Kate pulls out of charity boat race

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Prince William's on-off girlfriend has been in training with an all-female team who will compete against a group of men in the Beauty v Brawn challenge across the Channel.

The Brotherhood and Sisterhood teams will paddle from Dover to Calais across more than 20 miles of open sea and through one of the world's busiest shipping lanes in aid of charity later this month.

Media interest in the race has intensified following speculation that Miss Middleton has resumed her relationship with the second-in-line to the throne.

A spokeswoman for the Sisterhood said: "Kate Middleton has withdrawn from the race due to security issues surrounding the recent media circus."

Miss Middleton, 25, was persuaded to join the dragon boat race challenge by Sisterhood member Alicia Fox-Pitt, a schoolfriend from Marlborough College.

She was training to helm the boat for the race, standing at the back steering.

Money raised will go to the Babes in Arms charity, which sponsors research into abnormalities in newborn babies, and the children's hospice charity CHASE Ben Hollioake Fund.

Both crews are attempting to break the world record for a dragon boat crossing, which currently stands at seven hours 45 minutes.

The women are set to become the first all-female team to cross the Channel in a dragon boat.