Why william married kate

The next year, William, Kate, and two other friends moved into an off-campus apartment. At the start, they were just friends. Yet William—a man used to getting the attention he wanted—found himself trying, and failing, to impress Kate. She would be sitting in the background trying to help and basically taking control of the whole situation. Over the next few months, a romance blossomed between the two.

Eventually, they came clean to their fellow housemates. The group living situation gave them a temporary cover. But colleges are small, and gossip spreads fast. Soon, basically everybody at St. Andrews knew about their relationship, and the rumors reached the wider world. Reporters showed up at the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, England. On November 16, , Kate and Will brought years of speculation to an end by announcing their engagement. Kate stunned in her blue Issa wrap dress and Princess Diana's diamond-and-sapphire engagement ring during their announcement, but this snuggly portrait really captures their love.

William had popped the question to his girlfriend while the couple vacationed in Kenya the month prior. Here, she stands by his side at the ceremony, a very public display of togetherness. It's no wonder that this gleeful picture sparked a fresh round of engagement rumors! Love stories always have a few bumps in the road, and this couple knows that well.

After nearly five years together, the two called it quits in April At the time, sources cited Kate's discomfort with media attention as the cause of the breakup. But after a few months apart, the royal twosome rekindled their romance, with Kate attending William and Harry's Concert for Diana that July. However, this snapshot of their March ski trip to Klosters, Switzerland, proved that their relationship was back on track.

That December, he was commissioned as an army officer in front of the Queen and joined the Household Cavalry as a second lieutenant. Kate attended the event and brought her father, Michael; it marked the first time she was a guest of her boyfriend at an official royal engagement with the Queen present.

Though now we're more than used to seeing her at royal events, this was a historic moment for the common-born princess. Though the story of how Kate Middleton met Prince William is now royal folklore, it bears repeating: The art history majors met while living in St.

Salvator's Hall at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Fast forward four years, and the best friends and roommates posed for this cozy portrait on graduation day. Though they had been dating since roughly , this picture is one of the first public photos of the college sweethearts—they had a privacy agreement with the press during their school years. This big moment was the first spark that became the royal couple flame.

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