Kate Middleton Girlfriend of Prince William

Catherine "Kate" Elizabeth Middleton" was on the born 9th of January 1982 and is the girlfriend of Prince William of Wales.
She was raised in Bucklebury, Berkshire, in south England.

Education

graduated 2:1 in history of art. University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

Marlborough College (fee paying Public School)

The pair, met at St Andrew's University, when studying a history of art. Prince William switched to geography. Miss Middleton is seen by many as having on persuaded him to continue studies when he considered leaving university.

The eldest child of Michael and Carole Middleton of Bucklebury, Berkshire.

Former classmates have described her as level headed, sporty and outgoing.

Her parents continued to run a mail-order business "Party Pieces" from home. The enterprise, was successful enough to cover their daughter's £20,000-a-year fees at elite boarding school Marlborough College.
Miss Middleton's relationship with the prince apparently flourished during weekends alone on the Queen's Balmoral estate - at a secluded cottage given to William and Harry as a bolthole.

She began sharing a 4 bedroom townhouse in the university town St Andrew's with William and two others at the start of the second year, before the 4 moved to a cottage outside the town for a 3rd year.

The group were often been seen on the town, drinking at bars including Ma Bells and West Port.

Miss Middleton had been on several holidays with the prince and was one of a close coterie of friends invited to William's 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle.

The Prince was keen to know the implications for Miss Middleton of a landmark Strasbourg court ruling in 2004 preventing the German media publishing photos of Princess Caroline of Monaco and her children.

Prince William, has arranged for ex-Army officers to keep watch over his leading lady.

During their time in St Andrews they were protected from tabloid scrutiny by a gentleman's agreement between newspaper editors and the royal household.

In 2005 Photos of Prince William enjoying a ski holiday with his university friend Kate Middleton fuelled media speculation about their relationship.

Background info:

Bucklebury is a village in Berkshire, England. Dating back to pre-Norman times the Village, including the church, is detailed in the Doomsday Book.

There are three main parts that make up the parish of Bucklebury. The original village is situated on the banks of the river Pang. Directly south of Bucklebury village, and much higher up, is Bucklebury Common. This is an area of managed heather and woodland. Although open to all ‘commoners’ the land is privately owned. During the Second World War, much of the land was cleared for the stationing of troops, and some of the concrete paths laid down can still be found there, now used as bridleways. It was also once the location for a monks retreat, from Reading Abbey. At the eastern border of the common is the Blade Bone Pub, a butchers, a Doctor's Surgery and a tea shop.

The University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and 3rd oldest in the English language speaking world, having been founded between 1410 and 1413. It is situated in the Royal Burgh of St Andrews, in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The university attracts students from over 100 nations. Independent school intake is high, but the university has an active widening participation policy. The modern library and many departments are in the town centre. The town's population of 16,000 is boosted considerably by the University's 7,000 students.

Marlborough College is a British boarding school in the county of Wiltshire, founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, although it accepts boys and girls of all beliefs. There are just over 800 pupils, approximately one 3rd of whom are girls (Marlborough was, in 68, the first major English public school to allow girls into the 6th form, setting a trend many other schools follow). The College became fully co educational in 89. New pupils are admitted at the ages of 13+ (Shell entry) and 16 Lower Sixth.. The College has been pioneering in other fields, making a major contribution the School Mathematics Project (from 1961) and initiating the teaching of Business Studies at A level (from 68),fagging was abolished in the 20's.

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