As predicted here, the great romance between Prince William (pictured) and his long-term girlfriend, Kate Middleton, is back on with a vengeance.

The golden couple split up in April after enormous media pressure on Kate, who was almost beseiged in her London home and faced a barrage of attention from paparazzi every time she left for work. The similarities with the young Diana Spencer were too close for comfort for many observers.

However, it appears that the split was genuine at the time and not part of an elaborate charade to take media attention away from Kate. Reports say they have been secretly seeing each other for weeks and that William invited her to a saucy Army party at his barracks in mid June.

An observer at the party is reported as saying, “William was following her around like a lost puppy as she went around the room, chatting away and dancing. In the end, he just grabbed her and took her onto the dancefloor where they started doing some rather close dancing. They couldn’t keep their hands off each other but William didn’t care that people were looking. At about midnight he started kissing and smooching her. His friends were joking they should get a room, and it wasn’t long before William took Kate back to his quarters.”

Although it was William who broke the relationship off, he’s doing the chasing now. A friend says, “William hasn’t stopped pining for Kate since they split up. He keeps saying she’s an amazing girl and the best thing to happen to him. He’s definitely serious about getting back together.”

Kate, though, is said to be showing a little reluctance, asking if this is what she really wants. She’s certainly got the psychological advantage over the lovelorn Prince.

The friend also said, “Kate’s not really a rebound sort of girl and William remained the great love of her life. … she know that if they do get together, there’ll be no turning back. There will have to be an engagement and then marriage.”

With William reported to be leaving the Army in early 2009, what price a summer Royal wedding a few months later?