he went home for christmas after the first semester and said to his father, i don t know if this is for me. friends say it was kate who convinced william to stay, and as soon as he returned from christmas break, everything changed. the turning point really came when william watched kate in that now infamous charity fashion show. it was march 2002, the annual st. andrews charity fashion show. and on the cat walk, kate. i remember that specific night very well. jules knight was watching the show that night with william. she wasn t what you call a risque girl. she was a pretty safe bet. and here she was not wearing that much, looking amazing. i think everyone did think, wow. but that was the moment when he suddenly realized that his friend was actually very hot and
tragedy. trying to get away from the paparazzi. trying to learn from lessons of the past and looking forward to seeing what the future holds. reporter: will this time be different? april 29th, 2011, westminster abbey, the location of the much anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically, it was this abbey where his mother, princess diana, was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince william s journey to the altar. i think she s probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. jules knight says he s been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother? i think it was evident to everybody that they were incredibly close. he s mentioned on a number of occasions that she was never far from his mind. when you re going through
reporter: all haunted by memories of a fairy tale turned tragedy. trying to get away from the paparazzi. trying to learn from lessons of the past and looking forward to seeing what the future holds. reporter: will this time be different? april 29th, 2011, westminster abbey, the location of the much anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically, it was this abbey where his mother, princess diana, was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince william s journey to the altar. i think she s probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. jules knight says he s been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother? i think it was evident to everybody that they were incredibly close. he s mentioned on a number of occasions that
anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically, it was this abbey where his mother, princess diana, was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince william s journey to the altar. i think she s probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. jules knight says he s been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother? i think it was evident to everybody that they were incredibly close. he s mentioned on a number of occasions that she was never far from his mind. when you re going through these sorts of rites of passage where you re growing up and you don t have that incredibly important figure in your life, it must be incredibly difficult because you think oh, i wish my mum was here for that. rites of passage that were not easy gi
jules knight was in the audience that night with prince william. she looked great. reporter: were people stunned? definitely. she wasn t what you call a risque girl. a safe bet, quite conservative in the way she dressed and acted and here she was not wearing that much, looking amazing. all the guys, all of a sudden realized wow. kate s hot. kate s hot. he really wanted to start something. that was the point he pursued her romantically and quickly. reporter: up to that night, william and kate s friendship had been purely platonic. prince william remembers fondly. we were friends for over a year first. it sort of blossomed from then on. reporter: they bonded over their shared major of art history, early morning swims in the campus pool, and their sense of humor. she s got a really nice sense of humor. it kind of helps me because i