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A university friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales has died after falling from the roof of a luxury West End hotel, according to reports .

Socialite Benjamin Duncan, 45, fell around 100 feet from the five-star Trafalgar St. James’ seventh floor in Spring Gardens on Thursday evening .

Mr Duncan was at the University of St Andrews with William and Kate when they first started dating.

He had been part of their inner circle before becoming a media personality on TV shows, including Big Brother.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman told the Daily Mail: “Officers responde

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