Facebook bans royal bride-to-be's namesake for being an imposter
Facebook has accused a woman called Kate Middleton of being an impostor and suspended her account - because she shares her name with Prince William's future bride.
Healthcare assistant Kate Middleton, 29, has been locked out of her account since last Thursday after the social network site claimed she had registered under a fake name.
Ironically, Miss Middleton's partner Jonathan Ross has not been accused of being a fake, despite sharing his name with the television presenter. Neither has changed their name by deed poll.
The real non-royal Kate Middleton is getting increasingly frustrated (who wouldn't be) as Facebook is refusing to back down despite her complaints.
"I still can't get on, I've had no contact from Facebook about the situation or what they are going to do," she told the Daily Mail.
"On Thursday I was logged in as usual all day, then I went out in the evening with friends and got a call from partner saying he couldn't see me on there any more.
"I thought nothing of it but later that evening I came home and tried to log in but got an error message that said it had been disabled."
Despite repeated attempts to reset her account and contact Facebook Miss Middleton has been unable to log back in.
She said: "They should have got in touch with me first, asked me to contact them within a set period of time and prove who I was."
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