Overview
- Camilla Tominey told The Telegraph’s Royal T podcast that she rang Catherine (Kate) Middleton during the fallout from the couple’s 2007 separation and that Kate answered the call.
- Tominey said Kate told her she had never commented on the relationship and would not start now, a reply the journalist described as composed and dignified.
- Tominey said her news desk asked her to follow up reports of the split and that she obtained Kate’s number through mutual contacts before calling.
- The anecdote, published on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, does not change the known timeline: William and Catherine split and reconciled in 2007, announced their engagement in 2010, and married in 2011.
- The episode underscores two recurring themes in royal coverage: the press’s methods for seeking comment from private figures and how brief personal moments are used to shape public impressions of senior royals.