Kate Middletonâs awkward first encounter with Prince William - and how the pair fell for each other
It s almost 20 since the pair â cheekily rumoured to use the pet names Babykins and Big Willie - first met as St Andrewsâ freshers
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Prince William and Kate Middletonâs love story isnât your typical fairytale, in fact, things were a little awkward between them when they first met.
“Four years in which they could get to know one another, free of intrusion, glare and publicity.”
But first and foremost, the university also allowed two very different worlds to collide.
Although educated at the elite public school, Marlborough College, Catherine Elizabeth Middleton is the descendent of coal miners, not kings.
At William s graduation ceremony at the University Of St Andrews in 2005, in a black skirt too short by royal standards (Image: Getty Images)
Her parents Carole and Michael are new money, school fees earned from their own celebration mail order business, Party Pieces, run from their pleasant but regular village home in Bucklebury, Berkshire.
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A bumpy road to happiness was paved with love. - by New Idea 26 Apr 2021
Revisiting that tender kiss on the Buckingham Palace balcony to the everlasting image of the royal newlyweds departing via horse-drawn carriage, it’s amazing to think it’s been 10 years since the unforgettable royal wedding of William and Catherine.
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On April 29, 2011, royal biographer Andrew Morton was among the masses gathered in the streets, revelling in the excitement.
The author, best-known for penning the landmark Princess Diana biography
Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words, says the public sentiment at the time was overwhelmingly joyful.
Carole Middleton is passing her love of gardening onto her grandchildren, and believes it s important for children to grow up appreciating nature and get a bit muddy .
The Duchess of Cambridge s mother, 66, who lives in Berkshire with husband Michael, told how Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, three, enjoy potting plants and picking her homegrown vegetables.
Speaking to Saga magazine for its May edition, businesswoman Carole said she makes sure she lays out activity stations for each child to keep them engaged. If I m doing planting with my grandchildren I like to have it all laid out at activity stations with their own little trowel and pot so they can get started immediately, she told the publication.