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Kate Middleton is a member of the English royal family. Despite the fact that Kate does not have a high birth, she charmed Prince William, the heir to the throne of Great Britain and the favorite grandson of Queen Elizabeth II.
Kate Middleton became Prince William's wife and Duchess of Cambridge at 29
Biography of Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton is a British princess, Her Royal Highness Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus, wife of Prince William (grandson of Queen Elizabeth II), mother of three heirs to the British throne.
In the photo: Kate Middleton
She is often compared to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, due to her impeccable style and etiquette. But Kate’s main feature is the transformation of an ordinary British girl into a royal person whose life is closely watched by the whole world.
Kate Middleton and Princess Diana are often compared
Wedding to Prince William
On November 16, 2010, Middleton and Prince William announced their engagement. The prince proposed marriage during their trip to Kenya, using his mother's engagement ring to propose. The couple said that after their wedding they would live in North Wales, where Prince William is stationed at an RAF unit.
On April 29, 2011, the couple married at Westminster Abbey in London. Kate wore a Sarah Burton dress. Information about the dress was hidden from everyone until the very end.
Shortly after the wedding, Queen Elizabeth granted Kate the title of Catherine, Her Royal Highness, Duchess of Cambridge.
Childhood and family
The girl, born in the winter of 1982 in the English city of Reading, was named Catherine Elizabeth by her parents. The Middleton family, Michael Francis and Carol Elizabeth (née Goldsmith), were, by British standards, wealthy families associated with the British aristocracy.
Kate Middleton in childhood and now
In the early 19th century, the Duchess of Cambridge's ancestors settled in east Yorkshire, where William Middleton founded a law firm that operated for 150 years and closed in 1985. Before this, the Middleton family, although they held the title of nobility, were primarily engaged in agriculture.
Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa
Kate's great-grandfather, Richard Noel Middleton, founder of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra. His son Peter was a pilot and accompanied Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, on a plane trip to South Africa.
Parents of Kate Middleton in her youth
Kate's parents worked for the famous airline company British Airways - Michael studied to be a pilot, but became an air traffic controller, Caroll was a flight attendant. A couple of years after the birth of Catherine, but already with two girls of the same age (Kate’s sister, Pippa, was born in 1983), the Middletons moved to Jordan, where the father of the family was sent to work. In the capital of the country, the children attended the only kindergarten for foreigners.
Kate Middleton as a child (center, 1988)
In 1987, changes occurred in the Middleton family. They returned to their homeland, Carol gave birth to their third child, James, and Kate and Pippa began attending St. Andrew's private boarding school. The girl studied diligently and dreamed of becoming an art critic. Meanwhile, Carol, a mother of three children, increasingly thought about the welfare of her growing family and embarked on the path of entrepreneurship. If earlier her hobby - sewing costumes for children's parties, of which there were more than enough in a large family - was just a hobby, then in 1987 it became a family business. At first, Party Pieces was a modest home production that sent orders by mail, but the business quickly took off. Michael left his career with British Airways to become an administrator for the family company. In the mid-90s, the Middletons purchased a luxurious Georgian mansion (18th century).
From left to right: James, Carole, Pippa and Kate in the Party Pieces advert (1989)
When Michael inherited from his grandmother, his parents became concerned about their children's education. All three graduated from St. Andrew's School, then the children went their separate ways. Kate and her sister went to the prestigious Daunt House school for girls, and then to the famous private Marlborough College, where Catherine successfully passed exams in biology, chemistry and art history, her favorite from early childhood. In addition, the young girl enjoyed playing sports - tennis, netball, and athletics.
Catherine Middleton's mother always wanted her daughter to meet the prince
She was born on January 9, 1982 into a middle class family. When the girl was five years old, her parents created a company called Party Pieces, which sent mail orders for toys and goods for various holidays and parties. Katherine received her secondary education at a regular school, after which she transferred to the private Marlborough College. While studying, the girl led an active lifestyle: she went in for sports and graduated from the Duke of Edinburgh's program, which is considered gold. Having received a document on education, Catherine Middleton decided to try her hand and decide on her future direction of activity. In 2000, she attended a course at the British Institute in Florence and also participated in the charity Raleigh International in Chile. In 2001, Katherine entered the University of St. Andrews, where she met her future husband. After completing a course at the university, the girl received a diploma in Art History and began working in her father’s company. There she was involved in the development and design of catalogs.
Youth: Italy – Chile – Scotland
After graduating from college, Kate entered the University of Edinburgh, but, heeding her mother’s advice, decided to take a break from her studies and spent the so-called “gap year” [a common practice in developed countries when a graduate does not immediately start looking for a job or further study, but travels to realize what he wants to do - approx. uzanyvse.ru], in Florence, attending lectures on art history and studying Italian painting.
Kate Middleton in her youth
Then the girl went to Chile as part of the Raleigh International charity program, which was aimed at improving the level of education in third world countries through volunteers.
Returning home, Kate (they say, again not without her mother’s gentle advice) chose the art history department of the prestigious University of St. Andrews for further study. The names of the school and university that Kate attended are the same, but these are completely different educational institutions - the first is in England, the second in Scotland. However, by coincidence, the second meeting of Kate and William took place within the walls of St. Andrew's University.
Kate Middleton and Prince William: a love story
We can say that the meeting was the first, because last time Kate only watched the young hockey player from the spectator stands. Now they met in person in the corridors of the St. Salvador campus. In 2002, during a student fashion show, William became seriously interested in Kate when she, a thin girl with huge gray eyes and a snow-white smile, walked down the catwalk in a black translucent dress, under which only a tiny bikini was visible (this dress was later sold to London auction for more than one hundred thousand dollars).
Kate Middleton's fateful dress
The young man was struck by the beauty of a charming peer, although at that time he was in a relationship with Olivia Hunt, the daughter of a London doctor, who was also present at the event. It didn’t escape Olivia how lustfully William looked at the parading beauty. After this awkward moment, their relationship began to crack, and quite quickly the queen’s grandson switched to Kate.
Young Prince William had no shortage of girls
In 2003, William and Kate rented a country cottage in Fife, near the university, and began to live together, trying to keep the romance a secret. According to rumors, it was Middleton who managed to persuade the crown prince to graduate from the university he intended to quit. The young man limited himself to transferring from the Faculty of Art History to Geography. They spent their holidays together, trying to hide from the annoying paparazzi. When in 2005, photos and reports appeared in the world press that Kate was William’s new girlfriend, the girl turned to lawyers for help in order to protect herself from harassment by journalists and their interference in her private life.
In 2005, the press found out about the affair between Kate Middleton and Prince William.
The flighty lover, accustomed to luxury and the worship of beauties, did not deny himself the pleasure of sometimes hitting one or the other. Kate, who graduated from university with honors in 2005 and began working first in her mother’s family business and then in the purchasing department of the Jigsaw chain of stores, turned a blind eye to William’s adventures for some time. Moreover, she was already in the official status of the prince’s girlfriend; she and her family were even invited to Prince Harry’s graduation at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which he graduated from after university. The entire royal family, led by Elizabeth II, attended the event.
Kate Middleton in her youth
Kate's pride was hurt especially sharply when William became seriously infatuated with Isabella Anstruther-Goch-Kulsorp, a model-looking blonde from an aristocratic family. William, who always had a special passion for blondes, became too close to Isabella. However, some sources claim that there was no romance between them as such, the young man was only attracted by the unusual surname and beauty of Isabella, who still preferred the grandson of multimillionaire Sam Branson to him. However, she turned out to be the last straw that broke Kate's patience. She announced her separation from William.
Pictured: Isabella Anstruther-Goch-Kalsorp
It was 2007. The prince, left alone, thought about why he missed his university girlfriend so much and begged forgiveness for the offenses caused. The couple reunited, increasingly began to appear together at various high-society events, no longer afraid of the paparazzi, who, out of boredom of such a long romance, began to call the girl “Waiting Kate.”
Only in 2010 Kate and William announced their engagement
It is unknown how their relationship would have developed further, but again, according to rumors, Kate’s mother intervened in them. Some sources claim that it was after a serious conversation with her that William finally proposed to his lover, whom he had been dating for eight years. Kate was 29 years old when, on April 29, 2011, she entered into a legal marriage with Prince William, heir to the British crown.
Catherine Middleton has tested her feelings with time
Of course, most of all the common man is interested in the relationship between future spouses. Like every couple, Catherine and William had their ups and downs. At first they were just friends, then this friendship turned into sympathy. When you are trying to build a relationship with such an eminent person, it is difficult to hide from the eyes of the media, so as soon as the girl was spotted with the prince, British society immediately started talking about her. Their romance began in 2003, and Catherine Middleton appeared in public for the first time in 2004, during a ski holiday in Klosters, Switzerland.
From that moment on, the girl began to attend almost all events organized by William and the royal family. Everyone was already talking about the upcoming wedding when, in 2007, society was rocked by the news that Catherine and William had separated. Yes, it was a difficult time for the couple. The prince decided to try his hand at a military career, and Catherine could not stand the separation and the tireless attention of journalists that suddenly fell on her. The young people decided to leave. But their separation was short-lived, because already in August 2007 they resumed their relationship and never parted.
Their wedding took place on April 29, 2011. Now Catherine Middleton bears the title of Duchess of Cambridge. The status obliges the young woman to follow certain rules of life of the royal family. Many critics, and a large number of journalists, never tire of looking for various little things that discredit the newly-made princess. However, Katherine keeps the bar high. For example, she, like any member of the royal family, recently completed a young fighter course in the British troops. This is necessary so that high-ranking officials can know and be able to behave when they find themselves in the hands of terrorists and hostages. Also, the Duchess of Cambridge does not forget about the secular side of life. She attends many charity events. Prince William's wife has been compared to his late mother, who also devoted a lot of time to good causes. The young woman chose the path of helping homeless children and sick veterans.
Wedding and family life
So, the dream of a simple British girl has come true. All world publications discussed pre-wedding efforts, preparations for the wedding ceremony of the prince and “Cinderella”. Westminster Abbey, where the royal wedding ceremony took place, was magnificently decorated, because the event was broadcast live on the main television channels of the planet. Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton The most famous guests congratulated the bride and groom: the inimitable Elton John, the famous Mr. Bean - Rowan Atkinson, the cult director Guy Ritchie. Many of the guests, heeding the couple’s request, did not give them gifts, but allocated money to charity. Thus, singer George Michael dedicated a song to William and Kate, and proceeds from sales of the released single went to good causes.
Kate Middleton's wedding dress
The wedding was not without some unfortunate mistakes that almost resulted in a full-fledged scandal. In a documentary about the royal family, an etiquette expert said: At that moment, few people noticed the bride’s mistake, but Elizabeth herself was extremely dissatisfied with what happened. William also “distinguished himself” by violating protocol, who did not have the right to take his own brother as a witness at the wedding, since this goes against royal traditions; members of the crowned family can only use the services of assistants. At the same time, the wedding, which became the subject of discussion and admiration of numerous guests and television audiences around the world, brought about two hundred million dollars to the London treasury.
Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William
Not a single little detail escaped particularly picky eyes, especially those relating to all sorts of signs. So, the bride’s wedding ring turned out to be too small and William had to try hard to put it on the bride’s finger. The groom himself generally refused to wear this attribute of fidelity. However, despite all sorts of signs, the Crown Prince and his wife have been married for eight years.
Children
As if making up for lost time over many years of premarital relationships, Kate gave birth to three children in a short time.
Each of these events also attracted the attention of the world community. During the birth of his first child, George Alexander Louis, in the summer of 2013, paparazzi were on duty around the clock outside St. Mary's Hospital in London to be the first to see the happy mother with the heir to the throne in her arms. The boy was born weighing 3.7 kilograms (accuracy: 3.798). Bookmakers have made a lot of money from those who want to guess the exact weight and height of a newborn.
Prince George
Two years later, the British public, literally holding their breath, again watched their beloved Princess Kate. In the spring of 2015, Prince William's wife gave birth to a girl weighing 3.7 kilograms (accuracy: 3.713). The charming baby was named after her great-grandmother and grandmother Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
Princess Charlotte
Prince William did not hide that the birth of his daughter was for him personally the most precious gift he had ever received in his life. The birth took place safely at the same St. Mary's Hospital in London. Photos of happy parents with their babies soon appeared in all media.
In 2021, there were rumors that Kate and William were again expecting a new baby, this time twins. But the assumptions turned out to be unreliable. The third pregnancy of the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine, was officially announced in September 2021. The pregnancy was difficult, Kate was constantly plagued by toxicosis, she limited communication with older children and stopped appearing at official events.
Evil tongues predicted an unfavorable outcome, but in the spring of 2021 the woman gave birth to another healthy and handsome boy, who was named Louis Arthur Charles in honor of eminent relatives. The birth weight was 3.8 kilograms (accuracy: 3.827), which set a record for the weight of newborn British royals.
Prince Louis celebrates his first birthday
Kate and William try to raise all three of their children themselves, resorting to the services of nannies only in some matters. The eldest, George, reluctantly studies at the prestigious Thomas Battersea Primary School, sometimes misbehaves, and is offended by his parents. But he adores his sister Charlotte, just like all Englishmen. The girl also received all the love of her great-grandmother, with whom she has her own secrets, and, of course, her father and mother.
Kate Middleton with her husband and children
The baby is growing up inquisitive and affectionate; Unlike her older brother, she likes to study. It was Charlotte who accidentally revealed in the summer of 2021 that she would soon become an older sister again, since her mother was expecting another girl. She told the teachers at school about this, and among the teachers there was an insider who “leaked” Charlotte’s words to journalists.
Kate Middleton's older children go to school (2019)
How reliable the young princess’s stories to her classmates about the arrival of a fourth child in the family are will become clear later, but for now, especially observant fans of the royal couple noted that Kate updated her hairstyle, which she always did before the next birth.
Scandals in a noble family
Sometimes an exemplary family man, William, remembers his turbulent youth and again tests his wife’s patience.
So, in 2021, he left Kate alone, going to Switzerland for several weeks with friends. He forgot not only about his wife, but also about all the planned events that William was obliged to attend. Perhaps his behavior would have gone unnoticed, but the adventures of the prince and his company with pretty girls did not escape the attention of the press. In particular, the Duke of Cambridge was credited with having an affair with the young model Sophie Taylor. Prince William partying at a nightclub Kate, seasoned by life in the royal family, remained proudly silent. One can only guess what storms raged in the soul of a woman pregnant with her third child and what family proceedings remained behind closed doors when her reveler husband returned home. However, soon the couple again demonstrated their family idyll, going on vacation with their children. Another scandal associated with the name Middleton was the conflict between two daughters-in-law: Kate and Megan (wife of Prince Harry). Rumor has it that William himself did not like Meghan Markle; other sources report Kate’s dislike for the new family member.
There are rumors that Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle don't like each other
The reason for these rumors was the behavior of Prince Harry and his wife, who moved from Kensington Palace to the Frogmore estate in Windsor. In 2021, the brothers celebrated Christmas separately for the first time, despite the fact that at the Christmas service their wives interacted, smiling sweetly at each other. Sources from the environment reported that they did this with all their might, so as not to completely anger the Queen Mother.
And in the summer of 2021, Kensington Palace issued an angry denial of yet another scandal involving Kate. The well-known plastic surgeon in England, Munir Somji, publicly stated that Middleton is a regular client of his clinic and, despite her fourth pregnancy, resorted to baby Botox [Botox injections with a lower concentration than usual]. He posted two photographs of Kate on his page on social networks, explaining that here she is “before”, and here she is “after”. And if “our Kate loves baby Botox, then you can be sure of the quality” and the like.
The same publication
The indignation of Middleton herself and the members of the royal family knew no bounds. Kate was indignant that she had never crossed the threshold of Dr. Somji's clinic. It was also officially stated that:
Interesting facts about the Duchess
Ten fun facts about Catherine Middleton:
- She was an ordinary girl who became one of the most powerful women in the world.
- She might have been a modern-day Cinderella, but Kate's parents opened a company that made enormous profits when the girl was five years old.
- By the time she met the prince, Catherine was a wealthy heiress.
- Kate was not popular at school: she once received a one on the attractiveness scale invented by her classmates.
- Katherine's first love is Harry Blakelock, their romance began in college. The couple dated for a year, but Harry married his friend Kate.
- They say that the prince fell in love with his chosen one while demonstrating a transparent dress at a charity fashion show. It was subsequently sold at auction for $104,000.
- William proposed to Kate only 9 years after the start of their romance. The press called her “Waiting Katie.”
- Catherine is not a princess, despite the fact that she is married to a prince - this title can only be held by royalty.
- Kate is the oldest bride in the history of the royal family: other women got married before the age of 22, and she was 29.
- The Duchess is having a very difficult time with her pregnancy - throughout the entire period she suffers from terrible toxicosis.
Since childhood, Catherine Middleton was very fond of playing sports : at a young age she participated in athletics, swimming, played hockey, and volleyball.
pole dance training . Even after her relationship with the prince became known, she did not stop studying. After the wedding, the queen forbade the resumption of training.
The famous ring of the Duchess of Cambridge
The stylish clothes and appearance of the Duchess of Cambridge serve as an example to follow. It has gotten to the point where many women are turning to plastic surgeons to get a nose “ like Middleton’s . This request is so common that the operation has been called “royal rhinoplasty.”
Whatever the Duchess wears, this thing immediately becomes fashionable. For example, Prince William proposed with a ring with large sapphires set in diamonds - as a result, such jewelry began to be in enormous demand.
Despite the fact that Catherine Middleton does not have aristocratic roots and is not a royal person, this is more than compensated for by her education, impeccable taste, excellent manners and ability to behave in society.
Kate Middleton now
In October 2021, the press widely covered the official visit of the crowned spouses to Pakistan. It was there, for the first time in many years of silence, that Kate gave her first interview to CNN reporters. According to her, she is greatly impressed by the country: William and Kate did not take their children on this trip, since they even tried to dissuade them from visiting a country where it is now uneasy. But the couple decided that this flight was of great importance for all the British and did not cancel it. They met with the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, visited an Islamabad girls' school, did some sightseeing, then went to a Lahore orphanage village where about two hundred children live and are being raised.
Prince William and Kate Middleton in Pakistan
When the distinguished guests were about to leave Lahore, due to weather conditions their plane turned around on the way to Islamabad and returned back. In order not to waste time, Kate suggested that William visit the children at SOS Village again. There they again communicated with the students, and then played a game of cricket, during which the Duke of Cambridge managed to hit his wife in the neck with a ball. At her exclamation, William laughed and said to the children watching the game: At the beginning of 2021, journalists found out the secrets of Kate’s slender figure. She manages to stay in shape after the birth of three children by jogging, tennis, swimming, daily workouts and the plank exercise. In addition, she is a very passionate person and competes with everyone, no matter what sport we are talking about.
