you have to forget the glossy, finessed image of the duchess of cambridge you see on the television and remember that particularly as a young woman she was quite shy, she was quite introvert compared to pippa who was outgoing and gregarious and socialable. kate was much quieter. she was a different character. and it took some drawing out of her shell. carol middleton once again stepped in. her mother actually set out to transform her. she combed out her kind of lush, chestnut hair, got her wearing make-up for the first time. so when she reappeared in school, it was a new person. it was here at marlborough where kate really came out of her shell, popular, athletic and a serious student. but she also had a bit of a wild side. according to one friend she was known to moon the boys from her dorm window, earning the nickname kate middlebum.
should i be subjecting her to this? but kate, she was ready. she really demanded that he commit, as they say. and william wasn t ready for it. he went to his father, prince charles. prince charles said you can t keep stringing this girl along. if you re not ready to ask her to marry you, break it off. publicly and privately, william broke it off and kate went back to bucklebury. she does as she always does in a difficult situation which is go home and be looked after by her family. it was very carol who said you can have your weekend of mourning and your tears and then you re going to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and go and show him what he s missing. that s exactly what kate did.
teach english and even clean toilets in the same small town in chile. kate s tough. she s a sporty, fit lady. she knew what she was about. she knew how to look after herself. while case missed william that winter, chris anderson says carol middleton made sure that wouldn t happen again. originally kate wanted to go to edinburgh university. when it was announced by the palace that william would be attending st. andrews university, enrollment among women in st. andrews jumped overnight by over 40%. so many believed that kate was among one of those women, thanks to her mother s gentle nudge. in kate s case, did she nudge her toward a relationship with the future king of england? yes, and why not? because by putting her in proximity to william, magic happened. when we come back, william falls in love at a lingerie show.
they decided to invest in their children s education. as the middletons saw success, they sent their kids to private school. kate was 13 when she came here to downhouse, arriving confident, happy. but that would soon change. she went at the age of 13, rather than 11 and most of the grls started at 11. so they were already they already had their circles. they did. and she was one of the very few girls from a working class background attending that school. carol middleton wasted no time. she immediately switched kate to a nearby boarding school. marlborough was a big school. ali baines went to school with kate. boarding schools if they re not happy are miserable. there s very few in between. for kate it was a tough start.
a british airline. they met in 1980. the oldest of three children, kate was born in 1982. i heard she was as normal as normal can be. just normal working class family. kate was baptized at this church. she was a brownie in the local scout group and loved being in school plays. such an ordinary childhood for a woman in line to one day be queen. i think they were a family that always did things together. they enjoyed nice holidays, they drove nice cars, but it wasn t always the case. they came from pretty modest upbringing, pretty modest start in life. it was really because of carol s desire to improve their position and to build that family business. they sold supplies for children s parties and soon spun it into an online internet empire worth millions. it was carol who saw that this business really had legs to grow. and of course when that happened and there was money in the bank,