KATE Middleton and Prince William’s romance began during their time at St Andrews University – and she had a clever trick to stop women flirting with him during the early days of their relationship.
A close friend has revealed that whilst at university, Princess Kate, 42, would go to extreme lengths with a crafty hack to ensure girls would leave her man alone.
Kate and William, also 42, met in 2001 at St Andrews in Scotland in their first year of university, and stayed in the same halls of residence, St Salvator’s.
They both studied art history and were good friends long before they ever started dating.
The pair lived with each other every year after and as you can imagine, girls would flock to William in some kind of attempt to become the future Queen, but Kate was always there to save the day.
Thanks to Kate’s simple trick, whereby she pretended to be William’s girlfriend before they were actually official, she was able to stop women making advances.
According to their close friend, Wills was often ‘too polite’ to reject girls when they made advances.
Speaking to royal expert Katie Nicholl for her book Kate: The Future Queen, mutual friend of the couple Laura Warshauer said: “Will was getting really hit on by this girl at a party and it was getting quite uncomfortable because he couldn’t shake her off.
“He was being really polite, but this girl just didn’t get the hint.
“All of a sudden Kate came up behind him and put her arms around him.
“He said ‘Oh, sorry, but I’ve got a girlfriend’, and he and Kate went off giggling.”
She also added: “Kate was the only girl in the room who could have done that. And that was just a month after we started university.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”I know the real reason Prince William and Kate took so long to get married” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6365152896112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]According to Laura, the grateful Prince went to thank Kate afterwards.
The young students were friends at first but became “instant companions” after discovering they had the same naughty sense of humour.
Kate especially caught William’s eye in 20002 when she modelled that infamous outfit at a fashion show – a see-through dress showing off her underwear.
[quote credit=”Laura Warshauer”]Kate was the only girl in the room who could have done that. And that was just a month after we started university[/quote]According to author Robert Lacey, the Prince turned to pal Fergus Boyd and said ‘Wow, ‘Kate’s hot!’.
There were reports the pair were seen kissing at the aftershow party, but Robert revealed the pair had a flirty run-in before the fashion show.
Robert noted that “love struck” between the pair, and Kate was asked to join a flat-share with Prince William in their second year, with two other friends.
The house reportedly cost £100 a week each.
The couple had an on-off relationship over the next few years, with Kate turning down an invitation to the royal’s traditional Christmas lunch at Sandringham in 2006 until she had a ring.
The prince eventually got down on one knee in Kenya in 2010, and the couple wed the year after, welcoming Prince George, 11, in 2012, Princess Charlotte, nine in 2015, and Prince Louis, six, in 2018.
