Kate Middleton ‘targeted’ Prince William by rejecting her first choice of university, royal expert claims
A royal correspondent claims the couple's meeting at the Saint Andrews might not have been a pure coincidence after Kate 'rejected' her place at Edinburgh University
LONG-TERM sweethearts Kate Middleton and Prince William have come a long way since they met at university.
However, a royal expert has claimed their meeting might not have been pure coincidence, and said Kate swapped her first choice of Edinburgh University to study at the same one as the royal.
Royal correspondent Matthew Bell said Carole Middleton pushed her daughter towards the University of Saint Andrews in the hope she would meet Prince William.
Matthew said in The Spectator in 2005: “Some insiders wonder whether her university meeting with Prince William can really be ascribed to coincidence.
“Although at the time of making her application to universities it was unknown where the Prince was intending to go, it has been suggested that her mother persuaded Kate to reject her first choice on hearing the news and take up her offer at Saint Andrews instead.”
The royal expert said his information came from a “reliable source” who “knew Kate well”, but at the time the Middletons denied all claims.
He’s not the only royal writer to say Kate tried to meet Prince William when she found out he was studying in Scotland.
Author Katie Nicholl wrote in her 2013 book Kate: The Future Queen, that it was the Duchess of Cambridge who plotted herself to meet the heir to the throne.
She said Kate rejected her first choice of Edinburgh University to go to Saint Andrews after Prince William’s choice was revealed to the public.
And Katie also said that the duchess deliberately took a gap year so they would be studying at the same time as her future husband.
Kate’s old career advisor at her school Marlborough College, Jasper Selwyn, confirmed in the book that her first choice had been Edinburgh.
Kate went on to meet her future partner in September 2001, when they moved to the Scottish city of Fife.A year later, when they moved into a student home with two other friends, their romance is said to have blossomed.
The pair dated on and off for ten years, before Prince William proposed in 2010, and they tied the knot at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
They now have three beautiful children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
We shared how safe Kate Middleton always buys the same outfits unlike flashy Meghan Markle because she wants to keep the ‘elegant style’ that ‘softens her look’, stylist reveals.
We previously reported how Meghan Markle will have infuriated Prince William by spending thousands and acting like a celebrity diva on her baby shower, says Paul Burrell.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex currently rent a £2.5million countryside bolthole in Great Tew, but are looking to find a new home in the area.