Jul 2017

Kate Middleton was once banned from the Wimbledon final by doctors

She was told she could not attend.

Orlaith Condon

The Duchess of Cambridge is a regular specatator at Wimbledon, however, there was one match that she was banned from on doctor’s orders.

Kate Middleton was noticeably absent from the 2013 Wimbledon final between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic – a match that was viewed by the masses.

Well, Kate has now revealed in a BBC documentary that she was told by her doctors not to attend.

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“I was very heavily pregnant. I wrote to [Andy Murray] afterwards saying sorry for not being there,” she said of her absence.

The Duchess was at the time pregnant with Prince George and was told by doctors that she would “definitely not” be able to watch from the Royal Box.

Two weeks later, under the close eye of the world’s media, Kate welcomed baby George.