She has a younger sister, Philippa "Pippa" , and a younger brother, James. On her mother's side, Kate came from a decidedly working-class stock of coal miners and builders. Her maternal grandmother, Dorothy Goldsmith, pushed her children to aim high. As a result, Kate's mother became an airline hostess—at the time, a considerably glamorous job. It was on this job at British Airways that Carole met Michael Middleton, an airline dispatcher, whose wealthy family hails from Leeds and which has ties to British aristocracy.
The couple married soon after. In , her parents founded a mail-order party goods company. The business was a surprise success, eventually making the Middleton family multi-millionaires.
Kate attended exclusive boarding schools, including St. Her time in boarding school did not come without its conflicts. Kate left the exclusive Downe House all-girls boarding school at the age of 14, due to bullying and taunts from other students. On her first day at co-ed Marlborough, some particularly mean-spirited boys began rating incoming students based on attractiveness and personality. They gave Kate a two out of Middleton met William at the University of St.
Andrews in Fife, Scotland when she became a student in The couple married on April 29, at Westminster Abbey in London. Middleton and William lived in the same dormitory at college, St.
Salvator's Hall. They shared several classes in their course schedule as well and soon became friends. While they often shared breakfast and walked to classes together, the two were not interested in each other romantically at first. Middleton was dating senior Rupert Finch, and William was busy dealing with the press and struggling with his feelings about his new school. In , Middleton appeared in an exclusive fashion-show fundraiser wearing a revealing dress.
William was also present at the charity event, and became intrigued and interested in Kate in a new way. He attempted to engage her romantically that evening but, still in a relationship with Finch, Middleton spurned the future king's advances. At the end of the school term Middleton's boyfriend graduated, and the couple soon parted ways over issues of distance.
Newly single and entering her sophomore year, Middleton and several friends were invited to share a flat with William, a setting that allowed their budding romance to blossom. At first, Middleton's life didn't change much. The couple kept their relationship a secret, mostly due to the prince's extreme distrust of the press.
The couple agreed not to hold hands in public, or be seen sitting together at dinner parties. At this point in their relationship, Kate had moved into a cottage in Anglesey with William.
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The pair met at the University of St Andrews while studying and they dated privately until when they were photographed together skiing. William and Kate also made a marriage pact in following a brief split. He was reluctant to bow to similar pressure and vowed not to be hurried to the altar. And it just so happened that William was 28 — as he predicted — when he married Kate! Home News Celebrity News.
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