How Kate Middleton and Prince William were linked before meeting at St Andrew's University
dailyrecord.co.ukKate Middleton is believed to have enrolled in the same South American gap year programme mere weeks after Prince William.The romantic tale of how the Prince and Princess of Wales paths crossed during the early days at the University of St Andrew's is widely known.
Reflecting on their first encounter during a 2010 interview with ITV following their engagement, Kate recounted feeling "bright red" and subsequently "scuttled off" after meeting the charming prince.However, an intriguing prelude to their relationship has come to light.
Post her A-Levels, the future princess embarked on a trip to Florence, Italy to immerse herself in art history before travelling to Chile.Coincidently, it was later discovered that Prince William had attended the very same gap year course in South America just weeks earlier.
In her 2022 book, 'The Palace Papers', author Tina Brown described Kate as having a "Zelig-like ability to keep appearing on the edges of William's life".
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