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The childhood home of the Duchess of Cambridge will be auctioned later.

The late Victorian four-bedroom house in Bradfield, Berkshire, has a guide price of £495,000.
It was bought by Kate Middleton's parents, Michael and Carole, in 1979 when they worked for British Airways.
The family sold the house in 1995, when the future Duchess was 12, having made enough money from their Party Pieces business to move to a larger house.
Dudley Singleton, the auctioneer handling the sale in Pangbourne village hall, said: "There is a lot of interest in the house due to its royal connections."
The property features an outbuilding in the back garden which was converted by the Middletons and used as an office.