The following was taken from the report in tonight’s Evening Standard newspaper under the article title “How Kate bagged her student Prince”. I didn’t like the title much for it makes her sound as if she was sneaky, when the article didn’t portray her like that at all. So I changed the title. After all, it was William that wanted her. This is the story…
Two days ago, the Evening Standard broke the news that Prince William had proposed to his off and on girlfriend of about 8 years (the first newspaper to do so). From that time London (and indeed the world) began to eagerly anticipate a royal wedding. William is in direct line for the throne after his father Prince Charles (the last one to have such a high-profile wedding when he married William’s mother Diana). Tonight the Evening Standard is reporting that there is strong talk of amending the current law so that if Wills and Kate (as they are colloquially called) have a daughter before a son, she can rightfully be the successor to the throne (currently it would be the eldest son, even if he is not the firstborn).
But how did all of this come about? Where and when did these two meet? This post will answer those questions.
Most students in the UK have assigned housing. When Prince William went to St. Andrews to study in September of 2001, he too was assigned to a hall, St. Salvator’s. Kate was “the most attractive girl” in the same hall. But, as can be expected, many girls were vying for the Prince’s eye. He first seemed to like a girl named Rose Farquhar. Then it was Olivia Hunt. But about halfway through the second year, he started to “secretly” go out with Kate. He even (reportedly) paid £200 for a front row seat to a charity fashion show that she was in.
March 2004, was when the official announcement was made that they were “going steady” after a photographer “caught” them skiing together at Klosters. For the most part the media left them alone so that he could have a “normal” student life. A few of the closest friends together rented a farmhouse out of town in 2003.
At the end of that school year, Kate decided to move out and started looking for a place to rent in town, but Prince William wouldn’t have it (apparently he couldn’t do without her cooking). By September she was back in the farmhouse with the group again.
As everyone who is familiar with England knows, the British like to drink. But this is not true with Kate. The paper reported that she cannot “hold her drink”. I guess this means that she is a bad drunk. So, she simply doesn’t drink. As a result, she is always “clean and serene” at big parties (another plus for her). The paper claims that “[h]e’s dutiful and she’s well-behaved.” The end of the article proclaimed, “She’s perfect.”
Prince William gave her his mother’s ring as the engagement ring because he said he wanted his mother to not miss out on everything. They were photographed with it yesterday (pictures I am sure everyone has seen by now).
Today she was photographed coming out of Westminster Abby (the likely site for the wedding next summer). Many royal weddings have recently took place there. But no one really knows and they haven’t announced it yet. St. Paul’s Cathedral is the other likely site. His parents were married there. We will just wait and see.
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