Nicholl cites this as “the big who knows” question, adding that Kate did decide to change her choice of school at the last minute and defer a year. Little is known about the full truth behind this suggestion.

She adds that the couple were placed in the same university dorms and likely got to know each other there.

During one of those meetings, I was told by a very reliable source that she was introduced to William in a very casual and informal setting,” Nicholl said. “Kate was at Marlborough school in Wiltshire, and was mixing in those sorts of very high society country circles. “It had all been presented very much to us as a sort of totally accidental meeting,” Katie Nicholl, author of Kate: The Future Queen tells TIME, adding that the pair had a fleeting encounter through a mutual friend but didn’t not know each other well. But in reality the pair operated in similar social circles and had briefly met before university. The Crownshows William and Kate’s first unofficial meeting taking place during a chance encounter on the street, and their official meeting taking place during a class at St Andrews. William and Kate first met through mutual friends Bellamy, left, as Kate in her student days Courtesy of Netflix The historical drama suggests that in the years before Diana’s death, Kate was shopping with her mother Carole when she saw William and his mother selling The Big Issue magazine to fundraise for a homelessness charity. On official engagements, crowds of adoring fans are seen screaming for the young prince’s attention.īut it is not until episode 7, Alma Mater, that we see how William first encounters Kate. In episode 5, Willsmania, swaths of young girls from across the globe are shown writing to William to offer their condolences and admiration.

Prince William and Prince Harry are coming of age without their mother, and adjusting to being teenagers in the public eye. 14, fans will be met with a fictionalized retelling of how Kate Middleton and Prince William’s love story began.ĭealing with the years following Princess Diana’s death, the season shows the royal family grappling with their new realities in the early 2000s. As Netflix releases its second installment of The Crown’s sixth and final season on Dec.

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