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A Canadian woman who bears a striking resemblance to the British royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton is being mobbed here as the wedding date nears. “I was at a function last week,and people were like,‘What’s Kate Middleton doing in the bathroom?’” Kate Ryder has been quoted as saying. The similarities don’t end there. Both women share the same first and middle names as well — Kate Elizabeth — and both are aged 29 years,according to a report. Ryder,a legal counsel from Calgary,said she had not been following the preparations for the wedding. “Random people will come up to me and be like,‘Oh Jesus,I thought the future queen of England was right there,’” she said.